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[drhaenyra]

ALL. OF. THIS. 

FUNERAL: Daemon stared at Rhaenyra the ENTIRE funeral. Because she and him are connected. She knows him, he knows her, and that’s where he got his comfort in that moment. 

WAKE: He’s watching her and she’s watching him, but they don’t interact. They do it again and she send him a smile and we see the first glimpse of happiness that only she could have brought out of him.

BEACH: I love how she is catching him up on everything that has been happening to her in her marriage and outside of it. He is the ONLY PERSON besides those involved that was told about the true lineage of her kids (even though he somehow already knew about Harwin). Harwin didn’t even tell his father. I love how he listens to everything she says and gives her feedback. I love how they are honest with each other and don’t hold anything back. I love how she calls him out and tells him “You left me alone, you abandoned me, nobody was here to support me”. I love how she tells him that he should have just taken her as a child because it would have prevented the tragic things happening in her life. I love how he essentially says that his life hasn’t been great either, to the point that it makes him heated that she wouldn’t know that. I love how she says she doesn’t know about his life (he basically cut her off from it), yet he seems to know everything about hers. I love how she finally asks if he loved Laena even if she didn’t want to know the truth. I love how they showed that he cared about Laena, even if he wasn’t “in love” with her. I love how him answering with “happy enough” shows the audience that he accepted what his life was and just lived in it because that was what he was dealt (knowing he couldn’t be with Rhaenyra), yet still showing us that he was never complete (Laena even knew it but accepted it because they did have some happiness). Then he goes ahead and realizes that her life was hidden. She was married but finding joy in someone else, which she couldn’t express to anyone. Then the tables start turning. While both are essentially mourning losses, they are also mourning what THEY lost. What THEY could have had. I LOVE how they had Rhaenyra pursuing him and her wants for the first time, instead of Daemon going after her. Because this isn’t about the throne. The want and desperation that she expressed in that scene was AMAZING. The want and desperation, yet resistance that Matt played was AMAZING. They both wanted one another, it’s what they both have always wanted, but didn’t think they would have. Daemon was nervous. This speaks volumes. He wanted her yet is also afraid and shocked and coherent to making sure she knows what she’s doing and what she really wants, until he can’t take it anymore and gives in to his feelings. He’s basking in it. He’s taking it all in, then she goes ahead and says, “I want you”. The exact same thing he told his brother 10 years before about Rhaenyra. The same feelings he had then, she has now. And he is clearly, shook. He can’t believe it. Then he does the most romantic thing he could have done for her, HE DOES NOT RUN. He gives her what they both have wanted for so long. Because she’s right, she is no longer a child. She can make her decisions with reasonable thinking now. It’s not lustful. Its full of LOVE. 

SEX:  He is gently kissing her. He is layering pecks on her shoulder and neck. He runs his hand down her shoulder line, taking it in. She starts to undress him. He lets her. She takes her time looking over every part of him. He cups her face and allows her to take him in. He kisses her neck and is not concerned with seeing her naked. Because that doesn’t matter to him. That isn’t what this is about. He lays her down and rubs her legs just feeling her. Then he finally enters her and his eyes are on hers the entirety of that moment. They watch each other and just fill each other up. Finally, my favorite thing happens. Daemon wraps her into a hug and then buries himself into the crook of her neck, literally getting as close as he can. They are embracing one another while making love. Even Rhaenyra with her back, hair, and shoulder rub is embraced in the hug. Those position speaks volumes about the union. It’s needy, its beautiful, its comfort, its embracing, its loving, and it is full of care and respect. This is in complete contrast to what happens in episode 4. Which was lustful, mindless, and wild. He was going to take her from behind, like he did with Mysaria. But not this time, it was face to face, body to body. This was love. This was loss from 10 yrs of not being with one another. And I love that. 

FIGHT: I’m not going to go in a lot of detail here, except to say that he believed in Rhaenyra enough to let her have that battle. She needed to have it. He knew it. She knew it. She had just told him she didn’t believe Alicent capable of depravity, and yet it was happening right now. She gained confidence and went straight at the whispers and was like, this is treason and let’s find out where its coming from. And I loved it. Then, of course, Daemon was meant to watch it all, to see just how alone Rhaenyra has been. Only jumping in when she was tag teamed to stop Crispin from doing anything. When it was over, he checked her wound, showing that he cared. And he chooses her, her team, her fight. 

PROPOSAL: “I need you”. Words Daemon had ALWAYS wanted to hear from his brother. Instead Viserys had always sent him away, never truly seeing him as the heir to the throne. Never truly seeing him as part of his court. He longed for it. But was denied. Until now. “I need you”. He knows it though, even shakes his head yes, but says nothing, waiting for her to tell him how exactly she needs him. Then she flips the switch, speaking their love language. Telling him she can’t face the Greens alone. Telling him that she chooses him. To wed him. Just like Aegon and his sister wives, in the ways of their house, just like Daemon pleaded with his brother when she was younger. She can have both happiness and a husband for duty. She mentions the Valyrians being meant for the sea, but they are fire (which they have lost the past 10 yrs), and they were always meant to burn together and then he looks up. He knows it. She knows it. It’s not even a question for him. He always has wanted to marry her, so he goes straight for the problem, Laenor. Something amazing happens. They pull their first POWER COUPLE move. They plan Laenors fake death, so that they can marry, but also make people fearful that they had a hand in it, and for the first-time making Rhaenyra the powerful contender.

WEDDING: They didn’t need approval from any man. Viserys had already said no. Rhaenyra wasn’t going to ask for approval either. She knew it would be denied. They mixed their blood, bonding them together for life. It was only between them, their kids, and the Gods. This proves it was not for Duty alone. The kiss does this as well. They did not have any need to kiss the way they did, especially with the kids there that just lost their parents. However, they are happy. They have wanted this for so long. They gave in and are finally where they should have always been. They love one another. They need one another. They complete one another. Now they can bring fire again. 

My two cents on episode 7 because I just watched it.

It was an amazing episode. I will even argue that it was the best episode so far. So many things happening, nothing felt rushed. The funeral after party was GOLD. So many dynamics being explored between all the characters, so many feelings expressed just by angry stares, longing glances and half spoken innuendos. Like a pot slowly boiling and ready to explode. The fight between the children was perfect, the fight between Alicent Rhaenyra and Viserys later on was easily the best scene in HotD until now. I am team Black until the very end and I love Rhaenyra with all my heart but I FELT Alicent in this episode and THIS is great writing. I absolutely loved that Alicent regretted her actions afterwards, I also loved how she expected her father to be pissed and judgemental, and he was judgemental but at the same time appreciative, like? That's some great, multilayered dialogue there, people. The way Daemyra schemed and plotted their wedding and Laenor's escape was GoT season 1 material. Epic plot-twist.

Let's talk about Daemyra. I went over many posts here about the couple, and I admit that I am genuinely confused. I will address some of the complaints I saw: Matt and Emma don't have chemistry. Emma wasn't into it. Daemon wasn't into it, he was blank and passive and indifferent. The sex scene was short and we didn't see oral sex and different positions, orgasms, eye contact, whatever. The dialogue before was also lukewarm because Daemon didn't confess his undying love for his niece on one knee. We still don't know Daemon's motives because he doesn't speak. He didn't show enthousiasm after the mariage proposal. Etc etc etc.

Part of the reason for this reaction IS the incredibly high expectations. Another part is the ridiculous nature of a lot of these expectations. With all due respect for Daemyra's shippers out there (because I am one of them) I think you are confusing this show with Pride and Prejudice. This is not a romance show. This is not a show about the epic love story between Daemon and Rhaenyra. This is also not a romcom. It's a Game of Thrones show. The love story is a part of it, not even the main thing. Yes the dialogue wasn't exactly lovey dovey, yes Daemon didn't start crying when Rhaenyra proposed, he didn't swear eternal love and devotion like Romeo. No, he didn't go down on Rhaenyra in a feminist power move.

I'm sorry, but who fucking cares.

I've said what their dynamic in this episode definitely wasn't, let's see what it actually was. Let's talk specifics.

What I saw with my own eyes, was two broken depressed people coming together again under the least ideal circonstances (hmm the funeral of Daemon's wife hello). I saw a very bitter and hurt Rhaenyra that still longed for Daemon. I saw a depressed Daemon that felt everything is lost to him until Rhaenyra confessed her feelings. I saw a very strong female character pursuing what she wants. I saw tenderness, love, devotion. I don't need romantic words for it, I saw it. It was fucking there. Daemon finally let slip the real reason why he chickened out in the brothel and in the mariage ceremony: wasn't for the throne, wasn't for his own ambitions, but for HER. "I spared you, you were only a child = you didn't understand what you were doing and how much it would cost you, your reputation, your claim to the throne, everything, so I let you be because I cared so much for you". "You have a place in my court if this is what you need" "I need NOTHING", said Daemon the ambitious bastard who only wanted Rhaenyra for the throne. Yeah. That's why he was so hesitant in Rhaenyra's affections, that would CLEARLY benefit him, that's why he was so considerate, and cautious, and afraid and hopeful and tender. Yep, the throne. That was the WHOLE fucking point of Rhaenyra pursuing HIM instead of him pursuing her. To show that he wants HER and not the throne, he wants what's best for her and he wants to make sure that's what SHE wants. He's not trying to seduce her because it would come across as yet another plan to get the throne. His feelings are already clear, Rhaenyra knows it, we know it, we saw how depressed he was and we saw the longing in his glances and the tenderness in his words, we didn't need big rom-com déclarations. So, Daemon's motives aren't clear people? Really? WTF.

The dialogue before the sex scene was impeccable. The most romantic scene in the whole GoT universe. Let's talk about the actual sex scene. Yes it was short. Yes I don't care. Again, this is not a romance movie. The sex scene was extremely cute, appropriate for the CIRCOMSTANCES (FUNERAL HELLO) and the characters position in this particular chapter of the story, Rhaenyra is not a cheerful teen anymore and she gives the deadly victorious possessive look in the end that I personally loved. Yes it was short, but again, it's not an epic romance movie, it's Game of thrones and there are other, more important things to show than oral sex, sorry. Go watch porn.

The only complaint that is valid is the lighting. That was shitty.

[awalkinthelifeofmegan]

And with that, Rose's story ends. But I still have so many questions #RichelleMead!! I very much would like an Epilogue book! 😘 #VampireAcademy #LastSacrifice #BeautifullyWritten #BeautifulEnding #RightWhereTheyBelong