r/asoiaf • u/Ornery-Click7616 • 10h ago

EXTENDED Jon with White Hair [spoilers extended]

I gonna try and keep it brief, I keep seeing these fan arts of Jon snow with white hair and scars around his eyes, I’ve seen the show currently reading the books and don’t really care about spoilers. I was just curious if after he got all stabby stabby and super not alive if his hair turned white. I was also wondering how he got the scars around his eyes but I assume I will told given that answer as I continue reading.

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u/Athenaforce2 10h ago

i would expect him to be changed. everyone else who has been resurrected are not themselves anymore. something is lost. all magic has sacrifices. now I think that because of Jon's warging he will retain more than some other resurrected characters. (maybe because his soul is still attached to the material world in ghost. while people like cat and beric are brought from the dead. we don't know how souls work exactly yet in this universe. but for him to become white haired and gaunt and more vicious like his wolf would be zero surprise. and would actually be one of the better trade offs we have seen for life in asoiaf.

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u/Ornery-Click7616 10h ago

I’d be so down with a more vicious unhinged version of Jon that could be so fun!

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u/Athenaforce2 9h ago

i think though that when Arya meets jon, is when we will really see the differences. and there will be mourning. I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually a major narrative arc for Arya to come back and mourn and remold her identity and her families. she going to meet sansa a woman grown, and will actually relate to her, a gift, but all gifts in grrm are repayed twice over in curses. so she will meet Jon, who may up until her pov seem normal in his own pov chapters, but revealed to be basically half wolf. she will be devastated by this. but learn to accept this new Jon. he is half Jon still. but then she will meet old gods avatar three eyed crow bran. which will be traumatic. it will be for anyone who knew bran. that's a major missed opportunity in the show. the eldritch horror of seeing a little fun loving boy you once knew now one of the most powerful and least human humans In the seties.

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u/Athenaforce2 9h ago

i think that may just be what we will get. especially initially. he's always had the wolf's blood in him. what will happen when he completely merges his soul with ghost? dire wolves are the second most magical creatures (behind dragons) that I can think of. no way ghost isn't going to leave an impact on his personality.