#haera

[menagerieofmonarchs]

"Born a moon's turn before she was expected, late into 66 AC, it was not anticipated Haera would survive more than a week. Those reflecting upon the princess's birth now remark all should have foreseen the headache she would grow to be with how ferociously she fought for life.

"Joy filled the Red Keep once the Grand Maester pronounced the girl to be healthy and robust, vanquishing any fretting over the squalling babe. Once her struggle was over, Haera became a lively creature, often screaming for the teat until red in the face. Never before, and never since, has the Keep seen so many wet nurses filter in and out. A young Lady Roslyn, who attended to the queen's correspondence, expressed concern she would grow fat lest her appetites be controlled. The king and queen, for their part, waved off such fussing, instead spoiling the wee thing until her rancorous cries turned to satiated coos. For those not attending Court, the rumors of the lusty Targaryen babe sent wrinkled lips pursing. For those privileged few chosen to be courtiers, the babe's large, dark violet eyes melted the heart. Her tiny hand curling around outstretched fingers, a soft gurgle on her lips, unmade even the most hardened of men. From the adoring looks her parents gave their girl bundled in their arms, it was clear to all neither would hear a word of urging them to show restraint. They were too in love.

"Haera grew into a girl of immeasurable charm. Possessing the unearthly beauty of dragonlords even as a youth, there was little she could not get away with. Even Jaehaerys in his stern scoldings of her softened like wax at her drooping frown and eyes welling with unshed tears. Alysanne was notably less affected, thus the only member of Court able to tame the beastie. From her mother, she learned to be polite and genial. However, her most important lesson was in patience. 'Act as though their defiance matters not. Turn your eyes to other matters, and watch how they scramble to please,' her mother advised. 'Men admire obstinance in their king, but chafe when a woman stands in their way. Play them as you would an instrument, and they shall dance to whatever pretty tune you deign.' And how Haera loved to see men dance for her.

"Haera was greatly adored by her older siblings, though to various degrees. Baelon and Alyssa took the greatest shining to her, delighting in the proud tilt to her chin and glint of mischief in her eye. Yet it was Vaegon who captured Haera's attention the most. Much to her brother's chagrin, Haera was never too far behind him. Whether he sequestered himself in the scriptorium or stalked off to a hidden corner in the courtyard, Haera found him and hung onto him. The boy oft wore a sour scowl, responding sharply to her incessant questions, though notably he never shrugged her off the way he did the rest of their siblings. 'Annoying though she be,' he said to Aemon one day, 'she is not wholly without wit and humor.'

"But Haera was not one to tolerate being snubbed. Seeing Vaegon skirt the edges of the Keep to avoid her, she let him. With two younger sisters, each of increasing beauty, Haera had much to keep her occupied. While no one could know at the time, many now guess the seed of Saera's defiance was planted in these days, having learned her sister's arrogance yet none of her discretion. Vaegon enjoyed his days of peace. For the first time in years, he did not drag an unsolicited shadow behind him wherever he went. With no one clinging to his arm and asking him a litany of inquiries, he read his tomes in solitude. It wasn't until a feast was held for his nameday that he noticed where Haera's attention had turned. Sat beneath the high table, she was surrounded by lordlings--some even lords, themselves, despite their youth. Each uttered fair words that elicited a giggle from the princess, and each one made the furrow between Vaegon's brow deepen. It was an odd feeling watching the sister who trailed after him as though he forged the sun itself have her eyes on someone else, one he did not understand. Even when he strode over to her and bade she sit beside him, he knew not why. Her smile thinly veiled her triumph.

"The cat was not done playing with the mouse, however. Vaegon, despite the growing discomfort he had when Haera was attended by others, did not warm to his sister. He continued to behave coldly, not bothering to conceal his mounting annoyance. It only made Haera smile more. Haera encouraged the attention of the boys at Court, let young ladies stroke her face adoringly, and even played the shy maid with men who made flirty remarks. Each one left Vaegon scowling, knuckles whitening from how tightly he clenched his fists. Haera reveled in his fury.

"With Vaegon thoroughly ensnared in her web, she laid the final trap. Arm in arm with the son of a lord visiting the Crownlands, the pair wandered the grounds of the Red Keep. The lordling plucked flowers for her, as though they were his gardens and not hers. Once they rounded the corner, the lordling made his move. Despite the danger to her virtue, Haera never despaired for she knew what would happen next. Unfortunately for her young friend, he did not until Vaegon shoved him bodily to the ground. Were it not for his status as prince, there was no doubt the lordling would have beaten him bloody. His look of ire even sent a shiver down Haera's spine. 'Should you sully my sister with your unworthy presence again, I ensure your future will be at an end.' If the lordling had any retort, neither remained to hear it. Vaegon dragged his sister away, his grip painful but she made no protest. When they reached a place shadowed from prying eyes, he kissed her with all the unpracticed, fiery passion of youth. 'Never let your eye wander again,' he ordered. 'You are mine alone.' Haera laughed at his faux authority. 'Nay," she said, stroking his hair, 'I am my own. 'Tis you who belongs to me, body and soul.' Vaegon bristled at his sister's conceit, but found no argument to the contrary could be made.

"When Jaehaerys offered to send Vaegon to the Citadel, the king was turned down with a snide sneer and a huff. 'Who else but I could tame Haera?'

'Oh, dear boy,' Alysanne tutted affectionately, 'I fear it is you who has been tamed.'

"The following year, 79 AC, Kingslanding was flush with guests for the marriage of Vaegon and Haera. No two were so perfectly made for the other. While Vaegon's scowl and Haera's smile were different as night and day, the condescending, judging amusement in their eyes were a matching set. It came as surprise to none their marriage proved more fruitful than even their parents."

[theartisticintrovert]

Commission Me! (Regular | Furry)

since i did so many goretober prompts last time i uh. actually ran out. so instead, here's an interlude! i dipped into the cringetober prompt list from @icryink, specifically day 29!

Prompt: Hot Villain (Bonus points if woman)

so obviously a hot demon in a pantsuit giving mafia boss vibes was on the agenda. technically, haera isn't a woman, but only in the sense that she's a demon and thus doesn't care about human genders. she still mostly goes by female appearance/presentation though, it's easier to get ppl to do what she wants bc horndogs tend to think with their dicks, not their brains.

[kays-kg-works]

Got a festival scheduled for a DnD session I’m running later today, so last night before bed I decided to work up a design for the new outfit one of my favorite NPCs (Haera Revani) will be wearing. She’ll be playing a fairly important role in a couple events during the course of the evening, including likely being reunited with the love of her life by one of the PCs who’s her ride or die best friend~ Did an slight alternate portrait where I gave her big round glasses on a whim, and freckles because I’ve thought about giving her some, and I think both look cute but the glasses make her look very precious???

[1luvb00ks]

What if your worst enemy turned out to be your sister? Dark loner Haera and golden child Li-on have always been arch rivals, competing to be the best in their arts high school. Of course, Li-on always seems to win, with the support and privilege provided by her wildly wealthy, world-famous sculptor mother. Then again, Li-on has dark secrets of her own, and there’s just something about Haera -- her authenticity and vision. Will Haera and Li-on ever make peace? After all, there can only be one when it comes to the real deal. Reading this will make your day better. #Sisters at War #webcomic #WEBTOON

  Who likes sister feuds? Anyone who likes Korean drama novels will love this manga.

[nataliabdraws]

honey, you’ve got a big storm coming

[titanomancy]

Cutting art, state-of-the-edge.

[undergr0und2us]

Bad dreams in the night

They told me I was going to lose the fight

Leave behind my Wuthering, Wuthering

Wuthering Heights

Ooh, it gets dark, it gets lonely

On the other side from you

I pine a lot, I find the lot

Falls through without you

[mosspace]

Dear PTJ, please develope your female characters

Someone complaining abt the way PTJ writes his female characters (truly, a never seen before concept); 1st Afilliate Arc and Cheongliang Arc spoilers (at this point, I think most people are up to date w/ the story, but I'm still gonna put this warning just in case)

Look, I don't take Lookism super seriously. In fact, I think I never did that, mainly thanks to the outlandish concepts it had since the beginning. I'm just here to have fun at this point, and to finally learn the truth about Daniel's 2nd body (omg, it's been 400+ chapters-).

I definitely wasn't expecting to find super well written female characters (even though I definitely should, it's 2024, for God's sake-), something a good number of fighting-related webtoons seem to struggle with. But damn, does Lookism waste its female characters in a way not many have done before.

Since the focus of the story has shifted primarly towards fighting and taking down the Four Crews and Charles Choi, I'm gonna focus on two of the characters most connected to these aspects: Mary Kim and Crystal Choi (ik Lua and Sally are also connected in this way, but I don't really have a lot to say about them and, besides, they've already been covered by another user here on Tumblr)

Mary Kim

The perfect opportunity to get her more involved came up not so long ago, in the ep just before the Allied vs 1st Afilliate fight properly started. We see Mary's reaction upon hearing Vin Jin tell her that Taejin Cheon is alive; we can see her anger asclear as day both in her expression and her words. She literally expresses how much she wants to kill this guy.

And yet, PTJ doesn't make her go and get her revenge. Instead, we have Vin Jin basically saying that he will do it for her because 'his hands are already dirty" (i heavily paraphrased his words, but you get it), which to me, at least, doesn't make sense.

Time and time again we see how close the two of them are in spite of the many jabs they throw at each other. Even without knowing the details of their shared past in Cheongliang (which comes up a couple episodes later), it's very strange that she would let Vin jin go to face him just like that.

By this point, it's already stablished that he murdered somebody, an act that even if deserved by the deceased person, takes a mental toll on the one who does it. Taking this into account, I don't see why Mary would just let who's basically her best friend go through the same thing again, alone. And I especially don't see why she would obey him and stay behind. Her, Mary, the person who never takes Vin Jin's bullshit and always calls him out.

Why not have them both go together? It would be a great opportunity to 1) deal with the last negative reminder of their past, and gain a little bit of closure once and for all, and 2) have Mary finally fight seriously and be able to demonstrate why she's called 'The Empress of Two Seconds' and why she's considered so strong.

We've only seen her take down minor opponents a very, very small number of times, all of which are altercations that don't ever last too long (i guess this last thing is to back up her nickname but, eh)

TLDR: Let Mary dirty her hands as much as Vin. Let them take down together one of the people who has brought them so much pain as the pair of strong besties they are. Stop telling us how strong she is and actually commit to showing it.

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Crystal Choi

Oh boy, this character-

Like, you mean to tell me that the sole offspring/child of the Big Bad Guy tm the protagonist and his friends are meant to take down, who also happens to be friends with said protagonist, doesn't play a major role on the story? Absolutely insane

And that isn't even taking into account that she also has 2 bodies, which is something only one other character (Daniel, the PROTAGONIST), has and is a major plot point

I'd like to see her be more aware of her privilege as a rich person. Yeah, she was relentlesstly bullied and undermined for her appeareance (which is a horrible thing for anybody to go through) but at least she wasn't poor, too. Does she actually use her money or her status as the daughter of one of the richest men in Korea to change things or solve problems?

Jay literally bought an ambulance of the same type used by the 1st Afilliate so that Allied could sneak in, so why can't Crystal do something similar to help them, too? She helped them during the Gambling Arc by bringing Kouji

I'd like to see her realize and come to terms with the fact that her father's a horrible person. I don't think she knows everything that's going on behind closed doors, but she's definitely smart enough to have noticed that there's something shady going on with his bussiness.

Let her discover the truth. Let her pick either her father's or Daniel's side (the latter which I believe is the most plausible, since she doesn't seem the type to excuse murder, extorsion, etc.). She could act as an informant, helping Allied from the inside.

Heck, you could have her fight, too, if you wanted to. She trained with Gun, after all. And yeah, maybe she's not as strong as the other characters, but we know that she can hold her own against most people. We've seen it.

TLDR: how the hell do you set up a character with so much potential and don't do anything with it. Also, think abt the angst potential!

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Final thoughts, I guess:

I think that Crystal siding with Allied has a higher chance of happening than PTJ letting Mary fight. There's still a good chunk of the story yet to be told, so anything could happen.

I'm actually considering believing that the reason we rarely see the female characters is that they, also, are working secretly to take down the Four Crews and it's gonna get revealed in the last arc for the sake of my sanity

[characterswithgodsnamesbattle]

Prelims

Poll A3

9 contestants, 4 spots for the tournament

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

Lady Haera, 13th Daughter of Lord Helmwar

[meganechan05]

No Thoughts.

Head Empty.

HimeRitaMorf Babies.

Hana Kaniska

Name comes from the Orchid Mantis like her mother (ranhanakamakiri)

Cyna Kaniska

Name comes from Cynandra opis, the brilliant nymph butterfly

Thalia Ran

Name comes from Euthalia duda, the blue duchess. Thalia flowers also resemble orchids, apparently.

I forgot to doodle her weapon, but it's supposed to be twin sickles to replicate Himeno's fighting style in KingOh while also combining HimeMorf's AU weapons (scythe and dual blades)

Haera Kaniska

Name comes from Haetera piera, the amber phantom butterfly

[liainettofficial]

Silly sketches because I don't know what to post

Akinian Taxi driver Yevgeniy himself (this is really a male type)

How Akinians in 20 century imagined a type from 21 century

The real type from 21 century - Xiya

Akinian girl from 80-90s

Akaruyan is lying on the green grass (the nature of humans)

Sikeh Haera, the foreign minister of Akinia, in his childhood

[serexvu]

haera chu / hera won from sisters at war

[wcrriorhearts]

@dreamedfyre said: [ wipe ] sender wipes away receiver's tears (for jaehaera)

Silent tears rolled down the girl's cheeks and she stifled a sniff as her mother wiped some of the wetness from her cheek. Jaehaera was not one for big emotions and rarely wept, because she didn't like to show her feelings that outwardly, but some occasions made it impossible to contain her sorrow and this was one of them. Maelor, being barely more than a babe and not entirely aware of the repercussions of his actions yet, had taken two of Haera's most beloved wooden animals and thrown them into the fire during a tantrum, because she had taken them from him several times in the past hour. He was not good at sharing and didn't understand the concept of belongings yet, so he just took whatever he wanted from his siblings. Needless to say, the twins did not support that, though Haera had not expected him to just throw the toys away like that. She wasn't entirely sure if he had truly aimed at the fire, or they had just landed there accidentally, but the effect stayed the same. Wiping her own eyes with one sleeve, Haera looked pitifully at her mother. "Sad", she said quietly, because she was indeed very sad and upset about the occurrence. The girl was quite attached to her toys and now two of her dear friends were missing.

[dreamedfyre-a]

jae.haerys being sociable enjoying the attention making mischief bc it makes his dad laugh

jae.haera being extremely quiet not wanting to be the center of attention enjoying her little corner with her toys and her mom being there

something something one of the twins being like their dad one of them being like their mom but! more importantly! aeg.on giving haerys attention and keeping him close and wanting him to thrive and shine (because no one gave him that) and hel never making haera feel like she's weird or lesser or not clever or like she has to endure the things that make her uncomfortable (because no one gave her that)

[nataliabdraws]

OC posting again!! First piece on my new iPad!!