GRRM Reveals Iron Throne Spoiler During Emmy Panel

[Lion of Judah]

Of course you get no prize. It is known. :lol:

LOL I'm a horrible negotiator. I need to get better at this fast. :P

[Sun]

I'll go for Tommen >> Mycella >> Aegon >> and then finally, Shireen - A queen baring the scars of a mortal illness conquered, to rebuild a realm suffering the scars of a mortal threat vanquished. Also, there has to be a good narrative reason why that girl exists.

[Jolene Brown]

If this means that Tommen dies I am going to be so pissed.

ME TOO. I am SO SAD about this quote. It spells disaster (DISASTER!) for Tommen and Myrcella in my opinion. I knew in my heart that Tommen was unlikely to make it, but I had hopes for Myrcella. On the other hand, it could just mean Jaime is going to reveal the truth and take them out of the picture (I know this is unlikely). Sigh.

I'm surprised by several. I would have thought maybe "a few" but not as many as implied by that wording. I mean, as of now, in the books, there have only been Robert B., Joffrey, and Tommen, and that's through 5 of them.

[Newstar]

Also, there has to be a good narrative reason why [shireen] exists.

Patient Zero for a greyscale epidemic in the North?

[Yvonne Veronique]

LOL I'm a horrible negotiator. I need to get better at this fast. :P

All right, fine, we can extend it to about three sentences, which is pretty much all of her titles, then her death. Deal?

[Lord Bronn Stokeworth]

"There will be several more people taking the throne before the end."- Author George R.R. Martin gives the audience a

#GoT reveal.

Begin speculation. :)

In case you didn't see it, it's worth a worth. Lots of laughs, mostly provided by Peter Dinklage. Definitely a good watch.

ETA: here is a link to the panel from WiC: http://t.co/lbu85khBET

Here is the link direct from Emmys.com: http://www.emmys.com/game-of-thrones

That simply means that Tommen won't be the final king which is rather obvious. I don't see a big reveal.

[Gurkhal]

I take it that king Tommen will not rule for any longer period of time then. Shame, big shame, but that's life for you.

[Lion of Judah]

All right, fine, we can extend it to about three sentences, which is pretty much all of her titles, then her death. Deal?

No no no no deal. Make it an entire book and we have a deal.

[Yvonne Veronique]

No no no no deal. Make it an entire book and we have a deal.

But I'm mad at her right now!

[J. Stargaryen]

I very much doubt Margaery--or the Tyrells, for that matter--is going to survive the upcoming power struggle. Even assuming she wins her trial (and I could see her getting shockingly condemned after all), sooner or later, Tommen's going to die (Tyene might poison him, as has been speculated) and sooner or later, she's going to have to deal with an Iron Throne claimant who won't want to marry her.

Haw! That would be hilarious! I doubt Victarion is going to make it back from Essos, though.

I don't think the Tyrells' future is tied to Tommen. I think they'd happily dump him as soon as he became a liability. Truthfully though, my prediction is based not on where things currently stand, but largely off of the Jon Snow - blue rose connections. I think he very well might take that as his sigil. If he does, maybe we'll see a WotR style ending with Jon's blue rose and the Tyrells' golden rose, a la the Lancaster and York roses combining to form the Tudor rose.

[Florina Laufeyson]

Is this an agreement I'm seeing? :cheers:

Indeed. :cheers:

Patient Zero for a greyscale epidemic in the North?

I hope not. Cuz that means Shireen is gonna get murdered....

[Lion of Judah]

But I'm mad at her right now!

But she will make up for it in the next book and if she doesn't then I will change my member title to whatever you want it to say. Deal? :drunk:

[TheEvilKing]

Current claimants:

Tommen

Aegon

Dany

Stannis

Euron

Future possible claimants:

Myrcella

Jon

Shireen

Victarion

Any of Robert's bastards

Any secret Targs

Any kids of the above

[Ramsay Gimp]

Ha! Mac was hosting

[Yvonne Veronique]

But she will make up for it in the next book and if she doesn't then I will change my member title to whatever you want it to say. Deal? :drunk:

Oh my God, yes. Deal, deal, deal. Hahaha this will be great.

[Newstar]

Did anyone catch the actual quote? Because a few sources are reporting the quote as not "several more" but "a few other people." If it's a "few," it's probably Tommen, Aegon, and whoever winds up on the throne at the end.

[J. Stargaryen]

Did anyone catch the actual quote? Because a few sources are reporting the quote as not "several more" but "a few other people." If it's a "few," it's probably Tommen, Aegon, and whoever winds up on the throne at the end.

I pulled the quote from the Emmy twitter feed: https://twitter.com/PrimetimeEmmys

"A few" and "several" are synonymous anyway.

[FattyPeon]

Tommen doesn't have to die. Cersei can die just fine all by herself, and then Tommen can be usurped pretty easily without killing him. Just take him under the arms and lift him off the throne - done.

Then you can send him to the Rock, keep him as a ward, whatever.

[Lion of Judah]

Oh my God, yes. Deal, deal, deal. Hahaha this will be great.

Dany better not screw me over!

[Jolene Brown]

A few and several are totally different to me. A few is 2 or 3. Several implies at least 4 or 5. If would never use several to describe only two or three of something.