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With the premiere of Game of Thrones's final season mere days away, comedian @ikebarinholtz decided to celebrate the show's ever-growing roster of characters by asking a very pertinent question:
"Who is the Game of Thrones character you see yourself as and who is the one you actually are?"
Who is the Game of Thrones character you see yourself as and who is the one you actually are? For me it's Bronn/Hot Pie— Ike Barinholtz (@Ike Barinholtz) 1554777402.0
Twitter was more than happy to oblige Ike with some hilarious answers.
@ikebarinholtz margaery tyrell/the girl robb stark was engaged to but DIDN'T want to marry— Dana Schwartz (@Dana Schwartz) 1554778690.0
@ikebarinholtz Ed Sheeran/Ed Sheeran.— Travon Free (@Travon Free) 1554841730.0
@ikebarinholtz https://t.co/Os3uC0c3KW— collin duddy (@collin duddy) 1554795986.0
@ikebarinholtz Younger Arya Stark/Older Arya Stark— Kay Cannon (@Kay Cannon) 1554782449.0
In most cases, people saw themselves as big, strong heroes, but knew they came up a little bit short in real life.
@ikebarinholtz The Hound/ Littlefinger— Gabe Martinez (@Gabe Martinez) 1554823248.0
Jon Snow/The Nights Watchman who immediately gets killed in the first scene of the show https://t.co/Cw7vQ5uHMq— Nick Rosti (@Nick Rosti) 1554842255.0
@ikebarinholtz https://t.co/8FBiO06ITT— David Stassen (@David Stassen) 1554791217.0
@ikebarinholtz Robb Stark/Loud tavern drunk #3— Beta Gmork (@Beta Gmork) 1554784444.0
To be fair, however, every character in Game of Thrones has both moments of heroism and cowardice.
@ikebarinholtz Little Finger* / Also Little Finger** . . . *When he was making cool maneuvers and plotting and shit. **When he was killed.— Salad Czar (@Salad Czar) 1554785530.0
I think I’m Margaery (powerful, charming, well-dressed) but am actually season 7 Bran (weird, constantly spouting f… https://t.co/1HuKhw6s1v— alison (@alison) 1554825945.0
Young, hot Melisandre/ 800-year-old-hag-smiling-sadly-at-a-mirror Melisandre https://t.co/ii4dBjHvMW— Justin (@Justin) 1554855379.0
The question resulted in a lot of very minor characters got more attention than they ever bargained for!
@ikebarinholtz Sam / The librarian in Oldtown who’s had enough of people’s nonsense. https://t.co/dZcCIPzGcx— Kreidy Giantsbane (@Kreidy Giantsbane) 1554827578.0
@ikebarinholtz I see myself as Cersei/I’m actually more like Lollys Stokeworth (without the castle).— Kimberly Nissen (@Kimberly Nissen) 1554789491.0
Daenerys Targaryen/Meera, the girl who carried Bran throughout the entire North only to get dumped when he made it… https://t.co/nRU3afXoPl— Justice (@Justice) 1554851635.0
Sansa/That breast feeding 12 year old from the vale https://t.co/HqzkoYLRDE— tater-thot (@tater-thot) 1554835588.0
Are any of us as alluring as we'd like to be?
@ikebarinholtz Margaery Tyrell / Lyanna Mormont https://t.co/luumK840JD— anne. (@anne.) 1554817408.0
Jaime Lannister / Jaime Lannister's hand that got cut off https://t.co/Nv1dSVDEz4— Paul 🤖 (@Paul 🤖) 1554853943.0
Baelor Breakspear/Random at an inn that cranes his neck out the window to catch a glimpse of Jamie Lannister riding… https://t.co/QOtC8l2klC— Patrick Daugherty (@Patrick Daugherty) 1554854319.0
Maybe the most honest commenters were the ones who acknowledged their own inevitable death within the series.
Arya/someone we never met who is dead now https://t.co/5dIcnezHef— Paula Simone (@Paula Simone) 1554851595.0
@ikebarinholtz Ned Stark/Dead farm girl. Tbh I would not survive in Westeros.— Anna Brooks (@Anna Brooks) 1554789045.0
@ikebarinholtz Jorah with all his dreams fulfilled / Jorah with Greyscale— Kat Trainor (@Kat Trainor) 1554785340.0
@ikebarinholtz Arya stark/the oysters, clams and cockles https://t.co/1BVVSOfqCd— M. Cox (@M. Cox) 1554819363.0
I mean, we can't ALL be magical chosen-ones.
@ikebarinholtz The three-eyed raven / a regular two-eyed raven— Kevin Fukunaga (@Kevin Fukunaga) 1554785414.0
@ikebarinholtz Daenerys/the person who got squished by the Great Sept of Baelor’s huge ass bell #GOT— 𝔩𝔞𝔡𝔶 𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔞 ⚔️ (@𝔩𝔞𝔡𝔶 𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔞 ⚔️) 1554782941.0
@ikebarinholtz @WiCnet king in the north/kit harington between takes https://t.co/TyVC7gMr4D— jazzy ⛈ (@jazzy ⛈) 1554838720.0
Don't worry though—no matter who you'd actually be in the series, you can still watch the show and enjoy it as if you were destined to be royalty!
@ikebarinholtz Jon Snow / Tommen Lannister. Getting thrown into a position of power I’m not suited for, getting l… https://t.co/5PybYdD7LV— Chet (@Chet) 1554819282.0
If we all work hard, maybe we can end our lives closer to our first choice than our second.
It's worth reading almost every single comment and that is a real Twitter victory. 😂😂😂 https://t.co/vcIlb5aKh5— Arden (@Arden) 1554855079.0
To see what happens to the actual characters, be sure to tune in to HBO to watch the final season of Game of Thrones premiere this Sunday, April 14!