[OPEN SPOILERS] GAME OF THRONES S8 |*FULL LEAK DISCUSSION*| IT IS KNOWN

[PlanetSmasher]

You are wrong. They will have the same ending as the books, just the paths towards it are different.

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I guarantee you that Martin will do a different ending after seeing how D&D do theirs. Even if he doesn't do it out of spite, the sheer volume of book characters who have no equivalent in the show (or who died early) means there's no way the state of the world and the core cast will be the same whenever Martin finishes the books.

Will there be commonalities? Absolutely. But the endings will be different. Especially considering there's still at least two more books to go.

 

[Deleted member 3897]

I guarantee you that Martin will do a different ending after seeing how D&D do theirs. Even if he doesn't do it out of spite, the sheer volume of book characters who have no equivalent in the show (or who died early) means there's no way the state of the world and the core cast will be the same whenever Martin finishes the books.

Will there be commonalities? Absolutely. But the endings will be different. Especially considering there's still at least two more books to go.

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I don't take your guarantee as fact, so until the books are out or GRRM/D&D states otherwise, the book and show will have same ending, but with different paths towards it.

 

[Ether_Snake]

I don't take your guarantee as fact, so until the books are out or GRRM/D&D states otherwise, the book and show will have same ending, but with different paths towards it.

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Book fans will refuse to believe it. They will never accept that the show's ending is how the books were going to end.

 

[Deleted member 2802]

Not real spoilers
Kit on Colbert

 

[PlanetSmasher]

I don't take your guarantee as fact, so until the books are out or GRRM/D&D states otherwise, the book and show will have same ending, but with different paths towards it.

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George hasn't written the ending yet, though. He certainly has ideas for it and he certainly told them those ideas so they can use them for inspiration, but in the likely six to eight more years it'll take him to finish the series (if he ever does), his plans will assuredly change.

He's not going to sit on his hands and go "well the way the TV show did it is how I HAVE to do it" for an ending he hasn't even put pen to paper for yet.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

You are wrong. They have stated the show will have the same ending as the books, just the paths towards it are different.

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I guarantee you that Martin will do a different ending after seeing how D&D do theirs.

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There are still people that think GRRM is going to finish the last two books? BWAHAHHAAAHHAAHAHAHAAAH!!!!!

 

[Ether_Snake]

I admit, I am probably wrong about Toby Osmond playing Aegon. He is likely just playing a new Dorne ruler for ep6, to show that whoever is on the Iron Throne has worked everything out with everyone.

But come on.

Marc Rissmann is supposedly playing Harry Strickland.

He complains often of blisters on his feet from long marches and is not the bravest of men. [...] During the landing of the Golden Company in the stormlands, Harry is weary and reluctant to fight. Jon looks down on him constantly as a coward.

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There is NO REASON to cast Marc Rissmann in this role, except to fool people.

Thankfully I'm not the only one thinking so, article from yesterday:
A Mysterious Character in the Game of Thrones Trailer Could Herald a Major Season 8 Twist

When people were guess-casting who could be Young Griff in the show, they imagined someone like this:

This is supposed to be Harry Strickland?

Aegon is in S8, and D&D were right in bending the story over to bring him in late. It will be amazing.

 

[Operations]

No White walker battle in King's Landing is ridiculous and I refuse to believe it. We saw the Frozen Throne in the House of the Undying visions!

 

[Ether_Snake]

No White walker battle in King's Landing is ridiculous and I refuse to believe it. We saw the Frozen Throne in the House of the Undying visions!

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In the trailer I believe Bran is speaking to Dany. He tells her her home is Winterfell. Winterfell will apparently be destroyed or forever under snow. Plus there are rumors a new wall rises far south, which would put Winterfell north of the wall.

I believe Dany and Drogon (if not both dragons) won't even be at Winterfell when the NK attacks. Wouldn't surprise me she heel-turns when she realizes that what Bran is telling her means she won't have the throne. We know ep5 is a dragon attacking KL, but who knows if Dany commands it or not.

Also in the books, Euron is trying to get Dany and her dragons. If Euron is rejected by Cersei, and Dany drops the fight in the north to take the throne, they could team up. Fire and blood.

 

[SweetNicole]

All the leaks are fake. Wake up Sheeple.

I don't believe for a second they will character assassinate Tyrion. He's, in a lot of ways, the main character of the show. If they do have his story end tragically, I really doubt it will be in a "dumb" way.

I do think Aegon is likely, although I don't think he will be similar to the books. I'd expect him to be some different or condensed version of the character. Perhaps he has an entirely different name and isn't related to Targs? Etc. Something to keep the plot there a bit simpler.

BTW, if a dragon attacks King's Landing, that could be the undead dragon. I don't think they'll nicely wrap up that White Walker arc in the first three to four episodes. I don't see that being resolved until right until the bitter end.

 

[Dabanton]

Tyrion will lead the attack against Drogon to save King's Landing, he'll try to convince Jon to go along to help them because Jon is the only one left who might be able to control Drogon, but Jon will refuse because he feels he's being played to help Cersei, Jon will be jailed.Read Tyrion's first chapter in the books, it's all about his love for dragons. People think it means he'll ride one and burn King's Landing, it makes no sense. It's the opposite, he'll have to kill his childhood dream, saving his sister's rule on top of that in doing so. That's ep5. Once Drogon is dead, the coup d'etat starts.

In ep6, Aegon marries Sansa. You think Sansa will free Jon, but he's to be executed, blamed for almost everything.

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If that happens the rage that would ignite across the internet would be worth it.

This is GoT There should be no happy endings. I want characters who've had plot armor killed with little fanfare.

 

[Lunar Wolf]

Cersei miscarriages. Tyrion betrays dany and the north. Tyrion blows up Kingslanding with wildfire. He is put on trial and executed in the dragon pit. The one that I kinda dont believe is melisandre temporarily controls the army of the dead.

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This isn't the leak at all.

I'm a freefolker.

The leak is that Tyrion traps people in KL but it's the dragons that blow up King's Landing. Tyrion traps the people there though for the greater good.

Tyrion also isn't executed in the Dragon Pit. He's sentenced to death there but he's executed somewhere else. We don't know by who but people think it'll be Jon.

 

[Deleted member 2802]

I need my S8 Macumber reference.

That's it.

 

[Ether_Snake]

This isn't the leak at all.

I'm a freefolker.

The leak is that Tyrion traps people in KL but it's the dragons that blow up King's Landing. Tyrion traps the people there though for the greater good.

Tyrion also isn't executed in the Dragon Pit. He's sentenced to death there but he's executed somewhere else. We don't know by who but people think it'll be Jon.

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None of this makes sense. The dragon pit scene is a red herring, it makes zero sense for Tyrion to be trialed there, especially not by anyone aligned with Jon or Dany. There's no reason to force people to stay in, there is nowhere safer than KL. Wild fire secret caches stuff is over, that plot isn't coming back.

My god they managed to do it, they managed to fool everyone.

 

[Lunar Wolf]

None of this makes sense. The dragon pit scene is a red herring, it makes zero sense for Tyrion to be trialed there, especially not by anyone aligned with Jon or Dany. There's no reason to force people to stay in, there is nowhere safer than KL. Wild fire secret caches stuff is over, that plot isn't coming back.

My god they managed to do it, they managed to fool everyone.

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Trust me. We got images of KL blowing up. It's going to end up a ruin.

 

[Dr.Phibes]

As a book reader who only saw the first two seasons these leaks sound hilariously out of place. And I guess fAegon is not a thing in the show?

 

[Empress of ice cream]

Fake Aegon won't show up.

As a book reader who only saw the first two seasons these leaks sound hilariously out of place. And I guess fAegon is not a thing in the show?

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He isn't and it is extremely unlikely he will make an appearance. I understand why they excluded him but it made Varys useless. Most people think they split up parts of fAegon's storyline and gave it to other characters but we'll only know for sure once Gurrm decides to finish another book.

 

[Pyramid Head]

None of this makes sense. The dragon pit scene is a red herring, it makes zero sense for Tyrion to be trialed there, especially not by anyone aligned with Jon or Dany. There's no reason to force people to stay in, there is nowhere safer than KL. Wild fire secret caches stuff is over, that plot isn't coming back.

My god they managed to do it, they managed to fool everyone.

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I'm not buying this Tyrion stuff. For a start, it doesn't gel with the books at all. Tyrion and Jaime parted on very bad terms and Cersei wants him dead. There is nothing left connecting him to his family. It doesn't feel earned in the show either. If it happens it will be shit.

 

[Astandahl]

Tyrion betrays Dany and Jon and is executed.

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If this is true lmao..

THe internet will not be a good place... The staff will be forced to do an alternative ending lmao

 

[NickHyde]

what is Bran going to do?

 

[Quinton]

The fellow who leaked the Tyrion stuff five months ago also politely informed r/freefolk recently what the trailer would have in store for them. Furthermore, I believe I've seen it written that he played a big part of season 7'a massive leaks as well. Anything from Friki is as good as gold in my book.

Tyrion will be put on trial at the Dragonpit. We even know who will be there for it (and who won't be).

 

[Mendrox]

The fellow who leaked the Tyrion stuff five months ago also politely informed r/freefolk recently what the trailer would have in store for them. Furthermore, I believe I've seen it written that he played a big part of season 7'a massive leaks as well. Anything from Friki is as good as gold in my book.

Tyrion will be put on trial at the Dragonpit. We even know who will be there for it (and who won't be).

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Friki told us the truth these past four years so I don't know why people said that these leaks are fake lol

 

[Ether_Snake]

Trust me. We got images of KL blowing up. It's going to end up a ruin.

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No we have images of KL damaged and a dragon prop, doesn't even look that bad.

A lot of you are being pretty misleading about what Friki actually said and when, or the extent of the leaks.

 

[Deleted member 3897]

All the leaks are fake. Wake up Sheeple.

I don't believe for a second they will character assassinate Tyrion. He's, in a lot of ways, the main character of the show. If they do have his story end tragically, I really doubt it will be in a "dumb" way.

I do think Aegon is likely, although I don't think he will be similar to the books. I'd expect him to be some different or condensed version of the character. Perhaps he has an entirely different name and isn't related to Targs? Etc. Something to keep the plot there a bit simpler.

BTW, if a dragon attacks King's Landing, that could be the undead dragon. I don't think they'll nicely wrap up that White Walker arc in the first three to four episodes. I don't see that being resolved until right until the bitter end.

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So there's gonna be 2 Aegons? "Hey, viewers, remember us revealing Jons birth name is Aegon? FUCK YOU HERE'S ANOTHER AEGON HAHAHAHAHA"

Also, if the leaks are fake that means Tormund survives the Winterfell battle so by that I would be very happy for the leaks to be fake.

 

[Deleted member 30411]

How is this not open and shut? It says Marc Rissman is playing Harry Strickland, commander of the golden company, all over the internet. We know that Euron took the Greyjoy fleet to go and collect the golden company. The dudes are wearing gold armour on Greyjoy ships. Must be Syrio Forel.

 

[TheGhost]

No White walker battle in King's Landing is ridiculous and I refuse to believe it. We saw the Frozen Throne in the House of the Undying visions!

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Yeah if the white walkers don't make it to kings landing I would be pissed and it would be up to GRRM to right the wrongs.

 

[El Bombastico]

Got it, thanks, for such a small number of episodes, i'm starting to have a bad feeling and thinking that their are not going to be fleshed out that much.

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They're more fleshed out now then what is in the books.

 

[BDS]

The fellow who leaked the Tyrion stuff five months ago also politely informed r/freefolk recently what the trailer would have in store for them. Furthermore, I believe I've seen it written that he played a big part of season 7'a massive leaks as well. Anything from Friki is as good as gold in my book.

Tyrion will be put on trial at the Dragonpit. We even know who will be there for it (and who won't be).

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Nobody's doubting that the scene was filmed, they're doubting that he wasn't tricked by the production who wrote and filmed fake scenes to throw off spoilerhounds.

Friki still has no idea why exactly Tyrion betrays anyone or what it entails. The fact that he somehow knows a huge twist but nothing else is a big red flag that someone deliberately fed him information.

Knowing the contents of a trailer means he had a source in marketing. I assume he has multiple different sources, some of whom are definitely legit and some of whom may not be.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Also show me where Friki said what would be in the trailer, I find nothing about that. We knew there was a battle at Winterfell from spy shots that have nothing to do with him.

People seem to be misreporting leaks without verifying what was said or by whom.

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

Eh, I'd be fine with Tyrion dying but they better have a good reason for treason. Frankly I kind of expect most of the cast to die, so I'll mostly be surprised by the ones that live.
I will however be super disappointed if the WW stuff is all wrapped up by episode 3's big battle at Winterfell. After all these years hyping up the White Walkers and they only get to Winterfell? That's it?

 

[Ether_Snake]

If the Seville shoot wasn't a red herring, explain why Tyrion would be trialed at the dragon pit, which was used by Cersei as an insult to Dany/Targs/Dragons. They also had unsullied extras practing in the pitt, yet there was no reported fight scene. Makes no sense.

And explain why so many of the actors were in Seville, including the actress playing the Waif, and Maisie Williams said she was on vacation which was not a way to pretend there was no shoot since they don't and can't hide that. It's clear: they paid a bunch of the actors to take a vacation in Seville and filmed a low budget scene to throw people off. The lack of any green screen is pretty telling since the set doesn't match real life.

Eh, I'd be fine with Tyrion dying but they better have a good reason for treason. Frankly I kind of expect most of the cast to die, so I'll mostly be surprised by the ones that live.
I will however be super disappointed if the WW stuff is all wrapped up by episode 3's big battle at Winterfell. After all these years hyping up the White Walkers and they only get to Winterfell? That's it?

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They could go further south. I think it's wrapped up in ep 4. In the teaser we see ice go much further south, but then fire stops its advance and a new wall rises. I think Winterfell will fall, then the Riverlands and maybe some more. It just doesn't reach KL.

I really wonder if the NK doesn't just want Gilly's baby back lol. What would Jon do? In s7 Jon pretty much tells Berric he doesn't want to kill the NK, strangely, or that he can't be killed. When Berric says kill him and all others who he turned will fall, Jon says "you don't understand", which is really weird since what does he know.

 

[Quinton]

Nobody's doubting that the scene was filmed, they're doubting that he wasn't tricked by the production who wrote and filmed fake scenes to throw off spoilerhounds.

Friki still has no idea why exactly Tyrion betrays anyone or what it entails. The fact that he somehow knows a huge twist but nothing else is a big red flag that someone deliberately fed him information.

Knowing the contents of a trailer means he had a source in marketing. I assume he has multiple different sources, some of whom are definitely legit and some of whom may not be.

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I've learned over the years to take a fair few leaks at face value across my fandoms when an alleged leaker has demonstrated accuracy in part. I don't doubt HBO has done what you've said, because the leaker even notes they brought over plenty of actors to Seville who aren't even in the scene.

Also show me where Friki said what would be in the trailer, I find nothing about that. We knew there was a battle at Winterfell from spy shots that have nothing to do with him.

People seem to be misreporting leaks without verifying what was said or by whom.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/freefolk/comments/axjsqc/translator_please_for_frikis_spoilers_in_the/

If the Seville shoot wasn't a red herring, explain why Tyrion would be trialed at the dragon pit, which was used by Cersei as an insult to Dany/Targs/Dragons. They also had unsullied extras practing in the pitt, yet there was no reported fight scene. Makes no sense.[/QUOTR]

1. It might well be the only remotely-fitting location for a trial that isn't scorched earth for the moment.

2. Grey Worm. It's Grey Worm who's at the pit. A leader of Unsullied. He's there alongside numerous other characters in presumed leadership positions totaling seven or eight in full.

[QUOTR]And explain why so many of the actors were in Seville, including the actress playing the Waif, and Maisie Williams said she was on vacation which was not a way to pretend there was no shoot since they don't and can't hide that. It's clear: they paid a bunch of the actors to take a vacation in Seville and filmed a low budget scene to throw people off. The lack of any green screen is pretty telling since the set doesn't match real life.

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The leaker whose accuracy we are discussing covered all of this several months ago. There are two "megathreads" on r/freefolk covering these issues. You can find them via the Season 8 Leaks thread.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

I think the term "Tyrion betrayal" is throwing some people off. He doesn't grow a second evil head and become Littlefinger's replacement. He takes actions during a desperate situation in King's Landing that he believes are for the greater good and it all backfires on him, and is seen as a betrayal. That's ASOIAF at its essence: characters staying true to their nature and dying because of it.

 

[Ether_Snake]

There was not one location shoot where the cast and D&D went so far out of their way to be all seen together in public than the Seville shoot, including characters that make no sense in being there let alone for the Dragon Pit. It was one big paid vacation. You got played, I stand by it:)

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

I think the term "Tyrion betrayal" is throwing some people off. He doesn't grow a second evil head and become Littlefinger's replacement. He takes actions during a desperate situation in King's Landing that he believes are for the greater good and it all backfires on him, and is seen as a betrayal. That's ASOIAF at its essence: characters staying true to their nature and dying because of it.

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That's why I'd be fine with Tyrion getting executed or dying, so long as the rationale makes sense. And that's where I'm most concerned with the show since Season 5, because so many of the characters' actions don't really make a great amount of sense. Its just like the showrunners want certain characters to get to certain endpoints but don't have the writing skills or want to invest the screentime to get them there in a natural way on their own and they no longer have the books to draw from.

I just want to see the Others wrecking shit across Westeros and really pushing every one to their very limit. That's why I'll be sort of bummed if its just one big battle in Winterfell with a bunch of minor characters dying and basically having them confined to the North/Riverlands. Having that threat limited to up there and not more towards the South and King's Landing even further neuters the whole thing last season of showing Cersei the Wight. I want her to see that threat first hand, but it seems like she'll probably get to stay in denial mode and just keep scheming in King's Landing.

 

[Quinton]

There was not one location shoot where the cast and D&D went so far out of their way to be all seen together in public than the Seville shoot, including characters that make no sense in being there let alone for the Dragon Pit. It was one big paid vacation. You got played, I stand by it:)

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Okay! I'll @ you with a heartfelt "well done!" if you turn out to be right. I'll @ you if and when I'm right, too ;)

 

[PlanetSmasher]

There was not one location shoot where the cast and D&D went so far out of their way to be all seen together in public than the Seville shoot, including characters that make no sense in being there let alone for the Dragon Pit. It was one big paid vacation. You got played, I stand by it:)

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They probably brought everyone to the dragon pit and then didn't use everyone, but they definitely shot something there. You don't pay that much money and bring a production team to a set for a total work.

 

[Hydrus]

This isn't the leak at all.

I'm a freefolker.

The leak is that Tyrion traps people in KL but it's the dragons that blow up King's Landing. Tyrion traps the people there though for the greater good.

Tyrion also isn't executed in the Dragon Pit. He's sentenced to death there but he's executed somewhere else. We don't know by who but people think it'll be Jon.

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Yes these are the leaks. Yours are wrong lol. I've been following Freefolk and season 8 production from the beginning. In fact, I think I'm the one that sent you Freefolk links in the past lol. Cersei miscarriage was supposed to happen in season 7. This was in awayforthelads leak and in the script leaks/ HBO Hack. They moved it to this season. They even show you Cersei post miscarriage drinking wine, in her pajamas in the trailer. They Tyrion betrayal stuff was dropped by Frikidoctor. I already posted his video above and here is the link to the discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/freefolk/c...ctor_leak_megathread/?st=jsyvlv4n&sh=a78a4aff

September 07, 2018: Information about season 8 by Frikidoctor: Tyrion will be executed after a trial for treason at the Dragonpit

• The reveal of his treason will be a long scene with 5 characters: Jon, Arya, Sansa, Daenerys and Tyrion
• His trial will be held at the Dragonpit
• Tyrion will be executed for treason, in which way is still unknown

The only credible leaks are from Fikidoctor, Javi, and maybe watchersonmyballs. There is one other that popped up recently on Freefolk that might very well be real and that is someone posted that the funniest scene this season is when Bran accidently reveals that Dany is pregnant and everyone's reaction are hilarious especially Jon's. Like a week later the EW story dropped and I think it was David Nutter ( the director ) said he filmed the funniest scene he has ever done on GOT. It gave a little bit of credibility to that users leak. All the other leaks are BS. Let me guess, that leak you mention is from Claytoy? Yea, he's a fake and everyone has already doubted him. I'll post my Tyrion betrayal reasoning in a bit. I believe 100% it's gonna happen and the show has been hinting at it all along, especially in the early leaked scripts of season 7.

 

[Ether_Snake]

They probably brought everyone to the dragon pit and then didn't use everyone, but they definitely shot something there. You don't pay that much money and bring a production team to a set for a total work.

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They said they did do some fake shoots to throw people off. This is the only one we know of that is not obviously a legit shoot.

Edit: also my guess that Tyrion leads the attack against Drogon fits in a "traitor" arc, but it's to save KL and collaterally saves Cersei's rule. At least for a short time, until the GC starts the coup. Tyrion would still be seen as a traitor by the "good guys". But I believe he isn't executed, I believe Tyrion is probably well rewarded and lives on, ruler of Casterly Rock, but unhappy, having lost everything he held dear, and even killing his childhood dream of having his own dragon, killing the last one alive. Varys' gift will be saving Tyrion's reputation under the new order, but it's a bittersweet gift.

"And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Castamere, and now the rains weep o'er his halls with not a soul to hear. Yes now the rains weep o'er his halls, and not a soul to hear."

 

[louisacommie]

Tyrion betrays Dany and Jon and is executed.

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Tyrion in the show is weird since it seems his development is just a sort of it Peters out deal after season 4

Seems likes he's there just chase he has t9 be without his book development

 

[Falcon511]

Are we sure Drogon is the one setting fire to Kings Landing? I dont think the WW threat will be dealt with in 3 episodes.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Are we sure Drogon is the one setting fire to Kings Landing? I dont think the WW threat will be dealt with in 3 episodes.

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No we just know it's a dragon. But in the teaser we saw a dragon get frozen as winter moved south and I'm sure it means a second dragon being lost to the NK, which would put a lot of pressure on Tyrion to make the case that they have to kill Drogon and burn it before they lose him too, if he isn't straight up attacking KL anyway.

 

[Chaos Legion]

As a believer of the one true king, Aegon, they are not going to shoehorn him into Season 8.

They've dumbed the plot down so significantly it would make no sense to throw this storyline in here. Naming Jon 'Aegon' pretty much sealed that.

Has GRRM commented on Jon's name in the books? If it's not Viserys or Aemon or Daeron, I'll be shocked.

 

[Basileus777]

As a believer of the one true king, Aegon, they are not going to shoehorn him into Season 8.

They've dumbed the plot down so significantly it would make no sense to throw this storyline in here. Naming Jon 'Aegon' pretty much sealed that.

Has GRRM commented on Jon's name in the books? If it's not Viserys or Aemon or Daeron, I'll be shocked.

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There's no indication that Jon has any other name in the books. Alternate names are a fanfiction thing.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

They said they did do some fake shoots to throw people off. This is the only one we know of that is not obviously a legit shoot.

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Saying you did fake shoots to throw people off is free. Actually doing fake shoots to throw people off is not.

No studio in the history of tv/film would have much, if any patience for spending money on fake shoots to keep the leakers confused. Like, that's not a thing. The showrunners can get away with spending a little on clandestine actor movements, fake vacations, stand-ins meant to fool long-range spy photogs, all of which appear to have happened with GoT S8, but the idea that HBO spent what would be no small amount of money on location fees, production, cast/crew to stage fake shoots for a show of this scale is nonsense. That didn't happen.

Something got filmed at the dragon pit- period. There appear to have been mysterious cast movements and mcguffins involved with that shoot- but if there were cameras and crew- you can rest assured there was a scene shot, and it will be on our televisions at some point during S8.

 

[BasilZero]

April can't come soon enough

 

[Dabanton]

They probably brought everyone to the dragon pit and then didn't use everyone, but they definitely shot something there. You don't pay that much money and bring a production team to a set for a total work.

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Yeah I would find it very hard to believe they would do that just to throw leakers off. Even a few hrs of production are mega expensive location based shooting even more.

Having principal actors on set and a team setup that would be waste of everyone's time and money also pretty pointless as they know you can't stop people leaking.

 

[BDS]

Saying you did fake shoots to throw people off is free. Actually doing fake shoots to throw people off is not.

No studio in the history of tv/film would have much, if any patience for spending money on fake shoots to keep the leakers confused. Like, that's not a thing. The showrunners can get away with spending a little on clandestine actor movements, fake vacations, stand-ins meant to fool long-range spy photogs, all of which appear to have happened with GoT S8, but the idea that HBO spent what would be no small amount of money on location fees, production, cast/crew to stage fake shoots for a show of this scale is nonsense. That didn't happen.

Something got filmed at the dragon pit- period. There appear to have been mysterious cast movements and mcguffins involved with that shoot- but if there were cameras and crew- you can rest assured there was a scene shot, and it will be on our televisions at some point during S8.

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I agree, the filming at that location, as I understand it, is very expensive. So they definitely filmed something. But they may have filmed different takes with different dialogue, using the same actors. I know Lost did this with a couple scenes in different seasons.

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Gendry is the one true king.

I hope they don't do they Aegon thing since there's been no foreshadowing or hinting of it in previous seasons, or has there? What other references have there been to the first Aegon other than supposedly being killed by the Mountain?

 

[Dany]

Gendry is the one true king.

I hope they don't do they Aegon thing since there's been no foreshadowing or hinting of it in previous seasons, or has there? What other references have there been to the first Aegon other than supposedly being killed by the Mountain?

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Was there much lead up in the books? I've completely forgotten.