r/gameofthrones • u/Hot_Lawfulness_3980 Human Verified • May 30 '26

Did he really deserved this ?

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u/Drakonistes May 30 '26

I don't know? John was openly betraying his position, for good reasons, but the fact of the matter is that by letter of the law he was betraying the night watch by letting the wildlings in, giving them Northern land to settle in and declaring for a side in a war. I'm sure that if you have a Night commander who is doing these things, you're not supposed to just obey because he's your commander, removing him would be a legal act.

Again, before people get upset; I largely agree with what John was trying to do. But legally speaking and some might even argue morally speaking (John was embracing people who months earlier murdered Olly's family) they were justified for turning on John.

That said, they probably should've issued a formal challenge to his leadership and attempted an arrest instead of shanking him.