--- title: Tormund's Giant Story Brightens Game of Thrones S8 Episode 2 description: Tormund's absurd tall tale of an origin story provided some much-needed humor to the second episode of the final season of Game of Thrones. canonical: https://time.com/5575272/game-of-thrones-tormund-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-22T15:48:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:44.050Z og:title: The Internet Can't Deal With Tormund's Crazy Origin Story og:description: You won't be able to forget how he got his name og:url: https://time.com/5575272/game-of-thrones-tormund-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda29a00a8b89d98c/6988d603bc6cfce6093e2462/game-of-thrones-dragonstone-brienne-tormund.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-dragonstone-brienne-tormund og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Can't Deal With Tormund's Crazy Origin Story twitter:description: You won't be able to forget how he got his name twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda29a00a8b89d98c/6988d603bc6cfce6093e2462/game-of-thrones-dragonstone-brienne-tormund.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is in Agreement. Tormund Is the Mood-Lightening MVP of _Game of Thrones_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 22, 2019 3:48 PM UTC  Helen Sloan—HBO  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 22, 2019 3:48 PM UTC Warning: This post contains spoilers for _Game of Thrones_. [Tormund Giantsbane](http://time.com/4918083/game-of-thrones-tormund/), _Game of Thrones’_ bearded ginger Wildling with a heart of gold, might have had the funniest moment in the show’s history when he attempted to woo [Brienne of Tarth, the subject of his unrequited love](http://time.com/5568012/brienne-tormund-thrones/), with a truly absurd tall tale of an origin story. In the [second episode of _Game of Thrones_‘ eighth and final season](http://time.com/5574969/game-of-thrones-daenerys-jon-snow-related/), ahead of what’s sure to be a battle to remember, those in Winterfell are engaging in some serious heart-to-hearts, as many are wont to do before they fight an army of White Walkers. For Tormund, his touchy-feely moment comes in the form of a drunken fireside chat with Tyrion, Jaime, Podrick, Davos, and his main crush, Brienne. During the course of this intimate party, Tormund enthusiastically cheers on as Brienne gets knighted by Jaime and then tells everyone the story of how he got his name. According to Tormund, he killed a giant at the age of 10, then suckles on the giant’s widow for three months afterwards, leading to him becoming stronger and bigger than others. “That’s how I got so strong: giant’s milk,” he notes laconically, while making eyes at Brienne. As might be expected, this outrageous tale hardly made Brienne swoon over Tormund, as he might have wanted, but it did endear him to the Internet, who showed him plenty of love for his fireside antics. > [](https://twitter.com/mattyclark08/status/1120228469575757824) > [](https://twitter.com/SamuelAAdams/status/1120147344018870272) > [](https://twitter.com/messixperrie/status/1120317471871909888) > [](https://twitter.com/meaganrosae/status/1120149726387691520) Here’s to Tormund, the ray of sunshine we desperately need going into the final season of _Game of Thrones._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5575272/game-of-thrones-tormund-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5575272/game-of-thrones-tormund-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Is in Agreement. 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