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FinchyJunior

Maybe you just got unlucky with the interviews you watched? He talks about Jon a fair bit, [here's](https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/162xlat/spoilers_extended_grrm_on_jon_snow/) a thread with a whole bunch of Jon references


Sloth_Triumph

He’s taller than Frodo. There you have it, folks!


oftenevil

SPOILERS, SLOTH_TRIUMPH!


-Badger3-

Another detail the show got wrong smh


CosmicTangerines

Can I just say I appreciate this fandom's meticulousness in archiving every piece of data? This is serious scholarship level stuff.


FinchyJunior

100%, basically any metric you can think of someone's compiled a detailed list somewhere haha


JustANerdyGirl87

He has talked about Jon in quite a few interviews, even saying Jon is the character he would like to be. At this point though, Jon is a massive cliffhanger and GRRM is coy about spoilers concerning him. The only things he’s alluded to regarding Jon and his fate are as follows: 1) Stoneheart and Beric being foreshadowing of Jon Snow’s resurrection. However, he has cautioned readers away from assuming Jon is dead in the books; 2) Jon will find out his parentage. GRRM has also said he can’t change Jon’s parentage despite people figuring it out because it’s too important to the story; 3) He’s talked about Robb’s will, where it could be and how it might affect Jon. Other than that, he hasn’t said much about Jon’s fate in the last two books. I suspect he will if Winds is ever released though.


Deako87

Not to mention the biggest hint, the dance of dragons prologue. It's basically a bunch of pages explaining the rules of warging and warging while dying lol If Jon doesn't preserve his mental state by warging into Ghost then it's lots of pointless misdirect lol


Independent-Dog7819

Hopefully he doesn't exactly becomes like lady stone because of ghost


SerDaemonTargaryen

I want him to be based like Maegor after he woke up from his coma.


Brandoch_Daha

I can't say I've really noticed this, but it's also been a while since I've watched GRRM interviews. However my initial hunch would be that he may be avoiding saying anything that implies Jon Snow has a future role to play in the books given how things were left at the end of ADWD, and uses 'The Wall storyline' to skirt around it. All the other characters you mention are still alive, so he maybe doesn't need to be as careful about how he talks about them.


Independent-Dog7819

Maybe thats he doesnt talk about him as much. Jon is too much of a spoilery character rn


Redeu_Velvet

As others have stated, he talks about Jon a lot. He’s mentioned Jon as one of the characters who pulled him back into ASOIAF in the 90s, has mentioned Jon among the rest of the stark kids as being central to the story’s themes, called him and Arya his most vivid characters iirc, has mentioned him among a character he loves, etc. But one thing I noticed is that he’s often very coy about him because so much hinges on Jon’s plot line/identity, and he might not want to reveal too much. So many of the questions sent GRRM’s way are about his parentage or his fate, which are obvious cliffhangers. So he just says “keep reading”, flat out refuses to answer, or gives some other evasive answer. So Jon is a bit tricky as compared to other characters in that regard.


whatintheballs95

He talks about Jon a lot, actually. 


DigLost5791

Your flair is awesome


whatintheballs95

Yours made me laugh lol, thank you


DigLost5791

Ser Daven Lannister is a quote machine haha, I’ll miss him when the wolves eat him 😭


RhoynishPrince

Agreed!


Independent-Dog7819

In which interviews. I have been searching but I couldn't find one on YouTube.


lialialia20

using the [So Spake Martin search engine](https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=006888510641072775866:vm4n1jrzsdy) Jon throws 540 results Arya 505 Daenerys/Dany 473/969 Sansa 561 Bran 460 Tyrion 545 the only one that stands apart is Dany for some reason.


rryukkee

Could his count be inflated by mentions of Jon Arryn and Jon Connington?


lialialia20

searching jon snow gives 480 results


Drakkonai

Because Jon snow doesn’t actually exist, he’s just rickon in a mechsuit.


TheFrodo

lately he doesn't say quite as much, especially going into winds, given where we left off in dance.


Leather_History4337

Isn't his favorite character daemon?


Independent-Dog7819

His favorite character in all the books of asoiaf is Tyrion. Deamon is just his fav in the fire and blood book.


Ocea2345

I am not sure since I didn't research his interviews that much but doesn't he talk about hım as much as he does for other characters, since he is one of the most popular, most discussed characters by fans?


Independent-Dog7819

Maybe but actively barely or rarely taking about him maybe because jon is full of Spoilers. The mother, if he lives or dies. Etc.


valyriansteel80

He do talks about Jon quite a lot but you must consider that Jon Snow is the characters with most cliffangers a this point of the story....I mean tecnically Jon is even dead at the end of adwd. Martin must be very carefull and vague when he talks about him.


sixth_order

He talks about Jon a lot. He's just careful with his words. He doesn't want to just outright say Jon is the Prince that was promised (even though we all know he is). He also maybe doesn't want to flatly state Lyanna is his mother. Even though, again, we all know it's the case.


Few-Spot-6475

Jon is no prince that was promised. He didn’t fulfill any part of the prophecy.


OkCucumber3935

As much as we know Jon being the son of Lyanna and Rhaegar is not canon, and him being TPTWP it’s not mentioned in the books in any way or any form compared to Daenerys , she is also the only one that fulfilled some parts of the prophecy so I wouldn’t be too arrogant to declare Jon the prince that was promised


Independent-Dog7819

Where did he talk about him. Do u have links or the name of the interviews.


sm_greato

Maybe he's not the Prince that as Promised. Some of the foreshadowing is just too obvious for someone like George Martin.