Game of Thrones Cleganebowl subreddit
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Warning: Spoilers ahead with regard to "Game of Thrones" which includes speculation of future activities.
"Game of Thrones" offers amassed an enormously diverse fanbase, many of who spend some time theorizing future plotlines and analyzing the collection frame by frame. Yet when considering commitment and enthusiasm, no section of the fandom matches the particular Cleganebowl community.
Cleganebowl - a popular theory that will centers on Sandor "The Hound" Clegane fighting Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane to the death in a test by combat - really started gaining traction toward the end of season five once the Mountain was resurrected and joined the particular Kingsguard.
The idea itself provides been popular among a niche section of the fandom for much longer than that.
When you viewed the latest "Game of Thrones" episode then you know that King Tommen just caused an uproar one of the Cleganebowl community by successfully banning all trials by combat.
That hasn't halted the hype train completely though. Devoted believers on /r/Cleganebowl, a subreddit dedicated to the theory and just about all the video smp hype that encompases it, are keeping trust. After the eighth episode aired, the subreddit has been officially named one of the "trending subreddits" for June fourteen.
Tech Insider chatted with one of the moderators of /r/Cleganebowl, Redditor Sandor_CleganeAMA. As his username shows - the user accounts was initially designed for a fictional character "Ask Me Anything" post held in the subreddit.
A fan visualizing of Cleganebowl really provides the hype to life. Ertac Altinoz/DeviantArt
The genuine person behind Sandor_CleganeAMA wishes to remain anonymous, so we'll refer to your pet simply as Sandor. We ought to also warn you, because the tagline for Cleganebowl believers is "F---ING CONFIRMED! OBTAIN HYPE" there may be some NSFW language and imagery ahead.
According to Sandor, the /r/Cleganebowl subreddit was started in June 2014.
"A Reddit user with the alias dmahn3 originally created it and later stepped down since top moderator. He consequently deleted his account, " Sandor explained. "Was this particular an incognito [George R. R. Martin]? We all will never be certain, but his departure coincided with increasing pressure in order to finish [The Winds of Winter] ahead of the show catching up. "
Nearly two years afterwards, the subreddit's subscriber depend sits at 11, 507 readers, more than dual what it had prior to season six started. This particular Google trends chart helps illustrate the increase associated with public Cleganebowl interest considering that the sixth season began.
