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By Andrew Whalen
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Death Is Less Permanent in Westeros
Are we naïve to theorize that Snow will pop back up and immediately ride into vengeful battle with Ramsay Bolton, Alliser Thorne and every other Thrones monster we'd cheer to see die? Instead, isn't it more likely that Snow—who spent at least one entire episode cold on a slab—will come back broken?
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The Game of Thrones premiere felt formless—dropping in here or there to check up with old friends—but it also had a piquant eye for detail. Sansa stumbling on the oath of knighthood and Podrick, the dutiful squire, stepping in. Or the Meereenese woman misunderstanding Tyrion's garbled Low Valyrian, once again imagining him the cruel Imp. Arya learning that real power requires sacrifice and hiding your true self behind a mask, a lesson Melisandre absorbed long ago. It was an episode that dwelt on consequences and the gaps between intentions and reality. While the previews may play up battles and blood ("I choose violence," says Cersei in the first trailer), the Season 6 premiere proved Game of Thrones is still a show that's first and foremost about the aftermath.
If Snow won't return a shattered shell of himself, like Beric Dondarrion, or an undead monstrosity, like The Mountain or the wights, what baggage will he bring from the other side?
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