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Fan Theories

<blockquote> &quot;Ros: And what do you want?&nbsp; Littlefinger: Everything, my dear. Everything there is.&quot;</blockquote>Whether you love him or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-most-hated-game-of-thrones-characters/ranker-of-thrones" target="_blank">hate him</a>, most viewers agree that Lord Petyr Baelish of Harrenhal, more famously known as Littlefinger, has been one of the most <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-game-of-thrones-characters" target="_blank">fascinating characters to watch on Game of Thrones</a>. His journeys have taken him from one end of Westeros to the other, from the owner of a few&nbsp;brothels to one of the most powerful figures in the Seven Kingdoms. Unlike many characters who prefer to go in swinging, Littlefinger’s battles take place in whispers and clandestine letters, which makes him not just engaging&nbsp;to watch but extremely hard to figure out.Fans and critics&nbsp;alike have been <a href="http://collider.com/game-of-thrones-season-6-poll-littlefinger/" target="_blank">pondering Littlefinger's motives</a>, plans, and endgame from the very beginning. As his moves get more oblique&nbsp;and the stakes get higher, the theories around his motivations get more insane and intriguing with each passing season. Let's look at&nbsp;the best fan theories about Littlefinger floating around the Internet, and attempt to understand this very enigmatic man.

15 Absurdly Convincing Fan Theories On Littlefinger's Endgame

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Fan Theories On Littlefinger's Endgame

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Even the most die-hard fans have trouble keeping all the details straight. These lists feature Game of Thrones lore and history that dives deep into the series. 

Game of Thrones History & Lore

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The Game of Thrones — So Far

&ldquo;Dragons... the grief and glory of my house, they were.&rdquo; - Aemon Targaryen

As the maester of Castle Black correctly notes, entire dynasties and civilizations in the Game of Thrones universe have risen and fallen on the backs of dragons. Their mysterious and august powers have lifted some families to prominence&nbsp;and reduced others to smoldering ash. As you&rsquo;d expect of George R.R. Martin and Game of Thrones, dragons have a long and complex history that exists far beyond the reaches of the television show.

Their influence in the realm stretches far back, beyond any of the dynasties that currently feud for <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/26-famous-pop-culture-figures-sitting-on-the-iron-throne/chaz-fletcher?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Iron Throne</a>. Despite their long and influential reign, however, their extinction 150 years before the events of Game of Thrones&nbsp;means dragons remain&nbsp;shrouded in mystery.

One thing any fan of the books or TV show knows for sure? With dragons back in&nbsp;Westeros for the first time in over a century, these mythical beasts&nbsp;are set to make an indelible mark on <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/aquaman-what-are-the-seven-kingdoms/jonathan-kantor?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Seven Kingdoms</a> once again. To prepare for the onslaught, let&#39;s take a look at some&nbsp;dragon facts and figures - Tyrion Lannister would love to get his hands on these.

And, of course, SPOILERS AHEAD for the entire extended Game of Thrones universe.

The Secret History Of Dragons In 'Game Of Thrones' (And How To Slay Them)

The Secret History Of Dragons In Game Of Thrones

History

As inhabitants of the information age, it's nearly impossible for us to imagine a time when we couldn't answer any question with the&nbsp;single click of a mouse. But centuries ago, before Planet Earth showed us every&nbsp;vein on the eyeball of a microscopic&nbsp;endangered bug that exists only on one corner of a tiny island thousands of miles from civilization, the average citizen had no idea what an animal looked like if it wasn't native to their immediate area.As artists and scientists throughout history&nbsp;began to study animals in earnest and create compendiums of fantastic beasts (and where to find them), they had to rely on secondhand knowledge to create their own drawings. The result? Hilariously&nbsp;inaccurate and weird&nbsp;depictions of creatures&nbsp;that look more like they come from a Dr. Seuss book than an encyclopedia.Case in point: If you Google the word &quot;elephant,&quot; you get more than 250 million results depicting with photographic accuracy exactly what an elephant looks like. But imagine if you lived centuries ago, before cameras let you capture that information and computers let you access it, and you wanted to draw one of these exotic creatures without ever having seen one in the flesh. All you knew about this creature from a far-off land was from its description by others: &quot;a&nbsp;very large plant-eating mammal with a trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears.&quot; How would your drawing come out?&nbsp;

28 Hilariously Wrong Historical Depictions of Animals

Exploring the strange and fascinating lives of rulers, royals, and royalty all around the world and throughout history.

We Will Never Be Royals

World History

In 2013, the unveiling of <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260655/Kate-Middleton-Rotten-official-portrait-Duchess-Cambridge-artist-Paul-Emsley-unveiled.html">the first official&nbsp;portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge</a> caused an international response fit for, say, an actual important international event. People all over the world&nbsp;went crazy with&nbsp;judgment and jeers, critiquing every aspect of the painting. But Kate Middleton's portrait looks like a Rembrandt compared to some of the heinously ugly royal portraits&nbsp;that came before it. The&nbsp;historical artists who&nbsp;crafted many of these horrendously unflattering <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/portraits-of-historical-royals-vs-real-life/alby-thompson" target="_blank">royal portraits</a>&nbsp;are lucky they aren't alive to experience the wrath of the Twitterverse. If they were, their paintings, and they themselves, would probably be torn to shreds for the travesties they committed to canvas.&nbsp;To be fair, it isn't always the fault of the artist that a&nbsp;painting comes out looking like the stuff of nightmares&nbsp;(<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Dinasty_Habsburg_%28Spain%29_family_tree_by_shakko_%28EN%29.jpg">we're looking at you, Habsbergs</a>).&nbsp;Sometimes, a royal is just plain ugly, and an artist has to grit his teeth and muscle his way through. Perhaps that's why a few monarchs&nbsp;make their way onto the list numerous times...by numerous different artists...There are also artists throughout history who created intentionally&nbsp;bad portraits, as a means of criticizing&nbsp;a royal individual or family.&nbsp;Ultimately, whether the result of bad artistry&nbsp;or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/weird-royals-in-history/danielle-ownbey">royal inbreeding</a>, these royal&nbsp;embarrassments are our enjoyment. Want more?&nbsp;Take a look at <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/firsthand-descriptions-what-royals-really-looked-like/setareh-janda" target="_blank">our roundup of written, firsthand descriptions of historical royals</a>.

26 of the Most Heinously Unflattering Royal Portraits in History

US History

Wacky presidential candidates are a dime a dozen these days, with every megalomaniac with a YouTube account&nbsp;proclaiming to the masses that they have the key to unlock America&#39;s potential. Ever since the dawn of media, hoax and joke campaigns have kept Americans entertained during tense election years and poked satirical holes in the flawed system. (Candidates like &quot;<a href="http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/nobody_for_president">Nobody</a>,&quot;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.elect-deez-nuts.com/">Deez Nuts</a>, and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/09/cat-running-for-president_n_7764144.html">Limberbutt&nbsp;McCubbins</a>&nbsp;come to mind.)&nbsp;

Yet some third-party candidates throughout history have taken&nbsp;their campaigns for the highest office in the land very seriously. Whether their fringe political beliefs seemed intriguing or insane and their policies compelling or crazy, they fought tooth and nail for the minuscule number of votes not guaranteed to one of the two major parties.&nbsp;From ultra conservatives to ultra liberals, from Nazi supporters&nbsp;to&nbsp;drag queens, from Pentecostal pastors to Transcendental Meditation practitioners,&nbsp;the group of people who have tossed their hats into the presidential ring is as diverse as the American populace itself.&nbsp;

The Weirdest Third-Party Candidates in US History

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Weirdest Third-Party Candidates in US History

Are you the "horror person" on your virtual trivia team? Meet your new secret weapon: lists about everything even you don't know about movies scarier than the sound of a child's laughter in a cemetery after dark.

Horror Buff Stuff

Horror

Gruesome murder. Illegal trespassing. Moral indecency. Child Endangerment.&nbsp;Animal cruelty. What sound like&nbsp;plot points for&nbsp;a slasher flick&nbsp;or the rap sheet of a fledgling serial killer are actually some of the accusations made against&nbsp;those who make and show horror films. Regardless of whether the alleged perpetrators were&nbsp;proven innocent or guilty, a number of people have&nbsp;suffered&nbsp;serious&nbsp;consequences for involvement with scary movies.&nbsp;More than any other genre, scary movies have a way of getting under your&nbsp;skin,&nbsp;because they explore humanity's&nbsp;evil instincts and taboo desires. They cause&nbsp;controversy and tension wherever they film and whenever they air. But what happens when the separation between real and reel gets hazy? For some, involvement with film's most notorious genre meant jail time, convictions, and punishments.&nbsp;After all, if there's one thing Scream 3 revealed to us (other than how thankful we should be for Scream and Scream 2), it's that sometimes the weirdest and wildest things happen after the director yells cut.Read on to learn about the most <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-controversial-modern-horror-movies/jacob-shelton?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">controversial horror movies</a>, and, in some cases, horror movies that resulted in jail time for those involved.&nbsp;

12 Horror Movies That Got People Jailed, Punished, or Officially Investigated

Film

12 Horror Movies That Got People Jailed, Punished, or Investigated

Fun facts and interesting trivia to know about religious beliefs and practices around the world.

Cultural  Differences

Lists about the traditionalist Christian church known for simple living, shunning modern technology, and cool hats.

Living in an Amish Paradise

Graveyard Shift

For most of us, the only thing we know about the Amish is they probably won't be reading this list. Banned from technology and&nbsp;electricity, the Amish live a secluded life away from other Americans (known to them as the English). Because of this seclusion, the average person knows very few facts about the inner workings of the Amish religion and culture.The Amish religion began in 16th century Europe, when Anabaptist leader <a href="https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/religion/amish-origins/">Jakob Ammann </a>formed his own community after his conservative beliefs created a&nbsp;schism in the Anabaptist faith. His teachings defined the values of the Amish religion; he literally put the &quot;Am&quot; in &quot;Amish&quot;.&nbsp;Since the religion's founding, the Amish have grown in numbers, practicing the principles of their religion in many of the same ways the founders did centuries ago.Most Amish people ended up in America, in particular as part of the Pennsylvania Dutch community. There are also Amish communities in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, and Canada. But what do the Amish believe?&nbsp;In order to find out, let’s let the least&nbsp;Amish thing&nbsp;on the planet, the Internet, be your guide. Check out all manner of information about Amish beliefs, Pennsylvania Dutch beliefs, and Amish religion facts below.

21 Fascinating Facts About Amish Beliefs and Culture

First comes trial, then comes guilty, then comes sentencing to years locked away with people even more dangerous than you are. Join us on a whirlwind tour of prison!

Prison: Behind the Bars

Weird History

Prisons have <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/actors-who-have-gone-to-prison/celebrity-lists">held lawbreakers</a> for as long as there have been laws to break. Facilities come and go as centuries pass, but the most notoriously scary <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/satellite-images-of-famous-old-prisons/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">historical prisons</a> tend to haunt the pages of our history books with tales of unspeakable suffering, violence, and crime. They contributed to war efforts, impacted revolutions, and affected the history of the cities and countries that surrounded them.

The concept of prisons as we know them today is relatively modern. In antiquity, jails served less as&nbsp;places of penitence and more as a purgatory before the final judgment of guilt, which was often punished either by enslavement or execution. Before the mega jails and super-maxes of today, historical prisons took on many forms, from isolated islands to underground dungeons. Excluding any prison that is currently open and also the horrifically depressing sub-genre of concentration camps, this list reveals some of the scariest prisons in history.

A Look Inside Some Of History's Most Terrifying Prisons

Terrifying Historical Prisons That Make Supermax Seem Tame

Lists about some of the worst people to ever live and the very bad ways things they did when they let their power go to their heads.

Real Historical Villains

Who&nbsp;is&nbsp;Credonia&nbsp;Mwerinde?&nbsp;Most people have never even heard her name. There are <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=credonia+mwerinde&amp;safe=off&amp;biw=1680&amp;bih=949&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj5_fOKnNvOAhUD12MKHRRuCxkQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=_">barely any photos</a> of her to be found on the Internet. She has <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credonia_Mwerinde">a very sparse Wikipedia</a> page. Very few&nbsp;in-depth pieces of news journalism have ever been written about her. She usually isn't even attributed as the mastermind of the cult&nbsp;she founded, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God.&nbsp;Her low visibility&nbsp;hides a&nbsp;high-profile life of death and destruction, one that sets her viciousness above the most <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/kids-of-famous-cult-leaders-where-are-they-now/jacob-shelton?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">infamous cult leaders</a> of the modern era.When you Google “cult leaders by death count,”&nbsp;the search result page fills up with links to articles about Jim Jones. Jones was a&nbsp;much more well-known figure,&nbsp;who orchestrated the deaths of nearly 1,000&nbsp;of his followers at Jonestown in 1978, making him the most violent cult leader in modern history. But according to Ugandan&nbsp;officials, and the numerous&nbsp;mass graves they uncovered, cult&nbsp;leader&nbsp;Credonia&nbsp;Mwerinde&nbsp;has him beat&nbsp;by as many as 2,000 deaths.&nbsp;Yet she flies under the radar. Here’s a list of facts about&nbsp;her most heinous crimes, her methods of indoctrination, and her path to power, in an effort to shed some light on this dark corner of recent history.Read on to learn about Credonia Mwerinde crimes, beliefs, teachings, and other strange things she said and did.

Super Scary Things You Don't Know About African Cult Leader Credonia Mwerinde

The Scariest Things About African Cult Leader Credonia Mwerinde

Weird

Since the dawn of Photoshop, image altering has been a&nbsp;controversial topic among professional photographers, their subjects, and their&nbsp;public audiences alike. Transforming images to blur the line between fact and&nbsp;fiction has become a common occurrence in all realms of entertainment and news&nbsp;around the world, from tweaking a model’s look on a magazine cover to inserting&nbsp;realistic aliens and monsters into blockbuster films to altering&nbsp;photos of missile launches to create threatening propaganda.However, what many people don’t realize is that the&nbsp;falsification of photographs started long before Photoshop made it as easy as&nbsp;the click of a mouse. Faked photographs have been around almost as long as&nbsp;photography itself. The invention of photography presented a new medium for hoaxers and manipulators to transform images to fit their needs. Whether a hoaxer’s intention was hurtful or humorous, the new technology of photography presented&nbsp;an unprecedented opportunity: a way to create images that looked so real that&nbsp;people had no choice but to trust them. From its inception, photography and&nbsp;hoaxery went hand-in-hand, like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Since the 19th&nbsp;century, people have been manipulating images, combining negatives, staging&nbsp;scenes, and building dummies to trick audiences into believing that what they&nbsp;see in the image is real. Here’s a list of some of the sneakiest, scariest, and silliest photographic hoaxes throughout history and how the hoaxers created these famous images.

Famous Hoax Photographs and How They Were Faked

Kings & queens, princes & princesses. They're made of blood and bones like the rest of us, but they're told they can do whatever they damn well please. Sometimes, this causes problems.

Royal Pains

Royalty

When we think of royalty, beautiful princesses and charming princes come to mind. History reveals that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/violent-medieval-monarchs/carly-silver" target="_blank">real-life rulers</a> were sometimes more akin to villains in storybooks: deformed hunchbacks, crazed witches, sleazy morons, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-ruthless-queens/eric-vega" target="_blank">murderous families</a>. Whether these weird royals&nbsp;were born that way or&nbsp;the job drove them to do dastardly deeds, a number of royals throughout history exhibited signs that something wasn&#39;t quite right. For some, it was&nbsp;just a strange quirk here or there. For others, a debilitating problem that left them unfit to rule their own kingdoms.&nbsp;

No one can deny that, despite the perks, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/beauty-rules-for-royals/jessica-defino" target="_blank">being a royal</a> is complicated. Access to massive riches can&nbsp;corrupt you. You must&nbsp;make decisions that determine&nbsp;the well-being of entire populations. All the while, there are people out there who probably want nothing more than to see you dead. This could lead anyone to developed warped priorities. Here&#39;s a list of the weirdest royals and strangest royal families throughout history, what made them that way, and how it might have affected the country they ruled.&nbsp;

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The Weirdest Royals Throughout History

Lists about how people had, judged, and treated intimacy around the world throughout recorded history.

The History of Doing It

Since the dawn of civilization, a lot of important things have happened. Here are lists of about the many winding routes we took to get where we are today.

Historical Contexts

For many, &quot;the deed&quot; is a private event that takes place behind closed doors. But&nbsp;sex in history has altered politics and its effect on the world. Over the course of time, when private events went public, they unleashed&nbsp;heavy consequences. Stories like&nbsp;Cleopatra&#39;s or&nbsp;the Marquis de Sade&#39;s are strong&nbsp;examples for how&nbsp;&quot;doing it&quot;&nbsp;changed the course of history.

Despite its very basic use as a means of reproduction, history evinces&nbsp;that&nbsp;intercourse&nbsp;can be used in any number of ways to achieve a certain goal. Throughout history, engaging in physical relations has brought power to some and&nbsp;taken it from others,&nbsp;built up empires&nbsp;and torn others apart.

Learn about the times intercourse changed history, and shook up humanity&#39;s timeline.

The Many Times Sexual Intercourse Altered The Course Of History

The Many Times Intercourse Altered the Course of History

A deep look at the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Alcohol Through the Ages

Old Stuff

Alcohol often plays an important role in celebrating the most momentous <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-important-historical-events-of-the-20th-century/mwahahahaha?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">events in history</a>. The French share glasses of wine on Bastille Day. Many Americans throw back a Budweiser or two in honor of the Fourth of July. On New Year’s Eve, people toast&nbsp;to a year gone by with flutes of champagne. But what many of those revelers don’t realize is that alcohol doesn’t just help us celebrate history, there are a lot of ways alcohol changed history too.Alcohol has its own history as old as civilization itself. From the first barley farms and vineyards to the most modern microbreweries,&nbsp;alcohol in history has helped us drown our sorrows and celebrate our triumphs. Along the way, these devilish drinks effected massive changes of their own. Whether it’s rum, vodka, wine, or beer, alcohol has raised humanity up, dragged humanity down, and hosted every party in between. This list reveals how alcohol changed the course of history.

16 Times Alcohol Profoundly Changed History

16 Times Alcohol Changed History in a Major Way

All the ways drugs have been used, abused, and influencing the world throughout history.

Historical Highs

Despite the fact that Hollywood often portrays drug users as burnouts, criminals, or otherwise indigent, there are actually a lot of drugs that changed history. Ever since the first caveman plucked a weird-looking plant from the ground, thought, &quot;Hmm, this looks tasty!,&quot; and sent himself on a long, strange trip, humans have been fascinated by drugs. Evidence of drugs in history can be found in many early cultures. These ancient societies took drugs to see the future, to commune with the Earth, and to get closer to their versions of god. Nowadays, our relationship with drugs has changed quite a bit. Yes, like your D.A.R.E. counselor taught you, drugs can be bad. But the past also shows us that drugs can actually change the trajectory of history. Plus, without drugs, we wouldn’t have Breaking Bad, right? This list explains how drugs changed history, and, in turn, how drugs changed the world.

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