--- title: Emilia Clarke Sent Jon Snow the Best Ultimatum on Instagram description: The 'Game of Thrones' actress is out here sharing cryptic messages alongside a sweet selfie with maybe-rival Kit Harington. canonical: https://time.com/4889981/emilia-clarke-jon-snow/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-07T17:02:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:12.348Z og:title: 'Daenerys' Sent Jon Snow the Best Ultimatum With a Selfie og:description: She's got 99 problems — and now Jon Snow is another one og:url: https://time.com/4889981/emilia-clarke-jon-snow/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1fc1e7442112df/6988d7e30a4a2246a69cf466/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-jon-snow-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-The-Queens-Justice-Jon-Snow-Daenerys-Targaryen og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Daenerys' Sent Jon Snow the Best Ultimatum With a Selfie twitter:description: She's got 99 problems — and now Jon Snow is another one twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1fc1e7442112df/6988d7e30a4a2246a69cf466/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-jon-snow-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Game of Thrones' 'Daenerys' Just Sent Jon Snow the Best Ultimatum With a Selfie > Sponsored content. 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As it turns out, the actor [Emilia Clarke](http://time.com/4795960/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-daenerys-hair/) also isn’t messing around on Instagram, where she shared an adorable selfie of herself with Jon Snow’s [Kit Harington](http://time.com/4858435/game-of-thrones-kit-harington-jon-snow-daenerys-love/) on Sunday before the latest episode aired. “Wait… did I NOT tell you guys? Um yeah. If only he’d bend the bloody knee there’ll be no problems,” she wrote as a caption on the selfie of the two actors, which included a rare sighting of Harington rocking some round glasses. Her caption, of course, is a reference to Jon Snow’s continued obstinacy when it comes to deferring to the Khaleesi’s claim as ruler of all Seven Kingdoms, including the North he rules. But perhaps the best part of Clarke’s Instagram is her hashtag game. She noted: “#igot99problemsandjonsnowisone, adding #whichroundsmeupto100problems.” To be identified as a “problem” by the Mother of Dragons is not great news for Snow; Daenerys is known for dismantling her enemies fairly systematically, thanks to her draconian firepower. Looks like something is going to have to give between the two leaders — preferably, in Daenerys’s world, Jon’s knees. Until then, at least they’re they’ve got some upbeat, chummy photos on set for fans to gaze at — and wonder about [their relationship’s unclear end game.](http://time.com/4889243/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-daenerys-relationship/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4889981/emilia-clarke-jon-snow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4889981/emilia-clarke-jon-snow/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones' 'Daenerys' Just Sent Jon Snow the Best Ultimatum With a Selfie","datePublished":"2017-08-07T17:02:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:12.348Z","description":"The 'Game of Thrones' actress is out here sharing cryptic messages alongside a sweet selfie with maybe-rival Kit Harington.","url":"https://time.com/4889981/emilia-clarke-jon-snow/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Kit Harington","emilia clarke","Jon Snow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1fc1e7442112df/6988d7e30a4a2246a69cf466/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-jon-snow-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1fc1e7442112df/6988d7e30a4a2246a69cf466/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-jon-snow-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-The-Queens-Justice-Jon-Snow-Daenerys-Targaryen","caption":"Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington in Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4889981/emilia-clarke-jon-snow/","name":"Game of Thrones' 'Daenerys' Just Sent Jon Snow the Best Ultimatum With a Selfie"}}]}] ```