--- title: Maisie Williams Said a Bloody Goodbye to Game of Thrones description: Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams posted a farewell message to Game of Thrones on Instagram. 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Maisie Williams attends the 'Early Man' World Premiere on January 14, 2018 in London, England.Samir Hussein—WireImage  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Jul 7, 2018 3:18 PM UTC Maisie Williams gave a _Game of Thrones_ farewell that was straight out of Westeros. With the show’s [eighth and final season looming](http://time.com/5088555/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date-2/), fans and stars alike are preparing to say goodbye. On Saturday, Williams decided to commemorate her time as Arya Stark with a little bloodshed — this is _Game of Thrones_, after all _—_ by posting an image of her red-spattered white sneakers on Instagram. “Goodbye Belfast. Goodbye Arya. Goodbye Game of Thrones,” she wrote in the caption. “What a joy I’ve had. Here’s to the adventures to come.” The 21-year-old star also got fans buzzing about spoilers by tagging herself “#lastwomanstanding.” [Some speculated](https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/8wsrs8/spoilers%5Fi%5Fthink%5Fmaisie%5Fwilliams%5Fmay%5Fhave%5Fjust/) that the hashtag meant she’s the only character to survive, while others pointed out Williams might have been one of the last _Game of Thrones_ actors to film scenes. She also joked that “#immasleepforthenextfouryears,” before adding “#justkiddingidontsleep.” Williams’ co-star Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, posted a similar — albeit less gory — [goodbye last month](http://time.com/5314774/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-goodbye/), paying tribute to Ireland, the show’s most prominent filming location. _Game of Thrones_ [will return to HBO](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/) sometime in 2019. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5332432/maisie-williams-goodbye-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5332432/maisie-williams-goodbye-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Maisie Williams Said Goodbye to Game of Thrones in a Very Game of Thrones Way","datePublished":"2018-07-07T15:18:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:43.429Z","description":"#LastWomanStanding","url":"https://time.com/5332432/maisie-williams-goodbye-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f70f5e6e174ee03/698934cc656a3f7020bd4e37/maisie-williams.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f70f5e6e174ee03/698934cc656a3f7020bd4e37/maisie-williams.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"'Early Man' World Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"'Early Man' World Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Samir Hussein—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5332432/maisie-williams-goodbye-game-of-thrones/","name":"Maisie Williams Said Goodbye to Game of Thrones in a Very Game of Thrones Way"}}]}] ```