15 times we actively rooted against love

Daenerys and Jon — Game of Thrones

Sit down, fandom, and hear me out. I know every Game of Thrones fan has been actively rooting for this matchup since forever, probably. But it’s a terrible idea, folks. If the past is any sort of indicator, one or both of these characters is going to meet an untimely death. Game of Thrones is not kind to happy couples. Look what happened to Ned and Catelyn.

Also, and maybe this isn’t all that important in this show’s universe, but they are related. In a world in which one of the most stable and supporting couples are brother and sister, this relation is not really that big of a deal. But it’s worth noting that there are some House Stark/Targaryen/Lannister implications at play here. Especially if Daenerys ends up pregnant, which she probably will, this union could bring about even more terrible awful things in the Seven Kingdoms.

I have a hard time getting on board with a romance between Daenerys and anyone else other than Khal Drogo. The Seven know they could bring him back from the dead, if they wanted to. It’s just downright rude to try make her anyone else’s Khaleesi. Call me a purist or just plain stubborn, but I don’t want to see the Moon without her Sun (even if there are some unfortunate implications in that relationship, too). Bring back the Khal and let Jon Snow keeping knowing nothing and pining for his precious Ygritte.

These two have far too much going on in their war rooms to make time for a new relationship that will inevitably end in some sort of dismemberment or disfigurement. We only have the one season left, folks. Do we really need to spend those last precious episodes watching Jon Snow trying his earnest, aww shucks, best trying to please Dany and her undermining him at every turn? No. Let’s save our energies for rooting against Cersei.