"The Hug That Could Kill": Arya and Bran's Hug Could Have a Serious Implication

After having caught up this past weekend, Game of Thrones has without a doubt become one of the few shows I've been able to become glued to after hearing all the news circling the show. Recently, however, something rather peculiar had managed to show up, and it just happened to do so with Bran being one of the most weirdest characters in all of Westeros, but justifiably so.

However, if you are Bran, there's no doubt that being the king of the Nightwatch and thinking about the impending doom of Westeros on your mind, would begin to its toll. The truth is? He could very well be coping with the potential death of one of his sisters, if not both. Before we get too far, we need to step a couple steps back, and look back into the fourth episode of this season.

Arya Stark has returned to Winterfell in season 7 and it could cause trouble.

Rewinding to episode 4 of this season, we need to take a look at Arya's return. With her grand entrance very-well being a thing of disaster for young Sansa and her brother Bran. If you recall, Arya is happy to see both her siblings alive and well. With their happy reunion taking place, Arya comes forth to Bran whom is located into the Weirwood tree. As they hug, we caught a glimpse that something was up with Sansa in respone to that hug. It was weird - very weird. More-so for the fact that it was cold, Bran's new demeanor wasn't something welcomed by Sansa.

If you compare the two hugs he has shared with his sisters, it seemed that his one with Arya was quite natural, warm, well received, and quite protective as he shared over her shoulder to their sister Sansa in a staredown that was anything, but warm. His hug with Sansa, was colder, one where he sat completely still, only to stare in space. Shortly after the reunion begins to conclude, he gifts Arya with the Valyrian steel dagger that Littlefinger handed over earlier that day. If you recall, this steel dagger could be playing a truly important role later in the series before it ends.

So who has these last few remaining swords? Minus the ones that have unknown locations.

So here's what we know, but we aren't going into depth about each of the swords. At the moment we know that Ice, the ancestral greatsword of House Stark, which was melted down to create two other Valyrian steel weapons. One of them being Oathkeeper, which is a longsword that Brienne of Tarth wields in service to Sansa Stark. The second piece of Ice was forged into Widow's Wail, another longsword forged from the Greatsword Ice. This weapon happens to be in the hands of Jaime Lannister.

Next up is Longlcaw, the ancestral sword of House Mormont, which is currently in the hands of Jon Snow whom has already fell a White Walker is. Currently the sword is still in his possession and remains to be in his service. Heartsbane, the sword of House Tarley, is currently in the possession of Samwell Tarly whom took it before having fled Oldtown.

Heartsbane, the ancestral sword of House Tarly, taken by Samwell Tarly before leaving for Oldtown. The most complex of all these just happens to be Lady Forlon, the ancestral sword of House Corbray. To cut things short, the steel dagger was the very one that was used in the assassination attempt on Bran Starks life. The dagger, however, is currently in the hands of Arya Stark, whom carries it as a backup weapon to her rapier Needle, a regular steel blade.

There's no doubt that this dagger plays an important role.

Now that we're back on track, we know that Arya's dagger, Lady Forlon, is a weapon that could quite easily fell a White Walker if needed. While the popular theory is that Bran is concerned for Arya's safety with the looming threat of the White Walkers, the biggest theory out there is one that has to do with Sansa. A threat much worse than that of a White Walker attack.

The theory starts out with when Bra reunited with his sister Sansa at Winterfell in episode three of this season we know the hug between the two wasn't welcomed. During the hug, he stared blankly at her while his hands remained at his sides during her embrace. To follow it up, that changes when he Arya hugs him during their reunion. Her hug was well received by young Bran whom he hugged in return with one arm with a blank look upon his face. Not near as blank as it was when he hugged Sansa, however. Some reason during his hug with Arya, while he was looking upon Sansa, she looked down to the ground.

It seemed during their hug he knew something wasn't right with their sister. In turn of this possibility, Bran arms Arya with Lady Forlorn, a Valyrian steel dagger. While the dagger itself is quite powerful, it brings the begging question as to why Arya would need such a weapon, even with "winter almost here", we can only assume two things. He knows that his sister will have to take down White Walker threat to defend their current home or the fact Sansa could be her biggest threat to date.

With the possibility of either or existing, there's no doubt that something has to be up, Why would Sansa even double-cross one of her siblings to the extent where Arya may have to kill her? This is where the fifth episode of this season comes into play.

Here's why the possibilities of Sansa's demise could happen.

To begin we gotta take a look at the moment when Arya is confronted by what she believes to be Sansa up to no good. Since politics is something Sansa is good at, we have to assume she was up to something shady since some of the Northern lords talked quite a bit of literal crap about Jon Snow behind his back. To whom were they talking? Sansa Stark. Upon being confronted by Arya, Sansa brushes off her little sisters complaints as if they were nothing.

If you recall, Arya told her sister that they need to work together instead of cutting heads off of those whom oppose them. If you think about it, Arya has a valid point, but if you are Sansa; you're not going to be the happiest lady on the face of the planet when your sister suggests what you do.

Secondly we have the moment where it seems to be a moment where Littlefinger planted a bit of discontent within Arya's head with a letter Sansa wrote to Robb while under duress in season six. However, we can only assume that this letter could be the other reason that Arya may be about to take out her big sister and lead to some unwanted attention from Bran if he isn't in on the plot. That also brings back concern as to how Brienne will react since she is under the servitude of the Stark children as she swore to do.

While we won't know for sure what is going to happen, we can only hope that Sansa's demise isn't something to expect. If it does, lets just hope that it's not by Arya or Bran's hands. If it is, we know that it will cause some much unexpected chaos throughout the Stark family.