3. The casting for season 6 re-confirms the most over-confirmed fan theory of all-time

　　第六季的演员招募再次肯定了一个一直以来最有说服力的剧情猜测

　　Season 5 did something weird, something that hadn't been done in the TV show - it had a flashback, to the time Cersei visited Maggy the Frog and the swamp-witch told her how crummy her life was going to be (there were some specifics, but it's besides the point). And, based on the casting notices that have gone out for season 6 of Game of Thrones, they're gonna do it again.

　　第五季中有个在之前电视剧中不太拍的镜头——一个倒叙回忆，童年的瑟曦拜访了沼泽地中的“蛤蟆”巫姬，女巫告诉了她她的一生将会多么坎坷(说了很多细节，在这里不太重要就不说了)。根据泄露出来的第六季演员名单，估计他们还会再这样拍一次。

　　But this one's gonna be DIFFERENT - book readers knew about the whole Maggy the Frog thing - season 6 looks like it will be portraying a flashback to a scene that has never been written about in the books (except obliquely) and might be the most important moment in modern Westerosi history: the clash at the Tower of Joy.

　　但下一次的这个估计会非常不一样——原著党们都知道“蛤蟆”巫姬的这件事——到了第六季估计会拍一个书里没有出现过的倒叙回忆，也算是一个维斯特洛现代史中比较重要的一个事件：极乐塔冲突之战。

　　Quick explanation: towards the end of Robert's Rebellion, Ned Stark (RIP), Howland Reed (dad to those two weird swamp-psychics who hung out with Bran), and some others arrived at the tower to rescue Ned's sister, Lyanna, who was being held there by members of the Kingsguard, including Ser Arthur Dayne - who known as the Sword of the Morning, as he wielded the sword, Dawn (which - according to legend - was forged from a falling star), and was heralded as one of the finest knights and deadliest fighters there ever were. Ned 'n his squad took on Dayne and his crew, and in the end the only survivors were Ned and Howland. They reached Lyanna, but she was dying, made Ned promise her some stuff, yadda yadda yadda.

　　快速地解释一下： 在劳勃的叛乱之战的尾声，奈德·史塔克(逝者安息)及霍兰·黎德(跟布兰一起玩的那两个奇怪的有特殊沼泽地超能力的小孩的爸爸)，和还有一些其他人一起到极乐塔营救奈德的妹妹，被三名御林铁卫关押劫持着的莱安娜。这三名御林铁卫中包括亚瑟·戴恩爵士——人称拂晓神剑，这一名号源自其所挥舞的巨剑“黎明”(根据传说这是一柄由陨铁铸造的双手巨剑，平时亚瑟将它挎在背上。)，民间流传他是最出色的骑士之一，也是一位史无前例的无畏勇士。奈德和他的小队最后战胜了戴恩几人，但只有奈德和霍兰活了下来。等他们找到莱安娜的时候，她已经快死了，她临死前让奈德做了些承诺，吧啦吧啦吧。

　　The popular, well-founded fan theory that goes along with this is that Lyanna was lying in a pool of blood due to complications with her birth...to Jon Snow. She made Ned promise to protect the child from Robert, who - if he knew Lyanna had had a child with his enemy Rhaegar Targaryen - would have the child killed. So Ned pretended Jon was HIS bastard child to save Jon's life, and here we are today.

　　粉丝中有一个比较流行也比较有根据的猜测是莱安娜倒在了血泊中是因为生琼恩难产而死，她让奈德保证不让这个孩子受到劳勃的伤害——因为如果他知道这是莱安娜和他的敌人雷加·塔格利安所生的孩子一定会把他杀掉的。所以奈德对外声称琼恩是他自己的私生子以保琼恩平安，但你看看现在，悲剧还是发生了。

　　Why do we think the first scene of season 6 will be a flashback to this moment?

　　为什么说第六季有可能会出现这个镜头呢?

　　Because of this casting notice：

　　因为这条演员招募通知:

　　Legendary Fighter: A man in his thirties or forties who is a great swordsman and a paragon of knighthood. He carries a hugely famous sword on his back. The show is seeking a very impressive swordsman for the role- the best in Europe, for a week of filming fight scenes for a season 6 role. His ethnicity/race isn't specified, unlike many other roles.

　　传奇性战士：一个三四十岁的出色剑客，骑士中的典范。他背着一把鼎鼎大名的剑。剧组正在为这个角色寻找一名挥剑自如的好手——欧洲大陆上最好的一个剑客。将会在第六季的打斗场景中拍摄一个星期。不像其他角色，演员种族没有特别要求。

　　First off, it was included in a casting round-up where MOST of the characters were named - for a character who is the paragon of knighthood and carries a hugely famous sword, you'd think this character was important enough to be named...unless they were worried the name would give away the secret (here's a video on House Dayne if you were curious about them and why Dawn was such a hugely famous sword).

　　The point is - if they're revealing Jon's true parentage by flashing back to the Tower of Joy, it's for a reason. And that reason isn't going to be to rub salt in the wounds of Jon Snow fans.

　　首先，大多数的演员招募信息都是会标明角色名称的——尤其是一个作为骑士中的典型代表人物，还背着一把名震四方的大剑，按照常理说，这么重要的角色应该有名有姓，除非……他们怕名字会透露剧情发展(如果你想进一步了解戴恩和他那把名剑，这里有段关于戴恩家族的视频 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9GReDKiKMc)。关键是，他们这么做一定是有原因的，比如说通过拍个在极乐塔的倒叙回忆讲一下琼恩的身世。这样一来，就不会是在琼恩·雪诺的粉丝们的伤口上撒盐啦。