#house of the draagon oc

[blankfairy]

Since you’ve provided so many lovely pairings for me to consider, I present some for you as well:

Finn + or / Kaleb

Samsa + or / Gawen (let’s pretend they’re around the same age lol)

Trystane + or / Therese

Alyx + or / Kaleb

(Yes I’m just throwing Kaleb at everyone bc I think it’s fun lol)

you SPOILED me!! these were all so fun to think about! i'm so sorry in advance that none of these assholes are very nice or personable 😭 they got long so i'm putting them under a cut!!

finn /+ kaleb first thing i read about him when i was researching was that he was restless and rebellious and a horrible annoyance to his father … and if that ain't finn, too, omg. unfortunately that would not work in their favor for getting along, lol.

betrothal or otherwise, i'm afraid they would NOT do well. nevermind the fact finn would be a horrible match for kaleb — the flints of widow's watch are not ignoble, perse, they just don't have a lot of clout; he's also not a very 'desirable' bride — i think finn would just straight up not be happy. he's miserable in king's landing after giving birth to samsa, and i'm not sure any attempts kaleb might make to take pity on him would go very well. larys practically ignored him for the first few weeks/moons of their marriage and i think that worked in his favor, lol. finn is stubborn but he can also just be... mean. and does not care much for people around him. kaleb does not deserve that !! and he's STILL going to be pissed when he finds out kaleb has bastard children.

i wonder how he'd feel about finn, esp as a 'wife' that he was arranged to marry and straight up does NOT like him? mutual hatred?

now, as companions? that could be a bit closer. seeing how finn became fast friends with queen alicent, and kaleb is already close with her from youth, they could bond over that sort of… mutual affection for the queen. granted, kaleb is a real friend and finn just likes to gossip and have friends in high positions of power, but still. i don't think he'd like him very much, especially after giving alicent a bastard son. he's side-eyeing him HARD from across the dinner table, that's for sure.

i'm not sure if kaleb has anything going on with larys… if he'd be distrustful of him, dislike him for his percieved closeness with alicent. if he was, i could definitely see them butting heads over that, too. kaleb thinking alicent shouldn't be close to finn, maybe, that he and his husband only mean trouble.

samsa +/gawen

okayyy there's a lot of nuance to this one! as a romantic pairing i do NOT think they would work, though. marrying a bastard is a terrible idea for him if he wants to promote his legitimacy and claim to the vale, and samsa isn't the type to engage in an outside relationship. together, i don't think they'd be happy KSJDKSDDKS. samsa would forever be pissed about marrying an arryn instead of a prince… she has very high ambitions and even one of the great houses would not sate them. plus, unclaimed bastards, their clashing cockiness? oh, no. i'm praying for gawen, that's for sure.

as companions, though? friends? now i could see that a bit better. as stubborn and strong-willed as they both are, i think they may butt heads a bit but ultimately mesh well together. the main problem here is that they're on differing sides of their respective conflicts… i'm, for some reason, imagining a diplomatic dinner in the eyrie or something of the sort, if samsa flies there to negotiate terms. a battle of wits and words, i think, that would be quite entertaining to watch.

trystane +/ therese

i'll indulge in both here too because there is possibility both ways:

i'm not sure of therese's exact age, but i think they're pretty close! a few years off, maybe. brother-sister relationship, anyone? trystane is such an odd kid who has, like, no friends, so i could see therese taking pity on this weird little thing. maybe they actually spend time together in the godswood, or pray together, or maybe he's just like this little purse dog that she drags around because he's amusing. either one is attention that trystane is glad to have, lol.

a betrothal is possible, but probably not ideal. it'd likely happen after harwin's death, so trystane is the technical heir to harrenhal, and i'm not sure larys would be so keen to marry his son to a bastard… it's just not super politically advantageous to him, since she's not in the line of succession. not out of the question, though. i think they'd get along well enough, but trystane is definitely not a very good husband, which i think could lead to some frustration for therese. just that he's… so out of it, all the time, and his behavior may shame her in some way. we do know how the folks of westeros like to gossip.

alyx / kaleb

i'm going with shipping for this one because it's silly /pos, and i'll just pretend for a second they're a little closer in age lol (she's closer to aemma/viserys' generations than alicent/rhaenyra/kaleb's, at around 48 by the start of the dance). this would not be a bad match, putting aside the fact they're both heirs to their respective houses. alyx has bolton from her grandmother (and stark even further back!), lannister from her mother. house vesgar is wealthy and well-respected, if you ignore the rumors about dark magic and cursed blood. it'd unite the lineage of a few pretty powerful houses. or some reason i'm imagining her broken betrothal to daemon being replaced with kaleb's, and this is where the troubles arise.

alyx was i think… fifteen when her betrothal to daemon was broken? and while, at the time, this was something that excited (and disappointed, when it failed) her, she quickly realized that she did not particularly want to be married. she yearned for no one but the company of her twin brother (NOT LIKE THAT), and basked in her years of maidenhood while her father searched for a 'good husband' for her, nevermind the fact her best prospect was already gone. she grew to be very thankful she was never wed.

there would be a certain a in anger her if she was then betrothed to the heir of a northern house. i could see them meeting in court, as kaleb was sent to ward and alyx became one of aemma's ladies-in-waiting. charming and handsome as kaleb is very no-nonsense. i could almost say it's like rhaena and androw farman … ? though alyx is not so foolish as to alienate her husband. she's practical about it. "i do not wish to be married. and i surmise i was not your first choice. even so, this is no reason to live in hatred of one another. i do not wish to become my mother."

so, friends, maybe? heirs might lead to trouble, though, because she happily fields her brother's bastard as her heir, and any bastards kaleb fathers… well, alyx does not tolerate disrespect to her house or herself, is all i will say.

(alternatively, kaleb is married to alyx after the dance is over to 'keep him close,' and he's still miserable except now in chimera's nest SKJDFKSJDF)

thanks so much for the ask again... this was a lot of fun to think about!!