everythingjonsa:

Hey there Anon,

No I haven’t read the scripts but perhaps it must be something to the tune of Jon having real feelings for D?

I keep saying this in all my posts that Jon sees D as the opposite of what Jamie sees D. It’s a classic dichotomy of what the audience sees her as – a saviour vs an antagonist. The purpose of season 7 was to further establish this dichotomy of views.

To be fair, D wants to be a good queen. She really brings out the conflict within human beings:-

1. Who you think you are

2. Who others think you are

3. Who you really are

1.Who you think you are

D thinks she’s a good queen and that she’s kind and compassionate and just. But that’s just what ‘she’ thinks about herself. This view is absolute since it stems from the ego of every human being. It reflects what everyone thinks about themselves. My opinions are right, my thinking is better, I cannot be wrong etc etc. Isn’t that why we have shipping wars in the fandom? The ability to spread hatered and chaos takes birth from this feeling of superiority, of the need to be right, of feeling more power or in other words – the mind being controlled by our ego and not by our conscience or intellect which is very well depicted by D, Cersei and even Tyrion in many instances.

2. Who others think you are.

In all our lives – we may have people who like us and people who don’t. Well in D’s case, it’s the same – except in a far more radical manner. There are people who love her, are loyal to her and will give their lives for her. The other half sees her as a tyrant, a foreign invader who knows nothing about their land and who rules purely by fear.

So who’s right?

Both are!

Because…. the same battle is waging within her. She’s torn between doing the right thing until Cersei gives her a fake assurance. The war inside her is reflected outside too where on one hand she appears as a villain to Jamie and on the other she appears as a saviour to Jon.

3. Who you really are.

This is what it boils down to in the end. Every time one is faced with a difficult situation, a dilemma – who you really are will always come out despite what you think about yourself or what others think about you.

Isn’t this what Jon hopes for too? That his people will see her for what she really is??

I’ve always thought that D’s whole character arc has been about discovering an answer to these three questions. It is the true conflict of the human heart.

Jon expects that his people will see her in the same light as he sees her but this is game of thrones for crying out loud! His hopes are bound to be crushed and perhaps in a way that he himself will begin to see her for what she really is.

I always thought ‘that’ was the whole point of why they inserted that line in there.

So who is D, really?

Well, we’re going to find out in a few months.

I’ve always maintained that Jon and Sansa have not really examined the depth of their feelings for each other.

They’re half-siblings. So they have a messy and complicated relationship since they were never close as children. At least that’s what they think. They don’t know that they’re cousins. Any over possessiveness is dismissed as familial love – in their heads but clearly not for the audiences that have seen their relationship grow.

Like my dear friend who is a non-shipper said, “Something about their relationship always feels odd and tensed. I don’t understand why they would spend so much time on screen developing the nuances of such a relationship unless there was a different story to tell.”

I mean if you think about it, a jon-d relationship was developed in just 4 and a half episodes. And 85% of the audience thinks that they’ll marry and have kids and rule the seven kingdoms. See, it was that easy for the showmakers to portray a romance between two people who have never met each other – in 4 and ½ episodes.

Also for those who were paying attention – enough seeds for discord, misalignment of values, contrasting personality types and beliefs were laid between Jon and D in those very same 4 or five episodes.

So, it doesn’t matter what Jon thought in season 7, lol ( He thinks he’s Ned Stark’s bastard, remember?) it only matters what he’ll realise in season 8.

If you think he’ll look past D’s proclivity to incinerate, his actual relationship with her, her obvious craving for power – that’s your opinion.

I could be wrong but I don’t think this story was ever about two Targaryens riding into the sunset on their dragons and children.

In Bryan Cogman’s words, in the end, it all boils down to families – one family- the Starks !

Thanks for the ask!