SDCC: Even the Game of Thrones cast couldn’t answer these series finale plot holes

Culturess attended the Game of Thrones panel at San Diego Comic-Con where the cast got the chance to answer some of fans’ burning questions. But were their answers enough?

San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H was packed with fans on Friday eager to hear what the Game of Thrones cast had to say following the series finale. The panel moderator, Entertainment Weekly’s James Hibberd, joked that this was the first time there were no spoilers, and everything was on the table.

While showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss were noticeably absent, as they pulled out of the con days before (for reasons suspiciously unknown), there were others still there to fill the void: Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark), Conleth Hill (Varys), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), Liam Cunningham (Lord Davos), and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister).

Needless to say, it was a full house, and the cast finally got the chance to talk about a few of those plot holes fans had been annoyed about since the series ended. But in all honestly, it seemed like the cast themselves barely had any good answers for their out-of-character moments in the final season. Here are just a few of their answers from the panels. See if you can make any sense of them.

Why didn’t Bran stop Daenerys?

Being the Three-Eyed Raven, Bran Stark had a special advantage over pretty much everyone else: he can know everything that ever was and everything that ever will be. So why didn’t he stop Daenerys from her destruction of King’s Landing?

According to Hempstead-Wright:

"Well, I don’t think Bran knows, per se, exactly what’s going to happen in the future. I don’t think– He’s not a fortune teller. He’s got the entirety of the past at his fingertips, but I think his vision of the future is slightly cloudier. So that’s my excuse for why Bran didn’t say anything. But, I think it’s quite cool that it’s left slightly ambiguous and that you can read into it."

Sure, Bran.

Did Arya kill the Night King by herself?

One question debated among fans was whether Arya killed the Night King on her own volition, or because she got the cue from Jon to “go” while he distracted the ice dragon. Maisie Willaims dispelled the latter, saying “She did that on her own.”

While that’s good to know, Williams went on even further to say:

"Well, if we’re only going to give credit to only one, it’s Melisandre. Melisandre knew what she had to do to put the mission in Arya’s head when she’s really at the lowest point. I think particularly for that episode, this is the first time she’s been fighting but she has something to lose. For so long, she’s been on her own. And being back with her family has made her that much more vulnerable.And I think if we’re gonna put it down to anyone for getting Arya’s head back on track and helping her to go finish the job, it was Melisandre and the [“brown eyes, blue eyes, green eyes” prophecy]."

Williams was in good territory until she mentioned the prophecy, which fans are still debating to this day. (Even some fervent fans behind me angrily discussed how the prophecy was never actually fulfilled as we exited Hall H.) Fans thought perhaps Cersei Lannister (green eyes) would be the one to last one to go down at the hand of Arya — but that never happened. So can we really give that much credit to Melisandre in the end?

Why didn’t Grey Worm just kill Jon Snow?

After Jon Snow killed Daenerys following her destruction of King’s Landing, something peculiar happened. Grey Worm, who pledged his allegiance to his queen, stopped his killing spree and spared Jon Snow’s life — instead, leaving Jon to be judged for his… crimes.

So why didn’t Grey Worm follow his Unsullied ways and just kill Jon Snow? Grey Worm actor Jacob Anderson said (after quickly hiding behind a Spider-Man mask he had in tow):

"In my head, I think there maybe came a point for Grey Worm towards the end where it was just enough. Like, enough is enough. I think that’s a big reason why he kind of left was it was like, everybody that was ever dear to him is dead now. And he’d only just learned how to have people be dear to him. And so I think… he was like, this is a violent place, and this is not where I want my existence to be at anymore. I don’t just want it to be violent.So I think there’s a sense that he was willing for there to be a trial and he wasn’t trying to, like, kill everyone anymore. I don’t think he wants, necessarily, to kill Jon Snow. He just doesn’t want him to be alive."

Anderson’s answer seemed the most believable out of all the responses, because at least it shows there’s been some character growth over the seasons. But all in all, the actors can only take wild guesses, and so it looks like our questions will still have to remain questions for the time being.

What did you think of the cast’s answers? Let us know in the comments.