We may have all missed Varys sneakily trying to kill Dany in the most recent Game of Thrones episode
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5.
The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, “The Bells,” will go down in history as one of the series’ most shocking displays of carnage. In one fell swoop, Cersei, Jaime, Euron, The Hound, The Mountain, and countless other characters met their ends, and many fans were stunned by Dany’s sudden villainy. The events were all the more tragic because Lord Varys was killed for warning Jon about this possible outcome. But some viewers are convinced that he had a sneakier plan to stop Dany from going Mad Queen—one that involved murder.
Early in the episode, the Spider talked with one of his little birds—a young girl who informed him that Daenerys had refused food yet again. Given that the Mother of Dragons just lost her most trusted adviser and one of her dragons, this didn’t seem too unusual. But Reddit user MelinaZzZz suggests that there was something else at play here—namely that Varys was trying to poison Dany. As MelinaZzZz points out in her post, Varys encourages his young helper to keep trying to get the queen to eat. Could he have had a sinister reason to make sure she did? We wouldn’t put it past the Master of Whisperers. He even tells the young girl that “the greater the risk the greater the reward.”
Some fans on Twitter made the same connection.
So…. everyone else got this too right ?? Lord Varys was having Martha the little kitchen girl poison Danys food. She was nervous the guards were watching her, he reassured her by “Greater the risk, greater the reward“ #GamefThrones #GOT #HBO pic.twitter.com/QrigC5t7ON
— Jess 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 QNS 💭 (@JessFromQueens) May 13, 2019
ICYMI, Varys totally tried to poison Dany at the beginning of the episode. The callbacks to season 1 are amazing:
Ned: Poison is a woman's weapon.
Pycelle: Yes. Women, cravens… and eunuchs.Grand Maester Pycelle then mentioned Lord Varys just seconds later! 🤯#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/TVbL2uVmdJ
— iLEADFARMER (@iLEADFARMER) May 13, 2019
Guys, Varys was tryna poison her in the very first scene. Dany wasn’t eating cause she knew it. The little girl said they were watching her. Varys said they’d try again another time lol. https://t.co/J9d0Elg6jo
— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) May 13, 2019
false
Varys: And?
Girl: She won’t eat.
Varys: we’ll try again next time.
Girl: I think they’re watching me.My dude deadass was trying to poison Dany! That’s wild!! #Gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/MXtBGh2SRY
— Bilal (@bilalsnaqvi) May 14, 2019
#GameofThrones #ThronesYall
wait a fucking minute
is Varys trying to poison Danyyo, Dany is surrounded by traitors
Jorah would never😭😭 pic.twitter.com/R8f3G4ynUp— M. Pelissier (@Is_Pelissier) May 13, 2019
I just realized that Varys tried to poison Dany with the little girl who works in the kitchens. “She won’t eat.” #GoT
— Beyoncé’s Belly Chain (@julysvery0wn) May 13, 2019
This make a lot of sense. After all, Varys once attempted to assassinate Dany on behalf of Robert Baratheon way back in Season 1 when he learned that she was pregnant with Khal Drogo’s child. This was a huge point of contention between the characters, and in Season 7, she had a threatening chat with him about loyalty.
Kind of makes us wonder what else we may have missed.
