Quote Originally Posted by BulldogBear View Post
If that isn't explained in some way, even if he's just....dead, it would be one of the worst cases of bad fictional writing that I've ever remembered.
Quote Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe View Post
Especially since they keep bringing it up. It is how they got Jon out in the snow to go all Cesar on him. It isn't just like "Damn, I wish we knew what happened to my uncle, oh well a bunch of stuff is going down so I won't worry about it". It has been a big part of happenings at the Wall. Didn't Mormont go north of the Wall looking for him? It would be like "who shot JR?" oh well nevermind, it wasn't that important.
Agree completely. Even if in the end it really is just "He went North of the Wall and is dead" there HAS to be some resolution. If not, I may wind up hating the whole series, ha.