Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-28895263-20170602045702

I’ve been thinking about Cersei’s first child: not Joffrey, but the unnamed “black-haired beauty” who was invented for the HBO production, and is not mentioned in the books. Why was he added to the backstory? What is his significance? We know little about him. “A black-haired beauty” means that he was fathered by Robert, not Jamie. We know that he died of a fever, some 15 - 16 years prior to GoT. I’ve long thought that he was poisoned. Jon Arryn’s death was originally attributed to a fever. Somebody has access to a poison that produces those symptoms. If Robert’s son was poisoned, can we assume that the same person was responsible for his, and Jon Arryn’s, murders? That would put it on Littlefinger. He had Lysa poison Jon because Jon had figured out that Joffrey was not Robert’s legitimate heir. I think he killed Robert’s son because he was the legitimate heir. Littlefinger wants to be king. That means removing anyone in his way. Kill Robert’s son, the legitimate heir. Be prepared to demonstrate that Joffrey is not a Baratheon, and remove him as a false king. (He shared that plan with Ned.) Presumably, he had a plan to kill Renly and Stannis - but did not have to. (He could have persuaded King Joffrey to execute Renly and Stannis on some false charge.) Anyone with a claim to the throne, however remote, is in danger from Littlefinger. Daenerys, of course, and Cersei. Jon Snow, if Littlefinger knows his true parentage. (We believe that he does.) Thoughts? Discussion? 