Yeah, bby, I was about to post this.
While I appreciate the credit, Pauw, I got the idea from Pitye. It seemed to make the most sense, and I agreed with her theory/what she read. :)
But yeah, Proto, more than one person called that plot change!
(SPOILER)Which, it'll be hilarious if Gendry turns out to be mega smurfing important later, and how they ret-con that. They've already written themselves into a few corners.

