Hot Robin Arryn

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About

Hot Robin Arryn refers to a series of jokes and memes about the change in the appearance of the Game of Thrones who plays Robin Arryn, which many described as a Glow Up.

About

On May 15th, 2011, Robin Arryn (portrayed by Lino Facioli) first appeared in the season one episode of Game of Thrones "The Wolf and The Lion."^[1] Then 10-years-old when the episode aired, Lino Facioli plays Arryn as a petulant child who still breastfeeds (clip below, left).

Eight years later, on May 19th, 2019, Facioli reprised the role during a meeting of the remaining nobles of the seven kingdoms in the series finale "The Iron Throne" (shown below, right).

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That evening, fans of the series commented on Facioli's appearance. Twitter user @bcdgonzalez tweeted,^[2] "Robin Arryn: a glowup." The post received more than 5,600 retweets and 27,000 likes in one week (shown below).

Throughout the evening others shared jokes about the appearance. Twitter^[3] user @bridgmandrew tweeted, "the main theme of Game of Thrones finally became clear in the finale: the importance of breastfeeding to grow up big and strong." They included a photograph of Robin and Tormund, who in a previous episode exalted the benefits of breastmilk. The post received more than 11,000 retweets and 68,000 likes in one week (shown below, left).

Over the next few hours, others shared similar expressions of attraction (examples below, center and right).

Several media outlets covered the response, including Vulture,^[4]^[5] BuzzFeed, ^[6] Indiewire,^[7] The Daily Beast^[8] and more.