Game of Thrones Cleganebowl subreddit

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Warning: Spoilers ahead regarding "Game of Thrones" including speculation of future events.



"Game of Thrones" has amassed an enormously different fanbase, many of who spend some 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 Cleganebowl community.

Cleganebowl : a popular theory that centers on Sandor "The Hound" Clegane fighting Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane towards the death in a demo by combat - really started gaining traction towards the end of time of year five once the Mountain had been resurrected and joined the particular Kingsguard.
The theory itself has been popular among a distinct segment section of the fandom for much longer than that.

When you viewed the latest "Game of Thrones" episode then you definitely understand that King Tommen simply caused an uproar one of the Cleganebowl community by successfully banning all trials simply by combat.
That hasn't halted the hype train entirely though. Devoted believers on /r/Cleganebowl, a subreddit focused on the theory and all the hype that encompases it, are keeping belief. After the eighth episode aired, the subreddit was officially named one of the "trending subreddits" for June fourteen.

Tech Insider chatted along with one of the moderators of /r/Cleganebowl, Redditor Sandor_CleganeAMA. As his username signifies - the user accounts was initially made for the fictional character "Ask Me Anything" post held in the subreddit.
A fan imagining of Cleganebowl really brings the hype to existence. Ertac Altinoz/DeviantArt

The real person behind Sandor_CleganeAMA wishes to remain anonymous, so we'll refer to your pet simply as Sandor. We ought to also warn you, since click the following website tagline for Cleganebowl believers is "F---ING CONFIRMED! OBTAIN HYPE" there may become some NSFW language plus imagery ahead.

According to Sandor, the particular /r/Cleganebowl subreddit was began in June 2014.

"A Reddit user with the alias dmahn3 originally created it plus later stepped down as top moderator. He consequently deleted his account, inch Sandor explained. "Was this an incognito [George R. R. Martin]? We will never be certain, but his departure coincided with increasing pressure in order to finish [The Wind gusts of Winter] ahead of the show catching up. inch

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 particular Google trends chart helps illustrate the increase associated with public Cleganebowl interest given that the sixth season began.