POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD FOR GAME OF THRONES SEASON 8 EPISODE 2, BUT YOU’LL SHOULD BE UP TO DATE BY NOW ANYWAY.
In case you haven’t heard, Arya Stark had sex.
The woman formerly known as the “girl with no name” got down and dirty with the hammer-wielding hunk, Gendry, after an episode of pent-up sexual tension and boy did it spark off quite the reaction for everyone who tuned in for what was expected to be their usual dose of dragons, winter, and incest.
The internet’s reaction summed up.
Arya losing her virginity to Robert Baratheon’s bastard is a big deal beyond the hanky-panky of it all because not only did it show the growth of a character who is proactively taking control of her sexual narrative, it also represents what might be a final moment of human connection before everything goes to hell in Westeros.
But look, y’all came here for the awkward sex scene part so that’s what you’ll get.
Anyway, the reactions to Maisie Williams doing her first ever sex scene were just pure gold, particularly the delightful one shared by her BFF, Sophie Turner after Maisie’s big moment aired.
The subsequent memes were all brilliant but all that has been taken down a notch thanks to this tweet from Maisie, which not only functions as a great joke but also something that’ll stop you in your tracks and go, “oof, yeah I feel ya.”
if u feel uncomfortable just know that my mother and my step dad and my 2 sisters and my 4 brothers have all probably watched this too ahahakillmeehehe
— Maisie Williams (@Maisie_Williams) April 23, 2019
Yeah, I feel ya, Maisie.
Watching sex scenes with your family is awkward enough. But having your whole immediate family watch you get freaky on TV alongside millions of other people around the world? Well that’s just on another level of cringe.
But kudos to Maisie to taking all this like an absolute champ because filming your first ever sex scene is no walk in the park and she’s handled all the attention brilliantly.
And besides, we need this moment of levity before the Night King and his army of the dead rain hell upon everyone in Winterfell.