#He serves for a bit but is then ousted in a nasty coup after a particularly messy election

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I’m sorry but the best Jon Snow AUs are those where he is some sort of civil servant. I always see people headcannon him as ROTC/soldier or cop but I think they kind of miss the mark. GRRM has steadily been moving away from the traditional warrior archetype with Jon and more into the counts-pebbles ruler type. So the cannon compliant AUs are the ones where he ends up as some sort of government official. Maybe he could be a city hall manager or an ombudsman. He could be a state representative or maybe even a senator. Let me remind people that he’s the only elected leader in the series. AU!Jon Snow would totally be the extremely competent but also extremely depressed congressional representative from like, idk, Alaska.

#jon snow #asoiaf #Not to discount Jon’s arc as a warrior #Maybe modern day Jon served in the army for a bit then turned to politics #Army makes more sense than him being a cop because he’s all about #Defending the realm’s freedom RAAAHHH 🦅🦅 #Or that’s what he thought it would be like… #I could also see him being a progressive - not just a democrat #But he’d be the guy who’s always annoying and insistent #About the pressing need for extensive governmental reform #He’s extremely popular with his constituents but congress hates him lmaooo #He’d be the guy obsessing over govt corruption and reforming the country’s finances #You know a cool modern au idea for Jonathan? #FBI director - he does counter terrorism #OR MAYBE!!! #Secretary of State - cause of diplomacy stuff which he’s good at idk #He serves for a bit but is then ousted in a nasty coup after a particularly messy election #But he has a sort of cult like following with younger voters #So he stages a major comeback and becomes president ajsnaknaba #He signs a bunch of revolutionary but much needed executive orders #And is assassinated like two years into his term 😭 #And goes down a polarizing figure - to some a martyr to others a nuisance #Someone write this down!