Game of Thrones season 7, episode 7: Could this unexpected character MURDER Cersei?
GAME OF THRONES fans have been speculating about Cersei Lannister’s potential death ever since season seven began, and now one hardcore viewer has thrown another suspect into the mix.
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Following the first episode of season seven, fans of the hit HBO show have predicted that the Valonqar theory could spell trouble for the pregnant evil queen (played by Lena Headey).
The Volanqar theory derives from a witch who spoke to Cersei about her future, predicting she’d not only become queen but have three children who would perish.
However, the book’s texts included one more prophecy, which read: “And when your tears have drowned you, the Valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you.”
In High Valerian language, “Valonqar” translates to “little brother”, suggesting Cersei will die at the hands of either her sibling Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) or her brother-lover Jamie (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).
But now, Reddit user arxe has suggested that perhaps it’s not Cersei’s “little brother” but the unborn sibling of her three deceased children - the one that will kill her in childbirth.
The full theory begins: “So, we know that Cersei was told she will die by the ‘little brother’ and people have been debating Jamie/Tyrion for a while...
“But what if this new development that Cersei is pregnant allows for a bit of a twist on this prophecy? What if she bears another son? That child would be a little brother to her deceased children. And, what if the boy is deformed or a dwarf like Tyrion? What happened to their mother during Tyrion's birth? She died!”
They continue: “I like the symmetry there if Cersei were to die in the same manner as her mother. It still maintains the Valonqar prophecy and in a way that I could see GRRM thinking up and sharing with the showrunners ahead of time. There might even be moments of anguish after the baby is born but before Cersei dies where she has to confront the fact that she, herself, has birthed another Lannister monster.
“I think it would be the ultimate cosmic justice for all the crap she's given Tyrion over the years - blaming him for killing her mother, etc.”
They wrote: “We know that Jon and Cersei will meet at the Dragonpit. For Cersei, Jon not only is Ned's 'bastard' who became King but much more and she doesn't even know.
“When Tywin Lannister was Hand of the King to Mad King Aerys, he wanted his daughter Cersei to be married to Prince Rhaegar but Aerys refused and married Rhaegar to Ellia Martell. Cersei always fancied and wanted to marry Prince Rhaegar.
“She even asked Maggy the witch, ‘Will I marry the Prince?’ Maggy the witch replied, ‘No, you will marry the King’. Now Cersei did marry the King and that King was Robert Baratheon.
“We know that he was to marry Lyanna Stark. He loved her even after her death and never loved Cersei. So Jon is basically the son of the Prince she always wanted to marry and the woman her husband loved till his death.”
To summarise, Cersei was madly in love with Daenerys’ brother Rhaeger, who was also the son of the Mad King. Robert Baratheon was set to marry Lyanna Stark until she ran off to Dorne with Rhaeger.
Cersei went on to reluctantly marry King Robert (Mark Addy), as Maggie The Witch foresaw, but despite not being interested in her husband, she completely disregarded him when he screamed out Lyanna’s name during their wedding night.
In the episode A Feast For Crows, Cersei revealed that she always pictured Rhager’s face when she was having sex with Robert.
So when Jon does eventually discover Rhaeger is his father, and more importantly, when the secret is revealed to Cersei, how will she react when she knows the son of the man she loved is gunning for her throne?
Game of Thrones concludes on HBO this Sunday in the US and will be simulcast on Sky Atlantic on Monday at 2am.