Game of Thrones: This Man Correctly Guessed the Meaning Behind Hodor"s Name Three Years Early

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By Alex Osborn

Warning: Spoilers for Game of Thrones: Season 6 episode "The Door" below.

This week"s episode of Game of Thrones brought with it a pivotal moment for Hodor (Kristian Nairn), revealing the meaning behind the character"s name.

A writer from VentrellaQuestmet George R.R. Martin at a fan convention in 2013 and shared his theory with the author regarding the meaning behind Hodor"s name, which, believe it or not, turned out to be correct.

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During last night"s episoderead IGN"s review of "The Door" hereHodor is killed when protecting Bran from a horde of White Walkers, and he had just one job in keeping them away:to "hold the door."

The aforementioned writer for VentrellaQuest correctly guessed this revelation when speaking on an elevator with Martin, saying, "I finally figured out why you have a character named Hodor....Iwas thinking about your comment about wanting to be an elevator operator. Its clear to me now that "Hodor" is short for "Hold the door"." In response, Martin laughed and replied, "You dont know how close to the truth you are!"

Back in February of 2013, Nairn foretold the death of his character in an interview with Flicks and the City when asked how he"d like to have Hodor die. "I would like to die fighting an army of White Walkers," he said. You can check out his full response at the 4:11 mark in the video below.

Interestingly enough, the first words ever said to Hodor on the show were "Help Bran down the hall" - if you"ve seen last night"s episode, that now comes with some cruel significance

The first words said to Hodor in Game of Thrones.

For more on Game of Thrones, check out the showrunners"breakdown of this week"s major White Walker revelation,and then be sure to read thedescriptions for Season 6"s upcoming sixth and seventh episodes.

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Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/23/game-of-thrones-this-man-correctly-guessed-the-meaning-behind-hodors-name-two-years-early