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Kit Harington wearing the jacket given to him by extra Andy McClay

©Kali Ciesemier : Jon Snow and Ghost beyond the Wall

I just came across that scene between Jon and Mance again and oh lord, how they did Jon dirty in S7 and S8. 

Mance is going on about how “Mag the Mighty” was the “last king” of an ancient dynasty of giants that went back to some prehistoric time “before the first men” 

How does Jon react? Awed? Impressed? Regretful that his brothers killed that famed, titled, dynasty-upholding monarch from an ancient bloodline?

“Grenn came from a farm.” Boom. Mic drop. 

Jon championed the commoners, the regulars, the seemingly insignificant folk. Bragging about titles, bloodlines and dynastic power leaves him about as impressed as a fart. 

That’s Martin’s Jon Snow. 

It’s pretty clear that “Mag the Mighty” is a parallel to Dany and her status as “last queen” of the ancient Targ dynasty that goes way back to the blood of old Valyria. The parallel also foreshadows that even the “mighty” can be brought down by the seemingly “insignificant”, people you never expected to rise to the occasion. 

Jon saw Grenn as just as important and “mighty” as some giant king, and for his character to become all “impressed” and infatuated with the female equivalent of that giant king (of course “much prettier” as Sansa would remind us) and becoming her puppet is adding insult to injury to Jon’s entire character arc. 

We always say that S6 Jon would have slapped the crap out of S7/S8 Jon. 

Honestly, S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5 Jon would be just as shocked and disappointed.