Game Of Thrones’ Most Popular Fan Theory Explained

At this point, the more shocking revelation from the house of George R.R. Martin (sigil: dead people everywhere) would be if this wasn’t the case but a persistent and well reasoned ASOIAF fan theory – the persistent and well reasoned fan theory of the entire A Song Of Ice And Fire book series, and by extension, a fringe HBO TV show about dragons and sideboobs – is that Jon Snow is not in fact the bastard son of Eddard Stark (who, let’s be real, would sooner behead his own penis than use it to penetrate someone other than Catelyn Stark) but the royal offspring of Lyanna Stark, Ned’s sister, and Rhaegar Targaryen, Daenerys’ older brother, suspected paramours, deceased and mythically beautiful both, whose very union and the potential knowing nothing product of its consummation is likely referenced in the fucking title of the series (Starks = ice, Targaryens = fire).   

Literal and metaphoric clues to Jon’s true parentage are littered throughout the text, the entirety of which is presented in this handy little video, R+L= J: who are Jon Snow’s parents?.   
Another non-canon clue reinforcing the theory came earlier this year when the series writers, showrunners and creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss discussed how they received George R.R. Martin’s blessing to make the TV show.
“He asked us, “Who is Jon Snow’s mother?”, Weiss said. “We had discussed it before, and we gave a shocking answer. At that point, George didn’t actually say whether or not we were right or wrong, but his smile was his tell. We knew we had passed the Wonka test, at that point.”

Nothing that hasn’t been discussed ad nauseam before but it’s always nice to have things explained through the glorious medium of Powerpoint. 

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