Jon and Daenerys are Brother and Sister – Game of Thrones Season 8 Spoilers
Jon and Daenerys are *even more* closely related
Dany has believed she is the heir to the Iron Throne since season 1, but as the legitimate son of her older brother Rhagar, Jon Snow has the superior claim. At the end of season 7, only Bran and Sam knew that Jon is the trueborn son of Rhagar Targaryen and Lianna Stark, but with Jon on his way back to Winterfell, it’s only a matter of time before he learns the truth. What will that mean for Jon and Dany’s burgeoning relationship
If you were thinking it was bad enough that Jon and Dany, who consummated their romance at the end of season 7, appear to be aunt and nephew, this theory suggests that the extent of the unintentional incest could be much, much worse.
A few telltale signs, such as Dany’s misplaced memory of lemon trees in Braavos (they don’t grow there, but in Dorne) and the fact that fellow Thrones actor Alfie Allen has likened John Snow’s parentage to a “Luke Skywalker situation”, suggests that Game of Thrones’ newest love birds could in fact be half-brother and half-sister.
The idea here is that Daenerys was not King Rhaegar’s sister, but one of his children conceived with his first wife, Elia Martell. It’s postulated that, following Rhaegar’s death, Dany was smuggled into Dorne and brought up there in hiding, in the same way that Jon was taken under Ned Stark’s wing as his supposed bastard child. That means Jon and Dany share the same father, Rhaegar, but different mothers, Lyanna Stark and Elia Martell respectively, which explains why they look so different from one another despite the blood relation.
This theory leads us to re-interpret all sorts of events from Game of Thrones’ televised history. Did Ned, as the king’s hand in season 1, try to dissuade Robert from killing Dany because he somehow knew of Jon’s close familial connection to her? What does this mean for the Azor Ahai prophesy about the prince who was promised? As for the future, could Jon and Dany end up as lovers, half-siblings, and shared rulers to the Iron Throne?
Hopefully season 8 can offer some more light on this rather disturbing subject…
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