[SPOILERS] The Prince That Was Promised

I laid out a theory a while back that still hasn’t gotten traction, but here it goes again— it’s become canon in my head, and I think it’s the best interpretation:

The Prince That Was Promised...was promised to the Night.

There isn’t really a good reason mankind should win this war. They’ve talked about it the whole time about how futile it actually is. So...mankind doesn’t win. Instead, the Night King, on the verge of annihilating the world of the living comes to the surviving heroes and demands his prize: The Prince That Was Promised, a child of royal blood—the true heir to the throne, the prince born to Daenerys Targaryen and Jon— to be the new Night’s King with the passing of the last.

Dany will have become pregnant in the new season, seemingly defeating the prophecy of Mirri Maz Duur. But the witch will have been proven true in the end. As the Night’s army surrounds the survivors, the Night King will point to Dany’s belly and Jon will (with tremendous gnashing of teeth and brooding), plunge his sword into his true love to pull out mankind’s salvation— the royal baby sacrifice that will Bring Light back to the world, just like when Azor Ahai killed Nissa Nissa to save the world before (and hence never bearing a living child). Because who says ancient stories cannot be allegories? Do we really believe old Azor Ahai killed all the Night’s Army with one awesome sword and saved mankind? Then...why is there still a Night’s King? Because the army was never defeated by Azor Ahai, just turned back once they got what they came for.

It would tie in a lot of the themes of the story— Sacrifice and Duty for the greater good as a sign of true leadership, the power of royal blood, the bittersweetness of the whole world, the breaking of the wheel (no more heirs to the throne), mothers dying at childbirth, Night and Light, Death and Life being sides of the same coins, and of course, the importance of PROMISES.

So, did I ruin the ending for you, or can you change my mind?

Submitted May 25, 2018 at 03:55AM by Wastelandrider https://ift.tt/2kq24Cf