#otp: did the love affair maim you too?

[dragonsbone]

Here is a picture of Rhaegor and Korina. Feel better hun.

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[musicallisto]

I couldn’t fit all of this in my reply so just know this is a response to your response of my questions over bly manor and hill house. Also another message will come in after this one that is the continued response to this one.

This is such a great review and very much valued opinion.

In my personal opinion, I think both shows were very much beautiful haunting, and neither really outweighed the other (though I am a very indecisive person).

Both really grasped the phantom of what it means to die but never really meet death. To be a ghost haunting the future as your maimed by an untold past.

Bly manor held the more tragic aspect of a thousand love stories (*spoilers ahead so if you haven’t watch Bly manor or Hill house you might not want to read*) with Dani and Jamie holding the trophy of what it means to selflessly love one another in life past death (their love story was by far the most tragic and I haven’t cried more than watching the last episode.) While Hannah and Owen (otp who deserve everything) display what it means to love someone who death has already claimed, that their love was only to be told in past tense never holding promises of the future. However, Owen never lets the grief of losing both his mother and lover tear down his own bright future and instead uses the love of which both brought (different ways of course) and builds it into his future in a healthy way that prosperous as both are not remembered for what was lost but what is loved. You even have the aspects of what it means to be both self sacrificial and uplifting the unconditional love of a true family (doesn’t matter if blood or not only matters of the unrequited love) can have between all of the characters. Starting with Miles and Flora (my god was flora precious. Miles was adorable when he who shall not be named wasn’t possessing him), the close connection (not in a weird way) between a brother and sister who despite their grief have been pulled closer to one another where they are willing to fight tooth and nail for one another, is such an emotional packed bond that I must elaborate on. I found seeing Miles do all those atrocious acts when Flora sent him that letter such a raw act of selflessness that shows how much Miles loved his sister and despite the trouble and own trauma it may bring him, he was willing to do it to save Flora. Then with Flora you have her uplifting selfless spirit that shows no bounds as she takes on the grueling task of keeping everyone safe from the lady of the lake while still loving the other faceless ghosts and giving them an identity so they may feel less forgotten. She shows self sacrifice when she stopped Dani from being taken by the lady of the lake even when she knew it meant her own doom. Flora holds together the love of bly and you can quote me on that. (Also I wonder if Flora knew the entire time Hannah was a ghost). Henry (my saints did this man put me through turmoil) displays his own love for the family. Despite the love affair and being cut out of his own family by his brother, he still shows care for his family, thought it may be distance (which is a bit warranted since he just lost the mother of his child who also happens to be the wife of his now deceased brother and blames himself for being the cause of their death), he eventually takes control of his own ghosts and is there when he is needed. (Also him calling flora to hear her voice but then never being able to speak is such a heart reaching moment for me as it connects to my own personal experiences). Hannah, Owen, and Jamie are pretty self explanatory as they make up the family of bly and keep it from falling apart. But then there’s selfless Dani, who despite everything, is willing to save everyone she loves (her family) without thought. That in her time of death, she carried no anger toward anyone but only love and when Jamie offered to take on the role of sacrificing herself to save her, Dani refused as she loved Jamie too much to condemn her too. (Now away from family and back to the others) There was of course the obsessive love between Rebecca and Peter, which was challenged by (queen) Rebbeca’s own moral compass and love she had for Miles and Flora. I like to think of Dani and Rebecca as a mirror (tee hee) of one another as both experienced what it felt to be-

in a lifeless love, yet their heart would guide them back to the love which made them feel alive (and both ended up showing that in love there is death and in death there is love.) So watching Rebecca help out Flora and Dani was such a heart warming moment as it shows that Rebecca deep down was a good person who had been maimed by a toxic love. Lastly, the guttural love of a dead mother and forgotten daughter that Viola displayed. Watching Viola seek out her daughter for centuries with nothing left of her, but that love for her daughter. However, Viola’s love is based on loss and revenge and the audience gets to see the love dwindle away as obsession takes place in Viola killing those who got in the way. It took me a while to understand Viola as she is (a very complex character with so many layers) very much more than just a vengeful mother seeking to kill. Bly manor really changed my idea of how I viewed love,death, and obsession. The show really showcased how truly haunting love can be, and that in death love exists.

Hill house to me was more the scarier side of what it means to conquer, succumb, and live with your own demons. And besides Theo, Nell was my favorite character as she is very much relatable to my own personal life experiences. And realizing that Nell was the bent neck lady all along really mind fucked me, because goddamn was that sad. Also i made the mistake of watching Bly manor before hill house so seeing Peter Quint (that man was vile) as sweet Luke Crain really tore at my heart strings as much as I hated Peter, I loved Luke. I was one to cry at the last episode when he blew out the candles. The soundtrack really messed me up too, because hell hearing “if I go, I’m goin” by Gregory Alan Isakov is already a shit show but that with the last episode of Hill house playing was what made me loose my mind. And let’s not even talk about the Dudley’s and how sad all that was.

I'm terribly sorry for how long it took me to answer this, but know that I've been cherishing these asks and adoring them in the comfort of my ask box because oh my GOD, the analysis!! I agree with you on so many points about Bly Manor, but you've also given me tons of new lenses to look at the show through. you've given it so much thought, and everything is so careful and precise and also loving - I can tell bly manor really left a mark on you (but on who hasn't it?) and it would have been a crime to leave these pieces of meta hiding in the corners of my ask box.

I think I've had a stronger attachment to Hill House because I watched it first, and was completely blown away by the mastery of the craft and themes - it was the first time I'd ever seen family and trauma discussed in such a way, and ghosts and spirits are one of the most recurrent themes/metaphors in my writing because I'm obsessed with all that they convey. the lingering of something both loved and despised... something undecipherable lurking in the walls of your own house, something you cannot run from, something that imbues your bones... but also something so very loving and protective, at the same time, like a watchful guardian shielding you from the horrors ahead and behind? and how all the siblings respond differently to the ghosts of Hill House and what they mean to them!! how, in the end, they all are one of the ghosts of Hill House!! I've just never recovered and I don't think I ever will.

[dragonsbone]

you know i want to hear more about rhaegor and korinna !!!!

ooo okay im gonna talk a bit about them separately bc there’s still so much info about them that i haven’t talked about yet hehehe ( if u want more of them together, i’ll def be happy to talk about that too heehhehe )

if you didn’t already know, im super into astrology and analyzing birth charts. so i always like to assign the big three placements of my ocs for shits and giggles. rhaegor is a scorpio ☀︎, pisces ☽, and libra ↑.

he is a lover and a fighter! homie is ruled by love and he’s not afraid to fight for what’s right. probably out of all my hotd ocs so far, he is one of the least likely to commit war crimes or atrocities bc he’s just so morally good. truly the best™️ male targaryen there is.

his dragon, calys, on the other hand, will 100% be down to commit any sort of war crimes like he will fuck shit up if u give him the chance lol

a true dilf at its finest! will 100% read books to his children, teach them how to ride their dragons ( aena ofc doesnt have a dragon but ya know, it’s the thought that counts ), and will love them very deeply. he got a lot of practice from watching over rhaenyra when she was a baby.

he is a bit of a slut ( affectionate ). rhaegor is a man of passion and also an absolutely handsome work of art so ofc he’s a bit sexually active. listen,,, who wouldn’t want a piece of that??

the messy, low man-bun is his go-to hairstyle after he returns to the crownlands. when he begins to change for the better because of his love for korinna, his hair will be more flowy and well kept bc he’s obviously in a better mindset to do self care. the power of love and hair symbolism hehehehe. 

alright alright now we gotta start her’s off the same way too. korinna’s big three are capricorn ☀︎, scorpio ☽, and sagittarius ↑.

korinna is very much team black like there wasn’t a question of where her loyalty would lie ( unlike rhaegor before the start of the dance ). she will defend rhaenyra until her dying breath. rhaenyra and korinna’s bond is so strong throughout the years like there’s no way they could ever betray each other. 

she’s such a good mother!! korinna loves all of her children equally, but she does tend to cater slightly more towards aena. she would teach them all how the stuff she’s learned over the years as a servant. though, they wouldn’t need it as they are now the prince’s children, it’s a good tool for them to know if needed! also, is HUGE on playing with hair so she’ll happily take the time to braid aena and elaera’s long hair! and occasionally her husband’s too lol

after she and rhaegor marry, it becomes extremely difficult for her to find her place. she was a girl who came from nothing and suddenly had everything. it takes a lot of time for her to accept her new role, but, unfortunately, it doesn’t get any easier from there

will definitely kill a canon character. i know that character. i know the reason. i don’t know when it will happen, but one thing you should know: it was justice with a hint of revenge ✨

[dragonsbone]

WAR & RUIN 🐉✨    ↳ the green wedding

❝ Thus, the little love affair they shared had come to an abrupt end. ❞

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[dragonsbone]

OTP TAG SERIES ✨    ↳ korinna + rhaegor ( insp )

did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? just between us, did the love affair maim you too?

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[dragonsbone]

okay so- now that more episodes of HotD are out, I need to know if you have anything else you've planned for Rhaegor and Korinna??

first of all, i wanna sincerely thank you for your interest in this pairing!! i know you haven’t seen the show, but it means a lot to me how invested you are regardless! i really appreciate it so thank you <3!

and yes, now that we’re almost at the end of the start and the start of the dance of dragons, i do have majority of s1 planned! going off from your previous ask, we’re gonna tackle the elephant in the room: the ten year time jump.

my previous idea was that they were going to be separated that entire time and we’re not going to have any children until they reunited afterwards. the biggest problem i kept facing was how and why korinna returned. every idea was met with plot holes, and there was just too many gaps to fill during that time. also, i wanted their children to be a main part of the dance as well. many conflicted ideas floating my head so i decided to scrap my original plan and focused on another entirely. 

instead of ten years, i settled on only one year. after the green wedding ( episode 5 ) and their relationship was outed by the other houses, korinna leaves king’s landing to avoid any more embarrassment to herself and rhaegor. she leaves without his knowledge so they don’t necessarily depart on good terms :/ but moving on. shortly after she left, korinna discovers she’s pregnant with rhaegor’s child. a secret she slowly prepares to hold for the rest of her days. as much as she would’ve loved to send a raven of the news or to run back and tell him in person, korinna knows it would only bring on further shame to the both of them. so she made the hard choice to withhold that information and raise their son on her own accord. 

after a year of being a single mother, their son, daerion, grows very ill and needs proper treatment or else he will die. and the only person who she knew would help her without question was rhaenyra. korinna was the older sister rhaenyra never had. they share a very close bond so, of course, rhaenyra would help her. korinna travels back to king’s landing and begs one of her fellow servants to deliver a message to the future queen discretely for her aid. after that, im still going over ideas on the specifics of the wargaryen reunion. it’s complicated, but i do know it doesn’t take super long for them to get back together! 

so in those nine-ish years, they get married, thus making daerion legitimized and no longer a bastard, and they have three other children: baleryn, aena, and elaera!

there’s wayyyyy more, but i need to fully solidify those ideas in my head before i talk about them. and i didnt want this ask to be too long aahahaah!! but thank u again!

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