Regardless of how you felt about the Game of Thrones finale last night, one point is being widely acknowledged across the internet—Robin Arryn had a MAJOR glow-up.
In case little Robin has gotten lost in the shuffle of your mind amidst the seven million characters of Westeros, he’s the little Lord of the Vale, orphaned by the murdersome meddling of Littlefinger, and cousin to the Stark siblings. He was the not-so-small child still being breastfed by his mother when Catelyn Stark showed up to visit her sister Lysa back in season 1.
Though we last saw Robin as recently as season 6, when Sansa was in the Vale masquerading as Littlefinger’s niece, it only took those few years for him to make a shocking transformation from weak little temper tantrum-throwing boy to teen with a gaze so broody The CW is trembling.
And despite all the moments that need unpacking from this final foray into the fight for the Iron Throne, fans on Twitter are more than happy to take the time to celebrate this glow-up.
Robin Arryn got that “my crazy ass mama died and I could finally get vaccinated” glow up #GameofThrones #DemThrones pic.twitter.com/j4O9KbJqxR
— 🅕🅐🅨🅢🅐🅛 (@brunchandbutts) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/SteffAureus/status/1130334022880489472
Robin Arryn: a glowup #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/WQ3uyV2KZc
— Bettina Cecilia (@bcdgonzalez) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/Miyamongtherest/status/1130353525374853121
Hot Robin Arryn Is Officially the Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones pic.twitter.com/TE45c6Le05
— elmahdi annis (@AnnisAnnismhdi) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/dracomallfoys/status/1130361251274661888
Neville Longbottom : I had the best glowup
— Monica Zakaria (@MonicaZakaria2) May 20, 2019
Robin Arryn : Hold my beer#GameOfThrones#GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/eqWvv5d4Lr
Me, the first 72 episodes of Game of Thrones: Robin Arryn is so annoying and should get pushed out the moon door
— mika (@RIPmika) May 20, 2019
Me, the last episode of Game of Thrones: Robin Arryn is the hottest man in Westeros and should push me out of the moon door pic.twitter.com/efZ8KcF7p1
In fact, Robin’s glow-up was so legit that some Game of Thrones fans didn’t even realize it was him.
https://twitter.com/pure_blood/status/1130418616921255936
OMG I almost didn’t recognize Robin Arryn not sucking on his mom’s tit #GameOfThrones #DemThrones
— vic•tori•a (@blackmagycwoman) May 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/rhi_rhi_c/status/1130297937915928579
Okay so I’m gonna spoil something very minor in Game of Throned. But it needs to be said.
— Fayth Won’t Shut Up About Star Wars (@thesquirrelbait) May 20, 2019
When we saw Robin Arryn I couldn’t figure out who he was, and I legit thought it was a Joe Jonas cameo. Like, Sophie Turner dragged him to set to be some random lord in that scene.
Lino Facioli, who has played Robin since season 1, doesn’t seem to know what to do with all the positive attention his minimal finale screen time is bringing.
“Definitely didn’t expect my morning to start off like this,” he tweeted in response to all the tweets calling him hot.
Definitely didn’t expect my morning to start off like this #GOThttps://t.co/jKxVPZNB5R via @TVGuide
— Lino Facioli (@Lino_Facioli) May 20, 2019
Some fans even went so far as to suggest that Hot Robin wound up being the best candidate for the Iron Throne—but of course, that would have been way too random and completely out of nowhere.
https://twitter.com/CaptainBagpipes/status/1130303712533012480
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