Please explain Ramsay and the Pink Letter.
It seems that the majority of readers believe that Ramsay wrote the Pink Letter. I don't buy it, I think Stannis was the main architect with some input from Mance, but I would like to leave who aside for the purpose of this debate. I'm more interested in testing the Ramsay Theory.
Unfortunately the Ramsay Theory, though widely accepted, does not exist in any unified form, but rather as a separate set of objections to other potential authors. The letter is signed, Ramsay Bolton, Trueborn Lor
I haven't checked in with this thread for a month so forgive me if I am repeating points already made by others.
I suddenly find myself on "Team Mel," so to speak, convinced that Melisandre wrote the pink letter. Her motive was not to get Jon Snow to march toward Winterfell; what she wanted was for Jon to "crown" himself so she could use his king's blood to strengthen the Wall.
The chapter with the pink letter (ADwD Chap. 69, Jon XIII) is full of literary subtext setting up Jon to be s