The season-eight premiere of Game of Thrones is less than two weeks away, and fan theories are reaching a fever pitch—even more so now that HBO has released two new promo videos which contain new, never-before-seen footage.
The videos clips are short, but they contain a ton of material for fans to dissect. In the new footage, we see Tyrion addressing the crowd (“We must fight together, or die”) at Winterfell, where Sansa and Dany can be spotted together at the head of table. Does that mean these two are actually getting along? We see the Unsullied getting into formation for battle, Beric Dondarrion lighting up his sword with the Hound, and a glimpse of Arya and Jon finally being reunited as his voiceover says, “Think back to where we started, now it’s just us.” (Those two haven’t been together since season one!)
But it’s the scenes with Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen that are garnering the most online buzz.
Watch them both below, and then let’s discuss.
That moment where Jon walks away as Dany stares into the fire—possibly at Dragonstone? Yeah, people on Reddit think that might be the moment the couple learns they are, in fact, aunt and nephew. “Dany looking towards the fire while Jon turns away is totally when she learns the truth,” one commenter wrote. Obviously, we can’t know exactly what’s going on in the scene, but it seems logical Jon learns his true parentage at some point this season and that it will have a drastic effect on his relationship with Dany.
Though some think he may just be leaving her to go to battle—but wouldn’t she be joining him?
There’s also a shot of Varos, Tyrion, and Davos looking up overhead at something, which many assume to be Dany’s dragons. But the newest theory is that Jon may be riding one of them. “They’ve seen dragons before. There’s only one reason why they are looking at dragon like that – someone other than Daenerys is riding,” one fan wrote on Twitter.
Game of Thrones season eight officially returns Sunday, April 14 on HBO. We’ll get all our answers then.
