There's been a lot of "How did you get here? Nobody's supposed to be here" travel this season. Sansa and Brienne got from Winterfell to the Wall in what seemed like the blink of an eye and Jaime got from Riverrun back to King's Landing in time to see Cersei crowned but Brienne and Pod still didn't make it back to Winterfell in time for Jon's declaration as King in the North? How did Yara and Theon get from the Iron Islands to Mereen so quickly and still have time for Yara to stop off and get some ass but Gendry been rowing somewhere, anywhere, god knows where since season three? How did Lady Olenna and the Sand Snakes already know that Cersei blew everybody in the Sept of Baelor up? Those are some fast ass birds. I mean, I don't mind because it all added up to a really good season, but there was some hinkiness going on for sure.

Jon could potentially be in line for Lord of Winterfell through his mother, but even if he were legitimized, he'd be a Targaryen, not a Stark.

I fully expect the last shot of the series to be a post-credits scene of Gendry pulling his boat onto shore and looking around expectantly.

Bran is the actual Lord Stark of Winterfell, right? Except everyone thinks he's dead.

Huh??

If his parents were married, he's a Targaryen. If not, he's still a Snow. Or a Rivers or whatever, depending on which region's bastard name was applicable.

Bran is the actual Lord Stark of Winterfell, right? Except everyone thinks he's dead.

Right. From the information that everyone has, Sansa should inherit, since they think there aren't any boy Starks left, and in the North, girls can inherit in that situation. (IIRC, in most of the South, it would pass to the next eligible male heir.)

From the information that everyone has, Sansa should inherit, since they think there aren't any boy Starks left, and in the North, girls can inherit in that situation.

See exhibit A, Lady Mormont.

But yeah, if Bran decides to come back from being a tree wizard, he is technically Lord Stark now.

I suppose being a tree wizard might be like joining the Night's Watch or the King's Guard or whatever Ser Loras was joining before the sept went boom and entail giving up one's castles and whatnot.

Women can inherit in Dorne, although I don't know how clear that's been made on the show. It's not a North/South thing, I mean. I know women are not supposed to inherit the Iron Throne because of History, but I think everything below that can have their own traditions either way, as long as one's bannermen accept the heir.

Dorne isn't really South -- it's kind of its own thing.

It's south of South. But I'll grant the point.

Jon Snow infographic, making his parentage official: [link]