Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The Life and Death of Jon Snow

Today I am talking about a Song of Ice and Fire. This is my theory about Jon Snow's birth. My theory about his death will wait  Or be two lines down 
SPOILERS BELOW

ALL THE STARKS IN THE BOOKS ARE WARGS WITH TELEPATHIC LINKS TO ANIMALS. Mostly their wolves. Arya dreams of Nymeria. Bran with Summer and sometimes Hodor. Robb and Greywind. It was not just barbaric how the Wolfs head was sewn to Robb's shoulder, it was symbolic. Not to mention with Greywind dead, Robb couldn't jump in his body.

Wait what? Thats right. Again, overlooked in the show. There is a Wildling Skin Changer (Warg) in the books. He is killed much earlier-but the other Wildlings repeatedly make reference to him still existing in the form of a bird he would sometimes hop into in order to spy on the Nights Watch.

All of which comes up in Jon Snow's chapters.

Now. What is John Snow's dire wolf called?
Ghost.

Jon Snow's human form is probably toast. But his spirit may continue.

(Book. Not show. Who the fuck knows with the show anymore).

Now that I have dealt with my theory on Jon's death, lets talk about his birth.

The leading theory is his father is Rheagar Targaryean and his mother is Lyanna. She died because of child birth and he needed a third Dragon. From their Ned took his nephew in as his son to hide the truth.

Literally every book in the series is laiden with not subtle hints about this.

Which is why I reject it.

Martin once said the reason Ned and Robb had to die was because them winning was predictable. Robb avenging his father was predictable.

So if the entire fandom has predicted  that Lyanna and Rhaegar are the parents.

They aren't.

That said. My theory stems from a different theory.

"What if Daenerys Targaryean and Jon Snow are twins?"
Well. They are the same age. The books identifies their ages separately but they are the same.

Then comes parentage.
Fortunately I obsess about the time period in which the Late Mad King Aerys was overthrown.

Somewhere before, there was a tournament. Lyanna was given the crown of blue roses and beauty by Prince Rhaegar.

Around this time Jamie recalls overhearing King Aerys brutally beating Queen Rhaella in their Bedchambers. That night she leaves and is never seen in Westeros again.

King Aerys demanda the lives of Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon, ward of Winterfell.

Eddard's father and oldest brother go and attempt to reason with the king. They are killed brutally. Between this and Lyanna's assumed "Kidnapping" by Rhaegar with both vanishing, the revolution against Aerys begins.

In place of his elder brother, Eddard Stark marries Caitlyn Tully. Robb Stark is conceived.

Daenerys Stormborn is born.

Jon Snow is born, circumstances unknown, and brought back to Winterfell by Ned who declares him his bastard.

Lyanna Stark dies, cause disputed.

Thus concludes relevant factoids.

Notable: Both Daenerys and Jon are resistant to burning and heal faster. Dany's presentation is very dramatic, standing in a burning pyre to hatch eggs. Jon on the other hand has his hand catch fire while fighting a wight-and the burn heals unusually fast.

My Proposal: Jon and Daenerys are twins. And they are the children of a Stark and a Targaryean.

Queen Rhaella and Eddard Stark.

Before you shoot me down remember we never see Ned as a young man. Only as a stoic man, affected by loss. He has always been Robert Baratheon's best friend.

What if one of the things that made Ned so stern is guilt?

What if in his youth he comforted a heavy hearted but beautiful queen?

What if when she became pregnant with children that could not possibly belong to Aerys, the Mad King was angered?

What if for that reason Rhaella took her younger son and fled from her brother-husband, fearing for her children?

What if Aerys suspected who of two youths who would have been around Rhaella at the right time?

What if both Baratheons and Starks both have the same dark curly hair?

What if because of his laying with the queen, Ned's father and brother both died?

What if Rhaegar and Lyanna vanished to help Queen Rhaella escape, and hide the children?

What if the child who could pass as a Stark was brought back by his Aunt?

What if part of the reason Viserys was so resentful toward his sister was because he knew to some extend she was at the root of his fathers fall?

What if the reason Jon's mother's identity is hidden to protect him?

What if, beyond honor, Eddard Stark has a more personal reason for wanting Robert Baratheon to leave Daenerys Targaryean unharmed, unbothered, and untouched?

What if the reason his wife does not know the truth of Jon's mother is shame and guilt, and he hides it from his best friend out of fear?

What if Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryean are in fact Jon Blackfyre and Daenerys Snow?

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