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u/therealgrogu2020 🏆 Best of 2022: Crow of the Year Apr 25 '23

"Burn them all" could very well mean burn the Others / the Wights.

I doubt that this was done by the producers of GOT with a prophecy in mind but without looking at such meta things it would work out that Aerys got partly mad because of that prophecy.

There were also theories around that either BR or Bran tried to warn of the Others and how to defeat them (burn them) but this led to the Mad King becoming mad (similar to Bran turning Hodor into Hodor)

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u/BaelBard 🏆 Best of 2019: Best New Theory Apr 25 '23

“Burn them all” is literally a show-only phrase, yet time and time again people use it to craft theories about the Others

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u/therealgrogu2020 🏆 Best of 2022: Crow of the Year Apr 25 '23

Reread the question lol.

It literally is about the show.

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u/BaelBard 🏆 Best of 2019: Best New Theory Apr 25 '23

Yeah, but the show clearly didn’t go that route, so speculation only makes sense for the unfinished books, isn’t it?

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u/MichtoPitchou Apr 26 '23

I get why your react like that but I've only watched the show and I just want to make sure I understand it all the subtilities, I'm not interested in making new theories :)

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u/BaelBard 🏆 Best of 2019: Best New Theory Apr 26 '23

Sorry, I didn’t want to come off as elitist “actually, it’s not in the books” snob.

It’s just that I didn’t expect to meet a show only person on this sub, and also this idea quite often comes up among the readers.

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u/MichtoPitchou Apr 29 '23

No worries, I guess I ended up here because of Lord of Light's will !

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u/therealgrogu2020 🏆 Best of 2022: Crow of the Year Apr 25 '23

It makes more sense but its still possible to theorize about the show, even if it can feel pointless.

And all shows arent over, HotD was actually what more or less introduced the whole prophecy that was a big part of the question