#jonsaisendgame

SECTION A - SO MANY NED AND CAT 2.0 PARALELLS!

Let me just start off by saying that of all the romantic couples ever to have been shown/talked about in ASOIAF and GOT, Ned and Cat have been shown to be the strongest, healthiest and as close to perfect as any married couple can get.  Their love didn’t come in an instant crazy passion (which GRRM makes pretty clear that he thinks those kind of relationships are unrealistic or doomed from the start, as he shits on those kinds of pairings -Robb/Jeyne/Talisa; Rhaegar/Lyanna; Sansa/Joffrey; Tyrion/Tysha; etc.) Ned and Cat built their relationship stone by stone and they had the happiest of marriages in the series. Cat even calls Ned “The rock I built my life upon” … I mean that’s just beautiful.

Okay! That being established, there is just soooo much evidence in the show and books that points to Jon and Sansa being set up as Ned/Cat 2.0 and thus, foreshadowing that they will end up together…. And here it is: 

1)-Parallels in the way they look (Books and Show)

               Jon is the Stark child that looks most like Ned (Ned 2.0) – even more than Ned’s trueborn children, while

               Sansa is the Stark child that looks the most like Cat (Cat 2.0) - this has been emphasized A LOT in the books and show, I don’t really think I need to get into the details because it’s been stated soooo many times and it’s pretty obvious.

But I will note that even the costumes and hair choices made for both Jon and Sansa in the show are definitely made to parallel Ned and Cat. Take a look:

**BONUS: Michelle Clampton said in an interview that Sansa’s costumes have a pattern that is almost fishlike, referencing her mother and her Tully blood (Cat 2.0).

Also, when Sansa gave Jon his cloak, she made it specifically to look like the one their father wore (Ned 2.0).

2)- Parallels in the way they act (Books and Show)

Jon/Ned parallels : Honor is very important to Jon, just as it was to Ned, and Jon often channels Ned when making decisions in the story:   EXAMPLE: Jon Snow executes Janos Slynt in the same way Ned Stark executed the deserter from the Night’s Watch

And can we just take a moment to appreciate this…

I saw this on google, so I don’t know the original poster, can someone tell me if they know whom the gif set belonged to? 

Sansa/Catelyn parallels: 

Sansa often channels her mother to give her strength when she needs to be strong in the story.  EX: Sansa says in the books “I must be as strong as my Lady mother”

I also want to point out that Sansa resembles Cat so much, in personality as well as looks, that Creepyfinger projected his obsession with Cat onto Sansa… and even went so far as to murder a King out of obsession for her.

3)-Both Ned/Cat and Jon/Sansa built their relationship stone by stone (Show)

Like Ned and Cat, Jon and Sansa have been building their relationship stone by stone ever since they reunited. Jon and Sansa had the most estranged relationship out of all the Stark “siblings” and now, they have become the closest. This all happened stone by stone.

It started out with little things- like Sansa gifting Jon with a Stark cloak she made- and then developed into the both of them being able to place huge amounts of trust in each other - i.e Jon entrusting Sansa to rule the North for him.

4)- Jon/Sansa scenes are shot in the same way as Ned/Cat scenes (Show)

Just look at this! In FOUR instances, THREE being separate instances over the span of two episodes in the most recent season, Jon and Sansa scenes were shot EXACTLY the way Ned and Catelyn scenes were shot. Same camera angles and everything! There is no way in hell this is a coincidence. This is deliberate!

THE SHOWRUNNERS ARE DELIBERATELY PARALELLING JON/SANSA AS NED/CAT 2.0! …But okay… if you need more proof that Jonsa will be endgame, wait right there honey because I gots a hell of a lot more up my sleeve! Let’s continue, shall we?

SECTION B - FORSHADOWING OF JON AND SANSA REBUILDING WINTERFELL/THE NORTH TOGETHER (BOOKS AND SHOW)

1-) Foreshadowing of Jon and Sansa being an excellent team as King and Queen (of the North)

 When discussing battle strategy with Stannis, (in the show and especially the books) Jon shows impeccable knowledge about the North- its houses, its people, its strength and weaknesses… basically everything that a good Warden/King of the North should know. Why show this is such detail if it isn’t going to be useful/foreshadow something further down the line – as in him using that knowledge to defend the North when he rules it?

 Sansa has learned from the very best in The Game – (Littlefinger, Margery, Cersei) and has proven to be very politically savvy in both the show and the books. Again, why bother giving her character these skills if she isn’t going to use them?  

With Jon being the military man and Sansa being the political mastermind, they are both foreshadowed in the books to be the other half each other needs to rule well.

This is then PROVEN in the show

The show has shown Jon and Sansa to be a very good team as King in the North and Lady of Winterfell. Jon is a great military man, and is working hard to defend the North. Sansa is very politically savvy and great at managing domestic responsibilities as well (ex: food stores, clothing and armor). They work well together…almost as if they were a married couple?

Why show them as being a very efficient team to such detail unless to set them up to be King and Queen together in the end?

...SEE even Sophie Turner ships it!  (anyone know the original maker of this gif set, for credit purposes?) 

2-) Both Jon and Sansa dream of recreating the Winterfell of their childhood and putting their family back together (Books). 

Jon’s Dream:

“I would need to steal her if I wanted her love, but she might give me children. I might someday hold a son of my own blood in my arms. A son was something Jon Snow had never dared dream of, since he decided to live his life on the Wall. I could name him Robb. Val would want to keep her sister’s son, but we could foster him at Winterfell, and Gilly’s boy as well. Sam would never need to tell his lie. We’d find a place for Gilly too, and Sam could come visit her once a year or so. Mance’s son and Craster’s would grow up brothers, as I once did with Robb. He wanted it, Jon knew then. He wanted it as much as he had ever wanted anything”

-       Jon dreams of having a son named Robb, taking his father’s place in the family (and also raising Mance’s and Craters’s son in the way Ned raised Robb and Jon).

Sansa’s Dream:

“If I give him sons, he may come to love me. She would name them Edward and Brandon and Rickon […] In Sansa’s dreams, he children looked just like the brothers she had lost. Sometimes there was even a girl who looked like Arya”

           -Sansa dreams of having sons named Bran and Rickon and a daughter like Arya, taking her mother’s place in the family.

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Notice that Jon and Sansa’s fantasies complete each other – or complete the Stark family when put together. The only person who is missing from their fantasies are themselves and each other.

And while their fantasies are with other people (Val and Willas) they do not feature their significant other in their fantasy much… they fantasize about those people as being filler roles for the mother/father of their children in their hypothetical family. They are not important to fulfilling the fantasy at all.

And truly, Jon and Sansa are the only ones who knew what each other’s childhood in Winterfell were like, and they are the only two people in the whole series who share this dream. Thus, they are the only ones who can realistically bring the other’s fantasy to life. Them sharing this particular dream foreshadows that they are each other’s perfect partner/soulmate. Together they will make their dreams a reality.

3)- Sansa literally rebuilt Winterfell out of SNOW (Books and show)

In case you didn’t get that… SANSA REBUILT WINTERFELL OUT OF SNOW (A.K.A JON)

**BONUS:  In the books, while building the castle Sansa “could feel the SNOW on her lashes, she could taste the SNOW on her lips. It was the taste of Winterfell. The taste of innocence. The taste of dreams (a reference to the dream she and Jon share of raising a family in Winterfell?) […] Drifting snowflakes brushed her face AS LIGHT AS A LOVER’S KISS”

There is also more text in the beginning of the chapter linking Jon with this scene:

  “The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbroken on the ground. All color had fled the world outside. It was a place of whites and blacks and greys. White towers and white snow and white statues, black shadows and black trees, the dark grey sky above. A pure world, Sansa thought. I do not belong here. Yet she stepped out all the same. Her boots tore ankle-deep holes into the smooth white surface of the snow, yet made no sound”

  This passage strangely reminds me of Ghost, Jon’s direwolf. I mean “ghostly silence” and Sansa not making a sound when walking in snow…Ghost is said to make no sound when he walks (which is why Jon gave him that name) just like Sansa in this quote. Also, Sansa sees the world around her in “whites blacks and greys”, almost as if she’s colour blind… colorblind like a direwolf.

**BONUS 2: Jon literally dreams about rebuilding Winterfell in the books: “Winterfell, he thought, Theon left it burned and broken, but I could restore it. Surely his father would have wanted that, and Robb as well. They would never have wanted the castle left in ruins”

Alright with all that said and done,  now I’ll just finish this section right here with this little gem of a quote of Sansa’s while she was Alayne Stone: 

“Stone and Snow, that was all that was left of Winterfell. Just like she and Jon”  

SECTION C: JON BEING SANSA’S ONLY HERO (BOOKS)

1)-Jon as Prince Aemon the Dragon Knight

Okay, so to begin, I would like to draw everyone’s attention to this passage in the books about Jon and Robb:

“Every morning they had trained together, since they were big enough to walk; Snow and Stark, spinning and slashing about the wards of Winterfell, shouting and laughing, sometimes crying when there was no one else to see. They were not little boys when they fought, but knights and mighty heroes.

“I’m Prince Aemon the Dragonknight,” Jon would call out, and Robb would shout back, “Well, I’m Florian the Fool.” Or Robb would say, “I’m the Young Dragon,” and Jon would reply, “I’m Ser Ryam Redwyne. That morning he called it first. "I'm Lord of Winterfell!" he cried, as he had a hundred times before."

 This particular passage foreshadows Robb’s fate.

 His first hero, Florian the fool, was indeed a fool and died because of his love for Jonquil. In that respect, Robb was also a fool and chose love/a woman over his duty, and he also died because of it.

Robb also parallels his second hero the Young dragon. Read this conversation between Jon and Benjen:

 "Daeron Targaryen was only fourteen when he conquered Dorne," Jon said. The Young Dragon was one of his heroes.

"A conquest that lasted a summer," his uncle pointed out. "Your Boy King lost ten thousand men taking the place, and another fifty trying to hold it. Someone should have told him that war isn't a game." He took another sip of wine. "Also," he said, wiping his mouth, "Daeron Targaryen was only eighteen when he died. Or have you forgotten that part?"

Both Robb and the Young Dragon were very young when they began playing at war, and both were very good at it – I will remind everyone that Robb was an excellent battle commander who won every battle he fought. He also died very young, just like the Young Dragon.

So, if this passage accurately foreshadowed Robb’s fate, we can assume it will accurately foreshadow Jon’s fate as well.

Jon will become - narratively speaking - Aemon the Dragonknight. Prince Aemon has been referred to as the noblest knight who ever lived, (by Arianne Martell explicitely and the majority of people in Westeros) and we all know how much Sansa wants a true and noble knight!

What is more, is that Prince Aemon was famously in love with Naerys –HIS SISTER.

Prince Aemon once won a tourney after his brother Aegon had forbidden him to take part, because Aegon wanted to crown his mistress of that time as the queen of love and beauty instead of Naerys. Disguised as the Knight of Tears, Aemon won the tournament and named Naerys Targaryen as queen of love and beauty in place of the mistress.

The love between Aemon and Naerys makes for arguably the most famous of love stories in all of the seven kingdoms.

Thus, as foreshadowing goes, Jon being Aemon the Dragonknight will have a romantic relationship with his sister (or sister turned cousin) Sansa.

 Adding to this, in Sansa’s chapters, Prince Aemon comes up very often:

 “Father, I only just now remembered, I can’t go away, I’m to marry Prince Joffrey.” She tried to smile bravely for him. “I love him, Father, I truly truly do, I love him as much as Queen Naerys loved Prince Aemon the Dragonknight” –Sansa to Ned

“Sweet one,” her father said gently, “listen to me. When you’re old enough, I will make you a match with a high lord who’s worthy of you, someone brave and gentle and strong. This match with Joffrey was a terrible mistake. That boy is no Prince Aemon, you must believe me.” – Ned to Sansa

“There are gods, she told herself, and there are true knights too. All the stories can’t be lies. […] She shouted for Ser Dontos, for her brothers, for her dead father and her dead wolf, for gallant Ser Loras who had given her a red rose once, but none of them came. She called for the heroes from the songs, for Florian and Ser Ryam Redwyne and Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, but no one heard” – Sansa’s thoughts. In this quote we see all 3 knights Florian, Ser Ryam Redwyne and Prince Aemon the Dragonknight come up again.

“True knights.” The queen seemed to find that wonderfully amusing. “No doubt you’re right. So why don’t you just eat your broth like a good girl and wait for Symeon Star-Eyes and Prince Aemon the Dragonknight to come rescue you, sweetling. I’m sure it won’t be very long now.” – Cersei to Sansa

Original poster of this theory was @butterflies-dragons I suggest you read the whole post linked here because it’s amazing and full of other foreshadowing moments! : https://butterflies-dragons.tumblr.com/post/162797291864/sansa-stark-a-wolf-with-dragon-wings-i-an

2)- Jon as Syemon Star-Eyes

Symeon Star-Eyes is a legendary figure from the Age of Heroes who was blind. He is described in tales as a knight even though chivalry came to Westeros thousands of years. He is also a knight associated with Jon who shows up reputedly in Sansa’s chapters.  

 Here is Jon being associated with Syemon Star-Eyes for the first time:

“There was a knight once who couldn’t see,” Bran said stubbornly, as Ser Rodrik went on below. “Old Nan told me about him. He had a long staff with blades at both ends and he could spin it in his hands and chop two men at once.”

“Symeon Star-Eyes,” Luwin said as he marked numbers in a book. “When he lost his eyes, he put star sapphires in the empty sockets, or so the singers claim. Bran, that is only a story, like the tales of Florian the Fool. A fable from the Age of Heroes.” The maester tsked. “You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.”

The mention of dreams reminded him. “I dreamed about the crow again last night. The one with three eyes. He flew into my bedchamber and told me to come with him, so I did. We went down to the crypts. Father was there, and we talked. He was sad.”

“And why was that?” Luwin peered through his tube.

“It was something to do about Jon, I think” –Bran to Maester Lewin

 ...

“Those old histories are full of kings who reigned for hundreds of years, and knights riding around a thousand years before there were knights. You know the tales, Brandon the Builder, Symeon Star-Eyes, Night’s King … we say that you’re the nine-hundred-and-ninety-eighth Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, but the oldest list I’ve found shows six hundred seventy-four commanders, which suggests that it was written during—”

“Long ago,” Jon broke in. “What about the Others?”

 This is a conversation between Jon AND Sam (the only chapter that overlaps across ADWD and AFFC). 

 ...

“Not every man has it in him to be Prince Aemon the Dragonknight or Symeon Star-Eyes”

- Manderly to Davos. Jon isn’t mentioned in this passage, but I found it interesting how Symeon Star-Eyes is again associated with Prince Aemon the Dragonknight.

Some people think these parallels means Jon will be blind, but I think its a Jonsa foreshadowing. 

3)-Execution of Janos Slynt

This is a CONCRETE EXAMPLE of Jon becoming Sansa’s actual hero! Take a look!

“Frog-faced Lord Slynt sat at the end of the council table wearing a black velvet doublet and a shiny cloth-of-gold cape, nodding with approval every time the king pronounced a sentence. Sansa stared hard at his ugly face, remembering how he had thrown down her father for Ser Ilyn to behead, wishing she could hurt him, wishing that some hero would throw him down and cut off his head. But a voice inside her whispered, There are no heroes,”

                                               -Sansa’s thoughts in AGOT.

 Then, in ADWD Jon acted as Sansa’s hero and literally cuts off his head:

Emmett kicked his legs out from under him. Dolorous Edd planted a foot on his back to keep him on his knees as Emmett shoved the block beneath his head. “This will go easier if you stay still,” Jon Snow promised him. “Move to avoid the cut, and you will still die, but your dying will be uglier. Stretch out your neck, my lord.” The pale morning sunlight ran up and down his blade as Jon clasped the hilt of the bastard sword with both hands and raised it high. “If you have any last words, now is the time to speak them,” he said, expecting one last curse.

Janos Slynt twisted his neck around to stare up at him. “Please, my lord. Mercy. I’ll … I’ll go, I will, I …”

No, thought Jon. You closed that door. Longclaw descended.

Credit to @blindestspot she wrote about this in the post liked here: http://blindestspot.tumblr.com/post/50820774456/jonxsansa

4)-Jon refuses to take Sansa’s claim to the North away from her

Marriage/betrothals are a very important part of Sansa’s character arcs and storylines.  She is the key to the North and a very valuable political pawn. Everyone wants to use her for her claim, and not one of her suitors came to love her for who she actually is. She comes to this realization in the books, and it totally breaks her heart.

“No one will ever marry me for love. It's my claim they want” –Sansa’s thoughts

However, in ADWD Jon says:

1- "By right, Winterfell should go to my sister Sansa." –Jon to Stannis in his first chapter. "Lady Lannister, you mean? Are you so eager to see the Imp perched on your father's seat? I promise you, that will not happen whilst I live, Lord Snow."

2- "Winterfell belongs to my sister Sansa." –Jon tells Stannis this AGAIN in another chapter later on. "I have heard all I need to hear of Lady Lannister and her claim." The king set the cup aside. "You could bring the north to me. Your father's bannermen would rally to the son of Eddard Stark

Jon is the only one who does not lust for Sansa’s claim on the North. When he is offered it, he refuses it and states TWICE that Winterfell and the North belong to Sansa and Sansa alone , despite the fact she married Tyrion– thus, being the only person who cares about Sansa more than her powerful political position and also foreshadowing that Jon will be the one to marry Sansa for love and not her claim on the North.  

I don’t think it can get any more obvious without being too obvious that Jon is Sansa’s perfect hero, and that they will end up together at some point. #jonsaisendgame

But if you still aren't convinced that Jonsa will happen, don’t look away just yet! I still have many a more proofs to provide you with! 

SECTION D: HISTORY (BOOKS AND SHOW)

Alright, so I suggest you guys go get some coffee because this section will get a little long. But I have made charts and put pictures to make it easier to follow… Basically I will explain why Jonsa is endgame based on history!

Here we go! So GRRM based his series on the War of the Roses that took place in England in the 15th century, and many of his characters parallel the key players during that war. Specifically, Jon Snow/Targaryen parallels Henry Tudor and Sansa Stark parallels Elizabeth of York – and these characters ended up MARRIED as King and Queen of England at the end of the war. So according to history, that means Jon and Sansa will be married as King and Queen at the end of the series too!

Want proof Jon is Henry and Sansa is Elizabeth? I gotchu! Here we go:

** Little reminder before we start: GRRM confirmed that the Yorks of England are represented by the Starks in ASOIAF, (and the Lancasters of England are represented by the Lannisters).

 ...Need I say more?

And because I’m lazy, I’m reposting this post of mine I made a while ago comparing Sansa to Elizabeth of York, it’s not as detailed as the Jon/Henry chart, but this is the gist of the parallels between Sansa and Elizabeth:

Here is the link to my original post about EoY if you want to see the gifs in better quality : https://sweetsummersansa.tumblr.com/post/164786372376/elizabeth-of-york-sansa-stark

Now for all historians who want to argue about who Richard III actually is in the series (I say LF but some say Tyrion) if you see Richard III as a Littlefinger- which I think is more fitting- then this last point, as all pints about Richard II, applies as illustrated by the images above.

But I also want to note that for those people who see Richard the III as Tyrion, this last point still fits because Sansa married Tyrion- so still a strange romantic relationship. And we can also argue that Sansa lived as a bastard because of Tyrion – since she posed as a bastard in hiding because she was wanted by the crown after Tyrion was charged with Joffrey’s murder- and she was Tyrion’s wife. We can also argue that Tyrion did have something to do with the downfall of the Stark family, (as pictured in point n.4) because Tyrion was captured by Cat, which set into motion the events leading to the War of the Five Kings.

Anyways… regardless of who you think Richard III is, one thing is perfectly clear: SANSA STARK IS ELIZABETH OF YORK! Meaning she will end up with Henry Tudor/Jon in the end!  

***Also wanted to add:

-Both Sansa and Elizabeth are described as having red hair and being fair of face

-Both are/were a valuable political pawn: Sansa = Key to the North, used by people to gain access to the North by marriage. While Elizabeth = used to solidify the King Henry’s claim to the throne through marriage

-In this video, in which historians and GRRM talk about the war of the roses, Sansa is also compared to Elizabeth of York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOyUy5teWp.  (Feel free to message me if the Sansa/Elizabeth parallels are unclear!)      

**BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL: Despite marrying initially for purely political reasons, Henry and Elizabeth are known for having one of the most successful and loving marriages/relationships of the English monarchy – and they built this loving relationship STONE BY STONE! 

Last thing! Take a look at the Tudor coat of arms: 

 ITS A DRAGON AND A DOG/WOLF STANDING BESIDE EACHOTHER (WITH A LION ON TOP). THE SEVEN KINGDOMS WILL SEE A DRAGON (JON TARGARYEN) AND A WOLF (SANSA STARK) RULE SIDE BY SIDE!!!! (maybe with a lion as hand of the King) #GETHYPEDJONSAFAM

Credit to @kitten1618x: I drew inspiration from this post linked below, especially for the Henry Tudor parallels and the Tudor flag/coat of arms bit. Her post is great, I really suggest you read it she did amazing research!  : http://kitten1618x.tumblr.com/search/henry%20tudor 

Okay! Whew! I know that was a longer section but hopefully everyone is still with me!

And now, for my next act in the Jonsa-Is-Endgame show, I will be discussing one of my favorite theories/pieces of proof that Jon and Sansa will be together by the end of ASOIAF: LET’S GO

SECTION E: ASHFORD TOURNEY (BOOKS)

This is one of the more popular theories that predict Jonsa being endgame. The Ashford Tourney theory is something found in the first Dunk and Egg novella, "The Hedge Knight." written by GRRM. Basically, it gives reason to believe that Sansa will end up with a Targaryen – and since Fake Aegon hasn’t been important enough to include in the show, we can safely assume that Targaryen will be JON!

In the Hedge Knight, Dunk and Egg go to a tourney held at Ashford to celebrate Lord Ashford's daughter's 13th name-day. The tourney at Ashford Meadow was a tourney hosted by House Ashford at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC. Lord Ashford staged the tourney to celebrate his daughter's thirteenth name day. His daughter was the queen of love and beauty and would have five champions to defend her honour.

The final five champions in the Tourney were:

⁃   Lyonel Baratheon

⁃   Leo Tyrell

⁃   Tybolt Lannister

⁃   Humfrey Hardyng

⁃   Prince Valarr Targaryen (a Targaryen with dark/brown hair)

 These oddly correspond with all the men Sansa was betrothed/married to in ASOIAF.

⁃   Sansa’s first betrothed to Joffrey Baratheon

⁃   Sansa’s then planned to be wed to Willas/Loras Tyrell

⁃   Sansa’s married to Tyrion Lannister

-    Sansa’s now being betrothed to Harry Hardyng (in the books)

So if logic follows… Sansa now has to be betrothed/married to a dark haired Targaryen… a.k.a Jon Targaryen!

…C’mon, this is too crazy a coincidence not to be a foreshadowing of some sorts! Especially with a Harding in the mix- since it is not a very prominent house. And Especially considering how important marriage/betrothals have been to Sansa’s storyline and character arc.

Here is the link to the original reddit thread first discussing this theory: http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fasoiaf%2Fcomments%2F1vsuxb%2Fspoilers_all_the_tourney_at_ashford_and_sansas%2F&t=OWVmMTQ1ZGZhZDQ4ZWQzNzEwNjE1YmNiZWRlZTlhNTEwNTQyMjRiNyxreWRjaFJnNw%3D%3D&b=t%3A1mugv0k5s0amNKww0gMA7g&p=https%3A%2F%2Fmarydri.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F162256888280%2Fthe-secret-betrothal&m=1

And I’m pretty sure AltShiftX made a video about it on Youtube for those who would rather watch than read! 

Is all good Jonsa shipmates? Good! Let’s continue!

SECTION F : JON’S DEATH (BOOKS)

1)-Sansa feels Jon’s death:

In Sansa’s final chapter in AFFC which matches up with Jon’s final chapter in ADWD as far as timing goes (because the two were meant to be one giant book) Sansa heard Jon dying:

 “There was ice underfoot, and broken stones just waiting to turn an ankle, and the wind was howling fiercely. It sounds like a wolf, thought Sansa. A ghost wolf, as big as mountains”.

***Freindly reminder that Jon’s direwolf is named GHOST and that Ghost howled for Jon after he died like Grey Wind howled for Robb.                       

2)-Jon associates Sansa with his romantic love as he died:  

Right before he died, Jon thought of Sansa and connected her to the one women he ever truly loved (Ygritte):

      “He thought of Sansa brushing Lady’s coat, singing to herself. You know nothing Jon Snow”

ALSO: Jon likes redheads!

**BONUS: In ADWD, Jon chose Ygritte (his red-haired love) over Val (a beautiful woman with silver hair he may have been infatuated with)

“Would I sooner be hanged for a turncloak by Lord Janos, or forswear my vows, marry Val, and become the Lord of Winterfell? It seemed an easy choice when he thought of it in those terms… though if Ygritte had still been alive, it might have been even easier. Val was a stranger to him. She was not hard on the eyes, certainly, and she had been sister to Mance Rayder’s queen, but still …”

SECTION G: FORSHADOWING IN COSTUMES (SHOW)

1)-Sansa’s hair 

I actually screamed internally when I saw Lyanna’s hair when she wed Rhaegar! At first first I was sooo mad (like livid) that she wasn't wearing a crown of blue winter roses and just had a typical hairstyle just like Sansa’s... then I realized, she could have been wearing a crown of blue winter roses but they decided to have her hair be Just.Like.Sansa’s.

^^THIS is Lyanna Stark’s hairstyle when she married Rhaegar Targaryen

^^THIS is Sansa Stark’s hairstyle for Season 7.

I mean Wow! It really seems that the showrunners wanted us to see parallels between the two Stark girls, especially in the scene where we find out Jon is a Targaryen and where a Stark Lady married a Targaryen! I mean this show is truly all about the details, and they could of had Lyanna wear a crown of blue winter roses- which would have been more obvious/appropriate for her character, but instead, they made her have the EXACT hair Sansa had all season (despite fashion/hair trends most likely being different at the time she married Rhaegar). History will repeat itself! A Stark Lady and a Targaryen King will fall in love! The episode was called the Dragon and the Dragon  Wolf for crying out loud!

2)- Sansa’s wardrobe

Just like Sansa and Lyanna had similar exactly the same hairstyle, they also had similar wedding dresses:

Both Lyanna’s and Sansa’s wedding dresses had the same light/pastel colour palette and the same type of belt that wrapped around the bodice.

Sansa is also dressing like Jon. She has emulated her wardrobe/hair after the people she admired in the past (Cersei, Margarey). Now that she loves Jon, she is emulating him in her choice of clothing (along with his mother). 

Jon and  both even wear the little Stark direwolf heads on their clothes... but Sansa stops wearing that after Jon leaves... she stops wearing the pin with the direwolf couple because its no longer a fitting representation of her since Jon (her other wolf partner) has left her alone.  

Credit to : @jonsalways for the Lyanna/Sansa costume parallels and the “wolf bit” -see what I did there?!  She does amazing costume analysis's! go follow her! I mean how do you even notice something as small as Sansa not wearing the stark pin after episode 2! Wow! https://jonsalways.tumblr.com/post/164964237964/sansalyanna-parallel-in-costumes

**BONUS: This is a quote from an article analyzing the meaning of the GOT Season 7 costumes:

 Like both queens, she is inspired by influential men with whom she frequently disagreed and that is reflected in her costume design. For Cersei, it was Tywin; for Dany, Viserys. In Sansa’s case, she’s dressing like Jon Snow.

Article: http://tomandlorenzo.com/2017/08/game-of-thrones-season-7-style-costume-analysis/

3)-Jon’s Wardrobe

I just want to point out that Jon is rarely seen without his cloak that Sansa made him. Oh and… cloaks in Westeros symbolize protection in marriage!!!  

Like, seriously Jon! You’re in the capital, where it’s hot and sunny for crying out loud! It ain’t even snowing! what are you doing with that heavy ass cloak?! 

...Whatevs! Keep wearing that cloak your wifey made you! I guess its cool... let’s just move on, shall we?

SECTION H : FORSHADOWING IN SONGS (BOOKS)

In this section, I will be discussing Jonsa foreshadowing in A Storm of Swords, specifically foreshadowing in the songs that are in Sansa and Jon’s chapters when their chapters are back to back.

So first, in Sansa’s chapter, Sansa is talking to Margarey and Olenna about Joffrey while listening to the song The Bear and the Maiden Fair – a song about a fair maiden falling for a man she’s not expected to fall for.

Lyrics here: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/The_Bear_and_the_Maiden_Fair

Next is Jon’s chapter. This is when Jon is taken to Mance Raider’s tent by Ygritte, where he fools Mance into thinking he isn’t a crow anymore and successfully infiltrates the Wildlings. Yet when he walks in the tent, he hears someone singing The Dornishman’s Wife – a song about a man loving a woman so much that nothing – not even death – could be worse than not knowing her love.

HOWEVER – and this is the most curious thing- The Dornishman’s wife is later sung by Mance Raider in ADWD at Ramsay’s wedding to Jeyne/fake Arya (JEYNE IS CHANGED TO SANSA IN THE SHOW), only Mance changes the song from The Dornishman’s Wife to THE NORTHERNMAN’S DAUGHTER

“The singer changed the words, though. Instead of tasting a Dornishman’s wife, he sang of tasting a Northernman’s daughter” – this is from one of Theon/Reek’s chapters in ADWD          

…We all know who the Northernman’s daughter is- SANSA!!!

Lyrics for the Dornishman’s Wife here: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/The_Dornishman%27s_Wife

 Also, to all those who find the Jon-being-Dany’s-third-treason theory/ undercover lover theory appealing (as I do), I will say this:

RIGHT AFTER these two chapters is Dany’s chapter, and in this chapter, she is very aware that a betrayal is coming her way and she thinks long and hard about the likelihood that someone coming to kill her soon:

   “The Usurper on his Iron Throne had offered land and lordship to any man who killed her. One attempt had been made already, with a cup of poisoned wine. The closer she came to Westeros, the more likely another attack became”

Then, Jorah and Dany discuss the possibility of her being betrayed at length:

 “The warlocks in Qarth told you that you would be betrayed three times,” the exile knight reminded her, as Viserion and Rhaegal began to snap and claw at each other. “Once for blood and once for gold and once for love.” Dany was not like to forget. “Mirri Maz Duur was the first.”  “Which means two traitors yet remain . . . and now these two appear. I find that troubling, yes. Never forget, Robert offered a lordship to the man who slays you.”

 I think a red herring is set up in these three chapters. In Sansa’s chapter, we are led to believe that the Hound is “the bear” that Sansa the fair maiden will end up with. In Jon’s chapter, we are led to believe that Ygritte is “the Dornishman’s wife”/ Jon’s true love. And in Dany’s chapter, she and Jorah talk of her betrayal, and we are led to believe that this foreshadows Jorah’s betrayal.  

However, the fact that these three chapters being back to back, and GRRM being THE LEAST obvious writer on the planet, makes me think that what is actually being foreshadowed in these chapters is Sansa falling for Jon (someone whom she’s not expected to fall for)- who then also falls in love with her, and she is his one true love not the other red-haired girl (Ygritte)- and then finally, Jon will end up betraying Dany for his love of Sansa- being her final treason “for love”.

This is a MUCH subtler foreshadowing, exactly GRRM’s style – make you think you know one thing through red herring foreshadowing… but it actually turns out to be a completely other thing that was foreshadowed even more, just more subtly.

Credit to @natty86 Original post about these three chapters, and their foreshadowing is here: https://natty86.tumblr.com/search/Jon,%20Sansa%20and%20Dany.%20The%20betrayal%20for%20love..

SECTION I : ORINIGAL OUTLINE FOR ASOIAF

For those who haven’t read the original outline already, these are some quotes/plot points that GRRM had planned in his original outline:

"Arya will be more forgiving ... until she realizes, with terror, that she has fallen in love with Jon, who is not only her half-brother but a man of the Night's Watch, sworn to celibacy. Their passion will continue to torment Jon and Arya throughout the trilogy, until the secret of Jon's true parentage is finally revealed in the last book."

"Exiled, Tyrion will change sides, making common cause with the surviving Starks to bring his brother down, and falling helplessly in love with Arya Stark while he's at it. His passion is, alas, unreciprocated, but no less intense for that, and it will lead to a deadly rivalry between Tyrion and Jon Snow."

 I won’t go too much into detail on this one… the outline should be taken lightly because a lot of things have changed from outlines to novels. 

However, enough of the ideas in the outline have held base in the books, especially the most basic of plot points so I think it’s fair to assume that the whole “Jon will fall in love with his sister and be tormented by it until he finds out his true parentage” will stay the same. I mean, we already know Jon’s secret parentage was an idea that GRRM kept from the outline… and honestly what other reason could he have for the whole “secret parentage” that would be as important as making a forbidden/twisted love suddenly possible? It seems to me that one of the main reasons for the whole “secret parentage” trope was to create a more twisted and epic love story between Jon and his sister.

The sister has definitely changed from Arya to Sansa though… book Sansa is much closer to book Arya than book Arya is.  And GRRM has been foreshadowing Jonsa a lot… hence this meta. 

Also, take this with a mountain of salt, but Sansa was once married to Tyrion, so maybe the Jon-Tyrion-Sansa love triangle could happen?

Anyways! Moving forward! We’re almost dome but we still have more to discuss…such as:

SECTION J:  JONSA SCENES BEING SHOT LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER ROMNTIC COUPLE ON THE SHOW... JONSA HAVING PARALLELLS WITH EVERY.OTHER.IMPORTANT.ROMANTIC.COUPLE.ON.THE.SHOW.

I won’t include Ned/Cat on this part, mainly because I already touched on this. But I will show parallels between Jon/Sansa and : Sam/Gilly; Robb/Talisa; Brienne/Jaimie. Although the Jonsa/Bramie gifsets are from a post of mine, I want to say right now, all credit to the Sam/Gilly and Robb/Talisa  and Jon/Ygritte parallel gifsets goes to @baelerion, she/he made these AMAZING gifsets, I couldn’t make them any better myself. I give ALL credit to @baelerion. Amazing job! Go follow her/him!

SAM/GILLY AND JONSA: 

ROBB/TALISA AND JONSA:

JON/YGRITTE AND JONSA:

BRIENNE/JAIME AND JONSA:

I mean.... this speaks for itself... If anyone has doubts or was wondering if Jonsa scenes were actually being shot in a romantic way, the answer is: YES!

SECTION K : OTHER

Okay Jonsa fam, we’ve reached the end of the meta! If you’re still here and reading this, I sincerely thank and applaud you for putting though with it’s extreme length... I had no idea it was going to get so long! Like holy cow, this is section K, this meta 11 sections long, with subsections! WOW! That just shows you how solid our Jonsa ship is. 

But before I leave you for good, here are some more Jonsa endgame foreshadowing moments - in no particular order- that just wouldn’t fit in any of the other categories :)

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1.  Dany’s hair is styled like Sansa’s in only one scene- the scene where J and D actually have a tender moment, and grab eachother’s hands (similar to how Sansa grobbed Jon’s hands) and in the next episode they have sex… the costume department is very careful with the details when it comes to the girls’ hair, why would they make sure there is a ghost of Sansa in the most tender scene Dany and Jon share together, right before the episode in which they have sex?  #Jonsaisendgame

Credit to @jonsalways: Original post noticing this is right here: https://jonsalways.tumblr.com/post/165044111469/theres-something-weird-about-dany-and-sansas  -read it! its so much more detailed and amazing! 

2. Jon noticing Sansa’s new dress, and stuttering like a nervous boy who has a crush on a pretty girl when he gives her a compliment..

..Hmmm ya sorry Jon, not brotherly AT ALL #Jonsaisendgame

3. Jon gave Sansa a lingereing very non-brothery forhead kiss, and then LOOKED AT HER LIPS!!

^^^IF YOU THINK THIS SCENE WAS PLATONIC YOU ARE LYING TO YOURSELF. This is the scene that cemented it in for me that there was definitely something non-siblings going on with Jon and Sansa tbh. #JONSAISENDGAME

4.Jon and Jorah spoke about Jon’s children in 7x06 AND THEN THE STARK THEME PLAYED AND IT CUT TO SANSA AT WINTERFELL!

^^^Um so ya, everybody, meet Sansa and Jon’s three future sons Robb Eddard and Rickon... #Jonsaisendgame

5. Jon looked back and Sansa when he left her but didn’t do the same for Dany.

 And in the script, it read: 

“Jon turns in his saddle, sees Sansa standing up there, raises his hand and flashes the smile that wins him the hearts of Icelandic models and Scottish baronesses." 

– so a very puppy dog/ half flirty/I love you smile… ok so not the way a brother smiles at a sister…got it!  #Jonsaisendgame

6. Aggressive angry kitten Jon threatening and strangleing the shit out of his competition due to jealous rage:

7. And who can forget about the OH SHIT looks from LF and Davos...

Even they know #Jonsaisendgame

8. The camera zoomed in every time Sasna touched Jon… they want us to notice the angst!!

Dem camera angles be screaming #JONSAISENDGAME

9. They had the most emotional reunion out of all the Starks, and have spent a lot of time together to grow close – a season and a half! That’s a lot in the GoT universe!  

I wonder why? Oh right! Because #Jonsaisendgame

10. And finally... just the way he looks at her... I can’t even

Pictures don’t even do it justice... but i’m so tired from writing this meta I’ve grown to lazy to go get gifs at this point. And i’m 100% sure I forgot at least one thing I wanted to put in... 

But regardless the message is clear #JONSAISENDGAME. Believe that! Because if you cant believe it after this much proof, I would be very very worried!