JONSA META
Alright guys, I have a theory about Jonsa and pol!Jon that I really hope you’ll read through and comment.
So Daenerys threatens Sansa with Jon:
And Jon has a very subtle reaction, which seems kinda out of character if you think of all the times that they have established how protective he is towards Sansa in S06 and s07 - but not really, if you think of pol!jon and how he knows he has to keep it cool with Dany:
And this threat stays hanging in the air, Dany doesn’t finish it and Jon doesn’t answer because the Dothraki arrive, and the scene continues with Jon and Dany acting all in love and riding dragons, so that the majority of the audience focused on that and forgot about the threat for a moment. Many even thought that well, Jon doesn’t care for Sansa after all, since he went for a romantic gateway with Dany, without even struggling with the idea that she could seriously harm Sansa. Or... did he?
After all, we know how much Jon cares for Sansa, we freaking know it, it was shown to us over and over again, so the lack of a reaction from Jon really seemed suspicious to me, and I really believe they put that in there on purpose. Jon does care for Sansa.
In fact, the very next scene that features Jon is the one in Sansa’s room, which means that the first thing he does when he returns to Winterfell later that night is going to Sansa, and we don’t really know why he is there in the first place, since Sansa starts talking first. I think he really goes there to make Sansa fall for the idea that Dany will be a good Queen, and that she’s not like her father. Even if he doesn’t believe that himself, he needs Sansa to believe this for her own safety, because the threat that Dany threw at her worried the hell out of him, and that’s perfectly IC.
He goes there and, in a very pol!Jon kind of way, tries to convince Sansa not to oppose to Dany for her own good, since Dany explicitly threatened to kill her if she doesn’t respect her. Jon needs Sansa to respect Dany because he’s trying to protect her like he always did and always will. He knows that otherwise she would be soon burnt alive.
And I also believe that the “Do you have any faith in me at all?” has everything to do with pol!Jon and what he’s trying to do in secret - manipulate Dany to defeat the Night King, make sure his family is safe, make sure Sansa is safe - and nothing to do with him being in love with Dany. That’s also why we don’t even hear his response to Sansa’s question!
Anyway, that’s just my take on the sitch, any thoughts?