Game of Thrones , if you ’ll forgive the punning , commute the game on fan theories . The HBO show has inspired unnumerable Reddit screw thread , discussion meeting place , and gaga homemade conspiracy walls decked out with mental picture , names , and thread in hopes of tying all the piece of music together . Some of those hypothesis have actually come straight , most notably“R+L = J.”However , others seem like they ’re too silent to be — and yet here we are .
Behold , some of the weirdest and most farfetched sports fan theories for Game of Thrones that could still technically come about . ( But wo n’t . Because they ’re ludicrous . )
Hot Pie doomed Westeros.
In time of year seven , fans rejoice when Hot Pie told Arya Stark that Jon Snow was alive and had retaken Winterfell from Ramsay Bolton . That take in Arya off her route of vengeance against Cersei Lannister and bring her home to her house . Even though that did n’t on the dot pan out intothe season ’s best storyline , it was gracious to see the surviving Stark children reunited . But did it sleep with up the entire globe ?
Redditorabdo0000suggests that the White Walkers would never have breached the Wall if Hot Pie had keep back his damn mouth shut . If Arya had n’t turned away from her quest , she would ’ve presumptively succeeded in kill Cersei — which would not only mean that Daenerys would ’ve had a clear path to the Iron Throne , but it also mean Jon Snow would n’t have needed to venture North of the Wall to bring a wight in the south as proof of the coming invasion . And if he ’d stay south , he would never have needed a saving by Dany and her dragons , which means Viserion would still be alert instead of part of the White Walkers ’ army . And thus the Night ’s King would still be chilling north of the Wall , without a elbow room to tear it down .
The bragging problem with this theory , of class , is that Daenerys did n’t believe Jon Snow either , meaning it ’s still potential she and her dragons would ’ve need to take a peek compass north of the Wall to see the encroach wight army . However , she in all probability would n’t have needed an entire arsenal , so Viserion could ’ve stayed at home . But come on , who could defy think Hot Pie destine Westeros ? Look at his precious face . And the actorhas a existent - life Game of Thrones bakery !
Ned Stark is still alive.
An oldie but a goodie . It ’s been age since Ned Stark was beheaded in one of boob tube ’s giving and most shocking surprises . How could a master role — the principal character — be killed off in the first season finale ? Well , if this possibility is to be believed … he never was .
The theory suggests that Jaqen H’ghar of the Faceless Men was at the Red Keep at the same time as Ned Stark , but not by coincidence . Rather , Varys hired the Faceless Men to replace Ned Stark at his execution , so that Ned could escape and someone else would be killed in his position . This is mistily stick out in the books , as both Sansa and Catelyn Stark observation differences between Ned ’s soundbox before and after his death .
However , this one is perfectly ridiculous , not least because there ’s no validation the Faceless Men can wear the side of living hoi polloi , and all evidence suggest a person has to be utter before their likeness are appropriated . But more importantly , if Ned Stark was actually animated , would n’t he have absolutely show up by now ? !
Tormund is Lyanna Mormont’s father.
Tormund Giantsbane once bragged about fucking a bear , leading plenty to wonder how the hell that could in reality happen . However , what if it was a metaphor , for someone from Bear Island — namely the Mormonts , who dominate the island and whose sigil is a bear ?
Thetheorysuggests that Tormund had an affaire with Maege Mormont , who became Lady of Bear Island after her older comrade Jeor joined the Night ’s Watch . It says Tormund would ’ve likely discovered Maege during one of the wildling raids , resulting in a longstanding relationship — one that led Tormund to becoming the father of all her daughters , including Lyanna Mormont — but was kept secret so Maege ’s daughter would n’t be regard outcasts . In the books , it ’s put forward that the Mormont women can “ skinchange ” into bears , which also defend the possibility that Tormund fucked a bear who ’s also a literal cleaning woman .
Out of all the theory on this list , this one technically establish the most sense , at least in the books . Maege has never unwrap who the father of her children is , and Tormund would ’ve belike participated in raids south of the Wall . But it also seems way too bizarre … especially for the show . Plus , Tormund was at Winterfell when Lyanna Mormont and the other lords were debating , and there was never an indication that they had any kind of connection . It ’s too late to enclose something like that now . And besides , Tormund might be dead anyway .
Westeros is actually a nuclear wasteland.
What if the Long Winter was in reality a nuclear winter ? That ’s the possibility introduced last year by YouTuberPreston Jacobs , who posits Westeros demand place K of years after the collapse of a technologically advanced society .
Jacobs take out on some of George R.R. Martin ’s earlier science fiction work , most notably 1976 ’s In the House of the Worm ( about an ripe society that regress back to a medieval Department of State ) , to corroborate his line of reasoning . He suggests that most of Westeros ’ telling structure , like the Wall and Storm ’s End , were n’t actually built by magic , but rather by a futuristic fellowship that destroyed itself with an apocalypse . In addition , thaumaturgy is nothing more than radiation .
Of course , none of this explain how the White Walkers can bring army corps back from the dead as wights … or fundamentally anything else in Westeros .
Bran Stark is the Night King.
There are in reality quite a few people who believe this theory , but I still conceive it ’s kind of silly — at the very least for the show . ( In the leger , who the blaze knows ? ) A few months ago , YouTube channelGame of Theoriesproposed that Bran Stark is actually the Night King , and the cause they live in the same timeline is because oftime locomotion , of track .
In time of year six , we saw Bran warg into Hodor in the yesteryear in rules of order to control Hodor in the present tense . The theory poses that Bran will use this ability to try — or has tried — to kill the White Walkers . If fact , he ’ll hear to fix the present tense by changing the past tense a crew of time — first by becoming Bran the Builder and making the Wall , next by find the source of the Others , and eventually by traveling into that random blonde First Man to prevent the Children of the Forest from move around him into the Night King .
Unfortunately , by that time he ’ll have made a mistake , staying the yesteryear for too long and unable to occur back . And it ’ll turn out that Bran ’s trick , mix with the Children ’s , was what morph their innovation into the Night King , causing him to move around on the Children and form his White Walker ground forces .
There are some interesting arguments that have been made about this hypothesis , but it also has a band of holes . Repetitive time travel does n’t really twin Game of Thrones ’ style , and it put Bran at the center of just about every macrocosm - alter event in the show ’s history , which bucks the Ice and Fire themes that shopping center around Jon and Dany . Even actor Isaac Hempstead - Wright himself doubts that it ’s in reality true , in an interview withEsquire .
I personally think the Night King theory is a chip far - fetched , but I would have said the same affair about the Hodor hypothesis . And when I saw that on paper , I was like , “ What ! No manner ! ” But this is Game of Thrones , and anything is possible . I ’d screw to be the Night King . That would be so fun to be like , “ It was me all along . ” But I do n’t sleep together — I doubt it .
Varys is a merman.
This one is my personal favourite , and I will defend it to the death . allot toNerdist , Varys is actually a extremity of the “ merlings ” species whose entire life has been dedicated to freeing his fellow merlings , which survive in A Song of Ice and Fire . He wants Dany ’s dragon to fade the ice in the North , turn Westeros into a elephantine sea for him and his buddies .
You might be wondering how the hellhole this could in reality be lawful , and the “ proof ” hail down to that damn Fast Travel . In the time of year six finale , people were very confused how the hell Varys travel from Dorne to standing on the pack of cards of Daenerys ’ ship bond for Westeros so quickly . Up to this point , distance actually matter on the serial , and it took time — screentime — for characters to change locations . Varys instantaneously traveling from Dorne to Essos , just in time to sail back to Westeros with Dany seemed impossible , leading masses to try an response to how the Spider could possibly have made the trip . The solution , manifestly , was that Varys secretly had a mermaid ’s rear end and he swam there . Makes . Perfect . Sense .
Of course , as it turns out this was just the show ’s first egregious use of immobile travel , a phenomenon that was recur many times throughout time of year seven . However , some citizenry still believe there ’s something fishy about Varys . Of course , the residual of us know the way everyone in Westeros is suddenly engender around so fast ismainly thanks to four - wheel drive .
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