10 Fan Theories That Link Totally Unrelated Movies

2. The Lord Of The Rings Is A Game Of Thrones Prequel

The Iron Throne, that uncomfortable looking chair which pretty much everyone in Westeros craves, is made from the melted down swords of the enemies of King Aegon Targaryen. Among those swords is Glamdring, Gandalf's sword from The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit. So did the White Wizard take on the The Conqueror and lose? While it may sound totally ridiculous to tie together the two fantasy epics there's some internal logic at work here. In Middle-Earth magic is rife, with mystical beings popping up left, right and centre, but Return Of The King sees this begin to shift with the elves leaving. Over time could other magic has receded, with adept beings moving north or overseas and dragons being the only mythical creatures still prominent? From what's presented in Game Of Thrones we know that magic plays a big part in the history of Westeros, so there's certainly an outside chance it's a latter-day Middle-Earth. Although if that sounds a little farfetched then maybe Westeros is merely in the same world as Tolkien's characters; Galmdring ended up in the chair after Aegon bested Gandalf on his travels. How Likely Is It? Also in the Iron Throne are swords for Kingdom Of Heaven, Ridley Scott's film set during the crusades, so it seems like this really is just reusing props and nothing more.