For many it’s the end of an epoch cable television era, a seismic cultural shift, as HBO’s wildly popular “Game of Thrones” comes to an end after eight seasons.

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Whether you loved it or hated, many fans of the medieval realism and the epic violent struggles for control of the Iron Throne or independence from it on the mythical continents of Westeros and Essos are sad the series is ending.

Fans took to social media Sunday night to express their opinions on the finale and the series’ end.

This image released by HBO shows a scene from "Game of Thrones," that aired Sunday, May 12, 2019. Daenerys has reduced King's Landing to ashes in a dramatic, heart-stopping episode of Game of Thrones, but don't count the city out. Despite the horrifying death and destruction, the city is likely to rebound, over time, and will probably reclaim its glory as the wealthy capital of Westeros.
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