There’s a ‘Game of Thrones’ Death Pattern According to One Reddit User

Game of Thrones is perhaps most well known for being unafraid to kill off series stalwarts—and, of course, for having extremely detail-oriented fans. So it was only a matter of time before those fans would sift through all of the many deaths we’ve seen on the show and devise a theory that makes them all interrelated.

According to Redditor razobak09, as spotted by HelloGiggles, the pattern goes like this: Characters on GoT die in ways that mirror their most important moments on the series. For instance (and, obviously, spoilers), Ned Stark used his sword, Ice, to behead the Night’s Watchman deserter before being beheaded by Ice himself; Tywin Lannister ordered the Red Wedding, where numerous Stark men were killed by crossbow-wielding musicians before his own death by crossbow at the hands of his son, Tyrion; and Roose Bolton killed Robb Stark with a knife to the heart before then being stabbed in the heart by his son, Ramsay.

But wait, there’s more: Jon Snow stabs his Night’s Watch brother, Qhorin Halfhand, and later, he’s fatally stabbed by Night’s Watch brothers (and brought back to life, but still). And Stannis Baratheon killed his brother, Renly Baratheon, with the help his female assistant so-to-speak, Melisandre; then, Stannis was later killed by Renly’s female assistant/devotee, Brienne of Tarth. And so on.

It all makes sense when you think about it, especially since Game of Thrones makes a point to focus on revenge, complicated subplots, and dramatic death scenes. Now that season seven has ended and we’re starved for any details we can possibly pick up about the future, all we have to do is figure out what every remaining character has done to others—and then maybe we’ll be able to figure out how they die. (Perhaps we could start with Arya’s kill list?)

Should be easy enough with all of this time we have to kill (pun intended) before the next and last season, right?

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