| forest-spirit said: Damn, now I understand how Euron can look so smug all the time. Those ships of his are so powerful they would rival 18th century ship-of-the-lines. I mean, not only do they have teleportation and stealth technology but are also equipped with some high-tech long range rapid fire ballistas that do more damage than cannonballs. Must have had some of those "fuck you physics"-runes applied to them. Of course, it also helped that Dany's ships were made of cardboard. But seriously, how the heck did Dany not spot that fleet? She's travelling to Dragonstone, which is pretty darn close to King's Landing so you'd think she would be at least somewhat cautious. And then there's Bronn also doing some of that teleportation, Jon giving Ghost the middle-finger (why!?), etc. Sigh. How did we go from the brilliance of the first seasons to...whatever this is? What happened!? Edit: And what the heck happened with Bran and the Three-eyed raven and all that? Was the entire point of his adventure to learn about Jon's real name? Because outside of some creepy staring and muttering that's the only thing he has accomplished since his return. |
Just my speculation, but the scene with Jon talking to Tormund and leaving behind Ghost in a cold manner seemed important and symbolic.
Now that his secret is out in the open, and now that his character is entering it's final stage, he can no longer be 'The White Wolf' (nickname for him being a Stark bastard). Even though in his heart he'll always be a Stark, he's going to be thrust into the role (assuming he survives) of Aegon VI Targaryen, so at least in name and appearance he'll have to be a Targaryen.
He even makes it clear to Tormund that he'd rather be going North with him, and he'd rather stay as The White Wolf in the North with his family, but he's always being pushed to fulfill his duty as people need of him, even if it goes against everything he wants.
