re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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it makes more sense than some noble stark lets her entire family be killed and whole war break out because she falls in love with some inbreeding bad swordsman.

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(a) No, it doesn't,

(b) She didn't let anything happen. Her brother and father died as a result of Mad King Arys' paranoia,

(c) the war broke out because Robert Baratheon went apeshit after Lyanna chose Rhaegar (which has its roots in Rhaegar picking Lyanna as the most beautiful woman at a tournament he won), and

(d) Rhaegar also happened to be the second most powerful man in Westeros behind his father, apparently one of the best looking men of the time, skilled with words and at wooing women, and one of the best warriors in the realm. It is not hard to imagine Lyanna falling in love with Rhaegar.

Moreover, more wars have been fought over the affections of a woman than we know. Hell, the Illiad is based on the same notion. Additionally, if Lyanna had come out of hiding and announced she had eloped with Rhaegar and was pregnant with his child, Robert would have started the war anyway as an afront to his honor (think Menelaus). Combine that with the shame that would have been brought on both houses (Stark and Targ) and the worsening mental health of Arys, things likely could have been worse for the realm. I'm failing to see how this doesn't make sense.

Why else did war break out, hmmmmm??? Pray tell.