So what is the future for Jonerys?
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 6:17 pm
I've been giving this relationship and the challenge created by the revelation that the two are nephew and aunt some thought. Specifically, before seeing any spoilers for S8, I wanted to think how the relationship could play out and it seems to me that there are only a few broad possibilities and some are more likely than others.
(1) Jon and Dany find out they're related, but aren't that disturbed really and carry on almost as if nothing is amiss, completely subverting audience expectations. Now, this might coincide with a surprising acceptance on the part of others, or hostility from others.
(2) Jon and Dany find out they're related and this leads to some sort of emotional estrangement which is permanent throughout season 8. The two characters never resurrect their romance, no marriage happens and if a child is born, it is born with the two parents separated physically and with the possibility of at least one parent dying anyway in the end without the romance being rekindled.
(3) Jon and Dany find out they're related and this leads to some sort of temporary separation in season 8 where at least one of the two breaks off the romance and perhaps distances themselves emotionally and/ or geographically from the other. However, at some point later in the season, they finally come to terms with their feelings for the other and return to confirm their love which they cannot deny it no matter how much they try. After this, the relationship could become 'official' through marriage or it could be very temporary before one of the two tragically dies (the death may be what causes the other to come back anyway, or the knowledge of a pregnancy).
(4) Jon and Dany find out they're related and this leads to a permanent end to their romance, but politics and the prospect of a child means that their relationship is made official out of a sense of responsibility. This is like (3) in many ways but Jon and Dany never emotionally 'recover' from the revelation that they're related and simply decide to 'make it work' for the good of the kingdom resulting in a political marriage.
(5) Jon and Dany never find out they're related, either because those who know they are end up deciding not to reveal it because the truth would do more harm than good, or because fate transpires that those who know are killed and so the truth 'dies' with them.
(6) Jon and Dany find out they're related and either are okay with this immediately or, as in (3), they struggle with it for some time before continuing their romance, except no one but them, Bran and Sam know and everyone decides (or again, fate transpires) that the truth will not become public.
So there you go. Now, out of (1) to (6), what would be your preference and why? Also, which of these do you think is the most likely and the least likely (most likely doesn't have to be what you'd prefer after all).
(1) Jon and Dany find out they're related, but aren't that disturbed really and carry on almost as if nothing is amiss, completely subverting audience expectations. Now, this might coincide with a surprising acceptance on the part of others, or hostility from others.
(2) Jon and Dany find out they're related and this leads to some sort of emotional estrangement which is permanent throughout season 8. The two characters never resurrect their romance, no marriage happens and if a child is born, it is born with the two parents separated physically and with the possibility of at least one parent dying anyway in the end without the romance being rekindled.
(3) Jon and Dany find out they're related and this leads to some sort of temporary separation in season 8 where at least one of the two breaks off the romance and perhaps distances themselves emotionally and/ or geographically from the other. However, at some point later in the season, they finally come to terms with their feelings for the other and return to confirm their love which they cannot deny it no matter how much they try. After this, the relationship could become 'official' through marriage or it could be very temporary before one of the two tragically dies (the death may be what causes the other to come back anyway, or the knowledge of a pregnancy).
(4) Jon and Dany find out they're related and this leads to a permanent end to their romance, but politics and the prospect of a child means that their relationship is made official out of a sense of responsibility. This is like (3) in many ways but Jon and Dany never emotionally 'recover' from the revelation that they're related and simply decide to 'make it work' for the good of the kingdom resulting in a political marriage.
(5) Jon and Dany never find out they're related, either because those who know they are end up deciding not to reveal it because the truth would do more harm than good, or because fate transpires that those who know are killed and so the truth 'dies' with them.
(6) Jon and Dany find out they're related and either are okay with this immediately or, as in (3), they struggle with it for some time before continuing their romance, except no one but them, Bran and Sam know and everyone decides (or again, fate transpires) that the truth will not become public.
So there you go. Now, out of (1) to (6), what would be your preference and why? Also, which of these do you think is the most likely and the least likely (most likely doesn't have to be what you'd prefer after all).