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aeriondripflame · 1 year ago

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wait so im new to asoiaf why do people hate jaehaerys ?

jaehaerys is the bogeyman to every woman he comes in contact with. i can’t speak for everyone when i say this is the reason (there is no shortage of hateworthy men in asoiaf… looking at you hoster tully) but for me the absolute rage i have for jaehaerys comes down to him being at the center of every targ girl’s downfall. rhaena was disinherited for him. he disinherits his own daughter on account of her sex saying well she’ll be the queen as if that is any real power in the world he sets out to create. he cages his own wife (his sister) in the prison of queenhood leaving her to quote unquote more womanly pursuits like i don’t know getting rid of first right and domestic abuse? not to mention him marrying off his very young daughters to old ass men over and over again. not to mention the saera debacle and it’s many implications for his relationship to his daughters. and then of course when he disinherited yet another woman through rhaenys (and his own firstborn son just because his heir was a woman).

#viserys’ predecessor #i refuse to call j word by his name he fills me with such rage #NO BUT ITS ABOUT HIM NOT ONLY UPHOLDING A SYSTEM BUT CREATING THE VERY FOUNDATION THAT FUTURE CUNTS WILL USE TO JUSTIFY THEIR OPPRESSIVENES #asoiaf #house targaryen #guava.ask #and another thing he also is like objectively the least cool targ ever. everyone’s like oh he’s the best king blah blah #bc of the doctrine of exceptionalism (which created a whole new slew of problems) but no he was shit and just built roads.#alysanne was the real king 🙄 he called her political campaigns ‘female activities’ until ppl liked it and then he stole it bc he’s shit #objectively i think he’s supposed to serve as the example of how the iron throne corrupts and a ‘good king’ cannot be a good person #like they’re contradictory ideas and that’s his whole point. but also i hate him #if i wanted to stan a misogynist i would stan the greyjoy brothers. king balon would never 🙄#also ik aemon wasn’t actually the firstborn son but he was basically bc he was baby numero uno who made it to adulthood #jaehaerys the conciliator

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