Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-1399600-20160629121258/@comment-5308269-20160731160155

Godzillavkk wrote: You forget that Yara has a claim to the Salt Throne and Theon is backing her. And judging by the situation, I don't think Bran has any interest in ruling unless Jon is slain somehow and Sansa refuses the crown. Honestly book worshippers beginning to sound like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AvrBFlJeMs

Jon had no interest in ruling either, but the Northerners wanted their own king so badly. And when Bran returns (and is recognized and/or able to prove who he is), some Northern nobles might be eager to change their minds about who they want as King. Not only that, but Bran's going to have to tell Jon who his parents are, and Jon being Jon, would have to do the honourable thing and relinquish the Kingship to Bran. It's not about who "wants" what. It is a duty! A duty one cannot just run away from it, and Bran is the last trueborn son (the last actual son for that matter) of Eddard Stark. He MUST rule, because he has no choice. He's the last legitimate son of his own bloodline, and North exists as a kingdom because of the Stark's, and it falls to Bran to live up to his house's legacy.

Bran also demonstrated himself to be a competent ruler, for a ten year old, from what we saw of him in Season 2. And he's the only living Stark with any experience of ruling.