The original aSoIaF synopsis

I suddenly woke last night, with a bran type moment. thinking sansa.

Yes, i am obsessed.

Sansa will marry Jon Snow!

after reading the synopsis and noting Arya different original plot, it came to me that Sansa has replaced much of Arya Original plot, meaning Sansa will marry Jon Snow. I've always been confused as to how she fitted into the end, now it makes sense.

Sansa gets her knight in shining armour, ironically black and right under her nose at the start, and hated by her mother.
Sansa and Jon mirrors Rhaegar and lyanna.
Sansa is similar in looks to ygritte.

They will probably end up in Winterfell and then one of them probably dies, bittersweet ending for the starks.

What does everyone else think?

Sansa isn't Arya though. They were never close and Sansa would never consider him as her story is taking a different path. If Sansa survives, it will be as a queen on Aegon's side. She'll either win that way or die.
 
I agree they were never close, but when she meets him this time he will be Lord Commander (or Lord of Winterfell) and a targayen not a *******, and she will not be influnenced by her mother. They will also have gone through their journeys and come full circle back to Winterfell (probably), and with the comparisons to Rhaegar and Lyanna its perfect.

So that just leaves Arya to assasinate Tommen or Dany on the throne, and it's a work of genius!
 
I agree they were never close, but when she meets him this time he will be Lord Commander (or Lord of Winterfell) and a targayen not a *******, and she will not be influnenced by her mother. They will also have gone through their journeys and come full circle back to Winterfell (probably), and with the comparisons to Rhaegar and Lyanna its perfect.

So that just leaves Arya to assasinate Tommen or Dany on the throne, and it's a work of genius!

However, Sansa learned not to trust status now. Jon will be a stranger to her and she'll be guided by Middlefinger. If she'll end up with any Targaryen, it will be Aegon because he has more to offer. She is growing up towards that. Furthermore, Sansa does not hold Arya's role from the original in any way but as Tyrion's wife TBH and there is no actual romance there for she never grew close him. The parallel doesn't stand unfortunately.
 
I've posted elsewhere, but let me summarize here.

Dany needs two more heads to rule, two more riders to effectively use dragons. These two should be of Targaryen blood especially if Dany is truly barren. If she is, then one (preferably a male) must be of Targ blood to continue dynasty... and one must be female to carry the seed. Male contenders are Aegon, Tyrion, Jaime, Tommen, Jon, Aurane... all of them my be Targs. She'll never reconcile with Jaime or Tommen. Aegon and Aurane will be Valyrians, but not Targs. Tyrion may be infertile. Jon may be dead, but that can be dealt with. Oh yeah... Jon can also communicate with animals... and that may be the quality that gets him the job.

Dany will need a surrogate mother of high noble Westerosi birth. Myrcella, Cersei, Arianne, Asha, Margaery, Arya, and Sansa are the only unmarried women with direct blood ties to the major families. Dany cannot reconcile with Myrcella or Cersei even if they are Targs. The Tyrells and Martells supported the Targs during the rebellion, but Margaery is in so deep with the Lannisters that it may be politically necessary to take her head... while Arianne is the heir to Dorne and an ambitious player. Asha is very much a wild card (GRRM likes those) and with her uncle in open rebellion will she even carry any political clout? Arya and Sansa both have the ability to bond with a dragon, but both are MIA. We all think Arya will break with the Faceless Men and carry out her own plans, but will they let her just walk away? Sansa is also a rising player. With Bran out of the way, Sansa is second in Stark line, third in Arryn line, fourth in Tully line, and third in Lannister line of succession (it all depends upon a friendly face sitting the Iron Throne). No one else in the Seven Kingdoms is so connected. No one else could possibly bring in the rebellious families of the North and the Riverlands (except maybe Rickon or Robb's unborn child). Sansa and Arianne are the only real choices for Dany... and Sansa brings much more to the table.

Here's where I insert my prediction... I'll omit a name to keep it from being a total spoiler...

(Besides... Arianne is soon going to get her secret wish to be captured and ravished by an outlaw lord. Arianne's capture could put her pregnant with a child of a potential male Targaryen. This could be good news for Dany. She'll want a female capable of reproduction... in the end that's what really matters.)

Go back and reread Jon's chapters after he meets Ygritte. You'll be stunned at the sheer volume of comparisons he makes between Ygritte and Arya. This leads me to jump to two conclusions (I don't care if I'm hasty, I just need them to fit). First, Jon likes redheads, but longs for a civilized relationship. Second, Jon has always desired tender love, i.e. a closeness to the Starks... especially through a female. Jon was as close to Eddard as a ******* could be and Jon was really close to Robb and Bran. But he never had a mother, Catelyn rejected him, and all his tender love was given to the Stark girls. Arya embraced it, but Sansa rejected it. If Jon and Dany learn that Jon is a Targ (I believe he is Aerys' son, Dany's elder brother) and that Rhaegar, Lyanna, Eddard and Benjen conspired to hide Jon, then mayhaps Jon will leave the NW (he's done it twice before) to ride a dragon.

Sansa has learned that life is not a song. She's no longer looking to marry for love. By the time Dany arrives, Sansa will be ready to marry to ensure power to protect herself and her offspring.

That is how I put Jon and Sansa in bed together.

Now if you go back to the letter. How can Tyrion have feelings for Arya? The only time they were in the same room together was for the feast at Winterfell.... that was like four hundred chapters and six years ago! But Tyrion is still legally married to Sansa... Tyrion actually wanted to love her, actually wanted her to love him. GRRM's original idea of a love triangle is still alive and well... Sansa, Jon, and Tyrion. And all three may be central to the establishment of Dany's reign.
 
I think putting Jon and Sansa together would be incredibly lame. I see the Iron Throne being dissolved by the end of the story.
 
@Boaz Hey! That's my scenario for Aegon x Sansa. And just so you know, Aegon has a greater claim than Jon no matter if Jon is Aerys' or Rhaegar's. If Jon is Aerys', then Aegon has a claim. Son before brother since Rhaegar was the one in line to inherit. If Jon is Rhaegar's son, then Jon is the younger one and Aegon has the better claim again. ;p
 
@Boaz Hey! That's my scenario for Aegon x Sansa. And just so you know, Aegon has a greater claim than Jon no matter if Jon is Aerys' or Rhaegar's. If Jon is Aerys', then Aegon has a claim. Son before brother since Rhaegar was the one in line to inherit. If Jon is Rhaegar's son, then Jon is the younger one and Aegon has the better claim again. ;p

Except, i genuinely believe Aegon to be a fake.
 
Since Martin was highly inspired by War of Roses England said:
Just thought I'd mention, as something of an amateur student of the period, that in 15th century England marrying one's cousin was rare and frowned upon. Among the noble classes it only occured between very distant cousins (Richard Duke of York). It was the Spanish nobles who were the real inbreeders at that time, hence why Katherine of Aragon was only ably to bear one healthy child who herself was unable to conceive.
 
Warning! Spoilers, or mayhaps just conjecture, regarding the previous and upcoming deaths of some characters...

Brian, it could be Jon and Arya.

I think we all agree Arya will go back to Westeros to unleash her killing powers. Will she still be associated with the Faceless Men? If so, then who would be her target or targets? Dany, Aegon, Tommen, Myrcella, Margaery, Cersei, Jaime, Tyrion, Connington, Doran, Arianne, Sansa, Littlefinger, and Varys could all either claim the throne or be the power behind the throne and thus are candidates for expensive assassination. Other candidates to upset plans for the Iron Throne include Stannis, Melisandre, Jon, Mace Tyrell, Olenna Tyrell, Roose Bolton, Walder Frey, and Euron Greyjoy. But what if Arya is working on her own revenge? The list grows smaller... Cersei, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, Dunsen, and Raff the Sweetling (he will die soon) are the only characters on Arya's prayer list who are officially still alive. Of course when Arya finds out that the Hound is alive and the Mountain is now undead, she'll want them back on the list.

So if Arya is assigned the task of assassination in King's Landing, she might easily throw in a number of freebies as well.

What if someone contracted for Littlefinger and Sansa? What would Arya do?

What if Arya was assigned to kill Tyrion and Sansa, but found out that Cersei was the contractor?

As for the Jon, Tyrion, Arya triangle... Arya has shown herself unconcerned by physical deformity. She put up with Sandor for a long time. She unabashedly picked the grave worm from the old man's face. She's been friends with lords, ladies, butcher's sons, bastards, cooks, smiths, assassins, fishmongers, whores, and murderers. Young, old, hale, sick, rich, poor... Arya has known them all. She would not balk at dwarfism, facial scars, but what about necrophilia? I'm hoping GRRM draws the line there.

Jon already unknowingly carries a torch for Arya. He knew he was her closest family at Winterfell. She's the only one to whom he gave a gift. He constantly compared Ygritte to Arya, not Arya to Ygritte. He sent a rescue party when he heard she was back in the North. He forsook his vows for the second time (third time by Bowen Marsh's reckoning) in order to save Arya.

Arya already unknowingly carries a torch for Jon. He was her closest family. He gave her Needle... which she still has against all odds. She lost her father, her sister, her mother, her brothers, her wolf, her identity, her innocence, her friends, her place in life.... but she still has Needle. It is her one tangible link to normalcy, to who she was born to be, to who she was supposed to be, to the one remaining person who loves her.... the person who calmed her fears, the person who listened to her, the person who showed her it was okay to fight, the first person who believed in her vision of herself.

Tyrion does not even know Arya. But he'll be impressed when he finds out that she can look beyond physical and social trappings. That he could find a Stark girl who is not repulsed by him and because he has his own severe issues with his own siblings, Tyrion may find great appeal in trying to snub Sansa by replacing her with Arya. But all in all, I don't see a real connection between Arya and Tyrion.

I think Jonya is much more likely than Tyrya. Hey, if we can have power couples, then why not the Westerosi? I was the one who coined SanSan (Sandor, the Hound, and Sansa) back in '05-'06... and I have a sneaking suspicion the American tabloids stole BenJen from GRRM. Anyway, Tysan is more likely than Tyrya. But between Jonya and Jonsan, I dunno. But just remember.... the dragon has three heads... and that power coupling will be high voltage... Danjonsan? Dantyrsan? Hmmmm, what about DanEggSan? DanAriEgg? DanTyrJaim?
 
I think Jonya is much more likely than Tyrya. Hey, if we can have power couples, then why not the Westerosi? I was the one who coined SanSan (Sandor, the Hound, and Sansa) back in '05-'06... and I have a sneaking suspicion the American tabloids stole BenJen from GRRM. Anyway, Tysan is more likely than Tyrya. But between Jonya and Jonsan, I dunno. But just remember.... the dragon has three heads... and that power coupling will be high voltage... Danjonsan? Dantyrsan? Hmmmm, what about DanEggSan? DanAriEgg? DanTyrJaim?

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mtzGr, too funny!

In the letter, GRRM stated that Jon's actual parents would be revealed at the end. Okay. So what? Well, who will care at the end? I doubt anyone other than Arya, Sansa, Bran, and Rickon will find it interesting... oh, and Jon himself. This means that Jon will live until at least halfway through the last book... I think. Et tu, Boaz?
 
@Brian Turner , if you see this, pretty please change the title. T.T aSoFaI into aSoIaF. Pretty please. My OCD will drive me nuts.

I care Boaz. I don't care if any character cares or finds it interesting at this point. Each time I reread ASOIAF, I am looking for hints and counter-hints at his parentage. At this point, I supported and sunk all the possibilities at least once. It is one of my ASOIAF obsessions.
 
Two confessions to obsessive behavior in one post. Congratulations, that might be a new record.

For the record (ahem), ... I uh, well, GRRM's synopsis, mental notes and lack of hard outline remind me of the way I cook. I have the ingredients and I have a general idea of what I want to do... but I refuse to measure my quantities of anything. I use sight, taste, smell, and gut feelings. It's almost always good... sometimes incredible... and sometimes yech, ugh, and blah. Even my signature dishes Chinese Slaw, Fridge Fried Rice, Red Cooked Pork, Chinese Pancakes, Stuffed Peppers, Grill Smack, Westminster Won Ton Soup, Sea Glass Candy, Chili Compatible, Garfunkel Popcorn, and Mmmmmashed Potatoes never turn out the same.

Anyway, he must use flow charts, family tree software, index cards, or some methods to know where he's been and where he's going.
 
I believe the three heads are Jaehearis Snow, Danearys and Aegon Blackfyre. I'll go into why I believe him to be a Blackfyre another time, but for now I'll just say that I think he will die in the battle with Others. I think it will be a total victory against the others, ending the dragons, and the Others and magic. The Sun will rise in the West somehow and Dany and Snow Will be Queen and King. Just sayin
 
If the sun rises in the west (and the seas go dry and the mountains blow in the wind and Dany gives birth), then Drogo will return. I don't know what this means.
 
Is that the prophecy? Holy stool! I thought it was just that she wouldn't be able to conceive till the sun rose in the West! Another Major Balls Up (salute) by me. Then again it is a few years since I read it last....
 

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