2025-05-16 11:41:07 ¶ ● ⬈

martinblackwoodhaterfan:

> Is it just me or are “the chosen one is simply that - the person I chose” and “Ceaseless Watcher’s special little boy” mutually exclusive?

There was something terrifying in that - the fact that Jon endured all that suffering not because he was special, but simply because he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That all of it was just a game of chance. That it could’ve happenned to any other person in the same position. That all it took for him to be subjected to this horror was to apply for the wrong job. That’s it.

Turning him into the Chosen One makes it far less scary. It was always going to happen, so why feel bad about it? Better to just let it go. It was inevitable.