Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-91.99.158.164-20150617212454/@comment-1600847-20160321182524

68.36.55.53 wrote: If jon snow is actually dead, why would anyone continue watching this show?

Seriously, Wacking a favorite character doesnt make any sense from viewership perspective. Its just dumb. Why watch a show with no point cause they kill everyone? I mean, why would anyone watch "Friends", if they killed off all the characters? A lot of people were sure Ned Stark would be back in Season 2.

GRRM likes to kill off important characters, "keep people on edge", as he puts it. He doesn't want there to be a character you never have to worry about dying because they're "too important". People will keep watching even if Jon is dead.