#SuppleAsSin

[ladyspartacus]

Okay... I'm shutting off my connection to all social media until I finish the long overdue next chapter of my first fic for Jonrya, "Love Lost". I know it's been on hiatus for over 2 years and I am so sorry to everyone who's been patiently (or not so patiently lol) waiting for the next release. My goal is to get it out within the next two weeks! I actually currently have two different versions of the next episode but I'm constantly going back and forth on which one to proceed with. I think I'll just flip a coin and go forward with that one. Anyways, pray to the old gods for me!

Au revoir for now everyone!!

[jonryatrash]

ADWD + Jon’s Heart

What do you know of my heart, priestess? What do you know of my sister?

I know among Jonrya shippers that this line from Jon VI in ADWD is iconic and further evidence that the good ship Jonrya is sailing strong in ASOIAF (as GRRM originally intended). I also know that there’s been some, err, tumblr discourse about the use of this line for other ships, and this is not a response to that in anyway; I’ve honestly missed 95% of that particular skirmish. 

As I was working on another meta tonight, I ran across a very curious line much later in ADWD that parallels Jon VI beautifully, so I thought I would put these two scenes together and discuss how they build upon one another.

Jon VI is the chapter in which Jon finds out about Ramsay’s marriage to fArya, and it marks an important turning point for Jon for the remainder of the book (and arguably the series itself). The quote that follows occurs after Jon reads Ramsay’s letter and has presumably been reflecting on it all day. We find him talking to Mormont’s raven and listening to Melisandre’s worship from inside his chambers. 

Jon felt as stiff as a man of sixty years. Dark dreams, he thought, and guilt. His thoughts kept returning to Arya. There is no way I can help her. I put all kin aside when I said my words. If one of my men told me his sister was in peril, I would tell him that was no concern of his. Once a man had said the words his blood was black. Black as a bastard’s heart. -Jon VI, ADWD

This particular line feels important since it’s the first time that Jon thinks about his heart in the chapter. Earlier, his heart stops for a moment when he discovers that Ramsay is to wed fArya, but that’s not quite the same thing as I’m trying to get at here. This line shows that Jon is a sworn brother of the NW--his blood has turned black and black is the color of the NW. However, his heart has remained uncolored by his oath to the NW’s. His heart remains black because it’s always been marked dark/bad/base due to his bastardy. I think the blood vs. heart here is worthwhile of our attention because we know that Jon ultimately decides effectively to betray the NW for the sake of his sister; his bastard’s heart proves too much for him to overcome. We’ll also see the phrase “bastard’s heart” appear later on, so keep that in mind.

Just after this mini-scene in his chambers, Jon leaves and eventually runs into Melisandre. At first he mistakes her for Ygritte (and idk what to make of that) and then notices that her hands are uncovered. Jon tells her that her fingers will freeze off, and this iconic exchange follows: 

“If that is the will of R’hllor. Night’s powers cannot touch one whose heart is bathed in god’s holy fire.” “You heart does not concern me. Just your hands.” “The heart is all that matters. Do not despair, Lord Snow. Despair is a weapon of the enemy, whose name may not be spoken. Your sister is not lost to you.” “I have no sister.” The words were knives. What do you know of my heart, priestess? What do you know of my sister? Melisandre seemed amused. “What is her name, this little sister that you do not have?” “Arya.” His voice was hoarse. “My half-sister, truly …” “… for you are bastard born. I had not forgotten. I have seen your sister in my fires, fleeing from this marriage they have made for her. Coming here, to you. A girl in grey on a dying horse, I have seen it plain as day. It has not happened yet, but it will.”  -Jon VI, ADWD

First, I appreciate how Melisandre can see right through Jon’s pitiful attempt at pretending he doesn’t care and doesn’t have a sister. He tries to distance himself from Arya, yet it’s a struggle to even say her name with his voice “hoarse” and his thoughts totally occupied with her all day. 

Second, I’d like to linger on the parallel structure of the “what do you know” lines. As someone who has taught her fair share of composition and public speaking classes, I can assure you that parallel structure plays an important function in writing/speaking. The purpose of parallel structure is to elevate ideas to a higher level of importance and to demonstrate equal importance between the two parallel statements. It also functions to make statements clearer and easier to remember. Long story short, Martin is waving a giant red flag to tell the reader that these two things (Jon’s heart and his sister Arya) are incredibly important. Also, because the sentences are worded exactly the same in terms of subject and verb, “heart” and “sister” are interchangeable; you can switch their locations and the meaning of the sentences stay exactly the same. I offer this up as evidence of the claim that Arya is without a doubt Jon’s heart. 

Having explained that, the line that comes before it--“The heart is all that matters”--takes on another meaning. Arya is all that matters to Jon, particularly because Arya is the only one who could ever love this bastard brother. Arya knew that being a bastard was not a good thing to be (hence the mention of Arya fearing she was a bastard because she looked just like Jon), but she still loved Jon despite him being insert the long list of beliefs about bastards here. And it’s ultimately his heart makes Jon break from the NW in his final ADWD chapter, both his bastard heart’s traitorous ways (according to Westerosi society, that is) and his incredibly strong love for Arya, who is also his heart. 

Jon XIII is Jon’s final chapter in ADWD, and I was surprised when I reread it just how much content is packed into this chapter. There’s also many thematic parallels to Jon VI, which against serves to mark those themes as important in a variety of ways. 

In Jon VI, we first hear about the letter from Ramsay. In Jon XIII, we finally get to read the whole thing. A lot of Jonrya fans rightly comment on the importance of “I want my bride back” from the letter and how Jon echoes it in his own quest to get Arya back. When he echoes Ramsay’s sentiments (hello, parallels!), it becomes I (Jon) want my bride (Arya) back (from you, Ramsay), and offers a strong explanation for why Jon throws everything away to save Arya. Well, that coupled with GRRM’s Waterstones Letter, at least. 

At the end of the letter, Ramsay writes: 

I want my bride back. I want the false king’s queen. I want his daughter and his red witch. I want his wildling princess.

I want his little prince, the wildling babe. And I want my Reek. Send them to me, bastard, and I will not trouble you or your black crows. Keep them from me, and I will cut out your bastard’s heart and eat it. - Jon XIII, ADWD

In these lines, we once again see black + bastard + heart appear together. GRRM emphasizes again that Jon’s allegiance is to the NW, but also that he has a bastard’s heart that marks him as deceitful/traitorous/lustful/etc. I think all of this is to prime the readers for what comes at the end of this chapter. 

(Also, as a side note, I’m inclined to read the consuming of Jon’s heart aka Arya very sexually, which makes sense with the whole echoing of I want my bride back. Coincidentally, that echo occurs with a page of his quote). 

In the next scene (again, paralleling the shift from the letter right to Melisandre and the heart quote), Jon enters the Shieldhall and announces that he’s going to make plans to save Hardhome. These plans happen to not involve him. When he’s called out, Jon explains: 

“No. I ride south.” Then Jon read them the letter Ramsay Snow had written. The Shieldhall went mad. Every man began to shout at once. They leapt to their feet, shaking fists. So much for the calming power of comfortable benches. Swords were brandished, axes smashed against shields. Jon Snow looked to Tormund. The Giantsbane sounded his horn once more, twice as long and twice as loud as the first time. “The Night’s Watch takes no part in the wars of the Seven Kingdoms,” Jon reminded them when some semblance of quiet had returned. “It is not for us to oppose the Bastard of Bolton, to avenge Stannis Baratheon, to defend his widow and his daughter. This creature who makes cloaks from the skins of women has sworn to cut my heart out, and I mean to make him answer for those words … but I will not ask my brothers to forswear their vows. “The Night’s Watch will make for Hardhome. I ride to Winterfell alone, unless …” Jon paused. “… is there any man here who will come stand with me?”  -Jon XIII, ADWD

Again, the letter is read. Then Jon explicitly states that what’s about to happen is not about Stannis and the politics of Westeros. This is a really weak out for Jon, but a nice work around based in a technicality. But, Jon explicitly says what it is about: Ramsay swore to cut out his heart. And we know from Jon VI that GRRM invites us to understand Jon’s heart to be the same thing as Arya. Therefore, Jon is riding to Winterfell because Ramsay swore he would keep Arya away from him forever--forcibly and gruesomely removing her from his life--and Jon isn’t having any of that. 

I don’t think that it’s a radical claim that Jon went to war for Arya. Even non-shippers can see that much, I’d say. But Jon isn’t just riding to save his sister, he’s riding to save a vital, life-giving part of him, Arya. He has never spoken about any of his family in such a way, except for Arya. I’d argue that based on his commitment to throw it all away (the past several years of his life and his honor) for a girl who is his heart (again, a strange comparison for siblings who aren’t Jaime and Cersei), GRRM is still planning on moving forward with his original plan for Jon and Arya. I also think Jon 2.0 is going to make Ramsay pay to a degree we haven’t yet seen.  

[laboratorioautoral]

Chapters: 16/? Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Rating: Explicit Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Jon Snow/Arya Stark, Jon Snow & Arya Stark, Jon Snow/Other(s) Characters: Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Original Characters, Bran Stark Additional Tags: Time Travel, Reincarnation, Soulmates, Jon Snow is a Targaryen, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Arya from the future, Dark Jon Snow, just making sure Summary:

In his fury and grief, Jon pulled his dagger and cut his palm. The blood dripped from the fresh wound falling over Arya’s dead body. “If it was blood what you wanted...Have mine.” Jon said with his heartbroken. “A King’s blood. Blood of the First Men...The Red Good can bring the dead back to life...I’m not asking much. Just this girl. Give me Arya back.”

[jonrya-meta]

PSA to the old followers and the new:

Since the semester at college is ending very conveniently with the premier of got s8 and exams looming over, i wont be able to reblog any new jonrya breadcrumbs the show decides to throw our way. I will however stick by this blog faithfully for the release of twow, to properly celebrate this ship.

Thank you sticking by this little ship through thick and thin, over the popularity of central characters. It warms my heart to know little by little people do see more than meets the eye :)

[buttercuparry]

She hears Septa Mordane screeching, threatening her with her mother's wrath as she runs away on her pudgy little feet.

"Well then, let her tell mother!" Arya Stark thinks with all the fury that her three year old self can manage, "I won't be apologizing to Jeyne Poole for putting mud in her socks. How dare she call Hodor an ugly half-wit mule!"

But she knows that it's unwise to linger any longer and so she runs away as fast as she can.

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All through his life Jon Snow has known that he's a bastard and that bastards are unwanted. He can see it in people's stares, hear it in the hushed whispers and feel it in Lady Cat's iciness.

So why should it matter anymore what Theon Greyjoy says?

' Theon's an ass, that's why' Jon thinks wiping away his angry tears ' I am eight now. Almost a man grown, I should not be crying at such small things. I must be stronger than this. I must be as strong as Lord Stark.'

Sniffling he pushes open the door to his bedchamber and stops immediately. Arya peeks up at him from under the furs of his bed, her cheeks full from the tart that she is eating. She grins at him with a mouthful of crumbs and Jon finds himself giving back a watery smile.

" Little sister, what are you doing here? "

Arya beckons him to her. Her little hands opening and closing as if she is trying to catch the fireflies that come out at evenfall. Jon laughs truly for the first time that day and strides over to her.

" I brought you a tart. " Arya says as soon as he takes her hands in his. " I gave one to Old Nan and another to Hodor. He looked happy."

" Hodor always looks happy."

" Shut up stupid." Arya punches him lightly on his arm. But then she looks up at him and frowns. Reaching up she squishes his face and brings it close to hers.

" You have been crying."

Jon marvels at her for a moment. At this little girl who seemingly knows how to look through his heart. He smiles sadly and touches his forhead to her's " What are you doing here Arya? "

Arya looks away then. Biting her lip she says " I put mud in Jeyne Poole's socks today. She was being stupid."

" Oh?"

" Yes and Sansa said that no one will ever love me if I keep being so unladylike." she looks up at him, small and vulnerable. " Jon, do you want me to be like Sansa? All pretty and proper? "

Jon musses her hair and brings her closer to him " You are pretty. And I can never go looking for snarks and grumpkins with a proper lady now, can I ?"

When Arya doesn't answer, Jon lifts her chin and looks into her eyes " I do not want a proper lady Arya and know this whatever comes, I'll always choose you. Before anyone I'll choose you."

Arya flushes slightly at this and squirms a bit. She moves away and hands him the cloth wrapped tart. " Now tell me, why were you crying?"

Jon groans at her " It is nothing Arya."

" You do know that I am not leaving until you tell me, right?"

Jon groans again at her stubborness and flops back on the bed. He stares up at the ceiling and says " You know how Theon Greyjoy is whenever he opens his mouth. He was being stupid too. "

She furrows her brow " Do you want me to go and punch him in the face?"

And Jon Snow barks out a laugh. He pulls Arya tight to his chest and laughs. Because of course! Of course his little sister will fight for him even when the whole world mocks him for being a bastard. And so he laughs and laughs....

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Note @ladyspartacus: hi! So I know this is not exactly what you wanted and that Ned didn't make an appearence, but I really hope you like my very first fic. Thank you for the lovely prompt.

[meseob]

Jonrya Reread Week 1

Jon grinned, reached over, and messed up her hair.Arya flushed.They had always been close. - Arya I, AGOT 

This is the first time we have Jon messing up Arya’s hair, something Arya reminds us of and misses throughout the next books.And Arya’s reaction to it?She flushed.

(of a person’s skin or face) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion. 

It does come off as weird blushing over your brothers touch.

Arya snatched her arm and glared at him.Jon messed up her hair again. - Arya I, AGOT

“Nothing is fair,” Jon said.He messed up her hair again and walked away from her, Ghost silently beside him. -  Arya I, AGOT

Jon messes up her hair 3 times in only one chapter, he adores and loves Arya so much he basically can’t keep his hands away from her.We are told that they always have been close and at the same time we are shown trough their actions.

“Touch has a memory.” ― John Keats

[lhyale14]

Jonrya Reread  - JonArya III

Jon ...

I wanna talk about how Jon start to understand the prize he paid to make his “dream” comes true, lose his family to have something to call his

 He compares the new recruits to his brother Robb , no one of them was good enough , and yet he face the cold sholder of the master of arms, He won, yet he lose all the same , He miss his brother even Sansa

Later  he thought “ He would give anything to be with her now”, HER  meaning Arya, who makes him smile , with who he can relate 

And of course he face the cruel truth about his mother, but more than that he face his childish dreams ,for a boy of 15 to face what people really thinks about the men who, even if he said to screw himself, he love , respect and value so much “ Lord Eddard was not a man to sleep with whores” 

Other thing about jon’s chapter is the Foreshadowing

One thing about Jon’s mother until this moment is so little, however to him is very clear what he dreams about her,“in his dream she was beautiful and highborn, her eyes were kind”  this line give us just like one before about Ned that to Jon his mother is someone who his father loved , witch its true, This line, bring me memories about Star Wars, how Luke ask Leia about what she remember about her mother “She was beautiful, and sad so sad”  A image on a mother is something no one can erase 

Other one is the warning “ they will slit your throat for you one night” they, of course would be her brothers of the watch 

As we saw, Jon not only face the cold, cruel true about being a bastard on the eyes of comun people, but to his own eyes 

Arya ...

What bothers me so much about the first part is about how Sansa put Arya in some awful dark place for her looks and her personality:

Sansa use the work Splendid  to talk about the tournament to separate Arya from what she thinks is beautiful and farystory like , because what she thinks is ladylike is not something she sees on Arya 

Its know that Sansa and Arya are different, and yet Sansa is who dont stop to think, try or consider who Arya really is 

One more time we saw Arya facing the symbol of authority Septa and Sansa , of what she must be , and yet they, who want her to be a lady, always trying to devalue her 

One of Arya’s traits is the guilty and responsability she have whe we talk about the people she love and care about 

Her love for Jon is above even to her father who she prefer  “She wouldn’t betray Jon, no even to their father” 

Even whit all the pain Sansa makes her pass, she would not hate her nor hurt her 

Foreshadowing

here is more about the price Ned paid, “ A lie was not witout honor”, is well know that talk about Lyanna brings pain to Ned more than anything , and yet he use it like a conexion between Her and Arya, one of many

it show too , how much Arya wants to be strong and indendant, but her father make her remember what truly lays on her words “Winter is coming... when the snow falls ant the white wind blow , the lone wolf dies but the pack survive”, these word mark Arya , in a way we can barely see but is present on her journey 

Then we have the similarities ..

the wold blood:  is constand on jon and arya always , but more important is how they both face the image of authority who opress them , to be something they are not but rather are, yes he is a bastard and yet he is not , Arya is a lady and yet she is not , because one single word dont define who they are

wishes: the both wish to be with eachother, but the same line repeat on the both chapters, “Finish sentences with her” “she will finish my sentences as a same mind dreaming the same thing miles and miles away, wishing for the same safe place 

[ladyspartacus]

J'ADORE!!!! ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT!! Makes me want to reread @laboratorioautoral 's story "Meet Me By Our Tree" again

Heyyyy. I know you may be with tons of asks, but could you draw Arya as Persephone and Jon as Hades??? Please???

[chris-evans]

I hope you know that we're watching your every move @imadirewolf. We take plagiarism incredibly seriously in our fandom. We’re a Jonrya family here and everything we post is supposed to be safe and appreciated. We're going to make sure everyone knows about your little plagiarizing habits. Start writing and making your own ideas, and stop stealing everyone else’s. We don't send our regards, we deliver them ourselves.

-The real Jonrya fandom

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECewrAld3zw

[mirime-kisarrastine]

Jonrya reread 2017, pt 1

This is the couple that sucked me into the ASOIAF world and indirectly Tumblr as well.

When I read these two chapters (Jon I and Arya I), the most dominant feeling was nostalgia and rightness. Nostalgia, because it has been five years since I read those chapters for the first time, just to see if my hunch about that girl and that boy I saw in my ten minutes of watching episode ten of s1 would pay off. And rightness because as then, so now did I come to the same conclusion.

There is something there.

There is a connection, a comfort, a familiarity between them that is apparent in the scene where they watch the training yard.

Jon gave her a curious look. “Shouldn’t you be working on your stitches, little sister?” Arya made a face at him. “I wanted to see them fight.” He smiled. “Come here, then.” Arya climbed up on the window and sat beside him

Jon grinned, reached over, and messed up her hair. Arya flushed. They had always been close. Jon had their father’s face, as she did. They were the only ones. Robb and Sansa and Bran and even little Rickon all took after the Tullys, with easy smiles and fire in their hair. When Arya had been little, she had been afraid that meant that she was a bastard too. It had been Jon she had gone to in her fear, and Jon who had reassured her.

One thing that seemed to run as a theme through these two chapters was how appearances can be deceptive, especially when we already possess the knowledge of latter revelations.

King Robert doesn’t look like a king. The beautiful Queen is cold and cruel. The royal children are not trueborn. The tall black-haired “knight” is not a knight. The bastard son of Ned Stark is not his bastard.

And to put a shippy spin on this theme - the two apparently close half-siblings are not half-siblings at all. And as for that connection, comfort and familiarity I mentioned above? While it can be read to be familial, is it really? Or is there something more? Something that carried over from the original outline and is still very much in play five books later? I’m going with a yes on that one.

[ladyspartacus]

DON’T MIND ME, I’M JUST OVER HERE DROWNING IN MY JONRYA FEELS TONIGHT!!!! THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO DAMN MUCH!! I JUST...

[ladyspartacus]

THIS IS CANON, B*TCHES!! READ IT AND WEEP!! JON SNOW BROKE HIS VOWS AND DIED FOR ONE GIRL AND ONE GIRL ONLY!!! JON SNOW COMPARED HIS HEART TO ONE GIRL AND ONE GIRL ONLY!!! JON SNOW CONSIDERS HIMSELF THE HOME OF ONE GIRL AND ONE GIRL ONLY!!! JON SNOW WAS WARMED BY ONE GIRL AND ONE GIRL ONLY’S LAUGHTER!!! JON SNOW HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN WOMEN WHO REMIND HIM OF ONE GIRL AND ONE GIRL ONLY!!! AND THAT GIRL IS ARYA “JON SNOW’S HEART” STARK!!!!!!!

ASOIAF Canon Appreciation

The true canon events leading to Battle of the Bastards and Jon breaking his vows for his little sister Arya

Jon saw no reason not to tell him. “Moat Cailin is taken. The flayed corpses of the ironmen have been nailed to posts along the kingsroad. Roose Bolton summons all leal lords to Barrowton, to affirm their loyalty to the Iron Throne and celebrate his son’s wedding to…” His heart seemed to stop for a moment. No, that is not possible. She died in King’s Landing, with Father.

Jon could almost see her in that moment, long-faced and gawky, all knobby knees and sharp elbows, with her dirty face and tangled hair. They would wash the one and comb the other, he did not doubt, but he could not imagine Arya in a wedding gown, nor Ramsay Bolton’s bed. No matter how afraid she is, she will not show it. If he tries to lay a hand on her, she’ll fight him.

His fingers closed around the parchment. Would that they could crush Ramsay Bolton’s throat as easily.

Jon, A Dance with Dragons

I want my bride back. I want the false king's queen. I want his daughter and his red witch. I want his wildling princess. I want his little prince, the wildling babe. And I want my Reek. Send them to me, bastard, and I will not trouble you or your black crows. Keep them from me, and I will cut out your bastard's heart and eat it.

Ramsay Bolton, Trueborn Lord of Winterfell

He thought of Arya, her hair as tangled as a bird’s nest. I made him a warm cloak from the skins of the six whores who came with him to Winterfell…

I want my bride back… I want my bride back… I want my bride back…

Jon, A Dance with Dragons

[jonryatrash]

Winter’s Queen Series Update

It’s been ages, but I have another installment of the series up! This is the reunion fic in the WQ ‘verse. Mind the angst and hurt/comfort...

They wake him at the hour of ghosts to tell him Arya Stark has returned home. Jon’s heart falters, but not from joy. Maybe it would have, long ago, before Alys Karstark and Jeyne Poole. Maybe he would have risen quickly from his bed, thrown a cloak about his shoulders, and ran to where his men held her. But Jon has learned—Old Gods help him, he has learned—that news of his little sister only ends in grief.

Read on, my dears...

[laboratorioautoral]

Chapters: 15/? Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Rating: Explicit Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Jon Snow/Arya Stark, Jon Snow & Arya Stark, Jon Snow/Other(s) Characters: Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Original Characters, Bran Stark Additional Tags: Time Travel, Reincarnation, Soulmates, Jon Snow is a Targaryen, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Arya from the future, Dark Jon Snow, just making sure Summary:

In his fury and grief Jon pulled his dagger and cut his palm. The blood dripped from the fresh wound falling over Arya’s dead body. “If it was blood what you wanted...Have mine.” Jon said with his heart broken. “A King’s blood. Blood of the First Men...The Red Good can bring the dead back to life...I’m not asking much. Just this girl. Give me Arya back.”

[buttercuparry]

Fun fact

So yesterday I asked someone if a blue winter rose usually blooms in winter and it turns out that it sure does and now I'm marvelling over the fact that George chose to make Arya flower in TWoW bc this is quite interesting when you think of it in terms of Jon's rescue plan of Arya by recruiting Mance who in turn takes up the alias of Abel ( Bael). @bloomray if you're reading this then I think you're not far off with your theory. Btw kudos to you for deducing it!!! ^_^