Why Jon Snow Was Very Different In The Books 😲

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  • @prajjwaltiwari8644
    @prajjwaltiwari8644 Рік тому +7298

    Jon also knows so much more in the books.

    • @Tinywarriorhippo
      @Tinywarriorhippo Рік тому +509

      Nah he still knows nothing

    • @cinnamunbun
      @cinnamunbun Рік тому +311

      Not according to Ygritte and Melisandre

    • @sands201
      @sands201 Рік тому +191

      He’s literally dead in the books. He knows nothing.

    • @MadMatTom7769
      @MadMatTom7769 Рік тому +32

      What do you know about death?

    • @bloodoftheunicorns2621
      @bloodoftheunicorns2621 Рік тому +57

      @@sands201 Skin changers as powerful as him don’t die that easily. Also I don’t think that was even Jon who died. I think it was Tormund Giants-bane using a glamour to look like Jon.

  • @georgeprchal3924
    @georgeprchal3924 Рік тому +4904

    Jon is also more shrewd and ruthless in the books. He's educated and competent but is limited by his "bastard" status.

    • @DngrDan
      @DngrDan Рік тому +242

      I wouldn't call him ruthless. The most ruthless moment Jon has in the books is after he cuts Janos Slynt's head off and he thinks to himself "it felt like justice". But he's not even that wrong for feeling that way considering he knew that Janos betrayed Ned.

    • @lukethegoldenminecart1297
      @lukethegoldenminecart1297 Рік тому +91

      ​@@DngrDanHonestly I'm amazed Jon let him live that long

    • @aditya-zo3vm
      @aditya-zo3vm Рік тому +300

      Not ruthless? Boy literally makes a 14 y/o gilly to put her hands over the candle to demonstrate how hot fire is after threatening to burn her newborn babe. And, he did it behind Sam's back. The same Sam he shamed one scene ago for being a coward when he was whining about being sent to citadel. Next chapter, he asks a hungry wildiling mother to chose between a half rotten apple and some other half rotten fruit for her starving child, and when she tries to shame him about being a cunt, he proceeds to give a speech about how food is for fighters, and if they want to eat then they have to fight for him.
      And read the scene where he bluntly tells Stannis that he is fucked if he tries to take the Dreadfort and then proceeds to tell him how to win the allegiance of 3000 soldiers of Mountains clan.
      Competent and ruthless, is an apt description of Lord Commander Jon Snow. The only stupid shit he does is insist on having no guards again and again after repeated warnings from multiple people

    • @aditya-zo3vm
      @aditya-zo3vm Рік тому +44

      And his death scene is a red herring in my opinion.
      The night before he discusses something for hours with Tormund. Which happens offscreen. I am pretty sure whoever is being stabbed is glamoured to look like Jon.

    • @georgeprchal3924
      @georgeprchal3924 Рік тому +26

      @@DngrDan and is perfectly willing to do likewise to any Wildling hostage if their parents prove disloyal and he threatened Sam into leaving. "Kill the boy!"

  • @cooperminion825
    @cooperminion825 Рік тому +1949

    I wouldn't describe Jon from the tv show as being close with Theon. They really only had one scene being "friendly" to each other. Plus it was mostly just them ragging on how they had to get spruced up for the royal visit

    • @anthonyruiz1493
      @anthonyruiz1493 Рік тому +43

      Exactly my thoughts.

    • @chideraalexanderdex547
      @chideraalexanderdex547 Рік тому +6

      Exactamente

    • @Foxie444
      @Foxie444 Рік тому +6

      🎯🎯

    • @jacquelinehiggs6867
      @jacquelinehiggs6867 Рік тому +16

      Exactly John never was close to Theon

    • @Black-o3f
      @Black-o3f Рік тому +52

      For real when Theon takes winterfell in season 2 Luwin offers council, tells him he could leave for the nights watch and be forgiven and theon says right away it would give Jon a chance to slit his throat in his sleep lol

  • @patrickstewart3446
    @patrickstewart3446 Рік тому +3347

    “Jon looks so much like a Stark that his mother left little of herself in him.”
    🤣

    • @KushGee
      @KushGee Рік тому +645

      I was just thinking how ironic that line truly is.

    • @sophiawilson8696
      @sophiawilson8696 Рік тому +41

      i know his father is

    • @juliadredge9570
      @juliadredge9570 Рік тому +98

      Eddard stark tried his best to bring him up a stark .his partial birthright

    • @Njeezynjabs
      @Njeezynjabs Рік тому +81

      Came here to point out how ironic that line is

    • @eastbow6053
      @eastbow6053 11 місяців тому +24

      *cough cough*

  • @jasonvazquez8652
    @jasonvazquez8652 Рік тому +2864

    "Not very good-looking"? Then explain why so many girls in the story find him attractive? Ygritte, Val, Alys Karstark? Hell, Ygritte even calls him a "pretty lad" multiple times.

    • @NortonjawX
      @NortonjawX Рік тому

      Its called running out of content and pulling videos out of his ass, we literally havent even gotten a proper description from his face (for probably obvious reasons)

    • @Tyler_W
      @Tyler_W Рік тому +729

      Exactly. This is a perfect example of an unreliable narrator. It's similar with Arya. She's either told she's ugly by Sansa and her friends when she probably isn't, or at the very least she just hasn't come into her own yet (obviously nor could she because she's still just a kid), because she's also described to look a lot like Lyanna who was said to have become very beautiful around the time she died. Based on how she's described, it seems like she seems like one of those late bloomers who look kinda lanky and awkward until they grow up. Seems to me that Jon might not be comventionally attractive like someone along the lines of Jaime Lannister, but has more rugged good looks. Clearly every other lady he runs into after joining the Night's Watch certainly thinks so, anyway.

    • @juanmartinez-tj1bk
      @juanmartinez-tj1bk Рік тому +187

      Thats because Jon comes from nobility unlike all the free folk boys Ygritte was used to, it is logic to assume Jon received better health care and had better habits that most of the common folk in westeros

    • @MoriF98
      @MoriF98 Рік тому +251

      ​@@juanmartinez-tj1bk Then what about Val? She is by all means quite beautiful by all standards and is quite insistent on Jon "stealing" her which is the equivalent of marriage for wildlings.

    • @MoriF98
      @MoriF98 Рік тому +177

      ​@@juanmartinez-tj1bk "the brooding, Byronic, romantic hero whom all the girls love". GRR MARTIN said. This short sentence makes me think Jon is more handsome than anyone thinks. Cat may have been searching for clues and ideas, and Tyrion saw Jon when may have yet to fully develop as some people in adolecence havent grown into their set features

  • @ryanarment5393
    @ryanarment5393 Рік тому +940

    The starks having longer faces doesn't equate to them being ugly or unattractive. Numerous women remarked about jon being handsome. Lyanna, whom arya bears a strong resemblance to, was considered a great beauty. Brandon, Ned's older brother who probably also had stark features, had cat and lady ryswell still infatuated with his memory years after his death.
    Also, jon and theon in the show weren't shown to be close. In fact, they didn't even interact with each other until season 7. The scene where they are getting shaved and shorn for the royal visit, Jon and Theon exchanged no lines the entire scene. It was either robb and jon exchanging lines or robb and theon.
    Edit: theon made a joke about ghost being perfect for jon since the other direwolf pups had driven him away from them. Other than that, there was no interaction.

    • @craven4bmore709
      @craven4bmore709 Рік тому +14

      I was going to Comment , But after reading some of the posts from other people I decided not to, Because after reviewing your post I realized everything I have to say was Succinctly and almost identically portrayed in your post, Specifically things like Sean and John not being close at all in The book or the show period c I'm kind of bully John and made fun of him being a b****** like he was less than even theon who was a ward. Is a great job bud😊🎉😮😮

    • @thedemonhater7748
      @thedemonhater7748 Рік тому +5

      I was going to say this. Having a “lantern jaw” or a long face as some put it isn’t inherently unattractive in the world of westeros. Depending on whose looking it can be an extremely handsome/beautiful feature.

    • @paulabarra5431
      @paulabarra5431 Рік тому +7

      I’m sure Brandon, lyanna, Ned and Benj were very stark looking as their parents were both Stark. Rickard Stark and Lyrra Stark.

    • @ryanarment5393
      @ryanarment5393 Рік тому +7

      @craven4bmore709 Thanks, mate. The content creator really seems to struggle with understanding subtleties in description and struggles to grasp the characters themselves.

    • @michmcguire3705
      @michmcguire3705 Рік тому

      Literally has one line and it’s Theon saying bitch I don’t listen to you just your daddy bitch when he try’s to save the dire wolves lol

  • @jf_kein_k8590
    @jf_kein_k8590 Рік тому +264

    "Resents"
    First time Catelyn says his name was when he was about to leave for the Wall, and included her saying that he should be lying in a coma with most of his bones broken instead of Bran.

    • @KingInBlack69
      @KingInBlack69 Рік тому

      Catelyn is also a bitch that learned too well from her father, hopefully she too is plagued by nightmares like him.

    • @damienhughes1996
      @damienhughes1996 Рік тому +71

      That's evil for a woman to wish what befell her own child wishing it was the "Bastard" who didn't have a mother was never able to know a mother's love and looking on as they were shown love and they all sat at the head table while Jon sat with the people whom weren't important. He gets drunk until Benjen cuts him off. I think Jon just needed a release for a bit.

    • @AmirFromAtshDyansty
      @AmirFromAtshDyansty 10 місяців тому

      ​@@damienhughes1996catylin isnt a good or smart women he fucks up with Jaime Lannister situation
      She never loved fuck the live
      She never cared for jon instead of being mad on ned she was mad on some innocent child

    • @Aydan2108
      @Aydan2108 6 місяців тому +13

      ​@@damienhughes1996 Catylyn never denied jon from his privilege, he was raised in a castle, feeling Secure and safe, and had a loving family, he ate just like her children, he was trained with a sowrd just like her children, he had a maister to Teach him just like her children....etc, she never abused him, and she never tried to make the children hate him. bastards do not have this, he was extremely privileged and lucky, jon isn't her child and he was forsed on her, she might have been okay with Ned having a bastard, but to bring him home to the castle and treat him just like the other children??!?, that's a huge disgrace to a lady, she is also obligated by ned to not say much about it, and she can't really divorce him, and she also can't send jon somewhere else, so she is stuck, and therefore she can't act so loving and accepting to someone that was forced on her, plus any lady in westeros would've acted much worse than catelyn, catelyn only hated jon and ignored him, just feelings, trust me, if catelyn had a bastard and brought him home, Ned would've done much worse than catelyn too, I don't know why you're surprised that a lady in medieval times doesn't treat a bastard the same as someone from the 21st century would?, even in the modern time my mom's step father treated her way worse than cat ever did to jon, your love for Jon is blinding you from simple logic.

    • @indiadecoseytillman
      @indiadecoseytillman 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Aydan2108was Cat still hurt that she had to settle for Ned another factor?

  • @Marshmellow3971
    @Marshmellow3971 Рік тому +2114

    Jon was pretty lucky that the Targaryen features ended up being so recessive and he looked much more like his mother’s side of the family. Ned would never have been able to keep it a secret if Jon had white hair and fair skin & eyes.

    • @eisenhower163
      @eisenhower163 Рік тому +342

      I always thought it was weird his hair was black.
      Targaryen features seem to be quite dominant in every other circumstance

    • @UsualHRS
      @UsualHRS Рік тому +261

      While Ned would have a bit of a harder time, people would draw the conclusion that the baby was his and Ashara Dayne's given that Edric and Gerold Dayne have silver hair

    • @bobbybaklava9605
      @bobbybaklava9605 Рік тому +469

      ​@eisenhower163 Targaryen blood is actually very weak, which is one of the reasons they mate within the family to keep the blood pure and the bond with the dragons, strong
      So it makes sense that the Stark blood is more dominant in Jon

    • @Spidido
      @Spidido Рік тому +114

      ​@@bobbybaklava9605yeah. Like Aegor Rivers. Even Bryden is pale only because he is an Albino, if I am not mistaken.

    • @perlundgren7797
      @perlundgren7797 Рік тому +104

      @@eisenhower163 -Rhaena- Rhaenys and Baelor Breakspear are two examples with dark hair, just from the top of my head.

  • @graphthis2249
    @graphthis2249 Рік тому +103

    “His mother left little of herself in his appearance” hits hard. That’s some good foreshadowing.

    • @LNGD_46
      @LNGD_46 3 місяці тому +1

      _"but her blood and her soul and her strength and her courage all went into the steel"_

  • @benderthepirate
    @benderthepirate Рік тому +511

    Also the fact that, unlike the show, Book Jon is actually intelligent and skilled at leadership and politics. In the game of thrones, he is the player Ned and Robb never were.

    • @fazediamond5671
      @fazediamond5671 Рік тому

      Is he? He did get killed for not listening to his counselors

    • @ousseynougueye5949
      @ousseynougueye5949 Рік тому

      His counselors are short-sighted idiots.

    • @benderthepirate
      @benderthepirate Рік тому +76

      @@fazediamond5671 I'm talking about Book Jon. He was killed in a mutiny for planning to leave in order to save Arya, which violated his oath. Up until that point, he was an excellent Lord Commander.

    • @fazediamond5671
      @fazediamond5671 Рік тому +1

      @@benderthepirate alright

    • @Tremere
      @Tremere Рік тому +48

      @@benderthepirateJon was honestly a good commander considering the unprecedented things he had to deal with, but implying Rob and Ned weren’t at least as skilled as him is crazy. Both were war-proven leaders with much more men serving under them and they both accomplished some impressive things, especially Rob given his young age. If anything this just goes to show how OP the Starks are

  • @danielrempel9839
    @danielrempel9839 8 місяців тому +30

    Benjin in the show is how i saw starks in my head while reading.

    • @TheMetallicaMonster
      @TheMetallicaMonster 3 місяці тому +3

      Which is silly, because Joseph Mawle is a dapper lad. Benjen Stark looked very "Aragorn-ish". Long face ≠ ugly

    • @ameliabrittain3689
      @ameliabrittain3689 2 місяці тому +2

      I have been saying that for a while, but yes, Benjen is exactly how I picture Ned in my head.

  • @Galaxies3000
    @Galaxies3000 Рік тому +110

    Ironic how Tyrion said that Jon's mother left little of herself in Jon...

  • @nunya_business1185
    @nunya_business1185 Рік тому +267

    Little of her appearance, or all of it?

    • @lxfj2128
      @lxfj2128 Рік тому +2

      Little

    • @chaconcha
      @chaconcha Рік тому +46

      @@lxfj2128someone didn’t get it

    • @pankratos5017
      @pankratos5017 Рік тому +44

      ​@@lxfj2128What? His mother was the Stark, his father a Targaryen. Jon inherited almost all of his looks from his mother.

    • @roguecrow998
      @roguecrow998 Рік тому +9

      ​@@lxfj2128"it's rare enough thing.a man who doesn't get it "
      Probably me and Olenna Tyrell

    • @sophiawilson8696
      @sophiawilson8696 Рік тому +4

      ​@@pankratos5017in the books it is opposite.

  • @NortonjawX
    @NortonjawX Рік тому +634

    For the thousands time, we havent even gotten a proper description of Jon, how can you assume his not good looking? Val literally wants him to steal her. And id Rhaegar and Lyanna are his parents, id imagine they made a pretty handsome offspring

    • @wolog1454
      @wolog1454 Рік тому +48

      Not in the books, although its heavily hinted but lyanna and Rhaegar having Jon isnt canon…yet. And Ned was implied to be not that attractive but his stature and how he carried himself made him look better than his facial features so if Jon looks the most like Ned he wouldn’t be that attractive either

    • @SH19922x
      @SH19922x Рік тому +27

      ​@@wolog1454Grrm told Dumber and dumber his plot points, he is cannon aegon, danerys is cannon mad queen, tyrion is cannon crypt dumbass. All of those big plot points came directly from Grrm and are cannon to how he's going to write the books.
      Arya was always going to kill the night king in Grrm mind, no matter how much we hate it and how stupid it is to normal fans.

    • @steveomac385
      @steveomac385 Рік тому +26

      ​@wolog1454 D and D got the job because they figured out L+R=J
      which is ridiculous. Everyone figured it out. I I figured it out. I asked my friend who got me to read the books and she was well people thought that but he died in the last book. I was like spoilers then I got there and was like dude Melisandre is at the wall.

    • @goatlover6312
      @goatlover6312 Рік тому +46

      @@wolog1454Technically the descriptions about him not being attractive at least from Catelyn more specifically say that he is not as attractive as his older brother who was considered very hot. So he is not described as ugly, just less attractive than a very handsome man.

    • @MadMatTom7769
      @MadMatTom7769 Рік тому +18

      @@SH19922x Don't do drugs

  • @troyburnex
    @troyburnex 10 місяців тому +45

    Narrator: Jon looks so much like Ned
    Lyanna's Genes: Am a I joke to you?

    • @LNGD_46
      @LNGD_46 3 місяці тому

      _"but her blood and her soul and her strength and her courage all went into the steel"_

    • @iDeathMaximuMII
      @iDeathMaximuMII 2 місяці тому +1

      Ned to troyburnex: *Is the fact that he's still my nephew lost on you?*
      You can look more like your uncle than your parents
      I look like my mother, but I have my uncle's height, hair style
      Shared traits from any family member

    • @troyburnex
      @troyburnex 2 місяці тому

      @@iDeathMaximuMII bro it was a joke. I know how genes work

  • @rulekop
    @rulekop Рік тому +58

    If R + L = J, the irony in Tyrion's words is perfect.

    • @sophiawilson8696
      @sophiawilson8696 Рік тому +3

      clue it B +A equal J

    • @rulekop
      @rulekop Рік тому +1

      @@sophiawilson8696
      IMO B + A has some less compelling aspects to it, though it is a cool theory.
      Let's hope we'll get to see the answer 🙏

    • @Fist3ee
      @Fist3ee Рік тому +7

      ​@@rulekopi think we can definitely say that Lyanna is definitely Jon's mother but Rhaegar being his father is debatable

    • @marinatedweasel5424
      @marinatedweasel5424 3 місяці тому

      @@sophiawilson8696whomst is B

    • @LNGD_46
      @LNGD_46 3 місяці тому

      _"but her blood and her soul and her strength and her courage all went into the steel"_

  • @oneiromancer9198
    @oneiromancer9198 Рік тому +79

    one of the dumbest lines in the show is from Berric, mf tells jon “you don’t look much like your father, must favor your mother” like it’s not a complete contradiction

    • @willrundle2
      @willrundle2 Рік тому +3

      Or is it

    • @duhman3649
      @duhman3649 Рік тому +1

      When did he say that

    • @oneiromancer9198
      @oneiromancer9198 Рік тому +4

      @@duhman3649 season 7 i’m pretty sure, before they go beyond the wall

    • @connaeris8230
      @connaeris8230 Рік тому +7

      Beric clearly knew about R+L, why are you doubting D and D 🙄

    • @sophiawilson8696
      @sophiawilson8696 Рік тому +1

      also it was clue who Jon Snow really is.

  • @josh23062
    @josh23062 Рік тому +142

    It's interesting that only Jon and Arya are said to look like Starks and most alike, and Arya has been described to look much like Lyanna.
    Another nice little hint at his true parentage

  • @Myne1001
    @Myne1001 Рік тому +32

    Alt Shift X needs to make his "The Real Jon Snow" video already

  • @ericgarcia7592
    @ericgarcia7592 Рік тому +33

    Nah. Jon is a handsome dude. Too many women he interacts with call him 'pretty'. He looks like a Stark but got his actual father's handsomeness.

  • @osadock17
    @osadock17 Рік тому +151

    i just realize that those dark gray eyes could be a really dark purple

    • @ifeeldead463
      @ifeeldead463 Рік тому +23

      Could also be a grayish purple

    • @godoflightning5030
      @godoflightning5030 Рік тому +39

      In the books I think it is a dark purple in some scenes making people think he is asharas kid more and not even thinking about it coming from the targaryens

    • @Miuranger1
      @Miuranger1 Рік тому +2

      No arya has the same eyes

    • @marcusbierman5310
      @marcusbierman5310 Рік тому +15

      Rhaegar is also said to have had very dark purple eyes.

  • @babadjibybasse6140
    @babadjibybasse6140 Рік тому +23

    "Her mother let a little of her self in ..."
    When you know that it's her mother who was a stark instead of his father...

    • @LNGD_46
      @LNGD_46 3 місяці тому

      _"but her blood and her soul and her strength and her courage all went into the steel"_

    • @elektrik_exekutioner6822
      @elektrik_exekutioner6822 Місяць тому

      Says who?

  • @Fictionfactory555
    @Fictionfactory555 3 місяці тому +7

    Not only is he more cunning in the books, but unlike in the TV show, he actually has the ability to lie when he needs to and he comes across as a much better politician. He is a good fighter in the books, but he’s not nearly as good as he is in the show, he’s still a good fighter but he’s also very good at playing the political games of Westeros

  • @Its_Cannon
    @Its_Cannon Рік тому +20

    But one thing remains across both show and books: Don’t mess with this man’s friends or family.

  • @kingkongchief1177
    @kingkongchief1177 Рік тому +36

    Jon is really lucky he didn’t get any Targaryen features on his Dads side. Almost every time a Targaryen child bastard or not will get white hair and some shade of purple eyes. Robert seeing Jon with white hair and purple eyes would’ve been the end of him and the Baratheon and Stark friendship too. I don’t think Robert would kill Ned but he wouldn’t be friendly towards him and not give him some kind of punishment.

    • @TemariNaraannaschatz
      @TemariNaraannaschatz Рік тому +7

      All children born to Targs with a non Valyrien parent, until they stopped intermarying as much, inlcuding the rumored ones where we have descriptions of their looks:
      Orys Bratheon (black hair, black eyes), Rhaenys Targaryne (black hair, Targaryen father, half Targaryen mother), Jace, Luke &Joffrey (all look like Harwin Strong), Brynden Rivers (albino), Aegor Rivers (black hair, purple eyes), Baelor (son of Daeron II, dark hair, unknown eye color),
      That leaves Markar I who looks like his father, but not his Dornish mother and after that it's more intermarying. So no, most children with only one Targaryen parent actually do not have Targaryen features, which is one of the reasons they married so much with those of Valyrien blood.

    • @heyitsmira17
      @heyitsmira17 11 місяців тому +2

      There are ppl with those features who are not Targaryens. The Velaryons and even some ppl from across the narrow sea. A bastard of the Velaryons was said to look a lot like Rhaegar, which is the only reason why Cersei chooses him to be the next Master of Ships. They'd probably only question Ned abt where he found a Valyrian-looking girl.

    • @thapoppyman
      @thapoppyman 11 місяців тому +1

      uhh the baratheons???? none had white hair purple eyes....

    • @TemariNaraannaschatz
      @TemariNaraannaschatz 11 місяців тому +3

      @@heyitsmira17 The Targaryens have features of old Valyria, that's where both House Velaryon and House Targaryen come from. And all over Essos are people with heritage from there. Wouldn't even be that hard to find someone with those features that made it over to Westeros.

    • @CHAOS1997
      @CHAOS1997 8 місяців тому

      ​@@TemariNaraannaschatz
      Viserys I and Alicent Hightower had 4 children who looked so Valyrian,you'd think Alicent was a Targ herself.

  • @fionarangel9486
    @fionarangel9486 8 місяців тому +5

    It's not uncommon for a nephew to look like his uncle more than his father - Ned's perfect protection for Jon was a huge sacrifice

  • @ricaivory6571
    @ricaivory6571 Рік тому +20

    "Whoever your mother if, she left little of her appearance" if only they knew, his mother marked him the most 😂😂😂

    • @elektrik_exekutioner6822
      @elektrik_exekutioner6822 Місяць тому

      Says who?

    • @ricaivory6571
      @ricaivory6571 Місяць тому

      @@elektrik_exekutioner6822 his mama is LITERALLY lyanna stark, ned stark sister. He looks so much like a stark bcuz of his mama. They just don't kno that yet. At that point in the books, they still think ned cheated with some cheap wh0re and she had his baby. Bcuz if Robert knew the truth, he'd kill Jon. Did you not read the books or watch the show?

    • @elektrik_exekutioner6822
      @elektrik_exekutioner6822 Місяць тому

      @@ricaivory6571 I did read the books. Nothing of that is ever mentioned. The show did its own thing. So no, as far as we know, Lyanna is not Jon's mother.

    • @ricaivory6571
      @ricaivory6571 Місяць тому

      @@elektrik_exekutioner6822 if you don't believe it, that's all you had to say bruh.

    • @elektrik_exekutioner6822
      @elektrik_exekutioner6822 Місяць тому

      @@ricaivory6571 Because this video talks about the books, not the show.

  • @caseykiesling4348
    @caseykiesling4348 Рік тому +13

    Jon doesn’t look like his father eddard stark he looks like his uncle eddard stark

  • @evanrobinson5682
    @evanrobinson5682 Рік тому +5

    Love that dramatic irony of Tyrion thinking that about Jon’s mom

  • @herozero7484
    @herozero7484 Рік тому +30

    You forgot that he is not a superhero in the books like in the show.

    • @roguecrow998
      @roguecrow998 Рік тому +8

      Or better say no one is a superhero and everything makes sense

    • @sheadoherty7434
      @sheadoherty7434 Рік тому +4

      Although he is implied to be superhuman in the books

    • @animatedmonkey5882
      @animatedmonkey5882 11 місяців тому +5

      Honestly tho I look up to book Jon. I know you meant he’s not invincible in books like how he feels in the show. But personality wise Jon is a very relatable and admirable character in my opinion. I was 19 when I first read the books and found myself really wanting to be like him

    • @Aydan2108
      @Aydan2108 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@sheadoherty7434 lmao 💀

    • @ameliabrittain3689
      @ameliabrittain3689 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah himbo action hero Jon is kinda lame compared to intelligent Lord Commander Take-No-Shit Snow.

  • @the98themperoroftheholybri33
    @the98themperoroftheholybri33 Рік тому +12

    Rhaegar Targaryan was also sullen in the books...

  • @DKV436
    @DKV436 11 місяців тому +8

    We don't know if he looks like Eddard Stark. Catelyn just says Jon looks more like Ned compared to her own sons, who all look like Tullys, with red hair and blue eyes. Jon could be a long faced brown haired Rhaegar for all we know.

  • @literallyasneeze2135
    @literallyasneeze2135 10 місяців тому +6

    I love how Jon, the bastard, is the most Stark-like of the "offspring" of Eddard. It seems fitting in a way.

  • @stevem2323
    @stevem2323 6 місяців тому +7

    He's good looking in the books too, women love him.

  • @pawezielinski2781
    @pawezielinski2781 Рік тому +52

    How can Jon have gray eyes "so dark they are almost black" when gray eyes are one of the lightest eye shades?

    • @goatlover6312
      @goatlover6312 Рік тому +23

      Gray is anything on the spectrum between black and white. There is no such thing as dark white or light black so slightest lightness to black makes it into a dark gray.

    • @ifeeldead463
      @ifeeldead463 Рік тому +4

      Dark Gray

    • @connaeris8230
      @connaeris8230 Рік тому +12

      It's because it's grey mixed with Rhaegar's indigo probably. Also it's a fantasy show with dragons

    • @DngrDan
      @DngrDan Рік тому +6

      How else would he have Targaryen eyes without it being super obvious to other characters and the readers themselves? The shade of purple has to be so dark and feint that people mistake it for dark-grey. The eyes of Targaryen characters are talked about in the books and the shades of them vary quite a bit.

    • @pupper5580
      @pupper5580 Рік тому +2

      Jon's eyes are a mix of brown and purple (targaeryen eye color) which results in the eye looking black (but if you look closer you will see a hint of purple)

  • @Nick-xe8rx
    @Nick-xe8rx Рік тому +49

    Most of the times we see Jon talking about it his appearance, he almost ALWAYS compares himself to his brother Rob, saying that Rob always got the girls while Jon didn’t. Jon compares nearly everything about himself with Rob because deep down he was envious of Rob being the handsome first born Stark heir. Also, Rob looking more like his mother gave him that “highborn look” while Jon is more of a northern look, which might be why many northern girl (Ygritte, Val, and other wildlings) call him pretty.

    • @blackbastardofthewall8647
      @blackbastardofthewall8647 Рік тому

      That's just a show thing.
      And literally not a single character ever refers to him as pretty.

    • @ifeeldead463
      @ifeeldead463 Рік тому +18

      Also, I think its cuz Robb had the confidence and charisma while Jon not so much

    • @DngrDan
      @DngrDan Рік тому +27

      ​@@ifeeldead463Exactly. Jon was a solemn, broody bastard who always got sat in some dark corner of the feast hall. Of course he didn't get as much attention as the heir of Winterfell. So he thinks he's ugly, but obviously that's not true because of all the attention he gets from women later on in the books. Arya has the same complex because she's just a child and always got teased by her sister and her friends for having a long face. But people say she greatly resembles Lyanna, who was a great beauty.

    • @ifeeldead463
      @ifeeldead463 Рік тому +3

      ​@@DngrDan true. Also, I remember Ned was also average, its just his confidence and presebtation is what made him more attractive. So maybe if Jon and Arya had more confidence, maybe styled themselves a bit, then they would be considered attractive

    • @stlegion-px1wo
      @stlegion-px1wo Рік тому +10

      @@ifeeldead463
      When Arya stays in keep after the brotherhood without banner finds out who she is the lady of keep calls Arya a pretty girl it could be starks have to grow into their looks compared to other people. Shireen Baratheon despite being rather homely grew up in court surrounded by more objectively attractive people blushes when speaking to Jon for the first time Val who is objectively beautiful even by Nobel lady standards is always flirting with him . After Orel eagle has a go at Jon’s face yggrite and what has that eagle done to your sweet face . The giants confuse Jon for being a girl in a storm of swords . Alys Karstark if I remember correctly low key flirts with him with her husband to be being right next to her. And I’m pretty sure Ned was only plain looking compared to Brandon . And only Jon to my knowledge downgrades how attractive he is . The worst thing said about his appearance is that he’s often sullen looking

  • @Huhgundai399
    @Huhgundai399 Рік тому +16

    He wasn’t different in the books. He was different in the show. Which was fan fiction and should be ignored

  • @stlegion-px1wo
    @stlegion-px1wo Рік тому +7

    An interesting point about Jon’s eyes is that they are so dark they appear black. And aegon the 5 had dark purple eyes that were so dark they appeared black in certain lighting. An interesting thing eye color is that depending on hair color or the colors of your clothes bring out different shades in your eyes . For example someone with blue eyes tinged with green your eyes can appear either color depending on color of the clothes your wearing particularly your shirt . Jon who wore dark colors even before he joined the nights watch and has dark brown hair to boot would always appear to have dark grey nearly black eyes . If he wore lighter colors any purple pigment that his eyes possess whould show more

  • @retributionpics
    @retributionpics Рік тому +26

    Just because Jon looks like Ned. And Ned Is described as average in terms of beauty. That doesn't necessarily mean Jon is also average in looks.
    Have you ever seen siblings that you can tell instantly by looking at them that they are related but one of them is much better looking then the other? Jon has the Stark look. But many Starks throughout the past have been found very attractive.
    There is more evidence that Jon is good looking then not. Based on the fact that pretty much every female he meets seems to be into him. At the very least it is safe to assume he is above average in looks. It is true that book Jon looks nothing like Kit though.

    • @dartagnanjames8069
      @dartagnanjames8069 Рік тому +5

      Yeah, pretty much every female and Satin seem very keen on Jon.

  • @dartagnanjames8069
    @dartagnanjames8069 Рік тому +9

    Saying he's not very good looking isn't really fair. A long face isn't an unattractive feature on it's own, and we don't get many detailed descriptions of what he looks like. The biggest indicators of his looks are his interactions with female characters, and Satin, and they all seem fairly pleased with him.

  • @Kat-fd7ff
    @Kat-fd7ff 2 місяці тому +1

    - He’s way smarter and more cunning
    - He’s not an immortal action hero like in the show
    - He can warg
    - He has prophetic dreams
    - He wants to communicate with the Others and understand them
    - He develops as a character and is deeply affected by things he goes through; Jon’s entire character is in constant conflict between love and duty, right and wrong and realising real life is all grey (aka he has a personality)

  • @HollowedKnight66
    @HollowedKnight66 10 місяців тому +4

    Interesting that Arya looks the most like Lyanna

  • @StevenCastelletti
    @StevenCastelletti 2 місяці тому +1

    I like how in the books Arya is called, Arya “horse face”

  • @ifeeldead463
    @ifeeldead463 Рік тому +6

    If his parents really are Lyanna and Rhaegar, well, looks like its more Rhaegar left very little of himself in his son's dna haha

  • @Borderose
    @Borderose Рік тому +5

    Grey eyes so dark, they look black?
    Are they sure it's not just a really deep shade of purple?

  • @Nimno74
    @Nimno74 Рік тому +14

    Tyrion had that half right.... his Stark look was unquestionable, but the mother's genes were definitely dominant.

  • @erickonami1
    @erickonami1 Рік тому +5

    "he is sullen and quick to sense a slight" means that Jon sometimes feels sensitive and is insecure about his place in the world since he always wanted to be lord of winterfell but he was not a true Stark like Robb (who was his best friend)

  • @RAGEINYOUTH
    @RAGEINYOUTH 2 місяці тому +1

    Thats such good attention to detail. I believe sons look like their mothers, in that case, they resemble catelyn more. Jon, who is more than likely the son of lyanna, would look more like a stark than any of his supposed male cousins

  • @xColton24
    @xColton24 4 місяці тому +2

    In the show, Jon is a great warrior. In the books he's a pretty good politician

  • @cesarmunoz7647
    @cesarmunoz7647 Рік тому +3

    And he unconsciously wargs Ghost while sleeping.

  • @assetzhanaliyev1620
    @assetzhanaliyev1620 3 місяці тому +1

    His mother left so little of herself in Jon. Such a great foreshadowing about his parents 😊

  • @echo12345ish
    @echo12345ish 4 місяці тому

    Props to putting the artists credits in the corner, neat touch

  • @peterkelsall5303
    @peterkelsall5303 Рік тому +2

    Really I think the difference in age is the most important. That few years difference makes his impulsivity (eg nearly deserting when he hears the banners had been called) and early aloofness much more understandable and generally makes him a mkre sympathetic character.

  • @sebastianbonilla1323
    @sebastianbonilla1323 4 місяці тому +2

    I have the theory that Targaryen genes are the most recessive in the whole kingdom. Thats why its so easy to spot Targ bastards, and why Jon looks so much like a Stark because of Lyanna

    • @icantthinkofname1244
      @icantthinkofname1244 4 місяці тому

      pretty sure your theory has proved wrong many times but ok

  • @chaitanyajoglekar123
    @chaitanyajoglekar123 11 місяців тому +2

    Started reading the books yesterday, and they are So Good. They also make much more sense.

  • @MrNachtgespenst
    @MrNachtgespenst Рік тому +16

    Damn, why does everyone understand Ned being "less" handsome as him being ugly? 😅
    Brandon Stark managed to make multiple highborn girls forget about the "you're worthless once you lose your virginity" rule. That man must have been as handsome as Robert Baratheon in his youth, maybe even more.
    Ned being less handsome is probably like one of them being Brad Pitt and the other Kurt Cobain. 😂😂😂

    • @Miuranger1
      @Miuranger1 Рік тому +1

      Brandon stark wasn't on robert level of looks. Robert clone renly is described as the handsomest man ever. And Robert is behind jaime and rhaegar in that department

    • @MrNachtgespenst
      @MrNachtgespenst Рік тому +4

      @@Miuranger1 Robert used to shave regularly, so I guess his face truly was only behind Rheagars and Jaimes, if he gets called "a maidens dream".
      On the other hand, he was a lot more build than the both of them and some women would prefer that over an even more ridiculously attractive face.
      Now Brandon. While it's true, we have no reason to assume he was as attractive as any of them, we also have no reason not to.
      Catelyn desperately wanted to marry him, even thought herself "in love". Seeing as they didn't know each other like at all, it's safe to assume she was into him because of his potential power and looks.
      So we have Brandon making Catelyn swoon for him with but a look, Barbrey forget about the "look never touch" rule and possibly even Ashara Dayne letting him into her bed.
      Yes I think he was damn attractive. And if Ned in turn is "less" attractive, he is probably not all that bad looking himself now, is he?
      Ps: The whole thing about the south thinking of the north as barbarians is no fanfics shtick by the way: They think of Northmen, how northmen think of the Free Folk.
      What am I trying to say with this?
      A man must be damn attractive if a highborn southern girl, who has heard tales of the gruffy, animalistic northmen for all her life, still thinks herself in love with one of them.

  • @kadbenson7540
    @kadbenson7540 11 місяців тому +1

    His dark almost black eyes are probably just super deep purple

  • @mknwy
    @mknwy 3 місяці тому +2

    Book Jon was taller. Kit Harrington is so small that it was hard to take him seriously as Jon Snow many times.

  • @jeanpaulsinatra
    @jeanpaulsinatra 8 місяців тому

    Also his group of friends at Castle Black have a kind of In Betweeners vibe. I pure howl every time Pyp picks on Grenn

  • @tereza1959
    @tereza1959 Рік тому +52

    I love how Jon Snow is a living "fuck you" to the Targaryens, they spent hundreds of years trying to keep their genes valyrian with silver hair and purple eyes, and the last male targaryen is 100% Stark in appearence ❤🐺

    • @saldzbob9972
      @saldzbob9972 8 місяців тому +6

      There's also baelor, rhaegel, and Duncan.

    • @Aydan2108
      @Aydan2108 6 місяців тому +3

      Huh?💀

    • @jedigirl4life
      @jedigirl4life 4 місяці тому +5

      Rhaenys in the books has black hair from her mother.

  • @themadhanna
    @themadhanna 6 місяців тому +3

    I have not seen the TV show (because I like women), but I suspect Eddard is not Jon's father. He is actually the twin of Maelys and was not eaten in the womb, as is suggested. We will find out that he resembles Eddard so much because he's a faceless man and takes on such an appearance to fit in.

  • @paulievespucci6867
    @paulievespucci6867 Рік тому +4

    I've always thought that Show Robb Stark looked more like the proper Jon than Kit Harrington.
    But it is not true that Jon is not attractive in the books. Many remarked him as attractive.

  • @YouTubeSussyBot
    @YouTubeSussyBot Рік тому +5

    He is also MORE emo in books.

  • @sarmadhabibkhan3036
    @sarmadhabibkhan3036 3 місяці тому

    Tyrion: Your mom left very little of her resemblance in you
    Ned: Oh No! The opposite actually

  • @LNGD_46
    @LNGD_46 3 місяці тому +1

    _"but her blood and her soul and her strength and her courage all went into the steel"_
    Jon is the steel (Lightbringer)

  • @trybacklater
    @trybacklater Рік тому +2

    Those Tully genes are strong

  • @SarahBurke-hv6my
    @SarahBurke-hv6my 5 місяців тому +1

    The way he is described in the book sounds extremely attractive to me 🤗.

  • @Force-Multiplier
    @Force-Multiplier Рік тому

    Plot twist all of Cait's children are actually sons of Hodor and that's where the "hold the door" trauma really comes from

  • @TheWilDOn31
    @TheWilDOn31 3 місяці тому +1

    "Not as good looking as Kit Harington" Does Not Mean Ugly! Let's not forget Kit is very very handsome. Not many good looking men in the world can compare to that.

  • @NHBoudy
    @NHBoudy Рік тому +12

    Also, so much smarter in the books.

  • @theindianpaladin
    @theindianpaladin Рік тому +2

    He is never said to be not good looking. Just that he has long faces and dark hairs like Starks.

  • @carastone3473
    @carastone3473 Рік тому

    Jon looks like his UNCLE Ned Stark

  • @MortenLongbottom
    @MortenLongbottom Рік тому +18

    I think Kit Harrington looks a lot, in physical appearance, as Jon Snow. Particularly when we see him with Richard Madden (Robb Stark, just missing his full red hair), Sophie Turner (Sansa), and Maisie Williams (Arya, just missing the long face). The only actor, of the Stark kids, that looks so different is Bran.

    • @blackbastardofthewall8647
      @blackbastardofthewall8647 Рік тому +2

      He really doesn't tho. Jon does not have curly black hair and brown eyes, nor does he has a beard.

    • @MadMatTom7769
      @MadMatTom7769 Рік тому +3

      @@blackbastardofthewall8647 And Kit does not have that "long" face

    • @connaeris8230
      @connaeris8230 Рік тому +4

      Nah Kit's Hair and eyes are too dark, also curly hair is absolutely not a Stark trait. And he was too pale, Starks are supposed to be more olive skinned. Kit is basically Satin lol, not Jon

    • @sayuriwickramasingha1560
      @sayuriwickramasingha1560 Рік тому

      ​@@connaeris8230 agree on this

    • @godoflightning5030
      @godoflightning5030 Рік тому +6

      ⁠​⁠@@connaeris8230you have never read the books 1. starks have had curly hair quite often so it is a stark trait 2. Starks usually have raven black or a dark brown-black raven hair. 3. In the books his eyes are described as being a grey so dark it looks black but in the light dark purple. 4. They are not described as olive skinned they were Pailer then most when described. 5. His mother had black hair if I’m not mistaken who’s parents are both stark and so did Brandon and I don’t remeber it describing Ned’s hair. 6.Kit looks just like him just needs to be taller because he is described as taller in the books and is only 14 and rob is a year older.

  • @Venomm737
    @Venomm737 8 місяців тому +1

    Quite ironic how Tyrion thinks Jon's features were inherited only from his father, and didn't resemble his mother at all, when in reality, it's just the opposite, with Jon only inheriting Stark features from his mother Lyanna and none from his father Rhaegar.

  • @radecstark3191
    @radecstark3191 Рік тому +1

    Fun fact richard madden resembled jons stature will kit haringtom was more like robb stark minus the hair color

  • @constantinetranos2225
    @constantinetranos2225 10 місяців тому +1

    He looks like Arya, who we are told in the story looks like Lyanna...

  • @damnthebran
    @damnthebran Рік тому +1

    I don't remember Theon being particularly close with anyone before his time with Ramsey, let alone Jon. He even belittled Jon when they found the dire wolves. He wasn't even respectful to Rob before he became head of the house.

  • @helenrose5383
    @helenrose5383 Рік тому +2

    Jon is not as striking as eldest of the Tully featured Starks, ie Robb and Sansa. His features are common to the North. But that doesn't mean, he wasn't good-looking. He is a pretty boy, svelte and also short (like Ned)- he is said to be prettier than Ygritte and also Tormund's daughters.

  • @Eyuel29
    @Eyuel29 Рік тому +1

    He was 14 when he joined the night’s watch

  • @muhammadnadiulkaffi5021
    @muhammadnadiulkaffi5021 Рік тому +1

    People say that Lyanna looks like Arya, and Arya looks like Ned... so the whole Targaryan dynasty is basically ended for Ned Starks looking woman.

  • @Victoria-_
    @Victoria-_ Рік тому +1

    The IRONY considering that why Jon looks like Ned so much is bc he’s Lyanna’s son & didn’t get much of Rhaegar’s genes 😂

  • @madambutterfly1997
    @madambutterfly1997 9 місяців тому +1

    Ain’t it sad how he got none of Rhaegar’s features. But then it would’ve been a dead giveaway.

  • @jaynguin
    @jaynguin 8 місяців тому +2

    Isnt Jon described in the books as being pretty while Rob is handsome?

  • @mehedi8331
    @mehedi8331 3 місяці тому +1

    The Last Dragon
    Raised by the Wolves.
    ❤🔥❤️‍🔥💥

  • @rammieliverson9061
    @rammieliverson9061 2 місяці тому

    Its good that jon loks like a stark than a targeryan

  • @mspbz970
    @mspbz970 Рік тому

    ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

  • @bigfoot3866
    @bigfoot3866 Рік тому +1

    George wrote wrong.
    I have grey eyes.
    They are more as roose boltons are described.
    Chips of ice.
    Google grey eyes. They are very light blue so much so they almost look grey.

  • @matthewklahn3204
    @matthewklahn3204 Місяць тому

    Plot twist: Arya is the only trueborn child of Catelyn

  • @ajwall1
    @ajwall1 6 місяців тому +2

    Kinda just sounds like narrator has a prejudice against horses and their faces! 😂

  • @rodolfovictor_
    @rodolfovictor_ 3 місяці тому

    Just imagine Ned coming home with his new white hair, purple eyes Targaryen son…

  • @carolynallisee2463
    @carolynallisee2463 Рік тому +3

    Oh, his mother left a very great deal of herself in her son. It was John's father who left little trace of himself in his child!

  • @ErikPT
    @ErikPT Рік тому +1

    Jon also knows his Father is a lord making him a bastard lord but a Stark Lord

  • @BuggyDFool
    @BuggyDFool Рік тому +1

    Jon is named for Jon Arryn
    Robb for Robert Baratheon
    Bran for Brandon Stark
    Who was Rickon named after?

  • @robertsmiley2207
    @robertsmiley2207 Рік тому

    That's funny that Tyrion would say that when Jon looks so much like a Stark because of his mother

  • @projectilequestion
    @projectilequestion Рік тому

    He has such a talent for writing books.

  • @AngelaSmith_1970
    @AngelaSmith_1970 3 місяці тому

    He’s not Lord Eddard’s son, he’s his nephew 😂

  • @infoidentity
    @infoidentity 2 місяці тому

    I swear, every time I close my eyes to go to sleep I hear this guy saying "Did you know, in the books"

  • @AndromedaGalaxy-i8l
    @AndromedaGalaxy-i8l 6 днів тому +1

    Book Jon is more handsome ! Long faced but attractive

  • @840happycamper840
    @840happycamper840 Рік тому

    Richard Madden who plays Robb in the show is how I picture ned in the books.

  • @JayOhBreezy
    @JayOhBreezy Рік тому

    I did know that I read the books plenty of times, and that was one of the things. I hated that they change the most….. until the latter seasons of course lol.