I think Coldhands managed to stay 'himself' after being wighted because he was a skinchanger. His consciousness survived inside his Elk just long enough that he could hop back into his own body when it was re-animated. If that sets the precedent, then Jon could be wighted but get his own consciousness back from Ghost, leaving him a free-thinking wight who would be invulnerable to winter and the Others but still capable to take the post of King of Winter.

Random thought: an upgrade from “Lord Snow” would essentially be “King Ice”

"A villian is a hero of the OTHER side." -GRRM

I also love the fact that in the stark family, Jon is the other. He is part of the family but not entirely. He isn’t the full brother of the other stark children

LmL, dont abandon your post. You're the last content creator with things left to say. Much love brother

Melissandre might get a heart attack watching this video....all that azor ahai shit actually meant to bring the long night.😂😭😂😭

I think Martin has created characters that'll stand the test of time. Like Batman , Bilbo and Darth Vader. Jon Snow is a character that people will look back on forever.

Also interesting how these symbolic "others" pledge themselves to Lord Crow and not the Nights Watch, he is their King already, besides probably being King in the North as per Robbs will. Awesome vid, thanks LmL.

Joe magician's "killing of a ranger" video actually kind of confirms a core bit of your theory. It's a very good and interesting video. It shows how the very first chapter of A song of Ice and Fire was The Other's setting a trap for Ser Waymar Royce because they thought he was a Stark and they're waiting for a Stark of a certain age to come to them with certain qualities that very much make it seem as if the Others do have their own kind of prophecy. A Azor Ahai of their own that they're waiting to save them or even doom them. I think Azor Ahai and The Last Hero are two sides of the same coin. A foil for the other and evenly matched in different ways. Love the video. I truly think you're on to something here.

Oh my, Jon ressurected in a flurry of snow, as Dany was ressurected in a flurry of ashes. My parallelitis is flaring up something awful - your stuff just gets better and better, LmL 🤩

I think Jon Snow met ‘Cold-Hands’ without realizing it in ‘A Clash of Kings’ - Jon IV (Chapter 34). Jon Snow walked past a hooded Man, who was garbed in the blacks of The Night’s Watch, as he followed his Direwolf, Ghost, to the RECENTLY buried cloak with all of the Obsidian/Frozen-Fire/Dragon-Glass &, don’t forget, the mysterious “broken” Black Horn (potentially The Horn of Winter). This man is supposedly one of the Watchmen guarding the perimeter of The Fist of The First Men, & it is said that he “never even looked to see if Jon had a bucket.” Ghost behaved strangely, disregarding Jon consistently & then led him to the hidden cache of ancient weaponry which Jon remarks must have been placed there recently.

No matter how you look at it , whether it's Jon's life and character annihilation in the tv show or all the foreshadowing in the books , Jon's life is truly tragic . As much as I like the character it would have been a mercy to have died with his mother or have been better for him not to be born at all .

Maester Aemon’s words to John resonate here, within the context of this theory - perhaps it’s John’s love for his family that is the death of his duty to lead the walkers - maybe this is what thaws / frees him from his icy resurrection as new Nights King, and allows him to return to the side of the living?

The meteor destroying the wall might be the coolest theory I've ever heard and it makes so much damn sense! The series literally starts talking about it being an omen. Oh my, you sir are good.

Totally agree with the Others looking for Jon Snow beginning around the time of his birth. Also remember that the Others killed Waymar Royce & his party most likely because the Others were initially looking for Jon & mistakenly thought Waymar was Jon. They obviously quickly figured out he wasn't when they killed him, but still just more proof that they are indeed looking for Jon & know of him perhaps through prophecy or some unknown magical means.

Absolutely LOVE the outside the box thinking. You're the most original and entertaining ASOIAF channel! Keep it up

GOT: arya kills night king, not jon. Grrm mad with the show writing ADoS: arya kills the nights king Jon

Perhaps the others are so interested in Jon because he's like them, Ice & Fire. In the others' case, the fire comes from Azor Ahai and the ice comes from Night's Queen. Both cases are a marriage of sorts between ice & fire.

It isn't a coincidence that Cold Hands has an animal accomplice. I think the relation is that they're both able to Warg. The others turn them upon death, while they jumped into their animal. They then fought to recover their re-animated body back.

Fight back against the algorithm, brother. This was a good way to start the morning ☄️💫

Perfect... tho I am not convinced R+L=J, but as GRRM said you can’t bring back someone back from the dead without losing something

Jon is inside the Wall when he thinks about it falling. Maybe Jon’s resurrection will be the ultimate trigger or perhaps the if Euron blows the horn it will call the Others to the Wall and to Jon and resurrect him with their ice magic

"I see you there, put that down"😂

White walkers are looking for a green seer , someone who can control the body of the dead or the living . They know it's a Stark. But jon is the one who looks the most like the og brother of the night king aka the 14 lord n commander. If I missed. Something correct me . I'm half asleep

in clash when jon finds the cache of dragonglass (which is also a dragon locked in ice of the fist of the first men, basically like jon finding his own grave) it says"Beneath the dragonglass was an old warhorn, made from an auroch's horn and banded in bronze. Jon shook the dirt from inside it, and a stream of arrowheads fell out. **He let them fall**"

An early video! yaaay! I love the line that mentions the "memory" of warmth "fleeing" from John's body, as if that warmth is being pushed out by an immense force.. excellent :)

There's foreshadowing for all the Stark characters. Bran's eye's big as saucers = foreshadows how much he'll see in the past, Robb leads them farther, Robb took them past Grandfather, Brandon and Lyanna = Foreshadows Robb's success in his war campaign being better than his grandfather's southern ambitions, and following Brandon and Lyanna to early grace as he's leading the Stark children to both their (Brandon and Lyanna's) graves, but his actions could lead them to *their* the Stark children's death too, spider's = foreshadow it's Vary's that Arya comes across him in the cellars of the keep during that scene, Rats as big as dogs = could foreshadow the Hound in that, "there are worse things than spiders and rats" = there are worse things than varys and the hound, sansa running shrieking for stairs = her running away from the family she accidentally betrays her father to the queen and then later to the eyrie is very high up like stairs, bran wrapped himself around Robb's leg and sobs = bran won't walk again, John covered in flour = (a stretch) What if some part of the magic to get Jon back into control of his body involves a Flower like the blue roses of winterfell or albeit more likely covered in flowers is reminds me of a coffin covered in flowers just more death imagery, the punch could = the punch that kills him, but what if the Arya's punch = a liquid punch/potion of some kind she learns in bravos, you scared the baby = maybe Jon is stopped just before almost killing/converting Gilly's baby?, them all laughing in the end might be showing a similar end fate, we know robb is dead and that jon ends up mostly dead, does that mean Bran and Arya end up some kind of dead (Bran subsumed into the weirwood net, Arya into whatever faceless magic she's invovled in?)

Maybe after all the body snatching/re-possessing is over, Jon will have one red eye and one blue eye. Probably too much to hope for, but the symbolism would be 🤌

If the red comet signaled the return of dragons to the world it seems reasonable to assume another event could cause a comet that might crack the moon, triggering the long night. Maybe a blue comet? Maybe it comes after the others resurrect Jon's corpse?

*"Ah, it's you, Lord Snow" Dywen smiled an oaken smile; his teeth were carved of wood, and fit badly, "Thought me and the boy had us one o' them Others to deal with. Lose your wolf?"* - I’m reading through the books for the first time and I came across this today in Clash Of Kings, another subtle foreshadowing for Jon possibly becoming the new Night King.

This just made my morning.

Maester Aemon told Jon he must kill the boy inside and let the man be born. This could also foreshadow the fire/youthful part of him dies, and he becomes a colder/mature man.

Woah, did you just read my mind dude? At work with an hour left needing something to listen to and *BOOM* LmL's out with straight fire.

Jon snow being a Jack Frost type character is a great connection, and Jon might even be George’s version of Jack Frost in the end which I’m ready for ☃️

Also, there's a theory that says back then a (Stark) baby had been promised to the Others (just like how Craster gives his sons to them), but it wasn't fulfilled, so now the Others come to take their Prince that was Promised to them, i.e. Jon. Or something like this

Your Euron and Dany videos are among the best ASOIAF video essays on KZfaq. Correction, all your ASOIAF video essays are the best on KZfaq.

"....the others take me." Jon Snow.

Not only are your theories and content strong, but your jokes and pop culture references make your videos extra delightful to watch. Very nice 👍😁👍

I think Jon Snow as Night king is ironically hot af

im pretty sure the scene when "Bran could taste the blood" was the starks 'Wedding' the trees. ya think? I'm not sure what else that scene would be meaning to convey.

The artwork you used is amazing

I think if Jon gets resurrected he’ll come back with Targaryen silver hair but act a lot more wolf-like

This amount of symbolism is incredible, no wonder he take so long to write his books.

LML I wish you all the success in the world! you’re always putting out fantastic content with surprising frequency. I’m quite insecure right now, financially speaking, so I can’t contribute now...but I definitely watch all these ads and click on them! More than once. Hopefully that helps in some way lol

I dont think THIS resurrection will be by the others. We know by his dream that he probably fights the others on the wall at least once and I think Euron's armour proves it is a literal fight. Most likely, assuming your theories are correct in some aspects, Euron attempts to become king of the others and is defeated in a way that leads Jon to have his armour and fight off the others at the wall in a similar fashion to the Wildlings. Later Jon could allow himself to become otherized, perhaps not feeling all that human anyway as a fire wight. Question that raises for me is who plays the part of Stannis's army in Jon Snows defeating of the Other army? Dany probably, right or maybe (f)Aegon? Maybe both.

Yasss! This is one of my favorite videos- I love your theory about what the Others might want from Jon. I think this makes a lot of sense. Great stuff!

this is what everyone's friday needed!

You’re one of my favorite channels man, keep up the great videos 🤌.

I thought Corn King was kind of a stretch until it reminded me of "Children of the Corn." John has to make a human sacrifice to join the wildlings. And Corin's name even sounds like Corn. Plus we have Children of the Forest.

More like ~Epic Astronomy~ ... I was glued to my seat for this one. glad you didn't shorten it!

Great video, as always LML. Thanks for all your hard work!!

Sweet. Been waiting for this one for a while!

I do like the idea that the Others started to reappear after Jon's birth, but I feel like with Craster having more than 100 children that just isn't far back enough.

Maybe you mentioned this and I missed it, but another parallel between the Others and the free folk that Jon lets through is that there are about 100 kid hostages, just like there are 100 of Crasters sons.

I love this video, you point things out very cleverly, with actual evidence. You break down the clues in the sentences perfectly. Bravo, David. 🌬

Great video with really awesome artwork. I thought Jon would comeback with red eyes after being in Ghost. I guess it depends on how he’s resurrected.

I could see John snow becoming a white walker , we could speculate about all the connections in the books however the main reason I believe it’s a big possibility is because GRRM isn’t the type of author to give the main character a “happy” ending. Rather a necessary one. John- the most beloved character , the only character important enough that we see him as a baby. His birth being important is a dead give away that his death will be as well. Seeing John as just a shadow of his former self after all we’ve been through together would be equally shocking and heart breaking even if we knew it was inevitable all along.

Everyone has their favorite character and Jon is mine. I think people who say he’s boring cause he’s the archetypical hero while not wrong haven’t been paying attention to the other symbolism that Imo sets him apart. Look forward to more videos related to lml blood of the others series which I recommend everyone take the time to listen to if you haven’t they’re my favorite set of video essays from lml

been getting into your vids the past few weeks and LOVE them!!! your passion and excitement to share your thoughts and analyses are so wonderful. this week was actually kind of a rough one, but watching your vids has been a balm. just very relaxing and nice. i really like how committed you get w/ the voices, too!!! the crow voice in this one made me smile xD would totally listen to an audiobook read by you.

I'm about half way through this and WOW!!!! This is amazing work LML.

Awesome video!!!Great editing!

Best titles every time

Loving this. Not sure how I missed this video. I knew of the theory, but finally diving into it in my LML re-binge. Is that a word? I appreciate your work and your fastidous reading of the series.

So glad you didn't add a "frozen" Elsa scene, while talking about ice magic lol

Thank You! Outstanding deep analysis of the symbolism as always! You are the best!

Then why would Rhaegar made sure Jon was born. He changed his whole life and then purposely stole a stark to make sure Jon happened. So would he mix ice and fire if not to correct the balance of the two powers and heal Westeros ..... also if Jon does become a cold one I can see Arya killing him.

Jon is such a beloved character. It makes complete sense that something awful would be in store for him 😅

All the work you have done for the series is so unique and eye opening. You have reveled many secrets and an overall understanding of ASOIAF, but I think more than that, you have discovered a way (Georges way rather) that each characters arc is laid out. And now that the story makes more sense we can guess at the many paths of the future ( when expectations are subverted it will be because their are so many options). Here's to your health!

This title shows where I’m leaning before watching the video, because it’s the most logical way for the show to have basically ended up with the books. If Jon Snow is the Night King, what we saw him do in the show could easily fall to Stannis, fAegon, and finally Jorah Mormont.

Some real heavy-hitting stuff! I especially love the idea that like any corn king, Jon will have a winter and a spring phase. Loving the shoutout! You rule, man.

Love your content. Especially the snow, snow, snow!!!!

SO EXCITED for this one, LML. Youre so great

Love these Videos!

Kid Cudi drops Man on the Moon 3 on the same day LML drops the Jon Snow video. The old gods smile upon us this day.

Going to make work fly by! Thanks!!

the ambience in your videos are the best in the fandom. thanks for kicking so much ass, so endlessly.

Love your sense of humor as well as sense of symbology

Funny, Season 6 poster showed Jon as half-wright, possibly on his way to be Night King. I envision The Song of Ice and Fire had finally started. Sigh.

Dude! You crushed this! Love it!

Great Video!!! Thank you LmL!

As always thank you for the fucking awesome video!

Absolutely adored this video & looking forward to the 'other' side of the theory next time 😁 xx

This is so good! Thank you LML

Thank you so much for another non live-stream video!! I think a large percentage of us miss these so much. Please go back to making MORE of these. I know they take WAY more time to make, but these are just amazing. Most of my favorite ASOIAF KZfaqr's are doing live-streams at a minimum of 3/4 of all their posts, and it saddens me. Thank you so much for making amazing video's :-). Is your roommate Quinn done doing ASOIAF video's? The series you guys did about "The Winds of Winter" predictions is one of the best, if not THE BEST, series from any ASOIAF channel. But hope you have a great Holiday season :-)

"The Prince That Was Promised"; "and His shall be the Song of Ice and Fire" And Fire has already had Azor Ahai. What if Jon Snow is the Prince that was Promised to Winter in exchange?

One time for the purp paste

really looking forward to reading paradise gained

Outstanding!

Simply fabulous as always!!!!!!

John is the Prince that was Promised... to the Others

Also I began my day with a message confirming my cool new nickname. Now after a long day at work I'm home enjoying this awesome video & my nickname shows up in the intro to last section of video. Best bookends to a day ever! Thanks so much again 😁 xx

You bring me so much light I can see why they call you so

Just got home work and tuned in! Love this. The artwork is amazing. I still hope he is Azor Hi. Jon has a great destiny, I know it.

You have a new sub just because I love the cute ice spider fan art

BEST CHANNEL EVER DAVE💙💙 ILY

I'm about to listen but I've always felt Jon was all Ice and will rise an Other. Like Cat.... I'm so excited to hear your perspective!

I've been wondering a lot recently about the first weapon of Azor Ahai being broken or lost, and just noticed the foreshadowing during the Othor fight when he loses his sword. With Longclaw being Valyrian Steel I'm not expecting it to be broken, but lost or taken might make sense. And that would allow him to take up his new sword Dawn (also taking him from using a bastard sword to the larger greatsword, maybe some extra symbolic icing on the cake). Anyway, I love the videos and wanted to say thank you for reigniting my passion for these books.

My mind is thoroughly blown,ser. Aye!

Amazing video and amazing art.

I always thought, however unplausible, that it would have been cool if the bloodstone emperor and his followers became the Others somehow. That essos connects in the east to the land of always winter and they migrated there for some reason and then somehow became the Others. Maybe the stone bloodstone worshipped could have had something to do with it, maybe the children. A theory i know isnt true but is interesting nontheless. If your theory of azor ahai being the bloodstone emperor then becoming the nights king is true, and he played a role in creating the Others then... well this theory would be true 😂. Partly at least. I hope so. The belief in the east that his sin caused the long night itself kinda makes me wonder about it to. Would be a cool twist to have the starks be descended from the dawn empire and the opposition to the firey targaryans would be their own ancestors. Being the first dragon riders it could explain the ice dragons to. Maybe bloodstone found a way to turn his dragons into Others to.🤷‍♂️ I genuinely have always thought that azor ahai and the nights king are one and the same, nights king being the 13th commander and azor ahai having 12 companions was the first hint for me. Bloodstone also being both of them makes a lot of sense to, you laid all the evidence for that out perfectly! I mean the black stone he worshipped, a meteor possibly being responsible for the long night, the hero who was said to have beat the Others being the one to have actually created them, the first dragon riders now being the greatest opposition to the current dragon riders, the starks being potentially direct descendents of the bloodstone emperor making jon even more of a dragon than dany. Its all so juicy :D. Ps. Grrm is an absolute master of wordplay!