Bernie Mac Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 On 5/20/2019 at 7:27 AM, Viserys' alarm clock said: If you believe Dany to be the rightful queen then being a Baratheon decended from the usurper doesn’t give you any claim to the throne. If you believe the Baratheon claim to be superior and don’t support Dany as queen then was Gendry ever legitimised? Either way it doesn’t matter. Power resides where men believe it to. The Baratheons are the next in line if all Targaryens are dead or exempt from inheriting. His claim should not be from Robert but from his great grandmother. Obviously I'd imagine that Lords would scoff at someone born a peasant be made King and refuse him on that principle, but then they happily elected a cripple with no claim to the Throne. Bran was a main character, Gendry a secondary one so its obvious why one was chosen above the other, but even going on Tyrion's justification of 'who has the better story' the peasant becoming Prince is the better story than Bran's confusing one about going North, sitting in a cave and coming home. The average Westerosi is not even going to understand Bran's story. Gendry's is a staple of literature in any civilization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lannister Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Uh, does anyone really think they had any plan for Gendry beyond bringing him back as fan service and a booty call for Arya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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