Jon, The Wall and the realm

[Faceless Woman]

Poor Tyrion... I want to give him a hug and tell him it's allright.

He'd enjoy that. He's just the right height .

 

[Somebloke]

heehee...hmm...That's exactly right! Tyrion is probably attracted to whores because he associates them with Tysha. Poor Tyrion...I think he's the saddest character in the series. I want to give him a hug and tell him it's allright.

You do know that GRRM has put up a preview episode of Tyrion on his website, right?

 

[Boaz]

Rereading ASOIAF, I find a great deal of foreshadowing of events. I think I may have found one in Tyrion's second chapter of AGOT.

"The wolfswood," Benjen Stark called it, and indeed their nights came alive with howls of distant packs, and some not so distant. Jon Snow's albino direwolf pricked up his ears at the nightly howling, but never raised his own voice in reply.

Mayhaps it's oversimplistic, but does this mean Jon will never play any part of the Game of Thrones? Robb went to war, Jon stayed on the Wall. Eddard was murdered, Jon stayed on the Wall. Theon took Winterfell and "murdered" Bran and Rickon, yet Jon stayed on the Wall. Soon "Arya" will return to Winterfell and set the Bolton's upon the Stark throne, will Jon stay on the Wall? Ultimately Dany will invade and mayhaps Jon's Targaryen heritage will be revealed, will Jon stay on the Wall? Will he never raise his own voice to be like the pack?

Couple this with Aemon's life and example... and mayhaps Jon may never leave the Wall.

 

[TK-421]

Wow! All that from a mute albino wolf. Jeez, did you also find the Virgin Mary in taco lately as well?

Sarcasm aside, I think GRRM just tried to make the point that Ghost was not like the other wolves.

 

[viZion]

I think you're reaching a bit too much with the symbolism there, Boaz. Heh, I agree with TK-421!

However, I personally feel like Jon isn't going to leave the wall anyway. I just don't see him giving up his oath to the Night's Watch to go off and rule Kingdoms. I do believe he is Lyanna and Rhaegar's son but I also believe that his part of the battle is to defeat the Others. Is there anything that says that the three heads of the dragon *must* be/live together? If Robb did make Jon his heir then Jon could just as easily name someone else (Bran or Rickon I imagine) and keep his seat as Lord Commander.

However however, what if the Wall is destroyed by the Others or the Others are defeated in such a way that there won't ever be another thread from beyond the Wall? The Night's Watch could then be disbanded and that would free Jon up to go off and rule Kingdoms. I just don't see him leaving on his own no matter what his heritage turns out to be.