Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-1399600-20160629121258/@comment-703428-20160808075025

I think you guys are missing the most important aspect of Jon getting hailed the King In the North. The Northmen are essentially writing/rewriting the rulebook and laws as they are going along. The current rules of succession came from the Iron Throne and might also have been sanctioned by the Faith of the Seven. European Monarchs, for example, used to need a special bottle of oil from the Vatican to "anoint" their rulers.

Here is the thing, the North decided to stop following the Iron Throne when they declared Robb king. Roose Bolton forced them back into the fold but you can't follow the Iron Throne and still have a King in the North. Most of them could give two shits about the Faith of the Seven. The old gods have no priests. Last I looked, the North had no constitution. By tradition, the King in the North is named Stark. But that can be loosely interpreted to mean "the King in the North has Stark blood", which Jon undoubtedly has.

So really, the only people who can object is Sansa, Arya and Bran. I think we can all agree that Arya and Bran who love and adore their brother would never contest his claim. If anything, they will go out of their way to take themselves out of consideration. Bran's paralysis apparently rendered him incapable of having children. That alone he can use to take himself out of consideration. Arya might be interested in leading Stark forces but she isn't going to want to be Queen of the North or Lady of Winterfell.

Only Sansa might try something but at this point, she has NO Northern support. The Free Folk don't know her and don't care about her. She got called a Lannister and a Bolton when she was talking to House Mormont. House Mormont gave their support to Jon, not her. Lord Glover clearly thought Sansa was an entitled little shit who didn't understand how betrayed the North felt by Robb and his inability to keep a simple marriage bargain with Walder Frey. Replaying the scene, he only seemed to have received them because of Jon. So if Sansa wants to try something. She'll have to do it as an invader with the Knights of the Vale and possibly Tully forces (pretty sure Jon is going to take back the Riverlands, probably with help from Euron as a surprise twist because everybody is expecting him to ally with Cersei, next season). Which is going to go down SOOOO well in the North!

Jon can continue to call himself Snow. Change his name to Stark or start calling himself Targaryen. At this point, it doesn't matter. They hailed him king because of who Jon is as a person. They might change their mind if one of the trueborn kids return and press their claim against his. But we know only Sansa might try that and in my opinion, she won't get far with actual Northmen!