A question about Jon’s parentage.

I wanna preface this by saying that I’ve only seen the show, and know some stuff from the books.

So, is Jon’s parentage supposed to be the same in the books as it was revealed to be in the show? To my understanding that hasn’t yet been revealed in the books. But didn’t Martin ask D&D when talking about making the show way back when, who they thought to be Jon’s mother and that they supposedly guessed it correctly. So was Rhaegar and Lyanna their guess? Or did they correctly guess Martin’s plan but decided to go with someone else (Rhaegar, Lyanna)?


If it’s not someone else, and Jon truly is biologically Ned’s son, doesn’t that change Ned’s character drastically? Then he wouldn’t have been the always-honorable Ned Stark, but just a man who cheated on his wife not even a year into their marriage. And wouldn’t that also sort of justify Catelyn’s resentment of Jon?

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This new neighborhood near me…
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What's the point of changing Aemond betraying Aegon, when they're supposed to be actually very close as siblings in the books?
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Evil as he was, Locke was captivating as hell in every scene he appeared.
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This little shit, Eddard didn’t deserve that
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Daenerys’ Descent Into Madness

I’m rewatching the show right now and to all the people that thought it was too abrupt that she suddenly lost it and started attacking people in King’s Landing with Drogon—did you watch the whole series?

She had many, many lessons along the way, many dead friends. She learned to trust people less and less, and she slowly let power corrupt her. Feeling justified, mixed with a sense of ennoscriptment, mixed with fury at losing loved ones and then turning all that hatred out onto people you think are collectively bad could very easily look like burning down a city with a dragon.

I know the final season or two have bad writing, I wish GRRM finished the books so there was better material, but I truly believe her arc was taking her somewhere dark like this, and in the show it still works. The execution could be better but it’s not “out of nowhere” as some claim.

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Would Bran have become a famous knight/warrior if he never fell from the tower?
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Hate his guts, but he had a formative influence on Jon
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Would the North and the Riverlands have declared for Stannis if it weren’t for the Greatjon?
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Which on-screen character (if any) do you think would have the best shot at slaying a dragon?

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What would the Alliance do if the Night King didn’t attack Winterfell?
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Why is Jorah "the Andal"?

Doing a re-watch and (for the first time, actually) decided to crack out the physical blurays.

There's a special feature on the disc going into the lore behind the Children of the Forest, the First Men, and the Andals.

The Andals conquered Westeros from the South, but never conquered the North.. which remained the realm of the First Men.

Jorah is from Bear Island in the North.. so.. he'd be a descendant of the First Men, right? So.. why is he "Jorah the Andal"?


(Never did read the novels all the way through.. I swear I'll get to it by the time WOW is released 😂)

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How come we don't see an influx of migrants of Valariyan descent into Westeros following Aegon's Conquest?
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Sansa and the hound

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