"My father...was Maekar, the first of his name." Jon's expression from that moment onward was priceless seeing as he knew he was standing face to face with a legendary figure he had only read stories about. A living dragon.
Jon expected life to be for him and Robb, what it had been like for Benjen and Ned: they'd both serve the realm, see each other every few years, live as brothers in honour... but never counted on Benjen going missing and Ned being killed, never realizing how unstable things really were...
ameon was almost king,but he didn't want to have his brother's aegon life at risk. so he passed it over and told the high council to choose aegon as well. he then left to the wall to forever be away from the game of thrones. the top five greatest targreyanys ever.
To me this scene sums up one of the main themes of Westeros...that is that sometimes, what is or seems honourable isn't necessarily what is right. Its on and Aemon, but also Ned, choosing to forsake his honour and lie about Jon to protect him and keep his promise to his sister. And Jaime, sworn by oath like all Kingsguard to protect evil kings doing evil things until he forsakes his honour and kills the mad king to save the city, but is vilified as an oathbreaker. Its not always black and white..sometimes a man must choose ..
I believe it would be best if jamie was sent to wall as ned stark suggested. He would be unhappy about it initially but in the long term he would be happy there. His crimes wiped clean, away from cersei, plus he would found his purpose and his honor once he discover the threat of white walkers, plus its mentioned multiple times that all he wanted to be was a warrior and do his duty.
Peter Vaughan delivery of an already superb dialogue is flawless, this is scenes like these that make this show a fantastic achievement in an era where every piece of entertainement is dumbed down or over the top.
It's a great display of "I have A LOT of life experience to back me up" - in this case, 100 years of it. It probably helped in the characterization that Peter Vaughan was himself 87 years old at the time.
In Altered Carbon, the protagonist says: "A man who never loves, gives no hostage to fortune." Great quote, fitting with this same thought you expressed.
How amazing that this conversion was referenced in the finale. Jon's great uncle, unbeknownst to him at the time, whom he came to admire and seek counsel from.
@@cgi2002in the book he was the great uncle of the mad king, the show cut a generation of the Targaryen dynasty out. After Aegon V was Jaehaerys II, who was the father of Aerys II, but he only reigned for a few years before dying suddenly.
Really? A man who took the black for years, with no contact with the outside world learnt of a secret affair in the middle of a giant war and chaos and just figured all this out? You're right, I think aemon was the three eyed raven too.
@@shubhambobhate4941 Or Ned just told him. You know, people have that thing called mouths. Why are you pretending the Night's Watch is solitary confinement? They have plenty of contact with the outside world and there is no reason to assume Ned was never up there just because it wasn't on screen. With Aemon there would have been no reason to fear that the information spilled further.
@@zenmonk5403 you think ned ever went to the wall? To tell a targaryen? The smile was because jon was in a similar situation as him and had to leave his father and brother and reminded him of himself.
"We all do our duty when there is no cost to it, honour comes easy then, Yet sooner or later in every man's life there comes a day when it's not easy." Jon didn't have just one day like that he had three, 1. When he choose to stay in the Nights Watch instead of going to join Robb in the war of the five kings. 2 When he betrayed Ygritte and fled to warn the Nights Watch, 3 When he killed Dany and stop her plans for world conquest
Jon didn't kill dany? The show was canceled after season 4. Hopefully they will come back to it if they ever find some showrunners who care deeply about the source material...
RIP Peter Vaughan. This is one of the best scenes in the entire series. B&W keep butchering the story (to me GoT died with Tywin) but they did choose excellent actors for smaller roles. Vaughan was the best Maester Aemon we could've ever asked for. He was 93 years old and now his watch has ended.
I loved Aemon in the books and show. This actor did his character a great service imo. Aemon was HUGE in Jon's growth as a man in those handful of years. "Kill the boy and let the man be born" "You are half the age that Egg was, and your own burden is a crueler one, I fear. You will have little joy of your command, but I think you have the strength in you to do the things that must be done. Kill the boy, Jon Snow." He did in more ways than one...Great stuff. Sad GRRM will never even get the penultimate book done let alone the series. He's gone all political and wasting him time with TDS bs today and the last 4 years. Before it was him traveling doing book signings keeping him from writing, then the show and other easy money makers. Then C19 hit and I thought "NICE, he's locked down in NM or Arizona or wherever he lives and will finally finish the book" and 3yrs later of C19 and nothing but TDS rants and a couple chapters and excuses. No way we're getting another book. My ONLY hope is we get a Robert Jordan situation where when George dies(which has to be not all that far off with his obesity and age), his wife and publisher finds a comparable author to finish the series like Brandon Sanderson did with Wheel Of Time(bless him for that since he did great)with all the notes he hopefully leaves behind and what he tells his wife he plans for the ending. Crossing my fingers.
What I really love is that sense of regret, that if Aemon had been strong he would have rode out and damned his oath, that he hates that he was not strong enough to deny it.
It is wonderful to rewatch this scence after season 8. And it is far more interesting to read the comments, written years ago. We knew nothing but we was taught with so many lessons. I am grateful to be a part of it. Thanks for these lessons, I will try not to forget and implement them in my life
"If your lord father had to choose between honor on the one hand, and those he loves on the other, what would he do" "He would do whatever was right no matter what" Biggest clue for R+L=J IMO
Not just that ..Look at the otter images ...The love of a woman, the feel of a newborn ..and a brother's smile..Cant be coincidence...All put there as clues that only now make sense ..
Because of how all of the characters' ages have been moved up, to avoid casting actual children in the main roles, they had to eliminate an entire generation of Targaryens. In the book, Aemon was the Mad King's great-uncle, not his uncle.
One of the best scenes in the series, IMO. Peter Vaughan (Aemon) is fantastic. The lines about the deaths of Aemon's family are delivered so fucking perfectly. Especially the one about the children.
Maybe, he was a maester and they know almost everything but not like Varys. And he spoke about Lyanna when he says "woman love" cause Lyanna loved Ned as a sister
i doubt he knows, Rhaegar and Aemon were in constant contact through ravens, but after Rhaegar's death, how could he know what is going on to the south or what Ned did, I doubt Ned would ever confide in him
They took a risk in casting a man who was already 87 for a role that would last five years, but it paid off. He knew how to play a very old man because...he was one.
There's a problem in the lineage. So, Aemon is the brother of Aegon V who had a son called Jaeherys, and then his son was Aerys. Aerys is Aemon's brothers grandson. Not his brothers son.
I'd like to think the writers left that out for simplicity sake. It could also slow the scene down with needles info that the audience doesn't need at the time. It'd work as an in-universe reason as well. It doesn't add anything to Aemons story to add that bit in. Best to leave some information out to keep things moving and easy to understand. Especially in a show that is already crammed with characters, a lot of whom we never meet or are seldom seen.
@@UnderseaPumaKing exactly what i was thinking. definitely not a mistake. probably done to avoid information overload as you said but it could also just mess up the pacing of a really impactful monologue and make the reveal sound a bit more awkward and less epic. he builds up to it in 3 steps, first his father Maekar, then his brother Aegon and then the Mad King, the big reveal. putting Jaeherys in there as well could have messed with the flow of the scene.
It’s a shame that Maester Aemon never lived long enough to know that Jon was family. Or to touch a real dragon 🐉 when Daenerys arrived. In this moment he thought he was all alone. But he was not. Also it’s a shame that Aemon wasn’t crowned king. The Targaryen dynasty would have survived in my opinion if Aemon had been king instead. ❤
I consider myself lucky to see the last great performance of peter vaughn. When I look him up I realise that he also played anthony hopkin's father in the remains of the day.
I'm a british soldier. It's an important axiom. People only care about duty when it's not them or when it is easy with no cost. Think on these things. In times of war and not before, God and soldier we do adore, In times of peace and all things righted. God is forgotten and soldiers slighted.
@@eagle_and_the_dragonIt is definitely possible. Robert's Rebellion was because he thought Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna. Ned then comes home with a bastard child. It is entirely possible he was able to at least suspect that Jon may be Rhaegar and Lyanna's child, especially given the way he hears Jon talk about Ned. Could he know for sure? No. But he could have at least considered the possibility.
@@semperaugustus661 this hypothesis is very dull, it plays with the viewers mind to not mention such details. As such, people would fantasize the conclusion you came up with. But it becomes a better dialogue and story knowing he's got no knowledge about Jon's real identity and catapults his strong character to the audience.
Aemon skipped his nephew "Jaehaerys 2nd". At 2:49 he says that "his brother "Aegon the 5th" was followed by his "son" "Aerys The 2nd(mad king)" But Aerys is Aegon's grandson not "son". Aegons son is "Jaehaerys the 2nd" and Jaehaerys is Aerys(mad king)father. Aegon makes Jaehaerys, Jaehaerys makes Aerys and Aemon kinda forget's Jaehaerys. I guess that's fine considering his 100 years old, memory ain't so great.
what bothers me is that he said that either Aerys or Jahaerys (Aery´s father) was his brother, he was actually the uncle to Jaeharys who was the son of Aegon. Maybe he is referring to both the burning of Sumerhall and Robert´s Rebellion, but it kind of bothered me because some of his words imply Aerys was his brother. I love this scene though because he gets Jon and how he talks about "a brother´s smile" just reminds me that he gave up the throne in favor of his brother Aegon. I just can´t help but think he feels guilty in a way for giving up his "duty" to the crown as the heir because he was supposed to become king, but he didn´t want to, we don´t really know why apart from his vows as a Maester, but he is implying that he hasn´t always chosen duty over love so maybe he gave up a crown so his brother could have it, so that his brother could be maybe not happy but save? Noble´s didn´t like Aegon and as a prince close to the king he was more vulnerable than as a king, that´s just something I like to thing happened. (Although I am pretty sure this is canon)
Its not only Aemon knowing how Jon feels but he also knows Jon is Ned son (well he isn`t) .. the same Ned who was one of the heads of the rebellion against his brothers son, the same Ned who first stormed King`s Landing if i`m not mistaken
@marcusday37 It's not that hard to imagine. Aemon is in his nineties, and each generation is about 20 years (they got married young in the Medieval period), so there could easily be four generations between Aemon and Viserys/Daenerys. It only with our modern sensibilities and THIRTY-year generations that we think it's strange.
I'm not a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire but watching some clips here and there and learning about the lore is entertaining and inspiring for my own fantasy work, sans the extreme violence and egregious sexual content (big reason why it doesn't interest me). So I will ask a question. HUGE spoilers if you care: Does anybody believe that Aemon knew the truth about John being a Targaryen this whole time? This being a reason why he was so good to him like a father, why he was the swing vote for John being Lord Commander, him deciding to not just talk about his tragic life to empathize but also reveal his house? I don't know much about how all the supernatural and magic systems work in story both books and show, but do you guys think Aemon knew all along or just had some magical connection that John was blood related, and while keeping that truth from him (probably fully well knowing about Ned knowing) helped guide John to be a strong leader, perhaps even king?
Sexual content is a big reason why I lost interest in the series. It's overblown and to compare it to violence is silly, as was the author's intention. People react differently to violence than they do sexual depictions. Aemon revealing his house was to illustrate the innate conflict of the Night's Watch. I don't think it was because he knew Jon was of his House. It's to demonstrate that this oath of service is legitimate. It's not just something you do as a bastard with no inheritance, it has meaning and history.
One of the most powerful scenes of the entire series, indeed. RIP Maester Aemon.
🐐🐐🐐🐐
I finished this video and said to myself "Such a powerful scene", scrolled down and instantly saw your comment.
Have my upvote
This one and the conversation with Tyrion and Oberyn in the dungeons
my top scene
So is that John's Father's Brother? His Uncle?
And now his watch is ended. Rest in peace, Peter Vaughan.
Pretty sure that's just based on a fictional TV show. He's actually just an old dude that died.
@@gupiwa I know it’s a five year gap, but he meant that the actor died in real life
"You wanted to see me"...
Jon Troll Snow
😂😂😂
O shit i didn’t even catch that 👁 👁 😂
"Love is the death of duty."
You've been warned Jon.. you've been warned..
Paulo Abundo he chose duty. Only someone raised by Ned Stark could have.
@@tylergibson6299 but robb didnt who was son of lord stark
Daemon did so with Rhaenyra and his brother to his end.
Duty was the death of his love surely
and that’s why he knifed Khaleesi
"My father...was Maekar, the first of his name."
Jon's expression from that moment onward was priceless seeing as he knew he was standing face to face with a legendary figure he had only read stories about. A living dragon.
Imagine if he knew that that was his relative.
A Dragon being surprised to see another Living dragon
Just bcz in his mind he thought this is the first time he encountered with a targeryon
At this point no Stark had love for anyone Targeryan.
But Jon isn't just any Targaryen. Jon is Aegon Targaryen. The son of Elia Martell and Rhagar Targaryen.
@lrlavalais2068 son of Elia Martell??
Jon expected life to be for him and Robb, what it had been like for Benjen and Ned: they'd both serve the realm, see each other every few years, live as brothers in honour... but never counted on Benjen going missing and Ned being killed, never realizing how unstable things really were...
Beautifully said.
ameon was almost king,but he didn't want to have his brother's aegon life at risk. so he passed it over and told the high council to choose aegon as well. he then left to the wall to forever be away from the game of thrones. the top five greatest targreyanys ever.
To me this scene sums up one of the main themes of Westeros...that is that sometimes, what is or seems honourable isn't necessarily what is right. Its on and Aemon, but also Ned, choosing to forsake his honour and lie about Jon to protect him and keep his promise to his sister. And Jaime, sworn by oath like all Kingsguard to protect evil kings doing evil things until he forsakes his honour and kills the mad king to save the city, but is vilified as an oathbreaker. Its not always black and white..sometimes a man must choose ..
He was casually standing watching his sister get crowned after literally doing something that he killed the Mad king for!
Jaime is a hypocrite.
Didn't you watch season 8? Jamie said it himself that he "never did care about the common folk" :)
@@skrishna3no Dan and Dave ruined his character.. thought that would be obvious by now
@@CrowzEyeFr tho they butchered Jaimie, he was such a compelling character until season 5 past lmao
I believe it would be best if jamie was sent to wall as ned stark suggested. He would be unhappy about it initially but in the long term he would be happy there. His crimes wiped clean, away from cersei, plus he would found his purpose and his honor once he discover the threat of white walkers, plus its mentioned multiple times that all he wanted to be was a warrior and do his duty.
2:23-2:37 the dragon still lives in Aemon.
Peter Vaughan delivery of an already superb dialogue is flawless, this is scenes like these that make this show a fantastic achievement in an era where every piece of entertainement is dumbed down or over the top.
I hope you stopped watching after season 4. I very much wish to go back to a time where I only knew what happened up to there.
I think he was the best targaryen ever to live
Jaehaerys I - "am I a joke to you?"
If u meant jon thats Coz he was half stark and raised by starks😂
@@jonstark153 think he meant Aemon
Definitely one of the best Targaryens
Daemon B was the best!
1:57 That's how you say "You know nothing, Jon Snow" using only laughter...
It's a great display of "I have A LOT of life experience to back me up" - in this case, 100 years of it. It probably helped in the characterization that Peter Vaughan was himself 87 years old at the time.
"we are only human and the gods have fashioned us for love, that is our great glory and great tragedy"
they should have put that quote in this scene!
Yeah yes
In Altered Carbon, the protagonist says: "A man who never loves, gives no hostage to fortune."
Great quote, fitting with this same thought you expressed.
That fits so well
How amazing that this conversion was referenced in the finale. Jon's great uncle, unbeknownst to him at the time, whom he came to admire and seek counsel from.
not quite, he was his great great uncle. Aemon was the uncle of the mad king, who was Jon's grandfather.
@@cgi2002in the book he was the great uncle of the mad king, the show cut a generation of the Targaryen dynasty out.
After Aegon V was Jaehaerys II, who was the father of Aerys II, but he only reigned for a few years before dying suddenly.
@@liamcollins9183 always forget that, been so long since I watched the show. The book stays in my head better after a decade.
All this time Jon thought his family was far away but he had an uncle near him this whole time.
That laugh after he said "[...] but he is my father, and Robb is my brother!". Aemon knew all along.
Really? A man who took the black for years, with no contact with the outside world learnt of a secret affair in the middle of a giant war and chaos and just figured all this out? You're right, I think aemon was the three eyed raven too.
@@shubhambobhate4941 Or Ned just told him. You know, people have that thing called mouths. Why are you pretending the Night's Watch is solitary confinement? They have plenty of contact with the outside world and there is no reason to assume Ned was never up there just because it wasn't on screen. With Aemon there would have been no reason to fear that the information spilled further.
@@zenmonk5403 you think ned ever went to the wall? To tell a targaryen? The smile was because jon was in a similar situation as him and had to leave his father and brother and reminded him of himself.
"We all do our duty when there is no cost to it, honour comes easy then, Yet sooner or later in every man's life there comes a day when it's not easy." Jon didn't have just one day like that he had three, 1. When he choose to stay in the Nights Watch instead of going to join Robb in the war of the five kings. 2 When he betrayed Ygritte and fled to warn the Nights Watch, 3 When he killed Dany and stop her plans for world conquest
Jon didn't kill dany? The show was canceled after season 4. Hopefully they will come back to it if they ever find some showrunners who care deeply about the source material...
Lightingwarrior I would argue when he chose to save the wildlings despite the protests of the rest of the Nights Watch
When he refuses Stannis’ offer as warden of the north
One of the best scenes in my opinion. Especially being a non-Tywin one.
RIP Peter Vaughan. This is one of the best scenes in the entire series. B&W keep butchering the story (to me GoT died with Tywin) but they did choose excellent actors for smaller roles. Vaughan was the best Maester Aemon we could've ever asked for. He was 93 years old and now his watch has ended.
I loved Aemon in the books and show. This actor did his character a great service imo. Aemon was HUGE in Jon's growth as a man in those handful of years. "Kill the boy and let the man be born"
"You are half the age that Egg was, and your own burden is a crueler one, I fear. You will have little joy of your command, but I think you have the strength in you to do the things that must be done. Kill the boy, Jon Snow." He did in more ways than one...Great stuff. Sad GRRM will never even get the penultimate book done let alone the series. He's gone all political and wasting him time with TDS bs today and the last 4 years. Before it was him traveling doing book signings keeping him from writing, then the show and other easy money makers. Then C19 hit and I thought "NICE, he's locked down in NM or Arizona or wherever he lives and will finally finish the book" and 3yrs later of C19 and nothing but TDS rants and a couple chapters and excuses. No way we're getting another book.
My ONLY hope is we get a Robert Jordan situation where when George dies(which has to be not all that far off with his obesity and age), his wife and publisher finds a comparable author to finish the series like Brandon Sanderson did with Wheel Of Time(bless him for that since he did great)with all the notes he hopefully leaves behind and what he tells his wife he plans for the ending. Crossing my fingers.
What I really love is that sense of regret, that if Aemon had been strong he would have rode out and damned his oath, that he hates that he was not strong enough to deny it.
It is wonderful to rewatch this scence after season 8. And it is far more interesting to read the comments, written years ago. We knew nothing but we was taught with so many lessons. I am grateful to be a part of it. Thanks for these lessons, I will try not to forget and implement them in my life
We are only humans gods have fashioned us for love . It is our great glory and great tragedy .
- maester aemon
"If your lord father had to choose between honor on the one hand, and those he loves on the other, what would he do"
"He would do whatever was right no matter what"
Biggest clue for R+L=J IMO
how?
+Jamx_12 Choosing to keep the secret, sacrificing his honor to keep the ones the loves safe, doing what's right, no matter what.
this scene was truly the best clue for the theory
Not just that ..Look at the otter images ...The love of a woman, the feel of a newborn ..and a brother's smile..Cant be coincidence...All put there as clues that only now make sense ..
And Jon's right hand is burnt, while his left hand gets covered in blood from feeding the ravens.
Because of how all of the characters' ages have been moved up, to avoid casting actual children in the main roles, they had to eliminate an entire generation of Targaryens. In the book, Aemon was the Mad King's great-uncle, not his uncle.
Incredible actor for Maester Aemon, can't wait to see more of him after they're back to the Wall.
What a powerful acting from that old man.
One of the best scenes in the series, IMO. Peter Vaughan (Aemon) is fantastic. The lines about the deaths of Aemon's family are delivered so fucking perfectly. Especially the one about the children.
This quote resonates with a new meaning.
Remember when that scene aired… speechless.
this is why i respect my elderly! they have seen and felt so much in their lives to live that long you must suffer time and life itself.
Conversation between Jon and his great great grand uncle.
Show's end hinted here probably.
yes.
Wonder if Maester Aemon knew Jon was Targaryen the whole time.
Maybe, he was a maester and they know almost everything but not like Varys. And he spoke about Lyanna when he says "woman love" cause Lyanna loved Ned as a sister
He actually maybe knew, there's definitely a possibility. Considering he's a maester and everything was written down ;) We'll never know.
i doubt he knows, Rhaegar and Aemon were in constant contact through ravens, but after Rhaegar's death, how could he know what is going on to the south or what Ned did, I doubt Ned would ever confide in him
Hello, that's an interesting point. Could you say how exactly are they related? Like who is Aemon to Jon :)
Олег Малкавиан he was John’s Great Uncle
His uncle telling him without telling him 🔥🔥🔥
His great grand uncle
@@NINJASWORDification Great Great Grand Uncle
They took a risk in casting a man who was already 87 for a role that would last five years, but it paid off. He knew how to play a very old man because...he was one.
What is honor compared to a woman's love?
And that was jon snow's fate.
I still can't wrap my head around how a show this good just decended into chaos?
D&D should never come close to anything creative ever again.
There's a problem in the lineage. So, Aemon is the brother of Aegon V who had a son called Jaeherys, and then his son was Aerys. Aerys is Aemon's brothers grandson. Not his brothers son.
One small malady, Aegon V was _not_ followed by Aerys II, But instead Jaeherys II, Aemon's nephew, who was _then_ followed by Aerys.
I'd like to think the writers left that out for simplicity sake. It could also slow the scene down with needles info that the audience doesn't need at the time. It'd work as an in-universe reason as well. It doesn't add anything to Aemons story to add that bit in. Best to leave some information out to keep things moving and easy to understand. Especially in a show that is already crammed with characters, a lot of whom we never meet or are seldom seen.
@@UnderseaPumaKing exactly what i was thinking. definitely not a mistake. probably done to avoid information overload as you said but it could also just mess up the pacing of a really impactful monologue and make the reveal sound a bit more awkward and less epic. he builds up to it in 3 steps, first his father Maekar, then his brother Aegon and then the Mad King, the big reveal. putting Jaeherys in there as well could have messed with the flow of the scene.
When Pops schools you on how things are.
The end of game of thrones right here.
oh Master oh Jon if only the two of you knew who Jon was....
It’s a shame that Maester Aemon never lived long enough to know that Jon was family. Or to touch a real dragon 🐉 when Daenerys arrived. In this moment he thought he was all alone. But he was not. Also it’s a shame that Aemon wasn’t crowned king. The Targaryen dynasty would have survived in my opinion if Aemon had been king instead. ❤
This is a top 10 scene of the series.
Peter Vaughan murdered this role. MURDERED it. Steals every scene he’s in
I really hope Peter Vaughan lives long enough to make it to season 6. I don't think you can replace him as Maester Aemon.
"You wanted to see me?"
I'm sure he'd like to see anything, nimrod.
When it dawns on you that this guy shunning his duty led to all the conflict of ice and fire. He would have been a good king
The writing was so good.
if only Maester Aemon knew he wasn’t alone and that a living Targaryen was right in front of him. Tragic as hell
We shall never see his like again. Goodbye Maester Aemon!
“Love is the death of duty.”
If only Robb learned this same lesson as Jon.
Gods, the writing was strong back then!
Such a good callback since he proved he was like his adopted father in the end. He chose his duty over love.
When ill next see ya, youll be all in black
it was always my colors.
farewell snow
and you Start
I consider myself lucky to see the last great performance of peter vaughn. When I look him up I realise that he also played anthony hopkin's father in the remains of the day.
Renounced the crown to serve as a maester of the Night's Watch. God tier badassery
@Celedam Immediately after I posted that, I realized there ARE children in the main roles. I meant Robb, Jon, and especially Dany.
Essa cena é foda. Baita dialogo cheio de atuações técnicas e posicionamento de câmera.
Lindo de ver e ouvir
Dude hanging with his great great great uncle
the silver hair was screaming from the start. Master Aemon’s death was the most peaceful death in GOT
I'm a british soldier. It's an important axiom.
People only care about duty when it's not them or when it is easy with no cost. Think on these things.
In times of war and not before,
God and soldier we do adore,
In times of peace and all things righted.
God is forgotten and soldiers slighted.
This encapsulates why I got out of the Air Force when I did. Had a newborn baby girl.
This scene works especially well if we assume Jon is who the fans believe...
People think Aemon is talking about Ned, when in fact he is speaking about Rhaegar's love for Lyanna. He knows Jon's true identity.
He couldn't have known it.
@@eagle_and_the_dragon He may have gotten wind of the whole Rhaegar affair and put 2 in 2 together. Him immediately liking Jon.
@@eagle_and_the_dragonIt is definitely possible. Robert's Rebellion was because he thought Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna. Ned then comes home with a bastard child. It is entirely possible he was able to at least suspect that Jon may be Rhaegar and Lyanna's child, especially given the way he hears Jon talk about Ned. Could he know for sure? No. But he could have at least considered the possibility.
@@semperaugustus661 this hypothesis is very dull, it plays with the viewers mind to not mention such details. As such, people would fantasize the conclusion you came up with. But it becomes a better dialogue and story knowing he's got no knowledge about Jon's real identity and catapults his strong character to the audience.
Aemon skipped his nephew "Jaehaerys 2nd".
At 2:49 he says that "his brother
"Aegon the 5th" was followed by his "son" "Aerys The 2nd(mad king)"
But Aerys is Aegon's grandson not "son".
Aegons son is "Jaehaerys the 2nd" and Jaehaerys is Aerys(mad king)father.
Aegon makes Jaehaerys, Jaehaerys makes Aerys and Aemon kinda forget's Jaehaerys.
I guess that's fine considering his 100 years old, memory ain't so great.
what bothers me is that he said that either Aerys or Jahaerys (Aery´s father) was his brother, he was actually the uncle to Jaeharys who was the son of Aegon. Maybe he is referring to both the burning of Sumerhall and Robert´s Rebellion, but it kind of bothered me because some of his words imply Aerys was his brother. I love this scene though because he gets Jon and how he talks about "a brother´s smile" just reminds me that he gave up the throne in favor of his brother Aegon. I just can´t help but think he feels guilty in a way for giving up his "duty" to the crown as the heir because he was supposed to become king, but he didn´t want to, we don´t really know why apart from his vows as a Maester, but he is implying that he hasn´t always chosen duty over love so maybe he gave up a crown so his brother could have it, so that his brother could be maybe not happy but save? Noble´s didn´t like Aegon and as a prince close to the king he was more vulnerable than as a king, that´s just something I like to thing happened. (Although I am pretty sure this is canon)
Foreshadowing the end Jon/Agon had to choose, Amon was talking to Agon here and didn’t wait him to make the same mistake he knew who Jon was!
Snow your great uncle
Its not only Aemon knowing how Jon feels but he also knows Jon is Ned son (well he isn`t) .. the same Ned who was one of the heads of the rebellion against his brothers son, the same Ned who first stormed King`s Landing if i`m not mistaken
fucking old man makes me cry
“I am a maester of the Citadel.” Chills
i think the connection goes deeper then that
Aemon went to the wall so he couldn’t be used politically against his brother, was a good man.
imo this was done better than in the books. they cut some cool lil stuff but better
I honestly can't believe they did that season, omg what a wasted masterpiece degraded so hard
Unbelievable scene.
great
How does Aemon send and receive messages by raven if he’s blind?
That's a fair question. I assume he has aides.
Still a fair question
He has stewards helping him. You know... like what Jon is doing in the video?
It just occurred to me that Maester Aemon is Jon's great uncle.
Jon > Rhaegar > Mad King (Aerys) > Aegon V = Aemon
@marcusday37 It's not that hard to imagine. Aemon is in his nineties, and each generation is about 20 years (they got married young in the Medieval period), so there could easily be four generations between Aemon and Viserys/Daenerys. It only with our modern sensibilities and THIRTY-year generations that we think it's strange.
Maester Amon and Uncle Iroh need their own spinoff
what a pep talk...
Love is the death of duty💯💯
He skipped Aegon's son, Jaehaerys II. Jaehaerys II was the father of the Mad King Aerys II.
uccruzman I was thinking the exact same thing
Yes, they made it a bit less complicated in the series
uccruzman yes exactly!!!
man's like 198 years old, give him some latitude.
What a great scene. It also shows that he knew that John was Targaryen.
This is really important lines of how Jon decided to kill Danny at the end
That part at 2:23...oh man, I get chills.
do you thinjk maestor Aemond knew of jons Heritage by any means
Isn’t Jahaerys the 2nd, the son of Egg?
This is so good it must be from Season 8 amirite?
Aerys II's father was Jaehaerys II.
They were blood and didn’t even know it
oh that laught at 1:58 if we only knew back then what HE knew......
I'm not a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire but watching some clips here and there and learning about the lore is entertaining and inspiring for my own fantasy work, sans the extreme violence and egregious sexual content (big reason why it doesn't interest me). So I will ask a question. HUGE spoilers if you care:
Does anybody believe that Aemon knew the truth about John being a Targaryen this whole time?
This being a reason why he was so good to him like a father, why he was the swing vote for John being Lord Commander, him deciding to not just talk about his tragic life to empathize but also reveal his house?
I don't know much about how all the supernatural and magic systems work in story both books and show, but do you guys think Aemon knew all along or just had some magical connection that John was blood related, and while keeping that truth from him (probably fully well knowing about Ned knowing) helped guide John to be a strong leader, perhaps even king?
Sexual content is a big reason why I lost interest in the series. It's overblown and to compare it to violence is silly, as was the author's intention. People react differently to violence than they do sexual depictions.
Aemon revealing his house was to illustrate the innate conflict of the Night's Watch. I don't think it was because he knew Jon was of his House.
It's to demonstrate that this oath of service is legitimate. It's not just something you do as a bastard with no inheritance, it has meaning and history.
@Bek359 Good point. I had to remember about my own grandfather who had nine kids.
great scene
Pretty much how it will end next week