yeah I was pretty nervous bringing jon in as a lcw because his characterization presupposes a lot of things about his family structure?? a big part of his character is his position as ned stark's bastard/the bastard of winterfell and a desire to live up to his house's/father's example. most of his childhood was spent in friendly competition with robb. it's very difficult to fully understand him outside of the context of these relationships. some biographical details are necessary in order to articulate what they mean and how they affect jon. in order for him to be the person he is at this point relative to his canon, he needs to have grown up in a certain environment, and I tried to translate that environment to this au as accurately as possible. I would be super okay with changing anything in his background to match up with potential castmates. I tried to explain each of these changes in the 'differences from canon' section of his app. one of the distinctive/annoying things about asoiaf is that every character's actions are the result of years and years of history and it's very difficult to separate a character from their upbringing and the choices made by their parents and family members before they were even able to have a say in it. this is especially evident with jon as opposed to his siblings, as he might possibly be connected to to some kind of ancient conspiracy involving lyanna stark and the targaryen dynasty that drives the main plot of the series. I tried to gloss over that as best as I could, but a major theme of the series is that the current plot was set in motion years ago during robert's rebellion, and that the choices made then shaped the current characters into what they are now.

tl;dr, it's very difficult to talk about jon without talking about what it means to be ned stark's bastard (or the superhero equivalent), and it's very difficult to explain what that means without outlining the basic role and character of ned stark. I am open to suggestions tho!