Dead celebrity? Whither Jon Snow? Game Of Thrones starts again Sunday

[SteveG]

Oh, what will transpire in this well-written series? Starting Sunday on HBO. Various freebie viewings for cable subscribers for the first episode. "Good news, non-HBO subscribers. The premium cable channel is offering free service to all pay cable subscribers this weekend. If you don't have pay cable, you can watch it online via HBO Now, which is currently offering a free first month of service. "

The Dothraki are prepared for the battle because Winter Is Coming.

Aw shucks, it's only real..."Eagle Hunters of Western China, by Kevin Frayer, Canada
The training and handling of large birds of prey follows a strict set of ancient rules that Kazakh eagle hunters are preserving for future generations in the mountainous region of western China that borders Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia." What a disappointment!

Is Jon Snow really dead? You know NOTHING!

[DP]

I still think the Hound isn't dead.

[Winston]

OK, so I've never watched the show, after reading the books that are out, and waiting years for the next volume that we will probably never get from George RR Martin. I understand this is forcing the show to move into territory the books haven't covered.

Here's my theory.

1. The dragons are the only thing that will protect everyone when "winter comes" and the Others cross the wall.

2. There are three dragons. The dragons need to be controlled by a Targaryen. We know of two of them (Daenerys and Viserys). Jon Snow is the third.

3. Jon Snow is not Ned Stark's son, but that of his sister Lyanna, who was raped by Rhaegar Targaryen. The promise Lyanna extracts from Ned as she dies is for him to hide Jon Snow's origin to protect Snow from the Lannisters.

4. Therefore Jon Snow must be revived. This will happen the same way that Catelyn Stark was revived (indirectly, by Thoros of Myr resurrecting Beric Dondarrion, who then passed on the "spark" to Catelyn Stark to revive her), with Melisandre doing it.


My son tells me I'm not alone in having come up with this scenario, but I did do it on my own.

[Speedy]

Winston wrote:
OK, so I've never watched the show, after reading the books that are out, and waiting years for the next volume that we will probably never get from George RR Martin. I understand this is forcing the show to move into territory the books haven't covered.

Here's my theory.

1. The dragons are the only thing that will protect everyone when "winter comes" and the Others cross the wall.

2. There are three dragons. The dragons need to be controlled by a Targaryen. We know of two of them (Daenerys and Viserys). Jon Snow is the third.

3. Jon Snow is not Ned Stark's son, but that of his sister Lyanna, who was raped by Rhaegar Targaryen. The promise Lyanna extracts from Ned as she dies is for him to hide Jon Snow's origin to protect Snow from the Lannisters.

4. Therefore Jon Snow must be revived. This will happen the same way that Catelyn Stark was revived (indirectly, by Thoros of Myr resurrecting Beric Dondarrion, who then passed on the "spark" to Catelyn Stark to revive her), with Melisandre doing it.


My son tells me I'm not alone in having come up with this scenario, but I did do it on my own.

Well, that saves me the ordeal of watching it. I will catch the abridged version:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/game-...ex-scenes/