7 things that prove you’re a die-hard #GOT fan

Dark Hedges

Dark Hedges

Published Apr 29, 2016

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Belfast - If you’d like nothing better than banter with Tyrion, think red is the new white for weddings and were up at sparrows to watch the first episode of Season Six, you can count yourself among an ever-growing global group of die-hard Game Of Thrones fans.

Forget Winterfell, Game of Thrones fever has hit South African shores yet again, and with it hopefully the answers to several questions that have been plaguing followers for months.

Where will Sansa and Theon go? Will Arya remain blind? And more importantly, is Jon Snow really dead?

The truth will no doubt soon be revealed without you having to leave the comfort of your couch but until it does, and between episodes, here are seven things that prove you’re the biggest Game Of Throne fan.

 

1. Winter is coming

The thought of winter warms the cockles of your cold-blooded heart. If it’s not winter, you wish it were coming. If it is winter, you wish it would carry on being winter. You’re as pale as Jon Snow, would like nothing better than the odd wallow in Winterfell’s hot springs and your ideal holiday hotspot would be the frozen wasteland of the Lands of Always Winter.

 

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2. You trust no-one… not even your family

In fact, especially your family. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. That’s your motto. If your brother-in-law can pour hot molten gold over your head or a queen can have her king murdered, really who can you trust?

 

3. Crushing on a bad boy

Like Sansa, you always fall for the bad boy. A ruthless, narcissistic brute like Joffrey who enjoys seeing others suffer and thinks nothing of having others punished for his own mistakes. And of course like Sansa, you’re a hopeless romantic and a little too idealistic.

 

4. Death by…

You firmly believe there are only two likely causes of death in this world. One is the Lannisters, the other… attending a wedding.

 

5. Get it all this morning!

Bran for breakfast? Don’t mind if I do…

 

 

6. Westeros Wall

You have a map of Westeros on your wall and can plot the Riverlands to the Vale of Arryn, the Iron Islands to the Reach. You wish you could live in Oldtown and feel terribly sorry for anyone who lives in Dreadfort.

 

7. You can’t get enough of Ireland

And that’s because the Emerald Isle serves as the magnificent backdrop of many of the HBO series’ scenes, from the Haunted Forest (Tollymore Forest Park) to the Dark Hedges, a haunting avenue of beech trees near Armoy, County Antrim.

Crazy about Game of Thrones? Enjoy it Ireland-style by embarking on Trafalgar’s Celtic Filmscapes guided holiday which includes a visit to Winterfell, present-day Castle Ward in County Down.

Dress up in the same outfits that Jon Snow, and Robb and Bran Stark wore and take aim in a replica of the Winterfell Archery Range that has been recreated in the courtyard in the very same spot that the filming took place. Spend the day exploring the filming locations and hear all the gossip of what went on behind the scenes.

How far would you go to play the Game of Thrones? Get packing today!

Adapted from a press release for IOL

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