#jonrya aesthetic

[forwitchesandwolves]

[prahelika]

Jonrya Modern AU Aesthetic

Needle was Jon Snow's smile.

(Olivia Hussey as Arya Stark, Orlando Bloom as Jon Snow)

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Jonrya Week 2020: Day 2 - Dark

The day when Jon receives his Hogwarts letter becomes one of the happiest days in his life. He would be able to leave behind the stigma of being a bastard and start fresh in the infamous Wizarding School in Scotland.

The best part about it is his chance to escape the cold eyes of his Aunt Catelyn Stark who seems to hate him for as long as he had been alive.

The worst part would be leaving his cousins behind: Robb, Bran, and Rickon, even Sansa. The twins Robb and Sansa received no letter this year although they weren’t bothered, Robb being a lord’s heir and Sansa more concerned with fashion and boys.

Most of all, Jon would miss Arya, his favourite cousin and best friend. They are a few years apart but there was no one in their family who were as close as they were. Parting is terrible for them on September 1st but he gifts her his mother’s old wand so she could practice magic in secret, hoping that she would follow him to Hogwarts one day. The memory of her laughter warms him on the long journey north.

Jon is sorted into Slytherin and, not knowing much about it since Uncle Ned wouldn’t talk about magic much, is severely disappointed when he finds out that most of them are bigoted and cruel. Owls between him and Arya become the best part of his day. They write each other almost every day, talking about everything they could. Thankfully, before the end of the year, he makes friends with boys he had first had trouble with at the beginning of the year: Grenn and Pyp. He also takes the awkward Samwell under his wing.

The year when Arya arrives with him in Hogwarts, Jon is beside himself with happiness but also trepidation. He wants her to join him in Slytherin with all his heart but he also hopes that whatever House she gets is the one that will make her happy.

Arya is sorted to Slytherin, much to his relief. She gets so excited at the prospect of being in the same House. From there on out, Hogwarts becomes like their home. They never miss a meal together and Arya introduces him to all the friends she’s made from all the Houses. Jon sneaks her to Hogsmeade and they buy and eat all the sweets they could afford from Honeydukes, until they’re sick to their stomachs. That year, for the first time in years, Slytherin wins the House Cup.

In Arya’s second year, a boy who was Jon’s age transfers from Durmstrang. Ramsay Bolton always has a cruel smirk on his face and wherever he was, strange things keep happening to people. Jon suspects that he practices dark magic but he never finds proof.

That year, students start dying one at a time, all of them with muggle connections. Ramsay has gathered a legion of following among the Slytherin students and they call themselves the Death Eaters.

As he grows in power, Ramsay becomes obsessed with Arya, teasing her mercilessly. Arya stands up for herself, as brave as any Griffindor, but this only amuses Ramsay. Enraged, Jon beats Ramsay in a magical duel and, in obvious revenge, Arya disappears from her bed one morning and isn’t seen for days.

Jon goes mad, his rage uncontrollable. He knows it’s Ramsay’s doing and he goes so far as to try to cast the Cruciatus curse on him. With the help of Grenn, Pyp, Sam, and Arya’s friends Ned and Meera, they track her whereabouts to the Chamber of Secrets. Jon defeats Ramsay in another wizard’s duel but the other boy manages to escape the school and any punishments he would have been given.

Jon is in tears when he finally has Arya safe in his arms. Arya is extremely shaken and claims to not know what had happened to her. But later on, Jon catches her when she’s lost in her thoughts, her mood dark. Whenever she gets nightmares, she quietly slips into his bed, as if they were still small children. Jon is thankful that he has his own room as a Slytherin prefect.

Years later, the world finds out that Ramsay Bolton has become a Dark Wizard who wanted to destroy the world, one muggle at a time. War breaks out.

A year after Arya finishes school, when they’ve settled in a flat they share together in London, Jon receives a letter from Ramsay Bolton. The letter is very brief but the words wound him like knives. It‘s as if Jon’s world is turned upside down.

I want my bride back.

Jon holds her closer afterwards, cherishing every precious moment he has with her, hoping against hope that they would be strong enough together against the Dark Lord.

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[jonryaweek]

2 Days til Jonrya Week!

[jonryatrash]

jonrya + quotes

arya learns of jon’s death at the hands of his sworn brothers.

[sovamurka]

Jonrya Modern AU + Playlist

[jonrya]

Let me tell you something about wolves, child. When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths. So if you must hate, Arya, hate those who would truly do us harm

[wolfwarg]

𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐲𝐚, 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈…

[misswesterosi]

Arya Stark found herself kneeling in the middle of the night in the Godswood, she was desperate. "I'll do anything." she sighed. These were dangerous words to say before the Gods. (AO3)

This is my entry to the Jonrya Secret Santa to @zombiegravitation, is a little late, but hey, I did it! 

[hewantshisbrideback]

I feel bad for all the nice Jonrya shippers who like their ship for whatever reasons (tropes, pretty art, aesthetic appeal, whatever) and know it's not canon but get associated with the rabid and misogynistic Dany hating crowd who act like Jon being attracted to Ygritte is Jonrya foreshadowing because red hair (I guess Jon should fuck Edmure Tully too? Omg give me Dark!Jon getting revenge on Catelyn by seducing her brother!) Tell me something. I'm new to the fandom but was Jonrya was always popular? And I've heard something about the OG Jonrya shippers being alienated by the new shippers who insisted it had to be canon and acted like the series is called, "A song of Jonrya #danysux." I don't find that hard to believe because I know people who are now ashamed of calling themselves Jonrya shippers. Like, at this point, it's not only rival shippers who hate it. Even fans who don't ship Jonerys have started disliking Jonrya. You know your fandom is a problem when people who have nothing to do with Jonrya have a problem with it.

I'm howling I mean at least u stopped pretending to be a Dany stan but u really couldn't come up with anything negative to say about jonrya so instead u just parodied real discourse around ur own fav ship and the trolls it inspires daskfhdkjshf

[sherlokiness]

Artists drawing lya with blue eyes does not mean anything it’s just for the aesthetic anne. Blue roses for the the girl who has blue eyes is cute and all but again, AESTHETIC. And I didn’t ask for your opinions regarding rhaelya being in love or noh i just talked about lyanna’s eye color which even if she has blue eyes it would still have grey in them. As for the line “ blue as the eyes of death “ it’s a metaphor first and foremost and it can be associated with the other who are you know, ICE BLUE. And I’m not an arya stan let alone care about her ships with a targ prince idk why you brought her up ☠️

What are you doing in my asks then??? You're not the Jonrya anon from before??? I would say sorry but I won't. I hope this is my last one from you.

Blue roses for the girl who has blue eyes is cute yes, that's also maybe why Rhaegar would give Lyanna blue roses, because it reminded him of her eyes. Like why blue roses??? We don't know.

I am so glad you mentioned the OTHERS. Because you know who else has blue eyes from the first book? Othor(Others) and a man named Jafer Flowers. I'm just giving a reason for why I think Ned/GRRM would associate his beloved sister with blue eyes of death. It's weird. Pls stop going into my asks cause it's really not canon that Lyanna has grey eyes. GRRM gave Benjen blue-grey eyes. It shows us that it's entirely possible for the past generations of Starks to have had blue eyes. Don't you think there is a blue source for the blue-grey eyes of Benjen?🤔🤔🤔 If you're so sure there's no way for Lyanna to only have blue eyes then that's on you. That's not how genetics work even on ASoIaF.

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Jonrya Week 2020: Day 3 - Touch

At university in Kings Landing, Jon takes up photography as a hobby. He takes shots of everything that catches his eye but it’s all so mediocre in his opinion.

When he travels to Winterfell to visit his extended family during school break, he’s surprised at how much his favourite little cousin Arya has grown, and how she’s growing even more beautiful every day. Jon asks her to show him the best places in the North to take photos. They use his mother’s antique motorcycle or borrow Uncle Benjen’s truck as they go to far off mountains, forests, lakes, and even the sea. He gets excellent photos, but the best ones are those of her, his muse. She’s amused but is a willing model for his photography. Jon aches to get rid of the camera between them, longing to know the feel of her touch.

Soon, they’re away from Winterfell for days on end, getting drunk, watching films in bed, or just snuggling together with Ghost and Nymeria by the warmth of a fire. The longer they spend time together, the harder it becomes to resist touching her. They already share motel beds, kiss playfully, tickle fight, and cuddle each other to sleep...

What’s one more kiss?

[mysticalmuddle]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but what got into asoiaf? Also, did you like Arya and Jonrya from the first read or did that come later? What do you think of Jon as a character? What are your top 10 favourite characters and moments? I aplologise for this avalanche of questions but I just couldn't help wanting to know more of my favourite asoiaf writer. PS: I adore your aesthetic, your blog and writing gives me an otherworldly feeling.

Hey no worries! Ask away <333

but what got you into asoiaf?  I’ve always been into quasi-medieval fantasy, and picked up asoiaf a looooooooong time ago, when I was in middle school. It was so engagingly written that it never really left my brain since? That’s like, ten whole years rent free I’ve been thinking about these characters. What recently spurred me into like, engaging with the fandom/writing/etc was the lack of action in the Jonrya tag, and more specifically, the lack of stories updating that I was interested in, so I decided to make my own 😅

Also, did you like Arya and Jonrya from the first read or did that come later? Re: liking Jon and Arya right off the bat--Okay, so when I first read the series, I was Going Through It IRL, and identified a lot with Jon and his storyline? But I was also so not past the age of “girls going on insane dangerous adventures and being brave despite that” being massively appealing and all the Arya chapters were a satisfyingly more adult version of that genre. I’ll say I liked them both from the get-go, and it’s never really died down since, and I just learned over the years and rereads to appreciate more of the characters. (If I’d been a little older on that first read, I probably would have glommed onto Tyrion instead, and my fandom interactions now would be...vastly different  😂😂😂)

I guess I sort of shipped it from the moment I read ADWD. Like, I was super into Jon&Arya before then--that level of devotion is one of my fictional relationship draws--but ADWD really got me into it. There was just something so compelling about how often they think of each other, and how badly they want to be reunited again, in Arya’s chapters especially. But the whole passage with the Pink Letter just Fucked Me Up emotionally, and suddenly I was like, “They should reunite and kiss”.  Over the years, my enthusiasm for the ship has increased, as my very old slushpile of unpublished fics can attest.

What do you think of Jon as a character? I think he’s an incredibly complex character, which is my favorite type of character! His struggles in the series against his own desires versus his sense of duty, especially framed in the narrative by popular thoughts about bastards, and how that affected his self esteem--he has to be more honorable, more clever, more dedicated just to make up for a facet of his own existence that he didn’t control and can’t change!--is something I just find so compelling. And, of course, his deeply intense love for Arya always gets me like 😍😍😍😍 I don’t have any huge takes on him though--I’m not a very thinky type person and everything I think about characters seems so hard to articulate unless I’m pouring it out into a fic (so I’m sorry if you wanted Takes! This Bitch Empty!)

What are your top 10 favourite characters?

Arya

Jon

Daenerys

Brienne

Tyrion

Missandei

Oberyn

Bran

Asha

Sansa

What are your top 10 favourite moments? Alright, these are in no particular order of preference, just listened as I remembered/googled exactly what books they took place in

1. When Brienne rescues Willow from the Bloody mummers, despite knowing that they’ll kill her for the attempt, AFFC-Brienne VII. No chance and no choice gives me chills every fucking time

2. When Arya kills Dareon and walks off with his boots, AFFC-Cat of the Canals. This moment has implications and speaks to Arya’s inability to let go of herself, even when all that being a Stark means in that moment is the gruesome work of justice, but I’ll be honest--I just like it because of how nonchalant and almost sassy she is when taking the boots afterwards, and how it speaks to her practicality. 

3. When Jon reads the Pink Letter and loses his shit, ADWD-Jon XIII.  I want my bride back … I want my bride back … I want my bride back …"I think we had best change the plan," Jon Snow said. Ohohohohhhoo!!! Juuuuust fuck me up GRRM!!

4. When Daenerys has breakfast with Missandei in Mereen and Missandei chides her into eating more, saying Daenerys is very small, ADWD-Daenerys VII. But also every Daenerys & Missandei interaction ever. Every time they speak to each other, you can just tell the level of care they have, and how they see each other as family over time!!!

5. When Arya travels with the Brotherhood Without Banners and gives water to the northern prisoners before watching as Anguy mercy-kills them, ASoS-Arya V. It’s a facet of Arya’s personality that imo, I think is ignored in metas and fics. She considers them her pack, and despite her disappointment in them, and her disgust at their crimes, still gives them water and finds them a quick, merciful death.

6. The dinner with the men of the Nightswatch and the discussion Bran and Robb have afterwards, about riding to the Wall to see Jon, and about whether their family will come back, AGoT-Bran IV This moment, I think, speaks to Robb’s characterization in a way that Catelyn’s POV chapters don’t touch very well. He’s so very young, despite everything, and trying his hardest, and well aware of the dangers his family is in, and how he’s falling short of saving them and there’s nothing he can do about that. 

7. Oberyn during Tyrion’s trail by combat, and his arrogance and his rage, ASoS-Tyrion X. His demand that the Mountain say Elia’s name got me tearing up the first time I read it, not realizing what the cost of that justice would be for Oberyn himself. So much of ASoIaF deals with grief, and the consequences of obsessive grief, and this fit into the series so impeccably fucking well

8. Every single thing about Daenerys freeing the slaves at Astapor, ASoS-Daenerys III. One of the things I really didn’t appreciate in the show is how they changed the tone of that scene, very much altering it from Daenerys and her joy that she can do this thing, a balm after the horror she felt seeing the slaves and learning about the brutal training the Unsullied go through, into a moment that was just her being badass and powerful. 

"Unsullied!" Dany galloped before them, her silver-gold braid flying behind her, her bell chiming with every stride. "Slay the Good Masters, slay the soldiers, slay every man who wears a tokar or holds a whip, but harm no child under twelve, and strike the chains off every slave you see." She raised the harpy's fingers in the air . . . and then she flung the scourge aside. "Freedom!" she sang out. "Dracarys! Dracarys!" "Dracarys!" they shouted back, the sweetest word she'd ever heard. "Dracarys! Dracarys!" And all around them slavers ran and sobbed and begged and died, and the dusty air was filled with spears and fire. "Dracarys!" they shouted back, the sweetest word she'd ever heard. "Dracarys! Dracarys!" And all around them slavers ran and sobbed and begged and died, and the dusty air was filled with spears and fire."Dracarys!" they shouted back, the sweetest word she'd ever heard. "Dracarys! Dracarys!" And all around them slavers ran and sobbed and begged and died, and the dusty air was filled with spears and fire. [Bold mine] The moment on the show was momentous, but this was-----vastly superior and far more indicative of her character.

9. Catelyn stopping the catspaw from killing Bran, AGoT-Catelyn III. Watching Catelyn emerge from the haze of her grief only to go full fucking ham feral and brutal protecting her child was like *chef’s kiss* There’s just such a cool contrast between her losing her shit talking with Robb a moment before, and then the actual fight, and then her busting out with:  "The circumstances did not allow me to examine it closely, but I can vouch for its edge," Catelyn replied with a dry smile. "Why do you ask?"

10. This exchange:  Alliser Thorne overheard him. "Lord Snow wants to take my place now." He sneered. "I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggle than you will training this aurochs.""I'll take that wager, Ser Alliser," Jon said. "I'd love to see Ghost juggle." AGoT-Jon III. That’s the moment I knew I stanned Jon Snow irreparably, forever.

PS: I adore your aesthetic, your blog and writing gives me an otherworldly feeling.  No u! For real, anon, that’s so fucking sweet of you to say  🥰🥰🥰 Hope I answered everything to your satisfaction, and feel free to come back and chat if the mood strikes ya!

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[joyjuhee]

Your Jonrya art is still giving me feels many days after Valentines Day! Seriously it’s so beautiful. Thank you! You said you did art requests? Would you consider an AU where Jon and Arya are in beautiful kimono? It would look so aesthetic and beautiful! If it’s not your thing, I understand completely.

Thank you Anon, I absolutely loved the idea of a Japanese AU, actually became obsessed with it. Please enjoy a festive unmasking moment between Jon and Arya (sporting a bob cuz my girl keeps cutting her hair).

This is actually a combination of 2 different Japanese festivals: Tanabata (Evening of the Seventh) Matsuri celebrates the story of star-crossed lovers only allowed to meet once a year, and Inari (Kitsune) Matsuri celebrates the god of foxes, hence the fox/wolf masks 🦊

I also think Jon would gift Arya a kodachi (short sword) in place of Needle 🗡