#but whew the jon arryn version??????

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Just found out that Jon Arryn was supposed to be with Ned when they found Lyanna in that tower and now I’m a mess my gawd!! Because we can make a pretty good argument that this would not work out at all in the long run, esp re having the secret of Jon’s parentage be so close to Robert’s inner circle, but 😫 the idea that two out of the three men who were involved in the ending of the Targaryen dynasty would have played a part in the preservation of the last dragon egg is so incredible?! The idea that Jon Arryn and Ned would’ve seen what happened to Rhaegar’s first two children and then come across a third one by chance, deciding that this one deserved to live though he would have to do so as a shadow of what he truly is??? If Arryn is still HoTK then he’s serving one of his surrogate sons as an official, but then helping the other one hide the enemy’s son???! The idea that these two men, Arryn and Stark, put this boy’s father’s killer on the throne, but then turned around and helped him live and not only that but one dishonored himself and claimed him as his own and the other one gave him his name as a blessing?? Maybe even as penance?! Idc what anyone says and I’m not gonna argue about this because I know GRRM had his reasons for ultimately changing it to Howland Reed, but this is actually the best version. Georgina ate that lil one thing I fear.