Last edited by Shaibana; 06-22-2015 at 01:20 PM.
Blood right is pretty much just a cultural institution, so I don't see anyone as being the "true" heir. Recall Varys' wise words!
I always thought Stannis was the true heir at this point since all the 7 kingdoms pledged fealty to House Baratheon after the war. Stannis was Robert's heir. If Stannis is dead, I don't know who the smurf is the heir, though it probably doesn't matter in the end since zombies are coming to kill all of them.
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Given that Robert's grandmother was a Targaryen (which is why he got the throne in the first place) I think the legitimate Baratheon heir might actually be Daenerys anyway.
Ah, interesting!
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That would take precedent yes. However all the information that's written about the Baratheon line shows single sons every generation (which is ridiculous for a medieval inheritance system but hey ho) and then I can't help but wonder if it becomes matrilineal in such a case. Really nerding out, there is an inheritance situation for Rosby (minor lordship) in the books and there's six possible claimants from different lines and the crown has to decide who inherits. I'd think the easiest way to solve the inheritance crisis would be to legitimise one of King Robert's bastards.
Mellisandre had an interview
To start, Van Houten summarized some of the interaction Melisandre had with Jon over the course of the season. “You’ve seen her clock Jon Snow, which is a great ending because you think, ‘Uh oh, what’s going to happen there?’” she said. “You feel that she is concentrating more and more towards Jon Snow … there are slight hints that something’s going to happen.”
In addition to their final meeting, we shouldn’t forget that Melisandre made a blatant sexual overture toward Jon back in “Sons of the Harpy,” presumably because she wanted to give birth to another shadow baby. So yes, the show has established that she’s interested in the guy.
But is she interested enough, and does she have enough power, to try and resurrect him? If the producers are planning something like that, they’re keeping very tight-lipped about it, which is only to be expected. Also, Van Houten obviously isn’t going to spoil anything, not unless she wants to really tick off her employers. She did, however, let slip a little hint about something coming in Season 6.
"I was doing ADR the other day and then the producer was there and he was saying something that I’ve heard before, which is quite spectacular, for next year, which I really can’t say anything about."
ADR, for those who aren’t aware, stands for “automated dialogue replacement,” and involves an actor coming in to rerecord and synchronize her lines, something that happens often on Game of Thrones. Van Houten’s claim that a producer talked about something “quite spectacular” coming “next year” is incredibly vague, and could be referring to almost anything—who’s to say that this spectacular something even has anything to do with Melisandre?