--- 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. See her goodbye post here. canonical: https://time.com/5332432/maisie-williams-goodbye-game-of-thrones/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-07T15:18:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:43.429Z og:title: Maisie Williams Said a Bloody Goodbye to Game of Thrones og:description: She said goodbye to Game of Thrones in the perfect way og:url: https://time.com/5332432/maisie-williams-goodbye-game-of-thrones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f70f5e6e174ee03/698934cc656a3f7020bd4e37/maisie-williams.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 'Early Man' World Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Maisie Williams Said a Bloody Goodbye to Game of Thrones twitter:description: She said goodbye to Game of Thrones in the perfect way twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f70f5e6e174ee03/698934cc656a3f7020bd4e37/maisie-williams.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Maisie Williams Said Goodbye to _Game of Thrones_ in a Very _Game of Thrones_ Way  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 attends the 'Early Man' World Premiere on January 14, 2018 in London, England. 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"}}]}] ```