Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones season eight, episode three, “The Long Night.”
At the climax of the latest episode of Game of Thrones, Arya Stark killed the Night King using a Michael Jordan-esque midair hand switch.
Arya Of House Stark. First of her name. Avenger Of the Red Wedding. Assassin of the North. Knight King Slayer. Savior of the Seven Kingdoms.#GameofThrones #BattleOfWinterfell
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— The 7Kingdoms (@Game0fThronz) April 29, 2019
At first, the Night King reacts swiftly to Arya’s surprise attack and grabs her around the throat. But then — in a move that would make the G.O.A.T. proud — the teenaged assassin flipped the Valyrian steel dagger to her other hand and stabbed the Night King in the stomach.
Valyrian steel is one of the few materials that can kill White Walkers, and the Night King’s death set off a chain reaction which destroyed the entire White Walker army.
Arya’s midair move didn’t go unnoticed on social media.
arya with the mj switch in mid air!!!!
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) April 29, 2019
Arya switched hands like pic.twitter.com/4UT6dSwf78
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) April 29, 2019
Arya switch hands with the dagger? pic.twitter.com/19v8Uja7I0
— ryan (@StillRyanFive) April 29, 2019
Arya been had the hands pic.twitter.com/B9y4oIeP7d
— Gracielle Dane Luna (@gracielledane_) April 29, 2019
Arya (Maisie Williams), Jon Snow (Kit Harington), and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) might have defeated the Night Kingn and won the Battle of Winterfell, but the biggest threat of all still remains. Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) still sits on the Iron Throne and the Daenerys will not rest until her birthright has been reclaimed.
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