# Who will win the Game of Thrones \[NO SPOILERS - See Sticky\]​ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227 "2014-05-25T06:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/1 "2014-05-25T06:03:26Z")
Ok. I’ve read the books, I’m watching the shows. Here’s the deal. Post the House or Person whom you believe will ultimately win and keep the throne. No spoilers are allowed. Example- let us assume that Nigel Throckbottom is a distant member of House Stark. He dies on the second page of the book, and gets an off-screen death and a cry of ‘Nigel!’ in the TV show in Episode 5. Someone posts on the thread that they think Nigel will win the whole thing, because he’s dashing, and on the periphery of a major house, blah blah blah. Before Nigel is karked on the TV show, you cannot spoil his lack of winning the throne. Up until his TV death, he is assumed to be a player, or else don’t talk about it. You are welcome to use your knowledge of the books, your knowledge from interviews, your statistical analysis of your fantasy-football-like-Game-of-Thrones-game, your personal job as the author’s copy-editor and WordStar software updater in order to determine your choice of ultimate GoT winner. You just can’t spoil anybody else’s guess. Now - Begin. I’m picking: Jon Snow ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/2 "2014-05-25T12:48:05Z")
No one wins. The last chapter of the last book will be from the perspective of alien archeologists piecing together the story from the fascinating ruins of a frozen, dead world. ---
**Author:** ![Hellestal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hellestal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellestal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/3 "2014-05-25T12:49:52Z")
Shireen Baratheon. ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/4 "2014-05-25T15:54:50Z")
Sansa Stark. Well, Peter Baelish will get there first, but Sansa will kill him. It will be the only murder she will ever commit, and it will automatically allow her to win the game with zero contest. ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/5 "2014-05-25T16:06:40Z")
I’d like to see Daenerys win, but I am picking The Others. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/6 "2014-05-25T16:31:52Z")
House Targaryen. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/7 "2014-05-25T16:35:30Z")
In the end, Westeros will be ruled by the triumverate of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Targaryen (nea Snow), and Tyrion Lannister. Sam will be hand of the King. They will all do exactly as Rhaegar (aka Lord Varys) tells them to do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/8 "2014-05-25T16:55:44Z")
The Nights King. As an aside, now that the show has begun to spoil the books, can we kill this whole stupid “show only” thread rules? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/9 "2014-05-25T17:13:41Z")
I don’t think anyone will be on the Iron Throne at the end: I’m thinking that whatever remains of the Seven Kingdoms will be ruling themselves, as Robb Stark seemed to be advocating in the North. The Iron Throne is going to get melted down by a dragon or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/10 "2014-05-25T17:59:58Z")
Arya and Gendry. Arya as last living non-bastard noble of any family, and Gendry as her husband. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/11 "2014-05-25T18:06:16Z")
Bran Hodor will run Bartertown. ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/12 "2014-05-25T18:14:20Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Bran Hodor will run Bartertown. Right up until someone requests a trial by thunderdome. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/13 "2014-05-25T18:37:18Z")
Hodor. Hodor! Hodor? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/14 "2014-05-25T18:48:45Z")
Sansa. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/15 "2014-05-25T19:22:40Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > As an aside, now that the show has begun to spoil the books, can we kill this whole stupid “show only” thread rules? That’s not happening. I vote Stannis. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/16 "2014-05-25T19:38:08Z")
Well, since the historic War of the Roses ended with a Lancaster scion winning, and he then married a York lady to found the Tudor dynasty, I’ve voting for Tyrion, with Sansa as his Queen. Yes, for once, the ‘Nice Guy’ wins. meanwhile Lord Jorah Friendzone, in Essos, realizes he’ll never have Dany, and goes on a driveby crossbow murder spree in towntown Meereen… (too soon?) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/17 "2014-05-25T19:38:13Z")
Aragorn. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/18 "2014-05-25T19:44:36Z")
I vote Jon Snow. As an aside, the show seems to go out of its way to portray Daenerys in a sympathetic light, but there is something about her that I simply don’t like. The more the show attempts to (super) humanize her, the more I don’t like her. For me, her segments are more of a distraction from the plot than anything else; just a way to remind us that “hey guys, Daenerys is still out here.” If she never makes it to Kings Landing I won’t care. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/19 "2014-05-25T20:02:23Z")
I like Dany a lot, and will continue to do so as long as there’s more of the same character growth we’ve seen so far. And there’s no way she’s not making it to Westeros, there’s too much buildup for there to be no pay-off. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227/20 "2014-05-25T20:18:51Z")
Of course Dany is getting to westeros, the whole “game of thrones” part of the show is the actual distraction because when the ice zombie armies march down over the seven kingdoms it really won’t matter one bit who is sitting on the throne. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-win-the-game-of-thrones-no-spoilers-see-sticky/689227.md?page=2)