The Official Song of Ice and Fire Thread [UNMARKED SPOILERS FOR ALL BOOKS]

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haxxiy said:

Kantor said:
I only picked up the series after Dance with Dragons came out, so for long-time readers: have there been any big fan theories in the past that have either been confirmed or destroyed by novels that came out? I know Aegon being alive has been a theory for a while, and I'm sure R+L=J has been around for ages too, but neither of those is confirmed yet.

One long-timer here, know the books since 2004. As far as I remember, the pretty old theories besides these ones include:

Syrio being alive;

Jeyne Westerling being pregnant of Robb's child and swapped for a double;

Tyrion being a half-Targaryen;

The great Tyrell conspiracy;

And that's about it. As you can see most of the stuff people like to predict hasn't been answered yet; GRRM seems to be reserving too much for the ending like Robert Jordan and I don't think all of these are going to see some closure.

Oh yeah I can think of two that were proven to be right: the identity of the one guiding Bran; instead of being Benjen, some correctly guessed about Bloodraven; and Theon being kept alive by Reek, though I don't think that one came as a surprise.

Is there actaully any evidence for that rather than fans just wishing, especially after how great he was in the tv series

I like to believe most of the other theories, but I quite want Benjen to turn up, I need some closure after they have spent so long talking about him