#but surely the fandom is half dead now we're past the silly ship wars right

[somuchbetterthanthat]

Was thinking about season 5 again for Reasons (found a great song for S5 Jon, mostly) and I'm having Jmart thoughts (I know, I know, some people might believe i've forgotten them amidst all my jonelias and I haven't, it's just they have such a shape in my head these days and it's hardly the same as what most people like about them I think). ANYWAY

I had two thoughts, actually; the first one was that, although I understand the reason why we never heard them kiss until the very end, I truly do enjoy the canon-reason being that it's just. Not the sort of things that works much for them, kissing; I'm still very fond of the idea of a Martin who's dreamt for DECADES of romance and physical affection and realized that the reality of it didn't always translate well. I truly genuinely enjoy the idea that they show their love for each other much more easily and naturally via long hugs and maybe some nuzzles, here and there, but not a lot of kissing.

The second one is that well, I know i've said it before seventy hundred times of twitter, probably, and definitely here as well, but MAN have I not read enough or seen enough of stuff exploring Jon's line in mag 161 ("Well, some of us weren’t able to cut ourselves off from the world before it ended.") and specifically Martin's answer, that does NOT deny the premise of it, only the right for Jon to use that against him at this moment ("That's not fair.")

I really do wish that we'd have more Jmart out there when Martin remembers caring about the world and people and try to still do it on principle, but he's only able to have true, proper feelings when it comes to Jon and Jon only. (And if that highs up his pre-existing tendency for jealousy, WELL.)