#and tbh Jon already knows how rotten the institution he is a part of is so that will help him work out of his slump
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random but it struck me that age is just another parallel/anti-parallel that Jon and Jaime will share. Jaime was 16/17(?) when he made the fateful choice to kill Aerys, which forever besmirched his honor and caused him to be âthe Kingslayerâ (deragatory). Jon was about the same age, 17/18, when he made the fateful decision to march south against the Boltons, something that will undoubtedly dent his already shaky reputation and could cause him to be âthe deserterâ (also deragatory).
We always talk about how Jaime stagnated and wallowed in his nihilism after Aerysâ death, never growing or maturing past that point; in a way, he was always mentally stuck at 17. Jon could very well die given the wounds he received during the mutiny, and though he will be revived, he will be always be physically stuck at 17, never maturing past that point. But I think Jon has been more successful in a way that Jaime never was in that he figured out quite early (when he was 15) that though he may lose his honor, he must keep pushing for the greater good. He understood the concept of âa bastardâs honorâ, and is even more fortunate to receive Tyrionâs lesson of using oneâs lowly position/lack of honor to his advantage, which he has been doing to enact what he considers to be the moral goods (ref âbastardâ âguilty of that, at leastâ). P.S: I also think itâs funny given Aemonâs advice to kill the boy in order for the man to be born. Ironic that Jon will always be a boy physically.
Jaime grew physically but not so much mentally. Jon grows mentally (itâs actually his strong suit as a character how much he matures with each book) but he will have sacrificed the ability to age normally as a boy would. Jaime lost his honor at ~17 and is characterized but years of (mental) inaction. I think Jon, on the other hand, will lose his honor but will be more and more prone to making decisions, because to hell with it all.
#ok I will say that Jaime is growing though#his arc since asos has been him pushing past that stagnation#but I just wanted to talk about the forever 17 boys having to lose their honor and grappling with that#and tbh I think Jon will have his own little period of wallowments but it wonât last nearly as long as Jaimeâs did#and tbh Jon already knows how rotten the institution he is a part of is so that will help him work out of his slump#he just expected them to work past that rottenness and do their damn jobs - but alas!#this is so jambled and is me rambling a bit but whatever#jon and jaime best morally compromised boys â€ïž#asoiaf#jon snow#jaime lannister#valyrianscrolls
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