Warning: Game of Thrones spoilers ahead.
I know I missed out on a cultural phenomenon by never watching Game of Thrones [1], but eight years later, I'm not going to bother starting. Plus, I work at POPSUGAR, so reading spoilers here and there is inevitable. I already know Daenerys's fate [2] and that Bran (whoever that is) wins the whole game or whatever [3], so why make the commitment? Instead of watching the series from the beginning, I'll just read these tweets.
Even though I know it's somehow always Winter, there's a lot of rape and incest, the timing is medieval but no one really knows when exactly, and some creature called the Night King [4] is basically Voldemort, I don't actually know what's going on in the show, and I've always wanted a very quick CliffsNotes version. Turns out, these 280-character summaries are very helpful for a lowly nonwatcher like me!
"Textbook Shakespearean tragedy with dragons, a girl who can't be burned with fire, and frozen demon mummies," one person tweeted. "A boy is thrown out a window, turns into a bird, then lands on a throne," another wrote. TBH, it all makes sense now, and I feel good about my decision to watch shows like Dead to Me [5] and Killing Eve [6] instead. Please enjoy the following one-tweet versions of Game of Thrones.