Okay, new theory. At least, I've never seen it before. Spoilers for all of book 5.
If R+L=J is true, then Jon is a Targ. Possibly even a legitimate one.
When Mel was looking for the Prince Who Was Promised, she only ever saw Jon's face. Not Jon's and Dany's, or Jon's and Dany's and Aegon's, just Jon.
Assuming Jon is brought back by Mel, that may count as a death to get him out of the Night's Watch. He can marry, hold lands and titles, have kids, etc.
If Dany was bleeding not because her womb started working again but because she had the bloody flux, she still can't have children. She can't carry on the Targ line with her husband(s).
So, what if Dany becomes Nissa Nissa in the story, offering up her life to forge Lightbringer?
...huh. Interesting. Not really sure I see GRRM going that way, but interesting.
Regarding your first point, I think that has to be true.
Why would the best of the Kingsguard be tasked with protecting a woman carrying a bastard? I'm convinced they got married when they ran off. So, who was born first, Jon or Aegon?
Wasn't Rhaegar already married to Elia when he ran away with Lyanna?
Baelor the blessed married his 3 sisters iirc, and some other important Targs through history have had multiple wives
And considering how much Rhaegar seemed to think of himself as a part of Important Prophecy, it's certainly possible he went that route.
Although how he got Lyanna to agree to it is a bit of a mystery to me
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
I'm looking forward to the Rorge and Biter no-regrets, no-holds-barred, we're-about-to-die-anyway cage-sex in the burning barn.
That happened, right?
"So, why do they call you Biter?"
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Regarding your first point, I think that has to be true.
Baelor the blessed married his 3 sisters iirc, and some other important Targs through history have had multiple wives
And considering how much Rhaegar seemed to think of himself as a part of Important Prophecy, it's certainly possible he went that route.
Although how he got Lyanna to agree to it is a bit of a mystery to me
Yet.
That happened, right?
And thus begins me re-reading the books.
"So, why do they call you Biter?"
Nooo not another one