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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jon's execution of Slynt is shown to be morally ambiguous, but at the very least it couldn't happen to a worse member of the Night's Watch.
** Of course, Slynt had been partially responsible for Ned Stark's imprisonment. Jon may have been willing to let this slide, but was perhaps harsher to Slynt then he would be another member of the Watch.
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* TooDumbToLive: Janos Slynt is in a very bad position but his arrogance blinds him to this. Jon has the support of at least half the Night Watch and is clearly favored by Stannis. Slynt's only ally of any significance is Allister Thorne and Jon has just offered Thorne a prestigious position In the Night Watch command structure. Rather than taking revenge on Slynt, Jon instead has him ReassignedToAntarctica to a remote castle where Slynt cannot cause much trouble. The "Antarctica" itself was also really not that bad. It needed to be fixed, but once it was, he would have been in command of one of only four functional forts on the Wall. Slynt could haved accepted this posting and saved some face -- even redeemed himself, had he exceeded the presumably low expectations of him -- but instead he openly defied the Commander's orders and insulted him to boot[[note]]despite the fact that breaking oaths is a pretty big deal for the Night's Watch[[/note]]. Thorne is too savvy and honorable to support Slynt in such a blatant display of insubordination, especially after he just got positively recognized in a demonstration of Jon's character[[note]]which to others could have indicated that Janos ''would'' have had a chance to be rewarded for doing the right thing[[/note]]. Slynt thought Jon wouldn't have the balls to execute him. [[{{Pun}} He was dead wrong]].

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* TooDumbToLive: Janos Slynt is in a very bad position but his arrogance blinds him to this. Jon has the support of at least half the Night Watch and is clearly favored by Stannis. Slynt's only ally of any significance is Allister Alliser Thorne and Jon has just offered Thorne a prestigious position In the Night Watch command structure. Rather than taking revenge on Slynt, Jon instead has him ReassignedToAntarctica to a remote castle where Slynt cannot cause much trouble. The "Antarctica" itself was also really not that bad. It needed to be fixed, but once it was, he would have been in command of one of only four functional forts on the Wall. Slynt could haved accepted this posting and saved some face -- even redeemed himself, had he exceeded the presumably low expectations of him -- but instead he openly defied the Commander's orders and insulted him to boot[[note]]despite the fact that breaking oaths is a pretty big deal for the Night's Watch[[/note]]. Thorne is too savvy and honorable to support Slynt in such a blatant display of insubordination, especially after he just got positively recognized in a demonstration of Jon's character[[note]]which to others could have indicated that Janos ''would'' have had a chance to be rewarded for doing the right thing[[/note]]. Slynt thought Jon wouldn't have the balls to execute him. [[{{Pun}} He was dead wrong]].

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