They had to complete the time loop of Hodor becoming Hodor. That’s why they went back to that specific moment in time
@bexc3488 ай бұрын
For sure, if that hadn’t happened he may never have been there in the present, helping them on their journey or holding the door to keep Bran alive
@claytoncoffman29518 ай бұрын
Meera kept saying "Warg into Hodor!" and Bloodraven said "Listen to your friend." Then he tried to Warg into past Hodor and shorted out his brain. Bloodraven knew Bran would need Hodor to be someone he could control. Also now that I think about it, Varamyr Sixskins said once you've entered the mind of an animal it's easier to enter it again. Maybe this also meant since Bran warged past Hodor (but only with the powerboost from the Weirwood paste) meant earlier Bran would have an easier time doing it initially.
@vindifference7 ай бұрын
This is one of those times where time travel shenanigans can get annoying and nonsensical if you think about it for more than 5 seconds. Needing to repeat a mistake in the past because the mistake happened and needs to happen again for a loop is such an empty path of logic, because what it ultimately means is that there was never any natural reason for the mistake to happen in the first place. The concept of a "first iteration" of events doesn't exist, which also trivializes any choices by the characters as the concept of "fate" alongside a time loop means that no one has to "try" to ensure things happen a certain way; things will play out the same regardless. That is, unless, the story wishes to include the concept of different branching timelines running parallel to each other, which is an entirely different set of bloat.
@kejow.7 ай бұрын
@@vindifferenceI was listening to a podcast they were talking about time travel and I was gonna mention the branching, and yeahhhhh it's just better not to think about the science behind time travel, just accept it lmfao
@districtskz8 ай бұрын
Hodor is so tragic 😭😭😭 this was the death scene i cried the most for so far in the show i was SOBBING because i was so shocked and heartbroken. He got traumatized by his own death since he was young, and his life was ruined yet it stayed leading right to this moment, his death. Hurts so much, what a scene
@CsprsSassyHrly8 ай бұрын
I saw it when the episode originally aired, have watched it a few times since, and still sobbed as Brad was watching it. 🥺😭😭
@laurajaynenolan21498 ай бұрын
Sometimes it’s hard for me and then I remember him DJ-ing and I’m ok haha. Great guy 😊
@fairyfizz59858 ай бұрын
legit cant watch this episode without SOBBING bc of how just utterly tragic hodor’s story is… hearing him scared at the door BREAKS MEEEEEE
@sarahrobins86058 ай бұрын
I had to break from this show for a bit after this episode
@theConquerersMama7 ай бұрын
My neighbor sobbed so loud when this aired I went to check on him. Fearing hed really been hurt. I usually threw a watch party and we were all a puddle. After he started to come over sometimes to watch with us.
@renlyspeach76228 ай бұрын
If you go back to when he first saw Willis in the past, Bran comes back from his vision and says something like, "You could talk. What happened to you?" Hodor pauses for a moment and looks at him sadly and replies, "Hodor." The portrayal is so evokative, and knowing his end, it feels like Hodor knew all along what was going to happen to him, as though, perhaps, the seizure that changed him was actually a vision of his own death. Truly haunting.
@theCommentDevil8 ай бұрын
Yeah I agree, and the way I saw it was he experienced his own death twice. God I feel so much for poor Hodor
@neighborMin8 ай бұрын
I suspect it was more than a vision for him... I always felt his mind melded with that moment in the future and it sort of... Broke him... Especially since he wouldn't fully understand what was happening I think it overwhelmed his mind until it just fried and left him like a small child.
@lyricmezzosoprano53578 ай бұрын
In the books he is afraid of dark places like the Winterfell crypts and it’s theorized that this is because he still remembers the vision of his death in this cave.
@cupofcait8 ай бұрын
So dark and so sad for poor baby Wylis
@kathiamartinez25864 ай бұрын
@@lyricmezzosoprano5357yes 😭
@jessielallier94838 ай бұрын
Hodor can hold the door against the undead for so long because he's got part giants blood in him.
@Somebody96662 ай бұрын
Hodor can hold the door against the undead for so long because he has giants blood in him.*
@milaces13238 ай бұрын
The hold the door moment will never not devastate me. Here i am relieving past traumas lol
@Triskaan8 ай бұрын
Yeah, that scene of Dany commanding Jorah to find a cure hits everytime.
@ashleyl36998 ай бұрын
i personally ship them very hard
@elenawinslow27178 ай бұрын
1.) I see Brad Evans + GoT reaction 2.) I click 3.) I read the title 4.) I cry just remembering
@a.j.18198 ай бұрын
The edits on Littlefinger are KILLING me
@joem53278 ай бұрын
same
@AllTheArtsy8 ай бұрын
this is probably the only non-book scene that really got me the way the book-based ones did (along with Sansa and Jon reuniting!) because its so GRRM to make this tragic, noble life for this boy. the fact that Bran skinchanged him in the past and robbed him of his normal life, so he could steward Bran into the future and die protecting him like this is just so tragic
@helenogrady45448 ай бұрын
That's because it's one of the few scenes/ spoilers GRRM gave the writers beyond the end of the books
@pinsandneedles38 ай бұрын
The "hold the door" moment was one of the most surprising scenes out of the whole show for me. GOT has a lot of shocking moments but that got me *good* - probably because I wasn't expecting there to be any sort of story behind it. I just figured he had some sort of language disorder
@joncarpenter-smith98018 ай бұрын
“I wish I could see what’s going on” oh no Season 8 is going to be a struggle I swear 90% of it took place at night
@reverbscherzo78507 ай бұрын
Yup. Grey men battling in grey places in grey weather at night.
@pearnes8 ай бұрын
I was dying of boredom and Brad saved me
@Knightowl19808 ай бұрын
Brad apologizing for a new camera angle as if we haven’t seen him change apartments, couches, rooms, locations a dozen times in like 2 years 😂
@andreavalencia26048 ай бұрын
Right?! And I’ve loved every rendition
@roxyrondell798 ай бұрын
The episode “The Door” always makes me sob. It’s so tragic no matter how you look at it. The acting is top notch and in the scene with the white walker vision you can see Bran getting a growing sense of unease. Up to that point Bran thought he was safe from anyone seeing or hearing him in the visions. I don’t think he knew there were exceptions. His face as Hodor/Wylis was saying “Hold the door” was both horrified and heartbroken. I always loved Hodor and one of the things that made me cry the most was that they played the Stark theme in his final moments. Rip Hodor. Some heroes don’t wear capes, they hold the door. 😭💔
@belladoran2228 ай бұрын
"I'm sick of being angry", ...two seconds after 6 min in aaaand he's angry. Oh darl. 😂❤
@CsprsSassyHrly8 ай бұрын
He’s a sweet, summer child. 😂
@theConquerersMama7 ай бұрын
This show will do it to ya
@acaciahariklia42688 ай бұрын
The red wedding made me angry, this just makes me sad JUSTICE FOR HODOR 😭😭😭 and I’ll be your friend I don’t have any either lmao
@Mike-di1og8 ай бұрын
They went back to that moment in time because the 3ER has been to everywhere in the past and the future, so he had already seen Hodor both have his seizure in the past as well as die holding the door in the future. He took Bran there to make sure it happened. It was less about Bran absorbing memories from the tree because he can do that at any heart tree, and more with making sure Bran lived long enough to be able to do that at all
@kathleenclark8158 ай бұрын
The fact that Hodor knew how he would die all these years....
@kakikaringolad8 ай бұрын
My tears just start running down my face with Hodor scene. After so many years, I still crying.
@millieboon8 ай бұрын
14:44 the acting is soo good here , u can see how much he means to Dani , all they have been through with each other
@Tee_L_Tee8 ай бұрын
Hodor's storyline and death was heartbreaking💔. He literally served and was sacrificed for the Starks. He deserved better 😢
@neighborMin8 ай бұрын
And the possibility that he lived all those years aware, at least to the degree his damaged mind could be, that he had a terrifying, painful death in his future. At least Bran had the decency to look horrified at what he'd caused
@tomawaits8 ай бұрын
“Like a grape.” 💀 Like always Brad killing it with the editing.
@cupofcait8 ай бұрын
I was at a comic convention last weekend and saw a door stop that had HODOR in the game of thrones font. Still too soon!!!
@serenity4eva898 ай бұрын
RIP Hodor. You were the best of all of 'em 🥹
@pinsandneedles38 ай бұрын
The drawing class sounds like a fun idea! I feel you on not having friends. They are so hard to make as an adult, I feel 😵💫😵💫
@SunflowerSpotlight8 ай бұрын
I wish it was like when I was a kid. I'd make friends because we thought certain rocks looked really cool, or appreciated different kinds of leaves or liked purple. "WAIT, you like purple too!?" Bang, decision made, besties, done.
@pinsandneedles38 ай бұрын
@@SunflowerSpotlight So real!!
@theConquerersMama7 ай бұрын
Classes or volunteering can great ways to make friends as an adult. You have to put yourself out there. Suit up & show up ad dad would say.
@pinsandneedles37 ай бұрын
@@theConquerersMama I know that. I have two volunteer gigs actually! I have formed surface level friendships (for lack of a better term) through them. Where I struggle is creating those deep friendships where we can truly trust and rely on each other. I have chosen to be closeted at one of the volunteering jobs because I volunteer through a church (and have come across a bunch of homophobes) so there's immediately like... a degree of separation between me and anyone I meet there I know you didn't ask for my life story but... Anyone who is lonely already knows they need to "put themselves out there". If it only was that simple 😮💨😮💨
@theConquerersMama7 ай бұрын
@pinsandneedles3 oh dear. First I meant this as a general observation. I don't know you personally. Hearing a bit more brings out my Mother side. It makes me sad that your church is not welcoming. I grew up in a welcoming parish. Rare in the 70s/80s or even 90s. So that's not my experience. My heart bleeds for all the people who don't have this gift. There is no end to self righteous "Dickons" out there. So volunteering at a LGBTQ friendly cause might be a start but you know your life better than I do with my simple platitudes. True, deep friendships and bonds take time. That's harder as adults. As kids people are forced through proximity to spend more time together - whether through school, teams or work. As adults we don't do what I call boredom bond. The moments where deep friendships tend to manifest naturally. I do wish you luck. Finding friends is hard. Surface friends can become more given time. People don't need to be your everything/perfect partner. Sometimes it starts with just fanning over the same special interest/artist/ cause. Apologies if this came off condescending rather than older person looking back at life. 💜
@patriciafuentes66463 ай бұрын
Just thinking about the comment/question you posed at 21:29 - I completely agree. I also have to point out that as a species we've been very successful at making a weapon that would destroy us while destroying our enemies (nukes, bioweapons, etc) ... and we're still busy at making bigger and more effective weapons
@theConquerersMama7 ай бұрын
Not going to lie... the Hodor episode kills me. My wonderful son is a gentle giant - 6'3" and nonspeaking/non verbal autustic. Sweet as pie and loves to help. I always told him he's on earth for a reason. Then saw this.
@Cbutton7 ай бұрын
I’m glad he’s in our real world a bit less cruel than the world of asoiaf. I wish him the best in all his endeavors!
@KattVonTease3 ай бұрын
Omg im so happy KZbin recommended your channel ❤ loving the GOT series
@claireboddey32738 ай бұрын
So. My theory; on some level/plane of existence, this has already happened. Hodor has been Hodor for as long as anyone can remember, so therefore he must already have been through this in the past to be the Hodor he is today. If holding the door had never happened, he wouldn’t be Hodor, he’d still be Wylis. In order to become Hodor, for Bran to escape with him, travel to the Three Eyed Raven, yada yada no spoilers, he has to die at this exact point. So Bran had to go back to the past, for this to happen.
@CsprsSassyHrly8 ай бұрын
This is my take on it as well. Time is a big figure 8 track where everything that’s happened has already happened. We’re seeing the “present” in these episodes but in order for us to get here, it already had to happen in the “past”, when all of this that we’re seeing now was the “future”.
@ladabudilova92628 ай бұрын
I love how you are mad asking why Bran stayed in the memory when it “wasn’t important”, but then immediately connect the dots about it all being a time loop😂 Not like the three eyed raven told him to listen to his friends (one of whom was shouting hold the door)..
@winterlark39868 ай бұрын
When she visited Loras in his cell, Margaery was shocked to find a tortured, broken man. Loras trembled and cried and begged, “Make it stop!” She knew this was a threat from the High Sparrow. For love of her brother she will now do whatever it takes to save Loras’ life.❤
@deadfor7yrs2468 ай бұрын
the hodor thing is so devastating, the realisation that his whole purpose for all that time was so save them by holding the door 🥺
@AmericanMumReacts8 ай бұрын
NO SPOILERS! Only comment on this installment. Thanks 💜
@rizalboyoktavian81444 ай бұрын
I love that you're genuinely funny without even trying yet so invested in each of every reaction you made. It really gives the soul and personality to your videos 🔥
@kledi38178 ай бұрын
i think even in episode 6 margaery was playing tommen tbh by convincing him to join forces with the high sparrow so that she can sneak her way out of doing the walk of atonement
@pattydonohue545217 күн бұрын
Good catch so early in the sequence. Hodor becoming Hodor was something that the show runners found out from George Martin that blew their minds. They were just as blown away as we all were about the Hodor back story. Probably in the Top 5 of heart breaking scenes of all time. ❤
@jurja22118 ай бұрын
As soon as you said you’d be watching the episose called “The Door” in my head i was “😀 oh no”
@Renzago8 ай бұрын
Bran is essentially uploading the entire history of the world into his brain.
@rebecca36478 ай бұрын
"Why do I feel like she's gonna be lovely, the sister's gonna be nice, and the father's gonna be an ASS?" Me: *flashes back to Season 1 when Sam shared how his father said he'd kill him if he doesn't take the Black
@nevaehaho618 ай бұрын
Whoever they got to play The Mad King was literally amazing it gives me chills every single time
@urqueenari8 ай бұрын
FUCK YES I BEEN WAITING LIKE A FERAL FUCKING HOUND ON THE STREETS
@anageorgescu19338 ай бұрын
OMG, I've never clicked on a video so fast in my life! I live for these got reactions. Thanks, Brad, for your amazing commentary-may your wit be as sharp as Valyrian steel!
@helenogrady45448 ай бұрын
Not me sobbing all over again at the Hold the Door scene, nodding away while Brad thinks his way through it all 😭
@Silver_Owl7 ай бұрын
Dickon is an old nickname for Richard, famously used in reference to King Richard III. George R.R. Martin based Game of Thrones on the Wars of the Roses, so I'm guessing that's maybe where he took the name from. The shorter form, Dick, is probably better known, and nowadays we tend to say Rick, Ricky, Ritchie etc.
@armadhillo7 ай бұрын
BRAD YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF FRIENDS WE ALL WANT TO thats for sure... honestly watching things with you makes me less lonely so thanks for that 💓💓💓
@mo_lerumo8 ай бұрын
Your reaction to Mace Tyrell in his armor and all has me in tears of laughter😂😂😂Had to rewind it
@AmericanMumReacts8 ай бұрын
Me too... the feathers! I'd never noticed!
@mo_lerumo8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂same here
@roxyrondell798 ай бұрын
Same here. That’s a guy who does not live up to his name. 😂 (For those who don’t know a mace is a weapon which is a heavy club, typically having a metal head and spikes)
@David-zn2hx8 ай бұрын
When she says he killed a white walker, the brother laughs but not the dad, implying he believes they exist, at least.
@carolinasanchez25868 ай бұрын
Brad: Not much happened Me waiting for the next upload: You´ve got a big storm coming
@roxyrondell798 ай бұрын
Brad, I loved your reaction to these two episodes so much and I absolutely cannot wait to see your reaction to the rest of the season! This is my favorite season as it’s full of so many incredible moments! One of the things I loved was just how awesome Sam’s mother and sister were. Even when they found out that Gilly was a wildling they still treated her like the amazing woman she is. I loved Sam’s mother standing up for him, it made me cry. Tbh every scene with her treating Sam like he should be treated made me cry. 🥹🥰
@OpeningsOpenings8 ай бұрын
The children did create an instrument to undo the evil they created - the same obsidian (dragon glass) they created him with and they probably didn’t know that there was an impact from Valyrian steel but I suspect that the house swords made with the metal have some dragon glass worked into them. The mystery of how they were made was kept secret and when the smiths of old Valyria died off the way the swords and other weapons were made died with them.
@aprilmears32358 ай бұрын
Awww Brad, I’ll be your friend. I’m in the states & probably 15yrs older, but we could all use friends in this chaotic world. I still cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I hear young Hodor crying “hold the door” 😭 I was inconsolable the first time.
@ArtByDesign808 ай бұрын
1:12 “Going to really test myself this time, and hopefully not going to get angry as much…” 6:23 test failed. 🤷🏻♂️ 😂🤣😂
@FallOutGirl19898 ай бұрын
Hold the door wrecked us all when it first aired. To think that’s been building since the pilot and we had no idea
@LMarsz7 ай бұрын
“Fresh Wiggery” took me out 😂😂😂
@arcticlavender8 ай бұрын
Literally just a completely random fun fact: the ring on the necklace that Dany wears (the same one she dropped when she was being surrounded) was her mothers ring 😭 idky, but that gets me. Like that’s all she’s got left of her mom.
@sillyladtan7 ай бұрын
Ive already seen the entirety of GOT but rewatching it through you has been SO cathartic
@aqua-mina7 ай бұрын
All these years, and I still think of Hodor… 😢
@pratyushdubey298 ай бұрын
Brad + GOT + Drag memes + Miranda memes = 🥵✨
@-jess--here--7 ай бұрын
You are correct when you captioned Hodor sounds scared. In the books anytime Bran warged into Hodor, he could feel Hodor's fear and terror. He could taste the bile in the back of Hodor's throat because he was so scared.
@AmericanMumReacts8 ай бұрын
Brad wants new friends y’all! Send him some love on here 💜💚💜
@GrumpylynnSims8 ай бұрын
Hi! No one on the internet entertains me like you do! I look forward to your GOT reactions the most! Thank you!
@brittnianime8 ай бұрын
some one gifted me a Hodor doorstop on Xmas and I started bawling. I even said "I can't use this!". None of my family watched the show.....had to apologize, explain, & show them the clip.
@theConquerersMama7 ай бұрын
I can't use mine as a doorstop. 😭😭😭
@NXS1FY8 ай бұрын
The "butterfly effect" is a concept from chaos theory. Small changes can lead to large, unpredictable consequences. In the context of "Game of Thrones," the actions of individual characters often have far-reaching and unexpected effects on the story's plot and the fates of other characters. These ripple effects are a central theme in the narrative, as the decisions and actions of characters can have significant and sometimes unintended consequences for the world of Westeros and beyond.
@IdaidaKristensen8 ай бұрын
Brad I love your damn editing. The sound effect on Euron when he woke and gasped for air really got me giggling
@ebba9348 ай бұрын
brad you are an absolute GEM xx
@bonniefoley3878 ай бұрын
Wanted to click this so fast. I was literally on my kids field trip and got so excited realizing I had something to look forward to when getting home. Also, I cry EVERY time the Hodor scene happens. Also, can't wait to watch you watch Season 7.... It is Dickon. 😂
@brianne33278 ай бұрын
Bran created a destiny for Hodor in that moment and he knew what he had to do. Such a gutting scene. Makes me cry every time!
@Catherine.Dorian.7 ай бұрын
There is a concept about creating something that you can’t control. Like the book Frankenstein - he creates it basically out of ego but he can’t stop it
@Solvent258 ай бұрын
3:53 speaking of being friends, I literally ran into someone in South Africa 🇿🇦 who looked exactly like you, and I approached him with full confidence in being friends with him. Only to find that he doesn’t even know you☹️ the saddest day of my life. I just left him there, didn’t even say goodbye 😫
@TtownHacker8 ай бұрын
Love these Brad! Keep them coming! Hodor!❤
@sarajade51118 ай бұрын
I STILL cry every time I see this episode.
@charactersmoreorthree6 ай бұрын
A month late answer, however, the Children of the Forest would've been able to kill them with dragon glass (obsidian), but given the war with mankind and their appearance, they could not get close to any to make weapons. Obsidian points were used against the First Men, but they broke against their bronze armor.
@kayleedesroches63188 ай бұрын
Omg I needed you to post! Life has been feeling meh but now I gotta 46 min distraction. Thx love ❤️
@Wizardjudge8 ай бұрын
😂😂parents create children that they don’t know how to get rid of all the time 😂😂
@CalDeanOfficalАй бұрын
26:47 my theory is that Hodor didn’t necessarily know what was going to happen but in the seizure I honestly think he saw some stuff and that’s why he stayed onto that saying. I don’t know tho never read the books I could easily google this shit lmao
@sarahjamieson55528 ай бұрын
Love the insert of one of my all time favourite Miranda Hart moments (from her kids catching death of cold ramble) 😂
@theCommentDevil8 ай бұрын
Silence and pain was all i knew for several minutes after this episode aired.
@floppydorkus8 ай бұрын
If you have a hard time seeing now, wait til you get to the last season. There's an episode so dark my household had to turn off all the lights to be able to see it 😅
@daphnethegamer8 ай бұрын
I just got back from class, laid down in bed and opened KZbin... and I see this!! Why oh WHY!! I have to study, I have mid-terms tomorrow hahahhhh. I'll reward myself with this later
@brynnakindle79358 ай бұрын
Hodors episode is so traumatizing! No matter how many times I watch it, I bawl my eyes out every time.
@Karen_Tries8 ай бұрын
Wait. I’ve caught up?! Noooo I was binging! 😩 now you mean to tell me I have to … wait?!… the agony! 😂
@user-nk7pw8cu2p7 ай бұрын
After this episode aired all the GoT fans held the door for hodor’s actor wherever he went😂 it was a whole phenomenon really
@KaminoROBB7 ай бұрын
Ngl you caught the Hold the Door bit WAY faster than a lot of other channels. Shit was awesome bro 😂
@robertmydla14816 ай бұрын
In that time loop, young Hodor experienced his own death from that moment in the future... all thanks to Bran´s powers.
@antothephoenix5098 ай бұрын
3:42 Who cannot want to be friend with a person as nice as you ?
@reverbscherzo78507 ай бұрын
"Not fat enough already?" 👀😂
@nightingale_xvc8 ай бұрын
I was watching got along with you but i got so inpatient waiting for the next video i literally finished the whole show in these 2 weeks hahah. Can't wait to see your reactions tho!!
@katkauhlikova1238 ай бұрын
Brad hearin Dicons name is the same reaction as Brons😂😂
@DylanLovesBrenda8 ай бұрын
This one always kills me! I still cry
@md19cu8 ай бұрын
I always cry when I see the scene of Hoder 😢😢😢 I love your reactions, Brad ❤❤
@pinsandneedles38 ай бұрын
Just got home, I love this timing for me 🥰
@nevaehaho618 ай бұрын
Oh my god the play is literally one of my favorite things ever 😂
@mandipandi3038 ай бұрын
Already commented on Patreon: the only thing I'll recommend is that you take care of yourself. Your well-being is priority!
@KatBee008 ай бұрын
Your face was priceless when Hodor's fate & name hit for you 😢 it was the death I cried the most at Also, I completely recommend slowing down Bran's visions at the start if you haven't already while editing
@ophelieguay69605 ай бұрын
Jorah and Dany's story is not weird! Jorah is the best and in the show when you watched all 8 seasons he was the best man in her life too! ❤🙌🏻
@kedy75348 ай бұрын
omgg ive just been searching for a video to watch!! thanks a lot Brad!❤️
@GwenisImmune8 ай бұрын
the Hodor episode still fucks me up 😭
@gregorille7 ай бұрын
I don’t trust people who aren’t fully sobbing to that hold the door scene
@rachelmorris22548 ай бұрын
this is exactly what i needed to survive the rest of the workday in this office hellhole tysm 🥰
@levilevi96218 ай бұрын
First words spoken to Hodor in the series: “Help Bran down the hall” - Theon Greyjoy