Time travel in Game of Thrones, explained

Bran's powers are based on both fiction and physics — and they have huge implications for Westeros.

[fabiolamenendez]

It's so sad to think about how much potential Bran had and how the series ended, just read all the theories here :(

[randall]

The Mad Kings "whispers" is Bran trying to warn the mad king of the white walkers, to stock wildfire, and to try and revive the dragons.

[yourmanFran]

Bran is most likely the voice in The Mad King's head. Bran uses his abilities to tell him to "burn them all", meaning the White Walkers since it's their weakness, but instead the king burns the citizens. Thus, making him The Mad King. But that's just a theory.

[pokoirlyase]

So in the end maybe Bran is all the Gods .. And all the Gods are diff interepretations of Bran communicatin'with people throughout history .. Which means the faceless men are right : There is only the stranger

[yuhgetintoit]

watching this video today and super disappointed bran's story line was similarly thrown out the window as he was

[lisastockdale]

Ahhhh back to day when we thought GoT actually had a decent twist and good story line we could look forward

[anonym]

Very good analysis! Great moves Vox, keep it up, proud of you :)

[dorkmax]

Vox barely touched on this, but yeah. The theory goes that Bran went back in time through a vision, gave advice to Durran Godsgrief on building Storm's End, built the Wall and Winterfell, and that's why the historical person is called Bran the Builder

[BuffyFan]

The one thing everyone always gets confused with is the differences between multiverse, dynamic, and fixed timelines and how they each work individually from each other. This explained it well.

[tristanmarroquin]

One of the best fixed time lines. LOST series

[greenrbtsiqi]

I still don't get it. If the reality cannot be changed, what is the point to go back in time to be the source of all the present events? The outcomes are still the same.

[whytho]

Joke's on you Vox!! Bran's warging abilities were never even utilized in the end 😭

[kxp_]

30 seconds into this video, and I just noticed something. In both Attack on Titan and Game of Thrones, Eren and Bran both travel back in time to observe memories like its a dream. They can actually manipulate the events that happen in the dream, but they aren't really manipulating anything. They are just doing the same thing over and over again because it has happened before.

[humpty]

Bran is what we want to be, 'sitting all day streaming content of every category on Netflix.'

[CakestheCheese]

RICK AND MORTY DOES NOT DO TIME TRAVEL!!! Only alternate dimensions!

[sceroye]

puts a whole different meaning on "everything is Brans fault"

[onie]

I time traveled back to 2016 by watching this video.

[Karatoona]

I don't see it as time travel. to me, it's more like a psychic link through visions.

[VictorAndradeGuitar]

"[...] the most important character in the whole story. For all we know, he could be orchestrating everthing we've seen in the show so far"

How writters handle this possibility: does nothing but tell John he is a targaryen and becomes king.

[drakekay]

1:03 This is not a theory of time travel, which it is often confused with. In multiverse theory, there are an infinite number of dimensions. You would not be traveling along your own time line, you would simply change dimensions. Not creating a new timeline.