TL;DR: The Season 6 “Game of Thrones” teaser trailer hints at the possibility that Jon Snow is alive because of his and/or Bran’s ability to warg. HBO released a teaser trailer for Season 6 of “Game of Thrones” this week, and while it involves no new footage, it lends itself to some theorycrafting nonetheless. Of course, […]

TL;DR version: When Shireen was sacrificed by Stannis in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” a semi-popular theory that Jon Snow will be risen from the dead through a sacrifice of Shireen took a hit. “A king’s blood. Only a king’s blood can wake the stone dragon.” -ASOS, Davos IV. Spoken by Melisandre. It’s not canonical — because it’s the […]

TL;DR version: The Night’s King is interested in Jon Snow because he sees some of himself in the current Lord Commander. “The gathering gloom put Bran in mind of another of Old Nan’s stories, the tale of Night’s King. He had been the thirteenth man to lead the Night’s Watch, she said; a warrior who knew no […]

TL;DR version: Jon Snow is a Targaryen, the true-born son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. ‘Never ask me about Jon,’ [Ned Stark] said, cold as ice. ‘He is my blood, and that is all you need to know.’ -AGOT, Catelyn II. This is the most popular theory of them all. Known simply as R+L=J, the theory maintains […]