The 'Game of Thrones' finale gave Cersei the storyline George R.R. Martin planned for Jaime in 1993

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WARNING: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones" season six.

Things are looking bleak in King’s Landing after the season finale of "Game of Thrones" season six.

After the death of her last living child, Cersei Lannister claimed the Iron Throne for herself. Her twin brother and lover Jaime Lannister returned to the capital just in time to see her coronation ceremony.

Cersei may have become queen on the show, but Reddit user represeiro on the subreddit A Song of Ice and Fire pointed out that "Cersei did what [George R.R. Martin] had planned for Jaime in 1993."

Originally, Martin had planned for Jaime to seize the throne for his own, according to his original pitch letter for the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.

"Jaime Lannister will follow Joffrey on the throne of the Seven Kingdoms, by the simple expedient of killing everyone ahead of him in the line of succession and blaming his brother Tyrion for the murders," Martin wrote to his editor back in 1993.

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"If we count that she caused Tommen's death, she got to the Iron Throne by the expedient of killing everyone ahead of her in the line of succession," represeiro wrote.

It remains to be seen until season seven whether or not Cersei pins the blame of the destruction of the sept on anyone else — let alone Tyrion — but she did seize the throne after all three of her children had died and crowned herself the ruler of Westeros, as represeiro pointed out.

And while the line of succession on the show is a little murky, Cersei killed nearly all her enemies at the Sept of Baelor who could have tried to seize the Iron Throne for themselves.

Of course, take this news with a grain of salt — this is the same infamous book pitch letter where George R.R. Martin outlined a love triangle between Tyrion, Jon, and Arya.

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