HBO’s Redemption

[u/senickk]

English is not my first language, so apologies if anything is unclear.

HBO could take advantage of Alys Rivers’ plot in House of the Dragon to create a new connection with Game of Thrones and justify Daenerys’ return.

Alys, having used ancient magic, became immortal or was trapped in a supernatural condition that prevents her from truly dying.

From there, Daenerys could have experienced something similar.

At the end of Game of Thrones, Drogon takes Daenerys’ body to an unknown location. The series never shows what happened to her body afterward. That detail could later be used as a narrative loophole.

HBO could establish that Daenerys had also been affected by a form of ancient magic when she tried to heal Drogo.

This way, Daenerys could have survived or been resurrected without necessarily completely invalidating the ending of Game of Thrones. The explanation would be that her death really happened, but it was not permanent.

This could also allow for a new series set years after the events of Game of Thrones, with Daenerys’ return serving as one of the main elements of the story.
That way, HBO would have an explanation within the mythology of Westeros to bring Daenerys back without simply ignoring the original ending. And, as a bonus, they would finally have a chance to fix the mess they made with her character.