#jon deserves to be happy

[fir3-and-bl00d]

let’s acknowledge some of the sadder parallels in regards to family that jon & dany share:

- both of their mothers died in childbirth, more specifically, they died giving birth to them (Rhaella with Daenerys and Lyanna with Jon)

- both are the youngest of their siblings (I’m speaking about Jon as the son of Rhaegar, here) Rhaegar and Viserys are lost to Dany and Rhaenys and Aegon were murdered before Jon ever got a chance to meet them

- both never met their fathers and both of their fathers were killed by an enemy of House Targaryen (Aerys II by Jaime Lannister, Rhaegar Targaryen by Robert Baratheon)

- both are without family (and by family, i mean human targaryens, as we all know the dragons are dany’s children) in their respective environments: jon as lord commander on the wall once aemon leaves, and dany in essos after viserys dies

[terralovi]

See any good cows lately?

My partner requested I draw some jmart cows and so I did

I also couldn't decide on a background so I drew quite a few bahah (probably 5 or so various backgrounds)

✨ Jmart, good cow edition ✨

^initial sketch

[bawltongue]

tummy appreciation 🙏

[mjfass]

The most beautiful pics I’ve ever seen

[avaryy]

ryan ross, live in chicago 7/?: behind the sea

[jlsimfjlgdfbcderobsiaotw]

Do you ever think about the fact that despite how self-sacrificing Jon is, how he would destroy himself a million times over to do what he considers to be the right thing, he sought out Martin and begged him to run away together?

He tried so hard to give himself a happy ending, even though it meant actively stepping away from "doing the right thing" (figuring out what the hell is going on and how to stop the end of the world, all that fun stuff)

If Martin hadn't laughed in his face, if he had agreed to run away, to be Jon's final chance at a truly happy ending, do you think they would've gotten that soft epilogue?

[sometimesiwanna-disappear]

im gonna tbh with yall, listening to magnus archives again without the constant fanon bleed and regular discussion etc.... definitely colors it a different way lol! i have more criticisms than i did when i listened to it the first time and it makes me a bit sad because i love it so so soso much. just coming up on the unknowing arc and i'm mentally strapping myself in because i'm realizing things [I dont like jmart very much / would like it MUCH BETTER if martin was actually a twist villain and web aligned i keep seeing the wires johnny i am shaking you by the shoulders DID YOU TAKE WEB ALIGNED EVIL MARTIN FROM US TO APPEASE THE FOUND FAMILY FANFICTION SOFT TEENAGE FANS ..... tell me why jonelias is so much more appealing to me now relistening to it as a grown ass woman . PAIN].

[fishymom-art]

i finished season 4 of magnus archives and i am NOT okay

everyone's traumatized, but 4 lesbians, a muffin gay and a terrified asexual got a little win so that's good

[i-like-books-and-women]

Okay different pre-canon think I've had for ages. (Ignore that its in the same font as the other one I just like this concept).

So at some point with one of the shitty guys Ruben was seeing he was talking about "Yeah so he was saying all this fucked up shit last night" and was showing the messages to the others. So then Jon's like "You're blocking him right?" And Ruben's like "I mean but what if he comes back and he's nice? Or what if he gets mad that I blocked him?" Zach then goes "Yeah okay give me your phone I'm blocking him for you. He can't be mad at you if I did it" This then devolves into them going back and forth on the obvious reasons why that guy should be blocked and the slightly delusional reasons why he shouldn't be. Eventually, Angel just yoinks Ruben's phone and hands it to Zach. And then Zach's like "okay I won't do it if you actually really don't want to but like why give Mr asshole guy a way to keep ruining your day?" So then Ruben's like "okay fine block him".

Later on that day Ruben thanks them cause he knows sometimes he just gets a lil obsessed with what could be and he ignores like glaringly obvious things that really shouldn't be. And it's like a lil bonding moment for them yknow?

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

Op… you make a lot of interesting claims in this post. To get the facts straight before I go on a rant… 1) George claims that Rhaegar was a love struck prince 2) the books don’t mention anything about any marriages being annulled/anyone being set aside 3) seems like Dorne has no issue with Rhaegar and 4) Ned literally never thinks anything bad about Rhaegar… but thinks ill of Robert.

First off, a man trapped in a duty bound marriage and finding love outside that marriage is completely different from a whoremonger shouting about his love while visiting brothels whenever he could. And guess what… Ned straight up thinks that Rhaegar didn’t seem like someone who’d visit brothels. Robert and Rhaegar couldn’t be any more different.

And when did Lyanna want to be wild and free? When is it ever said that Rhaegar locked her in the tower of joy and that Lyanna was a prisoner?

Ned never even alludes to there being any truth in any of these claims. What we do know is that Lyanna greatly resembles Arya in looks and personality… and Arya wants to be a high septon and kings counselor, meaning Arya wants to have a position of power and not be reduced to a baby making machine. Going off of that… it seems like Lyanna didn’t want to be “wild and free,” she just wanted to be treated with respect. The only reason Arya is even treated like she’s wild is because she doesn’t conform to the Westerosi standards for highborn women.

And of course she’d feel miserable when she heard Aerys killed her brother and father. Aerys. Not Rhaegar. I wouldn’t even be surprised if she felt guilt about what happened, but in the end it was Aerys who brutally killed them. And then Rhaegar goes to protect his family and dies, and then Rhaegar’s family is brutally killed and then Lyanna dies. George did claim that the greatest love stories are the tragedies (i may be misremembering but i know he said something along the lines of that lmao).

Op, you claim that Rhaelyas love would’ve died after getting news of the Starks deaths, and then you try to suggest that Rhaegar may have been keeping Lyanna isolated from news in Dorne… like please pick a story to go with! And Rhaelyas love dying or Lyanna not being kept updated on what was going on outside of Dorne just doesn’t seem to be true. When reading Neds chapters, it seems like Lyanna was fully aware of what happened to Rhaegar’s children and Elia… as Lyanna pleaded with Ned like how Sansa pleaded with Ned to not kill Lady (hope i’m not misremembering here lol). And Rhaegar dying with a woman’s name on his lips (likely Lyanna’s name) and Lyanna clutching a winter rose (this may just be symbolism for baby Jon tbh) until she passed away seems to contradict your belief that their love died.

Also, where are you getting the “Rhaegar would suggest to set aside his kids and wife to marry Lyanna” from? The show? You mention how Lyanna would not be okay with this, and I agree that Lyanna would never be fine with setting Elia and Elia’s children aside. But even thinking that Rhaegar would ever even suggest setting aside Elia and his children is bonkers. Like seriously… there was so much tension between Aerys and Rhaegar that the Royal court was said to have begun looking like the situation before the Dance of the Dragons. And Dorne was Rhaegar’s greatest support! Why would it make any sense for him to annul his marriage with Elia? And please remember that during the sack Rhaenys hid under her fathers bed. The text supports him loving his kids/his child who wasn’t a baby seeking to be protected by him so why would he endanger them and their positions? (and no, disappearing with Lyanna for awhile isn’t him endangering his family. Aerys was the one who endangered his family (hot take brandon was the one who endangered the starks like wth was he thinking???). and tbh it seems like Aerys knew exactly where to find Rhaegar so did Rhaegar and Lyanna even disappear? or were they just keeping their location a secret from the rebels? the rebels who ended up killing Rhaegar’s family?)

I will say that how op first started to characterize Lyanna is something I agree with, her being principled, noble, honorable, and just with a sensitive side seems to be true, but then op goes on to continue to claim that Lyanna was wild and that she had little regard as to how other people perceived her. There’s no reason for us to believe that she didn’t care about what others thought of her or that she was wild and wanted freedom more than anything, it just seems like she dared to tread away from what was expected of Westerosi highborn women and that she didn’t want to be married to Robert. And guess what… Robert ended up being an abuser! *gasp* Lyanna dear… you clocked Robert right away.

And seriously… how does any of what op mentioned back up their claim that Lyanna would never resign herself to the position of a mistress? Is being a mistress/paramour really that bad? Does it truly seem like Lyanna would look down on those women? Her mini me Arya doesn’t look down on the courtesans of Braavos who occupy a similar position as mistresses in society. And it seems like plenty of noblewomen have been mistresses in the past and they are still as respected as a woman can be in Westerosi society. Missy Blackwood and Elaena Targaryen are right there. And Op, if Lyanna was Rhaegar’s mistress, why would you think that Lyanna couldn’t have been happy? Are we going to doubt Ellarias happiness and her love of Oberyn because they weren’t married? Should I doubt Rhaenyra and Harwins happiness because Rhaenyra was married to Laenor? Rhaegar and Elias marriage was not a love match. And if Rhaegar and Lyanna did marry… ever wonder if polygamy was introduced as a Valyrian practice by George to hint at Rhaegar taking a second wife? Should I now doubt Rhaenys and Aegons happiness and love because Rhaenys was Aegons second wife?

Now can we please stop acting like two people married due to duty have any reason to love each other? Nedcat seems to be an exception in Westeros. Lyanna and Rhaegar falling in love isn’t ruining Elia and Rhaegar’s marriage when love wasn’t there in the first place.

haha my whole post is a bit messy i just wanted to get my thoughts out :)

fuckkkk i want to tag more (my tags are a mess lmao no i’ve not gone through them and no they will not make any sense)

[a-name-or-three]

hmmm bored of martin being insecure about his weight ive decided he is the most body confident bitch in the archives i will not be taking notes at this time

[milesworld96]

MOXLEY JUST ENDED CASSIDYS REIGN

[fissions-chips]

Timspirovoi Vacation except they’re on a mission to go kick Britva’s ass.

[avaryy]

ryan ross, live in chicago 2/?: nine in the afternoon

[t4tnavysea1]

Mag 200 spoilers

Have you every thought about how Jon never wanted to be a mystery? Like, that’s an established character trait. It’s one of the reasons why he used the tapes so often in the beginning. And yet. We never learn exactly what happens to him and Martin. Do you see where I’m going with this?

[littlelemonadesweets]

Finally some fucking sweet adrijon art *shakily sips tea*

My ship is starved for content