Warning: Spoilers for Game Of Thrones ahead.
Game Of Thrones might have come to an end, but that won’t stop us going over theories and unpicking story lines for probably years to come.
Opinions are coming thick and fast when it comes to Daenerys Targaryen – some of us aren’t at all happy, while some of us are slowly coming to terms with the end of the best TV show we’ve ever had the pleasure to binge.
But one Mumsnet user somewhere in the world will be feeling very smug, as it turns out they correctly predicted what would happen to Dany in the very last episode.
Writing seven years ago on a thread about naming your baby Daenerys (good luck to all the parents who went down that road…), the user nooka advised the original thread creator against the idea: ‘No! Fantasy writers love their weird names, but I really don’t think that children do.
‘No one will know how to pronounce or say the name, and they will either think you made it up or are an OTT (over the top) George R R Martin fan.’
Nooka has a very good point there, but even more so when they go on to accurately foretell what’s in store for the Mad Queen: ‘Plus knowing him she might well go insane or come to a very nasty end.’
Mind blown.
Okay, maybe it’s not that wild that someone would have guessed Dany would take after her father after all the stories of the Mad King were woven throughout the novels, but it does show the seeds were sewn long ago.
Game Of Thrones were experts at foreshadowing – we were actually shown part of the last episode all the way back in season two, when Dany went through a series of visions while trying to rescue her dragons.
We were also warned about Dany’s forthcoming madness in season five, when Ser Barristen retold her father’s story to which she denied she was in danger of turning into him.
‘But the Mad King gave his enemies the justice he thought they deserved. And each time it made him feel powerful and right — until the very end,’ replied the knight.
Did everyone know but us?!
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