Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones" including speculation of future events.

"Game of Thrones" has amassed an enormously diverse fanbase, many of whom spend time theorizing future plotlines and analyzing the series frame by frame. But when it comes to commitment and enthusiasm, no section of the fandom matches the Cleganebowl community.

Cleganebowl — a popular theory that centers on Sandor "The Hound" Clegane fighting Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane to the death in a trial by combat — really started gaining traction towards the end of season five when The Mountain was resurrected and joined the Kingsguard. The theory itself has been popular among a niche section of the fandom for much longer than that.

But if you watched the latest "Game of Thrones" episode then you know that King Tommen just caused an uproar among the Cleganebowl community by effectively banning all trials by combat.

That hasn't stopped the hype train entirely though. Devoted believers on /r/Cleganebowl, a subreddit dedicated to the theory and all the hype that surrounds it, are keeping faith. After the eighth episode aired, the subreddit was officially named one of the "trending subreddits" for June 14.

Tech Insider chatted with one of the moderators of /r/Cleganebowl, Redditor Sandor_CleganeAMA. As his username indicates — the user account was initially created for a fictional character "Ask Me Anything" post held in the subreddit.

A fan imagining of Cleganebowl really brings the hype to life. Ertac Altinoz/DeviantArt The real person behind Sandor_CleganeAMA wishes to remain anonymous, so we'll refer to him simply as Sandor. We should also warn you, since the tagline for Cleganebowl believers is "F---ING CONFIRMED! GET HYPE" there may be some NSFW language and imagery ahead.

According to Sandor, the /r/Cleganebowl subreddit was started in June 2014.

"A Reddit user with the alias dmahn3 originally created it and later stepped down as top moderator. He subsequently deleted his account," Sandor explained. "Was this an incognito [George R.R. Martin]? We will never be sure, but his departure coincided with increasing pressure to finish [The Winds of Winter] ahead of the show catching up."

Nearly two years later, the subreddit's subscriber count sits at 11,507 readers, more than double what it had before season six started. This Google trends chart helps illustrate the increase of public Cleganebowl interest since the sixth season began.

Part of the magic of /r/Cleganebowl are the memes, videos, and in-universe text posts that Redditors make and share. Often people will quote the Hound's more vulgar lines, with phrases like "lots of c--ts" and "f--- the king" making star appearances.

We asked Sandor what some of his favorite memes were that have appeared on the subreddit. "This was someone else's idea on the [subreddit], but I gave it an appropriately refined look: How Sandor Explains Things." The image is a riff on the popular "Ancient Aliens" meme, just with some classic NSFW Hound thrown in.

Sandor also called this image panel "brilliant," and we have to agree.

The /r/Cleganebowl subreddit was thrown into a state of chaos after the eighth episode of "Game of Thrones." When King Tommen banned future trial by combats, he shot down any hope of seeing the Mountain represent Cersei and the Hound fight for the Faith of the Seven (a key part of the Cleganebowl theory) in a battle to the death.

But that hasn't dissuaded true Cleganebowl believers, Sandor included.

"I've never said [Cleganebowl] was a season six event," he wrote to TI. "Plus I've referred to the trial by combat thing as 'Classic' Cleganebowl, and I am neutral about the context of the impending fratricide."

So the Hound and the Mountain are certainly still capable of encountering one another, just not necessarily during a trial by combat.

"Who knows though?" Sandor said. "Cersei may have to stand trial in [season seven/'The Winds of Winter'/'A Dream of Spring']. Perhaps Queen Daenerys will restore the right to challenge your accuser."

More specifically, we wondered what Sandor thought about the possibility of a season seven Cleganebowl happening.

"There are an infinite number of ways it could go down, and they haven't written it yet, but they may have planned it," he wrote. "[The Hound] seems agnostic to me, so it is hard to see him serving the Red god, but he may fight with them, now that Beric has restored the honour of the [Brotherhood without Banners]. So maybe they confront the Lannisters at some point. Lord Beric was tasked with stopping Gregor Clegane by Ned Stark. And who knows, maybe they'll align with Jon/Sansa's forces."

If "Game of Thrones" has taught fans one things, it's to expect the unexpected. We're holding out hope that the showrunners have devised an epic match between the Hound and the Mountain, but decided to subvert the popular theory and catch us off guard next season.

So if you're on board the hype train, subscribe to /r/Cleganebowl and enjoy the wild ride until we finally see this epic fight on screen. In the meantime, join us all in cursing King Tommen the Hypeslayer.