Game of Thrones 6x09 - "Rickon Stark Death Scene"

Poor Rickon Stark what should he have done?
#gameofthrones #rickonstark #jonsnow

[@BoundInChains]

This scene taught me to do a zigzag in pubg when running away from the enemy.

[@Roover_sa]

Absolutely 👍👍

[@Jokah227jish]

And ZIG and ZAG again hahahahaha!!!!

[@carlost856]

Run in a straight line, you'll love longer. The forces teach us to run in a straight line in short sprints between cover. They also teach us to not find ourselves in an open field like that.

[@knmilu882]

DE JIGLE DE JIGLE

[@Dimitri1221XxX]

@@carlost856 Real life and video games is different.

[@Captainbadger123]

It’s really sad that despite being raised as a bastard Jon is the best brother that any of the Stark kids have. He ran out so desperately to save Rickon here and would’ve done anything to save him.

[@reshovarai38]

Yes I was literally about to say the same. I like how Jon always loved his siblings even though he is a half brother or you can say not even a brother(he is cousin or something like that) I suppose. But he will always be there for them. Even later, he said 'We're going to Bury my brother in the crypt next to my father'. He said 'My'. And here no offence but I didn't see sansa being so sad or cry when she saw rickon dead body. I think she already knew he was going to die anyway and accepted it.

[@ninac.5257]

And sad that Caitlyn never knew the truth about him, he would have been surely way more loved in his family

[@reshovarai38]

@@ninac.5257 yes fr

[@virtuefirst5746]

Because he was the Prince that was promised. The real dragon!

[@geoffreyokrongly916]

Cousin. He is a Targaryen raised by Starks. THAT is what makes him different.

[@Shade878]

I hate how after this scene Rickon is barely ever acknowledged again. They could've done so much more with him

[@Jonathan-om1wq]

They uh, kinda forgot Rickon existed

[@feryadsonemez6333]

@@Jonathan-om1wq he had some sort of a magic shit too buut writers sad fuck it we don't give a shit about him

[@geoffreyokrongly916]

Rickon ran in a straight line. He was easy target practice for a training archer.

[@Jermrants]

@@geoffreyokrongly916 exactly who Tf runs in a straight line

[@CapelloYT]

@@Jermrants daemon targaryen apparently

[@korgaun]

People feared the Lannister’s but it was the Starks that always paid their debts. Any person that went against them died. Any person harming their friends paid the final debt to life. The lannisters bought people off the starks ended lineages

[@deinonkel123]

I mean in the end basically only the Starks survived. They won the "Game of Thrones".

[@alanjames7971]

@@deinonkel123 Bran is incapable of continuing the stark line. So essentially the stark family is also over. Only one remain, the tallest one standing, Tyrion son of Tywin

[@anthonyrobino145]

@@alanjames7971 wrong, you forgot to consider Arya grows a peen and continues onward as king

[@ThorOdinson]

@@alanjames7971 Sansa is fully capable of bearing children. What happens with great houses with no male heirs is the children of the daughters take on the name. So Sansa just has to find someone to stud for her, and boom. She’ll have a whole brood of Stark children.

[@alanjames7971]

@@ThorOdinson Then why was Loras being Kings Guard a threat to the Tyrell line for olenna?

[@DeadDave]

At least Rickon didn’t have to live through the horrors of season 8.

[@JohnBaggy99]

underrated comment 😂

[@SeaShellsSeaShells89]

Laughed so hard at this

[@pritamlaskar7265]

😂😂😂

[@fafale8731]

LMFAO😂💀💀

[@sithman5000]

He lived out a different plot.

[@livnoethe2133]

every time i watch this i still have hope he makes it. that’s suspense right there.

[@DookieNr88]

That’s the definition of insanity;)

[@livnoethe2133]

@@DookieNr88 touché😂

[@Mtnbike121]

i didnt understand why he didnt zig zag

[@Loki-ix7mm]

Me too

[@Likexner]

This scene annoyed me to no end. Its so idiotic. WHY DOESNT HE JUST ZIG ZAG??? Thats what anyone would do in that situation. There is no suspense because im cringing too much from the sheer stupidity.

[@KidPersepolis]

If this kid would’ve watched Apocalypto, he’d still be alive.

[@woozie._.]

😂😂

[@tacarie757]

I literally said the same thing years ago 😂

[@carlost856]

No, you saw the movie, zih-zaging just leaves them more time to line a shot. In an open field like that you're fucked anyway.

[@armagedon0264]

Really you never lied about that

[@mystery5719]

Yes that's what I've been thinking about

[@Nick-cy2tn]

This episode is an absolute masterpiece then I remember Bran becomes king

[@TheRussianGamer]

Ikr I was just discussing game of thrones and got disappointed all over again

[@Jonathan-om1wq]

@@TheRussianGamer Such a disappointing climax to the series; easily the most mismanaged conclusion of any TV show ever

[@TheRussianGamer]

@@Jonathan-om1wq 100% agree

[@krashd]

Wait, so you think Bran becoming king was an even better episode? Your comment makes no sense, Nick.

[@kashura38]

It's so so ridiculous. Forget the iron throne he never even wanted to be King of Winterfell, he said he can't because he's the 3 eyed raven then says he came all the way out to the South to become king of the 7 kingdoms.....God damn those writers

[@Ramiroocampo]

Pro tip for surviving this situation: run the first 100m as fast as you can, then turn around and keep running backwards, facing the archer while you bring more distance between each other. You will see the moment he fires and can easily dodge the arrow because their flying speed is way less than say a 9mm bullet.

[@darkphoenix2]

Or just...don't run in a straight line for any longer than 2 seconds...

[@keribere244]

Hopefully I won’t ever be in this situation in the first place

[@douglascisneros4532]

Thanking you in advance for this.

[@sabimosapagong5667]

how to do you know that bruh

[@ball1106c]

Trying to run backwards is kinda hard

[@LINX29X92]

The determination Jon had to save his baby brother hit me hard.

[@julianadan4260]

This move was actually so smart by Ramsay. He intentionally missed his shots to get Jon as far away from his army as possible knowing that he would single-handedly charge once Rickon died making him an easy target to kill. And he almost succeeded. That’s the thing about Ramsay. In my opinion he’s as smart as he is evil. His feelings can’t be hurt like Joffrey’s. In Ramsay’s world he can’t lose. That’s why even when he was getting beat by Jon he was smiling. He was amused by it all. He was a terrifying character.

[@nicbentulan]

Amen. Joffrey died the way Light Yagami died. Chad Ramsay Vs Virgin Joffrey (literally)

[@CanItAlready]

He was smart, yes. But he forgot about Sansa. And his own dogs.

[@H_savv4848]

His feelings did get in the way when Sansa reminded him about his legitimacy

[@angryvaultguy]

Or more likely answer is that Jon has x extremez plot armour

[@damirmercep9390]

"His feelings can’t be hurt like Joffrey’s"_____ Yup, that's what the main difference between psychopath and sociopath is.

[@MichaelJ44]

Hearing Ser Davos say “Prepare to charge… Follow your commander” is what really sold this scene for me. Such an underrated part of this scene

[@Savage-en1xv]

Literally the reason why I came to watch this clip 😂😂 for that one part

[@SilkBuckets]

Ser davos is the goat

[@PakWidodo]

Every single one of them has a brilliant optical eyes to see what even happening that far.

[@TheFunFactoryChannel]

You can see a boy fall from far and realize he's dead because they're literally on a battlefield

[@briant216]

meanwhile i'm just living with "non-optical" eyes...... can't see shit.

[@krashd]

My mechanical eyes only see up to 90 decibels.

[@Pooki2024]

@@briant216😂😂😂😂

[@raina1848]

Davos looks appalled by this display of evil before him. Reminds me how glad I was that he was a survivor in the end.

[@Apo595]

i think he was more like : "oh shit, our commander is going do mess up big time", he must be more worried about the tactical aspect of the situation

[@raina1848]

@@Apo595 Good point since that was a nightmare until the knights of the Vale showed up.

[@andrewmarino5441]

He's always had a sweet spot for children especially Shireen.

[@alma4473]

just like arya during the red wedding, they were so close to being reunited with family and disaster struck !

[@Hypervalence]

I loved how deliciously evil Ramsay was in GoT. And this scene is tame compared to the way he treats Theon. I honestly think he's one of the most underrated characters in the show. I know a lot of people talk about how everyone disliked Joffrey and that was thanks to Jack Gleeson's wonderful performance (and I agree), but we should be praising Iwan Rheon too. I don't think I disliked a character more than Ramsay in the series, and that's why he's one of my favorites.

[@TheRussianGamer]

Fun fact kit Harrington accidently punched him during his death scene by accident. I think he bought him a beer and apologized.

[@ThatScythe]

@@TheRussianGamer In the final cut or in a reshoot lol?

[@sldarwin5615]

joffery and ramsay were such hateable characters. but i still cant believe people sent them death threats over it lmao like cmon its a fucking show at the end of the day lol

[@nothosaur]

​@@sldarwin5615 Consider that 4% believe that Elvis is still alive. So, writing a hate letter to "Ramsay Bolton" is believable.

[@sldarwin5615]

@@4tado I think overall, Joffrey was a better villain since I like a couple of his scenes where they made him out to be kinda smart, sort of a mix between Tywin and Robert (such as the scene where he talks about a single, unified army over multiple different armies, as Robert said to Cersei), but I think there is merit in making Ramsey more visually cruel, to differentiate him from Joffrey. However, it the scene w him, Sansa, and Theon after the wedding was too far. We didn’t need to see it, and I think it would of been better to imply, but not show

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Rickon is the only Stark that no one ever cried of because of his death.

[@TheRussianGamer]

Yea they didn't really show much of him

[@crowcypher5821]

I didn't even know he was a stark lol

[@DeepCut89]

Jon beat Ramsay to a pulp for him. I cried.

[@SkillBill1000.]

When he died I was sad for Jon

[@blazinpuffs]

I wasn't sad I was angry.

[@Captainbadger123]

I knew Rickon died. I figured this would be the scene he died. Yet this still caught me off guard and made me gasp when it happened. RIP Rickon

[@Izzybellebelle]

I got jumpscared cause I was like three isn’t the charm? And then he got a fucking arrow through the chest while he’s running next to the camera.

[@TheForbiddenChode]

What if he ran zig zag though?

[@adrianstark697]

In all seriousness, Ramsay is one hell of an archer

[@FedJimSmith]

Yeah I think he's the best archer in GoT,

[@thehardyfan9908]

When I watched this for the first time I thought he was going to shoot Jon and use rick on as bait

[@benitoluera8467]

He kinda did. He lured Jon out by himself

[@DeepCut89]

Would've been the smarter thing to do.

[@ryanjoseph7970]

Same

[@crocsinthewater4838]

think i just realized he was missing on purpose. that’s just so cruel

[@LuzMaria95]

Yup. Mind games, extra bit of torture before killing him anyways.

[@RestitutorEuropa]

I don’t think people realize how inaccurate bows are at long range. It doesn’t matter how skilled you are, it’s hard as fuck to be that accurate. That’s precisely why in the Middle Ages, they had entire units of archers to rain tons of arrows to increase the chances of the arrows hitting anyone.

[@TheRussianGamer]

Facts

[@jorgea.2318]

Oh, that's because Ramsay had aim assist

[@AudieHolland]

And those archer units would target other large units, not individuals.

[@Necreon021]

This scene was scary because I thought he'll shoot Jon. Then he didn't. Oh ok he is fine. But then he charged, fell... and the horsemen started. Truly felt like a moment of well deserved ending - not a happy one, but paying for two grave mistakes against a cunning strategist. Sadly, plot armor is something no plan can take down.

[@kirkpatrick7475]

His death is the most avoidable, all he had to do was change direction each time an arrow is fired, it's not like the arrow can follow

[@TmanTheTdog]

I mean he’s hardly looking backwards to see when each arrow is fired, a zig zag pattern would’ve helped though

[@waleedwaseemkhawaja1720]

Ramsay did not intend to kill him while he was running, he wanted to kill him as soon as he was close to Jon so Jon could see him in agony while taking his last breath. And when he got close to him, even the zig zag pattern may not have helped. His aim and timing were perfected to kill Rickon next to Jon.

[@JasonJia11]

@@waleedwaseemkhawaja1720 yeah that's bs even the most skilled archers in the world won't hit their mark on the last shot like that. And thousands of arrows somehow miss Jon in the ensuing battle what a joke

[@waleedwaseemkhawaja1720]

@@JasonJia11 Ramsay is one of the best archers in the show. His confidence speaks for it and so does his last shot to the giant (forgot his name). Rickon was on foot and Jon started riding towards them when they fired their arrows. That been said, it’s a show! A fantasy world, anything can happen! :D

[@Kim.Yo-jong]

@@JasonJia11 Angela Merkel was a dictator

[@LotusInitiate72]

It’s interesting that his death was completely ignored after this episode.

[@veilbreak5867]

if he'd have zig zagged and done some Starsky and Hutch style rolly pollys, he'd have been fine.

[@wonaldgrump9654]

Well the bastard archer was damn good, he couldve led it easily still.

[@paulhk2727]

Zig zag is enough, no chance of reliably hitting with zigzag

[@Coco_Loco95]

@@wonaldgrump9654 “bastard archer” 💀😂😂

[@blatherskyt]

@@paulhk2727 right, once you’re 100+ ft away…and cutting every 30 ft… The chances of being hit by an expert archer would be slim at best.

[@bdt3367]

After this battle I closed my mind to anything else and let myself believe this was the end of the series.

[@bernieclinton9572]

So Jon can be shot 3 times and Arya can get stabbed in the gut by a professional assassin but rickeon gets shot once at least 100 yards away and dies. Makes sense

[@benross797]

rickon got an arrow in the heart. jon’s arrows didn’t hit anything important and the knife that stabbed arya was quite small

[@TheRussianGamer]

It's bs writing

[@jamiebirch2017]

it probs went through his heart or something cause he was instantly dead after

[@cookiedw3927]

Arrows shot by a professional are more effective than bullets. Learnt that in school.

[@cookiedw3927]

In the sense that they penetrate deeper.

[@ellecullen3986]

The most devastating thing about this is that he was so close to reaching Jon 💔

[@kira-zk6op]

This scene was so sick, he almost made it

[@victors_art3002]

There was a movie I can’t remember what it’s called but it was based on Mayans. Two tribal people were placed in the same situation where they have to run from point a to point B dodging Arrows. They both teamed up and ran zigzags across the finish line successfully. 🏁 but the crowd wasn’t amused so they killed one of them anyway. Still this kid should have ran zigzags.

[@polemanRulz]

Apocolypto?

[@alexv4550]

Apocalypto

[@kingkongchief1177]

I love how in real life the actor who plays Ramsay Bolton is so nice.

[@patb6486]

Ramsay was a great villain. Some of his most sinister moments were actually tactful, like here. He induced a charge and drew the enemy into a full envelopment which would result in certain death and slaughter for them and victory for him if not for the knight reinforcements no one was expecting

[@joannay4985]

2:33 his gasps here sent goosebumps through me. That poor baby 😢

[@TheGordyMac]

why would you run in a straight line ffs

[@lupinaocean4326]

He’s a child he doesn’t know any better

[@Mr.Possums]

Budget...

[@notnero5280]

Because the writers had to kill him off somehow.

[@Dontlicktheballoons]

Because D and D can't write for shit

[@paulhk2727]

@@lupinaocean4326 Sorry but no, but by the time of second grade gym classes you would understand how not running in a line makes you harder to hit, and this kid literally grew up with fighters. Sorry man but after 10s of running my first thought was: Wait that guy isn't going to pick zack is he... I'm 16 and I don't think that that kid would be that stupid if it wasn't for the writing

[@dorkknight0790]

Daemon Targaryen: I ran over thousands of arrow at the stepstone, This millenial kid can't even zig zag 😔

[@larsbouwmeester5022]

Lol Jon’s sword is very bendy for a Valyrian steel sword at 1:20 when he runs to his horse

[@johntowers1213]

another fine graduate of the prometheus school of running away from things...

[@faryalaziz]

They met so many years later just to die in his older brother's/cousins arms poor them both Jon too he met his younger brother all grownup just to carry his dead body that was the saddest scene of all losing the ones you loved 😫😩

[@jimeno726]

One of the saddest deaths.

[@Complexcore-lz8de]

tbh I din't feel sad at all when he died

[@thomassalas5191]

Nah. Their was worst

[@jimeno726]

@@Complexcore-lz8de he was completely innocent. Was sent to a trusted family for protection and was betrayed, tortured and killed. And he was a young boy.

[@dhrubmehta120]

u r kidding right? this death made no effect at all.

[@jimeno726]

@@dhrubmehta120 exactly. An innocent child killed for no reason. Ramsey expected to win and he could've just executed him fast, instead he probably tortured him and then killed him in front of his sister and brother.

[@torycatherine2044]

"If you think he'll fall into your trap, he won't, he's the one who lays traps. He plays with people, he wants you to make a mistake, don't do what he wants you to do." It sucks because anyone else would have done the same thing Jon did as soon as Rickon started running, but Sansa really tried so hard to warn him something like this would happen. She couldn't have known exactly what he would do, but I think she knew at the very least Ramsey would use Rickon to hurt Jon and that their chances of getting him back alive were basically zero.

[@eiyp3]

Don't quote Sansa,she just annoys me so much

[@senpailee1967]

@@eiyp3 man I genuinely hate that character no matter her development. Truly annoying and weak.

[@eiyp3]

@@senpailee1967 her development was just stupid,seems like writers had extra sympathy for her so they gave her scenes her character didn't deserve

[@merryweather2all494]

@@eiyp3 that's so stupid, you literally see her learn to survive. She was given lots of screen time for development, Jon lost most of his tho

[@eiyp3]

@@merryweather2all494 so by getting tortured,we become extraordinarily intelligent as well?? Lol y'all dumb asf. She literally outsmarted the guy who was the smartest man in the game of thrones....there was no way she could ever do that...and Arya said," she's the smartest person I've ever met" just for no fucking reason. I'm telling you the only reason she got those scenes was bcoz the writers were biased towards her bcoz of whatever happened to her before and wanted to complete her arc but they overdid it.

[@ep6808]

If George finishes the books, I hope Rickon gets better treatment. He's such a feral, uncontrollable child, as wild as his direwolf. The thought of him dying meekly as prey to this psychopath is very disappointing

[@jacobwomack5627]

This set the mood for the whole battle and then continued to be the best medieval battle ive ever seen... Shows the horses charging at Jon as he draws his weapon and throws his scabbard to the ground. That whole episode had me glued to the screen.

[@True_Blood_89]

If only Rickon watched episode 3 of House of Dragons then perhaps he may still been alive.

[@wolfgod6443]

When you realize Ramsey could have shot Jon here and he still decided to shoot Rickon. That's just how evil he is.

[@aw6686]

The anger on Jon Snow face after this

[@azraelwolfsblood2902]

Nooooo not… that guy. I had so many connections with him in the three scenes he was in out of the entire show

[@krashd]

He couldn't survive though, imagine how gutted he would be at the end to realise his twin sister is the greatest assassin to ever live while he doesn't even know how to run in a zig zag? Arya would have mercy killed him out of embarrassment.

[@Shadowwind4]

John didn’t even really know rickon since rickon was so young when he left for the wall. But he still risked his life for him. If there was any house in westeros I’d have to fight and die for it’d be house stark.

[@jamiejones7677]

The Boltens are the true Kings of the North 😎

[@manix429]

Its a hard death to take. But they way they shot it, as Rickon here you'd be strafing all over once the first arrow landed. His own fault if he runs in a straight line...

[@Sun_Bro69]

I think the saddest part of this scene is that it was pretty obvious he stood no chance its was clear from the start ramsey was toying with him

[@Ready-ForTheEnd]

I was upset after his death not like I was with Robb. Just upset that he was a promising character they clearly wanted to kill off so they could make Sansa queen. That's the only reason. They never took the time to flesh this character out. I personally think he should have become more of a main character and determined to get his home back from the people who stole it since he was there to witness the horror.

[@HipRapBlack7]

I don't know how house of the dragon will come close to these iconic scenes

[@arkwill14]

Once he had reached the point that Ramsey had to arc the arrow (which is what, maybe 100 feet?), he literally could have stopped and _walked_ backwards. He would have been able to see each shot and simply side-step it.

[@anthony66615]

Yeah but at that point he knew he was getting arrows shot at him and he wasn’t exactly thinking about calculating how to dodge them lol, and this was always something Ramsey was amazing at. He scared people so much they wouldn’t think. They’d just act

[@arkwill14]

@@anthony66615 That just made me think of something that would have been even more clever and terrifying and, well, Ramsey-ish. They should have had Rickon get farther away and do just that -- turn around and start dodging arrows. He might even smirk a little, thinking he's outsmarted Ramsey. Suddenly Ramsey would yell "Draw!" - hundreds of his archers would draw - Rickon and John's eyes would get big -- than Ramsey would yell "Release!" and Rickon would fall; pierced by 10 arrows or so and surrounded by a field of all the misses sticking out of the ground, making it clear that it would have been impossible to dodge them all. I think that might have fit better with Ramsey's character instead of making him into "super archer".

[@anthony66615]

@@arkwill14 this is likely what I imagine Joffrey does because of his incapability of doing it on his own, but Ramsey didn’t like having other people do his biddings for him. At times he enjoyed having them do it with him but he had to be involved no matter what. That’s what makes Ramsey and Joffrey different. They’re equally evil but Ramsey did everything he could in terms of acting on his evil. Joffrey was incapable of that and that’s what made Ramsey so much more threatening.

[@tjhall9377]

The cinematography, lighting and coloring of this episode is some of the most well-done of the entire show, that depressing blue-gray sets the mood and tone for the battle.

[@southtxroughneck113]

i kept yelling "zig zag little buddy!"

[@IamKnucks]

If only he thought to run side to side a little bit. Maybe hide behind the giant flaming breezers he ran past.

[@drachenkonig5577]

Who tf runs in a straight line if being shot at with bow and arrow

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

Serpentine! For the love of God SERPENTINE!

[@TaeSunWoo]

Rickon: “I want more screen time!” D&D: “bet.”

[@LostandDelirious88]

Iwan Rheon's acting was absolutely amazing

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

You should watch the british show Misfits if you liked his acting, it was his first big performance in a show and it's such a great show.

[@ajasj8852]

This is the scene which hurts me most from the whole seasons😶😣Rickon😞

[@TheRussianGamer]

😩

[@willnmarisa]

I told Rickey from Boyz in the hood the same thing zig zag man

[@Vesdus]

Make sure you run in a perfectly straight line and never look back to see when I fire my arrow.

[@krashd]

Zigged when he should have zagged. In fact he didn't zig _or_ zag, his knowledge of fundamental ballistics was in dire need of updating.

[@hungram5170]

I love the guy standing behind the other guy with the weapon. They should have done more with him.

[@TrollingRolling7821]

When i watched him it felt so weird cause i remember reading about him in books and he was like 6-7 years old when all this happened. So even in this scene he should have been little over 8

[@hawk66100]

Yeah he look like he’s about 16-17 🤣

[@adamseidel9780]

They aged everybody up 6 years from the books for the TV show Daenerys wouldn’t be 13 when she marries Drogo

[@Unelephant]

why the hell after all the time he spent with the Umbers, Rickon still wears wilding clothes?

[@jean-paulmoreau7178]

Ramsay timed the arrow so that Snow could have almost saved his brother but for a matter of a few feet... that's the definition of sadism right there. Ramsay was the boss for such behavior. Great character and great acting with that defiant stare at snow afterwards.

[@Alknix]

That's the definition of contrived bullshit right here. A longbow is not a sniper rifle. You can be Robin Hood and Legolas combined, and you will still not be albe to just miss or hit at will way beyond the accuracy range.

[@JungleLibrary]

@@Alknix legolas had superhuman aim, he made way harder shots than this. But yes, if you're concerned with realism, this shot wouldn't have been such a sure thing.

[@aaronalbert4160]

Zig zag man zig zag

[@contactshakya]

That flappy sword though..😂😂

[@vandres493]

This was the worst death :/ not as gruesome as the others just a huge mindfuck

[@John-xr9ry]

Honestly. I doubt it’d have mattered if Rickon zig zagged because Ramsay has proven to be incredibly skillful with a bow and arrow. Plus, if you were in Rickon’s situation, you’d not be thinking straight and would rather get to your brother as quick as possible. For all the flaws with this battle, Rickon not zig zagging is not one of them

[@paulhk2727]

Are you sure about that... Wanting to stay alive is an instinct, trying to not get hit is an instinct... There is little thinking involved in zig zagging, personally you do such kind of shit in gym class all the time, this guy was brought up by fighters... And btw Ramsay might be a good archer but no dude on earth can reliably predict randomized movements I would go as far as to say this is the single greatest flaw, because him zigzagging would be instinct while battle tactics can be blamed on stupidity. This is the thing that makes the least sense

[@John-xr9ry]

@@paulhk2727, I mean, considering that Ramsay fought off a load of Ironborn shirtless, him being able to hit Rickon while zigzagging isn’t unbelieavable

[@adamatch9624]

@@John-xr9ry he may hit him but it’s so much more unlikely. Logically I would stop look when he lets loose then move

[@nicmagtaan1132]

You have to increase the chances to live, Ramsay can have a fully automated m60 with superior aim and zigzagging like a madman can give u a chance to live

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

Even the most killed marksman would have a lot of trouble shooting someone zig zagging while running away from them, an arrow travels a lot slower than a bullet, it's much harder to lead a shot like that.

[@neogenmatrix6162]

you cannot run in a straight line from an archer. Serpentine Serpentine Serpentine.

[@CarlSeitan]

Clearly, Rickon studied at the Prometheus School of Running Away From Things.

[@kalarruda]

This scene always remind me that band "one direction"

[@KidPersepolis]

Lolol

[@dinorex3464]

Ramsay was a monster with that bow. You can tell he deliberately missed the first arrows because he wanted to give both Rickon and Jon the illusion of hope.

[@paulsad7624]

Imagine if he didn't run in a strate line Also isn't Snow a target nr 1 and he had him in range

[@MrSamurajo]

I'm here after House of the dragon, episode 3, they definitely improved characters that have to run between arrows xD

[@fabriziogranada2693]

Just two words: Zig Zag.

[@mariorosales1510]

Poor rickon bro

[@TheRussianGamer]

Yeah

[@baconflakes7484]

He didn’t even get mentioned after this battle and didn’t even get a funeral

[@user-jt6rh8xy6n]

@@baconflakes7484 He was a unneeded character that served quite literally no purpose. With that being said they could’ve given him a better death.

[@MrRenix1990]

“DON’T GO STRAIGH…🏹…When will they learn not to go straight will running away from an archer?! 🤦🏻‍♂️” - Jaguar Paw (Apocalypto)

[@walterwhite9602]

Never watched game of thrones but….probably would have helped to start running in zig zag lines after he got a bit further out.

[@MikeDeshiel]

My sister says they wrote this situation because they absolutely didnt want him around but he was still somehow important enough that he had to be "dealt with"

[@TheRussianGamer]

Lol

[@poozghims5854]

Who's here after incredible dodging scene of Daemon in HOD?

[@Felipe-jm4ir]

I like how they look at each other in the eyes but they are hundred of meters away

[@phoenyck]

People are talking about how it's tragic how Rickon isn't really mentioned again, and that's true. But I think what's worse is bringing him back as a non-speaking presumably so they can pay the actor less. People seem to like season 6 a lot but to me it's a way to cut a lot of loose ends so they wouldn't have to be worried about later on. Like blowing up the Sept didn't have any repercussions for Cersei and in reality all it did was put a neat bow on the Kings Landing storyline.

[@Human-zx4rb]

Well ye. They also didnt let him speak cuz the actors voice had dropped and he was supposed to be like 9 in this scene. Season 6 is just a season of stuff. They dont try to make antthing interesting they just kinda rush it.

[@Tooba-K123]

What baffles me is that Cersei is crowned Queen after all that? Did everyone forget her walk of shame, crimes and her burning Sept? Let's not forget that she doesn't have any kids left and she's the kingslayer's sister.

[@Viper631]

Rickon learned from the Prometheus School of Running Away From Things.

[@jukukwakuattionu5080]

This scene drained me

[@monkeyddizze]

Jons rubber sword looks so funny flabbing around when he jumps on his Horse haha 1:20

[@ziondanny7081]

At that range it would be very easy to dodge a single arrow fired on a looping trajectory like that.

[@falkarios2944]

Running in a straight line is the worst thing you can do in this situation.

[@1012Games]

I feel like Ramsey purposefully missed until he got close enough to John

[@TheRussianGamer]

Yep mind games

[@alexsolomon7991]

The sad thing is..one wonders what adventures Rickon had before being captured...but he got ZERO development as a character...just a sacrificial lamb for the slaughter.

[@DG-nn8zt]

Obviously Rikon didn’t see Apocalypto 🤦‍♂️ Best episode of the entire show

[@fergalosanchez7675]

This whole zig zag thing could have been avoided if a large volley of arrows killed Rickon instead of 1 single arrow from Ramsey

[@LostBoy606]

Even if he did zigzag, Ramsey would know when he would enter his line of fire again and he would shoot

[@justadummy8076]

Which is why you don’t do a literal zig zag, you dart left and right unpredictably, obviously if you move in a regular zig zag shape it’s easy to predict

[@LostBoy606]

@@justadummy8076 Makes sense. I was always under the impression no one varied it up lol

[@Enivri]

As soon as you hear the arrow fly, move to the left or right. Or just keep zigzagging if you can’t hear the arrow fire.

[@johnburrows1179]

They must’ve been about 72 miles apart. At that distance Jon couldn’t even see who it was let alone his brother

[@ChrisM-bn5vr]

They looked like they were like 300-500 meters apart, even if you can't make out the exact faces obviously Jon knew the guy standing at the front of everyone with someone tied up next to him that he made run to him was Ramsay and Rickon.

[@drcox012]

I remember shortly after the end of the fourth season when I said to myself "I'm definitely going to buy this whole series". Then, seasons 5,7 and 8 came into existence. I hope there's a special rung in hell for Benioff and Weiss. There's no amount of suffering that they can go through that will make up for their hack job on this series.