--- 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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Jul 7, 2018 3:18 PM UTC Fashion photographer Miles Aldridge captures startling renaissance inspired photographs for TIME's Game of Thrones issue.  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. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:03] This is the cover of Time magazine. So maybe what I [00:07] was expecting was to come in and do very smart suits in [00:11] greys and muted colors, and to look slightly like politicians, [00:15] not like the craziness [ LAUGH ] that we're doing. So it's a [00:19] nice surprise, it's great. I wanted to have this kind of mash [00:21] up of northern renaissance art and kind of modern art. I [00:26] like the kind of bold flat colors of Francis Bacon but the [00:30] detail of northern renaissance painters like Cranekin [00:32] Durer. I'm kind [00:37] of always interested in those northern renaissance painters [00:40] just because there's a kind of obsession for clarity and [00:42] detail But also there's a sort of very perverse [00:46] use of stillness. The subject is thinking deeply about [00:51] their universe. I [00:55] actually always wanted to be a filmmaker rather than a [00:57] photographer and one of the most important aspects of [01:00] filmmaking is that great sort of thing of the cinema closeup, [01:04] when you kind of crash in. is that a woman's face and [01:07] she's thinking about something that is changing her whole [01:11] world, and that aspect of cinema I stole and put in my [01:15] photographs. 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