#house of the dragon Ulf

[waterwyne]

(Spoilers)I can’t explain it but I have a strange attachment to Ulf the white aka tavern boy (please don’t betray Rhaenyra like u did in the books)

[prideprejudce]

"every dragon has its own special way of choosing it's rider"

[littler3d]

I love that Vermithor was like “RAWR You must impress me with your bravery or I will BURN AND EAT you” and Silverwing was like “good morning pathetic looking man you will do”

[bbygirl-aemond]

the way ulf strolled right up to jace like "look at that hair" and "as dark as they say!" and "dragonriders both, you and i!" and "cut from the same cloth!" and i just know jace was standing there like

[snow-dragon-rider]

The way we’ve gotten

Seasmoke, picking his own rider mostly unprompted and literally chasing him around and cornering him.

Vermithor, roasting everyone who dares to try it except a man brave enough to defy Vermithor’s fury to save another; a man who roars back.

Silverwing watching a lost and terrified man stumble into her lair and quietly accept his death; she bends the neck because he bent the knee.

Something something But who can presume to know the heart of a dragon?

[nataliescatorccio]

VERMITHOR & SILVERWING + reddit commentary

[gameofthronesdaily]

@gameofthronesdaily's HOTD SEASON 2 APPRECIATION WEEK Day One — Dragons and their riders

[blackbyrenflowers]

Love how in order to claim Vermithor, you have to be all badass in the face of fiery death, wheras for Silverwing you just need to be pathetic enough for her mama dragon instincts to kick in and take you under her wing

[chromatic-r]

silverwing

[godsfavoritedumpster]

She bopped you. She bopped you TWICE and you were trying to get away???

[kvtnisseverdeen]

it really is crazy that vermithor and silverwing belonged to jaehaerys and alysanne who were the longest reigning monarchs of house targaryen and are regarded as wise and good...only to have their dragons be mounted by bastards who partook in the fall of house targaryen

[existential-queeer]

Targaryens: We're the blood of the dragon and only we can ride them. We are given an egg when we're born to bond to it as we grow. It's an ancient tradition in my family.

Vermithor, Silverwing, and Seasmoke:

[prideprejudce]

people will always blame alicent and rhaenyra or even daemon for sparking the start of the civil war but at the end of the day it will always come back to viserys and his cowardly decisions. as soon as he allowed himself to be bullied to remarry and to have more kids again, he officially sewed the seeds together for future conflict after his death no matter who he married. like if he had married laena instead of alicent and had sons with her, would the outcome have been so different? do you think rhaenys and corlys would have stood on the sidelines and watched their grandson get passed over? especially after rhaenyra had illegitimate sons that weren't even laenors? that they wouldn't have petitioned their own dance? the snake will always eat its own tail for power, and viserys doomed rhaenyra to her death with his own

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Silverwing is so beautiful. It’s clear that Alysanne took real good care of her.

[bbygirl-aemond]

one of my favorite things about hotd is how we get exposed to the differences in the dragons' personalities. one great way to see this is through how each dragon forms a bond with a new rider. when aemond claimed vhagar, she bucked around like a bull and tried to throw him off to make him prove his worth by staying in the saddle. when seasmoke claimed addam, he hunted addam down and basically claimed addam himself. when hugh claimed vermithor, he stood up to him and roared in his face. and when silverwing claimed ulf, she headbutted and sniffed him before deciding to take him for a joyride. each has such a distinct personality and you can see a clear dichotomy between dragons pursuing their riders and riders pursuing their dragons.

[vices-aand-virtues]

Jace with Ulf