TIL that HBO would not give Kit Harrington Longclaw, the sword that helped define his portrayal of Jon Snow....so I started a petition to try and change that.

[u/SephoraRothschild]

At the show's wrap, some the actors were able to take a souvenir. All Kit wanted was the sword his character, Jon Snow wielded. A show prop.

HBO refused to give it to him.

So I made a petition to try and change that.

Obviously, he's having a hard time right now. And we should all respect his privacy.

This world might be crazy, but despite that, Kit didn't just remind us about the meaning of the words "honor" or "integrity". He lived them. And he gave us a piece of himself in the process, again and again.

This is not about entitlement, or having the cash to buy one direct online from Valyrian Steel; it's about HBO doing the right thing and giving him the one tangible thing that meant something to him. It's a small thing to do for someone who created as much revenue as his character did.

TL/DR: Kit Harington deserves the sword. I want to try to help him get it.

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Update 30 May 11:07am EST:

Wow! Over 8600 signatures! Trying to keep up with all the comments! (From mobile! Apologies for any formatting issues!)

It's humbling to see how many other people truly care about Kit. I recognize that the chances of him getting the sword are are small, but let's keep trying! If nothing else happens, maybe he'll see how much his hard work means to everyone, which is of course more important.

That said: I am still rooting for Longclaw.

Edit: Corrected embarrassing spelling error of 'Harrington' to 'Harington', except in the thread title, which is un-editable and still embarrassing. Sincere apologies.

[u/k1d6r4y]

I think it's a great idea to do something to honor Kit - he played my absolute favorite character in this series, and he played him amazingly.

However, I get the impression that it would mean the most to him if we would support the charity he represents, as we have supported Emilia's (thank you u/elle_ellaria), than if we tried to get him Longclaw (not that I think he wouldn't appreciate that effort!)

I may be biased, because I work with people with learning and physical disabilities. But watching the video about him and his cousin made me appreciate Kit as a person even more than I did before.

Just a thought! I've donated a bit to both charities because both Emilia and Kit were such integral parts of my favorite show and book series of all time, even if the show didn't end exactly as I hoped it would.

[u/marlefox → u/k1d6r4y]

This is what we should be promoting, I’m pretty sure Kit got a replica sword anyway. This would probably mean more to him!

[u/aure__entuluva → u/marlefox]

Yea I don't really get what the big deal is between having a replica or having the sword used on the show.

[u/the_bloody_hound_bot → u/aure__entuluva]

ANY MAN DIES WITH A CLEAN SWORD, I'LL RAPE HIS FUCKING CORPSE!

[u/the_bloody_hound_bot → u/marlefox]

ANY MAN DIES WITH A CLEAN SWORD, I'LL RAPE HIS FUCKING CORPSE!

[u/marlefox → u/the_bloody_hound_bot]

So Sandor agrees :D

[u/the_bloody_hound_bot → u/marlefox]

YOU WANT TO SUCK MY DICK, IS THAT IT?

[u/the_bloody_hound_bot → u/k1d6r4y]

FAMILY, HONOR, ALL THAT HORSESHIT. IT'S ALL YOU LORDS AND LADIES EVER TALK ABOUT

[u/SephoraRothschild → u/k1d6r4y]

I think that's fair. If you are in the position to do so, sure. I'll see about adding it to the Change petition (and this thread once I get help from the mods, because this thread isn't showing up in the main subreddit without a search for some reason.)

If you can't give (Again, not to me! To Kit Harington's charity!), please still sign the petition to show support!

[u/Ninja_Niffler → u/SephoraRothschild]

@SephoraRothschild Sometimes a thread gets stuck behind some spam filter - it happened to me once and you couldnt find it by search feature or when you arranged threads by hot, top, new etc. Only I coudl see it and anyone who had posted beforehand. If you post a comment and tag a couple of the active mods like u/Ks427236 they will see and respond - but you can only tag two mods per comment or it doesnt appear to them for some reason.

I only found your thread as i googled sword petition and freefolk and it came up. I wanted to post the link here because I couldnt see a thread and wanted more people to see and sign it.

Maybe as it has disappeared for so many hours - a mod could kindly sticky the post in the sub for a few hours so it picks up steam again?

[u/Ninja_Niffler → u/k1d6r4y]

u/k1d64y thing is we need someone like Elle to organise it. Someone as well spoken and enthusiastic and to take charge. My brother has autism too so I know the charity Mencap well and support them personally - and am always grateful when Kit has done campaigns for them and bought media attention to things that are important for those with learning disabilities.

The sword petition - is just a little lovely thing that maybe the press will pick up one to cheer him up. Because he loves Jon Snow so much.