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L08e16o · 04-13-2012, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KaleRylan

Like you said, the heir is usually the first of the blood (there are exceptions, the romans preferred adopted heirs), but either way, the rules of succession are the rules of succession. Feelings are irrelevant.

That said, I would think that she COULD still say prince, because heir or not, he would still be a prince. That was why kings always attempted to have multiple sons, so if the heir died there was another.

I won't immediately jump to the 'bad writing' card (although I think that's a lot of it), my guess is they were trying to quickly illustrate what happened to kids without explaining in detail how succession works. 'Tygra gets a brother, loses everything' WHich is NOT how succession works.

Plus, it makes their mom look REALLY callous. At least she had the good grace to look embarrassed about it. I hope in the episode there are more scenes of her later not totally ignoring Tygra, but I have a bad feeling about this.

I hope not.

We had to see how tygra was adopted and where the division between him and his brother came from.

She is a lioness. Color of her face and hair.

04-13-2012, 06:50 PM	#20
L08e16o Survivor of the Anointment Trials Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,481	Quote: Originally Posted by KaleRylan Like you said, the heir is usually the first of the blood (there are exceptions, the romans preferred adopted heirs), but either way, the rules of succession are the rules of succession. Feelings are irrelevant. That said, I would think that she COULD still say prince, because heir or not, he would still be a prince. That was why kings always attempted to have multiple sons, so if the heir died there was another. I won't immediately jump to the 'bad writing' card (although I think that's a lot of it), my guess is they were trying to quickly illustrate what happened to kids without explaining in detail how succession works. 'Tygra gets a brother, loses everything' WHich is NOT how succession works. Plus, it makes their mom look REALLY callous. At least she had the good grace to look embarrassed about it. I hope in the episode there are more scenes of her later not totally ignoring Tygra, but I have a bad feeling about this. I hope not. We had to see how tygra was adopted and where the division between him and his brother came from. She is a lioness. Color of her face and hair. Last edited by L08e16o; 04-13-2012 at 06:59 PM..