Jon Snow from Game of Thrones is dead, and guess what? He's not coming back.
No one will resurrect him, he's just plainly dead. While Jon Snow's death should not be shocking to book-readers, to know that he will never return is the true gut-churning event.
The show, for the past couple of years, has been leading up to something great where Jon Snow is concerned, and to have him snuffed out so prematurely really makes us wonder where the story is going.
Snow was the main character at The Wall; he made that place interesting, and now he's gone. There's no one there in our eyes at the moment that can keep it interesting for viewers.
Let's also talk about the staredown between Snow and the Night's King, a White Walker who is considered to be a Stark — Brandon Stark, for that matter. The staredown gave us the feeling that both beings would eventually face each other in battle, but as it stands, such was not the case.
At one point, even Melisandre believed Snow would have had a huge part to play in the coming battle. We're sure she will be disappointed when she finds out about his death, something she already knew was possible. She'll be shocked because Stannis is likely a dead man, and now she has no one to stand behind.
What I'm really trying to say with this rant is that the death of Jon Snow is a huge loss to Game of Thrones, and it shows a hint of terrible writing. George R.R. Martin built up a character, only to cut him down in the most premature possible way.
This whole season was kept interesting, with what went on at The Wall, and with Jon Snow at the center of it all. The Queen and Mother of Dragons barely held my interest; Cersei's predicament only begin to kick into gear in the final episode, while Arya was a hit and miss.
At the end of the day, future seasons will be hard-pressed to find interesting characters to keep viewers wanting more if they keep dying off in such a manner.
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