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Game of Thrones (Spoilers) The Shrike Send a noteboard - 28/08/2017 04:50:02 PM

I think we all knew a couple of things. Jon Snow is a Targaryen. He is the mixture of Fire and Ice. And that he and Daenarys were headed towards sexual relations. Another mixture of Fire and Ice. I've seen a lot of things written on the internet about last night's coupling. Unfortunately I didn't see too much putting things into historical context. The Westeros society of A Song of Ice and Fire is basically 15th century England/15th century Europe. And throughout history in the Christian and Jewish worlds, an aunt marrying a nephew/uncle marrying a niece was not necessarily frowned upon. Definitely not within the nobility whose marriage choices were limited and needed to focus on what was best for the state (Too bad Rob Stark was too stupid to understand this). The Habsburg Austrian and Spanish branches were particularly known for this before the Spanish branch died out.

From a genetic point of view, it would make sense to not have this kind of coupling as it could lead to problematic mutations (Looking at you Habsburg lips), but from a societal standpoint? What was true then about this kind of coupling/marriage is not necessarily true now. Times change. Mores change. How we view this has changed. But I leave you with this -

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Game of Thrones (Spoilers) - 28/08/2017 04:50:02 PM 904 Views
That doesn't bother me at all. - 28/08/2017 08:46:08 PM 474 Views
DUDE, that's your aunt..... - 28/08/2017 10:15:46 PM 490 Views
John can still do better On a different note, as much as I enjoyed *spoiler* - 29/08/2017 06:43:49 AM 577 Views
I totally agree about LF. - 29/08/2017 09:04:26 AM 517 Views
That's two finales in a row where they did that - 29/08/2017 10:07:04 PM 487 Views
Won't one of them have to kill the other? - 29/08/2017 11:35:11 AM 540 Views
You know what they say. - 05/09/2017 03:57:34 AM 467 Views

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