It has been suggested that Jon Snow is not truly a bastard. But how? No, I'm not going to tell you that Ned Stark quickly married a woman before she had his child.
What if Jon Snow was Lyanna Stark's child? But only Rhaegar Targaryen could be the father - it wouldn't be a surprise as in the novels, it says that he violated her repeatedly. Although Jon would still be a bastard because Rhaegar and Lyanna never married, he would not merely be the son of a prostitute or Ned's mistress. This is an interesting theory, which is why I've chosen to talk about it.
It does seem credible, especially as Jon was destined to have a direwolf like the rest of the Stark children were, and his wolf is significantly different. White, with red eyes - Ghost. Perhaps it differs so much from the rest of the litter of direwolves because - as it represents Jon - it truly is different. Jon is different to the rest of the Starks - no, not because he's a bastard - but maybe because he's part Targaryen: part dragon. Perhaps this could explain TGOT's enthusiastic focus on Jon - making the Red Woman bring him back to life for instance. Perhaps he was never meant to live at The Watch; perhaps he was meant to live among those he envies so much, those who scorn him for being a bastard.
As the sixth book of TGOTs has not been written yet, it will be interesting to see how Season 6 on TV pans out.
Last thing: in book 1, A Game of Thrones, when Jon sees Tyrion Lannister's shadow, it says it stood "as tall as a king." Seeing as this is a work of literature...could this be foreshadowing something? Or is Martin just pulling our leg? Comment your own thoughts if you want.
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