Game of Thrones: Twitter Reactions to Sansa Stark's 'Black Wedding'

May 18, 2015 10:59 AM EDT

This post contains spoilers for Season 5, Episode 6 of Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is famous for its tragic weddings, but last night the show pushed that into even darker territory with what fans have dubbed ‘the Black Wedding.’ In the closing scene, Sansa Stark—whom viewers have watched grow up on the show—was forced into a second marriage against her will. But this time, the wedding night took a stomach-turningly grim turn as Sansa was raped by her new husband, Ramsay, while the brainwashed Theon was forced to watch, unable to intervene. Even for Game of Thrones, which has never shied away from violent depictions of sexual assault, this scene was emotionally harrowing.

Many viewers took to Twitter to express their disgust, shock and disappointment.

Wow. Tonight's @GameOfThrones was really hard to watch at the very end.
— Sarah Hyland (@Sarah_Hyland) May 18, 2015

Game of Thrones was...disturbing
— J.A. Adande (@jadande) May 18, 2015

Didn’t think it was possible, but that was the creepiest ending to a Game of Thrones episode ever.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 18, 2015

Ok this is never meant to happen to Sansa Stark. @GameOfThrones is about to lose me. #TheNorthRemembers #GameofThrones
— Jamie Tarabay (@jamietarabay) May 18, 2015

Regretfully I am unable to attend your wedding as I’ve watched every season of Game of Thrones
— Grant Tanaka: Honky (@GrantTanaka) May 17, 2015

THAT was more disturbing than any death on the show. #GameOfThrones #Sansa
— Rob Roglev (@velgor) May 18, 2015

Really. I think tonight's #BlackWedding was way more disturbing than the Red Wedding. By a lot. #GameofThrones
— @hayesbrown.bsky.social (@HayesBrown) May 18, 2015