Game of Thrones received a whopping 32 Emmy nominations for its final season—and the Internet can’t stop buzzing about one of them. Gwendoline Christie, who you know best as Brienne of Tarth, scored a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, which isn’t much of a surprise. (I mean, her performance this season was brilliant.) What might surprise you, though, is learning that Christie submitted herself for the recognition—and got it.

Here’s why this is a big deal: Networks are generally the entities that submit actors for Emmy Awards. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO entered Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams for this year’s race—but it did not put forth Christie, Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), or Carice van Houten (Melisandre), even though all three of those performers received nominations. They secured their spots by footing the $225 entry fee and submitting themselves into the race. THR says that it’s not uncommon for actors (or their teams) to do this, but it is atypical for those entries to result in actual nominations.

Christie celebrated her Emmy nomination by posting to Instagram, “CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!????!?!!?!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #EmmyAwards #CANITTRULYBEREAL??????????”

Fans on Twitter are, naturally, living for this and using it as a prime example of advocating for yourself. “HBO didn’t submit Gwendoline Christie for an Emmy so she submitted herself and got a nomination. Be your own biggest cheerleader,” one person tweeted.

Check out some more reactions for yourself, below:

For those who think HBO not submitting Gwendoline Christie was some kind of slight, THR says there is no beef between the parties and that the network plans on fully backing all the nominated actors.

The 2019 Emmys will air on Sunday, September 22 at 8 P.M. ET on Fox.

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