- It’s often overlooked, but three men—Black Jack Bulwer, Hairy Hal, Garth Greyfeather—have died by Jon’s orders and gruesomely so. He must be questioning his own competence and judgment. There’s a hint of how violent Jon’s thoughts are in that he, possibly singlehandedly, wrenches out one of the head-topped spears the wildlings may have taken hours to drive deep into the half-frozen ground during the night. Four others struggle to remove the remaining two spears. Jon’s performed incredible feats of strength before but usually in a berserker rage. Though his reaction is much more controlled here, stifled under the weight of his office perhaps, psychologically, he’s probably little better than when he nearly chokes the life out of Alliser Thorne in ASOS, lifting the man clear off his feet. Simply put, Jon’s not fit to make choices as important as the one he’s faced with in Melisandre’s proposed scheme.
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