We could say more: It’s not just his status as the last known (illegitimate) male Stark that gets Jon into poll position; it’s that he’s proven his ability as a highly skilled combatant and combat leader in a martial feudal culture (the North) that values these qualities above all else. For a culture like this, even…

The writing *has* been uneven, as the show has moved off the books - D&D aren’t the best screenwriters out there. But in fairness to them, Martin by the fifth book has written himself into something of a corner, branching out into even more sub-narratives and characters. That was going to make it increasingly…

Come to that, though, even Jon did not have any (steel) armor - just his Stark leathers. Which is not nothing. But contrast that with how Robb Stark was typically attired.

If she doesn’t trust Jon even with *this* information, then she’s got far bigger problems on her hands.

“Thematically, as dumb as Jon was, I think it was necessary because since his death, he has been seeking to escape from his new life. Forst he tries to leave the Wall, then he presses to attack as quickly as possible, and then he stares down an entire charging army, with ni expectation of rescue, in what I feel is an…

“Here’s a plausible answer- Sansa didn’t exactly know that they’d be there. “

“Highly doubtful they had more than 4000 men with them”

Looks daft to pretty much all of us; but it’s also true that had he made Ramsay’s targeting job difficult like that, Ramsay would likely have had all of his archers unleash on him, and Rickon’s chances of dodging *that* were a lot slimmer. Fir the first 300-400 yards he could run, he was in range of instant death.