(upbeat music)
- Over the past six seasons, Game of Thrones has generated
a lot of bizzaro fan theories, some people have claimed
that Roose Bolton is a secret Dracula,
others have said that Ned Stark didn't die and he warged
into Ilyn Payne and some, including yours truly,
have asked the all important question
"Is Varys secretly a mermaid?"
Yes he is.
While those won't likely bear any narrative fruit,
a new fan theory's been making the rounds this month
and it's gotten more likes to it than most,
at least more likes than a mermaid.
Now, this fan theory comes courtesy of Redditer
Follow The Beard and puts forth the idea
that Azor Ahai, the legendary prophesied prince
that was promised, the warrior of light, the lord's chosen,
the cool dude with the rude 'tude
who's gonna defeat all the white walkers and save us all,
is none other than Davos Seaworth.
(gasps)
Gasp you should, dear viewer, because this theory
isn't as crazy as it sounds.
- (bleep) me.
- And we're gonna break down exactly what it means
on today's episode of the Dan Cave.
Now before we get any further, here's your spoiler warning
for all things Game of Thrones, both books and TV,
if you're not caught up.
- Apologies for what you're about to see.
- Now Ser Davos Seaworth isn't just my favorite character
on the show, he may well be its most important
if this theory proves true.
But first, let's start with the question of who the hell
is Azor Ahai anyway and why is he so important?
Well about 8000 years ago, back when the white walkers
were marching on the realms of men and generally
wrapping their bony fingers around the proverbial throat
of Westeros, a hero arose to team up
with the Children of the Forest.
You know those weird little spell-slinging nymphs
that we saw, they throw the color bombs
and they're like, oh no, white walkers.
Anyway, they beat the bone brigade back beyond the wall
to the land of eternal winter, aka the New England
of Westeros and many have theorized that hero,
known as the Last Hero, was none other than Azor Ahai.
Now there's a prophecy that goes along with this
and it goes as follows, as laid out in A Clash of Kings
chapter 10, which coincidentally is a Davos chapter.
- Thank you very much.
- There will come a day after a long summer
when the stars bleed and the cold breath of darkness
falls heavy on the world.
In this dread hour, a warrior shall draw from the fire
a burning sword and that sword shall be Lightbringer,
the red sword of heroes, and he who clasps it shall be
Azor Ahai come again and the darkness shall flee before him.
It's a pretty good prophecy.
Now this quote is modified slightly when Melisandre
tells Jon Snow in A Dance of Dragons that, quote,
when the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers,
Azor Ahai shall be born again amid smoke and salt
to wake dragons out of stone.
Okay, so let's break all this down.
Basically, Azor Ahai is going to come back
when the world needs him most, wielding the burning sword
Lightbringer, the mythical blade that was tempered
by plunging it into Azor Ahai's wife's a-heart.
(chuckles)
Oh, that sucks.
According to Follow the Beard's theory,
they start laying the clues that Ser Davos is actually
Azor Ahai reborn as early as season two.
Remember that fun and flirty beach-side ceremony
where Melisandre burned the new gods in effigy
and has Stannis draw a flaming sword from the pyre?
Yeah, it was super fun, they had some great guac,
you were there, anyway, Stannis does his solemn duty,
draws the sword, sticks the burning blade into the sand,
but as we all know, Stannis was not the legendary warrior
promised as evidenced by his untimely demise
at the hands of Brienne of Tarth a few seasons later.
- Go on, do your duty.
- So who took up that proverbial Lightbringer?
None other than Ser Davos Seaworth.
At the end of that season two scene,
Davos picks up the sword and walks off with it.
Now remember that bit from the quote about how there will
come a day when the stars bleed, pretty apocalyptic.
Well there's a red comet, a bleeding star,
that can be seen in the sky above Westeros and Essos
all throughout season two and some people,
like Osha for example, thought that it would mean
the return of dragons to the world
but if you believe this theory literally,
it is literally a bleeding star as foretold in the prophecy.
What about the rest of that quote,
about how the darkness gathers?
Well it's kinda like in the movie Dodgeball
where it's metaphorical.
- But that actually happened though.
- I get it.
- Think back to the Battle of Blackwater,
the Baratheon ships coming into Blackwater Bay
under the shroud of darkness.
But then, the night done got lit up by dragonfire
exploded all around their ships, blowing many of them,
including Ser Davos to smithereens,
sending him into the salt of the ocean
amidst the smoke of the fire.
And when he washed up on the rocky shoals a few days later,
his smuggler pal Salladhor Saan remarked,
you've only just come back to life, stay alive
a little longer, my friend, and Stannis told his erstwhile
hand, I had heard you were dead.
Well maybe he was, dear viewer,
or maybe he was born again amidst smoke and salt.
- What?
- I know, I know, you're ready to throw your monitor
out the window in a fit of rapturous joy
now that we've cracked this prophecy open wider
than a coffin big enough to accommodate Hodor.
Too soon? - Hodor.
- Anyway, there is still that pesky matter of that bit
about waking dragons from stone, what does it mean,
waking dragons from stone, I don't get it.
I'd like to think it means Ser Davos is gonna turn
Dragonstone into this giant automaton transformer
a la Breath of the Wild to kick some white walker ass,
but in reality, it refers to Ser Davos
raising Jon Snow from the dead.
Yeah, that's right, I know you thought it was
the Red Woman, Melisandre, this whole time,
with her vagina demons and her statement necklaces, but no.
Recall season six, episode two, when Jon Snow was lying
dead as a doornail on a stone slab at Castle Black,
freshly murdered by his so-called Brothers of the Night's
Watch and that traitorous little (bleep) Ollie.
(bleep) you, Ollie, I still hate you.
Now Melisandre had seemingly given up hope on bringing
Jon Snow back from the dead because the red god
wasn't answering any of her text messages,
even though she had red receipts on.
Thankfully, Ser Davos didn't give up,
he gave Melisandre the kind of speech that would inspire
a struggling youth sports team to overcome a gang
of bullies in an epic underdog victory
in the third act of an apocryphal Disney movie.
- (bleep) 'em, (bleep) all of 'em.
- But even that didn't seem to work, Melisandre leaves,
Dolorous Edd, Tormund Giantsbane leaves,
the only one who doesn't leave is Ser Davos.
As Follow the Beard wisely points out,
there's a protracted moment of silence as Ser Davos
intensely observes Jon, he's not just checking out
Kit Harrington's bod that just won't quick,
he's performing some kind of inner monologue or ritual
to bring everyone's favorite bastard back to life.
And lo and behold, shortly after Davos finally leaves,
what happens?
Old Johnny boy's eyes shoot open and that bastard
starts breathing again.
Thus Ser Davos, not Melisandre,
is the one who woke the dragon from stone.
But, what about, the dragon part, you ask?
Jon Snow doesn't have leathery wings
outside the confines of my DeviantArt page,
and he most certainly can't breath fire.
Well, you got me there folks, with your weird voice
I just ascribed to all of you.
Just kidding, no you don't!
If we look to another recently confirmed fan theory,
we know that R plus L equals J
and this isn't just a math equation for Kyle Hill to solve,
it's the story of Jon Snow's parentage.
Let me break that down.
R as in Rhaegar Targaryen plus L as in Lyanna Stark
equals J as in Jon Snow.
Rhaegar Targaryen is Jon Snow's true father,
not Ned Stark, and the symbol of the Targaryens is what?
Say it with me, a three-headed dragon.
Thus, when Davos brings Jon back to life from a stone slab,
he is waking a dragon, Jon Snow, from stone.
Boom.
I wish I had a microphone so I could drop it.
Now adding further fuel to this fire is the fact that actor
Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos on the show has mentioned
in interviews with Rolling Stone and Conan O'Brien
that the first time he met George R.R. Martin,
the author told him a secret
that he hadn't told anyone else.
- He said don't tell anybody, so I'm not.
Telling anybody.
- Did he whisper that the Onion Knight was indeed
the prince who was promised, or maybe he confirmed
our other favorite fan theory about Azor Ahai,
that Jaime Lannister is really
the prince that was promised reborn.
And for more on that one, check out Alicia Lutz's post
on nerdist.com but in the meantime,
let us know what you think about this particular
Game of Thrones fan theory, do you buy it?
If not, who is the prince who was promised?
Let us know in the comments below and give us a thumbs up,
that was promised as well, come on, you promised.
Now be sure to like and subscribe or else you might miss
next week's show about the story of Sylvester Stallone
playing a small town sheriff who has to navigate
the politics of corrupt cops, murders most foul,
and help an orphaned brontosaurus
escape ecological devastation in Copland Before Time.
Until next time, keep on digging.
Let's open up the old mailbag, shall we?
At D Hinman 909 asks, which character in the MCU,
the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes the best pizza?
Huh, that's a great question, Doug,
something I've wondered about for probably too many hours
to admit right now, a bunch.
I'm gonna go with The Vision,
now I know what you're thinking.
Dan, that dude can't even make a classic Sikovian
dish right, he puts in too much pepper cash,
which is just paprika, as we all know.
But no, I think that he is probably the best equipped
'cause he can make precisely the best pizza
according to the best sort of recipe in the world.
I think that he is the only one who could make
a good pizza in the MCU, you wanna say that Tony Stark
can make a good pizza, you wanna say Captain America
can make a good pizza, you wanna say Thor can make one?
I think you're full of it, I think you're lying,
but let me know, who do you think makes the best pizza
in the MCU?
Let me know in the comments below
and I'll see you guys next time.