Game of Thrones
by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
Throughout its first six seasons, the HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones had a
handful of time-travelish moments mostly centered on young Bran’s dreams of the past.
But it wasn’t until the origin story of Bran’s half-giant companion, Hodor, that we
saw a definitive influence of present-day Bran on Hodor’s past. The interaction is a
terrific example of a closed causal loop: Bran is observing Hodor in the past because of
who Hodor is to Bran, and it is Bran’s presence that creates that very Hodor.
The past is written; the ink is dry.
Game of Thrones by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (22 May 2016).