In Game of Thrones, if one thing is for sure – it’s that characters can die. And, the writers on Game of Thrones are not scared to kill off some big, big characters (I mean, Ned Stark did die in Season One). While we haven’t seen as many deaths in recent seasons, we have seen over time the deaths of several really important characters in the show. And, they’ve all died in some really f*cked up way – which makes the deaths even better (sorry). But, we’ve never truly paid attention to how the person died vs. how the person lived – until one Reddit user pointed out that there are a lot of parallels between them.
Reddit user razobak09 posted about the parallels between how each character was killed and how they killed other people – and the results were pretty striking.
In the post, they mentioned:
Ned Stark used his greatsword Ice to behead the Night’s Watchman; he was beheaded with his own sword.
Joffrey gave the command to execute Ned; he was killed in a way that took away his ability to speak. (I reached pretty far for this one, I’ll admit)
Tywin ordered the Red Wedding, where numerous Stark men were killed by crossbow-wielding musicians; he was killed by a crossbow.
Roose Bolton killed Robb Stark with a knife to the heart; he was killed by a knife to the heart.
Walder Frey ordered Catelyn Stark’s throat cut at the end of the Red Wedding; he had his throat cut by Arya.
Ramsay Bolton was fond of feeding people to his hounds; he was fed to his own hounds.
The Sand Snakes were each killed in a way that mirrored their own style: Nymeria was strangled by her own whip, Obara was impaled with her own spear, and Tyene was killed by her favorite poison.
Olenna Tyrell killed Joffrey with poison; she was executed with poison.
Littlefinger betrayed Ned Stark by putting a knife to his throat, and the Valyrian Catspaw Dagger was used in the attempt to have Bran Stark assassinated, which he intentionally blamed on the Lannisters, sparking the Lannister-Stark conflict. He was executed by having his throat cut by the Valyrian Catspaw Dagger.
It makes a lot of sense when it’s mapped out that way – but, it’s also pretty mind blowing to think about. And, it makes us wonder if that means other deaths are coming in a similar pattern or fashion – for example:
Will Cersei Lannister die by fire as she’s murdered hundreds of people with wild fire? Does this mean she will die by Dany’s hand – seeing as her dragons breathe fire? Will Dany also die by fire? Will Sansa Stark be killed by dire wolves at her home in Winterfell? Will Sam be stabbed by someone with dragon glass?
Some things may not match up – but, it’s wild to think that the writers had planned things out so meticulously and carefully – unless, it was a complete coincidence, but come on, nothing in Game of Thrones is a coincidence.