Game Of Thrones: 20 Most Shocking Moments Ever

3. Hold The Door

Hodor Game Of Thrones
HBO

Why does Hodor only say Hodor? It’s a mystery that plenty of fans asked upon first meeting the character, but didn’t give it too much thought after that. The show itself didn’t linger on it either. It’s just what he did. He simply was Hodor, the kind, giant of a man who carried Bran around wherever he needed to go. We’d never learn anything more because there wasn’t anything worth learning.

And then the door opened, and Bran and Meera rushed through it. Hodor followed, but was left to keep it closed again.

The story went back into the past, and we got an answer we didn’t know we needed. An answer we definitely didn’t want. An answer that, even after all the beheadings and fires and stabbings and burnings, really hurt.

Hold the door. Holdoor. Hodor.

Hold me.

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