Yahoo News GoT's Jon Snow was almost eaten by Daenerys's dragons
Some things in Game of Thrones are certain, such as Jon Snow being a secret Targaryen, and he and Daenerys hooking up being both brilliant and icky.
Others, however, aren't.
Like the question of whether Jon and Dany are actually twins, rather than aunt and nephew, and whether Dany's dragons fancy Jon as a light snack.
Yes, in a behind-the-scenes look at season seven, episode five, showrunner Daniel Weiss admitted that Daenerys was never fully confident that Drogon wouldn't eat Jon.
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In fact, she was only 85% sure, which isn't high enough when dragons are involved if you ask us.
"Dany, she doesn't wanna see her dragon eat him, but she would like to see him sweat a little bit," he revealed. "I think she probably is about 85% sure that the dragon is not going to eat Jon.
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"It was intentionally shot in such a way that she loses sight of him for a while. It makes the moment entirely between Jon and the dragon, and takes Dany out of the equation for a couple of crucial seconds," he added.
Thankfully, Drogon decided against devouring Jon, or turning him into a human fireball, which is just as well now that he's probably going to be a dad soon.
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Game of Thrones airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in the UK. Pre-order the season 7 DVD or Blu-ray, or buy a digital download here.
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