--- title: The Best Memes of Game of Thrones' 'The Bells' description: From Varys memes to memes of Cersei leaving, fans had some truly hilarious reactions to Game of Thrones' 'The Bells.' canonical: https://time.com/5565400/game-of-thrones-the-bells-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-13T04:58:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:32.304Z og:title: The Latest Memes of Game of Thrones Are So Good We're Dying of Laughter og:description: The comedy came in strong og:url: https://time.com/5565400/game-of-thrones-the-bells-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ba3337a535250e7/698949ceb21a9c765550098a/gameofthronesseason8episod5didvarysdie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2611 og:image:height: 1469 og:image:alt: GameofThronesSeason8Episod5DidVarysDie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Latest Memes of Game of Thrones Are So Good We're Dying of Laughter twitter:description: The comedy came in strong twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ba3337a535250e7/698949ceb21a9c765550098a/gameofthronesseason8episod5didvarysdie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Memes of _Game of Thrones'_ Penultimate Episode Are So Good We're Dying of Laughter > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 13, 2019 4:58 AM UTC  Varys appears before Dany in Game of Thrones season 8 episode 5 Varys appears before Dany in Game of Thrones season 8 episode 5 Helen Sloan/HBO by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 13, 2019 4:58 AM UTC **Warning**: This post contains spoilers for _Game of Thrones_ One of the most brutal shows ever has its moments that are pretty downright hilarious, and even the bloody [_Game of_ ](http://time.com/4941781/game-of-thrones-the-mountain-the-hound-kill-vision/)[_Thrones_](http://time.com/5539248/game-of-thrones-season-8-who-is-alive/) season 8 episode 5 “The Bells” was no exception. There were game-changing narrative developments, tough-to-swallow casualties, and after 55 episodes of buildup we’re here. Thankfully so are the memes. The penultimate episode really packed in that long-awaited action, all of which served to spawn memes about Cleganebowl, Daenerys becoming the mad queen and the letter that landed Varys in hot fire. Naturally, the Internet seized it all. The show’s curtain dropper is imminent, so to cheer us up, here are the best memes of _Game of Thrones_ season 8 episode 5 that will last forever. ## Farewell to Varys memes > [](https://twitter.com/Danez%5FSmif/status/1127753415524802562) > [](https://twitter.com/ira/status/1127803357148540930) > [](https://twitter.com/eveewing/status/1127742224232583169) > [](https://twitter.com/Valverde%5F%5F%5F%5FOut/status/1127742697777913856) ## Arya and the white horse that just mysteriously appeared gave us the Game of Thrones horse meme > [](https://twitter.com/oddCouplemusic/status/1127775435310489600) ## That Aaron Rodgers in _Game of Thrones_? Stranger things have happened. > [](https://twitter.com/SamAlexRadio/status/1126851048403079170) > [](https://twitter.com/LilySZhao/status/1127783746646810624) > [](https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1127761201642004480) ## Cleganebowl > [](https://twitter.com/sepearce741/status/1127767627382890497) > [](https://twitter.com/HurricaneHetty/status/1127759932835737601) ## The Mountain Would Not Die > [](https://twitter.com/NibbaSpecial/status/1127758291084500992) ## Jon Snow’s battle feelings > [](https://twitter.com/Phil%5FLewis%5F/status/1127744667108483073) > [](https://twitter.com/doshiiis/status/1127773400573915136) ## Cersei getting out of a sticky situation > [](https://twitter.com/LagomorphaMage/status/1127791281747451904) > [](https://twitter.com/HazardousKante/status/1127787648276287490) > [](https://twitter.com/YumarieSafari/status/1127763957773549568) ## Daenerys going full mad queen on King’s Landing > [](https://twitter.com/its%5F%5Fkojack/status/1127778903030943746) > [](https://twitter.com/GianNarisma/status/1127764676907900934) > [](https://twitter.com/Annasynnett/status/1127792619101147136) > [](https://twitter.com/itsmuinely/status/1127759490202255360) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5565400/game-of-thrones-the-bells-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5565400/game-of-thrones-the-bells-memes/"},"headline":"The Memes of Game of Thrones' Penultimate Episode Are So Good We're Dying of Laughter","datePublished":"2019-05-13T04:58:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:32.304Z","description":"The Twitter comedy came in strong.","url":"https://time.com/5565400/game-of-thrones-the-bells-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","onetime","game of thrones 2019","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ba3337a535250e7/698949ceb21a9c765550098a/gameofthronesseason8episod5didvarysdie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ba3337a535250e7/698949ceb21a9c765550098a/gameofthronesseason8episod5didvarysdie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GameofThronesSeason8Episod5DidVarysDie","caption":"Varys memes flooded Twitter after he appears before Dany in Game of Thrones season 8 episode 5","creditText":"Helen Sloan/HBO","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/5565400/game-of-thrones-the-bells-memes/","name":"The Memes of Game of Thrones' Penultimate Episode Are So Good We're Dying of Laughter"}}]}] ```