

What's truly revelatory here is that BRAN CHANGED THE PAST. The events essentially merged the two and melted poor Wylis' brain freezing him in that one crucial moment where he was called upon to hold the door. Hodor. While in the past Wylis seemingly caught a glimpse of Bran, creating a bridge between past and present, or present and future depending upon your perspective. As they made their escape in the present Meera Reed yelled for Hodor to “hold the door, hold the door!” to keep the Walker's at bay. In order to stave off the White Walkers, Bran warged into Hodor to get him fighting. The question became: WHAT HAPPENED TO HODOR?ĭuring the climactic events of “The Door,” Bran was greenseeing into Hodor's past even as they were under attack in the present.
#THRONE OF DOOM MIGHTY KNIGHT FULL#
If you'll recall, we've been granted visions of the past via the Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven's greensight, which is how we discovered that our beloved Hodor was once a young man named Wylis with full verbal capacity. This past Sunday's episode, “The Door,” provided a heartbreaking origin story for Hodor, which revealed that Bran was accidentally responsible for poor Wylis' condition. Game of Thrones season 6 is packing each episode with bombs and revelations, taking full advantage of the fact that show watchers and book readers alike are now (for the most part) equally in the dark. Warning: spoilers for Game of Thrones though season 6, episode 5 (as well as mentions from the books) follow…
