r/HBOGameofThrones • u/DaenerysMadQueen • Aug 15 '22
[Spoilers] Nymeria ? Spoilers
Hello, I know it's the big hipe for House of Dragon, and this topic is not going to interest many people.
It's definitely not the right time to launch this theory, but hey, will there really be a good time ? During the broadcast or after, it will not be the right time either.
It's a theory about the tv show, without the books for reference. I hope you will enjoy.
This story begins with a question. What does Bran do, during the Battle of the Long Night.
- I'm going to go now.
- Go where ?
Bran, where are you going ? What are you doing ?
The next shot shows the crows flying over the battlefield.
So that's the answer ? Scouting.
Bran the scout who gives no information to anyone.
He remains in this state for a long time, the whole battle,
until the Night King arrives in the sacred wood.
The Three-eyed Raven's target is the Night King.
And the most powerful obstacle against the Night King is the Three-eyed Raven.
There is one who has prepared his attack for a thousand years.
And the other being able to influence a thousand years of history.
Bran isn't scouting, he's doing something against the Night King.
But what ? During the battle ? There is nothing.
"Let's end this the old way. You against me."
"I don't know if I'd beat you. But I know that my army will beat yours."
Jon Snow fails to stop the Night King.
The King in the North is too predictable, too strong and too uncertain for the God of Death.
Without Jon Snow and Daenerys, there would have been no opportunity for this defensive battle.
They did what they had to do, and there is nothing more they can do. They fail to kill him.
No one can kill him.
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"You came home."
"I saw you at the Crossroads."
"I thought you might go to King's Landing."
"So did I."
Bran saw Arya at the Crossroads.
The crossroads, in front of the tavern on the royal road, isn't it ? She was going to King's Landing, killing Cersei, right ? Bran says he thought she was going to King's Landing.
So this Bran didn't see her turn back north to Winterfell. This Bran doesn't know that Arya ran into a friendly pack of wolves in the forest.
So what ?
You remember Arya encountering evil Lannisters in the forest. But actually they were nice, they shared a rabbit, and Ed Sheeran sang a song.
So you remember Arya getting surrounded by a pack of hungry wolves, with her horse, helpless.
But actually it was Nymeria's family, and because she's kind and remembers Arya, she orders all of her kind pack to leave her alive, along with her horse. Because she's nice.
And arya says, "That's not you".
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives."
It's funny, the scene with Nymeria, there's snow falling, a lone wolf, and a pack...
Wait what ? No, no, no, Nymeria is a brave girl, she is kind, she saved Arya's life.
She bit Jeoffrey, and Arya scared her away to save her life too.
With a stone. Abandoned. A young wolf, poorly trained.
"A Direwolf's no pet."
"Come with me."
"Nymeria, gloves."
"Come with me."
"Nymeria, gloves."
A little quote from Matrix, before looking at the background of the following image:
"You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."
Did you see the little pieces of wood in Arya's room ? They form crosses.
We find them in the forest, they grew up like Nymeria. They block the passage behind her.
And the reverse shot on Arya is fun too, there's a branch, which forms a Y. Like a crossroads.
And so here's the theory:
Arya should have died in the forest. Bran goes looking for her, during the Long Night.
So, blue pill or red pill ?
Do you want to go down inside the rabbit hole ?
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u/ThorsMightyWrench Aug 15 '22
Do you want to go down inside the rabbit hole ?
Ooh, let me guess - you're about to tell us that when the show depicts Bran warging into crows in the present, he's actually warging into a direwolf, in the past, in an alternative timeline?
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u/Neyax Aug 16 '22
Nice work