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It claims that Tyrion is actually Rhaego Targaryen, the stillborn 'stallion who will mount the world' son of Dany and Khal Drogo. The idea is that Mirri Maz Duur switched them through some time travelling magic shit.

Here is the textual evidence put forth:

1) Mirri Maz Duur describes Dany's child as "Monstrous," Mirri Maz Duur finished for him... "Twisted. I drew him forth myself. He was scaled like a lizard, blind, with a stub of a tail and small leather wings like the wings of a bat." Tyrion is regularly described as a "twisted little demon," or a "twisted little monster" and his appearance at his birth was described to him: "Your head was monstrous huge, we heard, half again the size of your body, and you had been born with thick black hair and a beard besides, an evil eye, and lion's claws. Your teeth were so long you could not close your mouth, and between your legs were a girl's privates as well as a boy's," and he was said to have " a stiff curly tail like a swine's."

2) Mirri Maz Duur and Quaithe also talk about reversing and cycling time:
"When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east... Then he will return, and not before." ~ Mirri Maz Duur
"To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back" ~ Quaithe

When the baby is born, Mirri Maz Duur tells us the baby had been dead for years. "When I touched him, the flesh sloughed off the bone, and inside he was full of graveworms and the stink of corruption. He had been dead for years."

The infant Dany birthed was actually Joanna's infant, and Tyrion is actually the Stallion who Mounts the World.

/valyrian tinfoil hat

I love fan theories. They can make even the most crackpot shit sound cool.

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Coldhands, finally makes an entrance! and, as many expected, it's Benjen!! Not as much of room to hide that in the show as there is in the books. A half-turned wight, with a last minute save by the children of the forest? Why did they save him in particular, though? Stupid Bran knew they were on to him, but failed to see Benjen? tsk tsk tsk... sooo not ready!
Also... how many wights did Benjen have to take out with melee attacks? 3? 4?... I was under the impression that Hodor held back many more...

Didn't quite get the geography of how Sam gets to his father's place from the narrow sea.... but oh well.... when things go a bit askew of the well thought out books.... weird things happen... who cares?!
It was nice to see Sam take Heartsbane -- what for, if he's going to Old Town? beats me!


Arya fails her first mission after reintegration? hmmm.... well A girl is no more.... A girl is Arya, of house Stark. Time to go home and prick some people with Needle! BUHAHAHA.... girl, get back in training... you're even less ready than Bran.

Daenerys finds Drogon, finally!! Damn kids, always getting lost!
Nice speech, but, if I recall correctly, the dothraki were not keen on crossing the sea.... not at all.... zero keen, actually. Now... just because the Unburnt is riding a dragon, they're more that wiling to jump in the sea?! hmmmmmm... that speech wasn't that encouraging... but the thought of a dragon on your tail may do wonders in terms of motivation!

The plot thickens on Riverrun... Sansa is asking them for help to fight the Boltons.... But the Freys are already giving them some headaches and now Jamie is on his way...
HAHA.... poor Edmure... can't do nothing right...
Could the army from the Vale lend a hand? They are just next door, after all... but show writers tend to forget those details...

Finally, the faith claims another victim... the kid king.
You know?.... back in the days when kings were a thing, kid kings would yield to their uncles/cousins, until they became old enough to properly rule. Kid kings were never given that much power... even if their consort queen was of age. Bonus: consort queens (or kings) were not actual rulers... they're just consorts - there to provide an heir. Gotta love how Hollywood has romanticized this role and elevated it to a proper ruler...

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