Local Abuela Who Watched Game Of Thrones Now Legally Owns The Iron Throne, HBO Lawyers Confirm

SEVILLA, SPAIN — What began as a simple grandmother watching dragons eat people on television has culminated in what legal experts are calling 'the most aggressive corporate acquisition in the history of fictional kingdoms,' as Guadalupe Fiñana, 74, announced Monday that she now controls all intellectual property rights to the entire Westerosi continent.

'She just kept watching,' said her grandson Miguelito, visibly exhausted. 'We thought it was cute. We put her on TikTok. We did not anticipate... this.'

Fiñana first went viral in 2022 when footage of her reacting to the Red Wedding with the phrase 'Ay, estos muchachos son muy maleducados' received 47 million views and the personal attention of HBO executives who, according to sources, 'saw a business opportunity and, in retrospect, absolutely should not have pursued it.'

After a brief appearance in House of the Dragon — in which she played a background courtier who inexplicably had the most memorable scene in the entire season — Fiñana negotiated what her attorney describes as 'an unprecedented contract written entirely on a paper napkin from a café in Málaga.'

'The napkin clearly states she gets 'a piece of the whole thing,'' said her lawyer, reading from the napkin. 'We interpreted that broadly.'

HBO representatives confirmed they are currently in negotiations with Fiñana over the future of the franchise, though talks have been complicated by the fact that she keeps pausing the meetings to offer everyone homemade croquetas and ask why Jon Snow doesn't just call his mother more often.

'She has leveraged our own fictional medieval monarchy against us,' said one HBO executive who requested anonymity and a stiff drink. 'We created a universe with dragons and ancient prophecies and a woman from Sevilla has somehow become the most powerful person in it.'

At press time, Fiñana had announced she was 'fixing the ending' of the final season, had cast her neighbor Consuelo as Daenerys in the reboot, and had diplomatically resolved the War of the Five Kings over a long Sunday lunch.