‘Game Of Thrones’: 5 Predictions For ‘Battle Of The Bastards’ And ‘The Winds Of Winter’

2. R+L=J confirmation

A fan theory at least a decade old will get confirmed in the finale, if I had to bet. That is, that Rhaegar Targaryen, Dany’s deceased brother, had a torrid affair with Ned Stark’s sister Lyanna that produced a boy – Jon. The affair sparked Robert’s Rebellion, the downfall of the Targaryens and both Rhaegar and Lyanna’s deaths so, to conceal his heritage, Ned passed Jon off as his own bastard.

The cues are numerous. They’ve played up both Rhaegar and Lyanna between characters and in dialogue since last year. In season 5, episode 5, Maester Aemon Targaryen refers to Targaryens left alone as dangerous as the camera meaningful focuses on Jon entering the frame. In “Oathbreaker” we saw the legendary Tower of Joy duel between Ned and Arthur Dayne, known to take place just prior to Ned finding his sister on her deathbed (the Three-Eyed Raven played meta-storyteller by taking Bran aka us out of that vision right before confirmation). I don’t know what more they could do to tease this other than have Jon go albino overnight.