'Game of Thrones' Fans Had Feelings About Cersei's Elephant Obsession in the Season 8 Premiere
If you tuned into tonight's Game of Thrones premiere hoping for elephants – following the revelation that Cersei had enlisted the Golden Company in the season seven finale – then you had a whole boatload of disappointment awaiting you. But on the plus side, you were in good company, because Cersei was fully devastated to discover that no elephants were coming.
A brief refresher, in case you're struggling to remember what on earth the Golden Company is: following her apparent truce with Daenerys, Cersei revealed to Jamie that she had a secret plan to bolster the depleted Lannister army. “Highgarden bought us the most powerful army in Essos, the Golden Company-20,000 men, horses, elephants, I believe,” she told him. Elephants! But in tonight's premiere, the Golden Company showed up with not an elephant in sight.
"I wanted those elephants," Cersei said mournfully, and in that moment, she was all of us. But some fans were also confused by her sudden elephant obsession. Here's a roundup of some of the best reactions Twitter had to offer.
Cersei’s obsession with the elephants is hilarious. And surprisingly relatable. #GoT
- Saeed Jones (@theferocity) April 15, 2019
Cersei is literally the whole fandom right now. WHERE ARE ELEPHANTS #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/1MHlX0KifU
- Lᴏʀᴀs Tʏʀᴇʟʟ (@knightserloras) April 15, 2019
IT IS BULLSHIT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE ELEPHANTS TBH. #GameOfThrones
- Alicia Lutes (@alicialutes) April 15, 2019
hbo said we ain’t got elephant money. #GameofThrones
- chuck[ie] (@iGiveNoChuck) April 15, 2019
"I wanted those elephants."
So maybe this whole story plays out differently if Cersei would have just been able to see @Dumbo. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/55WhmExOAk- Binge Mode (@binge_mode) April 15, 2019
All in all, disappointing. Butin unrelated yet extremely relevant news, a truly heartwarming elephant video was circulating on Twitter this weekend courtesy of journalist Yashar Ali. The video involves a lonely orphaned baby elephant named . Ndotto, who was too scared to play with other elephants after being rescued, and honestly you're just going to need to watch the video. If only Cersei had Twitter access, because the story of Ndotto would fully transform her day.
Baby elephants can die from loneliness..they need the love of a herd to live. Ndotto was rescued by @DSWT when he was just 2 days old. He became attached to his keepers and didn't want to play with other orphans until Mbegu, an older orphan, came along pic.twitter.com/blLeXF5K4w
- Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 14, 2019
In conclusion: WHERE ARE MY ELEPHANTS?!?!
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