In reply to: Nope, you're spot on. Why do they even need a wall?! posted by NDbias
He should lead. He doesn't want to lead everyone. But now he's going to lead people who need leading, who want him to lead, in a world he understands and appreciates.
It feels stilted and weird how we got here, but I can divine some sense from it.
That look back at the gate sealed it. He’s just gonna hang with his people.
Jon in the north, Jon and Ygritte, was such a big part of the story. The remnants of the first men are the wildings, right? The Targaryen family was an interloper and he is going back to man's roots in Westeros.
I still think he was Azor Ahai by killing Dany - for the good of the realm. It was a great sacrifice because it was his love and sister.
The wildlings basically think of Jon as a god.
He was happiest among them. And with the Night King and White Walkers gone, and wights gone, (and Craster gone) north is objectively a better place.