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So much discussion to catch up on.
You guys cite quite a few instances that hint at Bolton's betrayal. Yes there are some hints even back in season 2 that this kind of trouble might be brewing. The one that did it for me was that Winterfell was razed at the end of that season, when it was supposed to be the northerners liberating it. We knew that Bolton sent his bastard to ask for Theon's surrender; this ultimately happens, and then, ... what the fuck, Winterfell razed to the ground? This, to me, is the best foreshadowing to Bolton's betrayal. Of course, it becomes pretty obvious with later occurrences; Theon's torture, the release of Jaime, and so on.
Re Ygritte. It's hard to say that Jon had this well-thought-out plan to leave her, escape, and then come back for her as Wuf sort of hinted at. It seems to me more logical that Jon stopped her from shooting the old man because he felt he was innocent, and wouldn't want that on his conscience. He pushes her out of the way when making his escape because he knew he couldn't kill her. That's all, imo. He probably never really harboured all that much love for her. He's just a softy.
Well, whatever. We'll see. Ygritte is too good a character to have written out of the story, so I'm sure there's more to come on her, and probably more interaction with Snow.
@ Wuf - the reason the Unsullied Officer Dude isn't an important character has little to do with his wearing of a helmet in combat (I'd see your point if this was some standalone movie, but here...) and more to do with the fact that A: He doesn't speak the common tongue, and an American audience has only so much patience to read subtitles while listening to some BS made-up language; B: He has no testicles, making him hard to root for, and C: He's very young.
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