Game of Thrones Cleganebowl subreddit
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Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones" which includes speculation of future occasions.
"Game of Thrones" has amassed an enormously different fanbase, many of who spend time theorizing future plotlines and analyzing the series frame by frame. Yet when it comes to commitment plus enthusiasm, no section associated with the fandom matches the particular Cleganebowl community.
Cleganebowl - a popular theory that centers on Sandor "The Hound" Clegane fighting Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane to the death in a test by combat - actually started gaining traction towards the end of season five when The Mountain was resurrected and joined the particular Kingsguard.
The theory itself provides been popular among a distinct segment section of the fandom for much longer than that.
In case you watched the latest "Game associated with Thrones" episode then you understand that King Tommen simply caused an uproar among the Cleganebowl community by effectively banning all trials simply by combat.
That hasn't ceased the hype train entirely though. Devoted believers on /r/Cleganebowl, bokep stw a subreddit dedicated to the theory and just about all the hype that encompases it, are keeping trust. After the eighth event aired, the subreddit was 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 Myself Anything" post held in the subreddit.
A fan visualizing of Cleganebowl really brings the hype to lifestyle. Ertac Altinoz/DeviantArt
The actual person behind Sandor_CleganeAMA wants to remain anonymous, so we'll refer to him simply as Sandor. We should also warn you, since the tagline for Cleganebowl believers is "F---ING CONFIRMED! GET HYPE" there may be some NSFW language plus imagery ahead.
According to Sandor, the /r/Cleganebowl subreddit was started in June 2014.
"A Reddit user with the alias dmahn3 originally created it plus later stepped down as top moderator. He eventually deleted his account, inch Sandor explained. "Was this particular an incognito [George R. R. Martin]? We all will never be sure, but his departure coincided with increasing pressure in order to finish [The Wind gusts of Winter] in front of the show catching up. "
Nearly two years later on, the subreddit's subscriber count sits at 11, 507 readers, more than dual what it had prior to season six started. This Google trends chart assists illustrate the increase associated with public Cleganebowl interest given that the sixth season began.
