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25th July 2017
04:12pm BST

Cast you mind back to the start of Season 5.
Beyond The Wall, Stannis Baratheon's troops have just arrived in the nick of time to save the Night's Watch and break Mance Rayder's wildling army.
After being captured and held prisoner at Castle Black, Jon pleads with Mance to 'bend the knee', accept Stannis' offer of peace and live freely south of The Wall.
In return, the wildlings will join Stannis' army and fight alongside his troops.
Jon desperately tried to convince Mance that this way was the best option, reminding him that this decision would result in death and destruction of his people.
Stannis tells Jon "Fuck my pride, this isn't about that", to which Jon replies "then bend the knee and save your people."
Jon had no issue when it came to accepting the authority of the Lord of Dragonstone.
Mance took the opposite approach and said: "They (wildlings) followed me because they respected me. Because they believed in me. The moment I kneel for a Southern king, that's all gone."
After that remark, Jon asked him "Then what happens to your people? You preserve your dignity and die standing. They'll sing songs about you, you'd rather burn then kneel. A great hero. Until winter comes and the White Walkers come for us all and there's no one left to sing. I think you're making a terrible mistake."
With this in mind, it's pretty clear that Jon Snow doesn't mind bending the knee to another ruler because his eyes are firmly focused on the bigger picture - the White Walkers.
This being said, if Jon does accept a Targaryen on the Iron Throne, it's bound to have ramifications in Winterfell.
In the most recent episode, Yohn Royce was insistent that you "can't trust a Targaryen" and Sansa has already spoken out against this tactic.
Things are about to get very, very interesting.
Here are the scenes that clarify Jon's stance on bending the knee in the interests of the greater good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRdPsLVyb-Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO_IxtixRi0
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