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As we move within a month of the season premier of Game of Thrones, we have heard or read about every kind of theory out there. At least I thought I had. Joe Dempsie, the actor behind Gendry in Game of Thrones, has put out his thoughts on another theory that centers around his parentage.
Most fans know that Gendry is the bastard son of Robert Baratheon. This fact became a matter of contention for a number of factions. Joffrey, in his desire to remove any possible challengers to the throne, put out an edict that all bastard children be put to death. Melisandre purchased Gendry so she could use his blood to perform black magic. Everyone wanted a Gendry for their very own.
Dempsie, in his own natural curiosity about his character’s origins, looked at two different quotes in the series. One was from his own character who when asked about what he remembered about his mother, said:
I don’t remember much about her at all, other than the fact that she had yellow hair and she would sing to me.
He then combined this with a quote from Cersei when describing her “still born” son:
I lost my first born boy, a little black haired beauty.
Being Game of Thrones, it has been theorized that perhaps her “still born” son was not lost at all but disposed of by Cersei for some nefarious reason and that child IS Gendry. Dempsie’s hypothesis is that the writers don’t just throw meaningless lines into their scripts.
It’s one of those things where you go, ‘Do they usually write lines that don’t mean anything, or lines that seem to have significance that [are] never addressed again?’ I was kind of intrigued to see what that might mean, and what impact that might have on Gendry’s clout politically.
Whether this is true or not is open to interpretation but it is good food for thought and discussion. So what do you think? Is it remotely possible for Gendry to be the son of Robert and Cersei? Share your genetic expertise with us at GVNation.
Source: PopCulture.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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