Game of Thrones: HBO releases US presidential election-style ads for Jon Snow, others

Littlefinger a ‘murderer’, Jon Snow a ‘bastard’, Daenerys Targaryen an ‘outsider’. These are the ‘allegations’ Cersei Lannister has leveled against her rivals for the Iron Throne, even as she exhorts them to “confess”, and the strains of the ‘ Light Of The Seven’ plays in the background. [caption id=“attachment_2985038” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The Dany/Tyrion team is second in the GoT ’elections’[/caption] The brief video, which supports Cersei in her quest to be the ultimate ruler of Westeros (with Maester Qyburn as her ‘running mate’) has been released by HBO to promote the upcoming seventh season of the hit TV series Game Of Thrones. And as the US heads into its presidential elections shortly, what better way to style an ad campaign than as the modern day candidates would? So these series of “attack” ads have been unveiled on YouTube which certainly offer a fun dose of GoT as the interminable wait for the seventh season continues. Who are the other ‘candidates’ standing against Cersei? There’s the Baelish-Stark team (their ad comes courtesy ‘Fingers and Friends Against Cersei), the Daenerys-Tyrion combination (their ad has been made by the Free People of Essos) and the Snow-Mormont duo (Jon Snow doesn’t put out an ‘attack ad’ at all — instead, he gets lots of mass support!). Incidentally Cersei’s ad comes courtesy ‘Lannister Family Coffers’. The ads have been run alongside a fun vote for the audience, where they get to cast a ballot for the team they’d like to see most on the Iron Thrones, ruling Westeros. Of the one million votes cast so far — as reported by Screenrant — has Jon Snow in the lead (with a 35 percent share of the vote), Dany and Tyrion trailing with 32 percent, and Cersei having the lowest share, with just 2 percent of the votes. Which campaign do you like best? Watch, and then cast a vote for your candidate here. Cersei/Qyburn: “Show what Lannisters do to their enemies. Side with Cersei to choose real power.”

Baelish/Stark: “Cersei Lannister only does things because ’they feel good’. Petyr Baelish won’t hesitate to do the things that don’t feel good — for you.”

Dany/Tyrion: “The rightful heir and leader of the people is coming, and she’s got dragons.”

Snow/Mormont: “The people have spoken, and their choice is Jon Snow. Election coverage brought to you by the Realm News Network.”