A Song of Ice and Fire indeed.
Bran’s constant warning made The Mad King turn mad. Robert Baratheon lives. Syrio Forel is actually Jaqen H’ghar. Varys is a mermaid.
The Internet is dark and full of terrors but it’s also full of completely bonkers theories that relate to Game of Thrones. Granted, that’s a large reason why we love the show but there are moments when a rumour takes a very strange turn and that happened during the Super Bowl.
If you’re a fan of the show, you might be familiar with the ‘dragon rider’ theory – a prophetic dream sequence in the books that features Daenerys’s dead brother Rhaegar saying “the dragon has three heads.” Basically, people have interpreted this to mean that that three characters will eventually ride dragons in the books and in the show.
Those three people were widely assumed to be Daenerys, Jon Snow, and Tyrion – Dany’s dragons have previously been docile when they’ve been in the company of both men.
After the revelation that Jon Snow is, in fact, a Targaryen, people have assumed that Tyrion might also have some dragons blood that’s running through his veins.
Plenty of people have speculated that the youngest Lannister is actually the illegitimate son of Aerys ‘The Mad King’ Targaryen – after all, even when Tywin and Joanna Lannister were married, Aerys was still infatuated with her.
In A Storm of Swords, Tywin even says: “Men’s laws give you the right to bear my name and display my colors, since I cannot prove that you are not mine. To teach my humility, the gods have condemned me to watch you waddle about wearing that proud lion that was my father’s sigil and his father’s before him. But neither gods nor men shall compel me to turn Casterly Rock into your whorehouse.”
Sadly, the Night King threw a major ice spear into this dragon rider theory when he impaled Viserion and turned Dany’s dragon into his own steed but some people still have question marks about Tyrion’s lineage. They think that Peter Dinklage’s recent Super Bowl ad might prove that ‘the dwarf of Casterly Rock’ is actually a Targaryen.
After all, the actor is surrounded by flames and even breathes fire. That theory has been around for quite some time, but certain people are only really buying into it now after seeing this advert.
Ok, the theory could actually be true – but surely it wouldn’t be answered in a Doritos commercial?!?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNzzJzdgUto
Clip via – Doritos®
Anyways, some people are still happy to feed that fire.
By that logic, is Morgan Freeman the Night King? Now that would be a shock ending.
Tyrion Targaryen? #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/J9C1lR41L8
— The Pixel Factor (@ThePixelFactor) February 4, 2018
WHAT IF THAT DORITOS X MOUNTAIN DEW COMMERCIAL IS FORESHADOWING THAT MORGAN FREEMAN WILL BE ON GAME IF THRONES!!MORGAN FREEMAN AS THE ICE KING PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/id3MRoMr7F
— Bisaillonbball (@rimgrazers) February 5, 2018
Game of Thrones super fans are gonna interpret that Doritos commercial as proof that Tyrion is a Targaryen.#SuperBowl #GameofThrones
— Zachary Santschi (@santschi) February 5, 2018
Soooo does this mean Tyrion is a Targaryen? #GOT #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/ClyAXsbtBl
— Amanda Beth (@BasicPitch_) February 5, 2018
Tyrion is a Targaryen confirmed by the #DoritosBlaze commercial #SuperBowl
— Frank Janisch (@FrankieJ29) February 5, 2018
When you realize Doritos confirmed Tyrion is a Targaryen. #GameofThrones #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/9amFk4GkqV
— Bald in Brooklyn (@AndrewAsAlways_) February 5, 2018
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