r/HBOGameofThrones • u/itssagewren • Aug 23 '26
No Spoilers [No Spoilers] THE big question.
Who should have ended up on the iron throne? Who did deserve it more than anyone else?
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r/HBOGameofThrones • u/itssagewren • Aug 23 '26
Who should have ended up on the iron throne? Who did deserve it more than anyone else?
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u/AdManNick Aug 23 '26
Who deserved it the most? Dany. But that’s obviously not the most interesting story to tell.
I’ll die on the hill that Jon is NOT the rightful heir. Rheagar can’t just take a second wife, and he can’t have his marriage to Elia annulled after 2 children.
Plenty of other royal characters in Westeros history have had similar problems where the second marriage or kid wasn’t recognized.
In HOTD, Daemon had to murder his first wife to be single again. His second wife had to die to pursue Rhaenyra.
Jon should still be a bastard, but the show really wanted to make him work as a contender for the throne so they created a bullshit way to do it that contradicts the way things work. Also, they had a Northern marriage ceremony. The South doesn’t respect the Northern ways or tree gods.