#like criston she just didnt want you

[nonbinarylesbianherb]

Criston to Rhaenyra-

"Leave the throne, come be with me instead"

Rhaenyra thinking like- why would I ever do that?? gross

Also Rhaenyra to Alicent

"I don't care if my father has a son I want him to, I want him to, so you and I can fly away together across the world."

[hauntingblue]

Weird that helaena didn't foresee this btw she has predicted nearly every tragedy that happens to the greens

[laststandx3]

i'll be the first to say that Ulf is an idiot, but at the same time he's right. he treats the blacks the way they've never been treated before: as normal people. and it bothers them because they feel themselves above the smallfolks. that people should obey them and be silent when they speak because they're the authority. not only monarch but dragon riders. Ulf is there treating them like they're normal people and they HATE IT. but for how rude and out of place Ulf gets framed and shot when he asks for more wine/food he's the proof of how common people are always in service of the powerfuls' whims. if they didnt need him they wouldnt have him at their table. the court it's a place for people who respect manners and are never annoying. Because we saw how people in kings landing starving and dying how dares he asking for more good food at dinner? doesnt he know he's a guest and he better be grateful with what he has? Because Rhaenyra will make them knights even tho without them she wouldnt even be queen. "We'll be knights...Just like that" he says, because titles are freely given by the queen, yes just like that. How dares he be a little loud at dinner? HOW DARES HE ANSWER RHAENYRA's pretence at politness by keeping her accountable?

"A knight will comport himself with grace at the queen's table"

"Best make me a knight, then"

"You forget yourself...friend" Jace says, and in the background we see the knight of the queen's guard putting a hand on his sword, after his oath of protecting the innocents like Criston Cole reminded us a few minutes before.

you've done things we didnt even know was possible // Remember your place // this war will kill thousands // "will you stay here and make yourself easy? If you hinder our efforts through sloth or unreadiness, I'll see you hanged and your body fed to the dogs in the street" // we want to avoid bloodshed

Now, this is the pick-your-favourite-war-criminal show so i'm not saying the blacks are evil. i'm sure the greens will act just as them. I think it's interesting to see the parallels of in-story propaganda of the crown and their action, that Rhaenyra's waiting to fight was never about avoiding war, but because she knew she'd lost. when you cant stand even the idea of having smallfolk at your table or them dearing to treat you like one of them it was never about saving people's life.

[marvelita85]

If you are minor or you dont like mention of blood and people killed please stop reading

RATED R for safty

English is not my first language Im sorry in advance for any mistake, this is just for fun

Eutace said Visenya Velaryon was as rudless and unhearted as her predecesor, she bend everyone to her will and she didnt stop until her mother was on the iron throne, he told in his tale how she burn her uncle to the ground with her dragon Vermithor how she organized Rock Rest attack instead of only her grandmother with Meleys appeared she went aswell with Vermithor, as Vermax and Moondancer with her siblings were back up burning all their enemies, Vhagar appeared and Although everything Visenya felt for Aemond she's never forgiven him for Luke's death and that was her revenge Vhagar was bigger but slow and as Visenya saw Sunfier and Aegon fall she went and attacked with her granmother brining Vhagar to the ground her belly opened as Vermithor's claws buried in it she couldnt fly again and she dismount her dragon going for Aemond herself, they fought as she turn to face him and her sword buried into his hip traspasing his body.... -Visenya...- Aemond wispered before falling to the ground... Visenya felt rage as she grab the catspaw dagga from Aegon and she saw Sir Criston walked to her still stunned by the dragons fight Visenya looked at him with cold eyes and ready to fight him but Vermithor roar and he stoped in his tracks backing up from the dragon... she smirked to his distraction and she slided the dagga into his throat

- you should have stayed loyal to my mother - witneses afirmed she told him as he choked in his own blood before dying at her feet... as her siblings Jace and Baela arrived to the scene Visenya was covered in blood holding the heads of Aegon and Criston Cole... she turn to Aemond but before she cut his head she asked for a maester and for the Lord of Rock Rest to take his body to be tended as he was still alive, she was very precised with her cut

The seek of kingslanding came right after Visenya mount Vermithor taking the heads of the usurper and their comander, she called all her mothers banners to kingslanding, Daemon who was in Harrenhal marching with the army he colected was amazed by his daughter

Eutace said all the hightowers were reduced including the queen dowager as Visenya asked her mother to spare only her aunt who didnt have a place in this war Helaena was the only one spare as Visenya showed Aegon and Criston heads, Alicent scream and even Rhaenyra didnt want her own daughter to turn evil, Alicent was the one responsible of all this with her father.

.- let everyone know who to blame when the sky falls upon them.... - even with the dowagers pleading her father and all the small council were imprisoned by Damon and he could cut some heads after all

- my son with come with fire and blood...

- your son is agonizing in Rock rest with a dead Vhagar and dead Sunfire he is still alive Only because I allowed him when I buried my sword into his guts, and I will kill Daeron too when he arrived in Tesarion, I will finished all your line Alicent and I promised you will beg me to end your life at the end you will pay tears of blood for everything you've done to my mother, all your resentment and hate calling her birth after birth, calling my brothers bastards it was not free of charge now I will be your executioner and I found you guilty of all charges...

Visenya went into Old town knowing their army as Tesarion started their march to kings landing sacking all towns around that pledge their loyalty to Rhaenyra, she got to Tumpleton at night with Vermithor, Addam and Jace on their dragons as Tesarion tried to warm the greens as they were all drunk and raping and sacking all the town Visenya didnt have mercy on them burning all the soldiers Eurace said their armor melt into their skin, screams of pain were heard around everywhere as the night turn orange as flames consumed all the traitors Daeron tried to reached Tesarion but Jace was his oponent finishing him with his sword...

- those lessons from Daemon gave their fruit brother...

- you cant be the only one having all the fun... after all Luke was my brother too...- Visenya smile knowing her brother was finally a man and he knew this was necesary Baela arrived and together after killing Daeron and the rest of his army they went into old town as the green flame turn red when Visenya did what her predecesor wanted to do and Aegon didnt allow her to do, burn all the citadel to the grown with their dragons...

As they return the next morning the red keep was filled with Daemon's men Caraxes scream as he saw Vermithor and the others arrived into the city, all the red capes made way for Visenya to entered into the keep hall in front of her mother

Visenya was standing in front of the throne seeing her mother being crown by Daemon once again like that morning in dragonstone putting the crown in her head in front of all court and lords who swore their loyalty to the blacks, the traitors were in the dungeons waiting their execution

Lord Lannister and all the triarky were destroyed with the Velarion fleet and Meleys, Baela and Moondancer went to help as they came back Victorious, as Lord Stark arrived to Kingslanding was witnessing the execution of the traitors by Daemon's hand who once more was the Lord comander of the city watch as all the soldiers were loyal to him

Visenya ordered Aemond to be brought to the red keep she kept track of his health and she wanted him at reach

Daemon wanted his head but Visenya refused, Rhaenyra saw for the first time father daughter fought over her half brother

- he is already out of combat I made sure of it

- you dont want him dead because you have feelings for that Hightower scum he killed your brother and tried to kill your grandmother what more proof you need he will come for you if he has a chance

- he wont have a chance, he doesnt have Vhagar anymore, I had to sacrificed 2 dragons, I wont sacrificed anymore - Tesarion was brought to the dragon pit and he would stayed there with Shrykos and every other dragon until her brothers were big enough to tried and mount one

Alicent asked permition to be with Aemond his wound was healing dlowly, Mellos was allowed to live to tend his wound Visenya's Valyrian steal sword helped keeping him alive

- I wish to be alone with him Alicent... - Visenya didnt pay respect to her title Alicent lost 2 sons and her lover to Visenya and Alicent knew she lost now she was a prisoner and her only confort was still having 2 of her children alive - I wont kill him Alicent

.. if I wanted him death I would have finished him in Rock Rest.... - Aemond moved a little in his bed as Alicent left the room.... - i made sure you survived and see how your family lost and still your sister and mother as you can see are still alive.... you all usurped the throne thinking my mother would kill you all and guess what.... I was the killer... you underestimated me Aemond you thought because I loved you, I would never touch your family but after you killed my brother that love vanished... everything i wanted was your head but I took your brothers lives, and when you could stand and walk again from that bed I will make sure you bend the knee to my mother or chose between living wearing the black or died for every small folk and lord in westeros to know how you couldnt be loyal to your own family - we are both kinslayers now... you killed Luke and for that death I took Aegon, Daeron and Vhagar's lifes and the rest of your Hightower traitor family...

- stop this... please...- he tried to moved but his wound sting still...

- sh sh sh... tried not to move.. my love, you are going to reopened your wound and we want you to heal propertly...- she smirked and walked away from his room, Eutace wrote she lost what was left of her heart that day when she got out from her former husband's room she saw her mother reigned and saw her brother and Baela getting married, Aegon and Viserys grow up to be young men, trained by Daemon she saw Alicent dying in her room of winter fever as Rhaenyra cried for her friend Visenya felt nothing nor even could empathizied with her aunt or Aemond or her own mother she really hated Alicent and she kept doing it to the queens dowager's last breath, Aemond was allowed to stay in the keep but he rarelly saw Visenya his days were spend with his sister and niece, they forbided him to have a weapon in his hand if he wasnt supervised by Daemon or Jace he could trained eventually when he was fully heal, Visenya watched him from afar she yearned for him but still couldnt look past what he has done

The queen observed her daughter and asked her to presented herself in the small council, Rhaenyra was waiting with her half brother sitting beside her, if Rhaenyra could forgive her half brother for his wrong doing saying he payed enough price Eutace told the queen tried to salvage their relationship because she knew deep in her heart Visenya and Aemond were soulmates and if they were separated their souls would died

The dance of the dragons was stoped by the first daughter of Rhaenyra Targaryen only few called her Daemon's bastard but she was a dragon and never let anyone pronounce the word bastard again

With time Aemond tried to conquered her heart again inviting her to walks and having beakfast together Vermithor was still weary of him but Visenya allowed him close to her dragon and Vermithor warmed to him once again, dragonless once more he sometime missed Vhagar but he knew he wasnt going to be allowed into a dragon again or tried to mount one

- maybe with time you can tried Tesarion... he sometimes fly with Vermithor to Dragonstone and back

- are you going to allow me into a dragon again...

- they allowed you with a sword and you still didnt kill anyone, we are all dragons Aemond... is in our blood and no matter what you've done we all deserved one - he had always encoraged him to have a dragon... Vermithor was claimed when she was 11 and before Vhagar was claimed by him she tolk him flying with the bronce fury, Visenya always favored Aemond even over her younger siblings, they were best friends naturally they were engaged and married after but Luke's death turn everything for the worst

- Im so sorry for all the pain I cost you... it was never my intention to hurt you the way I did...- Visenya beathe in and out holding back tears but she realised she never cried enough for her brother

' i hurt you.... i almost killed you, you should hate me, why you dont hate me...- she went to him hitting his face and chest but her punches were weak Aemond tried to hold her wrist holding her close to him ehile she kept fighting but as her forehead rest in his chest, she desarmed in his arms and couldnt hold tears anymore, her whole body shaking, his arms holding her close...

- (nike dori vedros ao toli mirre nike iedrosa jorraelagon) I could never hate you because despite it all I still love you - he used high valyrian

- (Avy Jorrealan toli) I love you too - she wispered holding him close to her eith her arms around his waist it was the first time Aemond felt their relationship could be saved

[silly-litttle-writer]

I have feelings about Aegon and since we’re all waiting for season two I’m gonna rant for a bit.

…

I’d like to talk about Alicent in the Green trailer saying something along the lines of “do you understand how much has been sacrificed to get you on the throne?” to Aegon and how low key manipulative that line is.

She knows Aegon doesn’t care about the throne but he does care about being burdensome to his family and that’s why the line most likely weighs heavily on him, we don’t quite know how he reacts from it but from the little bit in the trailer the line does affect him.

This is Aegon having to literally be dragged to his own coronation! This is Aegon trying to flee to Essos to avoid a war over the throne he doesn’t want or feel he is worthy of and ALICENT HAS THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT TO HIM?! HE DIDNT WANT THIS! HE ACTIVELY TRIED TO AVOID ALL OF IT BECAUSE HE HATED THE IDEA OF TAKING THE THRONE SO MUCH HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE UP BEING A PRINCE! HE DIDNT ASK FOR ANY OF IT AND YOU’RE GOING TO USE THAT TO EMOTIONALLY HURT HIM?! Like I’m grateful the show is showing that side of her cause that is book accurate Alicent but I hattttteeee how Aegon is treated in the show and by the fandom.

I hatttteee that certain characters are deemed sympathetic and oh no poor them (Viserys) while others are not graced with an ounce of sympathy or most importantly empathy (Aegon). Is Viserys entirely bad? No, I hate him but I do not believe he has no redeeming qualities. He loved Aemma and he unfortunately realized his greed for a son was less important far too late, after he killed his wife for a son, does he love Rhaenyra and (sometimes, it’s rare cause Viserys is a coward by nature) stand up for her? Yes, but he is far less sympathetic than CHILD (say whatever you want about adult Aegon but child Aegon deserves none of what he is given) Aegon in my mind I will take no criticism on that. Viserys actively created the toxic environment he is surrounded by, if he’s suffering it’s of his own making. Aegon was a child for a bit of this nonsense and had absolutely no control over what happened around him.

Aegon is the son VISERYS FORCED TO EXIST. He manipulated (softly which is why people like Viserys more than like Larys Strong for example) but he still MANIPULATED (show Alicent not book Alicent cause book Alicent is the one who seduces him and manipulates him) Alicent into marrying him at 15, forcing her to have his children as she can’t deny her husband AND THE LITERAL KING. He wanted a son so badly he carved his first wife up to try to save the son that was killing her, this failed and so he forced Alicent to give him that son and then ONCE AEGON IS NO LONGER CUTE OR EASY TO LOVE HE TOSSES HIM ASIDE. He becomes completely and utterly absent in Aegon’s life and that’s not even talking about how little he cares about Helaena, Aemond, or Daeron, Daeron who was literally shipped off to another part of the continent. He does not care for Aegon, he doesn’t guide him, does not instruct him and teach him the ways of the world. Instead Aegon is stuck with having to rely on Criston “I bash in people’s skulls cause I can’t control my anger and I can’t get over the girl I fucked ten years ago” Cole and Otto “I view women as literal incubators for sons” Hightower, alongside Alicent “I’m a hypocritical coward who will damn and literally terrorize any woman who tries to find a way to cheat the patriarchal society instead of using my power as Queen to make my children’s lives better than my own” Hightower. These same people teach and raise him. One, they teach him to not regulate or handle his emotions. Two, they frequently and repeatedly beat and verbally insult him for just saying I don’t want to challenge my sister for a throne that isn’t mine. Three, teaches him and enables the toxic and sexist mentality perpetrated by the society that they live in that women are things to use and abuse by men and that consent does not matter to him because he is not only a man but a prince and she has no real right to deny him.

Why do you think Aegon grows to be an abuser? Because he was never taught anything else. His bad behavior was enabled or even encouraged, with only slight punishment from the same woman who literally paid his victim hush money to not tell people that her son forced himself on her. She stands there telling the girl her son forced himself on that “I understand” and “It’s not your fault” and then LITERALLY PAYS HER HUSH MONEY TO SHUT UP ABOUT IT AND GIVES HER WESTEROSI BIRTH CONTROL! THEREFORE ENABLING AND ALLOWING THAT BEHAVIOR AND SHE ACTS LIKE SHE HAD NO PART TO PLAY IN WHY HER SON BECAME AN ABUSER!

He is exactly your son. He is the son you chose to raise. Aegon wasn’t born like this, YOU MADE HIM LIKE THIS AND THEN DESPISE AND CURSE HIM FOR IT. He never had a chance to be anything else, he was doomed from the start and that is why I empathize more with Aegon than Viserys. Do I feel bad that Aegon was slapped and called out for forcing himself on a girl? No, he should have been properly punished. He should have been punished for that kind of behavior a LONG time ago. But that’s exactly the problem, Alicent doesn’t punish him for this behavior and then gets upset when he continues doing it. You created the “monster” in front of you and then are shocked when he does monstrous things. You made your own bed and now you refuse to lie in it and instead choose to frequently and repeatedly abuse, terrorize, and antagonize those who refuse to participate (Rhaenyra) in the system that turned you into a victim and your son into an abuser.

[ihaveastorminme]

i know that everyone enjoyed otto laying it on aegon, and i may i be struck down right the fuck now for giving criston cole even one single inch of benefit of the doubt, because he deserves none and i cannot fucking stand him and his hypocrisy, BUT

i genuinely do wonder how different Criston's orders for Arryk are to Otto's own suggestion in season one [ep 9], to the lord commander. Otto said it himself, didnt he: 'go to dragonstone, be quick and be clean'. [the idea of a clean assassination is even possible when the poeple you'd have to kill are rhaenyra, jace, luke, joffrey, baby aegon and viserys - and probably and most importantly daemon - the oxymoron of that. the utter silence on that in that council ANYWAY]. How would that have gone? how is that different from what Criston told Arryk?

Is it because the tension is so much higher now, therefore the job harder? because honestly, having the lord commander go to dragonstone, be welcomed there by the woman he has guarded all his life since she was a girl, and then kill her and her entire family - idk man, that feels like a bigger betrayal than Arryk assassinating Rhaenyra, when Arryk has clearly declared his loyalty to Aegon and everyone knows where he stands. I mean, both are horrid, im not arguing for either having any merit. But why is Otto so adamant that the plan is stupid when not even a week ago it was HIS OWN PLAN? I mean, it IS a stupid plan, lets be real; because AT BEST it would only be Rhaenyra that Arryk would be able to kill and the war doesn't end with her and everyone knows it - is This the reason Otto calls it stupid?

Because i kinda do think that [even if he were 100% sincere in his displeasure and disappointment with the plan] he was kinda using the occasion to lay into Aegon and just, push his buttons to soften him up for guidance and manipulation. like, you did this stupid thing without consulting me, you need me, how dare you exclude me cant you see how much you need me. Making him feel small - disrespecting him as he always has - to make then Aegon want his approval? idk man

im not even gonna touch on the audacious audacity of this old man to go around and slander his grandson, who he has plotting to put on the throne ALL HIS LIFE, yet not once has he ever bothered to educate him to rule. suddenly not knowing how to rule is soly aegon's fault. hilarious. Anyway-

[maidragoste]

So rhae has a crush on reader ... DELICIOUS

So now we have ali, rhae, the foot man and harwin im our bag

I dont remember if you especified if she fights (with a sword and stuff) but if she was, she would be very present in the boys lives even more

As the boys grow older (in their child state aka pre-maimed aemond) she would spend time training with alicents children.

The reason of the bullying was because of the love their dear aunt held for some of them and the disregard towards another

Rhaenyra is always trying to be with you someway or another

One time she tried to seduce you amd you didnt even spare her a glance (daemon tought this to be funny)

Lucerys wants to be like you

You always baby your sons so much, you always run to kiss their cheeks

You keep harwin around as a political investment, you want the strong connections (he knows this, but he stays anyways)

You now are more dominant in life, you refuse to let someone take the lead

Otto secretly likes you (youre just as smart as him fr)

This is just my fan made headcannons in a way...i just like this series so much

Btw who do ypu picture as y/n, like your personal view?

Hi

Rhaenyra had a crush on the wife of her son's father, she's very 🤡 (like girl, why did you sleep with her husband instead of confessing that you were jealous?) but I still love her 🤪

Reader: *breathes*

All:

I never said it in any post but I'm sure Reader knows how to fight. I find it hard to believe that Corlys didn't teach her daughter to defend herself against her. She knows how to handle the sword because he and her uncles taught her how to use it. She used to fight with Laenor.

Even so, Reader prefers knives because they are easier to hide and if someone attacks her, no one expects her to have her weapons hidden.

I have the headcanon that when she was little and she accompanied her father and her uncles to sail, a sailor taught her to throw knives.

I can definitely see Reader on the parade ground accompanying the children in her lessons. I would be aware that Criston Cole does not overextend them.

I CAN TOTALLY SEE the reason for the bullying being the fight for Reader's love. I don't feel like she disowns Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey but it is evident that she loves the green children more and that she is more affectionate with them.

I really love your headcanons. Rhaenyra always tries to find an excuse to be with you, she looks forward to every time Viserys orders family dinners because that's the only way you'll agree to have dinner with her and she also takes advantage of your affection for Jace to get him to invite you. to spend time with them.

Rhaenyra wanting to seduce you and Alicent looking at everything furious. Larys is calm because she knows that the princess has no chance with you. And it's true, there's no way you're going to look at Rhaenyra that way again...It's more likely that something will happen between you and Daemon (and that he seems like a hateful man to you) before you have something with Rhaenyra.

Lucerys wanting to be like Reader 🥺🥺 He admires you so much because you keep smiling and being kind to people despite all the whispers from court

Your children are your greatest joy. You love teaching them new things and sharing your family customs with them. It is not a secret that you are a loving mother, you are always happy to hug them or kiss their cheek 🥰🥰

Harwin knows that you will never love him like before, but he is satisfied with being able to continue by your side and not hate him. He is content to be the father of your children.

DEFINITELY OTTO LIKES READER. Well, he doesn't agree with the relationship you have with his daughter (because he is a man of faith) but he likes you and you serve him. He notices how you protect his daughter and his grandchildren, how Aegon listens to you, and how you make people start thinking of Aegon as heir to the throne. You win support for the greens.

I see Reader as someone smart. She always knows what to say to make people happy and to make them trust her, that's why she was always very loved at court.

She also lets people see her as weak. Although she knows how to fight from the affair of Rhaenyra and Harwin the image of Reader. She takes advantage of that and makes the court feel sorry for her so she gets people to start disowning Rhaenyra and Harwin.

People see Reader as a nice and kind person, which shee is but sometimes she is nice to court people that she doesn't really like just to have allies. Larys is the first to notice, she begins to notice how the wrinkles around your eyes aren't as deep when your smile isn't sincere or how your fake laugh tends to be shorter.

By the way, anon, if you want, the next time you write to me, you can choose an emoji (it can be anything except 👾 or 🌺) so I can identify you 😊

I hope you are well anon and that you are happy with my answers 🥰❤️

[horizon-verizon]

Hi i just want to ask something, recently i saw a lot of people calling Fabien Frankel brown, as someone who is brown i was so confused with this, he doesnt look brown to me? He look like he had fair skin maybe not pale like other actor And he still look european in general (italians or spanish) but brown like middleeastern, south asian, or southeast asian? I dont think so, maybe i m wrong i didnt do any research on him so im sorry. even his name sound european to me, this giving me Antonio Banderas all over again american love to make him "brown" in their movies but when you look at all of his pictures he actually had fair skin just like the king of spain or that tiktok influencer who just found out that majority people in spain is "white" after watching Semana Santa festival, hollywood did great job brainwashing people into thinking some European brown now, when people dislike his character now people calling them racist even though you dont talk about his skin color

Apparently, Fabien's paternal grandmother was born from Baghdad Iraqi and Mumbai Indian Jewish people. Paternal grandfather had Polish Jewish ancestry. So some people say Fabien is PoC bc of all this, which I say is weird and wrong. Emilia Clarke has PoC grandmother I think, should she be considered PoC, as well? And that actor who plays Sokka in the new Avatar Netflix series, he's claimed he's indigenous bc of some claim to indigenous ancestors...when he's not even recognized by those indigenous people. Plenty of people have PoC/Black ancestry but are racially white anyway, just look at many people from South America, the Caribbean, etc.

So yeah, ignore those calling you racist for hating Criston Cole. Dornish people are not PoCs, Crisotn Cole was never Dornish either in show nor the original story (yes, Alicent saying so still doesn't matter), AND Fabien is not a PoC himself. He just has dark eyes and dark hair.

[melrosing]

Def agree with your opinions on the first hotd episode. I didn't mind Alicent's scenes so much, or the Cole thing but mostly it just felt random? Like they needed more time to introduce new things. Shouldve left B&C for ep 2 or then sharpen the focus of this episode. I am also disappointed that we didnt see any green side reactions to Luke's death. It felt like it was brushed over a bit. Highlight of this episode for me was the scene with Rhaenyra and Jace, Harry rly acted the hell out of his lines there, I cried.

yeah this is where I'm at too! I didn't really mind anything much, just it all felt a bit stifled by the pace? the Alicent/Criston stuff otoh just lacked context, I think if you're a casual viewer who maybe can't remember a huge amount from S1, you wouldn't really know what the writers wanted you to make of that r/ship?? it's only cos im ofc more interested that im like 'ooh maybe it's criston and alicent reflected their yearning for rhaenyra onto each other' etc but otherwise you'd probably be like 'who is this guy she's fucking oh yeah christian soot'

loved the Rhaenyra and Jace scene it was so beautifully acted by D'Arcy and Collett but yeah this was another one where it just felt like it was missing a couple beats.... I think the Robb & Cat scene in S1 of GOT for example works well bc it draws it out that bit longer where you're waiting for the release of feeling and then wallow in it a bit longer, this one was so good and then OH it's over

and for me the helaena stuff was the same. i've seen there are some people who are really happy w the direction there i.e. Helaena seeming to almost disassociate on the spot and fair enough bc I agree if saban had given streep's sophie's choice performance it wouldn't have fit for a character who just isn't very verbose and generally seems a bit dislocated from the present moment. but I think to really feel the impact of this scene you have to give her longer to work with. like watching helaena know what is happening, briefly bargain, briefly beg, panic when none of that is working, then refuse reality, go into survival mood, run. as it stands maybe she does go through these stages but it just happens too quickly for me.

also, just on the greens and Luke's death, I actually thought when vhagar was returning that the implication was that Aemond had been hiding out since the incident and was going to come back with his rehearsed 'did it on purpose' thing, but yeah no it was all offscreen. i do GET that they've got a lot to cover here but throwing big character moments offscreen was one of GOT's most egregious faults towards the end.... the audience is mentally building for these and then there's no follow through and it feels cheap.

[kingcunny]

also the other layers of hotd!b&c that didnt work for me cause im an evil sick nasty freak and its what i was looking forward too most tbh

EVEN WITH the element of suprise i cant imagine two random ass civilians being willing to take on aemond. hotd has made aemond unarguably a very good swordsman and i cant imagine thats not common knowledge

which is like the point right? blood and cheese were nasty fucks. they didnt want a fair fight they wanted a quick couple bucks. women and children. easy job! easy money! easy way to get daemon and rhaenyra inDebited to them.

nooo blood nooo listen to meee

them just fuckin. wandering around the castle. it aint just criston thats not working fuckin NO ONES working….

cheese just randomly stumbling on helaena 😭

blood- i have never seen this woman before in my life

like… these two are chill with being contracted child hitmen but not with Checking to make Sure theyre killing the right kid? like okay i get from a pr standpoint they dont wanna write children getting genital checked into the script, but then that was a weird line to include. just dont bring it up? let the freak ass fans mention it?

it just took me out of things a bit.

and then like. the lack of direct trauma and survivors guilt on the Children. the Next Generation. i DESPERATELY wanted that ‘your momma wants you dead’ line. like im sure jaehaera will have survivors guilt once shes told about what happened but its not the same as Witnessing it herself. Watching her mother sacrifice her to save her Brother, the Heir. her brother getting killed anyway. shes alive but it doesnt matter. because she doesnt matter.

they tried to build it up so much i Knew they were making a mistake. i just knew it wouldnt hit as hard as they thought/wanted it too. maybe if they just kept quiet about it and werent constantly talking about how it was the most awful,traumatic, side changing event on the show, it wouldnt have felt so… underwhelming. cause phia saban did do excellent in it!

[eldrith]

You said that you do prefer best friends to lovers but you also love an ‘enemies’ to lovers if it’s done tastefully and healthy but Jace and his girl in AGC just seems super toxic and i didnt like how he treated her during the first time he went down on her

yeah i see this point.

TLDR: if you don’t like it don’t read it.

i wrote the first part to that series right when i started reading/writing for the fandom and was definitely still learning abt jaces character in a writing context but also writing in general. it’s literally only been like a month and just like everyone else, my opinions and perceptions change 😊

i think it is completely fine for me to write different versions of characters… or else every single fic would be the same right?

they are both relieved about not being betrothed at the beginning of the series. reader has trauma because of her mother raising her to marry. her whole purpose to marry, even if she doesn’t want to - but she thought jace would be a fine enough match because she thought she’d be married to Aegon instead. she wouldn’t choose jace in the beginning of the series, and she’s not in love with him.

and yeah when he teased her in that scene, i wrote it not with the intention of it feeling hostile, so im sorry if it was perceived that way. the reader was written to not take it personally - because if i were in that context, i wouldn’t have taken it personally and i often write off base instincts - it was more as hiding their insecurities from each other with their burst of attraction:

yes, she was disheartened by him having sexual experience - with the ‘wash of sadness’ etc, but she is highly hypocritical (intentionally!), as she has the same experience he has. she is projecting her religious trauma (similar to her own mothers actions in the series with piety but sleeping with criston. my intention is to draw parallel lines that she is trying to break from) onto him. this notion is explored in later chapters too. basically when she says “i would have thought you had more honor than that” or whatever tf i wrote, during that moment, she was rly talking to herself.

he, telling her she ought to hide her jealousy better, even though he himself has been scolding himself for acting so cold to her, despite knowing what she’s been through. for eyeing her up but refusing to talk to her. he is guilty. he knows she is not the one who did it, but his grief is so massive that he has a hard time letting go of his bitterness towards her family. he KNOWS it’s not her fault who she was born to. just like he KNOWS it’s not his fault who HE was born to. it’s another parallel i wanted to set up.

she, by calling him nephew, a thing they do only when one or the other is insecure about their blood (yes, it’s a two way street. emerald blood and bastard blood. THEY ARE PROJECTING ON EACH OTHER because they are both insecure of themselves and how they think the other perceives them). it’s all about the shift of power dynamics that have happened during the war.

This is ALL toxic behavior. i don’t think jacaerys would do such things in most circumstances, but this is my own story that i made up, where he did react this way. i could see him lashing out as he mourns luke’s death, because he feels torn between needing to protect the reader and not trusting her/projecting his own pain onto her. it doesn’t mean what he does is right, just as every character is morally gray in this series.

in THIS universe, that I made up for my story, jace clearly has a bit of a mean streak. and the reader has one of her own. they both need therapy. i have mentioned it in different ways in the tags, but maybe I’ll just add ‘toxic actions’ in the warnings until they actually get to the lovers stage.

i don’t really think jace would say things like that to a s/o. doesn’t mean i won’t write him saying it in one story, to explore how characters would react, or how he would react or how dynamics may shift.

i enjoy writing different versions of the same character. & if people don’t enjoy it i totally understand because it rly is not everyone’s cup of tea! that’s totally okay!

I’ll definitely try much harder to make these complexities in both characters more apparent, and to avoid any more toxic interactions that are unnecessary to the plot but truly, i appreciate you and if you don’t love their dynamic it’s okay to not read it

[palestickyprinces]

on my hands and knees begging for a family tree (or multiple ones!!) for your original hotd/asoiaf characters...

anon your hand in marriage immediately. how did you know about my one true passion. reveal yourself in my dms within three days else you'll start to cough

some of these are way more in depth because i. well. i only just made some (cough the tullys and martells cough) while others i worked for a day or two on. the targaryen ones look weird bc this site doesnt like incest (or even when two siblings marry another set of siblings). i will put it under a read more lest it take 5 days to scroll past

me looking at anon

we're just gonna go in order of how i have them saved el oh el. also i was gonna link the trees but then realized anyone can edit them and i dont trust people not to fuck up my hard work so now you have to suffer my shitty screenshots. sorry

Maryce Redwyne

(ignore the fact it links to aemond, its just how the site works) now this one is a little weird bc i never fully committed to when it takes place in her canon so some people are dead who shouldnt be some people arent dead who should be etc... also daeron doesn't exist here cuz uhhh. well. i just never put him in.

this verse is also the ones my ocs vaerra targaryen and alyssa targaryen (of pentos), but i ended up removing them since its really maryce's story and i didnt want to include them for like two appearances worth of time

you may notice she has a child who's formerly gone entirely unmentioned...

Lorea Baratheon

this one is straightforward its just the canon family tree plus lorea. i have various other ocs and possible cousins in mind for her story but i dont think any are included in this. however i did go insane adding practically the entire lannister and baratheon/targaryen family trees theres like 60+ people in this one

House Errol

never mentioned these guys (because i forgot they existed) but theyre fairly important players in lorea's story, she runs into the kingswood after (spoiler!) her mom tries to 🗡 her and ends up at haystack hall. sebastion ends up agreeing to let her stay, then as the war continues is the one to push her to claim the throne. totally not because he wants to be her hand and marry his son to her. who would ever do that.

House Mallister

theres a couple more piper cousins/siblings in law on the other side lyman but thats fine. lyman has a wife named lynette swann and i never decided if his name would remain lyman. also i forgot to ever name one of elinor's brothers in law oops

after the hashtag scandal of elinor having a bastard baby her mom gets her brother lucas to marry his son to elinor and elinor is shipped off to pinkmaiden forever. sad!

Ellyn Hightower + Daemion & Alyssa

considering daemion didnt even have his own tag until like yesterday i dont think i ever shared that he's criston's son so. spoiler! theres nothing like giving your affair baby nearly the same name as your husband ❤️ also daeron is again not here. sorry. would be funny to include him just for the sake of the recent headcanons about criston being his daddy tho. when ur cousin is also ur brother and its not even from the incest side of the family

(im not actually doing that. daeron will probably just not be included. unless i really like him when s3 comes out in a decade)

all the stuff to the side is just canon targ bullshit i added

House Tully

these crop weird on tumblr oops. click on em to see it better. i made alys larys's sister bc i just thought being tortured by ur sister in law is funnier than aunt etc. i considered naming zoe and elmo's dad ernie

House Martell

alia and aelyx are twins <3 i did not add all of daeron's various descendants or ancestors because frankly theres kind of a lot of them and again this site hates incest and it starts looking funny real quick. given more time i mightve added them and the great bastards and all but this is what you get for now

maron said their first kid could have a targy name since they'd be a martell either way so daenerys insisted he give the second one a dornish name and then with the twins they just followed their previous pattern of girl gets dornish boy gets targy. these guys are arguably the happiest family of ocs i got

maron had a paramour before wedding daenerys and he sent her away before the marriage because he knew daenerys would take offense to it, and he didn't want to risk the still fairly new targ-martell alliance, or risk angering daeron, which could theoretically pose a risk to maron's own sister. the family's one real conflict is that the paramour has a son who later shows up claiming he's maron's REAL oldest child and that aeron is actually a blackfyre. thankfully the dornish are not stupid and basically just go ????? before kicking the kid out. well actually a lot more happens than just that but yk how it is. that plotline is also only barely existant. i havent even read a knight of the seven kingdoms yet

if you actually read all this then YAYYYYY come be my friend pls. or just send me more asks about my ocs. i love answering questions and talking for way too long i NEED more asks

[reservedlisting]

I normally dont make posts on tumblr but considering I dont want to continue harassing people on discord with my thoughts about hotd I'm gonna rant here :') this is literally just for me and i dont expect anyone to read this or make any sense of my insane ramblings.

this show is SO SO SO SO SOOOO SO0O0O0O0O00o0oo0o0o0o0o baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad! I could and have written an entire thesis about it so I won't do that here but my god it's offensively bad.

The way that women are written and in turn men are written in juxtaposition to women. As a woman I am genuinely offended and Im dutch and me so I dont get easily offended. Yes, I have some issues with how George writes women and girls but fundamentally women are allowed to be humans and be flawed but also have those flaws pointed out in the story. In that way men and women arent any differently written in asoiaf.

Hotd women are allowed to be flawed (Only Alicent's flaws are lingered on though) but also lets gloss over it when its convenient so that we can pretend women are all just peaceful little lambs and its the evil men that want bloodshed (Nvm rhaenyra having the servant killed so she can marry Daemon and have her husband leave under threat, alicent having larys burn Mysaria's house down, Rhaenys literally having the highest body count by committing acts of terrorism during the coronation). Until we are actually given a Very Good Reason :tm: the reason being this prophecy bullshit that has infused the show with the worst writing imaginable. They didn't learn from season 1 when everyone already hated the prophecy inclusion, nope they just doubled down on it. Just having to hear rhaenyra yap yap yap about this shit made me wish I was aborted like the alicole baby.

Its also so funny how they're like ah yes we'll have this person call rhaenyra a whore or a cunt so that we are in fact reminded that these are bad people that we shouldnt support. Like wow thanks for that signal show, I didnt pick up your more "subtle" clues. Then i have to see tweets with 20k+ likes about how criston deserves to die.. not daemon though for actually choking rhaenyra or calling alicent a whore (because the audience actually agrees with that lbr)

Then there is the BLATANT biased. It's about as subtle as a brick to the face. Condal (who is a clown for many reasons) pretending theres some kind of equality between the sides doesn't actually make it so. it's so obvious that they want everyone to support Rhaenyra and despite her completely irrational behaviour. Oh no those sexist lords in the council, meanwhile she's been off for days on end and then comes back with nothing to offer and then leaves AGAIN. As if these men arent risking their own hides by supporting her. Ofc Rhaenyra wants to go to war but is "smartly" talked out of it because "ohno cant risk you" and meanwhile everything that Aegon does is painted as stupid even though they almost work out.

Why am I supposed to think Aegon is an idiot for thinking that a king needs to be on the front line? as they have been many times throughout history? Of course he's gonna be pissed when they make plans without him. And then you have useless Alicent, never have I been turned off a favourite character so quickly and I genuinely loved her in s1, they really had to try very hard here but they've managed to make me dislike her. You're not logan roy girl, youre just boring as fuck and contribute absolutely nothing. Maybe you shouldve actually tried to prepare Aegon for rule in the decades since he was born instead of whining about how your evil sons dont listen to you.

its funny how tb people on twitter were made about comparison posts about aegon and alicent vs paul atreides and Lady Jessica. Because somehow Paul killing 61 billion people is less bad than whatever Alicent and Aegon do... meanwhile I'm actually mad that Alicent isn't in fact remotely like lady jessica. I genuinely wish she was because at least that would make her compelling. Instead of this useless figure we see now. Her relationship with her children especially aegon was always fraught. But she clearly loved them. Despite my hate hate relationship with ep8 that moment between Aegon and Alicent in the carriage and in the dragonpit was one of the best moments. Now even that is ruined.

The blatant bias really shone through in episode 4 to the point that I just had to laugh. And then reading what condal has to say or what TGC said they wanted him to do. I might as well be reading tb fanfic on ao3 and I might get to read a fairer treatment of the characters.

The fact that we also have seen extensive scenes of tb with their dragons but sunfyre, the most beautiful dragon and Aegon, the two that have the strongest bond get about 1 sec cause god forbid people actually like Aegon and see a human side to him. Ofc Condal said that was propaganda and that Syrax the golden was actually his fave dragon (truly a clown of a man).

On top of that they just pile all the shit on Aegon but ofc we must remember that he is a rapist and we cannot support him. Funnily enough it's made him the most compelling character by a country mile. Actually might be the only compelling character atp.

Aemond is a clown, alicent ditto. Tb are all boring as shit. Cant even include a lil bit of bastard drama for rhaenys and corlys cause obviously she's soooo understanding. YAWN. She's also super courageous ofc. And then there's ofc the stans who will defend anything their fave does cause stan brainrot. Instead of calling out the shitty writing they'll just double down that their fave did nothing wrong (aka aemond and alicent stans mostly, cause i dont even see tb's idiotic takes most of the time)

And its such a waste cause they have this giant budget, it looks pretty and there's tiny glimpses of interesting things and themes here and there but these writers are simply not competent, they're in fact incompetent. Half the show reads as fanfic and i say that with all due respect to fanfic as an avid reader.

then there's also the fact that they manage to create zero emotional connection with anyone so even scenes that are supposed to be good just arent. Like why the fuck would i give a shit about the cargyll twins killing eachother? cause you put some good music under it?

dont even get me started on b&c... i wasnt even planning on watching this season and i heard the complaints about b&c and i thought no way is it that bad. I saw gifsets they looked fine. And then I (stupidly) decided to tune in and I literally burst out in laughter cause the way it was filmed was just comical in places?!?! it was even worse than i had anticipated after the complaints somehow?!

Funnily enough sunfyre's cries were the only time I actually felt a strong emotion watching this show (other than the anger I feel at how bad this show is)

It's funny how people say that f&b bad and a dry historical account and sure but even then George manages to make me feel more about characters with one line that this show manages to do with all the power that a visual medium has.

and let me not forget about this show's sudden need to have its tongue firmly lodged up viserys' ass, what a great king indeed.

AANND then there's the PANDERING to the worst of the d*ny stans (who funnily enough dont even appreciate being pandered to so congrats condal). Rhaenyra is and never will be dany. This show is really written for the sansa will braid dany's hair crowd. Iykyk. Forcing in that friendship beyond the point of reason making the characters just acts stupid, and not in a people act stupid way but in its actually bad writing way. And then having to force in the prophecy even more for that and to give rhaenyra a righteous reason. And lets not forget the white stag in season 1 but sure Condal doesnt take sides Then the addition of the dragon eggs which he finally had to walk back probably cause he sensed the rancid vibes i was sending his way. Its so clear that HBO wants to sell their Boss Queen merch but then actually she's written in a way that's so bland and wants to take absolutely no action that there isnt really anything remotely boss bitch about her, completely coasting on young rhaenyra's personality cause older rhaenyra is again boring as shit. I guess now that she has Viserys' "permission" to rule she'll actually do something but i really dgaf at this point. But sell that merch I guess

Every time its some reviewer saying NOWWW the rREALLY great episode is coming on and every time im disappointed and episode 4 actually infuriated me to the point I had to stop watching and rant on discord several times.

this also never shouldve been the story told directly after game of thrones cause its so obvious how much theyve been influenced by it and writing in response to it, to its detriment. And now I'll never actually get to watch a good version of the dance. And if the viewership keeps dropping i might not see any good awoiaf adaptation again

I thought that after season 1 and the time jumps out of the way they might produce something half way decent but NOPE its somehow MUCH WORSE

Anyway hope Condal gets haunted like Daemon has been. Fuck him and this garbage show.

I havent even touched on everything here and this is completely incoherent but writing something coherent and semi intelligent is just more effort than this show is worth. Anyway call me when a knight of the seven kingdoms comes out, I can't imagine they could fuck that up. But who knows what new depths of shitness we might reach.

at least d&d had the decency to give us a few good seasons

[marvelita85]

Living in The red keep after your marriage wasnt always easy, most of your time was spend with your husband , when Sir Criston Cole wasn't around, honestly you couldnt stand the man, and thanks to Helaena who made your days happier and complete, your aunt, now sister too looked foward to your afternoons in the godswood with her children who you had doubts they were Aegon's because of how sweet they were

You wrote to your mother quiet frecuently and your mornings were spend in the library after break your fast with Aemond looking for new books to read to your convalecent gransfather, he was very happy you were living there with them... it was like having Rhaenyra again

You shared your mother's figures and looks one of the reasons the queen acepted you to married Aemond, but the truth was both of you married for love, you grow up together and fell in love for Aemond there wasn't any other choise

But spies and maids loyal to the queen was what abuded in the red keep, even you tried to be carefull in what you informed Daemon and your mother and doing so in Valaryan you knew you were being watched

You tried to live as normal as you posibly could but sometimes you wanted your dragon to call "Dracarys" in all of them

- princess...

- queen Alicent... - you were always respectfull of her tittle but you never called her my queen...

- I wanted to see you... my maids informed me you havent bleed in a month...- you looked at her surpriced but what she was saying was not lie... but you didnt think much about it

- I didnt think much of it, I've been busy...

- you should let the maesters check on you... I will arranged it myself...

- thank you queen Alicent but is not necesary... my mothers ladies will come with her shortly

-I dont think is necesary to wait...

- is not that long and if it is true the reason I'vnt bleed is still going to be there, Im sorry but the king is waiting for me... - you gave her a little bow and dissapeared in the corner

Alicent couldnt find to have a close relationship with you, you loved her son but her not so much, you saw her as a traitor to your mother

That night your maid was preparing for bed and Aemond entered your shared room

- leave us... - he said and the maid left not saying a word... - is it true what my mother said? You havent bleed in a month? - you smile a little and nod your head looking at him... - ynn.... - he aproached to you and you stand hugging him

- we shouldnt get our hopes up jusy yet... it could be but maybe not..

- then why you dont let the maester look at you...

- I dont want them near me... he is the same one who butchered my grandmother while having a boy... I want my mother's maids...

- do you think that I would allow them to do anything like that to you..

- of course not, I trust you Aem... Im just asking you this, we have time, we can wait...- Aemond kiss your forehead

Aemond talked to his mother because she didnt insisted you again until your family arried to Kings Landing for Jace wedding, your mother throught your ravens knew about your situation and her and her ladies were in your room first thing upon arrival

- I miss you my little dragon..

- I miss you too momma... - you were sensible but you were missing your family, Rhaenyra was always a good mother, leaving her only girl in the hands of the greens was a struggled for her but she knew you loved Aemond and he loved you, she saw that love and the way he treated you despite the way he was with your brothers, it was a different relationship but you looked happy and that was all it matters

- you are with child princess... congratulations...- you had tears of joy in your eyes, your mother pregnant herself was crying aswell

- you are creating your own family my love...

- is so overwelming... I have to tell Aemond...

- I'll go and fetch my brother....- you laught at the way she said it and smile to your mother, you wished her relationship with her siblings were different but a child of you and Aemond meant peace between your family, your marriage was to united the two branches of it, this baby was to solificated it

- what happend?

- come... I have great news... the ladies of my mother confirm what we suspected my love...

- you mean you are...

- we are.. with child...- Aemond never thought he could feel this full, and complete, he was married with the woman he loved, the almost only thing he thank his own father for because y/n wasn't his mother's choise and now they have created a little life who was theirs and it was undiscribed what he was feeling, he grab you in his arms, felt your body warm against his and knew he would do anythkng for both of you because he loved you but what he felt for that baby already went beyond imagination to the ledges he could go for him

- I have a request from you... before this baby arrives... I wish for him... or her to be born in Dragonstone...- before Aemond could say anything you understood his hesitation...- before you say anything hear me out, the only reason your nephew and even you were born healthy was because of your grandfather, he always wanted his blood in the Iron Throne and your son... our son or daughter will be in direct line of it after my mother and me, we are women and we understand what that means... just imagine if it is a boy... they wont hestidate a second to kill me and raise this kid to their shape and form...

- I wont let anything happend to you...

- then come with me to Dragonstone to have this baby... Luke will go to Drifmark and Jace will be in Winterfell over his honeymoon...

- we are going on Vahgar and your Dragon will follow.... I dont want you to be recless while pregnant with my child...

- as you wish my prince... - you said with a little smile

- I'll do whatever you need of me y/n as long as you and our baby are safe

[alicentsgf]

“ Rhaenyra you should be resting after your labour !” I feel that is a mixture of genuine concern and passive aggressiveness. But overall concern being genuinely there given she insists Rhaenyra take a seat and feel comfortable.

I have so many thoughts about this scene because yes like??? is alicent being sincere or not?? i feel like she was genuinely shocked that rhaenyra was there at least. she did only send for the baby after all, she didnt expect rhaenyra to bring him. but rhaenyra clearly suspects alicent is being insincere with that comment from her tone when she responds with "i have no doubt you would prefer that, my queen" but that doesnt mean rhaenyras entirely right in her perception of the situation.

imo alicent is quietly seething a little too. that seems obvious from the fact the next time we see her shes ranting at criston about it all. i think in some ways shes so angry, but theres a lot of conflict because shes also still glad rhaenyra and the baby are alright. its not like anyone whos being serious can actually think alicent wants rhaenyra in pain or distress.

its seems possible that alicent sent for the baby to make a point - to signal to rhaenyra that shes paying attention to her children and she Knows what everyone quietly knows. or she was going to use that time alone with viserys and the baby to try to point out the obvious once again. laenor says 'i thought we were past this' meaning alicents scrutiny has been made obvious to them before. i feel like that implies shes used similar passive aggressive ways of getting at rhaenyra for birthing bastards previously. little things viserys can comfortably dismiss or ignore (as is his preference), maybe in the hopes that rhaenyra will get the message and do some damage control or concede her claim (god how i wish they would have just Talked 🤦‍♀️). some people may see her as overreacting but to alicent every dark haired baby is a spark to alicent's boys funeral pyres. why do we think she loses her shit with aegon right after this? shes afraid for him.

so yeah shes genuinely shocked to see rhaenyra. but feeling bitter all the while. glad that rhaenyras alright. but angry with her too.

but also i do feel like the way this moment is framed encourages the audience to think the worst of alicent... again. i feel like they couldnt quite decide to portray her in this scene, among others. so that doesnt help. i think it makes it hard for us to figure out whats supposed to be going on in her head because its like the narrative sometimes doesnt care or know whats actually going on in her head.

[creganstahk]

do you ever think how drastically different everything would be if aemond was born with alicent’s dark hair.

walk with me.

if you think about what happens directly before his birth— otto and viserys’ big break up (where viserys firmly draws the line between his blood— rhaenyra— and otto’s, where he pretty much commits to neglecting aegon and helaena and then aemond), plus we have alicent taking criston as her personal guard, rhaenyra’s marriage and eventual pregnancy with jace

everything may have been so much worse for aemond and alicent as well. not only did his dragon not hatch, but jace’s did, and then luke’s, but aemond’s still didnt. its bad enough that aemond was bullied but it would have been worse on growing rumors that he’s actually a bastard— why else does he not look anything like helaena and aegon AND he doesnt have a dragon?? and viserys is visibly decrepit (how could he possibly get alicent pregnant again)? and then with aegon joining in on the bullying too? he really is ostracized and isolated among the boys as if he were perceived a bastard.

he wouldnt have the same ideals about “pure targaryen blood" , because how could he? but i do think he would still try and prove himself for other reasons with learning valyrian and his education. not just out of second son syndrome but to feel worthy of his name at all. but there is a bitterness that somehow acceptance and a semblance of worthiness comes easy to everyone else except him and it isnt fair. but aemond may have even tried to befriend jace more, as he’s the closest in age and thinks that they have this shared thing.

now this all works out great for rhaenyra who as we know isn’t above throwing alicents children under the bus to protect her own. as long as the scrutiny is on alicent and aemond, even just the threat of rumor, no one will really care about her situation. thing is, she would know that alicent would never have a bastard child and would never actually accuse her of anything, but nor would she vocally defend alicent. and she knows that alicent is so rule-abiding that if anything, alicent may even be dependant on rhaenyra’s good will in a sort of quid pro quo “i wont speak out against your children if you don’t about mine” .

it could also mean rhaenyra getting what she wanted with the betrothal between jace and helaena if alicent really wasnt in a position that she could refuse.

but then driftmark happens— i can picture the fight escalating with words of aemond having no right to claim vhagar. not only because she was laena’s to claim, but because aemond is a bastard. even if jace already knows by now that he is actually a bastard, he could double down on this out of projection. not because he’s a malicious child, but kids say things things in anger

but viserys would not defend aemond the same way as he would rhaenyra and that lack doing so after years of negligence is what confirms people’s doubt even more. it doesnt matter that only people of valyrian ancestry can claim a dragon, the damage has been done. and if alicent finally snaps and lashes out at rhaenyra because this bullshit has gone on long enough, it could very much result in aemond being exiled to oldtown to “keep the peace” — he’s the one that’s been maimed, he’s the one that’s had his parentage questioned unfairly and in public. but viserys is both a coward and perhaps wanted the excuse to punish alicent in someway.

and so aemond loses an eye, is exiled on false rumors, severed from the only person that really ever cared for him. sure he gets to know daeron more but his hatred for the blacks has never been more solidified. and alicent as well, any pretense of allegience with rhaenyra would be swiftly severed and she would have been working to install aegon as soon as they got back to kings landing.

all because aemond had brown hair instead of silver