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[TD1]

A vague sadness that Ned Stark isn't in GoT anymore. He was a great character.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

A vague sadness that Ned Stark isn't in GoT anymore. He was a great character.

It was bound to happen, what with the books and all.

[Calidovi]

bless him, hes resting with the sacred yams of Ahia Njoku

Yoooo, ur back! Hi!

Now we need Rubidium.

oh shit i am back

this was not part of the plan

[Solifuge]

A vague sadness that Ned Stark isn't in GoT anymore. He was a great character.

Wait, has the "Varys snuck Ned out, and used his Cosplay Skills to dress up someone else to be executed in his stead, hence everyone saying 'that face doesn't even look like Ned anymore,'" theory been debunked?

[somemildmanneredidiot]

A vague sadness that Ned Stark isn't in GoT anymore. He was a great character.

Wait, has the "Varys snuck Ned out, and used his Cosplay Skills to dress up someone else to be executed in his stead, hence everyone saying 'that face doesn't even look like Ned anymore,'" theory been debunked?

That's a theory?!?!?

Now my WTF is the idea of the fantastic plot twist that would be.

[Solifuge]

I think the major narrative reason is that Jon Snow needs someone to legitimize his birthright as a Filthy Targaryen. And the only people who could do that are the survivors from the Tower of Joy; IE. Howland Reed and Eddard Stark. Also, I think Sean Bean is still contracted for the Game of Thrones show, despite being "dead". Excluding more flashbacks...

[itisnotlogical]

I'm that kind of pseudo-awake where my body is moving and I don't feel tired, but I'm so physically and mentally uncoordinated that I'm not really going to get anything done. Example, I'm typing this post a second time because I hit "preview" and thought that meant I posted it and could close the tab.

Also, as happens late at night when I'm tired, I'm thinking the worst of myself.

[Yoink]

Started listening to a rather long song but had to stop to go poop about a fifth of the way through.

[Sergarr]

I'm that kind of pseudo-awake where my body is moving and I don't feel tired, but I'm so physically and mentally uncoordinated that I'm not really going to get anything done. Example, I'm typing this post a second time because I hit "preview" and thought that meant I posted it and could close the tab.

Also, as happens late at night when I'm tired, I'm thinking the worst of myself.

Just had about the same feeling a few hours ago. Quite... weird and annoying, though I went to sleep after a while. Try drinking tea?

[TD1]

A vague sadness that Ned Stark isn't in GoT anymore. He was a great character.

It was bound to happen, what with the books and all.

Errrr, I kinda meant in both the books and the series?

A vague sadness that Ned Stark isn't in GoT anymore. He was a great character.

Wait, has the "Varys snuck Ned out, and used his Cosplay Skills to dress up someone else to be executed in his stead, hence everyone saying 'that face doesn't even look like Ned anymore,'" theory been debunked?

That's a theory?!?!?

Now my WTF is the idea of the fantastic plot twist that would be.

It wouldn't fit very well, given Bran's visions of Ned, and their knowledge of his death. Of course, I think that might have only been the books?

I think the major narrative reason is that Jon Snow needs someone to legitimize his birthright as a Filthy Targaryen. And the only people who could do that are the survivors from the Tower of Joy; IE. Howland Reed and Eddard Stark. Also, I think Sean Bean is still contracted for the Game of Thrones show, despite being "dead". Excluding more flashbacks...

Isn't Reed still alive? Besides, now we have Bran for all that stuff. Or it's possible Howland told his daughter.

[Yoink]

Just went into the kitchen to make a coffee, put water on to boil, grabbed the tin from its hiding place behind a bunch of other stuff on the bench and pulled it towards me... and discovered that whoever used my coffee last hadn't replaced the lid securely. 

Coffee powder spilled on the bench, on my hand, and (quite a large amount) on the floor, as I looked on in horror.
Sure, my preferred brand of coffee may be reasonably cheap compared to the sorts of fancy-ass coffee a lot of people go for, but it's still an expensive substance by my standards. Bugger. I still have some left in the tin, and I shoved enough of the spilled stuff into my cup (along with gods-know-what bacteria from the bench, ugh) to make the drink, but it's still annoying.   

[hops]

One time I spilled bleach over my tea box.

[Solifuge]

Isn't Reed still alive? Besides, now we have Bran for all that stuff. Or it's possible Howland told his daughter.

Don't want to do a big Song of Ice and Fire derail.... but:

Though Bran might be able to convince Jon himself (and maybe Daenerys, if he's to be one of the three heads of the Dragon, and/or Azor Ahai), but I suspect that the dreams of a traitor's crippled child are going to have a hard time passing muster with the greater public. Remember that magic isn't a fact of life, in most Westerosi minds. Howland Reed is still alive, though. He's probably the prime candidate to corroborate Jon's claim to his birthright, especially if he and Bran meet and discuss it at some point.

But still, I still have a hard time accepting that unflinchingly proud and honorable Ned Stark would have lied and declared himself a traitor in an attempt to save his life. And the comments people made about his head not looking like him feel like a plot hook. Also, remember that Varys is a master of disguise and secret passages with all kinds of shadowy connections, and met with Ned right before the execution, and disappeared from the Red Keep right afterward too.

Also, can't Sean Bean not die in a single thing he's in? :<

[TD1]

It's possible, I suppose, if speaking solely from the perspective of the TV series. In the books I'm convinced he's dead.

Assuming he did somehow survive, he would not abandon his family. Robb went to war and ultimately died for him. Arya is missing. Sansa was essentially a prisoner to be tormented by Joffrey in a Lannister stronghold.

It's possible he was shipped abroad a la Tyrion, but again..... he just wouldn't take that lying down. IMO he's definitely dead, and all that could resurrect him is the series giving in to public desire. Which I kinda hope happens, so long as they at least hide some of the holes involved with so doing.

[hops]

I'd entertain that possibility in A Song of Ice and Fire if the author wasn't GRRM.

Whic his why it's possible in the show.