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You guys are always yapping about how Criston Cole is Rhaenyra’s victim. Even though the show contradicts you on this point many times. Even though the producers contradict you on this point repeatedly.
However, no one wants to reckon with the fact that those men took a tale about a misogynistic paedophile and the child he groomed and isolated and then turned his child victim into the initiator/aggressor.
It’s par for the course with the adaptors. We watched it happen with Dany and Jorah, Doreah and Xaro Xhoan Daxos, Loras Tyrell and the homophobic way they adapted his story. The racist, heavily sexualised way they adapted the sand snakes and Ellaria Sand. I had hoped the fandom would know better by now but alas!
#before someone inevitably comes here to “but daemon” me#I will say that#daemon targaryen#did not get an adaptation that effectively whitewashed his character to the point that even book-only discussions of his character#are derailed by his antis.#if anything daemon was made extra evil#criston cole was whitewashed#to the point that people who have allegedly read the books are arguing that he was always#rhaenyra's victim.#it's absolutely maddening.#people justifying the homophobic rant he gives after viserys dies#people saying his usurpation of rhaenyra is justified#also being “but daemon-ed” is so fucking annoying#I don't even like that nigga but the way your lot talk about him has me wondering if any of you cracked open fire and blood#or rise of the dragon#or even the world of ice and fire#like damn#you niggas don't even slander Tywin this much and he's also a child murdering#woman murdering#war mongering#cruel#misogynist#like what gives?#house of the dragon#fire and blood#hotd#criston cole
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there is just no universe where catelyn likes jon i’m sorry. she knows about R+L=J? ned made traitors of her and her children, put jon’s safety above their’s and is now an even bigger threat to their lives. she hates him. Rhaegar wins and he’s prince jon? he’s still the product of the event that the entire country had to go to war for and probably got her father killed in the process. at the very least she resents him. maybe even hates him. modern au? he’s just the cousin with the teen mom that gets high with her son in the basement and sneaks arya razor blades or whatever. she hates him!
#turns out i’ve already posted the bottom half of this post verbatim lol#their relationship is too fractured from even before his conception#i’m sorry y’all she’s never playing mommy to that boy#even tho he’s my son who deserves all the love and affection this world has to offer#that one girl who really doesn't play about jon and catelyn#jon snow#catelyn tully#valyrianscrolls#asoiaf crack#well kind sorta#catelyn stark#game of thrones#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#asoiaf meta
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[OLD ART ALERT] A COLLECTION OF SCENES FROM THE GILLIONS CATSCRATCH ARC THAT BROUGHT ME GREAT JOY. i love fishy chips especially when its just gillion being delirious and violent and hostile
#jrwi fanart#jrwi show#jrwi riptide#jrwi riptide spoilers#JUST NOTICED A MILLION MISTAKES FUUUUUUUUCK BUT WWHATEVERRRRR IF I STARE AT THIS ANYMORE IM GONNA HHUURRRLLL#SO I REALLY LIKE FISH AND CHIPS RIGHT. IVE BEEN IN LOVE W THE SHIP EVER SINCE THAT NAT 20 KISS#BUT I THINK I SHIP IT WRONG. OR LIKE. I AM CORRECT BUT EVERYONE SHIPS THEM DIFFERENTLY#THE FISH N CHIPS I SEE EVERYWHERE ELSE IS SO FLOWERY AND SWEET AND ROMANTIC. AND THATS NICE! THAT STUFFS NEAT#but gillion and chip would NEVERRRR enter anything similar to a romantic relationship. chips too damaged and gillions too uninterested#I LIKE MY FISH N CHIPS ONE SIDED AS FUCK#bc 2 gillion chip is his best friend in the whole wide world but hes also kinduvagross little man that took him a MINUTE to really warm up2#but to CHIP gillion is this powerful and gorgeous and heroic paragon of destiny and his best friend in the whole world who will#bring about the eschaton. 'i didnt believe in destiny until i met you' until i met a champion radiating with a light thatll alter the world#OHH REMEMBER THE FIRST ICE ARENA?he was so mad.still probably shaking from the ordeal.NEVER had he felt true divine radiance CLEAVE through#his SOUL like that.do you remember that moment in the forest w the bugs. an alien from the ocean; lacerating the land w lightning#when the realization flickered in chip for a moment.that the thing standing before him was more powerful than he could ever fathom#remember when grizz mentioned that the nat20 kiss was the 'best kiss chip ever experienced'. that has nothing to do w this. where was i.#LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. BUT HEY. I THINK at the beginning chip absolutely knew that gill was smth grand n powerful n scary#when gillion revealed what exactly the prophecy was;chip got defensive and mad.sure he was sleep deprived but OOH. HES SCARED!#he believes gillion too! he believes that his destiny is to eradicate either the sea or land and that scares him!#but then he gets past it bc ultimately he trusts his bestfriend gillion so so much. he fuckin loves this dude.#he would throw himself intothe path of fire for this dude. he would boat across the ocean for this dude.he would build arenas for this dude#even if this dude will end half the world.even if this dude wields the power and the obligation to eradicate him at any second.#even if this dude is going to throw himself into harms way for his own comrades.even if this dude is just going to sacrifice himself.#one way or another one shall die for the other.these self-sacrificial bastards click so well with eachother!!#chip believes his body is best used to pave roads and gill believes his body is destined to pave prosperity.WHATEVER!!#i really love their dynamic!! they care for eachother so much!in MY heart tho. the icing on the cake here is the fantasy that chip is#just a bit more In Love w gillion than he realizes. like this powerful fish guy is HOT and PRETTY and KIND and FUNNY and LOYAL and STRONG#but gillion would never rly feel that same sort of attraction towards chip. its just not rly his thing. aroace as fuck man.#thats how it is in MY little heart atleast. and i sit here and play w my touys in my brain n i explore my silly lil one sided fish y chips.
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Aemond physically mirroring Aegon's body language during council meetings...sabotaging his own war effort out of fear of being called someone's loyal hound again...rejecting his mother's support to show off strength for a brother who isn't there...paring down his vulnerable family's security by getting rid of Aegon's friends...Aegon is helpless and terrified of him rn but he's also still laughing over Aemond's shoulder, haunting his every move, and he'll never go away. he'll never go away until they're both dead.
#i know it's trendy to hate aemond right now but i mostly feel sorry for him#i don't think he even wanted the throne that much he just wanted to be his brother's equal#but the very fabric of their world makes that impossible#so all he can do is burn#aegond#aegon ii targaryen#aemond targaryen#house of the dragon#a song of ice and fire#monsters talks hotd#house of the dead dove
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⋆⭒˚.⋆ DAENERYS STORMBORN ⋆⭒˚.⋆
#at the end of the day she is all matter to me#The first time I read the book I was fourteen. Even now after reading her chapter I can't get over her. I don’t think I ever will.#daenerys stormborn#daenerys targaryen#queen daenerys#book daenerys#asoiaf#asoif/got#awoiaf#a song of ice and fire#house targaryen#grr martin#house of the dragon#hotd#fire and blood#f&b#a world of ice and fire#twoiaf#asoiafedit#asoiaf fancast#valyrianscrolls
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I want Dany to have children of her own because she wants them so much, but i need her to reproduce asexually.
Not a single musty man in Westeros or Essos is worthy of her.
Like i need her to magically get pregnant alone and have a baby girl she names Rhaella (who would be the third princess named Rhaella in the Targaryen dynasty, following the rule of three).
And they live with the dragons in Braavos, in a house with a red door and a lemon tree, and all the people whom she loves and love her.
#like i need it so bad yall dont understand#let her save the world and live her life in peace george#pls pls pls#yapping 4ever#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#daenerys targaryen#my sweet girl viserion will even hatch an egg that dany will place in rhaella's cradle like the targaryens of old#alternatively she could name her vaella#matching with the dragons (rhaegal and viserion) and dany's human children (rhaego and vaella)#and dany's brothers (rhaegar and viserys) and the conquerors (rhaenys and visenya)#vaella would also be the third targ princess with that name
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I miss sincere storytelling. I miss it when writers wanted you to care about their characters, about their world. I miss when writer would take pains to show you the light of humanity even in the most dire of worlds. I miss it when writers.... Actually seemed to like the stories they wrote. I hate modern story telling. Making a mockery of the audience when they care about a character, about a world. When the people are depraved, vain, and selfish no matter their station. I wish the worlds of modern stories were worth saving. I wish I was allowed to care about characters, about the people and their struggles with out being talked down to. I want to love, I do not wish to despair.
#No matter how good A Song of Ice and Fire was I will always resent it's popularity#it is the root of all of this#people want what it had but they don't get why it worked#People aren't making A Song of Ice and Fire#they're making Game of Thrones Season 8#I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it#I want to care#I want a world worth saving#characters worth loving#Why save the world if the world is awful for everyone involved#you have no motive beyond tradtion#beyond the trope of a hero who save the world#Modern Hero you have nothing to save#God even the average YA dystopia felt like there was something worth fighting for#never did I think I would yern for the days of Hunger Games knock offs
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I am here for your takes on Dani. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought her x Jon smelled of hot garbage. Like at best she was meh, and then when the two of them met I was just like "oh no....you're an entitled bitch". And now that its been years since I last consumed GoT, my thoughts have fermented into "oh no, she really is a conqueror" "oh no, everyone loves her because 'pretty badass lady'" "oh no i'm the fandom minority again". Anyway, where was I. She and Jon had no chemistry. The end.
The *only* way putting them in a romance even makes sense in concept is when you realize Benioff and Weiss gave Jon the Young Griff arc. It's why they gave him a Targ name, beacuse if they call him "aegon" then they can fufill that part of the books without ever having to establish Young Griff as his own character. He is the supposed son of Rhaegar Targaryean and Elia Martell, he goes to Westeros with intentions of using his better claim to take the throne and intends initially on marrying Dany, and it's theorized heavily that Dany will see his claim as a threat and the Burning of Kings Landing will come down to Aegon against Dany.
Jon Snow has nothing to do with that. He is a moral opposite to Dany as a charecter, and we've seen him time and time again be at strong odds against people with her morals. But by giving him the Young Griff arc, it means putting him into the romance spot when it makes no sense for him.
Hey I put a read more beacuse I cannot shut the fuck up about how this relationship is just rape and abuse but beacuse Jon's a man we think he wants it.
All of season 7 Jon is so out of place because he doesn't belong anywhere near Dany's Iron Throne plot, and he's being forced to interact romantically with a charecter that clearly he does not like as a person and is uncomfortable with.
But, Dany is the sacred cow of the GoT/asoiaf fandom. You love her and if you critizize her for villanious actions or morals then you are using bad faith towards her. While I personally don't like her, I don't mind other people liking her but I despise that her stans all refuse to allow any conversation about her being a morally bad person. A person who enjoys cruelty and death, enjoys creating fear and is smug when she can control others. That is not a person Jon would love, let alone even respect.
Their entire relationship wreaks of abuse, of Jon being forced into this and knows he cannot leave it without risking his and his families lives. Remember when Tyrion gave a very small level critisism of her actions and she angrily accused him of treason and siding with his family instead of her? Well what do people think would she have done, if her attraction to Jon was refused? Someone who she took all the defenses away from, all the power from, and could have killed at any moment (dont make an ygritte comparison mimi dont make an yrgitte comparison this is a different anti jon x fandom female fave charecter post).
I don't care how the show frames it, or what the intent was. What we got on screen, was Jon Snow being held prisoner to an immoral, cruel, military conquerer. And when that woman was attracted to him, she essentially forced herself into his life and gave him all but no choice. The Jon bending the knee scene and..the uh...boat...scene...later...uhhh....anyways, those to me feel so out of charecter. You cannot convince me Jon did any of this willingly. He is clearly trapped in this situation and cannot leave and is only with her beacuse she is violent and bloodthrirsty. But beacause Jon is a strong, capable man, it's not talked about as if he's the victim and that is insane to me. (Oh my good god the ygritte comparisons are almost laughable send help).
I don't consider a lot past season 5 to be canon, but if I am forced too, then I refuse to accept Jon was a willing participant in that relationship.
Jon's parentage reveal will always be about the revelations of his mother, and the understanding and acceptance of WHY Ned raised him the way he did. And how it was both his parents, his mother and his adopted father who loved him and kept him safe. The very fact that Young Griff's entire story is based around whether or not he truly is Rhaegar's son as opposed to that being a twist reveal is beacuse HE is the charecter whose Targaryean links is the important one. Jon's story is about him as Stark, and is always shown to be the moral opposite of Dany.
Their relationship in the best senario is not canon, but if it has to be, then there is no world in which Jon is there of his own free will. He is being forced into this relationship against his will. But considering his other love interest was another charecter who essentially forced him into a relationship against his will, and we were supposed to root for that tells me all I need to know.
Dany is a sacred cow charecter, and her stans are unreasonable in defending her. When you can like a charecter and critize them for their actions. Ned Stark was an idiot for ever trusting Petyr Baelish, Catelyn Stark's spiteful attitude and neglect of Jon Snow is was abusive behavior, Theon Greyjoy was a moron who ruined his own life for a father who long since abandonded him. Bam all charecters I love and there are some major flaws that I refuse to defend them for but thats also what makes them good charecters. Their flaws arent writing flaws, they are personal flaws for them as people.
Dany is not allowed to have personal flaws she is always to be justified even with incredibly bad faith defenses, but when she is flawed it's the writings fault not hers. Dany is a cruel, sadistic, controlling, military tyrant who enjoys watching her subjects fear her and her dragons. And she forced Jon Snow into a relationship with her beacuse otherwise then he is against her and we already knew she has no use for people who dont support her to be alive.
Jon Snow deserved better then to have both his love interests be domineering, controlling, abusive women who forced him into a romantic and sexual relationship.
Also, I mean, incest being normal is only a learned trait from Targaryens supporting their own blood purity. Jon was not raised to think incest is normal. Dany thinks its normal beacuse she and Viserys both were raised to think that, and Young Griff thinks marrying Dany is normal beacuse he too was raised with the mentality that Rhaegar would've been raised with. Jon finding out Dany was his aunt would've had Jon looking right at Sam and just
#i liked her in early seasons of the shows run#but quickly i realized I was watching a charecter who would never see herself as in the wrong and her fans did the same thing#wheras Jon wears his flaws on his sleeve and is always fighting to better himself against a world telling him its fine to be a bad person#he is a good man with a strong moral compass and would see through her facade in zero seconds flat#he DOES HE CALLS HER OUT ON HER ENTITLED VIOLENT ATTITUDE BUT THE SHOW PRETENDS ITS A MEET CUTE#HE HATES HER#he and davos would turn their asses around and swim back to winterfell before hed ever even remotely like her as a person#this isnt a judgement for those who enjoy her as a charecter#but instead a critisism of those fans for having absoutelty no objectivity in talking about her flaws and morals as a person#jon fucking hates her and no amount of uwu look how pretty she is will ever fucking convince me otherwise#game of thrones#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#jon snow#anti jonerys#anti daenerys targaryen#anti targ stans#anti targaryen
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If the ruler should be determined by who "doesnt want it", then clearly aegon is the right pick?
#honestly no clue what they were going for with this#house of the dragon#aegon ii targaryen#team green#hotd#aegon the second#a song of ice and fire#asoiaf#okay but like aegon litterally tried to run away from it#he objectively wanted it the least#and in what world did rhaenyra not want it???#whats this fucking war for if rhaenyra doesnt want it???#sorry just cant fathom why theyd try to double down on THAT from got#and it doesnt even work contextually here#oh aegon also was never mentioned to be cut by the throne in the show#so bam rightful king#okay but like literally why double down on one of your worst writing choices#everyone made fun of that soo hard why would you bring it back
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Colored in a sketch i had done of Colden and Rommath last year to try and get back into the swing of drawing again. I've had them on my mind with the MoP remix going on so I figured it was perfect timing!
#my art#oc: colden aur#rommath#warcraft#world of warcraft#this is likely around.... wrath timeline wise#he stuck around dalaran post wc3 and kinda got in a fight with rom about it. but they do make up#even if he does get called a fool for staying with the kirin tor#colden's a half elf. his parents were both kirin tor mages so it was too hard for him to leave#also i do love that they have the blue and red dichotomy. i think that's the word i'm looking for. fire and ice. red and blue
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GUYS!!!!! HE HAVE A TRAILER!!!!!!!!!
#THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON AND IT ALL LOOKS SO FUCKING EXCITING!!!!#i love the idea of fionna and cake become Fionna and Cake! fun journey#literal normal au of everyone... INCLUDING MARSHALL LEE AND GUMBALL!!!!!!!!!#PRISMO!!!!!!! ICE FINN!!!!! MANY MANY WORLDS!!! VAMPIRES!! SILENT TREE TRUNKS!!! TWO FIRE PRINCES!! THE ICE THING EVEN#AND OF FUCKING COURSE... FINN AND JAKE TOOOOOOOO AAAAAAAHDBAHBCICA#OH I CANT WAAAAIT#adventure time#fionna and cake#OH AND BETTY!!!!??!!!!?!?!?!!!!?!????!!!
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Fic-to-Art #33: Princess Jing Azula meets Mari
All prompt suggestions for this month were great... but I can't lie about how hyped I felt when this was the one that happened to take the victory.
I admit, there's always been a part of me that didn't really enjoy a lot of the "aunt Azula" or "uncle Sokka" content I saw in fandom, since it often felt like their personal lives were constantly sidelined so they could be the supporting characters to their siblings' very fulfilling families (while they often didn't get to have one of their own, and a thousand excuses were given for that, but ultimately it just felt like they'd be playing second fiddle to Zuko and Katara respectively).
I don't really feel that way about it in my own story for obvious reasons -- clearly, the story could not be more Azula and Sokka-centric if it tried :') therefore, their dynamics with their respective siblings, and their siblings' families, never really have cut across their own possibilities, whether to have families of their own or to exist for a bigger purpose besides just supporting everyone else around them.
Hence, the bond between Azula and Mari (and Sokka and Mari) have become quite valuable to me, especially after Sokka turned Azula into Mari's hero without Mari's awareness, through his stories about Princess Jing. With said stories, Sokka helped Mari accept her own firebending, and along with that, helped her learn who her aunt was long before she even met her. She won't actually learn that Azula is Princess Jing right away... but it will be thrilling for her to finally see blue fire directly, as portrayed above, and to meet a female firebender who can inspire her to shoot for the stars if she wants to.
As for everything else in this scene, weeeell... there's at least two important spoilers here that I suppose you guys might be happy to see :'D One might barely be a spoiler at this point. The other definitely is one because I'd constantly kept her role in the story hidden and secret, mostly because no one knew she was reeeally coming back, or in what capacity she would do that. You still barely know how she's ever going to wind up in the South Pole to witness Azula meeting Mari, worth noting :'D but now you know she will be there, nonetheless...
At any rate, hope you liked this piece! If you want to see its spiritual sequel, feel free to go right back to Fic-to-Art #9! And if you would like to participate in the creation of these pieces or just read Gladiator snippets 6 days before the chapter releases, support me on Patreon!
#fic-to-art project#sokkla#sokka#azula#gladiator#hotaru#mari#suki#ursa#I could've done better with the BG I knoooow...#ice and snow are tricky things to do#so please just enjoy the surprisingly decent fire#yes I know I don't know how it happened either but there it is (?)#and also cry about a dork dad holding his baby with all the love and care in the world#... and about a dork mom crying at the sight of her daughter being friendly to her niece#look I never asked to become this weak for this woman but she hits me where it hurts#I barely even know how but she do#Mari's hype about blue fire is something that can be so personal...#same as Azula having learned how to coexist positively with kiddos#because now she had one of her own#(two even)#and she's gotten hardcore trained to handle them#oh the feels the feels#it has been a fucked up few days/weeks/months#this artwork definitely boosted my spirits in a good way#I needed that
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Tag drop: Dorian Pavus
#dorian pavus. [ he says we're alike. too much pride. once i would have been overjoyed to hear him say that. now I'm not certain. ]#dorian pavus: ic. [ you find joy in it not shame. it shows. / why be ashamed? power should be respected. not swept under the carpet. ]#dorian pavus: inquiries. [ stop talking like you're waiting for applause. / what? there's no applause? ]#dorian pavus: countenance. [ i'm here to set things right. also? to look dashing. that part's less difficult. ]#dorian pavus: introspection. [ selfish i suppose. not to want to spend my entire life screaming on the inside. ]#dorian pavus: meta. [ you inspired me with your marvelous antics. you’re shaping the world. how could i aspire to do any less? ]#dorian pavus: little notes. [ living a lie. it festers inside you like poison. you have to fight for what’s in your heart. ]#dorian pavus: etc. [ you can't call me pampered. nobody's peeled a grape for me in weeks. ]#dorian pavus: magic. [ don't your spells whisper things to you? what is and could be? music in the mind of strange faraway places? ]#dorian pavus: inquisition. [ we're going to get lost and starve to death. aren't we? a glorious end for the inquisition. ]#dorian pavus: tevinter. [ despite appearances. we care deeply. about everything. we have no reserve. not in war and not in love. ]#dorian pavus: felix. [ even in illness he was the best of us. with him around you knew things could be better. ]#dorian pavus: gereon. [ we used to talk about how we could make real change in the imperium. then he gave up. he stopped trying. ]#dorian pavus: halward. [ i only wanted what was best for you. / no. you wanted the best for you. your fucking legacy. ]#dorian pavus: aquinea. [ her blame was cold and smothering. never spoken but always present. he couldn't face that. not yet. ]#dorian pavus: inquisitor. [ you have too many people asking you for everything under the sun. i won't be one of them. ]#dorian pavus: solas. [ you startled me. you're always so... nondescript. / please speak up. i cannot hear you over your outfit. ]#dorian pavus: varric. [ what do you think sparkler? ten royals says the next thing we run into farts fire. / taken i win either way. ]#dorian pavus: cullen. [ gloat all you like. i have this one. / are you sassing me commander? i didn't know you had it in you. ]#dorian pavus: cassandra. [ blue scarf? why would i be wearing such a thing? / It's a painting. work with me. it'll be fantastic. ]#dorian pavus: cole. [ you say you're handsome all the time. am i? i can't tell. / you're all right. might want to rethink the hats. ]#dorian pavus: vivienne. [ i received a letter the other day dorian. / truly? it's nice to know you have friends. ]#dorian pavus: blackwall. [ point is. you should let yourself off the hook. i know bad men and you're not one. ]#dorian pavus: sera. [ you magic me: i'll put three arrows in your eye. / now we can live together in peace and harmony. ]#dorian pavus: bull. [ no qunari would accept a tevinter mage unless it was a ruse. when should i expect a knife in the back? ]#dorian pavus: corypheus. [ one of yours? / one of mine? like a pet? a giant darkspawn hamster with aspirations of godhood? ]
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i like how nepo babies can dye their hair or paint their nails and fashion journalists will be like “we need to create a new pretentious way of saying a basic color”
#hailey bieber’s chocolate syrup hair blurry milk nails ice cream pants#i don’t even blame her she’s a muse for vogue writers who anna wintour will fire if they say the color brown#i have this odd fascination w nepo babies in general i’m intrigued w how the world and media applies to them
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I’m really curious where you come up with prophecies and Valyrian lore from? It’s canonically different as Vermithor and Vhagar aren’t siblings. Nor are there any confirmed prophecies about Aemond. There are no multiple dragon riders, even Danaeyrs only rode Drogon. Is the lore canon divergence, or your interpretation of what cannon could be?
Yeah sure I'm happy to compile all of my reasoning for the different magical decisions! I've grounded all of these decisions in different parts of canon, and took a ton of care to make sure I never once explicitly contradicted canon laws surrounding things like magic and dragon heritage. So even if you disagree about the source material I've based these decisions off of, you at least have to acknowledge I haven't violated anything by introducing this lore. I'll mention my sources more explicitly below, but I've drawn from A Song of Ice and Fire, House of the Dragon, Fire and Blood, The World of Ice and Fire, and remarks made by House of the Dragon's showrunners and actors. So let's go through it (for other Stormbreak readers, there might be some interesting hints in here...):
Vhagar and Vermithor
First, a tiny correction: Vhagar and Vermithor aren't siblings in Stormbreak. They're parent and child. This isn't confirmed in canon, but there's a ton of evidence to suggest it, drawing from Fire and Blood and House of the Dragon. According to canon, Vhagar and Vermithor are the only two dragons alive during the Dance with multiple, highly-specific features: Their size, their coloring, and even their bone structure. I've written about this biology aspect in more detail here and here.
It also fits very well into GRRM's narrative arc for Vermithor to have hatched from either Vhagar or Balerion's egg. Jaehaerys with Vermithor is set up as a direct parallel to Aegon on Quicksilver. Aegon dies fighting Maegor, who's riding Balerion, specifically because his dragon is too young and small. Vhagar was still bonded to Visenya at the time, so the next best option for a thematic match to Balerion would be either Vhagar or Balerion's offspring.
Additionally, it's significant that Rhaena, who's coded as a potential dragon dreamer, is the one who puts this egg in Jaehaerys's cradle. Perhaps she foresaw some part of the conflict that would happen, and knew Jaehaerys would need a formidable dragon that would allow him to go up against Balerion and Maegor. I've written about this in more detail here.
Even if you don't believe Rhaena's a dreamer, it's canon that the tension between Maegor and Aenys existed long before Aegon or Aenys ever died and Rhaena would have known her family's political position was very precarious. In this case, it makes even more sense for Rhaena to use Vhagar's egg specifically; at the time Jaehaerys was born, the only dragon on Maegor's side was Vhagar. It would make sense for Rhaena to want to arm her family against the dragon she knew would fight for Maegor's claim and would be trying to counter Vhagar in particular with her choice of egg. And what better counter to a gargantuan dragon than its own child, guaranteed to also be huge?
Aemond as a dragon dreamer
There are a few different parts to why I felt Aemond could have a connection to the future. My sources for this are the HotD showrunners, Aemond's actor, and the ASoIaF series.
I drew inspiration from the writers of House of the Dragon, who talked with Aemond's actor at length about intentionally basing his character off of the myth of the cyclops from Greek and Roman mythology. The cyclops has only one eye because he traded the other for knowledge of his future death. This idea of trading an eye for foresight is pretty common throughout mythology; another example is the god Odin from Norse mythology. From the interview, it's clear that Aemond has some knowledge of the future, because the actor was specifically asked to consider how that knowledge would impact Aemond's personality when deciding how to portray him. I've talked more about this here if you're curious!
The interview then made me wonder whether there might be reasons for two of Alicent's children having explicitly confirmed abilities to see the future (though to varying degrees). So in Stormbreak, the dreaming abilities of Aemond, Helaena, Jaehaera, and the fourth mystery dreamer are all related to their Hightower heritage. I've based this on canonical theories by the Maesters as to how House Hightower originated, plus canonical details about the structure/foundation of the Hightower itself.
As a hint: According to The World of Ice and Fire, the Hightower is built upon a second, much older fortress of unspecified origin. It's made of fused black stone and contains "gloomy halls, vaults, and chambers," so it's a veritable castle/fortress in and of itself. I wonder where else we might find fused black stone in the ASoIaF universe...?
Multiple dragon bonds
This is going to be the shortest part of this ask, because I've already explained everything in a separate post here, but maybe you had some trouble navigating my blog and couldn't find it. For your future reference, I have a document here with a directory of every post I've ever made. If you navigate using the outline on the left-hand side, you'll be able to get pretty easily to the portion that deals with my posts related to Stormbreak.
TLDR: The multiple dragon thing isn't an Aemond-specific ability. None of these things are. And if some of y'all would wait until the fic is finished to come after me for unfairly favoring him, you'd understand that! I mean, I have 2+ members of Team Black planned to end up with two dragons. It's a Targaryen thing, and they're all Targaryens, so statistically it's going to happen.
Part of reading a WIP is that you need to have faith in the author; if anyone struggles with that, they should stay away from WIPs in general, including this one. Remember, that's the joy of fandom- you get to choose to engage with the content that best fits your preferences!
#i know i keep repeating myself and also if you're not the anon i'm 99% sure you are then my apologies#but come on y'all so many of you are just gonna look dumb for being mad about something that isn't even a problem in the end#ask#asks#answered#hotd#house of the dragon#fic: stormbreak#fic#stormbreak#aemond targaryen#aemond#aemond one eye#fire and blood#fab#the world of ice and fire#asoiaf#meta#hotd meta#asoiaf meta#fire and blood meta#fab meta#stormbreak chapter 18
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SHY episode 10 had me bawling so hard I am in tears I am a mess it is 5 AM and I'm sobbing
The way we watched this impoverished single mother convince herself that her child hated her because she thought she could never make her happy I'm so broken
#shy anime#spoilers#even tho this episode came out 7 months ago#I am in despair over a kid's drawing and a candle#she never got to tell her how she truly felt UNTIL NOW#the way spirit as a child and even now struggles to speak out#also the fact that shy's fire powers represent not only her passion but also her warmth and hope and comfort toward every suffering person#on earth the way she melts the sadness and loneliness and ice away#and everyone's convinced her powers don't suit her or are too aggressive or strong for her omg#I feel like I'm screaming about a new 12 episode long anime about a girl in a world every day but alsfsfldjs can you blame me#pepesha andreanova#letana andreanova#tzveta kooriskaya#shy
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