Augen said:
haxxiy said:
It's not the spoilers that fazed me, I guess I'm just too tired of the whole thing at this point. I've been following ASOIAF for over a decade. Most of the mysteries readers have mused about for many years have already been given answers by the TV series. We are left with arguably the weakest part of the story - the fantasy-heavy invasions of the Others and Daenerys. Props to D&D for giving it a closure, though, since the story obviously ballooned out of Martin's capabilities to bring it to a reasonable conclusion.
Not to mention that, as the series and books move on, its quirks, flaws and literary tools become more evident and it's easier to guess how the plot will unveil, who has plot armor and who is going to die. For instance, despite the fame of ASOIAF on this issue, POV characters on the books very rarely die; none of the 16 main ones actually ever died besides the Stark parents.
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I'm not convinced Jon's death will be handled the same way. It seemed "too easy" given the price Catelyn paid to come back from death. I get how it fits with the Azor Ahai mythos, but I cannot help but think it will leave a mark changing Jon.
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Catelyn was dead and rotting in the water for days, though. Jon will permanently have the wounds when he died, as those reanimated by fire never heal, much like Frodo never fully healed on LOTR, a fact of the bittersweet Tolkien ending Martin has praised a few times before. It would be cool if those wounds had made him on permanent pain and somewhat affected his judgement, or if he had forgotten someone of his family, but since the series follow the broad outlines of upcoming books, I doubt we'll see anything very drastic. Either way, his life is probably linked to the existence of dragons right now, since fire magic supposedly came from them.
