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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
I think it's a legitimate question. You realize how convoluted the shit is? Say you start with one king. All of his close relatives and descendants also have king's blood. Then, it seems anyone else who is anointed or claims kingship also receives the same "benefit" for lack of a better term. Fast forward a few generations and you could legit be talking about hundreds of people with magical king's blood. Just makes me wonder..
It's fantasy so I'm not saying it needs to be realistic; I'm merely wondering how the lines will be defined within the universe. It doesn't faze me when some weird magical shit takes place because this show has done a pretty good job of setting up its own fantastical rules, but if Optimus Prime dropped out of the sky and started fighting white walkers I'd be like "what the **** is this shit?".
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This is why incest destroyed royal families in the real world. The notion of keeping the royal bloodline pure. There is a specific line of succession and certain rules regarding who is the most rightful ruler in each circumstance, and then there are competing rivalries that make a case for "their guy" to be next up, amd there are also people who hold some bullshit claim that others are willing to follow along with. As I mentioned before, think of it like
divine right exists in this universe so "king's blood" is a combination of those two concepts. The royal bloodline and the divine right of kings.