While I Do Think That Taking Basira's "that Does Explain Some Stuff" Response To Jon's Asexuality As

while I do think that taking basira's "that does explain some stuff" response to jon's asexuality as meaning "that explains why he's so uptight" (or something else similarly acephobic) is a valid reading of the line, I don't think it's the only reading or the obligatory reading, particularly as she's on fairly good terms with jon at this point and otherwise mostly has good things to say about him. I think it could just as easily mean "that explains why he never made a pass at me even while we spent lots of time alone together and people assumed we were having an affair," or, in the context of the conversation, "that explains why he doesn't seem to be reciprocating martin's obvious attraction to him in the same way." like the other reading also works but I don't really think that's what basira is like? especially not at this moment in s3?