Game of Thrones
Let’s start with the obvious. Some fandoms are lighter than others. Game of Thrones is not one of those. If you’re into Game of Thrones, you’re into it. You rewatch episodes, you have opinions about which house you would be, and you can have a coherent conversation about whether or not season eight was a betrayal or “just” a disappointment. Shoppping for the kind of person who is into something that much is easy if you know what you’re doing and hopeless if you don’t.
So. We knew what we were doing. We looked for gifts that understand the obsession rather than mock it. Or underwhelm it. We ruled out the obvious. No cheesy destch-necked Jumpers emblazoned with dragons flying across a useless italicised slogan. None of the mass produced tat you see in gift shops and somehow end up buying for the sake of it, only to feel vaguely bad about it afterwards. That stuff didn’t make it into this guide.
We wanted gifts that would catch the eye of a true fanatic. Gift that would make them stop and actually look at it. Gift that they would have bought themselves if they had discovered it first.
Sure. You could use these gifts for someone who caught the series once and enjoyed it. But we mainly kept fans in mind. Fans who have a favourite episode. Who will fight you on their house loyalty. Who still feel that sting from whatever happened to Ned Stark. They’re the ones we kept in mind as we filled this list. They’re the standard that we held each and every one of these picks to.
And we considered occasion. Because this here assortment works for more than one occasion. Because whether it’s a birthday, Christmas, or the friend who is binge watching the whole lot again and could do with a little something to commemorate their journey, you’re covered. Some of these gifts are for display. Some you can use. Some are more nuanced than robes, letting you wear your fandom without feeling like a cosplay kid.
Westeros isn’t a shallow world. It’s a brutal, beautiful, complex place and anyone who fell in love with it deserves gifts as amazing as that. These are.