If you're a regular user of Reddit or have gone as far down the rabbit hole as I have at this point (I'm completely admitting I've nerded out on the show this year,), you've likely heard a lot of these theories. However, a lot of watchers of HBO's best show on TV right now aren't nearly as invested or care enough to read that much into the every scene, so hopefully this will be a brief highlight of some of the more popular GOT theories. If you haven't seen Season 6, Episode 7, The Broken Man, you might want to stop reading.
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DAENERYS IS A VILLAIN
Before the Daeny fans get all up in arms, there are different levels of villains. Is she on the Joffrey/Ramsay Bolton level of villain? No, but to say she's completely altruistic is also a mischaracterization. She's doing what she believes in her mind is right and just, but so are a lot of characters on this show. What we do know is that she's not above nailing people to crosses, despite the advice of Ser Barristan, or routinely burning people in bloody coup d'etats, as she liberates cities and settlements in Essos.
While mostly everyone would agree slavery is an unjustifiable evil, it doesn't seem like Daeny is freeing these cities just for the sake of a moral justice, even if she says she is. She's freeing them so she can build her army and take back the Iron Throne, which she believes she is entitled to hold. While many say that's her birthright, she's entitled to it, ask yourselves the following questions?
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What's the Targaryens family track record look like? They've ruled by fear and strength, and are known throughout Westeros as conquerors first and foremost. What are they not good at? Ruling. What is Daenyers clearly awful at? Ruling. What do you think will happen when she uses the Greyjoy's ships to cross The Narrow Sea, with her newly realigned Dothraki Horde that's about as undisciplined as 300 kids with ADHD in a candy store? It's going to be a complete blood bath of raiding and pillaging, and that's even if she gets to King's Landing before Winter arrives.
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EVERY TIME A STARK DIREWOLF DIES IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR OWNER
All in on this theory, assuming of course that wasn't really Shaggy Dog's head that the Umbers showed to Ramsay Bolton. Even so, I think you can make an argument that this theory is completely true.
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LADY - Sansa Stark lies about the fight between Joffrey and Arya and Ned has to put Lady down.
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GREY WIND - Robb Stark breaks his alliance with the Freys to marry Talisa Maegyr and then loses the entire war, his family, his life, and his wolf, who is killed by the Boltons and Freys.
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SHAGGYDOG - Assuming for one second that really was Shaggydog's head presented by the Umbers to Ramsay Bolton, I still think this theory works. Rickon Stark by heading for Last Hearth, controlled by the Umbers, made a major mistake, as he's turned over to Ramsay Bolton; his direwolf is killed, and he's thrown in the cells of Winterfell as a prisoner, and his Direwolf is beheaded.
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SUMMER - Bran goes off on his own looking for the Night's King without the Three Eyed Raven's supervision, when he clearly shouldn't have. He's touched by the Night's King, which then allows the wights to find Bran, Meera, and Hodor, which results in Summer sacrificing himself to save Bran.
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GHOST - Jon's Direwolf, still alive.
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NYMERIA - Arya's Direwolf, still alive.
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JAQEN H'GHAR IS REALLY SYRIO FOREL
Firstly, who is Syrio Forel? Back in Season 1, he was Arya's "dancing" (the Westerosi term for sword fighting) tutor. We last saw him standing before the King's Guard while Arya runs to safety shortly before her father is killed. A lot of viewers assumed he died, but his classic line of "What Do We Say To The God Of Death?" left a lot of hardcore show fans with hope he'd return, and GOT usually shows when a character dies. Ser Meryn was a terrible sword fighter per The Hound, and Syrio was supposedly the best swordsman in all of Braavos. Even with a stick, would he really have died in that fight? If he did, why didn't they show it?
So, let's take a look at the similarities. Both men are from Braavos. Both men talk routinely about the God of Death being the one true god. Both men act as mentors and tutors to Arya. Both men save her from death. Jaqen seems to show a completely uncharacteristic fondness for Arya, despite supposedly being a hired assassin who is No One. Also, we've got this scene from last week. Coincidence?
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Maybe the Waif is Syrio? Isn't this picture indicative of where her shadow would normally be? Maybe Sryio isn't Jaqen or the Waif, maybe he's just made it to Braavos and is trying to keep Arya safe? Great job, if that last theory is the case by the way.
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LADY STONEHEART IS MAKING AN APPEARANCE
This season's theme has clearly been about resurrection, and they have been hammering the hell out of the Red Wedding story in the past few weeks. The Freys, who supposedly orchestrated the Red Wedding, look about as inept as you can imagine. They lost River Run, they are having their lands raided by the Brotherhood without Banners, and they can't even dig a decent siege trench. All this reference to the Red Wedding and the Riverlands, along with The Hound being extremely upset at the Brotherhood for killing Al Swearengen means he's going after them.
So, why has the Brotherhood started killing seemingly innocent parishioners? That didn't seem like their modus operandi in Season 3. Enter Lady Stonehart, or Catelyn Stark, who's been brought back to life by Baric Dondarrion in the books, after she's killed at the Red Wedding and thrown into the river. Normally, an honorable woman, she's completely ruthless now and is bent on making the Freys' lives completely miserable and it looks like she's succeeding. It seems like if the shows creators are going to bring Lady Stoneheart to the screen, it'll happen in the next episode.
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ARYA WASN'T THE ONE WHO GOT STABBED BY THE WAIF
Sign me up for this one. Near the end of the episode 6, we see Arya refusing to carry out a hit on Lady Crane, and then hiding in a darkened room with Needle, as she knows the Faceless Men will come after her. Then we see her strolling around Braavos like she's on vacation, and throwing money around like she's Scrooge McDuck, when earlier in the season she was blind in the street begging for pennies.
She then lets a strange old woman approach her on an open bridge while she's completely undefended without her sword, and then she's stabbed in the stomach and goes over the side into the water. We see her then walking through the streets of Braavos bleeding profusely while people stare at her like she's a leper. If that was Arya, quite frankly she deserves to die for being abundantly stupid.
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Also, Jaqen told The Waif to make sure she didn't suffer? Outstanding job Waif. Multiple stab wounds to the stomach, then you twist the knife into the victim for good measure. Arya then falls into the river and is left to wander the streets of Braavos looking for help while she bleeds out. Not exactly what we're looking for at the Assassin's Creed Academy. This whole spectacle for Arya and Jaqen has been test after test, so I'd be shocked if tonight we find out that it really was Arya who got stabbed.
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THE MOUNTAIN vs. THE HOUND
CLEGANE BOWL! Finally! Get in the Ring! So, both of the Clegane brothers have seemingly been brought back from the brink of death. The Hound by a septum with the Faith of the Seven after being left for dead, and The Mountain by Maester Qyburn, who turned him into an undead abomination after being poisoned by the spear of The Red Viper. The Hound seems like he's destined to get some revenge for the Faith of the Seven and The Mountain is going to kill whomever Cersei tells him to.
The Mountain is already in King's Landing, and Cersei is clearly going to name him as her champion, when she's formally charged. It's pretty evident a random champion isn't going to defeat The Mountain, and with Ser Gregor's new found faith, it only makes logical sense that he represents the Seven at the Trial By Combat. The question is how is The Hound going to get to King's Landing? He's obviously going to have an encounter with the Brotherhood Without Banners first, but he could make his way to King's Landing shortly thereafter to fight for the Faith.
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THE UMBERS WILL DOUBLE CROSS RAMSAY AT THE BASTARD BOWL
This goes back to the Shaggydog theory. Was that really Shaggydog's head? It seemed awfully small to be a Direwolf. Also, the Umbers are fiercely loyal and known for their honor and tradition and Smalljon Umber openly would not kneel to Ramsay Bolton. If you look at scene between the Umbers and Ramsay there's a lot of tells in there.
Firstly, the Umbers don't show up until after Roose is dead. They claimed not to trust Roose (that's a polite way of describing the scene), and that's why they never legitimated him as the new Warden of the North, so its highly unlikely they are going to think Ramsay is better leader.
Secondly, if they were so loyal to House Stark for all those years, why would they hand over the oldest male fully legitimate Stark heir to Ramsay Bolton? They don't need to hand over Rickon to join forces with Boltons to fight The Wildlings. It seems like a simple meeting saying, "Jon Snow's alive; The Wildlings are marching toward Winterfell and you need our help and we need yours to kill them. You give us aid, and we'll declare you Warden of the North," would have been sufficient, and he never even offers that in the scene. It appears as though when fealty is mentioned, Smalljon clearly just throws Rickon and Osha at Ramsay to deflect his attention away from the situation, and Ramsay is so overcome with joy that he now has another person to torture and bait Jon Snow and Sansa that he completely overlooks what's occurring.
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Lastly, in the trailers, the Bastard Bowl seems to be taking place outside the gates of Winterfell. If you have a numerical advantage and near siege proof castle, you don't meet the enemy in open combat. Perhaps the Umbers have seen the numbers Jon Snow and the Wildlings have, and simply want to be on the winning side, but they could just as easily have remained neutral and claimed Sansa was a Bolton and Jon Snow's not a legitimate Stark.
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BRAN IS THE VOICE INSIDE THE MAD KING'S HEAD SAYING BURN THEM ALL!
This last theory, is one of the most interesting. We've already learned from The Door episode that Bran can go back in time and warg into people and cause them to react how he wants them to. So, is there going to be a scene that shows Bran warging into The Mad King and making him go insane by yelling "Burn The All?"
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Clearly, based on the flashbacks that we saw, The Mad King has Wildfire filled around King's Landing by his pyromancers. Was he yelling "Burn Them All" though to kill the people of King's Landing, or did Bran warg into The Mad King, once the White Walkers come to King's Landing and make The Mad King give an Order to destroy the White Walkers by fire?
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It's an interesting theory, and it would clearly explain why Bran had that vision of The Mad King screaming before he's slain by Jamie Lannister. However, The Mad King supposedly went insane years before Robert's Rebellion and it also could easily just be a history of Westeros, as were the other scenes, and seeing the Wildfire that Aerys II stored beneath King's Landing gives him an idea on how to stop the White Walkers once they reach King's Landing.
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So, there are some of the more interesting theories in Game of Thrones. Three more episodes until this Season ends. Tonight's episode is called No One, so of course Arya isn't going to die. Cheers!
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