The fact that we never see Jon’s perspective on Dragonstone should be a HUGE MAJOR WARNING SIGN that something is up with Jon. We have lots of scenes with Dany talking to her advisors privately. Of her talking about her decisions and plans and worries. Of her toying with the dark side. Of her laying out her war problems clearly for viewers to follow along.
And we don’t have one of Jon. Not one scene where Jon explains his conflicts this season like “ugh, this girl is being so annoying. She’s holding me prisoner, refusing to listen to me, but hey, I might actually find her pretty. So she’s got that going for her.” Yes, this is close to the scene where Tyrion finds Jon brooding on the cliffs - but that scene is from Tyrion’s perspective. As a Jonsa fan, when I see Jon brooding and regretting going there, I of course think he’s thinking about Sansa. He knows she’s unprotected at WF, she warned him not to go South, etc. To me, Jon is thinking of Sansa in that moment - but what he is actually so upset about is never fully explained point blank out loud. Just what is on the surface. Just what Tyrion knows he’s upset about.
We never have an expositional scene from Jon’s perspective, helping the audience walk through his decision making process. This is one reason why the “what about my Queen?” upset so many people. It came out of left field. Because he haven’t been able to see Jon’s internal journey up until this point. The few scenes we have of Jon on Dragonstone, he is out in the open, in public, and there’s very little talk about plans. No discussion of how he might figure out a way to get Dany to help him without giving up his throne. We have no scenes of Jon and Davos talking privately in their chambers about what they need to do. No shots of Jon looking thoughtfully at a wall struggling with his options.
I mean, we know Jon’s been doing this - but only as an outsider. He brooded on the cliffs right after arriving and being imprisioned. He was brooding out of the cliffs right after Dany flew off to burn people. But we only know this because we were in Dany and Tyrion’s perspective. Jon’s private POV is sorely lacking.
If I recall correctly, there’s basically no Jon’s perspective, his thoughts and worries straight from the horses mouth, for almost the entire season. Not like in other seasons (no season 6 “I’m tired of fighting!” exclamations) Most of his character stuff is in the beginning in Winterfell, with Sansa. He’s clearly insecure and is struggling to make good decisions as king to protect WF and Westeros from the Night King. The scene in the Great Hall, the scene on the bridge, the scene with Sansa, Jon and Davos after getting Tyrion’s letter, etc. But once he heads south, these types of scenes *poof* disappear. We see Jon through another characters perspective.
This tells me that there is something going on that we, as the audience, are not supposed to know right now. Jon’s motivations and choices are intentionally kept unknown or vague. You really think an entire season with very little private thoughts from one of the main characters is just a normal everyday thing? There is a reason. Jon had a lot of time of Dragonstone to think and try to figure out a solution. We just didn’t see it, because we’re not supposed to know it yet.
