It's part of the Vow he spoke at the Weirwood. "It shall not end until my death."
He died, and now his Watch is ended.
Might want to re-look over them there vows
"Hear my words, and bear witness to my vow," they recited, their voices filling the twilit grove. "Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."
Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King’s Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!
At first I thought that they might be trying to have the Umbers and Osha play the Boltons false by passing off a fake Rickon... but when that hood came off and we saw that Rickon had gone through puberty, the jig was up.
Well I mean they still could be playing them false from the inside out. We know that's Rickon after all, but Ramsay didn't know until he saw the wolf's head... so why couldn't a regular wolf also cause the same effect? Either way Lord Umber gained his trust. And now Rickon's also been placed inside Winterfell, when otherwise the Umber's would've had to fight their way in. And Lord Umber was careful to swear no oaths to the Boltons in his "switching" sides.
Sansa's going "somewhere" and the northern lords are going to rally around her there according to the spoilers IIRC. She's going north though, and as Lord Umber so kindly pointed out, his lands are more north than anybody else's. So seems like that's gotta be happening at Last Hearth then. AKA Lord Umber's castle.
He's either a double agent then, or he's gonna get usurped. Or Sansa's just going to end up in some random place.
Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King’s Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!
Rickon could be so lucky... but I wouldn't count on it. This is Ramsay fucking Snow-Bolton we're talking about. Being burned alive or fed to dogs are what he does when feeling merciful, or killing his own brother. Rickon is 1,000,000% fucked if Jon doesn't rescue him.
"I can see it. You have more of the north in you than your brothers."
I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
Jon pledged his life and honor for all nights to come. And they took his life and honor.
He's respawned man. He's back in the game.
That's one thing that BC never understood. If Jon is free to be Lord of Winterfell, that means he's been freed from his Vows as well, and can then go on to fulfill any of the fandom's wet dreams: my own SotM fantasy, the faithful ptwp, RLJ, whatevs. It's all up in the air at that point.
The vow is clear: it ends at death.
Luckily, The Sun is used to death, and has always Rose from it...
"I can see it. You have more of the north in you than your brothers."
Rickon could be so lucky... but I wouldn't count on it. This is Ramsay fucking Snow-Bolton we're talking about. Being burned alive or fed to dogs are what he does when feeling merciful, or killing his own brother. Rickon is 1,000,000% fucked if Jon doesn't rescue him.
Rickon could be so lucky... but I wouldn't count on it. This is Ramsay fucking Snow-Bolton we're talking about. Being burned alive or fed to dogs are what he does when feeling merciful, or killing his own brother. Rickon is 1,000,000% fucked if Jon doesn't rescue him.
Depends on how much D&D want to give the fans. Martin killed off Ned, Robb, Cat, Jory, Lewin, and others. D&D had us watch all of that. Including Rodrick's death.
So, now that they have real Rickon instead of fake Arya as the hostage to inspire Jon and Sansa to re-take Winterfell (like they needed more motive ), will they have another horrible death or give the fans a win?
No idea at this point.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
And dude! SlyWren! They cast ARTHUR DAYNE and not RHAEGAR TARGARYEN!!!!!!!!!
I might also add that the way in which Arthur would have killed Ned, if not for Howland Reed, syncs perfectly with the books.
We then saw a pissed off, young Ned full of bloodlust kill the Sword of the Morning... just after Bran reminded us of his title and how his father said he was the bestest knight blah blah blah.... Arthur Dayne did not look at Ned with any malice, yet did not answer who was in that tower. So I'm calling big win for the Jon=SotM theory. (Yes, it's way too early, but Dawn is always early. LOL)
"I can see it. You have more of the north in you than your brothers."
Season 2, Episode 1, Mel says it like once before switching to Azor Ahai exclusively.
That's what I thought--almost never.
It almost seems like they are trolling a bit--prince that was promised and then the tower scene without the "important" part (I still think the fight is an important part). Like they are setting fans up for a twist.
Or they could just be letting it all out at once--like the Ser Gregor thing.
We'll see.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde.
A better episode overall. I felt that the Arya montage is more of what we should have got earlier than now. And they're not bringing up that Arya's a warg. :/