Game of Thrones fans think they’ve found a massive plot hole which could have meant salvation for Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).
As we all know, the show’s eighth and final season ended with Dany gaining the Iron Throne by basically committing genocide by destroying King’s Landing on Drogon after becoming increasingly isolated from her supporters.
The show ended with the Dragon Queen getting killed by her lover, and also cousin, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) but fans on Reddit (where else) are sure that if one piece of information was shared to her by the eunuch Varys (Conleth Hill) concerning Jon’s surrogate father Ned Stark (Sean Bean), it all could have turned out a lot differently.
Redditor DJTff wrote: ‘Why didn’t Varys or Tyrion tell Khaleesi that Jon Snow’s father Ned Stark was the only one who was opposed to killing her and her baby?
‘Seems like a relevant detail they left out when trying to convince her to trust Jon and listen to what he was saying, no?’
And reading it – it totally makes sense. Much of Dany’s paranoia in the last season stemmed from the realisation that most of her allies were slowly beginning to turn against her, and viewed her as an invader.
Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) even worried that she would, like her father before her, go mad…which of course she did, after being pushed to the brink by Cersei (Lena Headey).
Viewers who were with the show from the very beginning will remember that Ned did actually save Dany’s life – he refused to obey King Robert Baratheon (Mark Ady) and have the fledgling queen and her brother Viserys (Harry Lloyd) assassinated, on the basis that she was just a child.
If Dany had been told that Jon’s father (well, not his real one – that was her brother Rhaegar) was one of her defenders, if probably would have made it much easier for her to trust her beloved.
And then maybe season eight would have had a much different ending – although we wouldn’t have gotten her brilliant Rivers of Blood-esque speech.
It’s no secret that Thrones’ final run of episodes didn’t have the warmest reception from fans or critics, so it’s also no surprise that a lot of intricate fan theories have popped up since the show ended.
For instance, there’s the one where Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) should have actually killed Bran and Rickon Stark.
Mind you, if you’re holding out hope that the cast filmed an alternative ending for the season we have bad news for you – Maisie Williams herself told us they hadn’t.
Game of Thrones is available to stream via NOW TV.
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