Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-114.71.100.55-20160705071349/@comment-189.70.43.19-20160714093441

Agree with almost everything. Except that Jon and Bran's motives are aligned. They're probably the only ones REALLY preparing for the long night. There's no reason for Bran to make a claim on the king in the north throne. First, he loves Jon dearly and he knows he's not a leader. He knows his has a role to play and being king is just not it. Those petty squabbles is more like something only sansa would do (and i'm not sure about that either). Arya and Bran would back Jon as king because 1) they're not interested in kingship 2) they probably will see jon as more capable in ruling the north 3) they see jon as much as stark as them. I could go on and on about the reasons why Bran won't arrive at winterfell telling everyone the big news of jon's true parentage. But i'll leave you with this: Bran is not an idiot. He cannot face the Night's king by himself, he needs to team up with jon. He needs the north united and they're already united under the king they've chosen: a true stark in all but name. Bran was drawn north of the wall and began his training to replace the 3ER. In his vision, the bloodraven showed him the early life and relationship of the young ned, benjen and lyanna stark. Next he saw the first part of the tower of joy. Then he learned how the WWs came to be and last he saw the whole thing with hodor. His last vision was the birth of his brother/cousin. None of these visions were random and Benjen told him as much. He saw those things for a reason and all lead to 3 key figures: Bran, jon and the Night's King. Therefore, Bran won't spread jon's secret until it's necessary. Maybe when dany rides north that will be something important to share to prevent them for fighting each other. But at the moment telling the northern lords about jon being the bastard mix of ice and fire will not help bran's cause. isaac hempstead-wright (Bran's actor) said it as much. Bran is not interested because he's a wizard knower of all things, not a leader.