saying a character 'doesn't' doesn't make them ace, you're just reading into it
i'm not saying this to be 'malicious' or whatever, but don't say that a characters sexuality is canon when it isn't, having headcanons is okay but don't tag it as 'canon asexual character'
i tag my fics with 'canon asexual character' bc jon is canonically asexual
it's not reading into it. it's canon. it's been confirmed by jonny and alex. just bc jon hasn't said the words 'i'm asexual' doesn't mean it's any less canon. he's not exactly the most open character anyway, it would be out of character for him to say that. martin has never said 'i'm gay' but people seem fine with assigning him that label. we heard jon's sexuality be confirmed secondhand, and while that wasn't the best way to do it, it did make sense within the narrative. i would've preferred a more concrete coming out, which is why i've written that several times.
we hear from jon that tim has had relationships with men and women, but i've never seen anyone take issue with people saying tim is bi or pan. jon is canonically asexual, if you have an issue with that then i think you're in the wrong place
Beep beep here’s all the canon ace Jon stuff. Anon you did seem to correctly identify the “Doesn’t” scene which, I mean I suppose that’s not technical proof because it’s possible for an allo person to also be sex repulsed/averse but I would say it’s far more likely for that to mean ace out of context.
In context however, we have stuff like right after that episode Jonny making this tweet confirming Jon as ace, it being mentioned in the patreon version of the S3 Q&A, it being mentioned on various twitch streams Jonny has done, and this part of the S4 Q&A Part One:
Question: As an ace person it really means a lot to have John as asexual representation in a podcast. Can I ask at what point in planning the podcast you decided to make that happen?
JONNY: That’s a very good question and it’s a difficult one to answer because it’s one of those… where… it wormed its way into – sort of – essentially my head canon quite early in the writing process and then later, I think during season two when it started to actually become more textually relevant we, sort of, we were discussing it and we – yeah – nailed down the idea, but it’s – it’s a really tricky – it’s a tricky question to answer as to at what point that character inkling became a canonical facet? [......]
The thing is I remember – the thing is I remember a conversation at some point during season one where we were sort of discussing what we thought the various characters’ sexualities were? And it was like, “Yeah – no – I think John’s ace,” and, um, Alex – Alex was like “Yeah, no, that sounds – that sounds right.”
^^^ THIS. But also, I wanna put my two cents in. Its true that in-universe it's not explicitly stated, but besides the confirmation from jonny himself, it's heavily implied.
I can't remember the episode, for those who do- pls feel free to tag, but I distinctly remember where Georgie spoke about her relationship with Jon to Melanie and how he was never physically intimate with her or at least never initiated it.
EDIT:
Ok, so it actually happened! Nice.
Although, I made a mistake. Apparently, it was a conversation between Melanie and Basira, not Georgie. And if you wanna check it out. It's in ep106.