2011 Jon: Playing with his new puppy. 2019 Jon: Lighting hundreds of pyres to mourn the loss of everyone he knows.
Well, this is dark.
On Sunday, the biggest franchise in the history of television comes to an end, wrapping up eight years (and seasons) of nail-biting fantasy drama.
To commemorate the monumental finale, we dug bag into the HBO archives to find photos of our favorite characters’ first appearances on-screen in 2011 to compare to their more recent moments in 2019 — and the results were as bleak as you’d expect.
From amputations and zombie resurrections to some questionable haircuts, it would seem that everything in Westeros just kept getting worse over the past eight years. (Including the quality of the show.)
Check out some then and now pics from the Game of Thrones cast below.
Jon Snow (Kit Harington)
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Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke)
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Arya Stark (Maisie Williams)
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Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright)
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Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner)
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Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage)
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Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau)
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Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey)
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Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson)
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Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel)
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Lord Varys (Conleth Hill)
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Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen)
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Yara Greyjoy (Gemma Whelan)
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Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie)
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Sandor Clegane (Rory McCann)
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Gregor Clegane (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson)
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Samwell Tarly (John Bradley)
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Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham)
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Melisandre (Carice van Houten)
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Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen)
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Gendry Baratheon (Joe Dempsie)
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Drogon
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