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Jonerys Week Day 4: Role Reversal
King Jon Targaryen raised a lot of eyebrows in Westeros with the recent annoucement of his engagement with none other than Daenerys Blackfyre, the last remanant from the bastard line of his royal family.
“They love each other”, says our source. “You can just see it in their faces when they’re together. Jon is even smiling lately!”
Why do Dany antis think Dany gave herself her titles? Like the amount of times people rant about how she must be "so conceited" to have all those titles, like do they not know how titles work in ASOIAF? This is rhetorical of course, I know the answer, hatred of her character and that shit show. So, since D&D chose not to explain to them in simple terms how titles come to be and how Dany earned hers, I will (don't worry, I'll use small words since they so clearly struggle with media literacy).
So how do titles work in ASOIAF? Simple, their awarded by others. If someone gives themself a title it's not acknowledged by others, simple Medieval European rules. We see examples in Aegon the Conqueror, Maegor the Cruel Jaehaerys the Conciliator, Rhaenyra the Realm's Delight/Black Queen, Aegon the Usurper, Aegon the Unlucky, Baelor the Blessed, Daeron the Young Dragon, Aegon the Unworthy, Aemon the Dragonknight, Daeron the Good, Aegon the Unlikely, and Aerys the Mad King. Yes, I decided to do all Targaryen examples, because why not use Dany's family.
Each of these titles were given because of the attributes or accomplishments of their owners. Aegon I conquered the Seven Kingdoms, Maegor usurped and killed his family members (and much more), Jaehaerys stabilized the kingdom, Rhaenyra was greatly loved by the realm as a child and her faction were called the Blacks after her clothing. I could explain everyone on the list, but that would take forever and we have a lot to get to. However, I believe I have made my point about titles, they are given, sometimes posthumously, by those around them because of what that person has done or what they're like.
Dany's titles are no different, she earned them and/or was given them by those around her. These titles are: Stormborn, Princess of Dragonstone, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, and Breaker of Shackles/Chains. I'm going to go in order and say how she got these titles, since apparently that needs explaining. I'll even go into Queen of the Seven Kingdoms (etc) and Queen of Meereen, in case someone wants to bring that up.
Stormborn was given to her by her mother, Queen Rhaella, upon Dany's birth, same for Princess of Dragonstone actually. Dany was born on the night of a terrible storm that destroyed what was left of the Targaryen fleet. She was also born after her family had been almost wiped out and Westeros was in the middle of massive civil upheaval. Hence, Stormborn. Now, Rhaella and Viserys both believed he and Dany were the rightful heirs to the throne after Aerys and Rhaegar's deaths, so Viserys was crowned king of the Seven Kingdoms and Dany was made his heir until he had children. The heir to the throne was traditionally given the title of prince/princess of Dragonstone, so that's why Dany was given it.
Fast forward thirteen (or sixteen in the show) years and Dany is married off to Khal Drogo, this marriage makes her a Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea. And since the position of Khaleesi is a bit of a lifetime thing, since after the Khal's death they join the Dosh Khaleen. Therefore, Dany will carry the title of Khaleesi for the rest of her life. She also became the leader of her own Khalasar, making the female equivalent of Khal an appropriate title.
But before she gained her Khalasar, she earned the titles Unburnt and Mother of Dragons on the same occasion. This was, of course, when she woke her dragons from stone. Dany walked into the fire of Drogo's pyre and was unscathed (except for her hair in the book). Because of that her people called her the Unburnt and told others. As for Mother of Dragons, Jorah and her Khalasar call her this first, then it spreads to Qarth, Astapor, and eventually Westeros. As for where it came from, well, she literally hatched three dragons that nursed from her (book).
Next up, the Breaker of Shackles/Chains. This is a title Dany earned after the events of Astapor, where she freed the Unsullied and helped lead a city-wide slave revolt. More specifically this name came from her order to the Unsullied, "Strike the chains off every slave you see," After the events in Astapor, the Unsullied and other slaves named her the Breaker of Shackles/Chains. This name spread across Slaver's Bay, to the rest of Essos and Westeros. Dany makes this name into an official title as a warning to the slavers, she is coming to free the people they enslaved. In Meereen, it's used as a reminder of the new order she was instituting, one that wasn't built on the backs of slaves. In Westeros it's a sign of her achievements and shows her intentions, to help the downtrodden and oppressed, even though the show decided to throw that out the window to "subvert expectations".
Now, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, etc, and Queen of Meereen are the only titles that it could be argued she gave herself. However, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms is her inheritance, at least she was taught it was (if you want to argue about new dynasties and such). She was Viserys' heir, so, when he died, his titles and responsibilities were passed to here. This means that technically the title was given to her lol, but she did choose to pursue it. After all, she was raised by Viserys to believe it was not only her birthright but also her duty to retake Westeros for first Rhaego, then herself. We see this line and thinking time and again in her chapters,
"If I were not the blood of the dragon...this could be my home." (AGOT) This is said about staying in the Dothraki Sea, and the same quote comes up in Meereen. Dany wants a simple life, the house with the red door, but she rejects it because she believes it's her duty to take the IT, her responsibility to her family.
A similar sense of duty is what drives Dany to take Meereen and rule it. At this point Yunkai has fallen back into slavery and Astapor is falling apart, so Dany learns from her previous choices and chooses to stay in Meereen to try to ensure the slaves she freed there don't fall back into slavery. Now the show really fucked up her storyline in Meereen, by removing the threats of Yunkai, Qarth, and Volantis as well as greatly reducing the actions of the Harpy and just straight up trying to make Hizdahr a "good guy". But both in the show and the books, Dany takes Meereen because of the rapant injustice of slavery, why is that so hated by certain parts of the fandom? Well the answer to that is because hatred of Dany is so deep in some people that they will demonize everything she does, even the things that are objectively right. This mentality causes them to be willfully blind to her titles and their significance.
Dany's titles were made to set her apart from her ancestors and contemporaries. The show damaged this by neglecting to actually show how titles work and by not giving any new ones to people who deserve them (Jon Snow for example). But either way, her titles show how Dany has done more in her sixteen years of life (about 20-22) than almost anyone else has done in their 40+. Her titles are signs of how respected and loved she is by her people, they are reasons her enemies should fear her, and they demonstrate how inspiring her character is, no matter how the shit show ruined her.
7.17 - The Born-Again Identity - for DESTIEL’S 2ND ANNIVERSARY EVENT by @destiversary - Day 4: Season 7
HOME ALONE (1990) dir. Chris Columbus
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A Very Supernatural Christmas (3x08) December 13th, 2007
Jon serving as Mormont's steward and Arya serving as Bolton's cupbearer is such an underrated parallel. While their circumstances are completely different, the actual details of their jobs are pretty much the same. They're taking on servile positions where they're waiting on a person in power, which gives them access to privileged information, shows the inner workings of the politics, and gives them unofficial instruction on leadership. Both Jon and Arya even use their position as a powerful person's steward/cupbearer to convince others that what they're doing is on the orders of the person they serve. Its not lol
While this position is presented as a reward for Arya (which it is), Jon takes offense to it until Sam explains that this position puts him on the path to leadership. And that's true. Serving a person in power is usually treated as a type of internship for young nobles and royals. Rhaenyra became her father's cupbearer once she became his heir so she could attend small council meetings and court sessions, the same way Arya and Jon are both present for meetings that they otherwise wouldn't have access to. It was similar with Aegon V who served during council meetings when he was a child.
Roose doesn't intend for this to be an internship for Arya the way Mormont foes for Jon, but it's likely the author's intent for her in this case.
“No,” Jon Snow said, horrified. “I wouldn’t …”
“No? Never?” Tyrion raised an eyebrow. “Well, no doubt the Starks have been terribly good to you. I’m certain Lady Stark treats you as if you were one of her own. And your brother Robb, he’s always been kind, and why not? He gets Winterfell and you get the Wall. And your father … he must have good reasons for packing you off to the Night’s Watch …”
Tyrion was the last to retire, as always. As he stepped into the shelter his men had built for him, he paused and looked back at Jon Snow. The boy stood near the fire, his face still and hard, looking deep into the flames.
Tyrion Lannister smiled sadly and went to bed.
TYRION APPRECIATION MONTH
Day 2: Favorite Chapters || A Game of Thrones, Tyrion II
“(…) the flowers smelt so sweet as the dew fell; it was such a pleasant evening, so serene, so warm; (…)”
— Charlotte Bronte, from Jane Eyre
me: I'll just write a cute little (somewhat raunchy) oneshot for Valentine's Day, maybe a moodboard idk...
brain, vibrating with excitement: multi-chapter, multi-chapter, multi-chapter!!!
me: NO
brain: PLOT! ANGST! TAYLOR SWIFT! PLAYLIST!!!!!!!
me (who told myself no more multi-chapters until I finished my WIPS glaring with my arms crossed): ...fine
brain: YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!
Look, I’m sure Dad would have been here if he could. If he’s alive.
#JonerysWinterWonderland2023 and #SnowxStormWorld
So I did a thing and it’s quite the last minute thanks to @libradoodle1 for the little push. She won’t take any credit for it but it wouldn’t have happened otherwise!
A Jonerys winter engagement surprise! ✨❄️💍 ✨
@snowxstormworld
Such a beautiful looking couple!!! 🥰
Valonqar Prophecy
Jaime, Cersei, and Brienne have the most fucked up love triangle in history and I'm obsessed
BRAN & JON SHARING A WOLF DREAM
While Jon is traveling with Halfhand's team on the Skirling Pass beyond the Wall, he has a wolf dream. What makes it so interesting is that Bran also appears on it.
At first, Jon dreams of the direwolves. He thinks how they used to be six but now only five remained ( referring to Lady's death) and how they are all apart from each other.
Then, Ghost ( or Jon who shares his direwolf's mind) howls. It's interesting that the direwolf who never makes a sound, is acting different within the wolf dream:
He sat on his haunches and lifted his head to the darkening sky, and his cry echoed through the forest, a long lonely mournful sound.
It's Bran who listens to Ghost's howling and answers. Bran who is miles away hiding in Winterfell's crypts. It's interesting to note that the communication doesn't happen through weirwood because neither Bran nor Jon are close to any weirwood tree.
Jon?
The call came from behind him, softer than a whisper, but strong too. Can a shout be silent? He turned his head searching for his brother, for a glimpse of a lean grey shape moving beneath the trees, but there was nothing, only...
A weirwood
The weirwood Jon sees is more slender than the usual ones and still growing- perhaps bc Bran is still small/ hasn't even started his apprenticeship under Bloodraven. Also it has Bran's face and three eyes- foreshadowing for Bran taking Bloodraven's place as the three eyed crow? Or maybe simply foreshadows Bran becoming the pupil of the three eyed crow, something he accomplished in ADWD.
Another interesting passage is about the weirwood/Bran's smell:
He sniffed at the bark, smelled wolf and tree and boy, but behind that there were other scents, the rich brown smell of warm earth and the hard grey smell of stone and something terrible. Death, he knew.
It's possible that death foreshadows the fate of Bran Stark. Maybe Bran Stark the child needs to symbolically die, in order for the Bran the greenseer to rise. But it could also hint to the darker side of greensight. We know that human sacrifices were performed in front of weirwood tree. And as the end of ADWD we also know that something sinister is happening in Bloodraven's cave.
Finally, Bran reaches out to Jon like the three eyed crow had once done to him and instructs him how to see through Ghost's eyes. Jon is no longer only inside his wolf dream but also wargs into the awaken Ghost.
We know that Bran is a more powerful greenseer than Bloodraven because he's able to also communicate with the people who appear in his visions. Here it's shown once again how powerful he is because he didn't even need to be near to a weirwood in order to travel to his brother's dream.
As for Jon, I think it's possible that he's not only a warg but also a greenseer himself. And that's why Bran is telling him to open his eyes (like Bloodraven once told Bran). After all, as far as I can recall Bran didn't have a similar shared dream with any other of his siblings.
I'm looking forward to see them interact more via shared visions/dreams on TWOW once Jon is resurrected. And I believe it's possible that Bran will be able to reach out to Jon even while he remains stuck between life and death.
For all Jonerys fans! S8 was not the ending, the real story of Ice and Fire, of Jon and Dany, begins now! Resurrections, evil ravens, true monarchs, magic, love, beauty, bravery and more in my post s8 Jonerys fanfics "A love of Ice and Fire" and "A Love of Spring", the latter divided in four parts! Only on Wattpad (and only in Italian for the moment, but I plan to translate them in english when they'll be over!)
Fans della Jonerys! L'ottava stagione non è stata il capolinea, le vere cronache del Ghiaccio e del Fuoco, di Jon e Dany, iniziano ora! Tra resurrezioni, perfidi corvi, degni sovrani, magia, amore, bellezza, coraggio e molto altro ancora vi attendeno nelle mie storie ambientate dopo la sciagurata s8 "A Love of Ice and Fire" e la finora suddivisa in quattro parti "A Love of Spring"! Solo su Wattpad!
My Wattpad profile/ il mio profilo Wattpad
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I like to think that Lady enjoyed music as much as Sansa does :D