#jonsa headcanon

[steelivoryporcelain]

For the OTP ask game, I’m curious about #9, #18, #28, #31, #37, #39

#9 What are their thoughts on having children?

They both want children is the short answer. The long answer is, Sansa wants to have children, several of them, very much, and she’s primarily interested in having them with Jon.

Jon also wants children, but he is still very serious about not wanting to father any bastards. There is a small group of people who know the truth of his parentage and Jon’s not keen on expanding that group anytime soon. Targaryen’s in Westeros weren’t popular before, and they definitely aren’t now. And marrying his “sister” would not be well received either.

#18 How likely are they to have fur babies? How many and what kind?

Ghose is very much alive and well with them at Winterfell! Sansa constantly dotes on him and Jon complains that she spoils him too much. Since the Wall near Eastwatch-by-the-Sea was destroyed, more (but not many) direwolves have been seen roaming further south. It's Jon's dearest wish that Ghost finds a mate and they have pups because he knows how much Sansa misses Lady and would love to bond with another direwolf.

#28 What are their thoughts on pet names? Do they have any?

Jon calls Sansa "sweet girl" in intimate moments, and Sansa adores this. He also shortens her name to "Sans" when they are in private or in the company of people they are close with. Sansa just calls him "Jon." She just likes how his face softens when she calls him Jon. That being said, Jon wouldn't be opposed to Sansa giving him a pet name, but he'd prefer her to use it only in private moments.

#37 Which is more likely to swear?

Neither is necessarily more likely to swear, but the situations in which they are most likely to swear are essentially the inverse of each other.

Jon is more likely to swear around other people, but he swears less around Sansa. Ned would never swear around her and Arya, and Jon always followed suit (and gods forbid Lady Catelyn heard him swear in front of one of her daughters). Logically, he knows that Sansa doesn't care if he swears in front of her, but he's still trying to get past the instinct to bite his tongue when he's about to swear in her presence.

Sansa's still getting used to swearing aloud. She swears plenty in her head as an adult, but she was taught that ladies don't swear. Now, if she does swear, it is still never in public; she reserves it for Jon :)

[mkstrigidae]

APWH preview snippet!

Since I'm actively trying to work on getting the next few chapters out, I thought I'd share a little future scene with some hints of Jonsa with all you lovely people! This bit is from like, a few chapters in the future bc it's the in-between that's giving me fits right now :) (Fair warning: this is unedited and subject to change! That being said, it's such a fun scene that I can't imagine ever nixing it :D)

“Does he even know that they have to avoid the press?”

“For the last time-“ Sam sighed, sounding completely exasperated, “Dickon knows what they can and can’t do- he’s got enough practice not being photographed from when our dad was the secretary. Not to mention spending time around you when that exposé on your crazy grandfather came out two years ago.”

“I just-“ Jon sighed, blowing a stray curl out of his face. “You didn’t see how freaked out she was when the press caught us at that performance in White Harbor. I thought she was going to have a full-blown panic attack.”

He was immediately derailed by Gilly plopping little Sam down in his lap and shoving a bottle into his hands.

“What’s this all about?” he raised a brow, adjusting the baby on his lap, allowing him to latch onto the cuff of his flannel shirt and start gnawing at the fabric. “You going somewhere?”

Gilly shot him a withering look, but he saw the amusement in her eyes.

“I-“ she gestured, imperiously, “Have not had time by myself to shower all week-“

“Sorry, love.” Sam winced, looking up from his pile of paperwork. “I can take a break from these-“

“Not your fault, Sam.” she waved him off. “You warned me about this conference at the beginning of the summer.” a grin played at the corners of her mouth. “Besides, it works out well- Jon needs a distraction right now from the fact that Sansa’s on a date with your extremely hot and conventionally attractive brother.”

“Hey!” Sam looked wounded, and Gilly rolled her eyes, pressing a kiss to his forehead.

“You know you’re my favorite Tarly.” she wrinkled her nose. “How long have you been working on this presentation? You smell like the baby spit up on you.”

“Guess I’m next in line for showers.” Sam said, mournfully. “Unless-“

“Nope- I need my own time right now, Samwell. Did you even hear what I said about why Jon’s bent out of shape?”

Jon had known Gilly since Sam and she had met up north while the two of them were in college. Sometimes, it was hard to reconcile the timid, scared girl she had been with the woman who was currently devoting all of her remaining energy to busting his balls.

“Don’t tell me you’re worried about Sansa with my brother.” Sam snorted, shotgunning another cup of coffee next to him the way Jon was used to seeing undergrads do with jaeger shots. “I mean, this is Dickon we’re talking about. Used to bring wounded animals home to take care of them Dickon? The same guy who cried when we had movie night and Gilly and Rhae wanted to go see ‘Love, Simon’?” He shook his head. “Look, as far as guys she could be out on a date with right now go, Dickon’s kind of the best case scenario. She’ll have a nice time, and he’ll be a perfect gentleman.”

Jon blinked at him, silently turning to look up at Gilly, who rolled her eyes and sighed.

“You’re hopeless, sweetie.” she kissed him on the forehead again, wrinkling her nose. “He’s not worried that things will go wrong- he’s worried they’ll go a little too well.”

“You’ve been spending way too much time around my sister.” Jon muttered, narrowly avoiding little Sam’s grasping reach for his glasses, managing to get the baby to latch onto the bottle before he destroyed any more of Jon’s eyewear. “You even sounded like her just then.”

Sam blinked for a second, his head whipping between Jon and Gilly.“You’re jealous?” He asked, incredulously. “Of Dickon? Wait- you like Sansa?”

“Got there in the end.” Gilly sighed, affectionately patting him on the shoulder before going to shower, leaving Jon and Sam behind with four cups of coffee, one baby, and approximately five brain cells total between the two of them.

“You like her.” Sam repeated, like it was a giant revelation.

“What are we- in middle school?” Jon hissed, immediately turning his head down to smile and make faces at little Sam while he fed him, before glaring up at big Sam again. “I don’t- I mean-“

Sam was just shaking his head.“Of course you do.” he laughed. “Should have guessed- red hair and a damsel in distress? You were doomed from the outset.”

“Shut up.” Jon muttered, flushing. “It’s not like that.”

“Then why are you worrying about Dickon for fu-“ Sam glanced nervously at the baby, “-god’s sake? When Gill was meeting my family for the first time, I remember you told her not to worry- that my brother was ‘one of the best guys you know’ and ‘practically a golden retriever’.”

Jon could tell that Sam, who could not raise one eyebrow without the other, was desperately trying to do just that.

“I don’t know.” He muttered, moving little Sam to his shoulder to start burping him. “Look- I’m attracted to her, alright? It’s a fu- er, a giant disaster that I’m gonna ignore for the rest of my life.”

“Seriously?”

“Stop trying to do that with your eyebrows.” Jon complained. “It’s giving me motion sickness. And yes, seriously. I’m not even going to consider that- it’s just a stupid crush. Besides,” he sighed, rubbing little Sam’s back comfortingly, “Robb’s already dealing with enough right now with this whole Sansa situation- can’t imagine telling him I think his sister’s attractive while he’s being forced to suddenly confront all of his guilt and self loathing every time he looks at her.”

“That whole bro code thing of never dating your friend’s sisters never really made sense to me.” Sam shook his head, gulping down more coffee. “I mean, I’d be thrilled if you decided to date Talla, because I know you’d be good to her.”

“Yeah, don't think she'd quite go for that, mate.” Jon snorted, standing to bounce little Sam around gently. He was just grateful Sam hadn’t said anything else about Robb.

“Eh, wouldn’t count you out completely.” Sam shrugged, smirking. “With that hair, you’re pretty enough to be a girl- maybe that’d be enough for her.”

“You are so lucky i’m holding the baby.” Jon muttered, still bouncing little Sam, who picked that moment to spit up spectacularly down Jon’s back.

“Well, that’s three of us who’re gonna need showers now.” Sam grinned, looking thrilled as all get out that it hadn’t been him. “Wow- his aim is getting better.”

“I’m going to remind him of this when he’s a sulky teenager.” Jon grumbled, wiping spit-up off his shoulder as best he could. “Look- no gossiping with Rhae about this, please. She thinks she’s such a good clandestine agent that she doesn’t always realize that Robb is better at sniffing out her plots than she thinks.”

“Alright-“ Sam sighed, looking back down at the massive stack of paperwork in front of him. “I make no promises for Gill, though.”

“Gilly could give some of my Uncle’s colleagues at the WIA a run for their money when it comes to withstanding interrogation.” Jon snorted.

“Probably true.”

“Where did your brother take Sansa?” Still holding onto a now much happier baby with one hand, he reached down the other to take a gulp of his own coffee.

“He said something about going out towards the Tyrell Estate.” Sam shrugged. “They probably drove out there to see the gardens- he’s said it’s a good road to take his bike out on.”

Jon promptly spat out his entire sip of coffee, staining the front of his shirt as well as the back, and frightening little Sam enough that he started to cry.

“He took her on his motorcycle?”

Gilly picked that moment to reappear, completely clean and with wet hair, blinking at the scene in front of her.

Sam, who couldn’t seem to stop laughing, was desperately trying to calm down the baby, who had started wailing, while Jon’s entire front was covered in coffee and his entire back was covered in baby vomit. Not that he seemed to notice, as his face was white and he was making a series of angry looking hand gestures at her husband.

“I really can’t leave you three alone for five minutes, can I?” she sighed. “Do I even want to know?”

[snowsandstones]

Though Queen Sansa Stark never wed again, she gave birth to a son early on in her reign securing the succession of the Northern kingdom. Prince Eddard Stark, second of his name, was legitimized by the Queen’s decree and named her heir. The Prince’s parentage remained unclear and the source of much rumors and gossip, nevertheless he was much loved by the Northerners for his grace and valour. While Eddard II strongly resembled his namesake and grandsire with his long solemn face and long dark hair, he was said to have his lady mother’s dark blue eyes though curiously, as Maester Samwell noted, in a certain light they almost seemed violet.

[greenhikingboots]

Dance With Me, Jon Snow

Hey there. So I’ve been sweetly tortured by a headcanon ever since I read @cappymightwrite anon meta, and now it’s time for you to be sweetly tortured by it too.

Wait! Last minute addition inserted right here! I’ve just realized I never actually finished Cappy’s meta. Sorry! The thing is, it’s super long and every time I’ve tried to finish it, I’ve gotten way too excited. Seriously. Such jittery energy. And then I have to scurry off to channel that energy into something like writing snippets of one-shots I’ve never posted. But basically, I think Cappy says way more brilliant stuff than I’m about to but doesn’t directly say my headcanon despite coming very, very close at some points.. So, yeah, I just wanted to clarify that distinction before moving ahead. ❤ Okay, let’s review! As Cappy’s meta taught us, “anon” means soon or shortly. That means when Alys uses the word in the passage below, she uses it incorrectly.

When Owen the Oaf began to dance with Patchface the fool, laughter echoed off the vaulted ceiling. The sight made Lady Alys smile. “Do you dance often, here at Castle Black?” “Every time we have a wedding, my lady.” “You could dance with me, you know. It would be only courteous. You danced with me anon.” “Anon?” teased Jon. “When we were children.” She tore off a bit of bread and threw it at him. “As you know well.” “My lady should dance with her husband.” — ADWD, Jon X

Cappy has some great stuff to say about this, though the strikethroughs and bracketed additions are mine. 😜

Jon immediately picks up on this fumble [and thinks of Sansa, as my headcanon will imply], though tellingly perhaps, he does not clarify this mix up to the reader, he simply repeats it quizzically and teasingly back to her. I’d wager that was very intentional on GRRM’s part — an instance where he is encouraging his reader to do a bit of investigative work, instead of offering up a clear explanation right there on the page. [once again hiding Jon’s direct thoughts of Sansa. That’s the headcanon, anyway. Give me a minute to explain it better.] 

So Alys uses “anon” incorrectly, but two Jon POV chapters later, he uses it correctly when thinking to himself. He’s watching the wildlings pass through the Wall. It’s taking all day. When they start to jostle each other, Jon realizes it’s more than impatience. It’s fear. And then there’s a new paragraph with the new anon line. 🆕

A snowflake danced upon the air. Then another. Dance with me, Jon Snow, he thought. You’ll dance with me anon. — ADWD, Jon XII

The line feels out of the blue to me, which got me thinking about another headcanon I’ve shared — the one I already linked in my bracketed additions above. Maybe you’ve read it before? It’s about the scene where Jon sees Val with Ghost, her physical description changes to be more like Sansa’s, and he thinks that it’s been a long time since he’s seen such a lovely sight. Then, two pages later, there’s the willowy creature line.

Val looked the part [of a princess] and rode as if she had been born on horseback. A warrior princess, he decided, not some willowy creature who sits up in a tower, brushing her hair and waiting for some knight to rescue her. — ADWD, Jon XII

Basically, I made the argument that even though it isn’t acknowledged on the page, Jon knew he’d briefly, unwillingly thought of Sansa. I wrote, “Go read it again, and I think you’ll see that when the willowy creature line happens, it actually feels like a weird logic leap. The dots aren’t connecting because one dot is missing!!!!” 🔍 To me, it seems like this second “anon” line is similar (but without Jon’s defensiveness which leads to a judgemental thought). In short, both are seemingly out of the blue because GRRM is hiding something from us. My evidence to support this is limited, but I do have some. As Cappy pointed out, Jon and Sansa both have memories of snowflakes falling on Robb’s hair the day they left Winterfell. Jon thinks about it a few more times than Sansa does, but here are some  examples from both of them, as a reminder. ❄

He remembered the day he had left Winterfell, all the bittersweet farewells; Bran lying broken, Robb with snow in his hair, Arya raining kisses on him after he'd given her Needle. — AGOT, Jon V He remembered Robb as he had last seen him, standing in the yard with snow melting in his auburn hair. — AGOT, Jon IX She had last seen snow the day she'd left Winterfell. That was a lighter fall than this, she remembered. Robb had melting flakes in his hair when he hugged me… — ASOS, Sansa VII

Let me come back to this in a second. I now want to make sure it’s very clear that Jon’s thoughts while the wildlings pass through the Wall — the second “anon” line in the book — are a callback to Alys, sure, but he isn’t quoting her, right? As previously established, she uses anon incorrectly whereas he uses it correctly. Plus she never says, “Dance with me, Jon Snow.” Those are not her words. 🚫 So what is Jon recalling in that moment, if not Aly’s wedding day? Well, I guess it could be argued that he isn’t recalling anything in paticular. It could be a pure daydream, a piece of foreshadowing and nothing else. But that doesn’t sit right with me. I think this line is a direct hint at moments from Jon and Sansa’s shared past. Because, correct me if I’m wrong, but the books have plenty of instances of characters repeating past conversations and quotes to themselves (“You know nothing, Jon Snow,” is one that leaps out at me, of course), but not instances of characters making up fake conversations that could happen in the future. So here’s my headcanon. “Dance with me, Jon Snow.” ← A younger, courteous Sansa who loves to dance tried to help Jon feel involved during some fancy feast where he’s mopping in the corner (to quote the show). Given the next line, he must have obliged. 🆗 “You’ll dance with me anon.” ← What Sansa said to Jon the day she left for King’s Landing and he left for the Wall. It was her way of saying, “This isn’t goodbye forever.” 💃 It’s the way they both think of Robb with snow melting in his hair that really does it for me. It’s so close to a shared memory, almost like they were in the courtyard at the same time. And yet GRRM doesn’t tell us about their final goodbyes to each other!? Yep, put another tally in the column labeled Jon Was Directly Thinking of Sansa In That Moment But We’re Not Supposed to Know That Yet. That’s my headcanon and I’m sticking to it. I’m never going to get around to putting into in a fic, so here’s a Tumblr post instead. 🎉

[curlspen]

My headcanon is Sansa loved pet names as a girl but grew to hate them after all the trauma with her abusers using them cruelly - and she only starts to love them again when Jon uses them.

[winterrose527]

~couple questions~

jonsa

4. How do they compare to each other's exes? Are they the same "type" or an upgrade/something different?

12. What struggle have they seen each other through?

15. What habits or characteristics have they picked up from each other?

18. Would they have kids together?

25. Who said "I love you" first?

27. What interests do they share? For interests they don't share, do they ever participate anyway?

Ooh thank you for these asks. I'm starting with jonsa because you're TOO kind to include the other ships. I'm going canon era rather than modern AU because it's just where I feel these babes the strongest.

Also apologies because this is horrifically long and nonsensical.

4. UPGRADE BABYYYYYYY. It's like, not even close. It's not even a little close. Sansa 'You're as different to Joffrey as anyone I've ever met' Stark. Jon 'She's the best they could ask for' Snow. They're such a wild upgrade on one another's past relationships - if one wants to call them that. And actually looking at those two quotes I love how singular they both are. Like it's not just 'you're great' it's 'you're the best', even when we didn't get them the way we wanted they are still just so much better than everything we were given.

12. What struggle haven't they seen each other through? But in all honesty I think the biggest thing that they personally share in common (I am saying personally because their entire family suffered the loss of one another, etc.) is the loss of agency. And it happens so soon for both of them. Sansa arguably never had that much of it, but Jon was a highborn bastard, he literally could have gone anywhere and done anything but he went to one of the most restrictive sects in the Seven Kingdoms. Sansa chooses a path to become Joffrey's queen. I think those two paths are really interesting because they're both ones that are chosen through their idealism, when as the reader you know that as Joffrey's Queen, Sansa would be his prisoner, and as a member of the Night's Watch, Jon will be the realm's prisoner.

That they are basically both choosing to not have real choices for the rest of their lives because they simply don't understand the implications of it.

And then I think both of their journeys are learning those implications and fighting against them when they could and surviving them when they had to.

I truly think that a lot of what we saw in Season 6 is that struggle with agency. How do they reclaim themselves when they are suddenly beholden to one another? You know you can almost see it in both of their eyes, even as relieved as they are to have found one another, there seems to be this sense of would it have been easier if I didn't? and I think that is where they clash, as they both somewhat overcorrect.

and I also think that is PART of what Sansa is so upset about when Jon returns with Daenerys. Yes, it's about the North and yes, I believe she's jealous, but I think Winterfell became a symbol of their agency and so when Jon gave it to Daenerys it wasn't only that he was giving away his own but that he was taking Sansa's too. Which is one of the reasons that in spite of everything there is something to that they'll have Ned Stark's daughter to speak for them. they could not hope for better. because it is almost an acknowledgment that she has healed more than he has, that she has learned her lesson in a way that will not allow her to forget it again.

Sorry I feel like I bungled that explanation & I know it's not a cheery 'resolved' thing but I don't think of Jonsa as resolved. I just think of them as complex and delicious and we could have had it allllllll

15. I love love love the call back of Jon behind his desk at the Night's Watch with Sansa behind hers at Winterfell. Also, I'm sorry, you cannot convince me that Sansa's 'Go on, I believe in you' is not at least a little inspired by Jon? like it's so different to anything else we've heard her say, it's so like... soldier to soldier goading, that there is no organic way she would have picked it up if not for spending time around him and his men and I just loved it?

but in all honesty, I think something that I like is that for the most part they really don't bleed into one another. they are such distinct people to me, and they each make the other more of themselves rather than blending into one another.

18. IF THE GODS WERE GOOD BABY GIRL. And like, I'm so glad that we've now taken out the stigma of Queen's ruling because JON SNOW IS A GIRL DAD JON SNOW WILL ALWAYS BE A GIRL DAD.

25. Oh gosh. I go back and forth on this one, but I think Jon felt it first and I think Sansa says it first.

27. Surviving is like a big one tbh. They like it so much. They're so good at. Others can die mad about it - oh wait they did.

In terms of hobbies, I don't see a ton of overlap, but I think they're very good at being with one another while they are doing their thing. And then when the kids come most of their 'hobbies' are centered around them so of course they're shared.

[agentrouka-blog]

headcanon: jon meets “Alayne” and when she tells him her name, he tells her it’s pretty and we get Sansa POV thrilled and blushing that he remembered

As in, he knows who she really is but they play along with the pretense for some reason? And then he invokes that memory for them both?

Awwww! :D

[cellsshapedlikestars]

When you write exasperated dog dad Jon it is so fun to read!

Ghost is an absolute troll that knows exactly what he's doing, except no one will ever believe Jon on this because Ghost is too cute

(per Sansa, Ghost is innocent of all crimes. Her defense: "would a good boy do that?")

[jackoshadows]

Reading posts about how marrying Sansa is going to be a reward for Jon Snow...

If these shippers had actually read the Jon and Sansa POV chapters in the books they would realize just how incompatible these two characters are. Reading fanfiction and made up headcanons disguised as 'meta' does not equate to the actual story and characters of the books.

Jon Snow would consider it a punishment to marry Sansa and vice versa. A Jon/Sansa marriage would basically be another Stannis/Selyse marriage.

Sansa was matchmaking Mya Stone with a much older, low born, 'not handsome' (in Sansa's opinion) freerider like Lothor Brune because, as a bastard, that's all Mya qualifies for in Sansa's eyes. As of the most recent book, Sansa would be shocked and disgusted if anyone tries to marry her off to a bastard. Over 5 books she hasn't shown the slightest bit of class consciousness. She would never mingle with Jon's friends at the Wall - Crows and Freefolk included - the way someone like Arya or Dany would.

Jon Snow in turn would treat her opinions with the same disdain he showed Selyse's ideas of decorum and his deputies' bigotry. He already has no patience for and scoffs at the songs and stories about valiant knights rescuing damsels in distress.

And by the way, do Jonsa shippers understand that Sansa is a distant last when it comes to Jon's affection and love for the Starks in the books?

After calling Arya his heart and his home, breaking his sworn oaths and dying to save her from a forced marriage in the most recent book - one of his last dying thoughts being of Arya - do Jonsa shippers really think that Sansa is going to suddenly and randomly supersede Jon's unconditional love and care for Arya in book 6?

What is it it about Sansa that is supposedly different now and which is going to change Jon's entire character, personality, relationships and motives - consistent over 5 books - to randomly be like - 'Oh I love Sansa now! She's the love of my life! Arya who?'

I am going to therefore assume that Jonsa shippers wanting Jon and Sansa to marry are okay with Arya always being number one in Jon's heart and affections when it comes to the Starks. Because that's how it is in the books and it's so very clear to anyone who has read the books.

[fandom-trash-goblin]

Jiang cheng for the ask game

Also asked my @jcs-singular-slut-strand my beloved <3<3<3 and another anon, i'll just put it here. this needs a lot more jin ling but i'm tired sorry

Favourite thing about them: the fact that jiang cheng isn't a genius like wwx. he works hard and he fails and he's still so fucking amazing. he's sandu shengshou, he's sect leader jiang, he's zidian's wielder, he's fucking amazing. jiang cheng goes from this:

the most laughable one was the Yunmeng Jiang Sect, the people of which either had been killed or had scattered, leaving only Jiang Cheng, who was younger than even Lan XiChen and was still a child born yesterday, who had nobody in his hands but still dared call himself sect leader, holding up the banner of rebellion as he recruited new disciples.

to one of the most feared people in the world. everyone needs to clap for him.

propoganda : sect leader jiang convincing rogue cultivators to join, the dichotomy of our poor little dangereuse meow meow, he's trying so hard but he's going the wrong way, man believes his big brother so deeply even when he wants him dead, his fearsome reputation comes from killing his brother but gosh he will cry if you mention that,

Least favourite thing about them: not a least favourite thing tbh just--i so badly wanted the reverse core reveal man. i wanted jiang cheng to throw it in wei wuxian's face that he sacrificed himself first. i know it's not his character, and it's better that way, but i want him to- and then i wanna see the devastation on wwx's face. delicious

Favourite line: this post has that variation of my father picked me five times in my entire life and it made me happy for months that i cannot bring myself to write so you should just click on the link. also, devastation->

the absolute variations of Wei Wuxian!

Don’t you understand? When you’re standing on their side, you’re the bizarre genius, the miraculous hero, the force of the rebellion, the flower that blooms alone. But the second your voice differs from theirs, you’ve lost your mind, you’ve ignored morality, you’ve walked the crooked path. You think you can be immune to all those condemnations as you stay outside of the world and do whatever you want? No such precedent has happened before!

Why do you want his forehead ribbon? To hang yourself and commit suicide? I can lend you my belt, you’re welcome.

Go ahead. What other bad news do you have to report?

something something If you insist on protecting them(the Wen side branch), then I can't protect you

brOTP: Jiang Cheng & Jin Ling. that's his jiujiu, man. you can fucketh right off if you wanna say anything bad. i would love love an explored dynamic between Jiang Cheng & Lan Qiren. also a possible wen ning & jiang cheng or lan wangji & jiang cheng but we are not gonna see it happen in this cannon lmao.

OTP: chengxian. here's why one, two, three, four (gif), five, six, seven (gif), eight (thoughts on different wavelengths), the absolute circles of them saving each other, the fucking golden core reveal scene. golden scene reveal part 2, between this and jonsa, i'm never beating the incest allegations

edit: jiang cheng will always forgive wei wuxian

nOTP: i started out with jiang cheng/lan xichen... but i don't really see it anymore. but i don't hate it either, i will read fics for it if i like the writing.

Random headcanon:

lichtenberg scars. many of them, glowing whenever he uses zidian. here's where i got it from.

man is a savant at politics even if he's loud and angry.

yunmeng jiang absolutely adores their sect leader. i will love you forever if you send me recs all of them. pretend i haven't read a single one.

Lan Qiren has a favourite student that year and his name was not LWJ. Person had the same initials as Jesus Christ.

Unpopular Opinion: liking Jiang Cheng itself might be an unpopular opinion, tbh. but. let me punch wen ning just once. once. i'm sure he's done nothing wrong in his life ever. but please. once

Song I associate with them: zero idea. i'll get back to you on this.

Favourite picture of them:

babey! i think we're underestimating the potential of disney princess jiang cheng // that's his whole damn world he loves them so much // the shepherd's favourite lamb vibes.

[steelivoryporcelain]

For the ask game: 26, 31, 32

#26 What are their vices?

Is being willing to kill anyone who so much as looks at Sansa the wrong way considered a vice? If so, that's Jon's.

This isn't a vice - but Jon does tease her about it regularly - which is her sweet tooth.

#31 Can they sit side by side without touching the other or are they handsy? (lacing fingers, touching knees, etc.)

They were able to sit side by side for the longest time without touching - they both thought they could live with the charged emotional space between them.

They are still of course very discreet about it though. Neither would put their hand on the other's knee while they sit at the high table, but they do find excuses for their knee to brush against the other's. They feel more comfortable with physical affection in private - they'll lace fingers while reading and answering correspondence and when they sit by the fire bed they hold hands as they talk about how their day went.

#32 Who's the better storyteller?

Sansa is, mostly because she spent a lot of time reading as a mental escape while she was in King's Landing.

[esther-dot]

I miss Jonsa so much but I miss the fandom so much more. I missed the emotion of coming to tumblr and always finding theories of what would happen next, great authors writing brilliant fics, just people enjoying art and talking about it for so many years. There were chat groups and so many ways to share your theories and analysis time and time again. Even when season 7-8 aired and we suffered and got frustrated and sad together.... it was wonderful it was a shared experience but now there are really few people still in the fandom and it's just sad that now feels so lonely when it used to be my comfort place.

I’m so sorry you feel that way, anon! I chose to leave the one jonsa discord I was part of not long after joining it, so I don’t feel quite the same sense of loss, although I sympathize with your feelings of bereavement. The tags aren’t as active as they once were, but considering how much we hated how they wrote Jon and how long ago GoT ended, I think our fandom does a remarkable job in still finding things to talk about. We still occasionally get new art (lovely, gorgeous, pls we are not worthy more here), we still have active fic writers (a writer of all AUs, modern AUs, on a crime and horror kick, historical and canon-verse AUs, so many more authors -fic tag!), and we even still get new gifsets and so many parallels!

I understand it isn’t the same, your favorite writer may have left the fandom, there isn’t a constant flow of new content, but it makes me even more grateful for those who still do attempt to contribute to the fandom, by creating or by encouraging those who do, by simply reblogging or leaving a comment or sending an ask. It will never be the same, but still find so much joy in our little corner of the fandom.

Also, the announcement of the Jonsquel has some show fans occasionally poking their heads in, so when we get a release date for that, I think there are a lot of people ready to get the buzz again! If you want to dm, I’ll happily chat about GoT with you, or feel free to send asks with headcanons etc. Many of us still enjoy talking about jonsa even if we aren't spontaneously overflowing with ideas!

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

What does this brydeswhale person have against you? I saw them shitting on Jon secretly giving lessons to arya post. As if au ideas are made with strict adherence to societal norms of the imagined time period after extensive research. They are kind of like obsessed with you

You probably mean this reply to my Jon-Arya post:

I don't know why they decided to reply to a couple of posts of mine but I do hope that Jonsas will stop interacting with my posts. They obviously don't care enough about either Jon or Arya so their opinions aren't welcomed in my posts.

It is hilarious though that they attacked me on the grounds that according to them my headcanon doesn't work in a real medieval society. Because their headcanon of Jon having feelings for Sansa doesn't work and goes against his characterization in the actual books. Maybe if they spend less time stalking blogs they dislike and more reading the actual books they would have a better understanding of its characters.

[snowsandstones]

I want to headcanon that deep down Ned hoped that one day it would be safe for the truth to be out and that he could betroth them:

My Joff and your Sansa shall join our houses, as Lyanna and I might once have done." This offer did surprise him. "Sansa is only eleven.

"He offers his own son in marriage to our daughter, what else would you call that? Sansa might someday be queen. Her sons could rule from the Wall to the mountains of Dorne. What is so wrong with that?" “Gods, Catelyn, Sansa is only eleven," Ned said. "And Joffrey … Joffrey is …" She finished for him. "… crown prince, and heir to the Iron Throne. And I was only twelve when my father promised me to your brother Brandon."

How can you be so damnably cruel, Catelyn? He is only a boy. He—” His fury was on him. He might have said more, and worse, but Maester Luwin cut in. “Another solution presents itself,” he said, his voice quiet. “Your brother Benjen came to me about Jon a few days ago. It seems the boy aspires to take the black.” Ned looked shocked. “He asked to join the Night’s Watch?”

Maester Luwin said, “There is great honor in service on the Wall, my lord.” “And even a bastard may rise high in the Night’s Watch,” Ned reflected. Still, his voice was troubled. “Jon is so young. If he asked this when he was a man grown, that would be one thing, but a boy of fourteen…”

Ned turned away from them to gaze out the window, his long face silent and thoughtful. Finally he sighed, and turned back. “Very well,” he said to Maester Luwin. “I suppose it is for the best.

But even when Robert was out of the way he never got a chance to talk to them again :(

Someday, when Sansa was grown, he would have to tell her how she had made it all come clear for him.

The thought of Jon filled Ned with a sense of shame, and a sorrow too deep for words. If only he could see the boy again, sit and talk with him…



[greenhikingboots]

ser shadrich the mad mouse is howland reed, and he will be killed while trying to help Sansa and this is important to GRRM so that howland reed is no longer available to reveal to Jon the truth about his parents.

but he might reveal it to Sansa as he struggles through his last breaths, who then withholds the information from Jon because she wants the North to rally around them. and this withholding of truth, rather than sharing it when asked not to like in the show, could be the thing that eventually causes strife between them.

of course they work it by the end and we’ll get Jonsa but, oh, the angst in the meantime!

these are my headcanons and the hills I will die on unless GRRM ever finishes those books.

(i will be back later with the best canon scene to support the mad mouse = howland reed theory.)

[joanna-lannister]

20 QUESTIONS FOR FIC WRITERS  

Thank you so much @damadisangue for the tag ❤️✨

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 

22  

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 

124,715

3. What fandoms do you write for?  

I wrote for so many fandoms over the years, but from now on I mainly focus and write for Game of Thrones, only Jaime and Cersei, tho I would love to write a full Jonsa fic.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?   

all of us, intertwined 

i'll kidnap all the stars, and i will keep them in your eyes

sweetest devotion

kiss you twice 'cause it's gonna be alright 

give you my wild, give you a child 

5. Do you respond to comments? 

Yes, I always try to reply! I think it's important to thank people who took the time to read and leave you a comment. Also, it allows to engage the conversation with your readers, and I love that.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? 

I would say "grieving for the living", because even if there is hope at end, Jaime is still dead so...

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? 

Hmmm, maybe "all of us, intertwined"? It's not the kind of fic that get an ending, but Jaime and Cersei are def happy and thriving here.

8. Do you get hate on fics? 

Strangely no? That's what I was worried about when I started posting because *incest*, but I never got hate.  

9. Do you write smut? 

LOL Yes, even if it's a struggle to write it 😭  

10. Do you write crossovers?

No, I'm not really interested in it? But I can always write an AU inspired by another world.  

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?  

As far as I know, no. 

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope.  

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?  

No, and I'm not sure I could do it.

 14. What’s your all-time favorite ship? 

Obviously Jaime and Cersei ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ They gave me everything I wanted.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? 

THE BOARDING SCHOOL AU 😭 I started this years ago, and I have never been able to complete at least the first chapter.

16. What are your writing strengths? 

Ahah good question 😅 I'd say the feelings of the characters?

17. What are your writing weaknesses? 

Gosh, the descriptions. I feel like it lacks poetry when it comes to the descriptions, and it's too bland.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? 

Hell yeah, I'm all for it! I'm French and I headcanon Modern!Cersei being fluent in it (and also in Italian). 

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (for Spuffy)

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Either "give you my wild, give you a child" or "grieving for the living", I always rotate between those two, and I think I'll never top the work I put in those fics.

tagging: @spnyuri @musical-chick-13 @bellamyblakru @aegonx and anyone who wants to do it.