She isn't in the Bloody Line of Succession!
The Throne should go to some 2nd or 3rd Baratheon Cousin.
Poor Tommen. I didn't think they were going to Kill off Margaery.
I guess the other Wildfire cashes didn't set off the others?
And How the Hell is Cersei Queen?
She. Isn't. In. The. Line. Of. Succession!
She isn't in the Bloody Line of Succession!
Everyone else, in King's Landing, is dead!
Poor Tommen.
Serves him right, for ending trial by combat.
I didn't think they were going to Kill off Margaery.
Yes, that was surprising.
Does she need to be in the line of succession? She just ignited all of her rivals and drove her son to suicide. There is no one at the moment to stand in her way.
“And How the Hell is Cersei Queen?”
The same way her husband became king really. She seized the throne.
She is queen because she ‘made’ herself queen. Even if there’s a baratheon somewhere that can claim their rightfull place on the Iron Throne they probably don’t have the support or the army to ceased it from her. It’s a mute point now. She killed everyone to become queen.
“how the Hell is Cersei Queen? She isn’t in the Bloody Line of Succession!”
Easy. She’s holding the reins of political power, and no one is there to oppose her.
Yet.
As the queen mother, she is claiming it, though whether or not she has the legal authority is open to debate. Who WANTS to debate it is uncertain.
There is also the fact that without heirs herself or legitimate close relatives of her husband, a nation that just fought a war of the five kings has no one but Cersei ready, able and supported by many to take the throne until Danerys shows up.
But after Cersei just killed a lot of people and a major holy landmark, a lot of people who didn’t care about the Lannister/Baratheon rulers as long as there was peace now want anyone but her.
“She isn’t in the Bloody Line of Succession!”
True, but I think everyone line of succession is dead. Joffrey, Tommen and Renly had no offspring, Robert had no legitimate offspring, Stannis only had Shireen and she’s dead too.
As for other Baratheon cousins, all the brothers of Robert are accounted for with no living heirs and we don’t ever hear that he had any sisters, so I think that line is dead except for bastards like Gendry.
Besides, Cersei is determined to be queen no matter what the line of succession says and she just killed everyone who would have objected about it in King’s Landing :)