#elia martell deserved better

[alishaaxo]

List of All Elia Martell-centric fics I enjoy:

Elia Martell And The Crown She Didn’t Want: AU where she marries Baelor Hightower yet Rhaegar is longing for her, which is unreciprocated.

Two Father’s, One Son: Everyone Lives AU where Jon Snow dies unexpectedly and Elia comes back to KL, married to Baelor Hightower.

The Isle Of Faces Does Not Welcome: Elia and Rhaegar have a third child, and Elia confronts Lyanna. No bashing of her, from Lyanna’s POV.

Clean AU: Elia and children are missing, assumed dead for 15 years, until a mystery knight returns to KL, claiming the blue roses his mother deserves.

The Queen And Her Bastard: Everyone Lives AU. Legitimised bastard Jon with sympathetic Lyanna slowly turned more cunning against Elia. Jon-Aegon have positive relationship, in spite of their mother’s ambitions.

The Brightest Sun: Elia and kids transported to Harry Potter Epilogue era. Train and arrive to Westeros during GOT. 200K words.

Poetry is what he thought, but did not say: Erik Kilmonger as Rhaegar. Ruthless Elia with ruthless Rhaegar who has a controversial temperament and bad reputation. Interesting dynamic with Barristan, Arthur and Aerys.

Dragons spin and spin: Spiders weave and weave: Mainly Elia Martell AU oneshot collection, with other characters included.

A tigress, not a woman: Elia Martell scorned by Rhaegar, wants for a annulment. Elia beloved by the Smallfolk.

Poison is a Woman’s Weapon: Queen Regent Elia watches on as Aegon gets crowned, reminiscing on the past.

An unexpected news item: Elia Martell gets shocking news. Very exaggerated bashing of Lyanna.

With Careful Hands and A Strong Chin: Doran died as a babe, Elia is the heir to Dorne. Arthur-Elia.

With Duty In Mind: Elia and Rhaella clean up Rhaegar’s messes.

Gone Girl: Elia dies only to wake up before her wedding. She runs away, with Rhaegar following suit in her trail in regret.

In The Chaos Of A World: Rhaegar dies while Lyanna and Elia live to see Robert ascend. Robert-Elia not in a romantic light, but political.

Caged Beasts And Cloudy Skies: Braime-centric, yet Elia-focused as they wish to crown her after the scorn from R+L, and bring her to rest at her homeland.

Lex Talionis: SIOC of Elia, takes the war into her own hands. Jaime-Elia centric.

Lady of Stormsend: Annulled Elia-Rhaegar, yet Elia married Robert and jealousy and resentment arises.

From Where Blessings Flow: Robert and Elia marry, yet the Realm is not settled as Aegon and Rhaenys grow. With Rhaenys-Viserys.

Living With Regret Of The Chance Not Taken: Rhaegar and Lyanna are married, while Elia, Aegon and Rhaenys are missing… until they are not. And life turns on it’s head. No bashing, just critical of R+L.

Planetos React: Modern AU react to historical figures Elia, Aegon, Rhaenys and Jaime found within tombs, and go wild on tumblr.

But A Woman Is A Changling (always shifting shape: My fic!! Selfless promo! Elia has a green-dress moment ala Alicent where she shows pride in her heritage and snarks towards Rhaegar and Lyanna.

This is all the Elia-centric fics I know of and enjoy! If you have any, please comment them and I’ll add them to this masterlist!!

[martellspear]

“Princess Elia was a good woman, Your Grace. She was kind and clever, with a gentle heart and a sweet wit”.

my princess never did anything wrong, genuinely one of the sweetest asoiaf characters and deserved the entire world george martin i am outside your door

[hieronymph]

Had to see another post in Elia Martell tag about how Elia is a silent victim and how we don't know if she was really angry or upset with Rhaegar's infidelity.

A woman who was a Princess of a progressive kingdom which values women for being more than child incubators

Had to move to a racist court to marry a man who was delusional and who forced her to become a broodmare and got her pregnant in quick succession even after she was bedridden

Had to deal with said husband being a deadbeat father who didn't protect her and their daughter from his racist father and stayed silent

Was kept as a hostage by her racist FIL so he can blackmail and extort from her brother to send her kingdom's men to fight and die in a war that wasn't theirs

This definitely sounds like something a woman from a progressive nation, who is ridiculed and treated with distrust for her race, would be ok with. Right?

There are so many blanks in the books about so many things yet we all come up with detailed and nuanced theories to

fill those blanks.

Yet, some of yall can't fill the very simple gaps left about Elia's response to her husband's infidelity, disrespect and forced impregnation.

You operate under this belief that GRRM didn't mention that she wasn't upset so of course, she wasn't angry at Rhaegar or his actions.

Sure that is exactly the way to digest whatever content GRRM writes.

Are yall deliberately this obtuse?

Please get out of Elia Martell tags with such shit takes.

[tell-them-the-north-remembers]

ELIA WEEK DAY 1: ELIA AND HER CHILDREN

"What more do you remember ?"

He asked and she seemed more invested than ever, like the more he asked the more she remembered.

"I remember she said something. About taking your sister to the Water Gardens, once she was old enough to play."

He looked at her intently, curiously. He waited and waited to hear more of that day but she remembered no more...

The Water Gardens on AO3 ---> Read here!

[fvckinaphrodite]

I cannot understand the rationale of "Good Stepmother Elia" or "Catelyn loves Jon Snow" fics where, because of the patriarchal and oppressive institutions, Elia and Catelyn are forced to live with their cheating husbands and, are expected to raise their husband's bastard born out of the infidelity that could pose a risk to their children's inheritance. I love Jon, but Catelyn's hesitance regarding him was valid. He wasn't a son, and he was the source of insurmountable shame to her.

I couldn't have put it better myself, honestly. Those fics disgust me. I find them disturbing and repulsive with the way they turn Catelyn and Elia into Jon's cheerleaders LMAO AS IF. I'm sorry but some of these authors just love to turn every female character in ASOIAF into plot devices for Jon's story.

You will not believe how many fics I've read in which Robb always insists to push both Sansa and Arya further down the inheritance line, and the Northern lords and ladies just nod along and agree like a bunch of baboons and how Catelyn just have to suck it all up. Sometimes there is even a fic or two where Sansa insists that Robb points Jon as his heir to mark her so-called "development" when the narrative brings her to the Riverlands after escaping King's Landing, and in the process, ruining a mother-daughter relationship forever. Guess what's gonna happen? Yep. Robb dies and Jon becomes king with Sansa as his ever faithful advisor. Sometimes even Sansa is pushed away from the North and decides to stay in the South because Gods forbid she ever touch the Northern throne again. Lmao.

Or, you know, the favorite of all Rhaegar Wins AU, fics where Jon becomes the next king after Rhaegar because Aegon is gay and conveniently doesn't want the Iron Throne🥺

I'm a Jonsa stan. I love me some fics with angst; Sansa's struggle to overcome the fact that Jon's existence hurts Catelyn, etc. But there's a line for everything. For example, I fucking refuse to read Jonsa fics where Catelyn is so demonized one would think she constantly beat him when he's a child or told him to become a servant or a stable boy or something. And of course, Sansa gonna defend him with her whole chest and worships the ground he walks on. Lmao Unbelievable. What a way to degrade a female character, to turn her into a plot device--a cheerleader for their hero. Well done.

[ladymarys-blog]

I don't trust in people who hates Elia Martell or Helaena Targaryen.

[gothgleek]

I like to imagine after the Tourney at Harrenhal, Elia started wearing golden spines with her dresses, symbolizing how she will not be broken by her husband’s humiliation nor bow to his family.

My First Draft

[moongirlgodness]

Since when it became normal to come onto people who like something you don’t?! I mean let’s ingnore the fact that you idiots stan she who must not be named and think this gives you any right to bully belittle R/L fans every single day 24/7, but who do you think you are to specifically go into pro-R/L fics and cause drama? Why are you so obsessed with us??? Can we live??? Like go spread hate and be toxic in your little corners, please.

[wtfmalfoy]

never forget that the sun is the brightest star

“Elia.” It's exactly the third time her name has come to his lips and part of her wants to reach out and scratch it, rip the letter by letter out of him, stop him from having more and more of her… instead, she sits down, as calmly as she can muster, still staring at him. “I am immensely glad to see you well.”

This is too much, it takes all her strength to take a deep breath and deal with the dizziness that invades her body. There's relief in his words and it's almost insulting the way he leans toward her, trying to catch her hands before Elia pulls away, lifting her face, knowing how the emotions betrayed her in plain sight.

“Do you, husband?” Her words are like poison seeping between her teeth and she hates him for turning her into this. There was a time when she only knew sweetness and gentleness, but such blessings seem far away, far from her touches, her sneers when a little laugh escapes “funny that you say that, I had a little feeling that your mind couldn't be further away, than reflecting my well being.”

chapter two available - read here

[alishaaxo]

im sorry but i can never be a lyanna stan guys.

just lemme explain.

obviously this is only if she willingly went w rhaegar

To begin with, the situation in its simplest form is that Rhaegar and Elia are married, amicable yet not in love, and Rhaegar runs off with Lyanna, causing chaos to ensue amongst the realm.

Even if no war occured and everything was fine, how can Lyanna try to justify running away with a married man, especially on the way to her brothers wedding which feels very selfish, even if Brandon didn’t want to marry Cat, like she still ruined their wedding day.

Not to mention, that running with Rhaegar meant that shes inserted herself into his marriage which is Elia’s place. How nonsensical it is to run away with a married man and somehow marry him!

There’s two routes people go to justify it, and I’ll explain why I think they suck:

1) E-R-L is a polygamous marriage: This is not appeasable to the realm at all! Nobody will accept that. The only reason Aegon+Rhaenys+Visenya were accepted was because they were conquering Westeros, and like you can’t say shit about the guys conquering you!! Also the Targs were on thin ice then, and Maegor also tried, and look what happened afterwards!

2) E-R was annulled and R-L are married: I don’t think this is reasonable at all. Considering that Rhaegar is only HEIR, just like Daemon, for example. Both wanted annulments and both need the permission from the King and/or High Septon, but also considering how the likes of Aegon IV couldn’t annul his own marriage, do you really think a measly heir could?! At least in Daemon’s situation, he had no children, but as Aegon IV and Rhaegar both had kids (Elia giving birth twice in 3 years) theres no grounds for annulment, and it would disinherit his children potentially anyway, or even start a second Dance. As soon as you have a second wife, whether polygamous, annulled or dead first wife, war will be almost inevitable between the potential heirs.

Also Ik its not possible.. but can we stop with the E/R/L shipping in a serious manner (crackship is fine but in canon is 😐)

Like genuinely thinking mid-20s Elia would want to romance a 14 year old girl, would be fine with her husband romancing said 14 year old, or join in together, is so crazy to me. Like, yes Rhaegar is very much in the pedo-realm but why would Elia also follow suit??!

And like not to be a huge Robert Baratheon stan here (i hate GOT era him) but you can’t deny that it is the rebellion+it’s repercussions on his life, that change him so heavily into this twisted abusive, pedo man. He was not a great guy pre-rebellion, he slept around, was loud and rowdy, but I feel like you can’t really say that Lyanna somehow predicted that he would be this abusive evil man, tbh it seems like she just disliked his promiscuity which is valid, but in doing the same to Elia, her point gets invalidated in my eyes.

Also next point is the age-situation.

Now i know that obviously in a real life situation, a 14 year old girl is at no blame for the groomer actions of the adult…. however just look at how GRRM perceives this. like not as an “oh medieval girls married at 14, its fine” because they were still mentally children… but i mean how GRRM perceives relationships akin to R-L and characters by Lyannas age in ASOIAF-verse.

Ok so GRRM thinks R-L is romantic, which means that the groomer undertones aren’t necessarily meant to be there, and its meant to be more of a Romeo-Juliet situation (which heavily fucked over Romeos girl Rosaline ie Elia). He also believes Dany-Drogo and San-San is healthy, so I don’t think age heavily affects characters romantic feeling and actions much then.

Then if we see character Lyanna’s age, they’re treated as adults (yes some do have child impulses but overall adults). You have Robb acting impulsively like a kid, but ultimately being treated as an adult and being killed. I feel like even though they have kid impulses, they’re meant to get adult consequences for their actions.

Also ages as a whole is fucked up in ASOIAF in comparison to real world, like you have baby Rickon Stark going feral in Skagos, you have 3 year old Joffrey Velaryon/Strong squaring up to Aemond, and you even have 11 year old Benjicott Blackwood being an absolute beast of a warrior when in the real-world, he’d be just a kid, useless in defence.

[martellspear]

now why is the twitter fandom so against the notion that elia was a loved princess?

[kokoch4n3l]

lyanna and rhaegar, they can never make me like either of you

[hieronymph]

According to rhaeger stans cheating isn't bad and lyanna desreved protect more then elia because she is the woman he loved and he didn't abandoned because he send them to dragonstone

The racism and misogyny of his stans

Lizard Prince and his Lizard fans 🙃

Don't you know?

Rhaegar has a free pass for pedophilia, racism, misogyny, rape, forced impregnation and making lives hell in general by actively doing it or being a bystander when he could have done more.

I think I am starting to see that it's just easier for some white people in every fandom to just completely not register the struggles or the trauma of a WoC or a PoC.

I saw it with Bonnie in TvD. I haven't even seen the whole series and I don't want to.

I have curated my fandom experience to just not interact with such delulu fans. Misogyny is bad enough in real life. I can't deal with that here as well in a place that's supposed to be an escape.

Fandom experience has become so much better since then. I suggest that to every Elia fan out there. It's hard being us.

[slyvieselkie]

Regret VI

In the silence of the ruined Summer Hall, there was only the crunching of footsteps. Letting out a foggy breath, the man stopped seeing another figure. It was a woman with long black hair, wearing layers of white fabrics. He knew she would be here, would be waiting for him.

He spoke with unusual calmness despite the fury he was currently feeling, "It was you all along, you had brought everyone into this misery."

Spinning around, the woman revealed her bright golden eyes and smirked, "Jon Sno-ah, or do you prefer Aegon?", she spat out the Targaryen name.

The brunette man clenched his fists, "Jon...", and he fell silent not knowing what else to say expect, "Why? You seem to hate the Targaryens, why is that? And why did it cause you to start this civil war?"

A laugh rung out in the air, "Ah child, you came in here so confidently I thought you had figured out everything", the black haired woman hummed and played with her long nails, "How much do you know about me?"

His thoughts returned back to the moment he had found Eddard Stark's hidden journal. The passage was quite jumbled as if he had wrote it right then and there, with many thoughts and ideas going through his head. There was a witch who seemed as bloodthirsty as a beast, a sentence about Lyanna before it was cut off half way with a scribble, mentions of Rhaegar and how he was a bastard before that too finished suddenly. But the ending was clear. That beastly witch will kill us all, in revenge for Elia Martell.

"Elia Martell, you started this because of Elia Martell", he whispered and Jon lost his breath seeing her smirk fall into despair, "You of all people, should not say her name. Dirty bastard!", she roared and Jon stepped back understanding why Eddark had called her a beast.

Then her face fell expressionless as if nothing had ever happened, "Elia Martell, was my biggest regret", she looked around the ruined hall and smiled bitterly, "No, allowing her to change from Martell to Targaryen is my biggest regret."

....

I was a Bloodmage from Essos, grew up in Asshai seeing the impurity and possibilities of blood magic. And grew up excelling in this horrid field. When Essos became too boring for me, I traveled the world from top to bottom, left to right, finding life and death in the farthest corners of the world. My last stop before returning back to Asshai, was Dorne. It was there that I had met her.

"Please, bloodmage, is there anything you could do to save my sister?", the witch turned to the two young princes of Dorne, "...There is, but the ingredients are rare and-", "Rarity and expenses are not a problem!"

Golden blinked seeing the desperation in the younger boy's voice, "Now now, Oberyn", there was a soft whisper and all of them turned to the ill princess who attempted to smile, "You should treat our guest with better manners, I know what a gentleman you can be", she giggled as Oberyn turned away embarrassed.

The princess of Dorne turned to the witch and whispered, "Do what is capable in your abilities, it is no use overexerting yourself on me. I have been frail for all my life, and will continue to be so until my last breath", golden eyes hardened before the witch stood up, "You should live life with a little more hope, because I do not plan on ruining my reputation as one of the best witches to have ever lived."

With that she strutted out of the chamber with the brothers on her heels and returned a few days later. The princess' eyes widened seeing the bandages on the trio, as if they had almost seen Death himself.

"Drink", the witch grunted and shoved a small porcelain bowl into her weak hands, "All of it", and she stared into the deep red liquid, "...Very well."

By sunrise, the witch had the entire Dorne royal family in her guest chambers. Rows and rows of gold, expensive fabrics, and luxury foods were displayed as the Princess thanked her for saving Elia. The witch sighed before pointing to a hefty pouch of gold, claiming that as her payment as it was enough money to return to Asshai. Her eyebrow raised seeing the hesitance run through the family. No, it couldn't be-

The eldest prince then stepped forward, "About that...we would like for you to extend your service for a little longer", the witch raised an eyebrow, "Pardon?"

Oberyn sighed, "You told us, the medicine will only soothe her condition for some time...we need you there for when it returns."

The blood witch turned to meet Elia's doe black eyes and her sweet smile, 'Absolutely not.'

I swore I had refused them, I did very harshly. Yet somehow in a blink of an eye, I found myself saying goodbye to the frail princess as House Dorne departed King's Landing. In those few seconds, I had seen her grow into a beautiful young lady with wits and grace. She was the perfect bride a lord could want, good, gentle, generous.

....

Inside the ruined hall, the two had somehow migrated to a table and two chairs in an empty room of rubble. Jon looked across to see the witch's face distort as she spoke about Elia like she was an angel who had fallen on this land.

"That's why I'll never forgive that incestuous foreign bastard!", she hissed and Jon jolted, "...You mean Rhaegar?", fiery golden eyes sharpened at the man's son, "Yes, your father. There is nothing more I regret than not being the one to have fought him, to have torn him to shreds on that battlefield."

Then the witch deflated and leaned back on her chair, eyes piercing into Jon's soul, "How much do you know about your parents? About Rhaegar and Lyanna?", he swallowed a lump in his throat, "Not much, just who they are."

She smiled and saw the curiosity in Jon's eyes, "You should have no expectations from a witch who hates the guts of your parents. If time magic ever exists, I would return to the moment of their betrayal and skewer them naked for the seven kingdoms to see."

The man let out a shaky breath, "...Better than nothing."

Golden eyes closed and the recounting began, "Your father was infatuated with prophecies and potentials. He was consumed by the concept of-", "Ice and fire", the brunette whispered and the witch continued humming, "The Prince That Was Promised, would lead Westeros against an evil."

She chuckled glancing up at him, "Well thank goodness that prophecy was fulfilled otherwise everything would have been in vain", then there was a sigh, "At first, he had believed the prince to be Elia's second born, Aegon."

Then tension grew in the air, "But he had changed his mind in such a short amount of time", and the witch gritted her teeth, "In 281 AC, when Prince Rhaegar entered the tourney at Harrenhal, he had won the right to crown the queen of love and beauty. His wife, Elia, weakened by his fucking dirty semen, sat there and watched as he crowned your mother."

Jon couldn't help but shrink and want to disappear as the witch's anger flared up, "I regret not being there. That bastard would have lost his head that day if I had been there, I would shove those roses down his throat and make him choke of them!", she roared shooting up.

Silence filled the room and the blood witch smiled at the unnerved man, "But Elia, oh Elia, the clever girl she was, saw right through her husband."

....

I received a letter from her, two days after the incident. It read:

My dear mage,

I know you are furious about what Rhaegar has done. But please hold your anger. I knew entering this marriage, that there were things that were to be expected...this had been one of them. We only married each other, out of duty to our houses and this land. As long as Dorne has a queen on the throne, and heirs to take over the throne, I can tolerate his love life.

But what I fear, is that his affection for the young lady of the north is not as pure as she hopes it to be. Rhaegar has been growing more...insane with the prophecies, and now does not mind sharing them with me. He has decided that to fulfill it, a child of Targaryen blood and one of the north must be born. I do not wish to doubt their love, but how much is Rhaegar attracted to her for herself, and how much of their romance is fueled by his obsession.

The young lady is only in her early years of maturity and has the first son of Baratheon for her engagement, and all are familiar of his wandering. I fear Rhaegar will use this to charm her...will she be his love, or his victim?

....

Jon felt choked up hearing that, "I-Is that true?', he whispered and for once the witch looked on him with empathy which told him all he needed to know.

Gritting his teeth, the man held his head in his hand and whispered, "What next?"

"A few weeks into 282 AC, Elia was prepared for birth any moment. And Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna Stark, fleeing to god knows where-", she stopped and gave a cruel laugh, "No, god did know because he took her to hide in fucking Dorne!"

Golden eyes glared around the ruined hall, "He kept her safe in a tower with knights and maids protecting, fucking her until his dream had been fulfilled! While Elia, Elia, Elia the wife of Prince Rhaegar was left in King's Landy held hostage by his father! The one knight sent to protect her, that male Cersi, was fucking sitting on the dead king's throne while Elia was raped and her children crushed into pieces! By those fucking Lannister henchmen!", her screamed echoed in the chamber.

She glared down at the man who curled inwards and fell back onto the chair, "God I have so many regrets", the witch whispered with a sniffle, "Elia did not deserve any of this, any of this betrayal, torture, and death. She was only doing what was expected her, while that prince pranced around with his head in the cloud and then danced into the legs of a whore!"

"And then she never got any justice, so it became my job. And Cersi made so easy with her inbred son, and that Littlefinger played his part perfectly even without my guidance."

....

After the rebellion was over, I could not live in Dorne anymore...or Westeros. I was at the harbour waiting for the ship for Essos to arrive, when that man appeared. Eddard Stark, in all his honourable glory.

"You Starks still dare to show your face to me?", the witch sneered and the new Lord of the North spoke calmly, "I wish not to anger you, merely to-", "You want to make sure I will not burn Westeros to the ground", she smirked.

He tensed up, "What happened-", "What happened was a fucking incestuous Targaryen ran away with your whore of a sister-", "Do not speak of her that way!"

His booming voice had wide eyes turning to them but the unfazed witch only raised an eyebrow, "What, the honourable House Stark cannot handle that their lady ran away and opened her legs for a married man?", the lord trembled, "Please, she is already dead."

Golden eyes rolled, "And so is Elia, but her death remains a victory in everyone's eyes. In Robert Baratheon's eyes, who I heard laughed when he was shown their mutilated bodies?", there was no response.

A horn made the witch turn away, "Ah, my boat is here. But do not worry, I will be back", and Eddard Stark was haunted by the cruel smile she had, "It won't be me burning Westeros to the ground."

....

"You may be Jon Snow, but this throne is yours. Elia's life was not wasted so you could pass it off", your voice trembled and then there were crunching footsteps.

Jon finally uncurled and looked up to see he was all alone in the Summer Hall, and a miserable sound escaped him. One that he would remember standing the place years later, it was exactly the same as he remembered. Even from this hall, Jon could hear the people sing, dance, and cry on the day commemorating unsung victims.

It took him a long time to get here, but finally...everything was as it should have been. Elia and the rest of Westeros finally receiving their justice, while those who caused all of this grief were named, shamed, and then erased. Including his own blood. Even you thought it had been too cruel, Lyanna would hang herself if she were here to see this.

But he had only spat back, "As much as I thank them for bringing me into this world...their actions caused so many to suffer and only led to more misery, even after their death. The names of Rhaegar and Lyanna will become insults, and then forgotten."

Then you vanished with a small smile just as small footsteps approached them, "Father!"

Thank you Jon.

A single tear fell as he turned away from where you had stood. Because this game began with you, and now it ended with you.

Hi lovelies, thanks for reading this self serving fanfiction.

I know I probably got lots of things wrong, and the RhaegarxLyanna fans will be outraged but JUSTICE FOR ELIA so fuck all of them. And for me, the best revenge Elia could have on Rhaegar and Lyanna, is having their son grant her a permanent place in history while they were shamed and forgotten. It just makes everything so cruel, that Rhaegar and Lyanna did all they could to have this son only for him to abandon them and kill them a second time.

Anyways, see ya another time xoxo

[gothgleek]

I like to imagine Elia has a “Revenge Dress’ moment after the Tourney at Harrenhal, coming dressed in a backless gown, save for the golden spine symbolizing how she will not be broken by her husband’s humiliation nor bow to his family.

(Inspo: the Roberto Cavalli dress Zendaya wore to the Spiderman premiere)

[hchollym]

I would love to see your headcannon for Elia...

I just love her and there is so little about her....

I agree! Elia Martell is amazing & deserves so much more love! ❤️

I said in this post that:

She would have been one of the best queens in the history of Westeros. She was a very hands-on mom who didn't want her children raised by wet nurses. She used to sing to them every night. She had asthma and anemia. She was secretly disappointed that Rhaegar wasn't clever or witty, though she would never say so. She loved flowers. Some of her best memories are at the Water Gardens. She was bisexual. She loved doing charity work and helping the poor. She always wanted a puppy, but her father never allowed her to have one because of her health, so after she married Rhaegar, she got herself an adorable black puppy.

More Elia Martell Headcanons:

-She was very intelligent and loved learning new things through books and/or experiences.

-She studied healing and medicine, and she was able to mostly treat her own health problems (as much as she could with their society's knowledge) without the assistance of a maester.

-She loved music. Even when she wasn't able to dance, listening to Dornish music made her feel light and happy.

-She had a good sense of humor, and she also enjoyed watching plays.

-She felt very burdened by her role as Rhaegar's wife, because she was well aware of the prejudice aimed at her by the people of Westeros, and she felt pressured to constantly "represent" the Dornish people in a positive light, and it was exhausting.

-She loved all animals, and she once nursed a hurt bird back to health.

-One of her greatest fears as a mother was that Aegon would inherit the Targaryen madness.

-She was always drawn to the water and fascinated by the Rhoynish faith/gods (even though she worshipped the new gods).

-She would have been very close to Arianne if she had lived, and she would have been the perfect balance of the "fun aunt" and the role model that helped prepare Arianne to rule Dorne.

-She loved oranges and grapefruit (eating them & the smell).

Thanks for the ask! 😊