re: Game of Thrones SPOILER PARTY (frick it, just spoil it all)

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Spoelstra ahoy. Gendry's mother is difficult to point out, and may very well end up being a nondescript character of no relevance whatsoever. So Gendry is pretty much just a plain bastard unlike most bastards we've met in the whole series. All we know of his mother is exactly what Gendry told Ned -- that her hair was blonde and that she worked in an alehouse and died when he was young. Oh, and she sang to him, too.

Assuming Gendry never actually remembered his mother or even seen her face, a crackpot theory would indicate the possibility of Cersei Lannister being a candidate. I don't know why the show added the angle of Robert and Cersei losing a child long ago, it wasn't in the books, so that's peculiar.

This was mentioned in a private conversation between the two in season one. There was also a scene there, I think, where Cersei tried to console Catelyn Stark, who was beside her son Bran after the tower accident, by telling her that she had a beautiful, dark-haired boy who died when he was little due to fever, and that she and Robert mourned for his loss. Even more peculiar.

Furthermore, the best argument against this theory is that one of Maggy's prophecies (this event took place in Lannisport when Cersei was but a wee bonnie lass) in A Feast For Crows says otherwise. Cersei:"Will the king and I have children?" Maggy:"Oh, aye. Six-and-ten for him, and three for you." Maggy:"Gold shall be their crowns and gold their shrouds," she said. "And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you." So Robert has sixteen bastards, Cersei has three -- and we know Cersei does have three, and all of which are Jamie's; Joffrey, Myrcella, Tommen. This is a case of whether you'd rather believe the books or the show, because the show is giving funny hints that may not imply something but brings a whole, new, different perspective from the written paper. There are no introduced candidates other than Cersei that could potentially be Gendry's mother.

But wait! Here's a wildcard to throw to the heat: What if Gendry is Robert and Lyanna's son? I doubt Robert even had the chance, but still. So I suspect she is just another lowly commoner, or someone who has the potential to expand Gendry's plotline if his participation in the events ever goes beyond, which, to me, seemed rather conclusive. Or GRRM is trying to retcon it and make the show seem like there is a demented possibility that Cersei is indeed Gendry's mother.

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