Feelings of anxiety and trauma can often be associated with being a "Game of Thrones" fan, given the uncertainty of character's life, or in most cases, death.
However, let's all take moment to acknowledge the equally legitimate sentiments of cast members, who bear the same burden as regards to their actual jobs.
Warning: "Game of Thrones" season spoilers ahead.
Such was the fate of Ian McElhinney, who plays (or rather, played) Ser Barristan Selmy.
The actor expressed his displeasure at being written out of the HBO hit series, despite his character being alive in the corresponding novels.
When asked about how he felt about the death of Ser Barristan Selmy, McElhinney answered, "Truthfully, miffed."
This unfortunate event gives a whole new meaning to the words of Daenerys Targaryen, "All men must die."
Ser Barristan Selmy was knight and advisor to Daenerys Targaryen, following his dismissal from the Kingsguard by the late King Joffrey Baratheon.
"I knew before I even saw the script because I got the schedule. Unfortunately I'd read the books, so I had expectations for season five," shared McElhinney in a press conference. "As soon as I got the schedule I thought 'there's something not here' because I thought I'd be doing more scenes, in fact I was doing less. So immediately I thought 'They must be writing me out,'" he added.
He then asked David Benioff and Dan Weiss to contact him to confirm that Ser Barristan Selmy, had, in fact, been written off.
McElhinney said he was somehow disappointed by the turn of events, and claimed that he enjoyed playing the character and look forward to "getting more meat" for the part. He assumed that he would at least make it to the sixth season of the show.
"So be it. The deed is done and I'm on to other things and that's that. But I do miss it. I would have happily stayed on," he stated.
"Game of Thrones" season six returns in 2016.
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