Twitter Could Simply *Not* Handle Ed Sheeran's Appearance on 'Game of Thrones'

In case you missed it, in which case lucky you, Ed Sheeran made a cameo during Sunday night's Game of Thrones premiere. And um. The internet had a lot of very strong emotional feelings, not to mention an abundance of puns.

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Throwback to the time I was a Lannister

A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos) on Jul 16, 2017 at 7:09pm PDT

Reactions to Ed sitting in the woods crooning on a guitar ranged from horror:

people: I’m so excited for GAME OF THRONES to return!!!!

game of thrones: *poop montage followed by ed sheeran cameo*
— David Sims (@davidlsims) July 17, 2017

things i cant forgive GoT for, ranked
5. killing margery
4. killing oberon
3. red wedding
2. ramsey rape
1. ed sheeran
— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) July 17, 2017

Top Three Characters I've wanted to see murdered on Game of Thrones
3. Joffrey
2. Ramsey
1. Ed Sheeran
— Ol’ QWERTY Bastard (@TheDillonOne) July 17, 2017

I'm forced to listen to ed sheeran songs 67 times a day bc it's the only shit on the radio & now my #Gameofthrones isn't even a safe place.
— Stassi Schroeder (@stassi) July 17, 2017

To punny:

Ed Sheeran on #GoTS7...
The club isn't the best place to find a lover, so the Riverlands is where I go..." pic.twitter.com/0EvQHRODnN
— ∞ Aoife Mairéad ॐ 🦄 (@TriggerHippieTV) July 17, 2017

Only way to justify Ed Sheeran's #GameOfThrones cameo is for him to greet Bran with: "When your legs don't work like they used to before..."
— Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) July 17, 2017

We'll all remember where we were when we realized that that was Ed Sheeran on #GameOfThrones.
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) July 17, 2017

To a few rare people actually being excited:

Every single person when @edsheeran 's face popped up on #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/o7mlbjXbNQ
— Noah Weisberg (@NoahWeisberg_) July 17, 2017

Ed Sheehan singing Lannister folk songs #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/B7p950AZb3
— goo-lagoon (@lillibrown98) July 17, 2017

Question: will we ever recover from this pop cultural moment, y/n?

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