--- title: Game of Thrones: Did Hot Pie Cause the Wall to Fall? description: While it may seem like the destruction of the Wall was inevitable, it potentially could have been avoided if not for one unexpected suspect. canonical: https://time.com/4927019/game-of-thrones-hot-pie-the-wall-theory/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-05T15:34:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:16:47.990Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: This Unexpected Game of Thrones Character May Be Responsible for Westeros' Downfall og:description: We definitely didn't see this one coming og:url: https://time.com/4927019/game-of-thrones-hot-pie-the-wall-theory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00ae77d296b819d6/6988dc59fb4eacdc1e89392c/game-of-thrones-stormborn-hot-pie-arya-stark.jpeg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-Stormborn-Hot-Pie-Arya-Stark og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Unexpected Game of Thrones Character May Be Responsible for Westeros' Downfall twitter:description: We definitely didn't see this one coming twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00ae77d296b819d6/6988dc59fb4eacdc1e89392c/game-of-thrones-stormborn-hot-pie-arya-stark.jpeg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Unexpected Character May Actually Secretly Be the Worst Person on _Game of Thrones_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 5, 2017 3:34 PM UTC  Ben Hawkey and Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones Ben Hawkey and Maisie Williams in Game of ThronesHelen Sloan—HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 5, 2017 3:34 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for season seven of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/). While it may seem like the [destruction of the Wall](http://time.com/4918048/game-of-thrones-the-wall-viserion-ice-dragon/) in _Game of Thrones_‘ [season seven finale](http://time.com/4917987/game-of-thrones-finale-review/) was inevitable, it potentially could have been avoided if not for the actions of one unexpected character. [Reddit user abdo0000](https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/6xxou4/main%5Fspoilers%5Fwhy%5Fhotpie%5Fshould%5Fbe%5Fthe%5Fmost%5Fhated/) has laid out a theory that may prove Hot Pie — everyone’s favorite direwolf bread baker — is actually responsible for the White Walkers gaining access to Westeros. “Hot Pie is the reason behind all of this,” the Redditor wrote. “It’s all because of him. If he didn’t tell Arya that Winterfell is under \[the\] Starks control, Cersei could be dead now. Jon and his company won’t \[go\] get a White Walker. They won’t go beyond the Wall. Viserion would be alive. The Wall won’t fall. And all \[of\] Westeros would be united against the Night King.” **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** It’s certainly true that Arya was on her way to King’s Landing to kill Cersei before she found out that her family had regained control of Winterfell from the Boltons. But we’re still not ready to assign all the blame to Hot Pie. After all, once the Night King sets his mind on something, it doesn’t seem like there’s any stopping him. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4927019/game-of-thrones-hot-pie-the-wall-theory/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4927019/game-of-thrones-hot-pie-the-wall-theory/"},"headline":"This Unexpected Character May Actually Secretly Be the Worst Person on Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2017-09-05T15:34:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:16:47.990Z","description":"We definitely didn't see this one coming","url":"https://time.com/4927019/game-of-thrones-hot-pie-the-wall-theory/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00ae77d296b819d6/6988dc59fb4eacdc1e89392c/game-of-thrones-stormborn-hot-pie-arya-stark.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00ae77d296b819d6/6988dc59fb4eacdc1e89392c/game-of-thrones-stormborn-hot-pie-arya-stark.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-Stormborn-Hot-Pie-Arya-Stark","caption":"Ben Hawkey and Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones","creditText":"Helen Sloan—HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4927019/game-of-thrones-hot-pie-the-wall-theory/","name":"This Unexpected Character May Actually Secretly Be the Worst Person on Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```