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[new-royston-cursebreakers]

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Rules: share seven lines. I don't even know how much that is (seven sentences? Seven lines on a lined sheet of paper? Idk) so here you go!

From Oracle of the Stained Glass Windows (more info in my pinned post):

Kilroy hesitates. “You…you want me to shove a bunch of dirt in my eye socket?” The creature sighs, though with the coal-black face, Kilroy can’t tell what expression it's wearing. “It’s not dirt,” it says. “Well, maybe some of it is dirt. But any dirt that’s had such prolonged contact with solid red magic’s not gonna hurt you. The red magic will stop the bleeding, prevent any chance of infection, numb the pain, and help the healing process.”

[thebluelemontree]

I can't seem to recall very well...but I believe that, after the beheading of her father, Sansa has been thinking more of the Hound than of Arya, her own sister who dissappeared at the same time. I mean, as her sister, it would be normal to be thinking more often about Arya's whereabouts and wellbeing but, as time goes on, she thinks less or not at all of her. But on the other hand she thinks a lot about Sandor, before and after the BoB.

Since the moment Sandor tells Sansa his secret, they don’t speak to each other again until the day Joffrey comes to get her out bed and show her the heads of her father and Septa Mordane.  Their relationship starts to develop more from that point forward, but its still in its budding stages.  So yes, she does think of him a lot; however, we have to remember she is alone and he’s her only tether to an authentic human interaction in the wake of her father’s beheading.  Sansa cannot be honest about her feelings and frustrations with her enemies.  Her maids are spies, and most of the people at court want nothing to do with a traitor’s daughter anyway.  She must wear her lady’s armor and pretend to be loyal and obedient.  Sandor is her outlet to an extent, and he helps her survive.  Then after he’s gone, she wishes she had his counsel before she goes to meet the Tyrells.  Sansa has no choice at that point but to navigate these decisions entirely on her own, but his memory has come to represent shrewd judgment in a gauntlet of liars with their own agendas.  Of course, there’s the whole other layer of Sansa’s sexual maturation process and the development of her feelings for him which become more relevant as she’s having more adult experiences and interactions.    

We also have to remember that Sansa thinks she already knows what happened to Arya before Ned’s execution:

“And at the end, near last, came the names Sansa had been dreading. Lady Catelyn Stark. Robb Stark. Brandon Stark, Rickon Stark, Arya Stark. Sansa stifled a gasp. Arya. They wanted Arya to present herself and swear an oath … it must mean her sister had fled on the galley, she must be safe at Winterfell by now … “ -- Sansa V, AGOT.

If they obviously do not have Arya and they want her to swear an oath, it has to mean she is alive and escaped on the ship her father had procured.  Sansa then imagines Arya made it to Winterfell.  Something she will think about later in Clash:

She missed Septa Mordane, and even more Jeyne Poole, her truest friend. The septa had lost her head with the rest, for the crime of serving House Stark. Sansa did not know what had happened to Jeyne, who had disappeared from her rooms afterward, never to be mentioned again. She tried not to think of them too often, yet sometimes the memories came unbidden, and then it was hard to hold back the tears. Once in a while, Sansa even missed her sister. By now Arya was safe back in Winterfell, dancing and sewing, playing with Bran and baby Rickon, even riding through the winter town if she liked. Sansa was allowed to go riding too, but only in the bailey, and it got boring going round in a circle all day. -- Sansa II, ACOK

This is a belief that keeps Sansa going and gives her some solace after Ned’s execution.  Arya is okay.  She’s safe and home.  Admittedly, it’s a very Sansa-colored fantasy for Arya, but Sansa imagines her sister living a normal, idyllic life before everything went to hell.  And she’s free.  She can ride anywhere she wants to, unlike herself, but she’s heartened by that.  It’s also tinged with sorrow and regret for disobeying her father and not getting on that galley because it recalls the last thing Arya said to her before Sansa lashed out in anger and before she understood who the real bad guys are:

"Stop that weeping, child," Septa Mordane said sternly. "I am certain your lord father knows what is best for you."

"It won't be so bad, Sansa," Arya said. "We're going to sail on a galley. It will be an adventure, and then we'll be with Bran and Robb again, and Old Nan and Hodor and the rest." She touched her on the arm.

"Hodor!" Sansa yelled. "You ought to marry Hodor, you're just like him, stupid and hairy and ugly!" She wrenched away from her sister's hand, stormed into her bedchamber, and barred the door behind her.  -- Sansa III, AGOT.

The aforementioned Clash passage also gives us a window into Sansa’s coping strategy.  The fact that Sansa cannot afford to crack and lose that self-control is one reason why she doesn’t allow herself to think of her family (and Jeyne Poole) as much as we might think she ought to.  It hurts too damn much.  Sansa was in a suicidal depression in the days immediately following Ned’s execution.  She was staying in bed, not eating, being plagued by nightmares and praying for dead, dreamless sleep.  That chapter of raw vulnerability is when the mask came off, and she told Joffrey she hated him to his face, told him she hoped Robb would bring her his head, and thought about murdering him herself.  As profound as that moment was for her own character arc's conclusion in AGOT (and Sandor seeing her mettle), it’s not going to be the way she endures, maintains her sanity, and eventually escapes.  

It will continue into her period as Alayne Stone; however, despite her efforts to suppress her Stark identity and the pain associated with it, Sansa cannot help it.  She does think of her loved ones often, including Arya, and many times it’s positive rather than negative before and after the BotBW.  What Sansa says and thinks she is doing and what she actually does can be two different things.  Remember she said “that day was done and so was Sansa” in regards to Sandor and the unkiss... then proceeded to think about Sandor a few more times in the same chapter.  Rest assured with your concerns.  She thinks of Arya and all the people she cares about even though she says she shouldn’t or won’t allow herself to do that.  But let me lay out all the positives before discussing the negatives.  Lots of quotes under the cut.

He'd owned a sword named Lion's Tooth once, Sansa remembered. Arya had taken it from him and thrown it in a river. I hope Stannis does the same with this one. "It is beautifully wrought, Your Grace."  -- Sansa V, ACOK

She sang for mercy, for the living and the dead alike, for Bran and Rickon and Robb, for her sister Arya and her bastard brother Jon Snow, away off on the Wall. -- Sansa V, ACOK

Margaery's kindness had been unfailing, and her presence changed everything. Her ladies welcomed Sansa as well. It had been so long since she had enjoyed the company of other women, she had almost forgotten how pleasant it could be. Lady Leonette gave her lessons on the high harp, and Lady Janna shared all the choice gossip. Merry Crane always had an amusing story, and little Lady Bulwer reminded her of Arya, though not so fierce. -- Sansa II, ASOS.

In Sansa's dreams, her children looked just like the brothers she had lost. Sometimes there was even a girl who looked like Arya. -- Sansa II, ASOS.  

That was such a sweet dream, Sansa thought drowsily. She had been back in Winterfell, running through the godswood with her Lady. Her father had been there, and her brothers, all of them warm and safe. If only dreaming could make it so . . . She threw back the coverlets. I must be brave. Her torments would soon be ended, one way or the other. If Lady was here, I would not be afraid. Lady was dead, though; Robb, Bran, Rickon, Arya, her father, her mother, even Septa Mordane. All of them are dead but me. She was alone in the world now. -- Sansa IV, ASOS. [Sansa’s inclusion of Arya here suggests she assumes she must have suffered the same fate as Bran and Rickon]

She had dreamt that she was little, still sharing a bedchamber with her sister Arya. But it was her maid she heard tossing in sleep, not her sister, and this was not Winterfell, but the Eyrie. -- Sansa VII, ASOS.

She had last seen snow the day she'd left Winterfell. That was a lighter fall than this, she remembered. Robb had melting flakes in his hair when he hugged me, and the snowball Arya tried to make kept coming apart in her hands. It hurt to remember how happy she had been that morning. -- Sansa VII, ASOS.

She remembered a summer's snow in Winterfell when Arya and Bran had ambushed her as she emerged from the keep one morning. They'd each had a dozen snowballs to hand, and she'd had none. Bran had been perched on the roof of the covered bridge, out of reach, but Sansa had chased Arya through the stables and around the kitchen until both of them were breathless. She might even have caught her, but she'd slipped on some ice. Her sister came back to see if she was hurt. When she said she wasn't, Arya hit her in the face with another snowball, but Sansa grabbed her leg and pulled her down and was rubbing snow in her hair when Jory came along and pulled them apart, laughing. -- Sansa VII, ASOS.

They made a race of it, dashing headlong across the yard and past the stables, skirts flapping, whilst knights and serving men alike looked on, and pigs and chickens scattered before them. It was most unladylike, but Alayne sound found herself laughing. For just a little while, as she ran, she forgot who she was, and where, and found herself remembering bright cold days at Winterfell, when she would race through Winterfell with her friend Jeyne Poole, with Arya running after them trying to keep up. -- Alayne I, TWOW.

I think there is an overall progression of Sansa reconnecting with Arya through her childhood memories of her and appreciating the sisterhood they had before septas, queens, and princes came into their lives.  The sisterhood she’s finding again in the Vale with Myranda and Mya.  The kind of sisterhood she hoped for from the fair-weather Tyrells, who did not reciprocate:

Sister. Sansa had once dreamt of having a sister like Margaery; beautiful and gentle, with all the world's graces at her command. Arya had been entirely unsatisfactory as sisters went. How can I let my sister marry Joffrey? she thought, and suddenly her eyes were full of tears. -- Sansa II, ASOS.

A while back, I once had some trouble with this passage.  It felt like such a low and completely unnecessary blow for George to write this line for Sansa to think about Arya.  I suggest you look at my ask to @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly dealing with this specific quote.  We have to remember sometimes that while characters can be on positive change arcs, sometimes they have bumps in the road and mini-regressions.  Change is hard, ya know?  

And what will they do to me? Sansa found herself thinking of Lady again. She could smell out falsehood, she could, but she was dead, Father had killed her, on account of Arya. She drew the knife and held it before her with both hands. --  Sansa II, ACOK.

Yeah, that’s not a good look either.  Sansa’s meeting Dontos for the first time, she’s freaking out that this might be a trap or she might get caught.  She desperately wants her wolf by her side, but damn it, because of Ned and Arya’s actions, she’s now left high and dry to sort this out alone.  Remember she thinks Arya made it out and escaped to Winterfell.  She was legitimately grateful for that, but Sansa is also under stress here and sometimes people, because they are people, unfairly blame others when they are actually mad at themselves.  If Sansa had got on the galley back then, she wouldn’t have to take her chances with a drunken slob.  Lady’s death and who is responsible for that has nothing to do with the situation at hand.    

These don’t point any actual malice toward Arya, but all too common human frailty.  The fact that she believes Arya is alive and well, from her perspective, affords her that same latitude to make a few uncharitable digs at her sibling, as siblings sometimes do.  No one wants to admit they had poor judgment or fucked up in hindsight.  Especially having to admit your little sister was right about your ex-boyfriend from day one and she, the oh-so-much-wiser-and-mature big sister never saw the red flags.  But hey, Sansa got over that.  Later in Clash, when she thinks about that day on the Trident, she remembers Arya throwing Joffrey’s dumb, pretentious sword in the river.  That becomes her prevailing memory.  Not the resulting death of Lady.  Suddenly Arya’s behavior isn’t wild and unruly anymore, but an appropriate response to a true villain.  And through her experience with the Tyrells, she learns that sisterhood is about who has your back, not the pretty packaging.  Then when Sansa believes herself the only remaining Stark, save Jon to an extent, her thoughts are not critical of Arya at all.  It's bittersweet for Sansa to recall her family, but an emphasis is on the sweet.  She draws strength from their memory.  That TWOW quote is one of my favorites and IMO makes a strong statement about the future when the sisters reunite.  I don’t think you need to worry.          

[sleepwalker-in-me]

How can Jon ride Rhaegal?

A popular theory among the fandom is “Jon is going to ride Rhaegal and take down Night King” because he has Targaryen blood. This is as absurd as saying Dany is going to wield a Valyrian sword and kill White walkers because she has Valyrian blood.

My blood is the blood of Aegon the Conqueror, and of old Valyria before him." A (Storm of Swords - Daenerys II)

She even promises to give Jorah a Valyrian sword.

I swear to you, one day you shall have from my hands a longsword like none the world has ever seen, dragon-forged and made of Valyrian steel ( A Game of Thrones - Daenerys X)

Fandom won’t even entertain the possibility of Dany using a weapon against ‘Others’, because it takes years of training to effectively use a weapon in the battle. So how is Jon going to ride a dragon to battle? Neither does he have any dragon dreams nor knowledge about riding dragons. Dany actually has prophetic dreams of fighting ‘Others’ on a dragon and winning.

That night she dreamt that she was Rhaegar, riding to the Trident. But she was mounted on a dragon, not a horse. When she saw the Usurper's rebel host across the river they were armored all in ice, but she bathed them in dragonfire and they melted away like dew and turned the Trident into a torrent. Some small part of her knew that she was dreaming, but another part exulted. This is how it was meant to be. The other was a nightmare, and I have only now awakened.She woke suddenly in the darkness of her cabin, still flush with triumph .( A Storm of Swords - Daenerys III)

The problem with all the ‘ three dragon riders ‘ theory is that it belittles the courage,magic and skill Dany has as a dragon rider. It took Dany, 7 seasons to successfully ride dragons to major battles. She has already used her dragons in Astapor, Meereen, Field of Fire 2.0 and against the army of the dead.

 Jon doesn’t speak High Valyrian. Dany taught her Dragons her own Valyrian commands, cleverly making sure the dragons only respond to her secret language. It is like a password protection to her Nuclear weapons.

Dracarys?"All three dragons turned their heads at the sound of that word......  It means 'dragonfire' in High Valyrian. I wanted to choose a command that no one was like to utter by chance." ( A Storm of Swords - Daenerys I)

Dany’s word is stronger than any magic to bind the dragons. She has bonded with them since they were eggs.

The dragonlords of old Valyria had controlled their mounts with binding spells and sorcerous horns. Daenerys made do with a word . ( A Dance with Dragons - Daenerys X)

One of the popular theory was that dragon will instinctively recognize his rider, ditch Dany and join Jon. Jon spend months with  Dany’s dragons in Dragonstone, they didn’t take any particular interest in him.Jon touched Drogon while Dany was sitting on top of the dragon. Tyrion touched both the dragons when Dany was not around. Tyrion has a greater of chance of riding Rhaegal than Jon, as there is actual foreshadowing in books about the fascination and knowledge he has of dragons. Even when Jon was alone surrounded by enemies, Rhaegal didn’t come to his aid. If touching a dragon is proof for riding, then Dany’s guards also took away Longclaw, so she might have bonded with the sword.

Here is what GRRM said about learning process:

things that Arya is learning. The things Bran is learning. Learning is not inherently an interesting thing to write about. It's not an easy thing to write about. In the movies, they always handle it with a montage. Rocky can't run very fast. He can't catch the chicken. But then you do a montage, and you cut a lot of images together, and now only a minute later in the film, Rocky is really strong and he is catching the chicken...... in real life, you don't get to montage. You have to go through it day by day.

Jon riding Rhaegal will be like Rocky catching the chicken without any training. GRRM has provided no manual about the actual process of taming a dragon. Dany is doing most of it by instinct and from nuggets of information she knew about her ancestor's dragons. GRRM used Quentyn as a cautionary tale to show that just mimicking what Dany does to ride a dragon will end in disaster.

The woman, Quentyn realized. He knows that she is female. He is looking for Daenerys. He wants his mother and does not understand why she’s not here.Quentyn wrenched free of Gerris’s grip. “Viserion,” he called. The white one is Viserion. ( A Dance with Dragons - The Dragontamer)

Quentyn also had Targeryen blood and he was burned to a crisp.

The young prince swallowed. "I … I have the blood of the dragon in me as well, Your Grace. I can trace my lineage back to the first Daenerys, the Targaryen princess who was sister to King Daeron the Good and wife to the Prince of Dorne . ( A Dance with Dragons - Daenerys VIII)

The love dragons have for Dany is unconditional. All that dragons want is to be near Dany and the freedom to fly and hunt. They were so happy in Dragonstone, it was their home.

And no matter how far the dragon flew each day, come nightfall some instinct drew him home to Dragonstone. His home, not mine. ( A Dance with Dragons - Daenerys X)

Dragons will give their lives to protect Dany, they will fly to the ends of the world if their mother desires so. She is wedded to all her dragons, just like Bran is wedded to the trees. She says the pyre ritual to hatch her dragons is like a wedding.In the show Dany wears her wedding dress. She states her name and her house name like in a Westerosi wedding custom. Even the vow she says is similar to :“I am his/hers and he/she is mine, from this day, until the end of my days," 

The fire is mine. I am Daenerys Stormborn, daughter of dragons, bride of dragons, mother of dragons.( A Game of Thrones - Daenerys X)

The flames writhed before her like the women who had danced at her wedding, whirling and singing and spinning their yellow and orange and crimson veils, fearsome to behold, yet lovely, so lovely, alive with heat. Dany opened her arms to them, her skin flushed and glowing. This is a wedding, too, she thought. (A Game of Thrones - Daenerys X)

. . . mother of dragons, bride of fire . . . ( A Clash of Kings - Daenerys IV)

No man is going to take away Dany’s dragons. Only a supernatural force could do that and that too was after the dragon died The bond of dragons with Dany is until the end of their days or Dany’s death.

In all the world, there are only three. Every man who sees them will want them, my queen.""They are mine," she said fiercely. They had been born from her faith and her need, given life by the deaths of her husband and unborn son and the maegi Mirri Maz Duur. Dany had walked into the flames as they came forth, and they had drunk milk from her swollen breasts. "No man will take them from me while I live." ( A Clash of Kings - Daenerys I)

Finally to fight Night KIng and wight Viserion, the rider must have some immunity to heat. Targaryen dragon riders had some amount of heat resistance. Jon has no heat resistance.

He had burned himself more badly than he knew throwing the flaming drapes. ( A Game of Thrones - Jon VIII)

GRRM  tries to lay out in a rational way the endgame of his books. He gave his heroes the weapons to fight in the first book itself. Jon got a Valyrian sword and Dany got 3 dragons.

To make a satisfying story, the protagonist has to solve the problem, or fail to solve the problem – but has to grapple with the problem in some kind of rational way, and the reader has to see that. And if the hero does win in the end, he has to feel that that victory is earned. The danger with magic is that the victory could be unearned. Suddenly you're in the last chapter and you wind up with a deus ex machina. The hero suddenly remembers that if he can just get some of this particular magical plant, then he can brew a potion and solve his problem. And that's a cheat. That feels very unsatisfying. It cheapens the work. Well-done fantasy – something like Tolkien – he sets Lord of the Rings up perfectly, right at the beginning. The only way to get rid of the ring, the only way, is to take it to Mount Doom and throw it in the fires from which it comes. You know that right from the first. - GRRM

GRRM has also laid the framework for Dany as Queen of Seven Kingdoms in her Meereen chapters.

What does that mean, he ruled wisely? What were his tax policies? What did he do when two lords were making war on each other? 

Seeing someone like Dany actually trying to deal with the vestments of being a queen and getting factions and guilds and [managing the] economy. They burnt all the fields [in Meereen]. They’ve got nothing to import any more. They’re not getting any money. I find this stuff interesting. - GRRM

I swear it," she said in the Common Tongue of the Seven Kingdoms that by rights were hers. ( A Game of Thrones - Daenerys X)

Connections with Essos is going to be crucial in post war period. That is why Dany and Tyrion got priming while exploring Essos.

[genevievedanielle]

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about people being worried about Jon and Daenerys and how their relationship will play out in season 8, but I honestly think there’s nothing to really worry about. For one reason, there has been so much emphasis put into their storyline this season and bringing them together that I just don’t see it blowing up the way people are thinking it’s going to. Everyone on the show this year has been all about this love story and how it’s playing out, writers, press, actors, D&D, directors, and so on. Of course they want us to worry and think there’s going to be drama, it’s a drama series. Knowing what we know from the Alan Taylor interview and what George said about Jon and Daenerys kind of being the whole point, I’m not too worried about Jon and Dany.

“There’s been an inevitability to the two of them coming together. It’s been foreshadowed over and over again, and those who know the books know it’s inevitable, but that doesn’t tell you anything about how it’s going to play out or how it’s going to go. I remember when I was doing Season 1 and we were on location in Malta, and George R. R. Martin came to visit. He was sitting in a chair, and he was being really quite open about things that were to come… but it was early days and nobody was paying attention to the show. We didn’t really know what a phenomenon it was going to be, and I think he was being less guarded than we’ve become since then. Anyways, he alluded to the fact that Jon and Dany were the point, kind of. That, at the time, there was a huge, vast array of characters, and Jon was a lowly, you know, bastard son. So it wasn’t clear to us at the time, but he did sort of say things that made it clear that the meeting and the convergence of Jon and Dany were sort of the point of the series.” - Alan Taylor

For years we’ve had the show and books build up these two characters who are on these parallel journeys. We’ve seen how closely related everything that happens to them is and for them to come together and finally be on this path together, I just don’t see it suddenly forking. Especially when you think about the fact that the two of them just happen to represent ice and fire, which you know, the book series is called ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, so that’s kind of a giveaway. Now, I know there are people who will think, well now that we know Jon is Rhaegar’s son, we know he’s both. Well, yes, he is, but Jon has always identified with the Stark side of himself more, not just because he thought he was a bastard of Ned Stark, but because that’s the element he represents. He was raised in the North, he’s at home in the North, he goes to the wall which is made of ice and protects the realms, he goes beyond the wall and he works with the Freefolk in the North, the Stark family motto is “Winter is Coming”. Daenerys has always been fire, she walked into a funeral pyre and came out unharmed with dragons, she burned the Kahls and came out unharmed, she could withstand heat that others couldn’t like the boiling bath in the first episode, her family motto is “Fire and Blood”. So obviously with that much emphasis on both there has to be a payoff and I can’t see why there would be such an emphasis placed on both their journeys and the similarities if they didn’t have a role to play together. Even lines that are said to them are similar, like when Ygritte says, “You know nothing, Jon Snow”, it always reminds me of Dany’s handmaidens saying to her, “It is known.”

As for the revelation of Jon’s true parentage and the effect that’s going to have, yeah there’s going to be some, but I don’t think it’s not going to be as big an issue as people believe it’s going to be. I think there may be an instant concern on Jon and Dany’s part on the fact that they’ve fallen for each other and now with Jon being the son of Rhaegar and having a claim to the throne how does that effect them. But that being said, I don’t think Jon will suddenly go back on his word to Daenerys. His word is his oath and Jon is very much like Ned in the fact that he’s honourable and keeps his word. That’s why he couldn’t lie to Cersei in the Dragonpit. It would have made everything easier and that much smoother if Jon hadn’t declared his support for Daenerys, but Jon honours his promises and he’s given his word to Dany that he’ll back her claim to the throne. Jon has never desired to be a king, he just wanted to be a part of a family. When he was a child he dreamt of being Lord of Winterfell because that would mean he was a true Stark and not a bastard child. The only reason he became King in The North was because of his desire to help people so when the North elected him he accepted the role and he’s seen that same desire in Daenerys, so there’s no reason for him to suddenly turn on her. I don’t think we have to worry about them being on opposing sides, they know what their priority is right now, the White Walkers, and Jon loves Daenerys and she loves him, I can’t see them being ripped apart, not with the way they’ve been built up.

I think where the drama is going to come in is going to be in Jon’s struggle with who he is, is he Rhaegar’s son or Ned’s. He will obviously come to terms with the fact that yes, he is the son of Rhaegar and Lyanna, but he is also the son of Ned Stark, even though Ned was his uncle, he was raided by Ned and Ned loved him. He is still the brother of Sansa, Arya, and Bran, even though he’s their cousin. He may have been named Aegon Tararyen at his birth, but he’s still Jon Snow. I don’t see him suddenly proclaiming himself to be Aegon Targaryen either, he may go by Jon Targaryen, but who knows. No matter what or who his parents actually are, he’s still a Stark. Lyanna was a Stark, so like Ned told him in the first episode, the same blood runs in his veins. And technically, he’s still the Lord of Winterfell, Robb named him as his heir and the North elected him so that’s not going to suddenly change (at least not in the books, I don’t think the show even mentioned the fact that Jon was named Robb’s heir). I think Dany may wonder if Jon will still support her claim for the throne since he has one himself, and there will probably be characters that try to convince her he will for drama, but I think it’s going to come down to the fact he’s honourable and they’re a good team. Jon’s struggle to understand who he is may put a bump in their relationship (no baby pun intended), but it should resolve quickly. There’s only 6 episodes left, not a lot of time to get caught up on stuff like that. They’ll most likely end up ruling together because they’re in love with each other and they are stronger together.

For all the people who keep pointing out that it’s incest, yes, by our standards and in our world it is, but Game of Thrones is a fantasy series set in a fictional world that operates with different social norms and customs than ours. On top of that the show is also based on some historical events from our world and historically, especially in royal families, there were aunts and uncles married to nephews and nieces. There are tons of examples and here are just a few; 

Philipp II married Anna of Austria, the daughter of his sister Marie. 

Archduke Charles II of Austria married Maria Anna, daughter of his sister Anna.

Philipp IV married Marianna of Austria, daughter of his sister Maria Anna. 

Antoinette Marie of Wuerttemberg married Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Marie's mother Antoinette of was the sister of the groom. 

D. Maria I of Portugal married her uncle, Pedro de Bragança.

Their son Pedro,"product" of uncle and niece was married to his own aunt Maria Francisca.

The great granddaughter,  D. Maria II married her uncle D. Miguel. 

King Fernando VII married his niece Infanta Isabel of Portugal. 

Joanna of Naples married her nephew, King Ferdinand II of Naples. 

Infanta Benedita married her nephew, José, Prince of Brazil.

To us it’s totally gross and taboo, 100% wrong, but that’s because we understand genetics whereas they didn’t. They thought they were keeping their bloodlines pure. It was totally common historically, especially in royal families, so I get why it’s not a big deal in the Game of Thrones universe. To me, I can get over incestuous relationships from the past because it’s weird to me, yes, but I have more information than they did and they thought it was a good thing to keep their bloodlines pure. So yeah, think about the fact that this history is what George R.R. martin is basing his book series off and it’s a bit easier to overlook. George R.R. Martin has also really laid groundwork to help make this connection less uncomfortable for book readers by talking about it, something the show did considerably less of. In the series Targaryens marry family members all the time “to keep their bloodlines pure”, Daenerys actually thought she would marry Viserys some day before he sold her to Drogo because that’s what their family did and when you think about it Jon and Dany are actually further apart in terms of genetics than most Targaryens. There’s also Starks who married uncles and nieces in the books and history of the Game of Thrones world, so it’s not a total foreign concept to Jon. Even when it’s suggested that Victarion marry Asha/Yara it’s not a big deal, it’s more so, “Oh I never thought of her that way before, but now that you mention it...” So it’s not a weird concept in this world like it is to us, so get over it.

Now onto the fact that there’s a very high possibility (almost a certainty) that Daenerys is going to end up pregnant with Jon’s child. I don’t think Jon would stay away if she’s pregnant, he loves her and has stated that he doesn’t want to father a bastard child because he knows what that is. Daenerys has also had prophecies about her being able to have children and while she believes she can’t, I do think Jon, the white walkers, and Viserion’s death fulfils the prophecy about her having children again. With all the emphasis put on the idea of each of them and their children the last 2 episodes, it seems highly likely a Targaryen/Stark/Snow baby is coming and since the series is named A Song of Ice and Fire, wouldn’t it kind of make sense that their child is the Prince Who Was Promised and that could be why no character 100% fits the bill just yet.

All in all, I’m pretty positive that Jon and Daenerys are going to end up together and whatever happens to one will probably happen to the other based off the parallel nature of their storylines. The only thing that scares me is the fact that George R.R. Martin has said that there will be a bittersweet ending. With that in mind however, he has also said her loves the ending of LOTR and thinks it’s a perfect bittersweet ending, so if that’s what he’s going for, I can get onboard with that. I also, personally think that in some ways the bittersweet ending will mean in terms of Jamie, perhaps he’ll be redeemed as he dies and that will be bittersweet. I’m hoping Jonerys gets a more sweet ending.

[imreszekeres]

for the anon that wanted all 100

1. Name- Ash! 2. Age- 18 3. City that you live in- fear, usually 4. What do most people not know about you?- nothing really, i compulsively release useless information about myself 5. What do most people know you for?- being fat and annoying 6. Hobbies- makeup, youtubers, sleeping, writing, drawing 7. What are your passions?- writing 8. What do you search for in a significant other?- i really Really need to be understood, and someone who is patient is nice too 7. What are you most proud of?- I hav gone to State and gotten within the top 10% in my Journalism competitions, which puts me in the top .08% of all high school students in my state. :-) im good for some things 8. When was the last time you had a significant conversation with someone you love?- every day when I talk to @pizzasteveofficial <3 all our conversations are significant 2 me 9. Have you ever collected anything? What was it?- I collect my tears in a jar and store them, then shower in them every night 10. List 10 things off of your bucket list.- I want to get married in the snow, have a daughter, get a Heartagram tattoo (at least one lol), write a successful book, and.. idk what else :0 11. What was the last thing you learned?- jesus I dont know, you learn sth new every day! hard to remember 12. How many relationships have you been in?- um.. 7 I think i feel like im forgetting one tho. I wont name them obvi but i think im forgetting one? i feel like ive been in 8 oh well 13. Turn ons- validation 14. Turn offs- being alive 15. Favorite food- frozen yogurt! I like the vanilla or white chocolate flavor with looots of toppings 16. Favorite drink- Coke 17. What is the best birthday gift you have ever received?- i dont really know! I dont remember a lot of my birthdays for trauma reasons so  18. Are you optimistic or pessimistic?- pessimistic by far lol 19. Do you sleep during class?- its happened a handful of times, I try not to bc I HATE missing work its annoying 20. What is the most expensive thing you own?- myself?? jk its my laptop 21. What is the cheapest yet most useful thing you own?- a 1 dollar ELF blending brush. yall those things are bomb please go buy some! 22. How many times a day on average do you check your phone?- that number does not exist holy shit  23. Text or call?- TEXT BLEASE I HAVE SUCH BAD HEARING 24. Opinion on long distance?- it can work! ive done it a lot of times. distance has never been whats broken a relationship for me, not directly anyway 25. What is your definition of success?- success is when you’re happy. you do not have many worries, not the kind that keep you awake at night or make your tummy sick anyway. You have people that love you and, if you died, you’d be remembered as a good bean 26. Favorite song?- right now im really diggin “Hate (I Really Dont Like You)” by the plain white Ts 27. Favorite artist?- HIM!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 28. Celebrity crush/crushes?- Ville Valo ALWAYS lmao hes my god 29. When was the last time you read for fun?- like last month 30. Favorite flower?- roses 31. What is the best gift you could receive right now?- a plane ticket to Connecticut and like 1000 dollars 32. Any guilty pleasures?- pop... music... BUT LIKE THE GOOD KIND U FEEL? I DONT LIKE STUFF FROM THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARs...  33. What is one thing you would like to change about yourself?- my weight, and that sounds so shallow but it. is taking a toll on me. 34. What do you search for in a friend?- someone who is like me! 35. How many times have you said "I love you" in the past month?- not enough 36. Where did you last go other than your room/home?- school.. 37. Why do bad things happen to good people?- because life isnt fair 38. In your opinion, what hurts more? Being left out or being stabbed in the eye?- what the fuck being stabbed in the eye have you ever been stabbed in the fucking eye? because i havent and i can already tell you that if my friends were talking without me and then someone stabbed me in the fuCKING EYE I WOULD BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE PREOCCUPIED WITH BEING STABBED IN THE E Y E  39. How many green shirts do you own?- none lol 40. Do you like anime?- sure! I dont watch it rn but i dont watch anything rn, haha 41. What do you invest the most time in?- sleeping,, 42. What was the name of the last book you read?- Rebecca :3 very gud book 43. What's the difference between loving and liking someone?- when ur main squeeze gets a hair cut and u still wanna suck their dingus u love em, thats it sorry i dont make the rules 44. Where are you most productive?- i dont.. know what this is asking lol I’m most protective over my romantic partners. As much as I’d love to say im most protective over Sarah, nothing compares to how “troll guarding his treasure” i am w/my loves.......... *eyes @my crush* 45. List 3 things you enjoy doing with friends.- talking shit abt rude ppl, playing vidya gaem, and talking abt life 46. List 3 things you enjoy doing alone.- watching makeup tutorials, watching lets plays, and thinking about everything and anything 47. Do you believe world peace will ever exist?- absolutely not. theres too many people on the earth to achieve that 48. Do you have any allergies?- Not to anything specific but i get them really often seasonally. i get them pretty much every time the weather changes :( 49. When was the last time you cussed at someone?- i mean.. every day of my life so like 50. What was the last promise you made?- idek dude 51. What was your last dream about?- IT WAS SO WEIRD IT WAS ABOUT MY CRUSH’S MOM? I DREAMT THAT SHE WAS A DEMON WHO STORED HER EGGS IN LITTLE PORCELAIN JARS AND THAT MY CRUSH HAD AN EAR INFECTION AND WE WERE IN A SNOWY VILLAGE IDK DONT ASK ME its weird bc my crushs mom is so sweet... 52. If you won a trip to Hawaii and you could take 5 people with you, who would those 5 people be?- i would literally only take Sarah bc i hate everyone 53. How many countries have you visited?- ive never been outside the US 54. What is your favorite medium of art? (Music, dance, painting, etc.)- writing :-) 56. When was the last time somebody complimented you?- those nice anons i got yesterday/the other day! 56. If you switched bodies with someone, how would you recognize yourself?- what do u even mean? youd know bc youd be like THIS ISNT MY BODY 57. Do you consider yourself mature?- kind of, yes 58. How many days in your life do you think you have wasted on tumblr?- too fuckin many 59. What is your favorite quote?- “Worship Satan!” -Ville Valo (no but rly any HIM lyric is my favorite quote, theyre so beautiful,,,) 60. If you started a new religion and you had to create 3 rules or commandments for your new followers to live by, what would those 3 rules be?- dont hurt ppl unless they hurt u, dont touch ppl unless they want u to, and respect gender/sexuality 61. What is your greatest accomplishment?- going 2 state! 62. Do you believe in the death penalty?- yeah i actually think it should b used more lol, kill all rapists and p*dophiles :-) 63. What are your goals for life?- i just wanna b happy, man 64. What do you think your soulmate is doing right now?- being a fucking idiot, probably 65. If you could live anywhere, where would you live? The place can be in an imaginary, fantasy, or the real world.- CALIFORNIA LMAO IM SUCH A SUCKER FOR CALIFORNIA AND I NEVER EVEN BEEN THERE 66. What were you like in 2013?- awful but also really sweet... then again i wasnt TECHNICALLY the host so lol  67. Do you have a job?- no :( i cant drive 68. Tell us a story about your childhood best friend.- she was an abusive bitch who took out her parents hating her on me the end 69. If you could change one thing about society, what would it be?- i would make discrimination a way more serious crime than it is taken for rn. ppl who discriminate should b put in jail 70. How many all-nighters have you pulled before?- just one when i had to install the sims and it took 6 years 71. Is tumblr your favorite website? If not, then what is your favorite website?- my fave website is youtube 72. What is the craziest thing you would do for a million dollars?- suck a dick, i guess 73. Does money equal happiness?- not all the time but it sure can 74. How many times have you experienced true happiness in your lifetime?- never, i dont think 75. How many times have you experienced true sadness in your lifetime?- too many times 76. What is the funniest joke you have ever been told?- you know that joke abt the blind man at the beginning of Crazy Rap? yeah thats fucking HILARIOUS  77. When was the last time you looked at the news?- this morn :0 78. If you could say one thing to the world, what would you say?- im gay 79. What is your favorite animal?- RACCOONS!!!!!!!!!!!! 80. If you could earn a million dollars by pretending to be dead for 3 years, would you do it?- i mean sure lmao nobody would b upset about it so 81. What is one thing that everyone is bad at?- being a human. 82. What time do you normally sleep? How many hours of sleep do you usually get?- i usually go to bed at 10 and get like 6 or 7 hours 83. Does age necessarily equal maturity?- not at all! 84. What is your favorite clothing store?- hot topic lol 85. In the winter- beanies or gloves?- gloves b 86. Would you rather have wings or a fish tail?- wings?? why would i want a fish tail 87. If you had the power to erase one person from the world so that nobody remembered him or her except you, would you do it?- absofuckinglutely.  88. What do you fear the most?- being like my rapist. thats a little too deep than i like to go but im being honest, thats literally my biggest fear Ever 89. How many digits of pi can you recite?- 3.14 lmfao i hate math 90. If you could travel back to one year and relive it again, which year would it be?- 2004. I would stop it before it happened. :-( 91. Describe yourself in one word.- stupid 92. Describe your last victory.- i woke up today w/o killin meself 93. What is the weirdest thing you have ever seen?- bendytoots cucumberpitch’s face 94. What is something you will never forget?- prom.. something rly nice happened 95. Would you rather forget all of the past or remember everything in vivid detail?- forget everything. please 96. Have you ever broken a bone before?- nope! 97. Is it harder to love or to hate somebody?- probably harder to love them lol 98. Coffee or tea?- coffer 99. What are some little things that you do that have changed your life in a positive way?- I dont overdose on a constant basis in a BPD-fueled rage any more so thats good 100. How many hours have you spend on tumblr today?- probably 1 or 2?

[sucktacular]

I found a stupid story I had written in one-shot for Johnlock and besides the topic, it was decent??? Like I feel like my brain has physically died since that time.  I feel like I could never write that sort of thing again??? I want to find my writing for anthony so i can see how i was see what i could write i wasnt super amazing i wasnt some eloquent writing magician, but it was so good????? imo at least like  looking back at it now i cant believe I was the one who wrote it like i used to be so INTO writing. i wanted to be an author i had so many stories i had this one story called dreamer where some young high schooler had the power to see the future in her dreams and it was just so young adult bullshit about boy next door and magical powers and father of boy hated girl and wanted to kill her but they were in looooove and the cat could talk and just like IT WAS INDEPTH idk her sister could teleport but didnt know how to control it it was before that sort of genre of young adult blew up  but fuck man it was deep then theres the misfit knights and it hurts so much to think theyre never going to be.... a thing i mean theyre my tangible dolls now but that might be the closest thing they ever get to being i always dreamt and still dream of them being an actual book an actual story maybe a comic maybe just beautiufl art i think everyone that makes a fantasy world and works this hard and long on characters dreams of them being a published book or even a movie or somethign but it makes me feel empty that theyve fallen so far away from me theyve vaugly been characters for a little less than 10 years i think maybe i made them “kind of” in grade 8/9 but anthony really became a thing in grade 10/11 i believe so 2009/2010 i think hhhhhh i have fuckign picture frame collages of cole and anthony and kia and chance and thomas and blaze, one big one just dedicated to anthony and i FUCK i want so badly to dedicate myself to making them more but i dont have motivation enough to motivate my motivation ive been stuck in a depressive down spiral for so fucking long and im pretty sure my brain has literally become impaired because of it maybe its not that maybe i cant fix this? there was some article about sever depression literally hurting your brain and i dont know if ill get it all back and i worry about that maybe im just rusty and my brain hasnt had enough exercise but man its hard... to want to try for myself when i just cant stay motivated im not so depressed, not by a long shot, but its still lurking around in my system making projects impossible i want to write but  im not good enough and if i practice i might be but then all the work i do will be useless because ill get better idk it sounds fleeting i wont be as good as so many other people out there and ill be stuck in the pit of young adult unsold books i want my babies to be important but theres aspects of them that arent mine  hell thomas isnt mine at all so i have always been so hesitant to write or draw him  because i dont know enough about him and it feels bad because hes so fucking important to the story and the trio this cant be a duo its a trio but idk i want to know more about him i want to see what he looks like i want to draw him and cole and anthony over and over and kiss their little faces

ive been in a spiral of suffering since 2012 college was my highlight. since graduating 2014 i died inside and dropped out of second year and my brain has suffered since and i dont know where to start and its all so daunting i just let it roll ontop of me and hold me down because i dont know w hat to do about it all and if i do i just cant scrounge up the motivation to motivate my motivation into full blown motivation.

[oswednesday]

i miss you, ive been thinking about chowey and flara and all that void domestic rp stuff we did, i think about that time we did like monster inc/high/universe moment i had just a few pages left in the notebook i got to write that fanfic, maybe ill get to all the stuff we planned, dreamt, maybe they can just exist, maybe we’ll come back into each others lives and ill just have it all Done, i think about that spider bros thing and the clown bros au, i think about how i need this sorta thing to communicate fully and when idk, you stopped wanting to share it, we talked about it, its okay, i never wanted to take it, i just wanted to make you happy and spend time with you and i communicate that through this stuff so it was like, a thin barrier   

 i guess  im so hung up with not finishing stuff i mean i always am like thats My Big Problem that has like nothing to do with you

i finished so much stuff with you like, more than anything ever, when when my mom was acting up the most, i wish i could explain it, being with you pierced through my disease so thoroughly i wanted to give that back to you but its disordered to think a single person can do that

i worry about this fantasy things made you sicker but i loved dreaming with you, im going to miss dreaming with you