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Originally Posted by Tharkun  I just had one more addition to Needle's theory. It was much discussed that Jon was acting very un-jonlike during this chapter in aDwD. This could be because he was warging into another body (the ice body if Needle is correct) and influenced by the feelings of that person (reanimated corpse). We see Varamyr discuss the kinds of animals that skinchangers "shouldn't" become because of how it changed their perspective. Perhaps Jon was acting in this way because of the influence of the real owner of the body he was occupying. |
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Originally Posted by The Imp Welcome to the forum 
I don't think what you say is right, because we also know from the Varmyr chapter and from Bran chapters that people don't like having their minds invaded. The bodies in the ice cell were dead, but "fresh", giving Jon the opportunity to warg into a body without having to fight the living inhabitant. |
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Originally Posted by Tharkun Thanks! I like it here. Haven't been active on a book thread since college.
I'm going to have to disagree with you, Imp. If Melisandre were to have reanimated the body, at least some part of the original inhabitant would have remained a la Beric Dondarrion. That remaining personality is what I'm thinking was influencing Jon, much like the imprint from the Eagle influenced Varamyr to hate Jon. |
First let me say WELCOME THARKUN!
It did seem that the wrights retained some memory of who the were aka: going after the Lord Commander.
As the author of this not so crackpot theory I have to tell you this would not be the case with the body inhabited by Jon
because: Mel did not reanimate the body, Jon warged it! Mel's only contribution was to glamour it to look like Jon.
However walking around with your mind in a dead body has to make you off just a little!
