#on par with the “dany blows up the water gardens” theory that grrm blew the fuck up. wish someone would ask him about this one too | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

nobodysuspectsthebutterfly · 6 days ago

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#‘i actually liked egg until he tried sacrificing a baby to bring back dragons’ no shit you’re Supposed to like egg despite the fact #he’s inevitably blowing up his family in the future… that’s what makes it a tragedy 😭 if he was just evil plotting all the time we would #all just be glad he’s gone… what would even be the point #even aegon the conqueror was probably an okay person who got corrupted in the process of starting a war and ended up getting the person #he loved most killed

kinda weird when people get so caught up on the valyrian blood doom aspect of the targaryens they start speaking as if certain characters are pure evil. my brother in the seven, the good intentions of some characters are the point of the tragedy…

#that baby sacrifice theory is the biggest bunch of nonsense #on par with the “dany blows up the water gardens” theory that grrm blew the fuck up. wish someone would ask him about this one too #the whole fucking point is that egg didn't want to kill anybody he just wanted peace #(peace via dragon threat so. yes. but the point was the threat of violence not actually performing it)#also if he did want to sacrifice his newborn great-grandson (instead of. y'know. using the birth energy to birth dragons) there would be #some kind of clue that was even close to that rather than what is stated what was involved which was dragon eggs; targaryen blood; and fire #you know. the normal sort of blood magic. not “betray your entire personality and family and culture with an atrocity” magic #it was dany who learned that only death can pay for life - and walked into the fire herself - that's why her magic was the one that worked!#sigh. yeah. the point is that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. the point is that it was a tragedy #not a barely escaped atrocity (for that look at aerys's wildfire plot. note the difference in how it's spoken of vs summerhall. sigh)#asoiaf #asoiaf meta #valyrianscrolls #house targaryen #aegon v targaryen #the tragedy at summerhall #aegon the conqueror #tragedy #oh fandom #posts that got buried in my drafts #queue and me we're in this together now

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