As with many characters in ASOIAF, Jon Connington is ultimate driven by love... Or at least, love for a romanticized idea. Love for a distant memory. Love for a future than could have been. For sure, JonCon's love for Rhaegar feels more wholesome than Robert's infatuation with Lyanna or Littlefinger's obsession with Cat. But like those characters, he is a lonely man living in the past.

Finally, there is so little on KZfaq about ageon and Jon con on yt. Finally, serious stuff

The Griffin Reborn was one of my favourite chapters from Dance with Dragons. Man past his prime with a lot of regrets and with only one goal. To make his ward the next King.

If Jon Connington had actually burnt down an entire town to kill one man, even a would-be usurper, it probably would have had the effect of making Robert’s rebellion grow even larger and added another atrocity to the list of reasons to end the Targaryen dynasty. It makes sense for Connington to think as he does, but the North, Vale, Riverlands, and Stormlands would be locked into revolt, and without dragons as super weapons, the threat isn’t really reproducible in the same way. I know it’s fiction and what happens is what needs to happen, but greater cruelty isn’t really the savvy move and shouldn’t be confused as if it is.

This was awesome. J-Conn also gets my vote as most likely to burn King's Landing. Due to Dean Charles Chapman's revelation that Tommen was originally set to die in battle and suicide was a VERY last minute change, I've moved away from the idea that the Sept gets blown in the books. However, given Jon's past connection to a Sept I can't rule its incineration out entirely. I wonder if he'll think Cersei is hiding in the Sept of Baelor during the sack of KL and order it burnt to atone for his failure to burn the Stoney Sept, except he'll be wrong and wind up killing loads of innocent people. So his "atonement" will be a worse failure than the first one ever was. To protect Jon, could team fAegon blame Cersei, painting it as a murder-suicide from a desperate woman after realizing she'd lost the battle? I actually thought that's how Cersei would die in the show after realizing she'd lost to Daenerys, but I digress. Even if the Cersei stuff doesn't happen, I still see a tragic end for J-Conn. Unfortunately. Awesome video as always!

One thing I find curious is the fact that we don't really know how Jon raised aegon. How does JonCon perceive him as an individual, not rhaegar's son?

You should do a Theon analysis next. One of the most complex and interesting character arcs

I always found it a bit weird that Aerys let Jon Con live, even in exile, after his failures in the war, given the facts that Jon was Rhaegar's friend, Aerys and Rhaegar hated each other, and the Mad King had disposed of previous hands that failed him in the war.

Jon Con is about to get in touch with his inner Walter White

The time bomb Jon con carries with grey scale could go off to destroy the realm as George did want a sickness to hit the story sooner. Argon is a perfect raised prince learning to rule for the people so he's definitely going to take a lot of land and possibly repeat magor and fight the zealots of the faith

Great job, Quinn! I agree with you- I think that destruction of King's Landing will be JonCon's doing/unraveling due to his ptsd and declining health. D&D have a history of merging stories of several characters, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case with bells as well.

Finally it's here

If you keep posting on Jon Con and Aegon you may have just found a goldmine of rarely talked about plots on youtube

Good job. Lord connington and Victorian greyjoys chapters are my fav. Pov chapters as well

If you’re gonna do more character analyses, I’d love to seen one for Brienne, her POV in Feast is probably my favorite in the whole series, at least so far, and I’d be interested to hear what you think and your analysis

Thank you he’s one of my favorite POV characters in the series too. My favorite simp in asiof by far.

Would love to see a analysis of Patchface, haven’t seen too much of him on YT Also love your videos on ASOIAF! incredibly well done and your takeaways are well thought out

First off, sick thumbnail🔥 The analysis is also spot on, the shift in mindset is definitely from him realizing he has greyscale. And I'd love a deep dive like this into Sandor Clegane. I've always had a sneaking suspicion that his affinity for protecting the Stark girls is because something bad (Gregor most likely) happened to his sister when he was a kid.

"I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell."

Great video. Argument for Connington still being a heart in conflict with itself might be saving Tyrion, who he hates, because Tyrion saved someone he loved. And abandoning the plans they'd spent a generation working for because he contracted greyscale and just wanted to get on with it so he could get home before he died, even though it was a significant gamble.

I just found about your channel yesterday, keep the videos going, they're awesome!

Great stuff! I'm (re)reading one of his POV chapters now. Thanks for all your content!

WOOOO I’ve been looking forward to this one 👌🏻

Great video man. Such a under appreciated character. I love his 2 chapters and all of the shy maid chapters some of my favorite in asoiaf.

Keep doing character analysis, the format is entertaining and interesting

interesting i really never thought about the similarities between John Cons thoughts and what it may mean for the burning of kings landing but actually makes sense

thank you for what you do! i am for sure similarly as passionate about the subject matter

I'd love to see more videos like these!

Man I can't wait to see what Jon Connington and The Golden Company do Winds of Winter. The combination of Aegon the Heir,the history of the Golden Company and Jon Connington's mindset of "Doing what Tywin would do" And the desperation/extremely limited time span due to the Greyscale infection that's inflicted Jon Connington is just a powder keg.

Great recap of a character who came into the novels late but was very interesting to follow.

You've gotten me more interested in JonCon, your video seems him to be a loose cannon who I am excited to see in the books

Jon con is my favorite character!!! Awesome vid

Great video man!

Great video dude!

ASOIF videos. The content keeping me hopeful

Do your students know that you're secretly famous? 🤣 Can't wait to see you doing collaborations, and you should totally do a video on Jaime in this style. Jaime is my favorite and I know you'll explain to everyone why that is the case. On another note though, it occurred to me that Jon con doesn't have to be the one to spread greyscale. Tyrion and Aegon were exposed too. Thoughts?

Great vid! Don’t see the enough on Jon Con!

The image in the beginning was my Desktop wallpaper through my senior year in high school

That thumbnail art is just beautiful. The beard and cloak kinda remind me of Sl*ve Knight Gael from Dark Souls games

Great video. More please.

Love it. I wish winds would come out lol

Do Victarion and or the drowned man!

I would love to see Jon Con meet Jon snow after Jon comes back to life and learns who is parents are and the possibility that he was named Jon after his father's best friend

I think the biggest flaw with the show is that they did not include Jon Con and Young Griff. That’s why the story became so aimless by the later seasons. Simply adding these characters would’ve helped a ton.

I wonder what Jon Connington will do if he finds out Young Gryff is not Aegon Targaryen, he is so devoted to Rhaegar's legacy so I'm not sure he would want a fake Targaryen on the throne on the other hand he raised young Gryff as his own son for years so whatever choice he chooses would be heartbreaking for him.

JonC is great!

I was just wondering where/when George confirmed JonCon was gay as you say in the video? It was already a headcanon of mine (and I mean it seemed like Martin was trying to hint at that in JonCon’s POV), I’ve just not heard that it was confirmed before

Do a Martell analysis

Doesn’t this have pretty significant implications for the fAegon theory? If part of Jon Con’s motivation to put Young Griff on the throne is that he was in love with Rhaegar Targaryen and wants to do right by Rhaegar by putting his son on the throne… That means that at the very least Jon Con believes that Young Griff is the trueborn son of Rhaegar Targaryen. So Jon Con is either being deceived by someone who wants to put fAegon on the throne, or he knows that Young Griff is the trueborn son of Rhaegar Targaryen, making the fAegon theory false.

Not sure if this is answered somewhere but where is Robert's army during the Battle of the Bells? Where did they go? Why is he alone?

"Griff" is clean shaven and doesn't grow his beard until he begins his voyage across the Narrow Sea. "...to his surprise, it grew in, mostly, red."

Finally, our beloved redhead !!!

maybe Connington was Snow's namesake instead of Arryn.

Every day I find myself wishing Tyrion had grayscale instead of Jon Con. I know it's part of his story but darn it felt so unfair, loved the fact that he was a PoV.

So many characters in this story have this delusional love infatuation with Rhaegar well I guess not so many but it’s just funny to me that Cersei someone who rhaegar never even met was completely obsessed with him and still is during the time of the series and Jon connington although he was friends with the prince his feelings for the prince were never mutual. In conclusion, Rhaegar is a riz god

Jon and rhaegar are kind of like the flip of brienne and and renly

Considering that GRRM doesn't generally DO coincidence, did anyone else notice that in his PoV chapter we get the line "All men must die."? I'm not saying there HAS to be anything there, but what I AM saying is: Valar Morghulis

JonCon may spread greyscale amongst Mace Tyrell’s forces..

I’m interested on your opinion on N&A = J?

I wonder if he was right... Would the rebellion have ended with Robert dead? Or would Ned have been able to take command of the forces and lead them to the battle on the trident? Or would Rhaegar have offered good terms and they would have settled a peace?

I love Jon Con, Blackfyres and my favourite Golden Company.

Well that conflict with himself will soon return once he finds out his beloved’s son is not really his beloved’s son but the ENEMY of the house of his beloved… what do you think he’ll do in that moment? The kid he raised as his own turning into the enemy of that who he loved most in his life…

What would JonCon do if he is confronted with knowledge or proof that Aegon isn't what he appears to be?

Idk if Roberts head on a spike woukd have ended tge rebellion then and there. It was eay to late for Ned and Jon Arynn to bend a knee, and likeky too late for Hoster Tully

It's okay Jon we all hate The Bells.

If Dany burns down King's Landing in the books I think it will be because there is a grey scale outbreak and burning the city will be the only way to prevent it from spreading through the rest of Westeros. I think Jon Connington will start that outbreak but not intentionally.

@5:00 Nah bro, Tyrion figures out who Griff is at their first meeting. Near the end of their conversation, he talks about strange, possibly legendary creatures including (and he puts a lot of emphasis on this part) "winged lions," AKA griffins. Griff is no fool and immediately realizes that Tyrion is too smart for his own good and knows who he is, and he probably would have just killed Tyrion then out of the paranoia with which he lives his life, if it weren't for the fact that Tyrion has plot armor, so he settles for threatening Tyrion and leaves it at that

Would Jon betray young Griff for jon snow if he finds out that snow if legitimate and Griff isn't?

I feel like he has a pretty solid chance of getting rid of his greyscale he he chops off his hand but also goes to old town for treatment

Why did Ned give him the name Jon ?

In a simple world John Connington is actually Arthur Dayne in disguise. Septa La More is Ashara Dayne. Young Griff is actually a Stark with Ashara and Ned being his real parents.

Has anyone wondered why Rhaegar would name 2 different sons Aegon?

There are some similarities to Walter White as well

How do you believe JonCon would react if he learned that Aegon was indeed a fake? Furthermore, if he discovered Jon Snow to be Rhaegar's bastard son, how would that change things? Do you believe JonCon's bond with Aegon would cause him to turn a blind eye and disbelieve that revelation, or would his "I will not fail the son" mantra make him pursue Jon Snow to help Rhaegar's child? Obviously, I think it's pretty unlikely Aegon's legitimacy gets revealed that definitively (I don't believe we'll get a straight answer, though perhaps elusions from Varys), and it's possible that by the time Jon Snow figures out his own parentage, JonCon is dead, but it's an interesting "What If" that I'm curious about your thoughts on.

surprised you only briefly talked abt faegon theory, jon con finding out that aegon isnt really rhagars son could end up making jon con betray young griff

U know, as a queer person, I think that Jon Con is actually pretty great representation

Do you think Jon-Con could go mad when he learns Jon Snow is Rhaegars actual son and Y. Griff is a black fire?

While we’re on a tangential topic, I don’t think (f)Aegon is ever going to be “revealed” to be a Blackfyre, just heavily implied at times. It’s not in George to just have a plot twist come up like that; plus, who/how would that come up? The only two people who presumably know (f)Aegon is a Blackfyre are the ones who will never tell. That being said, I strongly believe Jon Con will have a key role in Aegon’s defeat and death. He will fail the “son” just as he failed the father, but this time through causing the destruction of a city by causing a greyscale epidemic while Dany is besieging King’s Landing…I suppose that only differs in slight detail from your own predictions.

what do you think will happen when connington realize that his Aegon is a fake Targaryen and not actually Rhaegar's son? will he still go down the plan or will he snap and felt betrayed?

Who's this crazy OC you made up, since he's not on the GOT tv show and there fore not real

Well if R+L=J and if its found out that JonCons Aegon is actually a Blackfyre I wonder would JonCon still support faegon of Jon/Aegon or whatever Jon Snows birth name would be?

"" Rhaegar, want your pants "" man...Jon con at harenhall 😅.. Big stag wins..

I kind of wonder if JonCon learning the ‘truth’ of FAegon’s heritage (ie he is a Blackfyre and not actually Rhaegar’s son) will change his loyalties …?

Am I the only one who believes that Aegon is the real deal? I see a lot of disbelief in this comment section.

The thumbnail art of jon connington is weirdly proportioned

Please do not use a white background - it is blinding on modern screens

Sorry Jon con is really Boring and plain, how is it that he's your favorite character and by far????

“Crazy for no reason and commits lite war crimes?” Oh man ok.

In a simple world John Connington is actually Arthur Dayne in disguise. Septa La More is Ashara Dayne. Young Griff is actually a Stark with Ashara and Ned being his real parents.