Post by TheMadQueen on Aug 16, 2017 13:55:00 GMT
I'd love to get some more details and would really love to see some Bran flashbacks with Rhaegar and/or Lyanna/Elia. I fear we might be putting more thought into it than the writers though. I wager they need to make Jon legitimate in the context of the show, and they're not too concerned with how the circumstances might reflect on Rhaegar who is pretty much a non-character on the show.
I believe there are other reasons for anullment historically in the U.K. at least. Though they're a bit dubious. See Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
TheMadQueen, not necessarily true. Even in real life there are many examples of the Church/Pope defying a monarch and refusing to annul a marriage. Being royalty doesn't necessarily guarantee compliance on these things, so there ought to be some reason behind the anullment rather than just 'Rhaegar says so'
As Davey said though I'm thinking more about it that will likely be dealt with in the show. They simply need Jon to be legitimate, so he is now
thats true, I just think they won't take the time to establish all that. They'll probably just say "Rhaegar loved Lyanna, so he made the High Septon marry them."
IIRC in the books the High sparrow was the first high Septon in decades that wasn't a useless POS so maybe whoever Rhaegar was just weak willed.
