#canonjon

[sayneedle]

“needle was jon snow’s smile”

art by cj_khalifp, commissioned by me

[weirwood]

Arya took after their lord father. Her hair was a lusterless brown, and her face was long and solemn.

Jon had their father's face, as she did. They were the only ones. […] When Arya had been little, she had been afraid that meant that she was a bastard too. It had been Jon she had gone to in her fear, and Jon who had reassured her.

A Game of Thrones, Arya I

[daensaism]

A Storm of Swords - Catelyn V / “Vol’ga” by Andrey Shishkin / “Sir Galahad” by George Frederic Watts

[docpiplup]

Jon was tired. I need sleep. He had been up half the night poring over maps, writing letters, and making plans with Maester Aemon. Even after stumbling into his narrow bed, rest had not come easily. He knew what he would face today, and found himself tossing restlessly as he brooded on Maester Aemon's final words.

"Allow me to give my lord one last piece of counsel", the old man had said, "the same counsel that I once gave my brother when we parted for the last time. He was three-and-thirty when the Great Council chose him to mount the Iron Throne. A man grown with sons of his own, yet in some ways still a boy. Egg had an innocence to him, a sweetness we all loved. Kill the boy within you, I told him the day I took ship for the Wall. It takes a man to rule. An Aegon, not an Egg. Kill the boy and let the man be born."

The old man felt Jon's face. "You are half the age that Egg was, and your own burden is a crueler one, I fear. You will have little joy of your command, but I think you have the strength in you to do the things that must be done. Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us.  Kill the boy and let the man be born."

Jon II, A Dance with Dragons

It could be very interesting if a Great Northern Council is held at Winterfell for deciding who will be the next Lord of Winterfell/King in the North after the downfall of the Boltons.

Like, maybe this Northern Great Council parallels the Great Council for deciding the heir to the Iron Throne among Maekar I's children and/or their descendants, and in this case the Northern Great Council will choose the heir to the Noth among Ned's children.

We know that the Great Council offered the crown to Aemon and he rejected it and Egg was crowned instead. In my opinion, I think this Northern Great Council could offer the crown to Jon, since he is the eldest and most prepared sibling, and he will accept it because if duty.

I feel like there is a strong connection between Jon and Aemon & Aegon V, Jon accepting the crown due duty I feel like it reflects in some kind of sense the "Kill the boy and let the man be born" Aemon said to Egg and Jon, both the last time they were going to see Aemon and time before/when they became kings, Aemon went to the Wall to join the NW and Egg became Aegon the Unlikely, and Aemon left the Wall and died during the trip to Oldtown, and some time after that Jon could be crowned King in the North.

We could also take notes at Aegon V's nickname " the Unlikely", because he was the fourth son of a fourth son, and Jon becoming Lord of Winterfell/King in the North being a bastard isn't something expected for Westerosi society due to generally being classist and having prejudices towards bastards.

And I don't suscribe to what some people say about that Jon can't inherit and become king because he's a bastard, it's well-known that one of the main inspirations for Westeros is Medieval Europe, especially medieval English history, and there some other bastards that became kings, like William I the Conqueror (1028-1087), illegitimate son of Duke Robert I of Normandy and Herleva of Falaise, although I would say his Asoiaf equivalents are Aegon I the Conqueror and his bastard brother Orys Baratheon, plus there were others like Ramiro I of Aragon (1006-1063), Henry II of Castile (1334-1379), John I of Portugal (1357-1433) and Ferdinand I of Naples (1423-1494).

Plus if Robb's Will is brought to the discussion, Jon has been legitimised by Robb and could be another reason to be considered a good candidate by the Council.

[docpiplup]

I'm starting to do a re-read of Jon and Dany's POV chapters, and it's very interesting that just starting their chapters of AGOT, Jon I and Daenerys I, some parallels can be noticed between them

It's the first POV chapters for both characters, so the ones in which we get to know them (although Jon has appeared previously on Bran I, we get a different perspective, Bran perspective in Jon is like the older cool and calm brother, but now we get to know Jon's inner thoughts) and the main part of Jon I and Daenerys I are set on a feast.

Both are observant young teens that attend to a feast, for example we note that Dany and Jon make descriptions of many of the attendants at the feast and see some details like desdain and anger of Cersei during the feast, and even Benjen pleases or Dany noticing that Illyrio's sweet words are just mere and false words to please Viserys, which Viserys believes without reasoning and wholeheartedly.

Jon

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Dany

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Feasts in which both Dany and Jon will start their journey, one that both they'll have to start despite they don't want to, Jon joining the NW because he doesn't fit in Winterfell because he's a bastard and Dany because she has to marry Drogo due to Viserys' interests to conquer Westeros.

Also this idea fits with the following quotes, Jon and Dany thinking they would give anything to be in other simpler situation:

Jon

Dany

[arya-jon]

needleheart winter → brides and marriage

she wondered if he would still call her "little sister." i’m not so little anymore. he’d have to call me something else.

...

he thought of arya, her hair as tangled as a bird's nest. i made him a warm cloak from the skins of the six whores who came with him to winterfell … i want my bride back … i want my bride back … i want my bride back …

[arya-jon]

needleheart winter → (anti) parallels

“do you have a little wife, ser?” no, i have a sister.

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she wondered if he would still call her "little sister." i'm not so little anymore. he'd have to call me something else.

[arya-jon]

needleheart winter → heart and home

far be it from me to separate two hearts that beat as one.