I know everyone is still feeling from the whole Juliette situation, but I can’t stop thinking about the fact that the King said the Queen is dead, and then the King is murdered. Does that mean Viktor is now King? I WANT TO SEE THAT SO BAD!! He killed mayor players, the Verat…
I completely agree Viktor should be the next king. And he will be brilliant and it will be bloody. Viktor will kill anybody who challenges him for the throne. Which I imagine will happen considering that there are seven royal families and Viktor was not the related to King Fredrick. So one of more members or other families might be pissed that they weren’t tapped for next to be king. And Sean should have a legitimate claim to the throne considering he is the late king’s blood son. Even if he is a bastard he still is the son of the king meaning that he has the right to ascend to the throne. In these matters usually only the kings blood matters. So next season could be very interesting with the Royals and who is going to be the next king. I hope the writers go with this kind of story line.
If Sean challenged for the throne, he would only get it if he had the military force to essentially overthrow the Rightful King. British history is scattered with bastards and bastard cousins seven times removed who thought they had a rightful claim, but they don’t. The line of succession only goes through legitimate sons, then legitimate daughters, then it goes wider to cousins or uncles etc. Sean therefore has no rightful claim, and neither has Diana, but the Royal Family are making an exception to her because of her powers. They could also pass her off as Eric’s-through-a-secret-marriage now that he’s dead. But considering her power no one is going to put up much of a fuss.
The British royal line of succession was very complicated – a generation or so back, a King had to abdicate because he wanted to marry a divorced woman. It’s only in 2010 or thereabouts that the first British Royal married someone not of Royal blood who wasn’t a Duchess of Somewhere-or-Other. The 21st century and people were still concerned about the bloodline of the Royal Family, and they barely do anything anymore.
The rules of who gets to be King are very complicated in Britain, considering how weird monarchy is the world over, I would expect it to be the same in Austria – though their exact rules of succession are more than likely that not different to ours, they’re probably just as weird.
Of course, the rules in Grimm might be entirely different – but if Sean had a legit claim, he would have a)been included with the main family socially, which Sean says he wasn’t and b) wouldn’t be referred to as a bastard. Repeatedly. Bastards literally have no claim to their father’s estate, heritage or standing, which is why it was so shameful to be or be called one.
Knowing Grimm, they are probably going to pull a fast one and prove me wrong, though. I still don’t trust half of what comes out of Sean’s mouth.
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