Newest 'Game of Thrones' theory suggests Tyrion will use the crossbow again, this time to kill Daenerys

With each passing day Daenerys is proving to be more like her father, the mad king, and her Hand may be forced to put an end to her.
PUBLISHED MAY 5, 2019

'Game of Thrones' season 8 episode 3, which focused solely on the war of Winterfell ended with the death of the Night King, which made us all go, now what. Now, is when the "Game of Thrones" actually begins. We thought with the fall of many potential heirs, the final war would be between Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), but as it turns out, the "true heir" to the Iron Throne is Jon Snow (Kit Harington) aka Aegon Targaryen, the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Ned's younger sister Lyanna Stark, which complicates this a little for us viewers, but a lot more for his aunty/lover Danny. 

For as long as she can remember, Daenerys has wanted one thing and that is to sit on the Iron Throne and rule the seven kingdoms, just as her father did. Despite the multiple attempts to assassinate her, getting sold to a barbaric Dothraki king (whom she eventually falls in love with), losing followers, cheated, and getting underestimated multiple times over, she rose to the top, all with the hopes of sitting on the Iron Throne. She has been patient for years inching her way to King's Landing, but when she was so close to getting what she wanted, Jon Snow requested that she fight for the living against the dead before fighting her mortal enemy. 

While Daenerys' trust - and eventual love - in Jon inspired her to shift her agenda for a while, her primary focus will always be killing Cersei and taking her rightful place as the ruler. Her desperation to achieve this goal plainly is visible to her trusted hand, Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage). Tyrion, most hated by his elder sister Cersei, willingly became Danny's advisor, and it was for one simple reason: "I believe she can make the world a better place."

Tyrion Lannister can only go so far as to convince himself that his chosen queen will make the world a better place (HBO)

However, as the days go by, it is getting even more difficult to believe these words. Will Danny, who burned men who refused to bow down to her and whose answer to all problems is my dragons, be the woman who will save Westeros? I think not. In fact, with each passing day, she is reminding us of her father the Mad King, who was blinded by his power. Tyrion is watching this closely - this slow but inevitable transformation of his queen from the savior of the slaves to the Mad Queen

He has personally had to talk Danny out of taking extreme measures to prove a point, and there certainly would be a point in a man's life where he stops pretending everything is fine. Moreover, in the last episode, we see Tyrion and his estranged wife Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) share a sweet moment at the Crypts, where the latter admitted that he was the best husband she ever had. It almost seems like they are going to give their "marriage" another shot, and who do we know absolutely distrusts Danny? Why Sansa of course.

Sansa believes that her brother is getting titillated by the "dragon queen" and she wants nothing to do with her. Tyrion and Sansa's burgeoning relationship could prove to result in Daenerys' downfall, and Game of Thrones' penchant for poetic justice makes us believe he is going to kill and her it would involve an arrow. 

“Your Grace, I saw hundreds of arrows fly towards you when you fought on the Blackwater Rush, and I saw hundreds of arrows miss. But any one of them could have found your heart and ended your life," Tyrion said this to Danny in the last season, and we cannot help but wonder if this was a hint of foreshadowing from David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Our guess is Tyrion uses a crossbow similar to the one he used to kill his own father, to end Daenerys when power corrupts her. 

If you have an entertainment scoop or a story for us, please reach out to us on (323) 421-7515

RELATED TOPICS GAME OF THRONES (2011)

GET THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT STORIES
STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX.

MORE STORIES

‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 2 dropped on December 10, 2025, and Rick Riordan has already teased something incredible for Season 3
1 hour ago
In the latest 'Pluribus' episode, titled 'The Gap', Rhea Seehorn's Carol grapples with her longing for human interaction
2 hours ago
After years in development, ‘Skinny Dip’ lands at Prime Video with Amanda Seyfried in the lead role of Joey Perrone
3 hours ago
The six-episode thriller series starring Thompson and Bernthal releases on January 8, 2026
16 hours ago
Idris Elba reprises his role as the negotiator, this time in a different mode of transport
18 hours ago
Anson Mount shared an album on social media that put Spock and Pike in focus
19 hours ago
'Pushing Daisies' premiered on ABC in 2007 and ran for two seasons before being cancelled in 2008
21 hours ago
While you wait for Glen Powell’s ‘Chad Powers’, all six episodes of Season 1 are available for streaming on Hulu
22 hours ago
'Ripple' chronicles the lives of four strangers living in New York City who develop a newfound sense of fraternity
1 day ago
Mickey Haller is on the defense of his life as Netflix confirms ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Season 4 will return in early 2026
1 day ago