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fangirlfish:thelawyerthatwaspromised:kitten1618x:thelawyerthatwaspromised:athimbleful:Jon x Sansa - Eye contactBut really the thing about Jon and Sansa scenes is how they’re always matching energy. What’s even more extra is that a good number of their scenes don’t start out that way. Their reunion was super sweet but at the beginning you can tell they’re a bit uneasy around each other. They small talk until Sansa asks what’s very obviously been on her mind the entire scene: “soooo are you planning to leave me now?” Jon answers so quickly and confidently that you can see Sansa in relative disbelief that someone finally wants to protect her. They share this gazing look because the dialogue earned this comfort and relief.The second set of gifs starts out with Jon feeling indebted to Sansa for saving him in the BotB and Sansa feeling shame for calling on Littlefinger for help. Neither of them were in a particularly happy place at the start. Then Sansa apologized and Jon made her see that she didn’t need to feel sorry for saving them. Jon felt indebted and Sansa made him realize that he doesn’t have to feel like he needs to do everything on his own and she validates his place in House Stark. They end up gazing like this because the dialogue earned that happiness and ease with each other.The third set of gifs starts out with Jon feeling rather comfortable with his planning for the battle and Sansa not feeling heard and feeling unable to contribute because of that. Then Jon doubles down because he’s trying to do this all on his own. His trust level is not very high…he just got murdered…so it’s understandable. The same can be said of Sansa. She hasn’t wanted to communicate with LF so it was already painful for her to ask for his aid. She doesn’t know if he’ll actually show up. So she’s got nothing to go to Jon with on that front…yet she does know Ramsay and feels ignored. The stakes are high. Jon wants Sansa to survive. Sansa wants Jon to survive. But they don’t fully trust each other yet. So they end this scene feeling desperate and pessimistic because they so desperately want to make the other safe but they don’t know how to say it yet. The heavy-breathing stare looks and feels dramatic because the dialogue earned this angst and nervousness.The last set is probably my favorite. They are both very very close to saying something that they just haven’t been able to say yet. “What are we?” is written all over their faces. With everything they’ve been through together in a relatively short amount of time, it’s fairly obvious they’ve never been able to sit still long enough to think about what this other person means to them. The subtext, the subtext, the subtext. Sansa understands that Jon needs her. Jon understands that he needs her. I think the twist through S7 is Sansa realizing that she needs Jon. But in this very moment? Sansa’s look is asking Jon for a commitment to their partnership - and Jon’s look is agony at what that means. He desperately wants to say something and can’t. THIS is the angst. Sansa’s attempt to fully get through to Jon and Jon’s desire but self-denial are obvious because the dialogue earned this longing and melancholy. There’s a reason Jonsas see their relationship the way we do. These moments in isolation have romantic vibes. Stacked again and again, it becomes an established pattern. The uncomfortable attraction on display by the actors just can’t be brushed off by some of us because the gazing is rooted and earned by the nature of their interactions. Love does come in at the eyes, especially in television. Yet, it’s not just the looks…it’s EVERYTHING AROUND the looks that makes it impossible to unsee.Seriously @thelawyerthatwaspromised your addition is EVERYTHING! This set popped back up in my feed and I just really feel like re-blogging because the Jonsa moments WERE earned and their connection WAS developed and even without the follow through (and bizarre arrangement were we apparently are supposed to assume Sansa doesn’t immediately tell Jon to come home and Jon doesn’t immediately comply), they made such a compelling pair to root for and I still ship it unequivocally. It has gradually stopped being anger inducing, but it’ll never stop being frustrating. Look I could have dealt with Jonsa not being a thing. I could have! What I can’t stand is that they have all those lingering looks, hand grabbing, and their scenes filmed in certain ways that fit the “they are totally lovers” checklist you expect to see on film. Then they proceed to not DO anything with it in the end making the Jonsa hints as pointless as Jon’s “He’s a long lost Targaryen prince” backstory.Apparently to those two hack writers, Jonsa and Jon’s Targaryen ancestry was only so Daenerys can feel more frustrated and have more hurdles to her goal to rule them all under her elaborately braided iron fist. -- source link