#daemyra soul bound

[uchiha-no-hime]

He never looked at anyone as adoringly as he did Rhaenyra.

And some random haters have the audacity to tell that he never loved her.

When the only person/woman he truly loved and gave everything for was always Rhaenyra.

She was always his only one

[lanaisdoe]

Some things never change...

...For better for worse, in sickness and in health...

They have always been meant to burn together...

[lanaisdoe]

She's always been his everything, his realm, HIS Realm's delight. He's always been HER protector, protector of the REALM :")

ALWAYS...

i cannot fucking wait to see rhaenyra being crowned.

despite everything, she gets crowned with the crown that was her father's, the one made for her great-grandfather.

she gets crowned by daemon, her blood and flesh, her uncle and husband, her sworn sword and king consort.

she gets crowned in dragonstone, in her family seat, all black volcanic rock and dragons surrounding — the closest thing the targaryens have to valyria.

she gets crowned amongst the blacks, her family, her loyal supporters, the people that will fight and die for her.

she gets crowned as queen rhaenyra targaryen, first of her name, queen of the andals, the rhoynar and the first men, lady of the seven kingdoms — the only title she is not given is 'protector of the realm' which is claimed by daemon himself.

rhaenyra claims the title of the realm — but she has always been the realm: first as princess, then as heir.

daemon claims the title of the protector of the realm — but he has always been her protector: first as uncle, then as husband.

[uchiha-no-hime]

Their shared smiles, full of happiness and triumph as they realized they were finally fulfilling the dream of getting married under the Valyrian tradition of their house

❤️🖤

This must happen from the beginning!

Literally, those years in between were a waste. They should have gotten married from the beginning and been happy together for longer

[camille-bee]

Can you do some daemyra angst please?? Maybe with the word touch? Or topic being touch? Idk if I make sense I love your writing

Rhaenyra is burning. It's not the passion kind. It's not the jealousy kind. It's not the anger kind.

It's the pain kind.

The pain kind that leaves scars on ones body. The pain kind that makes someone yell and cry. The pain kind that makes anyone want to crawl out of their body just to not feel the pain.

The rawness of it all.

She knows this kind of pain will be her shadow, her doom.

And yet, she can't do anything about it.

HE can't do anything about it, because he's the cause.

Daemon is burning. Its not the passion kind. It's not the jealously kind. It's not the anger kind. It's not even the pain kind.

It's all of it. Everything is consuming him. He feels his walls building back up, his emotions are too much he's starting to become numb.

There's nothing he can do. There's nothing SHE can do, because she's at fault.

Rhaenyra knows his touch is the one that can make her stop hurting.

Daemon knows her touch will bring him back.

Rhaenyra knows that he is the poison coursing her blood.

Daemon knows that she is the blackness in his lungs.

Rhaenyra knows that he is the air she breathes.

Daemon knows that she's the salve to his wounds.

Rhaenyra knows that he is the darkness that keeps her up at night.

Daemon knows she is the ghost that keeps him up at night.

He was her safe haven.

She was his home.

How could he betray her that way? To throw everything they had built? As if it was nothing?

Rhaenyra wishes she could kill him. To end his existence in this world. In her world.

But to kill him would mean death to herself. Because she and daemon are bound by blood. By soul.

He is her pain but he is also the one thing keeping her from giving up.

Because just to have that possibilty that he might love her again, is enough to not want him dead. To want herself dead.

To feel his touch again. His caress on her body. Just to be able to hold his hand with love. To have his hands run through her hair, just a soft touch on her lips.

She craves him.

She hates him.

She loves him.

He loves her.

He hates her.

How could she betray him that way?

How? Did he not prove himself to her?

How could she believe the lies? The whispers? Does she think so little of him?

Did she always think so little of him?

He feels like he's in exile all over again, this time from the person he thought would never doubt him.

His person. That's who she was.

Rhaenyra.

What he would give to lay his eyes on her without wanting to scream.

To have her touch him, just for a second.

What he would give to hold her hand, to bury himself inside of her.

He craves her.

He misses her.

He is her love.

She is his heart.

He keeps running away from her.

She keeps pushing him away.

With every breath he takes he keeps hurting her.

With every breath she takes she keeps betraying him.

He's a liar.

She's a traitor.

'Please come back' he whispers. 'Come back to me, my dragon'

"Please don't leave' she whispers. 'Don't leave me again, my love"

He keeps lying to her.

She keeps betraying him.

She keeps burning.

Alone.

He keeps burning.

Alone.

She becomes ashes.

He becomes a ghost.

But his love for her stays.

But her love for him never leaves.

It lives on.

Uhhh this got out of hand? I'm sorry? I don't even know if I did what you ask, sorry but hope you liked it ! 🙏

[lanaisdoe]

^ THIS

Matt Smith stating that Daemon loves Rhaenyra multiple times and when asked again this summer while shooting season two who Daemon loved the most. He answered with ‘Rhaenyra’

Ryan Condal - ‘He loves his family, particularly loves Rhaenyra.’ And also stating on another occasion that Rhaenyra is the woman that Daemon actually loves.

Geeta Patel saying that the entire production discussed it and wanted to show that daemyra are deeply in love with eachother, and called their love sexier then sex.

Even Sara Hess who hates Daemon admitted that Daemon and Rhaenyra belonged together.

GRRM himself said not too long ago that Daemyra is one of his favourite things about Daemon.

I could go on and on with more examples, yet I’m supposed to take random online users with nothing but headcanons and self inserting for their ship’s opinion seriously when they say that Daemon doesn’t love Rhaenyra? Be ever so serious.

[furornocturna]

So you said a few things about Daemyra being in the CU Beetlejuice AU, but not a lot (I like the idea of Anthrope being Miss Argentina too much to let go of it. But maybe she could be the musical version of Argentina who is surprised to see Lydia alive and in the Neitherworld and tries to talk her out of suicide with her own song as an example). I'm very curious.

One, I am so sorry this took so long. I hardly ever use tumblr outside of the mobile app and it does not notify me well at all when I get asks.

I fully agree and understand with you keeping Anthrope as Miss Argentina. Not only is Anthrope perfect for the role, but it wouldn’t really fit Daemyra’s personality to have a “desk job”. She’s more of a public menace than a civil servant, and if Bernice is the head hancho? She’d definitely be stirring up all the trouble she possibly can (as I talked about some in the comments of the post with the ask about giving Daemyra a cameo was brought up), with a few jail breaks here and there when she couldn’t make her initial getaway from the scene of the crime.

From what I’ve gathered from the posts you’ve both put out about the AU, Daemyra would definitely fit as a face in the Waitroom when Krupp and Edith arrive (likely bound and shackled in a bunch of chains preventing her from escaping after her most recent mischief involving Sandworms and soo much destruction or something to that effect).

If she were to interact with them like musical!Argentina did with Lydia, Daemyra would definitely be surprised to see a “living” in the Neitherworld and definitely push towards Edith not being so eager to make the Neitherworld her new home. Though Daemyra herself is more at peace with her short life and how apart from Bernice running things, frankly enjoys her afterlife more than her years alive, she wishes she could have lived more of it and that it was happier like Edith’s has been (prior to her recent losses?). She’s seen a lot of poor, unfortunate, miserable souls all over the Neitherworld who regret their afterlives greatly because they didn’t know what they had.

“Regret is a terrible thing. When you’re alive, you have the option to make amends, set things right or obtain closure. The only thing stopping you is making the choice not to. You can’t do any of that when you’re dead. When you carry regrets to your grave, it festers and rots you from the inside, growing worse and worse with time, and you might never know reprieve for all eternity.”

Daemyra and Krupp would also be on fairly vitrolic terms most likely, and would likely argue and sling snark at each other if they were to have a conversation here (or in Daemyra’s case, the occasional Irish Gaelic insult/curse; she’s been a ghost for a long time and it’ll really show when she gets irritated or angry, but she finds ways to keep up with the Living World times and adapts to the colloquialisms, which throws a lot of people off and amuses her greatly) over how having Edith in the Neitherworld is NOT A GOOD IDEA, but I would think they’d have a shared solidarity on their hatred towards Bernice (which I also brought up with @jackie-sugarskull some time back). Idk what your plans are for what Krupp’s history in the Neitherworld is and what he does on a regular basis, but the main idea was that because Daemyra likes making big spectacles of causing trouble for Bernice the tyrant to inconvenience her and wanting to overthrow her (but not quite having enough power to do so, not that it stops her from trying) behind the scenes, Daemyra would divert a good bit of Bernice’s attention away from Krupp and what he gets up to maybe? Particularly for the main plot.

It really depends on what exactly your plan is for how you want the scene where Krupp and Edith enter the Neitherworld here to go and why they’re here. Or if it’s just Edith? I’m likely remembering the details wrong.

Another thing I discussed with Jackie on Discord was another alternate potential scene idea if you decided to have George and Harold go to the Neitherworld to follow Krupp and Edith because they’re concerned about the latter, Daemyra would help them out and tell them which direction Edith went for them to find her in exchange for them forking over the random items they have in their pockets they brought over from the Living World (something something items of the living world bypass Neitherworld enchantments, so she’s able to undo her binds with a macgavered lockpick of popsicle sticks, paper clips, toothpicks, and gum where attempting the same with her powers would be ineffective), then make a big scene of her escape so the boys could slip away without notice.

Those are my spitballs for Daemyra on this. Sorry these are so wordy, but I promise they’re intended to be very small scenes. Again, it all depends on what you decide you want for this part of the story and how you want it to go.

[uchiha-no-hime]

I knew my love for Daemyra was sincere and absolute when I tried to read a DaemonxOC and I couldn't continue because I was uncomfortable reading Daemon with someone other than Rhaenyra.

I had never experienced this before with another couple.

In my heart there is only room for Daemon WITH Rhaenyra, any other is sacrilegious

Daemyra supremacy

[lanaisdoe]

𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.

[lanaisdoe]

“I think there’s a kind of umbilical cord that connects Rhaenyra with Daemon. There’s an inheritance of blood too, of course, but I think they share a destiny together in a certain sense, which is not said, not counted, but which is an inexplicable force between them”.

— Matt Smith

[lanaisdoe]

and in fact (in books) it was 10 years of happy DAEMYRA marriage and their Dragonstone life :")

...and to think they'd wanted, loved and chosen each other over and over since their early years, and stayed together till the very end, leaving the world on the SAME DAY just several months apart... That's... just... heartbreakingly beautiful and sad... Soul bound in life and death.

6 years of happy marriage

No one can take that from them 😓 I am just sad that we haven't seen it...

[lanaisdoe]

...Daemon's love and devotion...

Daemon didn't love Rhaenyra

Daemon spent a lot of his money on gifts for Rhaenyra.

he entertained her for months while her stepmother plotted against her.

wanted to marry her.

Five minutes after Laena's death, Aegon was conceived.

he waы suspected of killing Laenor and Harwin.

five minutes after this they got married.

he receives the long-awaited son.

He has been sitting quietly and peacefully on Dragonstone for 10 years, (Rhaenyra’s reaction, when Mysaria told her about nettles, proves it).

he avenged her son twice.

When they took KL, Daemon flew first to check the red keep for scorpions.

Eustace,Rhaenyra's hater, said about Daemon's romance with Mysaria, which we cannot trust 100% + remember Rhaenyra’s words about nettles, there is a huge contradiction here.

The prince greeted me politely, but as he read I saw the joy go from his eyes, and a sadness descended upon him, like a weight too heavy to be borne. When the girl asked what was in the letter, he said, ‘A queen’s words, a whore’s work.’

[lanaisdoe]

Yeah, I second this. Here you can see some very good examples of Westerosi marriages.

Next to all of these, Daemon and Rhaenyra's really stands out as the most healthy and loving one of all - it was clearly stated in the book that these two admired each other infinitely and were interested in each other from the get go. They both asked Viserys to let them marry. And after all, none of the other Westerosi couples above went through so much to be together, none of the others got married in a special soul-bonding magical blood ritual out of their own will after years of pining after each other and against all odds ;) ....none of the others died on the same day just months apart.

...Plus, I would also like to remind all of us of the fact that Daemon is GRRM's fave character and out the qualities he most likes in Daemon (which he mentioned in an interview) the first one was: "Daemon's relationship with Rhaenyra" so obviously, GRRM did see their rship as truly loving or full of devotion, worthy of mentioning, and I couldn't agree more. :)

Westeros couples with large age gaps

Okay, today I want to write about the age gap among Westeros couples. This will be a long post. I got this idea after seeing a post calling Daemon a pedophile for the hundredth time. I would understand if this was written by people who are concerned about Rhaenyra’s well-being, but no. The authors of such statements are most often green fans who don’t care about Rhaenyra and are looking for another reason to write nasty things about Daemon.

We have options for the development of Rhaenyra and Daemon's relationship. According to Mushroom, the sexual relationship began between the couple when the princess was 23 years old and the prince 39. In this case, the age difference is not scandalous. According to Eustace's version (I tend to believe him), Daemon started sleeping with his niece when he was 31 and Rhaenyra was 15. From a modern point of view, this is terrible, I admit. If I had a daughter, I would never have allowed her to be in a relationship with such a big age difference when she was 15. But according to that time, those around her were more confused by the fact of an extramarital affair than by the age difference. Rhaenyra was, in a sense, lucky. I mean, before the war, Daemon was good to her. They spent a lot of time together, expensive gifts, compliments. Maesters love to discuss Daemon and Rhaenyra's relationship during the war, but before the war there was not a single mention of adultery in the ten years of marriage. Moreover, just before the war, Daemon and Rhaenyra conceived another child, and all the time that the princess was carrying Visenya, her husband was always nearby. And even at 49, Daemon was still an attractive man.

Let's look at other couples.

Rhaenys and Corlys. The age difference between them is 21 years. Corlys is older than Rhaenys's father, Prince Aemon. But this did not bother anyone. The princess's grandfather himself, King Jaehaerys, approved of this marriage and stated that Rhaenys could not have chosen a better man. And Rhaenys was only 16 years old, while Corlys was 37 years old. She was his wife almost all her life. 39 years of marriage.

What do you think of the age difference between Corlys and the mother of his illegitimate sons? 44 years old. My grandfather was 44 when I was born. And it wasn’t even a one-night stand, since there were two children. The boys lived with their mother in the village, while Corlys did nothing for the boys' well-being over the years, as he was too afraid of his wife's reaction.

Next up are Princess Daella Targaryen and Lord Rodrik Arryn, who are 21 years apart in age. I admit, I don't feel any animosity towards this couple. After all, thanks to them, Aemma Arryn was born, and after Rhaenyra Targaryen. But there are some points that confuse me. First, the reasons why Daella chose Lord Arryn is that he reminds her of her father. The second thing is that, according to Alysanne, Rodrik loved the princess for many years and did not hide it. I'm sorry, many years? Daella was 16 when the wedding took place. How old was Daella when a thirty-year-old man and father of four children liked her? There's an even better question. If Alysanne knew that the councilman was in love with her daughter, who was younger than his own eldest daughter, then why didn't she do anything?

What will people say about Lady Baela Targaryen and Thaddeus Rowan, who was 40 years older than the girl? Here is his description.

"Lord Rowan is forty years my senior, bald as a stone, with a belly that weighs more than I do."

Every girl's dream, isn't it? Fortunately, Baela was able to avoid such a marriage, but Floris Baratheon was not so lucky. Thaddeus was 42 years older than the girl, and Floris herself got married at 14. To make matters worse, a few years later the poor girl died during childbirth.

What about between the engagement between Princess Viserra Targaryen and Lord Theomore Manderly, who was 30-40 years older than the bride? To make matters worse, he outlived four of his wives and had several heirs. Viserra would be doomed to spend the rest of her life in a foreign land, with an old and ugly husband, and her children, if they were born, would not receive any inheritance. I just can’t believe that such a marriage was arranged for a girl by her own mother.

Princess Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon the Unworthy) at the age of 15 married Prince Maron Martell, who was 14-25 years older than her. The marriage was an arranged one and, according to GRRM, Daenerys herself was in love with her illegitimate brother Daemon Blackfire. But at least it seems that Maron was kind to his wife, and Daenerys herself became the wife of the Prince of Dorne. I would like to believe that Daenerys was able to find happiness in this marriage.

Lysa Tully was born between 266 and 268. Her first husband, Jon Arryn, was born between 218 and 220. The age difference between them is almost fifty years. Jon was old enough to be a father to Hoster Tully, Lysa's father. I have never felt love for Lysa Arryn, but I feel sorry for her. She was unhappy almost all her life, and due to her past abortion, she was unable to become a mother for a long time. Jon was kind to wife and their marriage gave Lysa power over the Valley, but still the power did not make Lysa happy.

Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo. Their age difference is somewhere between 15-20 years. GOT tried to romanticize this couple, but I don’t see romance. I apologize to the fans of this couple. But Dany is a real victim of Stockholm syndrome. I really feel sorry for fourteen-year-old Daenerys, who convinced herself that there was great love between her and Drogo.

Lord Walder Frey and his eighth wife Lady Joyeuse Erenford. Attention, the age difference between them is 74 years! Walder is an old and rude old man who has more than ten heirs. The poor girl will just waste her youth on her husband and be unhappy all her life.

Larra Rogare and Prince Viserys Targaryen. Their age difference is only seven years. Not as much as previous couples. Everything would not be so bad if Viserys was 16 years old and Larra 23, but no. When the couple got married, the prince was only 12 years old, and at 13 he became a father. This is normal?!

The next couple will surprise everyone. This is Maegor Targaryen and Ceryse Hightower, who was 10 years older than her husband. Then again, if Maegor was 16 and Ceryse was 26, everything would be fine. But Maegor was only thirteen. At that time, he had not yet become a murderer of relatives and a usurper, he was a child. Problematic, but still a child. I blame Aegon and Visenya for allowing their son to marry so early rather than wait at least two or three more years.

The point is that in Westeros marriages with large age differences constantly occurred. This is truly terrible. Some were able to find happiness in their marriage, some avoided it, some remained unhappy for the rest of their lives. This post may seem chaotic to some, but don't judge me. I got sick a little bit.

[lanaisdoe]

"...But it is pretty obvious in the books that Rhaenyra was the woman of his life..." <- so true

Personally I started out as Daemon stan, so whoever my prince fancies I have no choice but stan! Daemon x Mysaria, Daemon x Laena, Daemon x Nettles, and Daemon x Rhaenyra x Laena throuple has a special place in my heart.

But it is pretty obvious in the books that Rhaenyra was the woman of his life (and that's what made me gradually more and more interested in her, and I'm afraid I'm Rhaenyra stan now, cause she's actually an awesome character and it's awesome how she makes mysogynists cry and invent headcanons to cope with their pain.

Perhaps a case could be made that Daemon's love for her was familial and his marriage to her political, but... come on, It's like to say that Baelon loved Alyssa but only like a sister, and the same with Aegon and Rhaenys and with Jaeharys and Alysanne.

[lanaisdoe]

Of course he was insanely proud :) And after all, she had always been Daemon's first choice. Only with her he wanted to make the House Targaryen great again.

She was as fierce as him, as bold and unyielding, beautiful. Plus, they had so much in common. Daemon and Rhaenyra both revered Visenya like no other- Daemon had his Dark sister, Rhaenyra often styled her hair the way Visenya used to, they even decided to name their only daughter Visenya in her honour. They always admired each other greatly and clearly set each other apart. Even their dragons fell in love and preferred each other to anyone else in the world.

And it was only with Rhaenyra that Dameon did the soul binding old Valyrian blood magic wedding ritual. Only ever with each other Daemon and Rhaenyra wanted to be soul-bound.

“The singers dubbed her the Realm's Delight, for she was bright and precocious—a beautiful child who was already a dragonrider at the age of seven as she flew on the back of her she-dragon Syrax, named for one of the old gods of Valyria.”

Rhaenyra, breaking records in the Guinness Book of Westeros. While other seven-year-olds learned how to ride horses, our little queen terrorized the poor Kingslanders taking Caraxes' girlfriend to the skies. Daemon must have been so proud.

[scratchtovoid]

I need people to understand I don’t ship Daemyra because I think they’re a beautiful but tragic love story.

I ship them because they are nothing but constant mess. A series of Rhaenyra needing something and Daemon attempting and failing to provide.

A constant stream of I don’t know how to use words to convey my feelings so here’s some dramatic ass grand gesture you’re not going to want.

It’s I thought we were telepathic because our souls are bound in blood but nope that’s not the case at all and I probably should have just written you a letter with an update of what I’m up to.

It’s I’ll kill for you but sometimes that will make you mad because actually I have no idea what your experience is like. Nor do I know my own experience because I’m the first man to have to be a wife and it’s actually rather hard.

Their love is an emo ballad from 2005 but like really really literal and I think Daemon would listen to it on repeat in bed while he ignores Rhaenyra’s calls because ~omg why doesn’t she just get me like I thought I was being obvious in the scheme I told her nothing about~

Meanwhile Rhaenyra the whole time is thinking the worst and asking her frenemy (who clearly wants to break them up) for advice.

Anyway that’s why I ship because you just don’t get that level of high school drama with stakes that are actually death and destruction anywhere else these days.

there’s one conversation to be had about hotd making everything accidental and a series of misunderstandings but there’s another, funnier conversation in which rhaenyra only has one line “i want aemond targaryen” daemon immediately pulls out all the stops to get him and proceeds to fail miserably leaving him in this condition