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As the Three-Eyed Raven, Bran Stark might be the most powerful person in all of Westeros, but he hasn’t really been an active participant in Game of Thrones Season 8. But with just three episodes remaining, Bran may finally have to step up with a plan to defeat the show’s final villain, even if it means making one of the biggest sacrifices in Game of Thrones history.
Warning: Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3 below.
After spending most of the Battle of Winterfell cosplaying warging as a crow, we don’t have super high hopes for Bran in the remaining three episodes. But maybe, just maybe, he has a plan to defeat Cersei Lannister despite the North’s seriously depleted army.
With the Night King dead and Winterfell drowning in dead bodies, could the Three-Eyed Raven use his powers to create a new Night King to raise an army of the dead against Cersei? And if so, who would that Night King be?
Bran already used his Three-Eyed Raven powers to go back in time and see how the original Night King was created. Now, redditor u/joel523 theorizes that he could offer Jon Snow the chance to become a new Night King to protect the North against Cersei Lannister.
This theory, which also speculates that Cersei’s mad maester, Qyburn, will come up with a way to kill Dany’s two remaining dragons, argues that the good guys will need to do something bold and unexpected. That’s where Jon comes in.
“Jon is the new Night King. He raises the tens of thousands of dead corpses and defeats Cersei,” writes u/joel523. “He then retreats to North of the Wall and the wall is rebuilt to keep him out in the future just in case.”
This theory certainly gives Bran more of an active role in the narrative (though many fans still believe he is somehow the Night King). Given that he can see into the past, it’s a surprise Bran hasn’t been as forthcoming with useful information. Then again, it seems fairly certain he gave Arya Stark that Valyrian steel dagger on purpose in Season 7 knowing she’d need to to kill the Night King in Season 8.
It’s also been made very clear that Jon isn’t all that interested in ruling, so it would make sense that he’d give up the throne to Daenerys to protect the North and defeat Cersei. Becoming the Night King could also be the reason Melisandre brought him back to life in Season 6.
While there are some plausible aspects to the theory that could play out, it’s a bit of stretch. Considering the North just battled the White Walkers, why would Bran want to turn Jon into another potential threat against Westeros? After all, there’s no telling how the power of being the Night King could corrupt him, no matter how good of a person he is.
And while it would be interesting to watch Daenerys attempt to maintain power without her dragons, it’s not likely that Qyburn would be able to kill both of them, no matter how clever he is. Not even the Night King managed to kill all three.
The theory also heavily relies on the Three-Eyed Raven having a plan. If Season 8 has proven anything at all, however, it’s that his abilities haven’t been very useful in the grand scheme of things. Three episodes isn’t a lot of time left, but Bran could still surprise us. Although, if Jon was to become the Night King, he and Daenerys should probably discuss the issue of his lineage first.
Game of Thrones Season 8 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. Eastern on HBO.
WARNING: If you couldn’t tell by the headline, this post contains huge, massive, potentially life ruining spoilers for Avengers Endgame. Don’t keep reading unless you want to know how Tony Stark’s character arc ties up.
In hindsight, there seems to have been no other way for Tony Stark’s story to end. With all 21 of the previous MCU films in mind, it feels like it was all leading up the final moment where Iron Man snapped his fingers and saved the universe, but in the process forfeited his own life. While Endgame wrapped up a few characterarcs, Tony Stark and Iron Man’s was the only one that was pitch perfect.
There’s no doubt that Iron Man was the corner stone of the MCU and that, without the success of the first film, the subsequent franchise offerings wouldn’t have happened. Endgame honors that by giving Tony Stark the most fitting of send offs. Not only does Tony redeem himself for the Ultron tragedy, but he’s also secured his own legacy into something more positive than just being known for a high body count.
While some characters were short shrifted, Endgame had plenty of satisfying moments for Tony Stark and offered closure on some lingering storylines. Primarily, Tony found the family he always wanted with Pepper, reached a mutual level of trust and admiration with Steve Rogers, and, in a twist, made amends with his father, Howard Stark.
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Endgame picks up right where Infinity War left off, and Tony doesn’t spend much time stranded in space. As he returns to Earth, he and Steve have an emotional reunion outside Avengers HQ. The reunion quickly turns into animosity again though, as Tony refuses to forgive Steve for bailing on the Avengers after Civil War. Despondent, Tony abandons the team, reunites with Pepper and they have a daughter, Morgan. There are some lovely scenes of Tony Stark as a father, enjoying domestic life, that make his eventual decision to help the team try to defeat Thanos again all the more heart-wrenching.
One of the main motivators of his decision is that he still hasn’t gotten over the guilt of having Peter Parker vanish in his arms. He knows he can’t be happy if there’s a chance to bring him back. So, he sucks up his pride, figures out a solution and (finally) reaches an understanding with Steve.
While Age of Ultron has been among the more poorly received Marvel films, it plays a large role in Endgame. It would be tempting to think of Tony’s death as tragic, and it is in many ways, but for Tony, it’s a better end than what he imagined in the vision Wanda induced in Ultron. As he told Nick Fury at the time, the real tragedy wasn’t that he died, but that he had lived while his friends had all perished. Thanos has, in affect, been inside Tony’s head since the events of the first Avengers movie, making this final standoff all the more compelling.
Tony’s sacrifice is also a call back to a key scene in the first Avengers film, that shows how much the character has changed and evolved. As he and Captain America bicker, Cap undercuts him by saying that Tony isn’t the kind of guy to lay down on the wire, to let the other guy crawl over him. Of course, he proves that’s not true by carrying a missile through a worm hole, but in Endgame the sacrifice is permanent.
His last words are also a reminder of a pivotal moment in the first Iron Man film, when instead of denying who he is to the public, he simply states, “I am Iron Man.” Those are the same words he utters after Thanos remarks, “I am inevitable.”
The strain of holding all six Infinity Stones and snapping his fingers is too much for Tony though, and he dies surrounded by his friends. It’s the exact inverse of his vision in Ultron. The final funeral scene also features a call back to the first Iron Man film, as Pepper sets the first arc reactor Tony ever had adrift on the river over a bed of flowers.
While it seems clear that Tony really is dead, that doesn’t mean he won’t show up in subsequent MCU films.
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While Chris Evans, who plays Captain America, has been vocal about hanging up the shield for good, Robert Downey Jr., hasn’t yet addressed whether or not he’ll be back to play Tony Stark. Endgame does leave the door open for him to reappear in many creative ways. First, there’s the fact that he seems to have recorded many messages for Pepper and his daughter Morgan for them to play back at appropriate times. Plus, considering how adept Tony is at creating artificial intelligence, there’s room to speculate that he creates an AI of himself to be Peter’s guide in the Spider-Man suit.
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Plus, the MCU has now introduced time-travel as just a thing anyone can do, so a visit to the past to check in on a younger Tony Stark isn’t out of the question.
While Endgame botched a couple of key endings, Tony Stark’s was an elegy to the power of redemption.