Jon Snow/Arya Stark

Jon Snow/Arya Stark, also known as Jonrya, is the het and incestuous pairing of Jon Snow and Arya Stark in the A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones fandoms.
==Canon==
Jon and Arya were raised together at Winterfell and had an extremely close relationship. At the beginning of the series, before Jon goes north to join the Night's Watch, Jon has a sword forged for Arya: Needle is the touchstone that keeps Arya tethered to her identity throughout her travels. After they go their separate ways Jon and Arya think about each other excessively, longing to be reunited even more than with their other siblings. Jon compares his love interest, Ygritte, to Arya. George R. R. Martin has confirmed the parallel is meant to show that Jon has a "type" of women he is attracted to. Both Ygritte and Val, another woman Jon is canonically attracted to, bear similarities to Arya.
Martin originally intended for Jon and Arya to fall in love. In an outline sent to his publishers, he revealed that the siblings would be reunited earlier in the series with Arya older than she is in canon. Their sibling relationship would remain an obstacle to romance until Jon's true parentage is revealed. Much of the outline has been scrapped in the published novels.
==Fandom==
===Statistics===
*In 2014, Jon Snow/Arya Stark was ranked 20th out of 25 Game of Thrones pairings on Archive of Our Own.
*In 2018, Jon Snow/Arya Stark was the 5th most popular ship for Jon in the Game of Thrones category in a survey of FanFiction.net, accounting for 3% of sampled fics.
*In 2019, during the final season, Jonrya was the ninth most popular Game of Thrones ship on Tumblr
*In 2020, Jon Snow/Arya Stark was the 2nd most popular ship for Jon in the ASOIAF category in a survey of FanFiction.net, accounting for 22% of sampled fics.Phantom Statistician: Jon's FanFiction Shipping Chart 2013 - Present
*In 2020, Jon Snow/Arya Stark was the 2nd most popular ship for Arya in the ASOIAF category in a survey of FanFiction.net, accounting for 18% of sampled fics.Phantom Statistician: Arya's's FanFiction Shipping Chart 2013 - Present
===Common Tropes in Fanworks===
*Modern AU: modern setting where they begin a relationship
*Targaryen!Jon: Jon is raised as the son of Rhaegar Targaryen, and his true parentage is not kept secret. Arya and Jon are cousins.
*Dark!Jon: A resurrected Jon post-ADWD is hellbent on getting Arya back.
*Incest: because Arya and Jon are raised as brother and sister their relationship could be interpreted as incestuous; some writers avoid this by having Jon raised as a cousin, often by his father Rhaegar or mother Lyanna, while others maintain their canonical sibling relationship and explore the issues that arise from this.
*Futurefic: Jon and Arya in an adult relationship, sometimes as King and Queen in the North
*Reunion: before they were reunited in canon, many writers would explore possibilities of how they would be reunited
*Fix-it: unhappy that they were separated at the end of the series many fans will write "fix-it" fics, sometimes where Jon and Arya are together and happy, at Winterfell or beyond the Wall, or them finding each other again in the future
*Warging: Since Arya and Jon are canonically both skinchangers, many fics feature them coupling in the bodies of their wolves, Nymeria and Ghost.
===Events/Exchanges===
*Jon and Arya Week 2017
* tumblr account to promote and reblog content for the event
* AO3 collection
* AO3 collection
* AO3 collection
==Fanworks==
===Fanfiction=== 
* Girl from the North Country by Kurohitenshi: Prince Jon of House Targaryen finds an unlikely soulmate in a Northern girl with the same grey eyes as his own, and he loves her with all his heart. AU Fluffy Soulmates Kid Fic 
* Only a Direwolf (can love another direwolf) by Kurohitenshi: Jon and Arya reunite during the Battle of the Bastards, both of them having been proclaimed as King and Queen in the North and the Riverlands beforehand. 
* A Heart’s Home by Kurohitenshi: Arya returns home after her journey over the Sunset Sea. Home has always been a person to her, not a place: Jon, who has been exiled North of the Wall. But political drama awaits them in the South - ASOIAF canon mixed with TV Show elements
*You put your arms around me and I'm home by Sapphire_blue: Jonrya reunion futurefic
*where the heart is by nefertiti: Jonrya reunion futurefic with a side of politics 
*Chasing the Winter Sun by starbursts_and_kisses: Sansa POV, Jon/Sansa arranged marriage limps along until Arya comes home
*For Now I'm Winter by LadyBee: Jon returns from the dead, Arya returns from Braavos, together they save the North
*The Hostage Prince by BenAndWaffles: Targaryen!Jon is raised in King's Landing, lonely and unloved
*Between Wind and Water by luna_plath: Arya marries Theon and Jon accompanies her to the Iron Islands as her sworn sword
*Decade by ann_and_white_elephant: Ned POV--Jon takes the black, but can't manage to give up Arya
*In My Life I Love You More by okieday17: Jon and Arya are together one last time before he leaves for the Wall and she for King's Landing
*Everyone has a summer by bluetilo: Jon and Arya consummate their relationship in the last days of summer before their paths diverge
*winter's queen in spring by museme87: futurefic where Jon and Arya rule as King and Queen in the North
*Quid Pro Quo by sharkygal: the og godwood sex smut fic
*even iron can bring forth by mysticalmuddle: King in the North Jon has been waiting seven years for his bride to come home
*The Red Hood by Eanne23je: fairytale-inflected AU
*Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Kurojouou
*A Mother Cannot Be No One by MannixMind: Arya has Gendry's bastard, peaces out of the House of Black & White, rocks up to Dorne and joins froces with the Sand Snakes on her way to reuniting with Jon
===Fan Vids===
*There is nothing left to hide by Esterman
*Flares by Cantrous
===Meta===
* by jonryatrash
* by saeratargaryen, and it's a looooot
*Jon & Arya - hints and overall significance of their relationship by Ice Turtle on the westeros.org boards
*Why Jon/Arya could work in the Books. I'll explain in a quick Essay! by Stormourne on the westeros.org boards
* by ashotofjac, absolutely magisterial treatment of every single shred of Jonrya evidence
* by thebluebard
* by donewithwoodenteeth
* by sansalayned
* by jonryatrash
* by ourmrsreynolds
* by aegon
===Other===
*Jon, Ghost, Arya and Nymeria, crafts by LunasCrafts
==Art Gallery==
File:Needle.jpg|Needle by fish-in-fridge
File:JonryaWeek2020.jpg|alt=illustrtion of Jon and Arya embracing, Jon has one hand on her back and another on her elbow, Jon has his face turns towards Ayra and she is looking up at him|Jonrya Week 2020 by team7extra
File:Creatures.jpg|Creatures by blndraws
File:IHaveSomethingForYou.jpg|I have something for you by joyjuhee
File:RedSwordofHeroes.jpg|Red Sword of Heroes by blndraws
File:NeedleWinterRoses.jpg|The Sword and the Rose by blndraws
File:WatchingSpar.jpg|The Scene Where They Watch Robb + Joff Spar by blndraws
File:Jonrya Fanart.jpg|S8 Fanart by Mush
File:HeCouldAlways.jpg|He could always make Arya smile by blndraws
File:StickThemWith.jpg|Stick them with the pointy end by walkingnorth
File:BedtimeStories.jpg|Bedtime Stories by Johnny Kitten
File:HidingFromSansa.png|Hiding From Sansa by dillydallyings
File:Brother Dear.jpg|Brother Dear by Jenny Dolfen
File:LaughterIstheSun.jpg|Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face by rosedustfever
File:JonandArya.jpg|Jon and Arya by chillyravenart
File:JonSnowandAryaStark.jpg|Jon Snow and Arya Stark by beggarqueen
File:IveComeHome.jpg|I've Come Home by beggarqueen
File:GreyWolflingsoftheNorth.png|Grey Wolfings of the North by mintea
File:WhentheThawComes.jpg|When the thaw comes by blndraws
File:YoullCatchaCold.jpg|You'll catch a cold by blndraws
File:ReunionArt.jpg|Reunion Art by amster-i
File:WhenHeSeesYou.jpg|When he sees you his heart will probably stop by joyjuhee
File:Far away.jpg|Far Away by inma
File:HeartsHome.jpg|A Heart's Home Reunion Art by blndraws
File:Jonrya Kimono.jpg|Jonrya Kimono Art by joyjujee
File:Soulmatesss.jpg|Soulmates by missmariannecherie
File:AryaandJon.jpg|alt=Jon Snow sitting cross-legged on the floor looking slightly back. Arya Stark is behind him massaging his hair.|Arya and Jon by chaffy
File:IWishYouWereComing.png|I wish you were coming with us by aryastarkart
File:AndArya.jpg|he missed her even more than Robb by dangosketches
File:DanceWithMe.jpg|Dance With Me by amster-i
File:HowLong.jpg|How Long by MomoeKasumi
File:StrongEnoughInOurSouls.jpg|If we are strong enough in our souls we can rip away the veil by mintea 
==Resources==
* Jon Snow/Arya Stark tag at Archive of Our Own
* Jon + Arya at FanFiction.net
* DeviantArt paring group: Jon x Arya
* Tumblr Tags: Jon x Arya Arya x Jon, Jonrya
==References==
Category:Het Pairings
Stark
Category:ASOIAF/Game of Thrones Relationships