Bloodraven Orchestrated Jojen’s Death
Jojen received visions directly from the Three-Eyed-Crow, it seems. I believe that Jojen and other weaker greenseers see what Brynden Rivers wants them to see. Jojen sees his own death; he knows when he'll die, but I’d argue that it is a designed death via Bloodraven. Like, Jojen believes his demise is inevitable rather than it being by design by a fallible string-puller. Bloodraven presents visions that he wants Jojen to see.
Bran also has visions of the Three-Eyed-Crow and a common enough interpretation of the Crow’s activities is that Bloodraven is messing with Bran’s memories in order for him to focus on the task at hand, i.e. replacing Bloodraven as a tree wizard, or, possibly, a body snatching scenario. Jojen is meant to jumpstart a more powerful greenseer, Brandon Stark, through the Jojen Paste theory. I believe that Bran’s arc will be about Bran having the power to see what he wants to see, but first he must overcome Bloodraven’s narrow view and solutions. I think this is the only way forward for Bran’s story. Bloodraven represents the old guard, the old methods that no longer work, methods that have ego and hubris wound up in them, methods that have unleashed Euron Greyjoy onto the world.
Further, at this point, Bloodraven would be very old. His life has extended well past its natural course. A lot of fans believe that Euron was one of Bloodraven’s early attempts at finding a replacement, but Euron turned out all wrong. Jojen may have been in the running, but he’s already sickly and likely weaker than what would be ideal. Bran is Bloodraven’s Hail Mary Pass, a last ditched effort to pass the baton. And Bran is a great choice. He’s powerful. He’s forced to live in his head because of his injury. He’s naturally curious and adventurous. Bloodraven knows this; he sees it, and he uses such knowledge to exact his will, which may turn out to be counter to Bran’s will in the end.
