Drugi jezik na kojem je dostupan ovaj članak: Bosnian
Source: Digital Element
Fans of Game of Thrones finally greeted the arrival of the last season of this planetary popular series. And while some are sad because their favorite series is coming to an end, others are delighted with the announcement that each episode of the final season will last almost as a feature film, so, they will have plenty of time to enjoy their favorite heroes, twists and epic battles.
The production team has prepared six episodes, and the last season caries the title For the Throne, so it is expected that the focus will be on the last major battle that will finally give the answer to the question of who will sit on the Iron Throne. In a series that is characterized by the fact that many of the favorite heroes died in one of the previous seasons, everyone is wondering which characters will survive, whether the warring family will join forces and who will eventually win in the vicious game of thrones?
Digital Element startup company, which analyzes the media, social networks and forums in Serbian language, decided to explore who are the characters from the series that the Serbian audience mostly talk about online.
In addition to the characters we all could guess will be in the center of interest, a surprise name on the list is Lord Petyr Baelish, also known as Littlefinger. From the beginning of 2014, until the end of 2018 Petyr Baelish is constantly in the top five characters by the number of mentions on social networks and forums. It is interesting that in 2012 he wasn’t even in the top 10, and in 2013 he was only eighth, but in 2014 he took his place in the top 5 and has remained there since.
This leads to conclusion that his popularity among the audience followed the gradual growth of the character in the series. The position of Ned Stark is also interesting. Namely, as all fans of the series know (spoiler alert!), he was killed already in the first season. However, this did not prevent him to consistently land in the top five characters in terms of online mentions since the beginning of the series. It seems that Ned is dear to many fans, and this is obvious from the large number of memes that are being created and shared on the internet and which have become an integral part of social networking today.
Top 5 GoT characters that are most mentioned online in Serbia?
2014:
- Daenerys Targaryen
- Tyrion Lannister
- John Snow
- Petyr Baelish
- Ned Stark
2017:
- John Snow
- Tyrion Lannister
- Petyr Baelish
- Daenerys Targaryen
- Ned Stark
2019
- John Snow
- Tyrion Lannister
- Daenerys Targaryen
- Petyr Baelish
- Ned Stark
It is interesting to note that in 2018 there was very little discussion about the characters on social networks and forums – almost four times less than in 2017, which is logical because 2018 was a break year for the series to shoot the last season. Series’ fans talked about the characters in 2016 the most, then in 2019, and in third place is 2017. From this we see that the Serbian audience is very much invested in creating theories and debates about what will happen to the characters in the last season and that these days the characters are very actively discussed, so it is very possible that this year will be the one in which there will be the most talk about a series that has been closely followed over the last eight years.
Of course, GoT producers don’t want the media or the fans to know how it will end until the very last episode, and this certainly contributes to the number of theories and discussions that online users are sharing. But we won’t have to wait for the answer to who will sit on the Iron Throne for much longer, and we will also see who of the characters will survive the last season.
Brace yourselves, winter is coming!