Before we get into any of this , if you ’re not amply catch up on HBO’sGame of Thrones , we ’re about to let loose a whole lot of spoiler . So if you have n’t land up watching all of the first seven seasons ( what are you await for ? ) , bookmark this page and come back once you ’re done .
If there ’s one thing HBO viewer have descend to ask from the Creator ofGame of Thrones , it ’s that they ’re not afraid tokill off character — even the mostbelovedones . ( Though it does n’t always think they’llstay dead . ) And if there ’s one matter we ’ve learned about fan of theepic serial , based on George R.R. Martin ’s equally larger-than-life books , it ’s that they have a actual endowment for coming up withelaborate theoriesabout where the show ’s narrative might be heading , some of them plausible , some of them … not so plausible . The most recent of these theories to overhear our attention comes from RedditorMrSilenceT , whichEsquirewrote about , and is especially intriguing because it lot with some of the show ’s most fascinating character , the Night King and his creepy-crawly band of White Walkers .
Part of what ca-ca these blue - eyed animal so capture is that we in reality do n’t bonk a lot about them . We know that the White Walkers are tardily - moving ice colossus and are devoted follower of the Night King ( who some buff theorist conceive is , in fact , Bran Stark ) . But in his extremely detailed ( and three - part ) analysis of what we might gestate to see inGame of Thrones ’s net time of year , tackling everything from “ The Fate of Arya Stark ” to “ The Fate of Daenerys Targaryen , ” MrSilenceT devotes a good lump of clip to render to better understand the Night King and the White Walkers , but makes his principal point up front : “ [ I]f you think this story leads up to someone get the better of the Night King and the creature , you have n’t been paying care … ”
To set out his argument , he cite George R.R. Martin , who has repeatedly made it known that he ’s not interested in clear smutty - and - white distinctions between heroes and villains , notingthat , “ If everybody reckon your fictitious character is a torpedo or if everybody thinks your character reference is a villain , then you are publish cardboards . ” Which is certainly not a charge anyone could ever honestly deposit against Martin or the TV series ' showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss .
According to MrSilenceT :
To answer those head in the most expedient way , he put forththis sceneby style of an instance , noting how , " A White Walker looks into the unharmful and frightful eye of Sam and does not kill him but rather keeps on marching in the south . This shows that there is some degree of free will in the White Walkers ( or in the Night King , since he is most likely controlling them ) or at least , that they can refrain from killing anyone active ( probably as long as they do not express any harmful intent towards them ) . " He contrasts this with the demeanor of thewights , who " attack anyone without hesitation . These are mere tool , animate and control by the power of the White Walkers and exclusively programmed to aggress on vision . wight have no conscience . "
In his summation of MrSilenceT ’s theory , Esquire ’s Matt Millerwrites :
And if those theory about Bran Stark and the Night King being one are , in fact , founded , would n’t it follow that what he ’s actually attempting to do isreversethe events that part all this killing in the first place ? Or , as MrSilenceT pose it :
There ’s a lot more to MrSilenceT ’s theories , which you could read in fullhere . And if it turns out that we ’re all exhort for the Night King in the end , you know who saw it coming .
[ h / t : Esquire ]
