George R.R. Martin, writer of the A Song of Ice and Fire series and the man responsible for much of the narrative structure behind HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, knows he just ripped your heart out. Yeah, he knows.

Here’s Martin on Conan, watching a compilation of YouTube reaction videos to the Red Wedding scene – which he wrote over 13 years ago and which played out on last Sunday’s Game of Thrones. If you haven’t seen the episode, then I won’t spoil it. If you have, well, then you know what I’m talking about.

You evil, brilliant little man.