13 Problems Only Game Of Thrones Fans Will Understand

2. Contemplating Your Own Mortality Between Seasons

Around the beginning of April, Game of Thrones begins its next 10 episode run, and for the ensuing weeks we sit enraptured by the events on screen, delighted, horrified, angered, excited, and intrigued in equal measure. It's an epic journey, event television that you're guaranteed to be talking about the next day, even in real life. While the structure of the seasons allows for them to tell a great story, and actually manage to make the budget workable on TV, it does mean that by the middle of June it's all over. That's when the long wait begins. 9 months without Game of Thrones. There's probably been a massive increase in babies born around March time since 2011, because you need something to do to get over the fact that it's ended for another year. You're left following any bits of news you can about the filming process, eagerly awaiting images or trailers, and watching inferior shows that don't quite fill the hole in your TV schedule nor your heart. It's only made bearable by the fact that when April does come back around, it's more than worth the wait.