yandere rhaegar targaryen who grew up shrouded in a blanket of melancholy, akin to the trauma from the great fire of summerhall, a tragedy that marked his birth. his mind remained consistently immersed in fantasy clouds. an attempt to distance himself from the demons haunting house targaryen.
he developed an appreciation for songs and literature. and so, the prophecies were presented to him.
his imaginative mind created scenarios based on the words that led aegon iv to perdition. and when he met you — the only daughter of jon arryn that come of age without succumbing to illness — his obsession with completing the song of ice and fire intensified.
you, on the other hand, only harbored the ambition to take care of your father and ensure the stability of house arryn.
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sapphic pining 101 // accepting
@wolvesballad sent: keep talking like that and i might end up in your arms.
it's the wine talking. it has to be. and the meade, lexa realizes, looking down at the drinking horn in her grasp. how many times had it been filled since they sought company by the fire together? neither would be so casual, so open without a little bit of liquid courage to chip away at fortified walls. the alcohol is also to blame for lexa's flirtatious mannerisms starting up again. sansa seems to be welcoming the banter, which is a stark ( no pun intended ) contrast from how she might have reacted at an early date.
" would that be such a bad thing? " she dares to ask. VULNERABILITY is not a feeling the warrior enjoys nor is accustomed to. but here with sansa, she isn't afraid of getting too close. quite literally. she's near enough to count the freckles on rose tinted cheeks. the brunette has an inkling they may grow even closer before the night is over.
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@king7doms says "But you want me. I was inside you. I tasted you. That is a truth you will never escape." / jaime @ cersei
" YES . " A HISS AND THE EMPTY CUP COMES DOWN UPON THE TABLE WITH A CLANG ; eyes the colour of wildfire boring into her brother standing before her , blazing with a smouldering glow that promises nothing good . how she wishes to take the cup and rake it down that face that is so very like her own , screaming her rage into the void that would be left . " yes , I wanted you ! you were inside me ! you tasted me ! and then you left me ! "
it shatters her heart all over . shatters her dreams , her concept of reality , all she encompasses and resides over . his place was by her side . always . and yet he had abandoned her for months . disappeared into nothing but a faint memory to do . . . what ? keep her warm at night ? as if he'd ever done that before . " you left me ! and now you return half the man you were before and I am to wonder what I have waited for ! my one - handed knight in shining armour ! " and she throws the cup at him , burning with rage and fear and jealousy .
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@vi0lnt says ❝i want to feel safe again. i want to go home.❞ from Theon
A QUIET CONFESSION THAT , GRANTED , HITS HIM FROM THE SIDELINES . contrary to all rhyme and reason , he feels his spine grow rigid , and cannot help but shift a little , busying himself with a sip of ale so he may pretend not to have heard Theon for another second or two . something in his chest snaps . it's quiet and painful and terribly unique - or so he had thought . every night he'd spent in his chambers in the Sea Dragon Tower while the wind had howled around Dragonstone , he had uttered that very same wish . I want to go home . back to the life he knew . back to his family . back to safety ; far removed from this torture , these fears of one day being killed over a single misstep his father could have made . a ward , they had called him , when he had been nothing but a hostage . a bargaining chip , used to keep Balon Greyjoy in check .
he should reach out . offer a reassuring touch ; a quiet word . build a new bridge by sharing that he knows how Theon feels . he should be relieved that finally , after all these years , they had found something they shared besides blood . this unspeakable trauma of losing love and safety . . . he should reach out . and admit to his weakness . . . ?
" yeah ? " fortunately , their father has long gone to bed , otherwise he would have chided Maron for sitting with his feet propped on the table . there's no one left in the Great Hall at Pyke but Theon and himself . neither apparently able to sleep in these halls that are so familiar but alien at the same time . he won't look at his little brother ; ocean - blue eyes trained on the cup of ale in his hands . and his voice is an uncomfortable mix of boredom and curiosity . " and where's that ? home , I mean . "
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I like to believe (as does a large portion of the fandom) that Robert only had that "love" for Lyanna because she was a female version of Ned. With that in mind (and considering that Jon Arryn was the most important male figure in Ned's life), how would Robert behave himself with a daughter of Jon Arryn?
So yes! This is the return of Jon Arryn's daughter on this blog. I already mentioned that Rhaegar would be obsessed with her, merely motivated by the idea of completing a prophecy.
I think Robert would see her as his first love. And perhaps, his last because she has a tendency to keep him in line.
She, despite having a sense of honor, would not be afraid to expose her claws and a sharp tongue, "So, you got a woman pregnant? You're lucky I won't make you marry her."
However, she forced him to take care of Mya.
"Don't be an cretin, Robert" Her eyes flickered with clear menace. "Go visit the girl and see if her mother will need anything."
(Jon learned that the best thing he could do was let his heiress rule. Otherwise, he himself was the target of severe criticism.)
And with that, we have Rhaegar Targaryen. Heir of the Seven Kingdoms, creating expectations and being miserably frustrated when he realized that the pleasant maiden of his delusions was a rigid and calculating woman.
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@khalesci is said to be his one hope to inherit back what was stolen from his family. his father's memory, erased and burned by those in qarth and he demands justice. no, revenge. upon the highs of mereen, even her dragons locked away seem to react to his presence, as he enters with his mother following suit and the few loyal fremen of the red sea. paul smiles, amused almost at the long titles given to her as they introduce her. queen of the seven kingdoms but she is far from those shores, is she not? if he gets qarth back, the kingdom of atreides can offer her what she needs, and her mother's order and knowledge, wise for the queen to take. he sees her visions, and her lack of understanding. one of her advisors wants to interrupt him, he needs no one but himself to introduce himself and he speaks loud, the right pitch for the voice.
"I have not yet spoken. be quiet." the echoes of voices causes a tremor and then paul looks back at the dragon queen. "i'm duke paul atreides, son of leto atreides of qarth, the last of my house, betrayed by the factions of qarth who wished my death and my mother's, and her unborn child." his sister, per his visions. he is doing this for her. "future emperor of the atreides empire." the messiah of the fremen adds his mother to his side and those fremen agree behind her, and kneel.
"I offer you wisdom you need, your grace. my mother was born in asshai and since birth, i trained in the house of the undying. you have the sight but lack the training to understand what you see." great power,if wielded powerfully. "knowledge of dragons and valyria and the dragons above you had locked away. all I ask, is you aid me take qarth back from the faction to it's rightful hands. my hands."
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Katherine ( @malka-lisitsa ) ▌sent 64 for a starter.
"You're not Elena." The subtle expression which etched itself across Enzo's visage revealed, under no uncertain terms, that he was pleased by that fact. Briefly, his dark eyes looked up at the ceiling, then back to the brunette's face. "So, you must be Katherine, then." Interesting. With a short gesture to himself, he continued, "Lorenzo, but my friends call me Enzo. Wait, scratch that. I should say friend, singular. The rest are dead." A humorless grin flickered along Enzo's lips. "But Damon's proving a bit of a bore. Won't help me with the fact Aaron Whitmore's still alive since he's trying to be ' good ' for Elena." It might be amusing to wait and see how long that lasted. "Honestly, I'm not sure if I'll be able to remain amiable if anyone starts throwing the word forgiveness around, either." Drumming his fingers against his arm, he tacked on, "Forgiveness — the taste all but poisons my mouth."
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“Aegon called his dream ‘A Song of Ice and Fire.’ This secret, it’s been passed from king to heir since Aegon’s time. And now you must promise to keep it. And to carry it. Promise me, Rhaenyra. Promise me.”
A lot has been said about this so i won’t reiterate. i will say that what stood out to me was the darkness of the scene, and of course Ramin’s wailing dragon strings in the background playing just as Rickon Stark pledges his loyalty. Knowing Cregan will honor his house’s word and stand with the blacks, knowing Jon will be born (whatever the exact context of how they get there is) of a Targaryen and Stark - a little bit of a musical and visual nod, almost, to what comes next. Ramin, I would die for you lmao. But on rewatch, what immediately came to mind during this scene was Ned and Lyanna.
“He could hear her still at times. Promise me, she had cried, in a room that smelled of blood and roses. Promise me, Ned. The fever had taken her strength and her voice had been faint as a whisper, but when he gave her his word, the fear had gone out of his sister's eyes. Ned remembered the way she had smiled then, how tightly her fingers had clutched his as she gave up her hold on life, the rose petals spilling from her palm, dead and black. After that he remembered nothing.
Ned’s grief being this monster that still consumes his every thought even now 14 ish years after Lyanna has died just gets me. I think why I am so fond of Ned and Lyanna is bc GRRM really understands the sort of heavy beast that losing a sibling is, and he writes it very well.
But - GRRM had a big hand in the pilot right? A man as obsessively detailed as him would surely notice he’s phrased this “Promise me (beloved relative), promise me.” pattern considering how often Ned’s promise to Lyanna is echoed throughout the first book. But maybe not! It’s not like he hasn’t had some continuity errors before right, and the show and the books Will be different, tho we don’t know in what exact ways yet. EXCEPT THEN WHEN ROBERT IS DYING:
“Serve the boar at my funeral feast,” Robert rasped. “Apple in its mouth, skin seared crisp. Eat the bastard. Don’t care if you choke on him. Promise me, Ned.”
“I promise.” Promise me, Ned, Lyanna’s voice echoed.
“The girl,” the king said. “Daenerys. Let her live. If you can, if it . . . not too late . . . talk to them . . . Varys, Littlefinger . . . don’t let them kill her. And help my son, Ned. Make him be . . . better than me.” He winced. “Gods have mercy.”
the parallel stuck in my head. Viserys, grieving and alone and afraid, making Rhaenyra promise to always understand that the long night is coming and they must be ready. Ned, grieving and alone and afraid, first promising something to Lyanna, then promising to protect a Targaryen child and Robert’s son. Clearly, there is the parallel here that Lyanna likely asked Ned to protect her own targ baby, and that parallel is definitely there for that reason at least. But we all wonder what exactly Rhaegar said to convince Lyanna to leave everything she knew behind to escape a betrothal that makes her feel trapped…only to run off with a married man and become literally trapped in the Tower of Joy. But we know Rhaegar knew at least a bit of the song of ice and fire, in whatever way it exists in the books (seems likely Aegon did have a Dream, considering GRRM’s hand in the pilot, the Targaryen propensity for prophetic dreams, and a bunch of other little clues that seem to point towards Aegon conquering the realm for a reason not solely related to power. but also, it’s not canon until it’s canon so i’m aware there’s a chance this prophecy plays out differently in the books). But i’m reminded of what Aemon knew of the prophecy and his own relationship with Rhaegar:
"No one ever looked for a girl," he said. "It was a prince that was promised, not a princess. Rhaegar, I thought . . . the smoke was from the fire that devoured Summerhall on the day of his birth, the salt from the tears shed for those who died. He shared my belief when he was young, but later he became persuaded that it was his own son who fulfilled the prophecy, for a comet had been seen above King's Landing on the night Aegon was conceived, and Rhaegar was certain the bleeding star had to be a comet. What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise! The error crept in from the translation. Dragons are neither male nor female, Barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. The language misled us all for a thousand years.
“Barth saw the truth…the language misled us all” clearly Aemon is talking of more than just him and Rhaegar shooting the shit when he includes Septon Barth and a general “us.” He’s discussing knowledge that was known and passed down by someone for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years.
And Dany’s dream of her brother Rhaegar sitting with Elia after Aegon has born:
"He has a song," the man replied. "He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire." He looked up when he said it and his eyes met Dany's, and it seemed as if he saw her standing there beyond the door. "There must be one more," he said, though whether he was speaking to her or the woman in the bed she could not say. "The dragon has three heads." He went to the window seat, picked up a harp, and ran his fingers lightly over its silvery strings. Sweet sadness filled the room as man and wife and babe faded like the morning mist, only the music lingering behind to speed her on her way.
Obviously that prophetic line (if it exists in the book in the same or a similar way) is broken at some point. Maybe it’s the dance of the dragons, maybe it’s the sudden death of nearly all the Targaryens at the Tragedy of Summerhall, maybe it’s Robert’s Rebellion.
What’s clear is that Aemon knew about the prophecy despite never being an officially named heir, only asked to be one at a few points, while Daemon and Aegon II (in the show) are never told of the prophecy because Viserys never considered either a real heir. What’s clear is whatever it is Aemon and Rhaegar knew, it was not something that was passed onto Dany. And also clear is that Rhaegar had no issues running his mouth about this song of ice and fire, because Aemon knows, and Dany sees him discuss it briefly with Elia, while the show makes a point to have Viserys discuss his Dream of Aegon II being crowned as Rhaenys escapes on Meleys, but not bring up Aegon the Conquerer’s Dream until he’s completely alone with Rhaenyra and naming her as his heir.
But “Promise me, Rhaenyra, promise me” in a dark room filled with candles said after Aemma is murdered in the birthing bed, and “Promise me, Ned, promise me” alone in the Tower of Joy in a room that smells of blood and roses just as Lyanna is dying after something leads her to her too early death in a birthing bed.
…so what if Rhaegar told Lyanna at least a little? Telling the terrified 15/16 year old that she’s been chosen to have a baby that will help to unite the realm and save it from the Long Night, something Lyanna knows is a very dangerous threat because she’s of the North, that he’ll take care of her, of the baby, that her fate is something so much bigger than marrying her brother’s slutty best friend and being his miserable, lonely wife. Does Lyanna attempt to say something to Ned as she’s dying or has she stopped believing after the murders of her father and brother, the deaths of Rhaegar, Elia, and baby Aegon and Rhaenys? Does it slip her mind, in her fear of her own impending death and the threat to her son? Maybe, maybe do Lyanna’s last words give a hint that will lead to Jon or Bran or Sam or Dany or whoever the hell piecing together the entire prophecy? Or am i going absolutely crazy waiting for the winds of winter which will probably never be released anyway lmao
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