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Depends. He’s not stupid by any means, he just isn’t a trained economist or financier. If he were ISOTed, he’d be completely lost, but 12th-15th century feudal politics are very different from what occurred in the early modern and Industrial eras. If he came of age in the latter, he’d probably...

Won’t actually change. Tywin said that when he moved against KL it was to be in such a way that “no one could doubt [he] had forsaken House Targaryen forever.” Once he starts attacking, Aerys gives the order to light the wildfire and to kill Tywin, and then Jaime impales him. There is no other...

Yeah it just seems like I could see the Dance of the Dragons between individual fighters but not air forces. Hence why maybe there was a loss of technology that makes it impossible to build new planes (or nearly so) and the resources to maintain them. And what happens when the monopoly of force...

So I just had an insane idea for an ASOIAF fic...crossed with the Ace Combat universe where instead of dragons, the Targaryens are ace fighter pilots and the like (maybe fighter aircraft are like BattleTech LosTech? Or maybe not, it seems like anyone with the money can get their hands on a plane...

Actually, as I understand it, it is in fact possible for a cripple to produce heirs. It would just be really *difficult*, to say nothing of the weirdness factor. More likely the Iron Throne becomes an elective monarchy after he dies, though, with the king chosen similar to the manner they used...