'Game of Thrones' Season 7: Is Jon Snow A 'Problem' For Show's Future? [VIDEO]
WARNING: If you have not seen the season 6 finale, spoilers from the episode follow below
Things seem to have picked up considerably for the previously dead Jon Snow (Kit Harington) on Game of Thrones, but the character's future may not be as bright as it seemed.
The season six finale saw him being crowned as the new "King of the North" after the successful win during the battle with Ramsay Bolton. However, it also saw at least part of the famous theory concerning his parentage confirmed in Bran's (Isaac Hamsptead Wright) flashbak to the Tower of Joy, where their father, Ned Stark came across his sister, Lyanna, dying in a bloody bed and handing a baby to him and asking him to promise her that Robert Baratheon never found out about him. The close-up of the baby then revealed it was indeed Jon Snow, meaning he was never Ned's bastard.
Though the scene confirmed the L part of L+R=J, it didn't explicitly confirm that R, or Rhaegar Targarayen was his father (as is heavily believed), meaning he could also be Robert's son (though it's not believed to be the case). However, despite his powerful lineage finally being revealed to fans, it seems some think Jon's "goodness," an inherent Stark quality, could still be a big problem for him in the future.
According to Slash Film, Jon is still too Stark-like and good to keep surviving in the world Game of Thrones has set up going forward, one where Jon and Sansa (Sophie Turner) are back to ruling the North, Dany (Emilia Clarke) is Westeros bound and Cersei (Lena Headey) has ascended the Iron Throne as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
The article points out that others, especially his believed sisters, have adapted to this New World based on the things that have happened to them, something he doesn't do.
"...most of the others who've endured have done so by adapting to the harsh realities of this specific universe. Sansa, a princess type who seemed destined to play damsel in distress, has hardened into a master manipulator in her own right. Arya, the spunky tomboy, is now a full-blown assassin," the article states. "And Jon? He's barely changed at all. He's still the same old honorable, handsome, handy-with-a-sword hero he always was. He still knows nothing. And he's still on track to win everything."
The article also notes that he has hardly evolved at all-which could be a problem for him in the future as he garners only more enemies.
"He still fails to grasp the extent to which the game of thrones is a battle of hearts and minds as much as it is one of bodies and swords. He doesn't think to ask Sansa how Ramsay Bolton would think, nor does he think to reinforce their alliance by praising her when she saves the day with the Knights of the Vale," the article states. "He's still hotheaded to a fault, as when he gives us his only tactical advantage in the Battle of the Bastards to run headlong into the very trap that Sansa warned him about. He's still better at inspiring others to speak for him than he is at speaking for himself."
Of course, any problems Jon Snow could have, or be, won't be explored now until next season.
