#Laena-Vhagar

[princesssszzzz]

Targaryen family wearing the colors of their dragons

@polluxxxart 💕

[gracielikegrapes]

[duchess-of-oldtown]

Seeing the sheer size of Vhagar, that sweet old lady, on screen and seeing how she seems to keep getting bigger every time we see her is cool, it's cool. But if Vhagar isn't as big as Balerion yet, it begs the question:

WHAT THE FUCK WAS BIG ENOUGH TO TAKE A CHUNK OUT OF BALERION IN VALYRIA?

[senblvd]

Laena and Vhagar

[mercymaker]

LAENA VELARYON, Season 1, Episode 6, "The Princess and the Queen" RHAENYS TARGARYEN, Season 2, Episode 4, "The Red Dragon and the Gold"

[fearthhereaper]

Streets saying Vhagar is drawn to loneliness, abandonment and sadness, which is why she bonds with Laena and Aemond.

Imagine young Visenya feeling all of those things. She's the oldest but she's the one no one really cares about. She's overlooked as a daughter and heir because Aegon is the firstborn son, and later she's overlooked as a wife because she's not as sweet, as feminine, as playful, maybe even as beautiful as Rhaenys.

She overcompensates, takes it upon herself to do everything for the family. She grows into a fierce warrior and dragonrider. She becomes a stern and unforgiving ruler. Protects Aegon, ensures his taking of the throne and yet even all that is worthless when compared to Rhaenys simply existing in Aegon's eyes.

And then a moment of ultimate loneliness and failure when she is incapable, time and time again, of giving him an heir. So when she gives birth to Maegor (maybe even by blood magic as it was supposed) she has to watch as Aenys is favored by his father because he's not just a firstborn but the son of the sister he preferred. Even as her son (just like she had) proves to be stronger, more capable, more dominant than his brother.

And all that time, all those years, Vhagar was loyally at her side. Her first rider's true feelings, the ones only Vhagar could feel due to being supernaturally bonded — they stick with her for the rest of her life. Her bond with Visenya was the strongest because Visenya needed her the most. Even decades after Visenya's death those emotions stayed an integral part of her, it influenced which riders she would choose.

I like the idea of her bonding with Visenya when she was around Laena/Aemond's age, too. (even Baelon was 15 when he claimed her) All those young riders, those lonely children, reminding her of her beloved Visenya. Laena who feels inadequate and rejected by Viserys, as messed up as that is, because it's been drilled into her mind that she needs to marry well even at that young age. Aemond who is forever cast aside because he doesn't have his own dragon, because he's not the firstborn, because he's the irrelevant one of all the kids.

It would explain her being fiercely protective of Aemond the first night they bonded, her killing Lucerys and Arrax because she feels Aemond's life is threatened. Her refusal to kill Laena because that's her little lonely girl.

Just Vhagar being Visenya's only comfort. And as such, becoming maternally protective over her future little riders.

[jaydeewis]

"Her ladyship shows far more interest in flying than in boys."

[clockys-soul]

Well it’s been a while but Vhagar!

I cannot believe they didn’t give the Queen of all dragons a crown so I did here!

Old grandma is bronze and green.

[ironlily1413]

Laena with her dragon Vhagar

[cheryroseart]

Lady Laena Velaryon 🩵

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Please don’t repost without credits

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[targsource]

Laena and Baela

by mourningstorms

[kacl-art]

Meleys and Moondancer flying together!

Seeing as Baela spent like 6 years on Driftmark under the care of Rhaenys, I imagine they would have flown together a lot when moondancer grew large enough to ride. And I like to think that Meleys and Moondancer may have formed a familial bond too. Grandma Meleys and Moondancer😭

[gracielikegrapes]

It's a bit shit but the gorls chilling on Dragonstone

[i-am-mldy]

As much as possible do not think about how Laena bonded with Vhagar at a young age so Meleys and Vhagar shared the skies together for many years with their mother-daughter riders and do not think about the previous decades of flying together as the dragons of Baelon and Alyssa ok remember do not think about any of these things

[mydairpercabeth]

:(

[nymenart]

Inktober hotd day 29: massive🐉

Little Laena meeting old granny war machine