Poor Ser Alliser. If there was ever man who fell afoul of history, it's him.
Here is a man who did his duty. He bravely defended King's Landing and fought against the rapacious Lannisters when they sacked the city. That was his duty. Furthermore, he was defending his own home town, his own family, his own friends.
And then the Lannisters, Baratheons and the STarks overthrew the king. A new regime was brought in.
He was sent to the Wall for doing his honorable duty. Since then, he's been spending time trying to teach a bunch of rapers, thieves and slack-jawed farm boys how to fight. Not necessarily a job he's suited for.
Then who should come to the Wall but a mopey, dark-haired grey-eyed bastard 'Lordling' who procedes to brutally bully everybody in the yard without regard of their feelings. And then he undermines Thorne's authority, forming his own gang in order to protect a fat lordling who can't even defend himself against a child.
Oh, and this mopey, bratty kid who has no respect? The son of one of the leaders (one of the traitors, as he sees it) of the Rebellion that absolutely ruined his life.
And this is not his only bad experience. The boy also attacks him with a knife when his father goes the same way as all traitors.
If that's not enough, he waltzes in after having killed his commanding officer with the help of his supernatural super-wolf, joined the enemy, had a grand old time underneath the sheets with a wildling slut and then gets elected to the top position. And his first act? He beheads his new best friend and fellow Kingslander, Lord Jonos Slynt.
Really, screw that kid.
That's Alliser's problem with Jon Snow.
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