Is romance blossoming in ‘Game of Thrones’?

then, like a miracle, he did. As they sailed back to Dragonstone, Daenerys rushed to his bedside just in time to see him get stripped down, revealing a nice set of abs, not to mention his many scar reminders of getting stabbed by mutineers.

When he awoke to find her sitting beside him, they shared a moment. He called her Dany and told her he was prepared to “bend the knee”, and then they stared into each other’s eyes so long it seemed for a moment that Jon had died of hypothermia after all. But no, he was just smitten.

There’s a lot to like about a potential romance: they’re two of the most honourable leaders on the show; they’re both dragon people; they make a striking couple. And besides, if they got together, we wouldn’t have to choose who gets to be on the Iron Throne. They could both do it. But there’s still one nagging issue: incest.

Last season, Bran’s visions revealed that Jon Snow was actually the son of Lyanna Stark, not her brother Ned. In that case, his father is probably Rhaegar Targaryen – Dany’s much older brother – who supposedly kidnapped Lyanna after she was betrothed to Robert Baratheon. Thanks to Gilly’s eagle eye, we now know that Rhaegar annulled his first marriage to Elia Martell, perhaps so he could properly marry Lyanna, who may have been less a victim of abduction than a coconspirator.

If that’s true, then Daenerys is Jon’s aunt.

Kit Harington, who plays Snow, weighed in on the pairing during an interview with Entertainment ANCESTRY: Emilia Clarke as Daene Jon Snow in HBO’s