My Watch Is Ended

Little Dove. The sound of Cersei’s voice in her head grates at her despite the fact she knows they will not find her in Kings Landing. No, there was a new enemy there - a Targaryon girl calling herself a queen, wishing for Jon to bend the knee. Worry filled her at the prospect, just the thought of Jon going South as every man in her family has done before. The thought of him not returning it breaks something inside of her.

There was a heavy weight against her chest and her demand to make the journey with him had not been a suggestion. He would not go South without her - he would not leave her side for fear that she would never lay eyes upon him again. Sansa would not put much thought into why it was so important to her that Jon live - or why the thought of them so far apart makes her heart twist within her chest. None of that matters right now.

She can feel his eyes on her as they ride, men in front and behind them guiding their journey, protecting their king. She turned her head to where he rides beside her and lifted a brow. “It will be dark soon,” she stated holding his gaze, “Perhaps we should make camp and continue in the morning.” She suggested letting her gaze leave his as a gentle shiver slid down her spine - the action not just from the cold.

She had always been very good at playing her part, at being a proper lady, already back when they were children. Jon had often observed her then as well, secretly admiring how naturally the grace of a highborn heiress came to her. And when father had made her the match with the prince, Jon had thought of the radiant, breathtakingly beautiful queen she’d grow up to be, and somewhere beneath the facade of brotherly pride and support, a pang of something far less selfless twisted his insides.

He’d waved the feeling off, chosen to see it only as yet another reason to head to the Wall. In the heart of a man of the Night’s Watch, there would be no place for such thoughts.

Now, he wasn’t a man of the Night’s Watch anymore. But he was still her brother. And while jealous affection between siblings may have been encouraged among southern families like the Targaryen dynasty, it most certainly wasn’t the Northern way. The Northern way was honor and duty, justice and truth, and as king, it was that much more crucial that he fulfill his own responsibility.

It was why he was riding South, it was why he would lay down his pride and forge a binding alliance with the Dragon Queen, if that’s what it took to gain her support in the fight against the White Walkers. Joining houses by marriage was the surest way to align interests and forces, and whether his heart agreed or not, Jon wasn’t about to refuse what might well be the only way to ensure the survival of his people. Including Sansa.

Yet just the sound of her voice as she spoke made it all too easy for him to agree with the suggestion of setting up camp for the night, and keep delaying the inevitable for a few extra hours.

Writing is being on the train and mentally seeing your OCs stumble into other people, or flinching away from the germ-ridden handrails, or sleeping on each others’ shoulders.

Writing is hearing a song on the radio and watching one of your scenes play out to the lyrics.

Writing is laying on your floor or sitting by your computer and spending hours collaging newspaper clippings or pictures or people or plants together and making something that is completely, uniquely, your story.

Writing is drawing your characters in your notebooks, and making tea only your one, picky character would drink, and writing an open letter to all your characters just to remind them you love them.

Writing is moodboards, and playlists, and crafts, and asks, and prompts, and pictures, and memories, and you.

So never think that just because you’re not putting words on a page, you’re not a real writer. Writing is something that follows you everywhere, beyond the word document, and beyond the screen.

There was the wolf sandwich, now here’s the dragon sandwich!!

Can we talk about this scene a little bit?

Everything characters say this season mean something. They don’t rephrase another character for no reason.

The lines means something.

Like “it’s not you” Arya said to Nymeria. Like “Chaos is a ladder” Bran told Littlefinger.

I know Missandei is always wishing everybody good fortune too, but these exactly words were said by this fellow here:

Sir Arthur Dayne, the sword of the morning said this same lines to Ned at Tower of Joy, before they fight to death.

The lines DO mean something. Jon could have said anything to Dany but they decided to rephrase Arthur Dayne’s words. Why? Because it means something very important. It’s a foreshadowing of the future of thoses characters.

It’s clear since season 6 Jon is Ice and Dany is Fire, and that the Song of Ice and Fire is about them. This title is even similar to “The Pact of Ice and Fire” an alliance between House Targaryen and House Stark during the Dance of the Dragons. So I don’t think  we’re wrong about the subjects of this song.

But the thing is ASOIAF or GoT are not about  love histories. Love always have tragic ends here. Robb and Talisa in the show, Jon and Ygritte, Dany and Drogo, romantic love never lasts. And if you think about it,  historic periods in Westeros do have poetical names: Dawn Age, Age of Heroes,and the most famous of all: the Dance of the Dragons. I mean, look at this fabulous and epic name: Dance of the Dragons. They called it a dance but it was a civil war when thousands of people died, dragons died and the Seven Kingdons bled.

The Song of Ice and Fire is the same thing. A poetic name for a moment of war in Westeros. The Dance of the Dragons envolved many houses but it was called this way because basically it was a war between  Targaryens (Rhaenyra and Aegon II), the Song of Ice and Fire got this name because it’s a struggle between Starks and Targaryens. Between Jon and Dany. It’s not a love story between them. They are meant to fight each other. That’s why this phrase is being said.  A phrase is only adressed to an enemy.

I know Jon is Rhaegar’s son and a trueborn Targaryen in the show, but Jon is a Stark in his heart. He is and I don’t think this will ever change.  And you know that too. Jon will have to choose to which House his loyalt will be, and that will be very important: if he decides to use the Targaryen name, house Stark name will die, cuz Bran and Arya will probably never have kids and Sansa children will receive her husband’s name. If Jon decides to go Stark pride, the Targaryen House will die, cuz we know Dany cannot have children anymore, and even if she could the problem would be the same Sansa’s. I do think he will go for the second option, because he’s a Stark to the bone. And Dany said herself “I’m the last Targaryen” in 7x3. That line was said for many reasons and I believe this is one of them.

Have you heard the “love theme” for Jon and Dany? If you haven’t you should. It’s a very  pretty song but it’s also very very sad.  I mean, have you heard “Across the Stars”? Anakin and Padmé theme song in Star Wars? That’s a love song that inspires you about love and fighting for it. Dany and Jon’s song is not.

Dany and Jon’s theme is a sad song that makes you want to cry, it’s like you’re listening to a tragedy. Listen to that makes me feel just like when I watched Zuko fighting his sister Azula in Avatar The Last Airbender: a beautiful song that sings a sad and tragic moment we almost couldn’t bare to see.

I already told you how I think this series is going to end in a tragic way for Daenerys but all the parallels showing how different they are, their theme song, this phrase, it’s all hitting me in a way that each episode makes me feel more sad for her. She’s clearly falling for him, but the show is clearly showing they will not end up together. A time will come when they face each other on opposite sides. Every episode Sansa grows as a leader, loyal to Jon and the key to the North. “The northeners will not accept a southner ruler” “We came here for you, my lady” “We should have choosen you to lead us”

The lines mean something.

The show is heading to a struggle between Jon and Daeneys and a arrangement between Sansa and Jon in the next season, that’s sure. The only thing that really really hurts me is the fact there will be only 6 episodes to work “Jon x Sansa romance” and the public really likes to hate Sansa no matter what  she does, and this starkbow with Arya doesn’t help at all.

I’ll be happy to see them together but the public will probably rage and say Daenerys was better option. 

This awesome gifs came from @dreamofspring​. EDIT: 

Here’s our friend Mance who also quoted this to his enemy in the show AKA Stannis, also called “bend the knee or burn alive” boy: