winter is here

#SANSA YES

Sansa was literally betrothed to marry her cousin Robin Arryn earlier in the series, and it was thought of as completely normal. Tywin Lannister’s wife, Joanna, was a cousin.

It doesn’t make sense for Jonsa haters to scream inscest at this ship. They also claim that Jon and Sansa were raised as “siblings” which is SO untrue.

Sure, they were both raised in Winterfell as Ned Stark as their father, but Sansa barely thought of Jon as a brother. It’s mentioned in the books that since she was old enough to understand the word bastard she went around calling him her “half-brother”. She never once thought of him like she did Robb, Bran, and Rickon.

And the only sister that Jon ever thought of as his actual sister was Arya. To him, Arya was his little sister, and they even looked a lot alike in the books. Sansa and Jon look nothing alike, Sansa taking after the Tully looks.

1. Ned and Catelyn 2.0

This is obvious. In terms of physical appearance and character traits, Jon and Sansa are dead ringers for Ned and Cat. But it’s their joint leadership over Winterfell that really brought us the parallels we’ve gotten from Season 6/7.  They are meant to rule Winterfell the same way Ned and Cat had, instilling a rule based on justice, humility, and integrity. I’m so proud of my babies.

Why it’s so good: joint lordship of winterfell between these two brings their journeys FULL CIRCLE. They’re torn apart from each other only to be brought back together TO RULE the place they wanted to leave in the first place. Because why? They know better. It’s not just their outward journeys that are similar but their inner journeys. They had to go through all that and more to realize that what they’ve wanted had been there all along - a family modelled after their own, an image probably supplanted in their subconscious by what else but their parents’ (pseudoparents, in Jon’s case) beautiful union and upbringing of their children.

Plus, because history likes repeating itself, Littlefinger losing what he regards as another “Catelyn” to Ned Stark 2.0 is just the LOLiest

2. Jaime and Cersei 2.0

Okay, they’re not nearly as incestuous. But hear me out. Because they were raised as siblings, and STARK siblings no less, there is an issue of moral ambiguity here. BUT THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT SO GREAT.

Why it’s so great (and not just good): GRRM loves just straight up  DELETING the lines between good and bad. In the earlier parts of the show, we’re given this idea that the “good” house is Stark and the “bad” house is Lannister. Sure, the idea is complicated more as we watch the show, BUT we still have it at the back of our minds don’t we?  How cool would it be for GRRM to totally fuck up our ideas of what it means to be a Stark and tell us you know they have more in common with the Lannisters than you think. If you think about it, it’s so GRRM.

A Jonsa endgame would cast the two characters who have remained the most principled (Stark-like, if you will), in a COMPLETELY different light. This is so important, especially for Jon, who, at least in the show, can come off as a total Gary Stu. 

3. Rhaegar and Lyanna 2.0

Sansa mirrors Rhaegar in that she loves poetry, music, and lore, while Jon is a lot like Lyanna, in that he’s a great warrior.

Why it’s so good: A Targaryen man falls in love with a Stark woman and vice-versa? An ill-tempered KING/ QUEEN wannabe tries to get in between them? A Jonsa endgame has the entire fucken story coming full circle FOR SURE.

Y'all: What an asshole!

Stannis: *burns Mance Rayder alive for refusing to kneel*

Y'all: That's messed up! Stannis is evil!

Daenerys: Refuse me and die!

Y'all: YES!

Daenerys: *burns the Tarlys alive for refusing to kneel*

Y'all: QUEEEEEEN!

Bonus Round

Jon: But if you use them to melt castles and burn cities, you’re not different. You’re just more of the same.

Jon: *shoots Mance Rayder with an Arrow so that Mance doesn't have to die suffering*

Jon not laughing at Tormund saying, “the one who fucks her brother”, is very, very telling. He’s got, “I feel personally attacked” written all over his face in the 2nd gif. If Gendry laughing but Jon not laughing/not finding it funny, isn’t proof that Jon has feelings for Sansa (that he thinks he shouldn’t have because he doesn’t know that she is his cousin, yet), then I don’t know what is. He laughs just fine at Tormund mentioning Brienne two seconds later, but not at the mention of a brother and a sister being together… Think about this, Joe Dempsie (Gendry) was instructed to laugh and Kit (Jon) was instructed not to. 

Now ask yourself: 

What would make Jon not find it funny? Sansa.

Why would Jon not find it funny? He has feelings for Sansa.

Who would not find it funny? A man who is in love with a woman who, for now, he thinks is his sister.

Also, in the first gif, as soon as Tormund finished that sentence, you can see Jon sighing/starting to inhale, breath in quite heavily, shoulders visibly rising and all, which shows the subject brings him distress, and if you go and ask yourself:

Why would he feel distressed by it? The answer is the same as the first two questions above.

Jon & Sansa + Visual Parallels [ 5x03 // 7x03 ]

“Winterfell is your home.”

Daenerys also continued to ignore Jon’s title as King and would only refer to him as “My lord.” She would only take him seriously if he bent the knee to her. If he SUBMITTED TO HER. And don’t give me that line of “We will defeat this Night King. And we will do it together.” Because this promise of her “word” is tossed out of the window the minute Daenerys is calm and she goes right back to worrying about the throne.

Daenerys does not listen to Jon either. He tells her that if she melts castles and burns cities she is no different. How does she heed this advise? Flies on Drogon to burn hundreds if not more men and turn a field into chard bones and ash. She even lands right in front of Jon on Drogon for what reason? To immediate him? She asserts her power over him. How is that equal again?