game of thrones bedding ceremony
"I acclimated to dream of accepting a dragon of my own."
Game of Thrones and fan theories go calm like King's Landing and the aroma of - able-bodied - you know. That's not to say that the theories are bunk, of course. Some are abiding in actual absolute things and as we basic ourselves for the final HBO season, we'll accept to argue with the big one apropos the Night Baron possibly actuality some adaptation of Bran and addition one that's additionally afresh resurfaced - Tyrion possibly actuality a Targaryen.
Well, bisected Targaryen. You know, like Jon Snow. Tyrion's Lannister ancillary is calmly confirmed. His mother, Joanna Lannister, died giving bearing to him. But is there possibly addition acumen ancestor Tywin has consistently hated Tyrion added than assertive that he "killed" his mother? Could it additionally be because Tywin either collapsed out knew, or acerb suspected, that Tyrion was additionally not his child?
Back in the adventure "Home," in Division 6, Tyrion managed to survive advancing face to face with Daenerys' dragons. Targaryen blood, alike if addition isn't abounding Targaryen, is able to annihilate Dragon acerbity and so that accurate moment fabricated admirers abeyance a bit. Truthfully, there's not a lot on the TV alternation to aback up the Tyrion/Targaryen theory, as best of it comes from the books, but this arena was big abundant to accomplish admirers admiration if there was article added to Tyrion's abiogenetic build. Article that gave him a chargeless canyon in advanced of Dany's hungry, chained children.
Also, aback he batten to the dragons, or to himself in a way, he was able to accompany up article he said to Jon Snow in the books - which is that aback he was little he dreamed of accepting a dragon. A baby one to fit his size.
Now if you'll recall, Jon Snow afresh had a agnate up abutting and claimed dragon encounter. Jon had an affectionate moment with Drogon and admirers appealing abundant reacted the aforementioned way. Jon had to be a Targaryen for Drogon to acquiesce him to pet his bill like that. Holding calmly with this admitting was the actuality that there was already a long-running approach about Jon absolutely actuality Prince Rhaegar's son and so this arena accurate everyone's suspicions. Then by the end of the season, Jon's Targaryen-ness was confirmed.
So could Tyrion additionally be a amalgam like Jon, or is accepting one abruptness Targaryen abundant for the show? Let's attending at some of the added affidavit why some admirers anticipate Tyrion could be a adolescent dragon rider.
In the books, it was fabricated added bright that "Mad King" Aerys lusted afterwards Joanna Lannister, alike afore she had affiliated Tywin. It's believed this was the capital acumen Tywin and Aerys never got along, admitting actuality allies. There was additionally a bit in the books about Aerys demography "liberties" with Joanna during her bells to Tywin, and during her bedding ceremony. Naturally, they didn't accept sex, and it's not bright what the liberties were alfresco of conceivably some awkward remarks, but Tywin was ever careful of his wife afterwards that.
It could additionally accept been that Aerys was aloof aggravating to advance ability over Tywin aback Tywin had added money and arguably added access over the realm. Regardless, Aerys' admiration for Joanna is a big allotment of the theory. It's all speculative, but it would beggarly that Aerys, as king, would accept had sex with Joanna (let's face it, he would accept best acceptable raped her) afterwards Jaime and Cersei were born. Jaime and Cersei both had the acceptable albino beard and blooming eyes while Tyrion had gold and argent beard (the argent actuality a Targaryen trait) and altered eyes.
These concrete attributes were, again, allotment of the books as the TV roles weren't casting absolutely with as abundant detail. Of course, Tyrion's beard has additionally blurred appreciably aback Division 1, or alike the pilot episode, aback it was a lot lighter.
"You are no son of mine."
Another above acumen why some readers wondered about Tyrion's accurate ancestor was because of how abundant Tywin kept insisting that Tyrion wasn't his. He alike mentions, basically, accepting to alive with Tyrion as his son because there was no way to prove otherwise. This could all be calmly attributed to Tywin's abject abhorrence for Tyrion, all this denial, but it could additionally be literal. Tywin alike referred to Tyrion as actuality "ill-made" at one point, but that afresh could beggarly article abroad accustomed how abundant Tywin additionally abhors the actuality that Tyrion's a dwarf.
Could all of this be the acumen Tywin banned to affirmation Tyrion as his heir? With Jaime abutting the Kingsguard, which forbids marriage, Tywin had no legacy. And for a guy so bedeviled with bequest it would booty article absolutely big to accept him annihilate off his band artlessly because he banned to duke over Casterly Rock, and beneficiary status, to Tyrion. Article as big as Tyrion not actuality a abounding Lannister.
One final atom in this aliment aisle - again, from the books - is the abstraction that Daenerys will acquisition two added Targaryens so that she could challenge the acquisition Aegon and his two sisters (well, sister-wives), Visenya and Rhaenys. Not aloof for brotherhood but additionally so they could anniversary ride a dragon. Dany heard these "The Dragon Has Three Heads" words from a Rhaegar eyes in the House of the Undying, which would accept been at the end of Division 2 if it had fabricated it assimilate the show. Instead, on TV, she saw a eyes of Khal Drogo and her asleep son Rhaego.
Another affair to consider, aback best of the background for this approach comes from George R. R. Martin's pages, is that Tyrion could wind up actuality a Targaryen in the books but not on TV. The HBO alternation is abstraction a lot of being into its endgame but there's no way it can accompany to activity aggregate that's on the pages.
There are added book elements too that accept admirers apprehensive - like the saddle Tyrion fabricated for Bran (could it appear aback as a dragon saddle?) and some prophetic words Tyrion got from a Red Priest across at one point - but aback the appearance hasn't absolutely spelled out all that much, and alone has a few episodes left, they'd accept to get absolutely adroit to about-face Tyrion into Dany's half-brother in the final season. Though, it would abode Tyrion in altercation for the appellation of "Prince Who Was Promised." Could he be "Azor Ahai?"
Matt Fowler is a biographer for IGN and a affiliate of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Chase him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
