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Originally posted by Ressti
All the more reason to disown the Targaryen bastard born out of rape that killed her?
Idk. I don't buy it. But I could be wrong. I just feel like... if there's a bunch of Targaryen bastards running around... why is Jon's parentage made to be so special by GRRM?
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In the books it's alluded that Joanna lost her virginity to Aerys when he was just a prince. But someone points out that Tywin Lannister was too proud a man to have anyone's leftovers.
So I don't think he would readily admit that his wife was taken by another man when the image of his house means more to him than anything in the world. He would rather begrudgingly raise the kid than be stained by controversy.
Another reason I think it's possible is why would Tywin and Joanna produce two 'perfect' children like Jaime and Cersei and then suddenly, in this fictional world where everything GRRM does has a purpose, have a dwarf? The centuries of Targaryen inbreeding would cause a genetic anomaly like that, I think.
Also, this would be the inverse of Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters. It'll be Daenerys the Conqueror and her brothers. (of course popular theory is jon is rhaeger's son but i'm not unconvinced that rhaegar took lyanna to dorne to save her from his father after he raped her)