#rity--- like it didn't sit right with me especially when she couldn't even be bothered to hug her | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

sukibenders · 3 months ago

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"Rhaenyra isn't the stepmother, she's the mother who stepped up!"

The HOTD writers themselves are hardly doing anything to support that narrative, so I take this rhetoric with a grain of salt. While I think, in some way, Rhaenyra does care for Baela and Rhaena....if I had to point out a motherly figure for them that could pose as someone stepping in Laena's place, Rhaenyra would not be it.

#house of the dragon #hotd #hotd critical #rhaenyra targaryen critical #baela targaryen #rhaena targaryen #this mainly just comes from my frustration with this fandom painting rhae as overly motherly toward baela & rhaena #making it seem like we had so much to go on for her being a good stepmother when it's really the bear minimum #there's more with rhaenys being there for them than with rhae--- both physically & verbally #even with scenes where she's with them: for baela it holds more of political means with her having a dragon and then using her to see corly #like sure she could be concerned about her well-being but it's definitely not on the same level as with her sons #don't even get me started on with rhaena bc that “be a mother to them” line had me 🤬#and her referring to her sons as hers and the pain of sending them away but not adhering to rhaena's emotional needs and feelings of inferi #rity--- like it didn't sit right with me especially when she couldn't even be bothered to hug her #i like to enjoy headcanons about their relationship but the canon material doesn't stray far either #rhaenys raised baela alongside her on driftmark she sought rhaena out when they met after so long #she advocated for rhaena to her husband over joffery--- she's their grandMOTHER that stepped up tbh #tbh i wouldn't really be rocking with my stepmom if she sought after & slept with my dad at my mom & stillborn brother's funeral #barely comforted my sister and i when we were injured in a fight (only her sons)#then got married to said father not long after said funeral...like i'd be pressed tbh!#dni if you can't have a collected conversation about this #rhaenys targaryen #(also just bc im a little critical of rhae doesn't mean i hate her in comparison to others she's not that bad tbh)

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