On Monday night, as Peter Dinklage accepted his Emmy for Best Supporting Actor for a Drama Series, he thanked his Game of Thrones co-star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. "My brother from another mother," Dinklage said.
This just so happens to somewhat coincide with one of the biggest Game of Thrones fan theories. Fans have speculated for years that Dinklage's character Tyrion Lannister is actually a Targaryen. According to one theory, Tyrion is actually the son of Aerys II Targaryen and Joanna Lannister. There are a number of clues pointing to this being true on Game of Thrones, including the Three Headed Dragon prophecy, which predicts three Targaryens will fly three dragons into battle.
So immediately, when Dinklage mentioned something lineage adjacent at the Emmys, Game of Thrones fans went nuts:
The only problem here is that the theory posits that Jaime would actually be Tyrion's brother from another father. But this being Game of Thrones and all, there's probably some secret Targaryen woman who could actually be Tyrion's real mother, and Tyrion is probably currently sleeping with said woman.
Anyway, this is likely nothing, but since fans have been waiting more than a year for a new season this gives them something to talk about for a few days.
Matt Miller is a Brooklyn-based culture/lifestyle writer and music critic whose work has appeared in Esquire, Forbes, The Denver Post, and documentaries.
