‘What a Waste’: Game of Thrones Fans Call Arya Never Meeting This Last of Us Star’s Character a Missed Opportunity (2025)

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Fans critique missed opportunity between Arya and Lyanna Mormont.
Game of Thrones universe expands with prequels and spinoffs.
Final season faced criticism for rushed development, disappointing loyal fans.

Even though Game of Thrones concluded almost six years ago, it has remained one of the most talked about television series' to this day. That's likely due to how immersive its storytelling was, complete with complex characters, and its ability to craft an incredibly fantastical world filled with compelling political dynamics. However, its final season did become the subject of criticism from its loyal fanbase, which mostly contained disappointment at how rushed its development felt towards the end.

Despite this, the Game of Thrones universe has produced several projects that have since become fan favorites. Some of these include House of the Dragon, which is set around 300 years before Game of Thrones' timeline, the in-development The Sea Snake and Ten Thousand Ships, as well as George R. R. Martin's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on Martin's novellas that are collectively known as The Tales of Dunk and Egg. Throughout the show's eight seasons, spanning from April 17, 2011, to May 19, 2019, many of its characters became fan favorites, with the likes of Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, and Daenerys Targaryen topping many viewers' lists. However, some fans are disappointed that two iconic characters, Ayra and Lyanna Mormont, never shared a single scene.

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Game of Thrones Fans Think Ayra and Lyanna Mormont Should Have Had Scenes Together

‘What a Waste’: Game of Thrones Fans Call Arya Never Meeting This Last of Us Star’s Character a Missed Opportunity (2)

Over on the Game of Thrones Reddit thread, fans of the series have been debating why Arya and Lyanna Mormont never had any scenes together, especially so in the eighth season of the series, which saw them both attend the brutal Battle of Winterfell. Both characters were portrayed as strong and brave warriors who, if teamed up, could have produced some truly iconic moments together.

User Betterthanyda stated that Game of Thrones producers, Benioff and Weiss, "missed an opportunity" by not giving these two badass characters at least one scene together. "I think Lyanna and Arya would have made a great scene for reasons beyond "they are young badass warrior women", replied one fan, with another believing that Arya and Lyanna taking down the wight giant as it stormed into Winterfell would have made for a superior scene.

Another fan pointed out that Arya shared a scene with singer Ed Sheeran, but the producers couldn't throw together a cool side story that included Lyanna and that just didn't make sense to them. However, another commenter said to forget about an Arya and Lyanna scene, "What about Arya and Dany? They are both the only two women who are a part of George’s Key 5, but didn’t share a single scene together." Nonetheless, one scene did include a presidential cameo, as a prosthetic copy of George W. Bush’s head on a spike can be seen in Game of Thrones season one, episode 10, titled Fire and Blood, which caused quite a big stir.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres sometime this year on HBO and Max, followed by House of the Dragon Season 3 sometime in 2026.