The Jon/Dany Incest Thing…
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:00 am
Is NOT a Big Thing, and it should NOT be a problem forJon and Dany nor for anyone else. I think the Westerosi Old and New Gods' condemnation of incest applies only to immediate family members (brother/sister [Cercei/Jaime, Targaryens], father/daughter [Craster], etc.).
After all, Sansa Stark and Robin Arryn, first cousins whose mothers (Catelyn and Lysa Tully) were sisters, were betrothed as a routine political alliance between House Stark and House Arryn, presumably from their births as the eldest male and female children of these key houses.
HBO scenes between Lysa, Robin and Sansa took this engagement for granted. This fact is borne out when Robin said something to Sansa like, "When we are married and bad guys bother us, we will just make them fly out the Moon Door." Sansa did not challenge this assumption in her scenes with Lysa nor with Robin—their betrothal was accepted by all concerned as a matter of course.
The dual-generation genetic connection between Dany (aunt) and Jon (nephew) should concern northern lords even less than that between first cousins.
Now that we know that Jon and his Stark half-sisters are incest-immune first cousins, will he marry Sansa or Arya? Nah… His destiny is tied to his aunt Dany, almost certainly immune from incest challenge.
After all, Sansa Stark and Robin Arryn, first cousins whose mothers (Catelyn and Lysa Tully) were sisters, were betrothed as a routine political alliance between House Stark and House Arryn, presumably from their births as the eldest male and female children of these key houses.
HBO scenes between Lysa, Robin and Sansa took this engagement for granted. This fact is borne out when Robin said something to Sansa like, "When we are married and bad guys bother us, we will just make them fly out the Moon Door." Sansa did not challenge this assumption in her scenes with Lysa nor with Robin—their betrothal was accepted by all concerned as a matter of course.
The dual-generation genetic connection between Dany (aunt) and Jon (nephew) should concern northern lords even less than that between first cousins.
Now that we know that Jon and his Stark half-sisters are incest-immune first cousins, will he marry Sansa or Arya? Nah… His destiny is tied to his aunt Dany, almost certainly immune from incest challenge.