10 ways Game of Thrones could end

1. The entire show was a coma dream in the mind of Bran Stark

So many Bran theories, so little time. This final, crazy fan theory takes us all the way back to season 1.

It’s impossible to forget when Bran was thrown from the broken tower in Winterfell. That incident set off a number of disruptive and fascinating events, including Bran’s transition into becoming the Three-Eyed Raven. But what if he never actually woke up from his coma?

This fan theory suggests that Bran has been asleep this whole time. The events of Game of Thrones are, in fact, figments of his active imagination, brought on by hearing so many of Old Nan’s tales throughout his childhood years. And she’s told a lot of tales about everything from warring houses to the terrifying White Walkers of legend. It’s certainly enough to pack a young brain full of fitful dreams.

So in this ending, the show would end with Bran jolting awake in bed shaking off Game of Thrones as a weird nightmare. It would, to put it mildly, be a major cop out. Saying “it was all a dream” would definitely be disappointing. Why were we invested in this story for all these years? What was the point? And what happens after Bran wakes up? Time for a spinoff?

We’ve seen this ending in The Wizard of Oz and that’s where it needs to stay. Don’t you dare tell us we had to endure the nightmare of Ned Stark’s death for nothing, HBO!

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