Game of Thrones 5×01 – Mance Rayder refuses to bend the knee

Oh, sweet, sweet irony Jon Snow… that you end up in the same predicament. At least you "listened" to your own advice

i wonder if jon thought about this very moment dany wanted him to bend the knee, that he was in mances shoes and acted almost the same way

Oh Mel, what are you doing?? The arrogance of religion huh?

In the "Game of Thrones" universe, the Lord of Light does indeed work in mysterious ways. Here in this scene, as Mance Rayder was burning alive, Jon Snow mercifully ended Rayder's suffering by shooting an arrow straight through his heart. As the Lord of Light would have it, Tormund was present in this scene to witness Jon Snow's act of mercy towards Mance Rayder. In turn, this allowed Tormund to honestly vouch for Jon's credibility/honor while Jon was in the process of trying to convince the Wildings at Hardhome to board Stannis' ships to evacuate south of the wall. This, in turn, convinced and allowed at least several thousand Wildings to avoid death at the hands of the Army of the Dead.

If Mance had instead chosen to "bend the knee" to Stannis, all of the Wildings north of the Wall would have simply viewed Mance as a "sellout" not worth listening to.

Mance was a dumbass for not bending
Because of this decision 70,000 wildling hot slaughtered at Hardhome
Thankfully Jon learned from his mistake and has Danys armies to save the north

I was a consul of ROME!!

Aegon Targeryen you are my hero

8:20 mance not hot!

He fucken twitched his eye on purpose 2:51

"Isn't their survival more important than your pride" exact lines said by Dany to Jon in when Jon refuse to bend the knee in Season 7 just like Mance 🤓

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Ugh, Tormund's face was heartbreaking. It was like he wanted to switch places with Mance but couldn't. Damn good acting.

this really reminds me of when jaime is talking to ned and says 500 people stood by and watched his father burn, and here while everyone is standing by jon takes action and defies the king to do the right thing. jon snow is truly a great man

Makes dany’s dragon fire look merciful

he should be killed by edmure tully

Jon sure could use someone like Mance these days.

I just love the look on Stannis's face after Jon shoots Mance with the arrow.

It’s funny how if Stannis burns someone alive no one is calling him a bitch. But when daenerys does it: BITCCH! Btw, Team Targaryen here!

Gotta love Jon Snow!!!

Dany just gave Jon a nice callback to this scene this season:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJnMJc6Xgs0

My favorite part is 9:20 when they're all looking at Jon

The name of the ost at the end please ?

Looking back on this conversation, it is a haunting echo of Jon's conversation with Daenerys about why he will not bend the knee. Jon saw only pride in Mance's decision not to kneel, while Dany sees the same in Jon's decision. Jon didn't understand Mance then, but his decision not to pledge himself and his people to a Southern cause (Dany's war against Cersei) shows that he understands him now.