Um, Can We Talk About These Insane Game of Thrones Theories For a Minute?
Game of Thrones fans, while we all wait patiently for the next season to debut, we can't help but have our minds bogged down with (insane) theories that we just need answers to. Not to mention, there are more than just a couple of theories out there.
So, to keep you occupied until the premiere, we rounded up some of the wildest season eight theories we could find. May the best theories win!
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If this theory that Bran is actually every Brandon Stark is true, then Bran might just be the most important character of them all.
As the last season is (slowly) approaching, the only thing that anyone can think about is who will finally claim the Iron Throne. Could it be true that Sansa Stark might be the one? Only time will tell . . .
A very telling teaser showed Sansa's hair, and while this may be overlooked by some, there could be more here than meets the eye. Her hair seems to greatly resemble Daenerys Targaryen's hair (from the season seven teaser), and it could mean that Sansa actually takes a liking to Dany and even ends up looking up to her and taking inspiration from her.
In the brief teaser, we see Sansa and Arya Stark and their sibling/cousin Jon Snow walking through the crypts, passing statues of their late relatives. When they reach a far wall, they stumble upon some statues modeled after their own faces, pointing to the fact that their deaths might not be far off. But Jon Snow's statue looks older than he is. This could be foretelling something very promising.
The season eight teaser had many big moments that were caught by fans, but did you catch this one? After Jon walks by a certain statue, a feather falls onto the ground, and at the end of the teaser, when it's covered with frost, it seems to hint that the Starks — especially Jon — are in grave danger.
While the teaser was wild in itself and had more than a couple of little pieces we could home in on, what about this broad, overarching theory: could this be one of Bran's visions? We are just saying that a lot of his visions involve visits to the past, so . . .
What if Game of Thrones is, in part, a Biblical allegory and the Night King is not the ultimate evil we think that he is? We know that each of the great houses of Westeros represents one of the seven deadly sins, so this theory really isn't that far off, right?
After more than a couple of questionable acts in season seven, fans are thinking that the Hand of the Queen may be harboring a secret that could lead to Daenerys's downfall. If this is true, we aren't even sure what it could mean for the rest of the characters.
If the theory that (the once-cowardly) Sam will end up killing the Night King is true, then he just might be the show's truest hero.
Thanks to men like Joffrey, Ramsay, and Littlefinger, any previous notions that Sansa had about romance are long dead . . . or so we thought. But could it be that the show has been trying to set up Gendry and Sansa this whole time? You know, she does deserve a happy ending.
The show so far has tried to make people believe that Jon is Azor Ahai reborn, but there are some signs that suggest Daenerys is the real savior that Westeros has been waiting for — and if she is, then she might just be destined to kill Jon Snow.
While mostly everyone else has made their way North, Cersei was far too stubborn and stayed in the South. Some speculate that her decision not to form an alliance with Jon Snow and Daenerys could lead to the Lannister Queen earning a new title in season eight, which would be the Night Queen.
Gendry has survived more incidents that should have resulted in his death far too many times for people not to speculate that he might play a bigger role than we had suspected. Fans have also noted that he might have a more complicated past than we know about. Gendry becoming king would be a wild twist, but it definitely wouldn't be a completely unreasonable one.
Arya has already played a big role in Game of Thrones, but what if she actually plays an even bigger role in season eight? We have seen her intense training, her natural bravery and agility, and the fact that she is given a Valyrian steel dagger. This could all point to the fact that she could potentially kill the Night King.
In an interview with Variety, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau didn't give away too much, but he did get some of us thinking. Is Jamie going to die? He mentioned how he'd more or less wrapped filming and said, "I'm not 100 percent done, but I've shot the last scene with me." So what does that mean?!
We've seen that Bran's character isn't the biggest on the show, but he has been set up as the catalyst for nearly every major event that has happened since season one. (If you missed that, we encourage you to go back and rewatch it all.) So if the theory that Bran is the Night King is true, then he just might be the biggest and baddest villain of them all.
We know he was beheaded, but does that mean he's dead? Usually that would mean yes, but in the case of Game of Thrones, we never really know. If Ned Stark is still alive, do we even care who really got beheaded?
So this theory is a little more complicated than you might think, but if we assume that we still haven't met Azor Ahai, then it very well could be Rhaegar Targaryen, right? Yeah, you're going to want to look into this one.
While we are only left to speculate, it's not wild to think that the Night King will go to King's Landing in season eight. While Jaime will convince perhaps the entire Lannister Army to join him in going North, the joint armies will go North and fight the Army of the Dead. However, the Night King and his dragon might not be there. Why? Because they flew South to destroy King's Landing. Again, all we can do is speculate, but this seems pretty plausible.
As we all saw in season seven, major characters don't really die off, which has led us to assume that Tormund and Beric Dondarrion are both still alive and about to cause some major drama by spilling the details about the Wall breach and undead dragon to Winterfall.
Jon's decision to bend the knee to Daenerys was not in his best interest, and Sansa knows that best. We predict she will have a lot to say him to about making bad decisions without consulting the rest of the family first.
We haven't seen Ghost since season six, but that doesn't mean he won't make a comeback in season eight. What we are thinking is he will reunite with Nymeria and the two will make their way to Winterfell to join the Great War and ultimately reunite with their humans.
Since they wed, Sansa and Tyrion have both been on the run and have gone through their fair share of trials. But with the whole Targaryen camp going to Winterfell to get ready for the Great War, Sansa and Tyrion are more than likely to reunite, and we can't wait to watch it.
We already know the North doesn't appreciate when foreigners demand loyalty, so how will they react when Daenerys demands to rule them? We're thinking it won't go over super well, but since the North respects Jon, maybe it won't be that bad.
Since Tormund escaped Eastwatch and is coming to tell Winterfell of the danger ahead, that means he will be reunited with Brienne, and we think their time apart will help them both realize what they really want from each other. It's about time!
Jon and Arya have a unique and beautiful bond that we haven't seen in action for far too long. We predict season eight will include a tear-jerking reunion between the two, and we are more than ready to see it.
We have a hunch that Arya and the Hound will meet again in season eight, but what we don't know is how that meeting will go. The last time they were together, Arya left him for dead, so this reunion will be really interesting to watch, to say the least.
Theon vows to save his sister at the end of season seven, and we think this will lead to him attempting a heroic move like sinking Euron's fleet . . . which will be carrying the Golden Company. Whether or not this will go well, we can't wait to see what happens.
Since Theon's main reason for leaving Dragonstone is to save Yara, we are more than certain that we will see him again in season eight. What he will do is still in question, but we are all for it.
Because Daario is a mercenary warrior, we are predicting he will probably make an appearance in season eight when Theon faces off with Euron. We would love to see Daario Naharis again, and that's not just because he is extremely good looking.
We know Daenerys thinks she can't become pregnant, but we think otherwise. Now that she and Jon are getting it on, a surprise pregnancy wouldn't be totally out of the ordinary in season eight.
Now that Sam and Bran know about Jon's real parents, it's just a matter of time before he finds out the truth. How he finds out is what is up in the air . . .
Jon understands the difficulty of juggling more than one identity, and season eight will only emphasize how he does this. Who will he tell? How will he handle it? And what does it mean for his current relationships? We need answers!
Because Jon announced that every woman and child should learn how to fight, there's a good chance the little firecracker Lyanna Mormont will perhaps fight in battle. She's definitely tough enough to take the challenge.
As we have seen, Bran Stark can warg into animals and people, but what about the undead? If this happens, we are about to see yet another wild plot twist in the next season.
Because we think Rhaegal and Drogon will have to fight their brother in the Great War, death is more than likely for at least one of them. But we do predict they will bring down wight Viserion before they die.
Since season one, there's been talk of the infamous "Cleganebowl," when brothers the Hound and the Mountain will finally face each other in a fight to death, and there seems no better time to do this than in season eight.
We already know Cersei's prophecy says she will be killed by one of her brothers, and we think that brother will be none other than Jamie. He leaves her in the season seven finale, but we think he could very well come back and end her life right in its tracks.
Remember when Melisandre tells Varys they both have a part to play in Westeros and are ultimately destined to die there? Yeah, how could we forget? Well, we predict this warning will come to light and shake up the storyline even more.
The true identity of the Night King has been a mystery this whole time, but we predict season eight will expose who he really is. Will it be Bran or the God of Death or someone else completely different? All we know is we can't wait to find out.
The end of the season means the end of the Great War, right? Whether the war ends how we think it will or not, it has to end somehow.
The longest-standing prophecy has still not been fulfilled! "The Prince That Was Promised" absolutely has to be revealed in season eight. Is Azor Ahai Jon Snow, Ser Davos, Rhaegar Targaryen, Daenerys, or someone else completely? Give us the answer, season eight!
We all think he deserves a castle, so it would only make sense if he gets one in season eight.