Post by stdaga on Jan 30, 2018 9:13:25 GMT
I think that there might be a much simpler explanation for why GRRM introduces the idea of Arya being a bastard and in the same breath ties her to Jon. I think that maybe he wants to draw a parallel between the fight in this chapter and the fight that occurs in Jon’s chapter when Sam is introduced and Jon defends him. Arya defends the “Butcher’s Boy” and Jon defends “Ser Piggy.” Interestingly enough, a show is made of Alliser Thorne referring to Jon as a Bastard in that chapter. I think he wants the reader to be able to link those scenes together. I’m just not sure why.
If Sansa connects Arya to being a bastard who defends a weaker person, Micah, who still dies, then who is the sibling that is supposed to condemn Jon as a bastard, who then protects Sam, who lives? Thorne is the person who picks on both Jon and Sam, who is it who picks on both Arya and Micah? Joffrey, I guess. So, how does Sansa's observation fit into Jon's chapter at the wall? Ser Piggy and the Butcher's Boy is a nice connection. Even so, I don't know why Arya would need to be called a bastard in this scenario, as I am not sure that Jon's bastard status makes a difference to Jon helping Sam. I do think there is a similarity between Jon and Arya both helping weaker people. Unless its the idea that Jon is no more of a bastard than Jon might turn out to be!
I have wondered if Micah's death was actually the blood sacrifice that woke Bran up, not Lady's death. If that is the case, does that hint to us that Sam might need to be a sacrifice at some point? And your connection to pigs connects with my idea of sacrifice, although sheep are more commonly thought of as sacrificial animals than pigs are.
I have some tinfoil, if Jon turns out to be Rhaegar's son, which I really doubt, then Sam could also be Rhaegar's son, and this would make Jon and Sam half siblings, brother in blood as well as brothers of the nights watch. This could echo Arya and Sansa being half siblings, with one of them being a bastard.