Did the Iron Throne survive the penultimate episode of 'Game of Thrones'?
, the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, it’s hard to deny that what we all witnessed was anything but gut-wrenching carnage. Thanks to Dany’s paroxysm of fire, much of King’s Landing has been burned or razed to the ground, including the Red Keep and anyone left inside it.
Thankfully, because a) science exists and b) I can’t resist a good pop culture-science crossover, I can provide a possible answer to that. Assuming that the structural integrity of the throne room remained intact enough to not crush the throne in falling debris, the main threat to its survival here was Drogon’s dragonflame.
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