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Originally Posted by wts
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Will do thanks. From the Night's Watch vow:
I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post.
Attacking Ramsey at Winterfell is an attempt to win glory. Winterfell is not Jon's post. The Wall is. He broke his vows.
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I don't possess a lot of "walking around" memory of details, so I'll have to go back at some point and re-watch or search. But, my memory is, Jon was not assassinated because he was heading to Winterfell in the show. No pink letter in the show. I understood Thorne and his buddies killing Jon because he'd allied with Wildings.
Conversely, in-book, Aliser Thorne wasn't present when Jon was assassinated.
I would argue, in-show, that Jon was upholding NW vows. Getting those wildings south of wall did two things to "guard the realms of men". 1) increased manpower to fight Others, and 2) reduced the Others potential forces. Again, I thought the Hardhome scene was fabulous. Truly conveyed stakes/risk that neither show or book had to that point.
The other aspect of Jon's assassination is, why? That was Thorne's only available course of action? That could be seen as an act of treason itself.
I recall you being on #teamGhost. I don't think you can be #teamGhost and a charter member of Aliser Thorne fan club.
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