Game of Thrones Cleganebowl subreddit
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Warning: Spoilers ahead regarding "Game of Thrones" which includes speculation of future events.
"Game of Thrones" has amassed an enormously diverse fanbase, many of who spend time theorizing future plotlines and analyzing the collection frame by frame. Yet when it comes to commitment and enthusiasm, no section of the fandom matches the particular Cleganebowl community.
Cleganebowl -- a popular theory that centers on Sandor "The Hound" Clegane fighting Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane towards the death in a trial by combat - actually started gaining traction toward the end of period five when The Mountain was resurrected and joined the particular Kingsguard.
The idea itself offers been popular among a niche section of the fandom for much longer than that.
When you watched the latest "Game associated with Thrones" episode then you understand that King Tommen simply caused an uproar among the Cleganebowl community by efficiently banning all trials by combat.
That hasn't stopped the hype train entirely though. Devoted believers upon /r/Cleganebowl, a subreddit focused on the theory and just about all the hype that encompases it, are keeping faith. After the eighth event aired, the subreddit had been officially named among the "trending subreddits" for June 14.
Tech Insider chatted along with one of the moderators of /r/Cleganebowl, Redditor Sandor_CleganeAMA. As his username signifies - the user account was initially made for a fictional character "Ask Myself Anything" post held within the subreddit.
A fan imagining of Cleganebowl really provides the hype to lifestyle. Ertac Altinoz/DeviantArt
The genuine person behind Sandor_CleganeAMA desires to remain sma ngentot anonymous, therefore we'll refer to your pet simply as Sandor. We should also warn you, because the tagline for Cleganebowl believers is "F---ING CONFIRMED! OBTAIN HYPE" there may be some NSFW language plus imagery ahead.
According to Sandor, the particular /r/Cleganebowl subreddit was began in June 2014.
"A Reddit consumer with the alias dmahn3 originally created it plus later stepped down because top moderator. He consequently deleted his account, inch Sandor explained. "Was this an incognito [George R. R. Martin]? All of us will never be certain, but his departure coincided with increasing pressure to finish [The Winds of Winter] ahead of the show catching up. "
Nearly two years later, the subreddit's subscriber count number sits at 11, 507 readers, more than double what it had just before season six started. This particular Google trends chart helps illustrate the increase associated with public Cleganebowl interest since the sixth season began.
