Over the course of eight seasons of Game of Thrones, fans had plenty of theories. Some of these theories started with the book fans, while show-first or show-only fans joined in with their theories as the story went on.

Not all these fan theories came true. Jon Snow didn’t kill the Night King, and Jaime Lannister wasn’t responsible for Cersei’s death. However, there were plenty of others that did come true. It’s time to take a look at the big ones that happened.

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Let’s start with the most talked-about fan theory that came about in the series. Fans everywhere were sure from the very beginning that Jon Snow was not the illegitimate child of Ned Stark as we'd all been told. Ned just didn't seem like the type to have an affair. The fact that Ned was never...