Game of Thrones S06E05 - Hodor Death Scene
One genius Game of Thrones fan predicted the meaning of Hodor"s name in 2008, three years before the show even started.
Sunday"s episode revealed the giant"s backstory in a time-warping twist that left viewers" minds blown.
But one disciple, who read George R.R. Martin"s books before the world-famous TV series expanded upon them, was unsurprised.
Sunday"s episode revealed the giant"s backstory in a time-warping twist that left viewers" minds blown
One genius Game of Thrones fan predicted the meaning of Hodor"s name in 2008, three years before the show even started
Eight years ago, budding author Stuart Etter from Orlando, Florida predicted that Hodor is an abbreviation of hold the door.
Under the name Myrddin, he wrote on fan site westeros.com: "The poor guy is just asking someone to hold the door for him, since he"s always carrying someone else around. After a while, "Hold the door" became "Hold the doorHold the doorHoldoorHodoor. Dammit! Hold the door!" His mind finally snapped, and now all he can say is Hodor."
Episode five shows a young Wylis being warged into by Bran Stark and having a seizure while repeating the phrase "hold the door" which merges to become "Hodor".
Simultaneously, present-day Hodor is holding back the White Walkers while shouting the same phrase.
Mr Etter said thatseeinghisprophesycome true was surreal and that it was odd when somebody sent him a link to his 2008 post before he watched the episode.
He told Newsweek:"I remembered writing it, but honestly I haven"t thought about it much since. So, when I watched the episode later that night, it did hit me right before it happened: "Hold the door."
Eight years ago, budding author Stuart Etter from Orlando, Florida predicted that Hodor is an abbreviation of hold the door
"It"s even more surreal that someone on Reddit was able to find my eight-year-old post buried within an archived thread on a fansite. I"m just glad there are no videos of me doing something stupid floating around," Mr Etter jested.
Mr Etter said he was able to make the prediction because he"s a writer who likes puzzles and wordplay.
"When the question was posed on the forum "What does Hodor mean?" I saw the words hidden within the name," he said.
One disciple, who read George R.R. Martin"s books before the world-famous TV series expanded upon them, was unsurprised by the revelation
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3606792/Game-Thrones-spoiler-alert-EIGHT-YEARS-ago-Fan-predicted-meaning-Hodor-s-2008-three-years-started.html
