The Seven Kingdoms and their politics formed the backbone of the smash hit that was Game Of Thrones, but the final season gave much-needed attention to the North, which had many things simmering quietly all along. The Free Folk, also known as Wildlings had their own unique society beyond the Wall, where they battled the elements, as well as the White Walkers to keep themselves alive.
The Wildlings and the people of the Seven Kingdoms had been at arms since time immemorial, and the show gave audiences some memorable characters from the Free Folk that they loved. While the Starks and Wildlings managed to secure peace and eventual prosperity after the defeat of the Night King, the folks over at Reddit had some unusual opinions about Ygritte and her family and friends.
8 Olly Was Right In Killing Ygritte
Fans enjoyed the chemistry that Jon and Ygritte shared immensely, so when young Olly shot her down, he got a lot of hate from Game Of Thrones shippers. However, yoshiauditore thinks that what he did was justified, since Ygritte and the Wildlings had killed his family and threatened to eat them. "Calm down with the f****** Olly hate. He was 100% in the right in killing Ygritte the woman who murdered his father and was about to kill Jon (Don't get me wrong I like Ygritte but Olly didn't know about her)"
Some may argue that Ygritte was going to kill Jon too, but her love for him would never have allowed her to do that. She was a remarkable archer - for her to miss any shots was not easy. Moreover, the Wildlings attacked villages and people in order to survive. Their hostile environment made survival extremely difficult, so Ygritte's attack wasn't personal, but one that ensured she got the essentials to keep living. This was perhaps one of the saddest things that happened to Jon Snow.
7 The Wildlings Won
Beyond the wall, the Wildlings were always scrambling to survive, yet fans like SaboTheWanderer had the contentious opinion that the wild folk gained the most in the battle for the thrones: "Yea, they lost quite a few people on the way, but they ended up forging an amicable relationship with the northerners, driving the white walker threat out of their lives through that alliance, and then returning home to a place better and more secure than they left it. The rest of Westeros could learn a thing or two..."
This argument is flawed, since the Wildlings had suffered for years at the hands of the White Walkers (Redditors also have unpopular opinions about them), and a majority of their population was decimated by the Night King in the last season. They had lost mothers, fathers, lovers, and sisters, and had an uncertain future ahead of them that they had to rebuild from scratch. They didn't win - they were merely saved from continued torture.
6 They Should Create Their Own Night's Watch
The unprecedented unity between the Houses and their alliance with the Wildlings is what saved humanity in the show. While there was no mention of how the Wildlings fared after the defeat of the White Walkers, Redditors like while-true-do hoped that the Wildlings built their own Night's Watch: "The free folk create a nights watch to keep the Southernors out since they duck everything up", they said.
The families in the show were unpredictable and vicious, but under the watchful eye of Bran, the Kingdoms had transformed from what it used to be. The politics were stable, the people had learned to expect better from their rulers and themselves, and it seemed that the point of the show, that no amount of infighting is worth human life, seemed to have been driven home.
5 The Wildlings Benefitted From The Death Of The Others
It was clear that the Wildlings were impacted the hardest at the hands of the White Walkers, yet SilentSimian of Reddit opined that the death of most of the Wildling population was beneficial for the ones who survived: "If the vast majority of them died, then those couple of thousand have immense amounts of open space and resources available. All the plants and animals are probably enjoying all the free food and fertilizer until the survivors return."
This seems to be a trivialization of the genocide of the Wildlings by the Walkers. Not only had they lost most of their own, but the dead were then reanimated to join the Night King's army, which couldn't have been easy for the Wildlings to experience. To dismiss the grief of the populace, and only think of the material gain dehumanizes the Wildlings greatly.
4 Ygritte Forced The Relationship
Jon and Ygritte's doomed relationship was one of the most loved romances in Game Of Thrones, although some Redditors like i-am-sancho thought that the whole relationship was forced by Ygritte, and Jon being her prisoner couldn't say no. They say "I couldn't stand Ygritte. She came off like a clingy girl with too big of a crush on Jon. She knew what he was, and she still fell for him. She just kind of forced a relationship on to him, and with him essentially being her prisoner, he just went along with it."
This reasoning doesn't make sense, as the bond between Jon and Ygritte grew naturally and there was plenty of development from the time Jon captured her, till she was shot. Jon had real feelings for the Wildling, so much so he joined them and broke his vows to be with her. If this were a one-sided romance, Jon wouldn't have gone through all the pain.
3 The Wildlings & Northerners Could Remain Enemies
Peace seemed to have been restored between the North and the Wildlings, although Redditors like Bobozett doubted that it would last, who said "A few battles against a common enemy is not enough to erase centuries of tension and mistrust between the Wildlings and the Northerners. Sure Jon and possibly some of the Northern Lords who fought with the Wildlings may be amicable to the Wildlings leaders. That however doesn't necessarily imply that the average Northerner and Wildling would get along well."
The future for the Wildlings and the North wasn't spelled out, but the battle they fought alongside each other was no ordinary one between human factions. They waged a war against an entity that was bent upon erasing humanity completely and having seen the dire consequences of ignoring the bigger picture for petty reasons would have taught both sides to err on the side of caution and stay amicable.
2 Jon & Tormund's Daughter Should Marry
Not a lot was known about the fate of most of the other Wildlings, except for Tormund, who provided some of the funniest scenes on Game Of Thrones. Redditors like unreal_the_thrill were thinking of future romances in the North quite keenly. They said "Does anyone know are Tormund's daughters alive??? Now that I've mentioned them... wouldn't Jon and one of them be the greatest couple?"
The odd pairing wouldn't work, mostly because Tormund's daughter Munda was already married to Longspear Ryk, who was considered a brother by Ygritte, so the family dynamics would get pretty weird. Moreover, It's actually not known whether his daughter and her husband survived the White Walker massacre.
1 Their Defeat To Stannis Made No Sense
The Wildlings were in large numbers, but they were no match for Stannis and his army when he went beyond the wall. For some Redditors, this didn't align as the Wildling army was always spoken of with awe and fear: "Sometimes the things you see on the screen don't add up with what the characters are saying. Like when Stannis shows up beyond the wall with what seems to be a few thousand people, and the Wildlings just give up even though they supposedly had an army that's a hundred thousand strong."
While the Wildlings had strength in numbers, it is unrealistic to suggest that they would be any match for cavalry and military training, which Stannis' men had. A lot of the Wildlings weren't soldiers but regular civilians in their society, so to expect them to fight expertly is folly.
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