#targbowl is coming

[fedonciadale]

Sorry I'm a kind of new but I've been seeing these theories of the Starks tag teaming Sansa for Dany. Is there any basis on Jon supposedly killing her? What are the chances of Jonsa ending together? Thank you.

Dear nonny,

I’m not sure what you mean, because I’m not sure what “tag teaming” is supposed to mean? If I understand you correctly you want to know if the Starks will team for Sansa instead of Dany, and if Jon will kill Da€nerys and the possibility of a Jonsa ending?

So, I’ll try to answer this, in the hope that this is what you meant.

I’m not sure if it will be Sansa vs. Da€nerys. Sansa is probably the Younger More Beautiful Queen that will bring Cersei down, and I think the chances for a Targbowl i.e. Jon vs. Da€nerys are much bigger. And if/when it comes to that, it should be clear that the Jon’s Stark cousins will team up with him. In addition I would argue that it is more that there is a team Stark, that will stick together. We didn’t got through the whole catfight at Winterhell last season that ended with Sansa and Arya being a team only for that team to split up again.

You know the thing about the Stark is, that they stick together. The Lannisters fight about who will get Casterly Rock, the Martells are unsure about whom Doran wants as heir, we see infighting with the Greyjoys, downright murder with the Boltons.... and the Starks? The Starks constantly remind each other, that Winterfell belongs not to one but to all of them. Remember Sansa: “Winterfell belongs to us, it belongs to Arya, Bran and Rickon wherever they are.” - So, the big difference between House Stark and the other Houses is that they do respect each other. And I think we’ve seen all the infighting there was to see last season. From this basis, it is safe to assume that all the Starks will support Lyanna’s son. It will be Team Stark with Jon.

As for Jon killing D? While I do think that D will die in season 8, I doubt it will be Jon tbh. My money is on Arya, whose arc of protection would come to a nice end with that. If Jon would kill D, he would be a kinslayer, and these are punished severely. I think it is equally possible that D has a literal fall like Icarus or a death that accidentally helps the cause against the WW - a Gollum death. I’m all for Jon and Da€nerys as antagonists. They are set up as foils, it is only logical that they end up fighting each other, but I prefer about any other solution to Jon killing her.

As for Jonsa happening? I think it is very likely, and I think that - despite of what the Antis say - the general audience could be quickly on board of this ship. The groundwork was laid in season 6 and even in season 7, and it makes for a neat political solution, a beautiful romantic solution by fulfilling the trope of the “girl next door was the right one all along” and a fairy tale ending by fulfilling the demands of several fairy tales, like the Beauty and the Beast, the Pig Boy and in-world legends like Florian and Jonquil as well.

Thanks for the ask! I hope that was your question!

[kitten1618x]

As a Jonsa shipper, even I feel kinda gypped by the epic b0ats3x that was promised. I'm about to go look for j/d fic, it was that disappointing lmao.

I’m not complaining, Nonny. But this is exactly what I’ve been trying to tell you all for weeks: CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING. This wasn’t the big epic romance that so many were terrified for -it is in fact, doomed before it even started. It will be a catalyst to EVERYTHING in season 8 (and not in a good way). I’m pumped for Targbowl!

[kitten1618x]

Have you seen the "I wish you good fortune in the wars to come." gif set parallels that are going around? I gotta say I'm nervous about it because the person saying that is always the one to be killed by the other. Thoughts on the matter?

I think it’s more to foreshadow Targbowl, Nonny. Targbowl IS coming -don’t fall for D&D’s fake romance boatbang slight of hand. It’s all smoke and mirrors. 😉

[kitten1618x]

Episode 7 is called The Wolf and the Dragon, or The Dragon and the Wolf. Pass me a f*cking bucket.

Hey, at least we know that Jon is STILL a WOLF. Always a wolf/Stark and NOT a dragon/Targ.

[kitten1618x]

What do you think of that recent interview with one of the directors, Alan Taylor? It drained the last of my hope tbh. According to him, George told him years ago that the whole story comes down to Jon and Dany. There's nothing more important than those two and their relationship. That's what all of it is about. I'm astonished that George would take the story in this direction. If they're the big romance of the story, he's no better than the author of twilight.

Yeah Nonny - Targbowl. George isn’t lying. That’s what we’re heading up to. Jon and his foil in every way, Dany. What side will he choose? George also said that incest was the Targs downfall, so do you think that Jon and his Aunt making all of Westeros bend the knee to the Targ rule again is the ending that George imagined? Does that sound bittersweet to you? It will boil down to Jon making a decision: will he choose his Targ side? Or will he choose his Stark side? Since the final book was originally supposed to be called A Time for Wolves, and was later changed to A Time for Spring (because his publishers thought the title might give too much away), I’m going to make an educated guess and say Jon chooses the Starks. 😉

Fear not, Nonny. Sansa Stark is part of the key 6, NOT 5, BUT 6 (as George has also stated repeatedly), and Jonsa is endgame. 😘