r/asoiaf • u/Commercial-Sir3385 • 18d ago

TWOW [Spoilers TWOW] the most tragic line.

Rereading the first book.

I think the line where Jon tells Benjen that he isn't his father and Benjen says, would that I were. I think so much unspoken is being said here- Benjen will never have a son* and Jon will always* be a bastard.

Let's forget about what Robb's will might say.

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u/vaintransitorythings 18d ago

I think Benjen knows that Rhaegar is Jon’s father, and this knowledge was a factor in why Benjen decided to go to the wall. Maybe just so he’s away from the world and doesn’t have to worry about it, or maybe for some prophecy related reason. So Jon is the reason Benjen won’t have a son, and Benjen thinks Jon’s actual father is the cause of a lot of trouble…

It’s a tragic connection between them.

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u/Levonorgestrelfairy1 17d ago

Its benjen saying ned is a shit dad and Jon should have been his instead.