This Dark Theory About Bran Will Make You Rethink the 'Game of Thrones' Finale

May 21 2019, Updated 7:21 p.m. ET

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The display finale of Game of Thrones left many fans feeling all the feelings. But the truth is that Game of Thrones is over, and what we're all feeling, beneath it all, is some form of acceptance. Daenerys is killed by the affection of her life, Jon. Bran turns into King of Westeros. Sansa becomes the Queen of the North. Arya travels West. Tyrion becomes Bran's Hand. And Jon...neatly, Jon ends up where he started: The Night's Watch. But of all the personality storylines that have been semi-neatly tied up in Sunday's finale, there's one that's left us feeling more perturbed than not: King Bran the Broken. We have a lot of questions.

First of all, did Bran know that he was going to be king all along?

Tyrion asks Bran, “I know you don’t need it. I know you don’t care about power. But I ask you currently, if we select you, will you wear the crown? Will you lead the Seven Kingdoms to the most productive of your talents from these days till your last day?” Bran answered with, "Why do you think I came all this way?" What does this mean? 

We know that Bran (aka the Three-Eyed-Raven) has greenseeing abilities, because of this he can see everything that's took place in the past as well as what is to come someday. While he's hardly ever used these powers to give characters any clue of what's to come, he's made subtle gestures that conclude that Bran, actually, knew what would happen in Season 8. Why else would he give Arya the Valyrian steel dagger that she used to kill the Night King? Or, take note in the Season Eight premiere when Bran informed Sam that he was "waiting for an old friend"? Lo and behold, Jaime presentations up. Jaime asks Bran why he hadn't told somebody about what Jaime did, and Bran merely stated, "You wouldn't be able to help us in this fight if I let them murder you first." 

We also know now that Bran noticed the whole lot that was going to happen to King's Landing in Season 6 by the hands of Daenerys. You can watch Bran's vision in slow movement within the video below: 

He knew about Drogon flying over King's Landing:

And we see the destruction of King's Landing:

While we still don't precisely know the answer to whether or not Bran knew he'd be King all alongside...the clues point to sure. It may be why he rejected the perception of changing into King of the North (he knew that he'd have already got to transform King of Westeros and that Sansa would be the appropriate individual to lead the North). 

There's some other idea floating round, and it seems to think Bran is actually evil and plotted all the factor to change into King.

Redditor ratcliffeb theorizes that Bran warged into Drogon and if truth be told completed off King's Landing himself, making Dany best appear to be the Mad Queen. They write:

"Problem is he underestimated Dany and instead of burning down Kings Landing she was headed for the Red Keep so the 3ER warged into Drogon and did it himself. (Dany's eyes are LOCKED onto the Red Keep when she takes off and shes beelineing it for it for quite awhile. Its only after we see the identical scene of Brans vision from an earlier season of Drogon's shadow flying over King's Landing that Drogon changes directions and starts lighting everyone up. They dont show a close up of Dany again after that." 

Of path, that principle does not quite make sense. We know that Dany purposely murdered all of King's Landing to "liberate" them in their oppressors. Her definition of "liberate" is reasonably horrifying, especially when she starts speaking about "liberating" the folk in Winterfell and Dorne, but we rest our case. Dany knew what she was doing when she burned King's Landing to the ground. 

Still, lovers wonder if the "Bran is Evil" concept explains why he selected to inform Jon who he actually is...realizing this data would smash his courting with Dany.

There's a simple explanation for that. Bran normally simply desires to tell the truth, regardless of the associated fee. He is the keeper of reminiscences finally, and irrespective of bad timing, it will be significant that Jon knew who his parents really have been, particularly after Bran witnessed the marriage between Lyanna and Rhaegar. The global (and history of Westeros) DID need to know Rhaegar wasn't a rapist who captured Lyanna clear of Robert. Lyanna and Rhaegar have been in love, and their love created Jon. And it was Jon's proper to know this. 

Sorry, however the "Bran is Evil" idea really does not have that much going for it. What we do know that is Bran probably knew he would be King of Westeros, figuring out that he's the keeper of memories and will use that to his advantage as the ruler of a country. (As neatly as warging into rogue dragons.) Plus...if there is something Game of Thrones taught us, is that we have got little or no agency over our lives. Every single persona had his or her own goal, and have been destined to satisfy their own prophecy. And smartly, that was Bran's.

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