King Joffrey’s death was by far the single most satisfying moment in Game of Thrones as he clung on to this throat desperately catching his last breath after being poisoned by Olenna Tyrell.
We sound disturbed, we know, but no other grim demise could bring such joy – honestly.
However, in George RR Martin’s original pitch, the honour of wiping out Westeros’ most sinister ruler didn’t fall to Olenna (Diana Rigg) at all, but Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage).
A now-deleted tweet from Waterstones laid out Martin’s original plans for Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) which would have meant missing out on Olenna’s big reveal to Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).
‘He really was a c**t, wasn’t he?’ Never forget.
The creator of Wetseros wrote: ‘Tyrion Lannister will continue to travel, to plot, and to play the game of thrones, finally removing his nephew Joffrey in disgust at the boy king’s brutality.’
Tyrion’s disgust was crystal clear in Game of Thrones, but eventually, Olenna got their first.
Eitherway, here’s the moment we all got what we waited four seasons for:
The tweets also revealed Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) was originally going to murder Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa) for killing her atrocious brother Viserys (Harry Lloyd).
The Mother of Dragons did eventually put her husband out of his misery after Drogo perished from an infected cut, but Dany’s descent to ‘madness’ initially started when she bumped off her hubby as a revenge killing.
Game of Thrones ended six months ago now but we’re still uncovering more of Martin’s hidden gems. This week we revealed Bran translated into Celtic basically gave the entire ending away all this time.
Game of Thrones seasons one to eight are available to stream on NOW TV.
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