I am a Bran truther

Here's one last Game of Thrones conspiracy theory for the road

Bran Stark.
(Image credit: Illustrated | Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO, iarti/iStock, Nesser3321/iStock)

Really? Bran?

Game of Thrones concluded on Sunday by naming the single least deserving character the king of (nearly) all of Westeros. Remember, Bran is the guy who basically napped under a tree for the entire sixth season, wasn't even in the fifth season, and despite his omniscience and ability to warg into humans, aimlessly played with ravens during the Battle of Winterfell and stood by as Daenerys' torched a city of half a million inhabitants.

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.