Jonsa vs Jonerys

Jonsa vs Jonerys is a shipwar in Game of Thrones fandom, between fans of two Jon Snow pairings, Jon Snow/Sansa Stark, better known as Jonsa and Daenerys Targaryen/Jon Snow, better known as Jonerys.
==About==
Since the beginning of the series, there were shippers of Daenerys Targaryen/Jon Snow. Although they had no canon interaction for the first six seasons, many fans believed their stories were paralleling each other. To many, Jon represents ice and Daenerys represents fire, indicating that their story is A Song of Ice and Fire, leading some to believe that their relationship would be endgame. 
There were early shippers of Jon Snow/Sansa Stark as well, but their ranks grew exponentially when Jon and Sansa were reunited in season six after their family was separated early on in the first season. Because of their interactions in season six and the chemistry some saw between the two characters, some fans declared them their OTP.
The ship war began in season five, but continued from then on. It grew especially heated when Jon and Daenerys' relationship went canon at the end of season seven. The ship war included text posts advocating for one ship and belittling the other, varying from in depth meta to outright mockery.Every time I happen to stumble upon a Jonsa meta in my feed Negative posts about the female characters and directed at the opposing shippers. Intentionally putting anti-ship posts in the Tumblr ship tags to create discord and sending anon hate to the inbox of fans of the opposite ship.
A small contingent reacted by shipping Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen instead.
==Fandom Discord==
Game of Thrones has a large ensemble cast, and throughout the series Jon, Sansa and Daenerys were each shipped with a variety of other characters, in canon and non-canon pairings. The increased prominence of ship wars in GOT fandom in later seasons (Jaime/Brienne vs Jaime/Cersei being the other major one) may have been due to the increased popularity of the show or broader shifts in fandom culture.
Fan windinyoursnail could not recall any major hostility between Game of Thrones shippers in earlier seasons:
Mhysaofdragons added that she had not encountered the aggressive behavior of anti-shippers in other fandoms in which she had participated:
Thewolvesremember remarked that experiencing the ship war provoked negative feelings toward both Jonerys and Dany:
Lareinadecorazones admitted developing a dislike of Jonsa on the same basis:
A Reddit user offered a multishipper's perspective on the ship war, attributing it to GOT's growing popularity and Tumblr discourse:
The multishipper Seleya attributed the ship war's intensification to plot developments in later seasons bringing Daenerys and Sansa into inevitable conflict: 
==Incest Discourse==
Since the 2010s, objections to perceived incest have become common in ship discourse, sometimes based on speculative family relationships (pre-RoS Reylo) or friendship being likened to a sibling bond (Sheith). The Jonsa vs Jonerys conflict is a rare example of a ship war involving two objectively incestuous pairings between canonically-confirmed blood relatives of similar degree. In the show, Jon is initially presented as the illegitimate son of Ned Stark, and thus grew up believing himself to be Sansa's half-brother. However, in season 6, it is revealed he is the son of Dany's brother Rhaegar and Ned's sister Lyanna, making him Dany's nephew and Sansa's cousin/adoptive brother.
Shippers in both camps have presented reasons why they believe their preferred ship should be regarded as less problematic. Jonerys fans have argued that Jon and Sansa grew up believing they were half-siblings, while Jon and Daenerys did not meet and discover their blood ties until adulthood."Why is Jonsa grosser than Jonerys?" on r/freefolk Jonsa fans have countered that Jon and Sansa were not close as children."We need to talk about Incest a little bit" by jonsalways on Tumblr Some fans have pointed out that Jon and Dany share more genes than an average aunt/nephew couple due to House Targaryen's practice of incestuous marriage (Dany's parents were full siblings).Alex Bruce-Smith, "A Redditor Has Done The Incest Math On Just How Related Jon & Daenerys Are, PedestrianTV, 16 August 2017 Others have pointed to the acceptance of cousin and avuncular marriages in both real-world contexts and the fictional world of ASoIaF/GOT.Meta by rainhadaenerys on Tumblr
ClimateMom pointed out the irony of raising incest objections in a ship war involving two pairings of close relatives:
SarraTasarien attributed the situation to the show having cut book characters or killed off potential matches for Jon and Sansa:
==Resources== 
*Tumblr Tags: anti-jonerys, anti-jonsa
*Jonsa, Jonerys, Anti-Jonsa, Anti-Jonerys and the logic of shipping
*Jonsa vs Jonerys #5 Break the Wheel, humorous meta post about the ship war
==References==
Category:Game of Thrones
Category:Shipwars
Category:2015 Events
Category:2010s Events