北京時間4月15日，《權力的遊戲》最終季就開播了。追了這麼久，我們總算要看到結局了。
這一季裡哪些角色會領便當？誰將成為最後的贏家？雪諾？龍母？小惡魔？還是夜王？內幕網站在社交媒體上徵集了一下粉絲們的看法。等待首集熟肉的時候，不如先預熱一下吧。
"Game of Thrones" is winding down with its eighth and final season, which means the power struggle the HBO series is named for may soon have a declared winner.
HBO電視劇《權力的遊戲》到了第八季也是最後一季，這意味著劇名所提到的權力遊戲很快就會公布贏家了。
Given there are so many possible rulers vying for power on "Game of Thrones," we wanted to determine who fans considered likeliest to sit on the throne, and who fans considered actually best suited to rule. To accomplish this, we asked readers on social media to weigh in on it.
考慮到有這麼多潛在的統治者在《權遊》中爭奪權力，我們想知道粉絲認為誰最有可能坐在王座上，誰最適合統治天下。為此我們在社交媒體上詢問了網友的意見。
vie[va]: vi. 爭；競爭
weigh in on: 參與（討論等）；對…發表意見
People would see two characters randomly selected from a group of 20, and asked to select the one that they thought would be the better ruler, or in the other case, the likeliest to win the Iron Throne.
我們從20個人中隨機選出兩個人物，讓網友從中選出他們心中誰是更好的統治者，或者誰更可能贏得鐵王座。
We drew these conclusions from the 10,694 individual choices users made.
我們根據網友做出的10694個選擇得出了下面這些結論。
調查結果：雪諾和龍母最可能一統天下
Tyrion just edged out Jon Snow as the character people think would be the better ruler, but Jon has the better chance of actually being in power by the end of the series. Daenerys was behind both of them in terms of being a better ruler, but fans think she has the best chance behind Jon Snow of being queen at the end of it all.
小惡魔提利昂擊敗雪諾成為人們心目中更好的統治者，但是雪諾更可能最後大權在握。在網友看來，龍母作為統治者不如小惡魔和雪諾出色，但龍母最終坐上王座的可能性僅次於雪諾。
edge out: 擠掉；險勝
Sansa Stark is notably almost tied with Daenerys as both likely ruler and best leader.
值得注意的是，珊莎·史塔克坐上王座的可能性和領導力幾乎和龍母持平。
The Night King, Arya Stark, and Cersei Lannister also rank higher as "most likely to rule" than the rest of the characters.
夜王、艾莉亞·史塔克和瑟曦·蘭尼斯特成為最終統治者的可能性也較高。
Samwell Tarly is the most neutral character on the matrix. Folks seem to think he'd be a perfectly fine leader and also has a middling chance of ruling by the end of "Game of Thrones."
山姆威爾·塔利在這個矩陣圖中位置居中。網友似乎認為山姆威爾來當統治者也還可以，最後獲得大權的可能性也是居中。
middling['mdl]: adj. 中等的；第二流的
攸倫·葛雷喬伊和梅麗珊卓是最糟的統治者
Fans think the Night King and Cersei Lannister would be worse leaders, but still have a better chance of sitting the Iron Throne than most of the other characters. But Euron Greyjoy would apparently be the worst possible ruler in Westeros — even more terrible than the Night King. Theon Greyjoy and Melisandre are only just above the Night King in the ranking of worst leaders.
粉絲們認為，夜王和瑟曦是最糟的統治者，但坐上鐵王座的可能性仍比多數其他角色要高。但是攸倫·葛雷喬伊顯然是維斯特洛國度最糟的統治者，甚至比夜王還糟。席恩·葛雷喬伊和梅麗珊卓也被認為是最糟的統治者，只比夜王好一點。
People voted Melisandre and Grey Worm as the two characters least likely to rule by the end of the series.
根據人們的投票，梅麗珊卓和灰蟲子是最不可能在結局成為統治者的人。
Of course, there's a very strong chance the Iron Throne ceases to exist by the end of the series, but we're betting one person will hold some main seat of power.
當然，鐵王座在劇終時不復存在的可能性也非常大，但我們認為總有一個人會大權在握。
在前七季中出現過的人，你還記得嗎？下圖幫你迅速回憶人物表，蠟燭表示已領便當（圖片來自單向街書店）：
英文來源：Insider
翻譯&編輯：丹妮
來源：中國日報網