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Re: . Mary and Elizabeth were bastards who were relegitimized by their brother Edward VI.

In the modern world several nations, including the US, keep the peace by threatening to incinerate other nations with fire on a scale that makes Drogon look like a Zippo lighter.
Are we really that better?

The primogeniture rule came in kind of late in the Middle Ages. Kingship often passed to a brother not a son in Saxon England, especially if the son was underage since the country needed an adult warrior king to defend against the Vikings. As late as the 1400s people could not decide if York (descended through an…

From real history: uncle-niece marriages were occasionally allowed by the Church in Europe. A 19th century king of Spain married two of his nieces in succession.

The White Walkers are juts a myth from the past to the masters. If someone today told a colloquy of college professors that Loki was leading an army of Frost Giants to take down civilization they'd laugh it off as one too many bong hits at the last frat party.

It came across as whiny. And it's a small plothole, but how did Tyrion manage to contact Bronn? Is Varys' spy network still intact even though working mainly for Qyburn now? Maybe that's how Cersei knew about it? And the fact that Cersei did not have a royal hissy fit and turn out the goldcloaks to bring her Tyrion's…

Reactions to Arya and Sansa's scene? I thought Arya was being a real dolt for reading Sansa for not cracking down on the allies who were questioning why Jon has been gone so long. Sansa, as she pointed out to her younger sister, was being necessarily politic— and she did flatly tell the complainers that she was…

Jon and Dany, IMO, have no romantic chemistry, only ally chemistry. Though for a royal marriage that would not matter. Along with Khal Drogo, Dany has also had a thing for Jorah, and for Daario in Mereen. Jon has never been interested in any woman since Ygritte.

I'll have to dust off "A World of Ice and Fire". I do recall that Aerys had several wives and a number of stillborn children. His last wife was Dany and Viserys' mother; the much older Rhaegar was a half brother to them, both from Aerys' first wife.

We've never heard anything about Dany's mother on the show. "A World of Ice and Fire" gives the details of Aerys' multiple marriages, but I can't recall is she was a Targaryen or not. The Targaryens practiced incest, but (like the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt) they also married outside the family too.

I seem to have missed the part where Rhaegar's marriage was confirmed. Can someone expand on it? Thanks

Re: Do we judge Dany harshly for her actions here, or is Tyrion just woefully unprepared for the realities of this war?

Maybe the wind was blowing from the northwest so most of the fallout blew out to sea.

Six is back on the ship. Four is now Emperor Ryu-what's-his-name and their enemy.
Last week's episode gave the Android a back story finally, but also messed up Two's back story in a weird way.

Dark Matter is one of my "guilty pleasure" shows. "The Expanse" I take more seriously.

Realistically the poison would need to be fresh, and would have to be applied just before firing. Otherwise it will dry off the arrow, or decompose with time.

Historical factoid: there were a number of uncle-niece marriages in European history— the opposite of the Jon-Dany relationship, but the same degree of kinship. Even in the 19th century there was a Spanish king of who married two of his nieces in succession. I think this was a Southern European thing though. In the…

Cersei and Jaime got a number of the Tyrell bannerman and thus their armies to switch sides. The Tyrells would have been left with their household troops only and maybe a couple of loyal vassals.

Dorne's armies are leaderless and there will probably be a succession war among the generals there to keep them occupied and out of Cersei's hair.