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for real tho what do you think the odds are of Booker dying of like, alcohol poisoning or something withing the first couple years. this man has never met a healthy coping mechanism in his life and now does not have a support system. its TERRIBLE
unfortunately his liver will just keep healing itself but he will damn well TRY.
(also you can’t convince me nile isn’t going to call him on a monthly basis. they said they won’t see him for a century, they said nothing about talking.)
What do you see as the main differences between book!jon and show!jon?
The most obvious difference is age. At the start of AGOT, Jon is 14, and while I believe he’s meant to be 17 in the pilot he’s played by 23-year-old Kit Harington who very much looks his own age. So even in the ways Jon’s character stays the same on paper, it feels different from book to screen because there’s nearly a decade’s difference in the person exhibiting the same behaviours. What’s written as early teen petulance and moodiness looks very different when it’s a young adult complaining about the unfairness of life.
So. The essence of who he is from the very start just looks incredibly different. Show!Jon feels like a man from the word go, just an incredibly young, moody, and internal one that has to learn to think outside himself for the greater good. Book!Jon is a boy who’s already had to grow up faster than most kids his age, and is then sent on a coming-of-age arc about recognizing his privilege and learning how to wield it for good.
Power and ambition – Both versions of Jon go to the Wall because he has these very clear leadership skills and a thirst to prove himself, but no other place in the world – as far as he can think of – that’ll allow him the opportunity to put them to use and rise up in the world. Book!Jon never really loses that, but show!Jon really lets go of that after his resurrection. Which, to be fair, hasn’t happened yet in the books so we can’t really know how that’ll pan out.
A few others:
Book!Jon is a sassy shit. “I’d love to see Ghost juggle,” is on a level with, “No need to call me ‘sir,’ professor.” Show!Jon is the quiet kid in the back of class who never says anything at all until that one time he actually murders Janos Slynt with, “You must not have been very good at your job.”
Book!Jon is logical, smart, and strategic, to the point that people have commented on it multiple times and he’s willing to fall out with his friends over what needs to be done. Show!Jon’s reputation as a warrior doesn’t come from his skill with strategy but swordsmanship.
Book!Jon – like the rest of his siblings – is a warg. Show!Jon is not.
Side note: A lot of things about Jon are just 100% funnier when he’s 14/15. Like being betrayed by his hormones and thinking he invented cunnilingus. With show!Jon it’s still sweet, just not as darkly funny.
Feel free to add anything I missed.
I keep thinking about the au where Sansa goes to dragonstone to negotiate instead of Jon, and it all works out so much better for the North.
sansa wouldn’t bend the knee not only because she doesn’t want to but because she doesn’t have the authority
she’d have to find a way to convince dany to join the fight against the undead using diplomacy
and while arya & bran were off joining cults during uni and jon studied battle command & stabbing things, sansa’s the who double majored in pre-law and poli-sci
which means she’d find a way to do it
and would immediately shut down any ideas about trying to get cersei on their side
which means the mission north of the wall never happens, viserion’s still around and very much not undead, and the wall is still standing
I also think that with the opportunity to meet on a more level playing field where neither of them felt particularly threatened by the other but still wanted something, sansa and dany would actually end up finding a lot of common ground and mutual respect
this leaves jon in the north to shore up and solidify his support amongst the northern lords
it also means he’s the one welcoming bran & arya back to winterfell
which means that since brienne definitely went south with sansa, it’s jon that arya goes up against in the sparring session that was promised
(this has no effect on the plot it just makes me happy)
it also means that littlefinger is running around winterfell trying to manipulate the jock!starks who aren’t nearly as subtle as sansa
the moment bran tells jon about how littlefinger betrayed ned, petyr’s losing his head
the man who passes the sentence swings the sword & jon beheaded janos slynt for way less it is known
I have no idea what’s even happening in season 8 at this point so I’m just gonna leave it there.
ok not really sure how to explain why I feel this dgsjkljfj but. you have similar energy to Shmi Skywalker in universes where she's allowed to say fuck
wow I have been TRULY blessed
Ygritte!
1: sexuality headcanon - she’s straight but she isn’t happy about it
2: otp - jon/ygritte
3: brotp - aside from Jon, who very much becomes her best friend, ygritte really doesn’t get friends in the books or the show :( but I think she and Edd would’ve really hit it off given the chance. One of the things I really love about writing modern au’s with ygritte is giving her the chance to interact with other people.
4: notp - ygritte/orell I guess?
5: first headcanon that pops into my head - She’s been on her own for a really long time so her relationship with Jon isn’t just a sexual or romantic thing, it becomes a sense of found family for her which is why his betrayal is that much more of a knife through her heart.
6: favorite line from this character - “It’s dangerous being free, but most come to like the taste of it.”
7: one way in which I relate to this character - that bow and arrow aesthetic
8: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character - the way she gets Jon to sleep with her initially is uhhh coercive at best
9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave? - cinnamon roll
jon snow for the send a character!!!
1: sexuality headcanon - bisexual disaster boy
2: otp - ygritte
3: brotp - aryaaaaaaa, edd, and also the potential brolationship there with val
4: notp - dany and also any of his siblings because they are his SIBLINGS, adopted or otherwise it makes no difference
5: first headcanon that pops into my head - he spoons ghost at night to stay warm
6: favorite line from this character - “bastard.” / “guilty. of that at least.” (a close second is that time Janos Slynt kept telling him to call him ‘my lord’ and he just sort of snapped and went on a rant, ending every sentence with ‘my lord’ because that’s the most teenage power move I’ve ever seen.)
7: one way in which I relate to this character - my POV also reads like that of an elderly man
8: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character - how seriously he takes himself. my guy, being lord commander really doesn’t mean you have to banish your friends to the four corners of the earth. I PROMISE.
9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave? - cinnamon roll
Anakin (or just Tatooine feelings) for the mini playlists?
Oh god yes. Here’s a combo for Anakin and Tatooine.
