Note: There are many, many Game of Thrones spoilers in this post. If you are not reading the Game of Thrones books and don’t want the TV show spoiled, do not read this post.
Yesterday, Gawker published a fan-made video explaining a popular “theory” about Jon Snow’s true parents. I think even the most mild GoT-fans refuse to believe the general story about Jon Snow being the product of Ned Stark’s relations with an unknown woman. Anyway, the fan-made video that Gawker posted caused a spoiler-tastic kerfuffle, but I still enjoyed watching it (the dude explains the theory really well):
So, is this just a “theory”? The Gawker commenters seem to think that so many hints have been dropped throughout the series thus far that this “theory” is basically GoT canon by now. I mean, does anyone really believe that Jon Snow is Ned Stark’s biological son? No. Even Sean Bean, the actor who played Ned Stark, does not believe it. Bean gave a new interview to Vulture and he got super-excited with the idea of going back to GoT to drop some major spoilers:
Vulture: Since you’re almost done shooting Legends, that might mean you have a window in your schedule if Game of Thrones needs you back. There are flashbacks that they could be doing for season five …
Bean: [Excited] Are they? Really?
Vulture: I could be wrong, but I think they might show flashbacks via Bran’s connection to the heart trees.
Bean: Oh, yeah, yeah! And I’m his father, so that would be great fun! Just to go back to that for a while, it would be such fun to do. It would be great! It would be bizarre, but it would be great! So I guess if they’re going to do flashbacks, then yeah!
Vulture: Well, it’s just my theory …
Bean: But it’s a good theory! And that should happen, shouldn’t it? I’ve definitely got some unfinished business that needs to be resolved there. I’m obviously not Jon Snow’s dad. And you need that to be revealed at some point, don’t you? So Bran would kind of be the one having the flashback, and he would see Ned praying, right? And revealing those things? You never know what those guys are going to do with that. It’s got to be something special. But I’m into that. I certainly would be into that. Print that! Give them a nudge. [Laughs.] Hopefully I’ll get a call soon.
I have mixed feelings about Bean as a person, but I think it’s lovely that he got SO excited with the idea of coming back to GoT even if it’s just for a cameo/flashback/dream-sequence or something. Like, he still cares about those characters. He’s still into it. He still wants to be a part of it. That’s pretty awesome. And yeah, he’s not Jon Snow’s father.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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