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Would a daughter of Robert and Cersei be permitted to grow to adulthood, and would it inflame Arryn's suspicions or remove them?

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Say any children from the wedding night/early marriage aren't prevented or aborted. Wether because the Fortuneteller she based so much of her life on said to have it, she doesn't hear 'Lyanna' the first time or Olenna Martell turns up and uses her miserable old bag powers to ensure she stays pregnant. Whatever. Either way, Cersei's attempts to dispose of the child fail, people know she's pregnant and she's having the baby.

Would Cersei risk assassination once the baby was born to put it down? As it's not a 'real' (Jaime) child, and a girl, the baby can't be a threat to a real heir in Joffrey. Robert's probably eyeing the girl off to marry to Robb Stark, Tywin probably wants her as a page. Targ loyalists might even try to arrange a quiet accident.

Then we've got Jon Arryn. It took him a bit of research to figure out the incest, but would he even be set on the trail when one child looks like a tiny Robert?

Posted Sep 30, 2022, 1:01 PM UTC

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KingsguardDoesntFlee•

If they had a legitimate child, even only one, Jon may have thought that the other were legitimate as well even if they were blondes, blaming randomness.

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Pure-Drawer-2617•

I think Jon wouldn’t have figured out the incest at all. The whole reason he was suspicious was that Cersei and Robert somehow managed to have 3 blind children and no dark haired ones. Even one dark haired child would be enough that he could excuse it as a coincidence.

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AegonIXth•

Blind children? Are they training to be faceless men?

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Pure-Drawer-2617•

You know damn well I meant blonde 😂

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1000LivesBeforeIDie•

I don’t see why anyone would try to assassinate such a child given that we never heard of an assassination attempt on Cersei’s children

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Statboy1Sandor the Chivalrous•

Cersei appeared to have as many of Roberts Bastards killed as she could. Tyrion finds out about the baby in the brothel. We have Arya's perspective as Gendry is hunted during the first stretch of the Journey. If I recall its never stated, but heavily suggested she murdered as many as she could. She had the total number from Maggie the Frog.

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markusw7•

This happens only after Ned has confronted her with the fact he knows her children are bastards.

After that she makes moves to kill them because they're evidence to that fact, when she wasn't threatened at all Roberts bastards were fine

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Statboy1Sandor the Chivalrous•

I had always thought she did it due to vindictive crazy on her part. But I can see simply trying to cover herself as well.

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1000LivesBeforeIDie•

But why would Cersei assassinate her own child? If she didn’t abort it she probably wouldn’t kill it

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Statboy1Sandor the Chivalrous•

For not being Jaime's. She is crazy, the question OP is proposing is, is Cersei that crazy.

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Haircut117•

Read the section where she discusses the why of it again. She was absolutely besotted with Robert right up until he called her Lyanna while they were in bed together. If he had never done that, she would never have aborted her pregnancies by him. She may even have stopped fucking her brother for him.

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alvende•

Interesting question. Cersei would probably hate a black-haired daughter from Robert and even if she didn't find a way to get rid of her she would probably abuse the daughter.

Jon Arryn probably wouldn't suspect the incest if Cersei had at least one black-haired child.

note: Lady Olenna does not have magic powers and would not know what 18 year old Cersei was like or be able to interfere. Pages are usually boys, they often later become squires and knights. A daughter might be a cupbearer.

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sandorapologist•

No matter what would come of this, as bad and manic as Cersei can get. Even if it was her and Roberts child, if would still be hers and one of her really redeeming qualities is her motherly love and concern. She wouldn't be able to have her own child killed.

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deimosf123•

I don't think she would her own child. Especially, if it is child of king.

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