This dark 'Game of Thrones' fan theory predicts the fate of King Tommen
Warning: Spoilers from Game of Thrones season 6, episode 2. Tread carefully.
LONDON -- We all got so caught up in that whole Jon-Snow-not-actually-being-dead thing that many overlooked what was clearly the best scene from episode two.
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Namely, the bit where Ser Robert Strong/The Mountain casually thumped that guy's head into a wall.
While it may have seemed like something of a throwaway moment -- surely just a way of showing how badass Cersei's new protector is, right? -- there's a theory flying around that the sequence holds a deeper significance.
On Thursday, Reddit user Matt_Something shared the following speculation on the r/gameofthrones subreddit.
We reckon this one's got legs.
Up until now, Ser Robert Strong has stood silently by and done very little apart from looking menacing, but his actions in episode two show that he's capable of acting of his own accord.
And if he's capable of lashing out at a random man in the street for bad-mouthing Cersei, what might he do if he saw someone directly yelling at her?
We know Tommen has strong feelings for Margaery, so it's certainly possible that he could react badly if he finds out that Cersei played a role in his Queen's imprisonment.
According to the prophecy we saw in Cersei's flashback, all of her children will die -- "gold will be their crown... and gold their shrouds" -- and it seems fitting that Cersei's own actions will come back to haunt her (and this would also fit in with the part of the prophecy that says Cersei's replacement Queen -- i.e. Margaery -- will take "all she holds dear"... all be it indirectly, in this case).
The response on Reddit has been positive, too.
We're still rooting for you, Tommen, but we're not going to lie... things don't look good.
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