In a discussion of the Game of Thrones seven season finale, I semi-hypothetically asked, what do we call Jon Snow now? That’s not his name anymore; it’s Aegon Targaryen. But the only two people who know that are, as we discovered over dimly-lit shots of Aunt Daenerys and Nephew Jon getting busy, Bran “Please Call Me the Three-Eyed Raven” Stark and Samwell Tarly. Everyone else still knows the King of the North as Jon Snow.
It’s going to be an adjustment when the Aegon news breaks next season (assuming it does), like when the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency turned into Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, or when Jerry Gergich became Larry, who became Terry, who became Gerry. But resourceful Thrones fans have already discovered a way of working around the Jon/Aegon situation: Why not both?
“Can we please not start calling Jon ‘Aegon,’ at least without clarifying first that you are talking about Jon?” a Redditor asked in the A Song of Ice and Fire subreddit. “I’ve seen multiple posters just pick the name up and run with it, and it feels a bit off to me. Until he accepts that name as his new one (if he even does, which I doubt), we should continue to call him Jon.”
That bit of confusion led to Jon’s new name: Aejon.
House Targaryen knows no King but the King in the North, whose name is Aejon. #GameofThrones
— sarah (@sarekins) August 28, 2017
Yes, important to note Rhaenys & Aegon (Elia's kids) were dead when AeJon was born. (tho tbf they may have picked the name prior to birth). https://t.co/70sWGVyabK
— History of Westeros Podcast ❄️🔥🩸 (@WesterosHistory) August 28, 2017
"His name is AeJon Stargaryen, and he is the heir to the Iron Throne"
— DaCodez (@DaCodez_) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/EAdollaaa/status/902004559463178240
https://twitter.com/ameretet/status/902019015492689920
Aejon is easier to pronounce than Jaehaerys, and it’s not a slap in the face to his dead brother. As for not-Jon’s last name: Starkgaryen is catchy.
