Once the Targaryen were deposed it was a matter of which family had the best claim as Ned himself said.

No but it means they were still giving some credence to the concept. You could also argue that the Mad King's actions with the Ned's father and brother made the rebellion just since he essentially denied them a fair trial by combat. Rebellion against the mad king meant deposing house Targaryen was kind of a given and…

They still choose him because his claim, as shaky as it was, was the best amongst rebels despite him not particularly wanting or being suited for the throne.

Yeah the books make it clear how fragile the Bolton's hold on the North really is and how the other Northern lords haven't forgotten the Red Wedding. Roose seemed to allude to this last season when he stressed the importance of Ramsay marrying Sansa to tighten their hold over Winterfell but this is never mentioned…

The whole reason why they made Robert king instead of say Jon Arryn was because he had Targaryen blood. They may have rebelled against a mad king that overstepped his bounds but they didn't entirely throw away the idea of feudal succession. And Robert's reign was largely peaceful outside of the Greyjoy rebellion which…

It's odd, even though there are multiple plot points this season that are probably from future books it doesn't actually feel as though that much has been spoiled. Thats partly because at this point certain fan theories were bound to be true but also because of how much the show has diverged from the books at this…

I get thats what they're going for, its more the way they're handling it. It makes sense that the constant war that has engulfed Westeros for years would lead to massive social upheaval, but its hard to swallow that people just suddenly stop caring about kinslaying or that they'd be ok with bastards ruling Dorne after…

I'll remember this as this season where the people of Westeros collectively stopped giving a fuck about the laws and customs that have governed them for years. A group of bastards kill Prince Doran (their own kin) and proceed to take over Dorne and no one cares. Euron admits to killing King Balon (his own brother) and…