I want to talk about the Bran=Night King theory. What say you?

Yes please

First...I never see **** like this when watching the show:



Dammit how do you post tweets? People saying the wights formed a Stark sigil in reverse:

Wearing the same clothes:

http://nerdist.com/bran-night-king-game-of-thrones-theory/

Theory discussion.

Idk. Could be true. But I was also hooked by the High Sparrow=Howland Reed theory.

F me, I was sure that was photoshopped, but i watched that scene again.and sure enough.. the photo was enhanced some to highlight the profile, but cool nonetheless.

Raptor said:

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Two ideas:

Bran wargs the ice dragon and goes Harry Carry (intended) on the white walkers.

or

The White Walkers win and wipe out everyone. The babies they've been collecting are the new race of "human", and the show ends with a toddler white walker sitting on the game of thrones'

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Did you mean Harry Carey? Or harakiri? It doesn't work either way.

It is sort of interesting I guess, but some of the assertions are dumb. Bran, who can go anywhere in the past he wants, arrives "too late" to stop the creation of the white walkers, so he decides to inhabit bran the builder and build the wall? Wtf

I thought that was one of the attempts before he was sucked into the Night King's body when he went back a 3rd time.

Idk. Time travel and getting "lost" makes it all so confusing.

There's definitely some legit imagery here. Bran and the night king wearing the same getup. Which could just be because they are direct opposites of each other, or it could be because they are related somehow (i.e. bran = nk).

Same with the direwolf symbol. It could be an indication that the whitewalkers are the Starks in some fashion, or it could mean that they are coming for the starks.

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Pam Poovey said:

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First...I never see **** like this when watching the show:



Dammit how do you post tweets? People saying the wights formed a Stark sigil in reverse:

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Pam Poovey said:

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First...I never see **** like this when watching the show:

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The white space in the middle of the formation also looks like a wolf facing to the right...

But this also is like staring at clouds.

I would say what reddit says that white space in the middle looks like, but I don't wanna get banned.

Think NSFW

Bran is not the Night King. We have seen the Night King when created.

mporterco07 said:

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Bran is not the Night King. We have seen the Night King when created.

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Read the actual theory. It's not that simple.

I predict there are dragons in that place where the stone men are...where Jorah got infected. Stone dragons.

mporterco07 said:

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Bran is not the Night King. We have seen the Night King when created.

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What if Bran was warging that guy in the past like he did to Wyllis? Warging is complicated - and if he did that in the past, and died and his essence was transferred to the Night King in the past... boom

(very far fetched, I agree)

SpreadsheetAg said:

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mporterco07 said:

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Bran is not the Night King. We have seen the Night King when created.

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What if Bran was warging that guy in the past like he did to Wyllis? Warging is complicated - and if he did that in the past, and died and his essence was transferred to the Night King in the past... boom

(very far fetched, I agree)

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I'm just missing something... If Bran is stuck in that dude's body and is the Knight King, why is he going ahead with the march south? He now has the power to stop it, right?

Belton Ag said:

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SpreadsheetAg said:

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mporterco07 said:

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Bran is not the Night King. We have seen the Night King when created.

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What if Bran was warging that guy in the past like he did to Wyllis? Warging is complicated - and if he did that in the past, and died and his essence was transferred to the Night King in the past... boom

(very far fetched, I agree)

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I'm just missing something... If Bran is stuck in that dude's body and is the Knight King, why is he going ahead with the march south? He now has the power to stop it, right?

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He's trying to stop himself from going back and getting stuck - resetting the timeline. (or preventing some other terrible thing from happening).

All the legends of the Age of Heroes, Prince that was Promised, etc. are not in the past... they are about to happen in the near future.

Squirrel Master said:

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I don't think Bran is the Night King or was involved in creating him simply because its a theory that is way too complicated and confusing, doesn't really matter, and does nothing to further the general plot of the story.

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I agree and I am hoping this theory dies out soon but I doubt it.

I can't believe HBO came up with the idea because they've spent the last seven years making GOT less complicated, not more. Trying to get the viewing audience to understand something this complicated in the last five episodes seems like a horrible idea.

I also don't think GRRM gave HBO this idea. The GOT books are only complicated and complex because of the number of character, story arcs, and back history. So much to remember and retain. But not particularly difficult to understand, again, if you're able to retain everything you read. I just don't see GRRM going this route with Bran/NK.

To me this theory seems contrived and convoluted like the one about Howland Reed being the High Sparrow.

I can see the Night King being a Stark (though of course he still has not made an appearance in the books so who knows), but this theory is a stretch.

Urban Ag said:

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Yeah the Howland Reed theory has always baffled me too.

The rationale was literally this:

• No one really knows who the High Sparrow is
• Howland Reed hasn't physically shown up in the books or show
• They're both dudes in Westeros
• Therefore Howland is the High Sparrow

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It had to do with how both were described in the books - or importantly how cranogmen from the bogs of Deepwood Motte are described, and Reed's progeny Jojen and Meera are described, and how the high sparrow is described as well as his apparent age.

Pam Poovey said:

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First...I never see **** like this when watching the show:



Dammit how do you post tweets? People saying the wights formed a Stark sigil in reverse:

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Well...the words are right there within the sigil "Winter is Coming." I think it could be just that simple and not some Bran = NK theory. At least in regards to the above pictures.

I think that "Winter is Coming" are also the words of the night king after they marry him to Sansa to ensure peace.

Amiright?!?

Maybe this should be in the GOT humor thread...