I think it was referring to almost every time Jon was not there to help Bran; when he was pushed out the window, when an assassin tried to kill him, when Theon took Winterfell, when Bran fled winterfell, when he went north of the wall, when Hodor died, when he was almost killed by the night king and when he was made king. Jon was likely referring most to the last of this, he was not there to offer his support of Bran as king. it is an odd thing to say because he couldn't have been there for those moments in the first place but I think he was mostly trying to show he accepted being a subject to Bran.
Bran's reply is far more interesting and horrible in my interpretation when combined with his other comment about "why do you think I came all this way?" he then tells Jon "you were exactly where you were supposed to be". It is messed up to say the least.
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Aries (762)
5 years ago
I really hated Bran's, "Why do you think I came all this way?" reply. Made it seem like he could see the future as well as the past or the present in any location, when they never mentioned seeing the future before. I get that he could maybe see flashes of it in visions at the most, kinda like the Red lady.
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arflexit (2376)
5 years ago
I know and he says it with almost a pleased look on his face too, the delivery of the line makes it even worse.
And if he could see the future and the present and the past, that is really something they should have made more clear. The manner in which he seems to "see everything" basically makes him a god. Combined with him seemingly being pleased with being made king (even after turning down being lord of winterfell because he "Can't be the lord of anything") all this makes for a extremely uncomfortable situation that leads me to assume the worse possible outcome. That Bran will be a horrible king that will allow terrible things to happen and make no effort to intervene as long as he knows he will benefit from the horrors.
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