Why doesn't Jon Connington ever reflect on Lyanna?

[zamieo]

To be fair, we haven't really had that many Jon Connington chapters. It also seems that he's focusing more on what's going on right now and in the near future rather than going back to the past, with him and Aegon conquering and all.

[silentwanderer]

For one, Jon had a son to look after, a Prince to look back on, a mission to look forward to and a family Castle to take over. Not to mention, his cousin's son - the one that used to be engaged to Brienne - a missing Tyrion Lannister and an illness to worry about.

Frankly, I surprised Connington found the time to think about Rhaegar as it is.

One reason could be jealously - Lyanna was where Connington wanted to be, another could be that he didn't appreciate her significance.

Given that several characters see the crowning of Lyanna as Rhaegar's Queen of Love and Beauty at the Harrenhall Tournament as a pivotal moment Connington's silence so far does feel as though it is significant...

To me, more than his silence is the fact that all the significance goes back to Harrenhal. Granted, many pairings from the books consolidate there: Arya and Gendry, Jaime and Brienne, Pia and Jaime's squire, etc.

However, this doesn't mean Rhaegar and Lyanna were one of them.

[Ingelheim]

The problem is that everybody knows about Lyanna and Rhaegar... it's the whole reason why the Usurper's Rebellion started. Even the folks know it.

[The Duke]

Perhaps he knows too much for GRRM to give us access to those thoughts yet.

[The Duke]

The problem is that everybody knows about Lyanna and Rhaegar... it's the whole reason why the Usurper's Rebellion started. Even the folks know it.

That started the hostile feelings, but the rebellion didn't start until Aerys sent word to Jon Arrynto give up Robert and Ned after he had already burned Rickard and strangled Brandon.

[silentwanderer]

Good point, Lyanna may have been the reason Robert wanted to kill Rhaegar, but what started the Rebellion was the Mad King's orders and the horrible deaths ofr Lord Stark and his heir Brandon.

[Melpomene]

He definitely seemed more annoyed with Elia being with Rhaegar, claimind she was not good enough - probably because it was something he had to see and deal with everyday. The big fancy wedding and the forever binding seal that is marriage, seeing them together all the time in public, knowing they are being intimate nearby and reproducing children.

In comparison, the whole RhaegarxLyanna is still relatively unknown. Sure, en mass the story is known in its basic level, but the very specific details are still scruffy. Jon might not know why it exactly happened (Or he perhaps just thought Rhaegar wanted Lyanna for pure prophetic duties only, not for true love or desire) and he might not totally know the whole circumstance of the child being born at the tower. He wasn't there to witness anything remotely intimate, he didn't get to see his beloved with another woman face to face like he did with the marriage. If the facts are unclear one might be less upset about it, leaving you the freedom to draw up your own conclusions that might help ease your mind.

(And just talking on that personal level of course, as the Rebellion was still bloody and still Rhaegar died in the end)

But that is just a guess, like others said maybe Connington will relfect on later chapters as we only had a brief taste of him so far. He does have plenty of other things going on, with his secret prince, the need to meet Dany, the furgitive royal murderer drawf nearby, and himself slowly dying.