Regardless of your opinion of Game of Thrones’ last season (and we all have one), everyone can rally around one fact: that Brienne of Tarth, played by Gwendoline Christie, is freaking awesome.
So awesome, that I would have assumed HBO would have submitted her for an Emmy.
But for some reason, they didn’t, so Christie decided to submit herself.
And look what happened:
She was nominated. Writer Julie DiCaro tweeted out how incredible this was:
Fans were shocked that HBO didn’t submit her.
Why wouldn’t HBO submit her? It seems it all comes down to politics:
The more actors they nominate, the fewer votes each actor will get. Christie wasn’t the only actor who didn’t get nominated:
I still think it’s crime that HBO didn’t submit Christie, but at least it turned out well.
No, thank you!