Things are looking up for the Starks. Even though Ramsay shot an arrow through Rickon.
When Jon charged into battle, we would have thought he was a goner for sure. Traditionally, Game of Thrones is not kind to people who do foolish things in battle.
But he lived, saved by a comically well-time cavalry charge. And later, he nearly died again when he was trampled by his own troops. But he lives to pound Ramsay’s face into mush and let his half-sister feed the usurper to the dogs. Pretty good. So why does everything work out so well, if so suddenly?
A theory posted to Reddit says that Robert Baratheon’s curse against the Starks has finally been lifted. NANAs_Mic made a post called “Robert’s Curse is finally complete” that breaks down the curse in detail.
The basics are as follows: Robert visits Ned Stark’s Winterfell in the first episode of the first season. Those he touches — Ned, Catelyn, Robb, and Rickon — all died in rather unfortunate ways. He even asks Arya her name. We all know what happened there. Here’s visual proof.
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It’s an interesting piece of thought, especially now that we see the tides finally turning towards good.
One redditor couldn’t resist dropping a burn on Cersei.
Well played.