Talk about your Wedding Crashers.

Sheesh, Walder Frey and Roose Bolton. Way to ruin it for everyone!

Red Wedding WTF George Martin?!

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/06/02/game-of-thrones-author-george-r-r-martin-why-he-wrote-the-red-wedding/

"Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?"

See also: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Red_Wedding

And: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/02/the-red-wedding-hbo-s-game-of-thrones-reveals-its-latest-twist.html

"The Red Wedding is a necessary moment for the longevity of the series, a truly stunning turn of events that throws viewers off balance once more, making us wonder who will be the next character to face death and leading us to question whether anyone on Game of Thrones has any chance at long-term survival. As terrible as it is to lose Madden’s Robb and Fairley’s Catelyn—whose final moments are alight with the fire and gritty determination that we’ve come to expect from her—those deaths count toward raising the narrative stakes. They’re every bit as important and vital as Ned’s death or the blade slicing downward on the sword hand of Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). They’re permanent and palpable signs of the frailty of human life of the transitory nature of all living things. And, most important, these moments will reverberate sharply through Game of Thrones, for they remind us that, though this game may have rules, those rules can and will be broken."

Context:

The Feels:

I guess we had a little foreshadowing:

Jon Snow really does know nothing.

Let me stand first. Let me go with a bit of dignity.

When the war was lost:

The moral of the story? Listen to your mother!

The wine really did flow red and the music really did play loud with Lannister themes.

Thanks a whole lot, Walder Frey: 

http://pandawhale.com/post/20973/the-wine-will-flow-red-and-the-music-will-play-loud-and-well-put-this-mess-behind-us-walder-frey-before-the-red-wedding

Us watching the latest Game of Thrones :(

Seriously, Arya, did you HAVE to give Tywin that idea?

Oh! I see what you did there...

Lucky for Arya she has The Hound!

On that last gif:

On the Red Wedding:

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Red_Wedding

The Stark Minivan after The Red Wedding:

http://pandawhale.com/post/20933/the-stark-minivan-after-the-red-wedding

"The Northerners will never forget..."

Actually, we're nowhere close to an ending...

...because there are at least two more books after A Dance with Dragons!

Not bloody likely. This is more like S1 EP9.

However, there will likely be a twist. Wait for it...