Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-1399600-20160629121258/@comment-5308269-20160707090224

172.56.34.78 wrote: I find it funny how some people are still arguing for birthrights and the line of succession in the North. The Northern Lords made it clear that they don't care about any of that when it comes to their sovereign.

Do you also find it funny, then, that those same lords also abide by the laws of succession when it comes to their OWN lordships and fiefdoms? So if they can just chose their sovereign on a whim, regardless of whom the rightful claimants are, then their own bastard relatives can overthrow them and usurp their own positions in the belief that they're more able to hold them. As lords, they're supposed to uphold the law. And that includes the laws of succession, which apply to ALL noble houses, as well as royalty. And when they brazenly violate their own laws, all they do is undermine the very basis of their own authority. The North is not a democracy, and Jon Snow almost lost that battle. The Northern lords choice to name Jon their king is just outright foolish!