#they're just like the starks in that regard and how the starks were probs/def among the heroes of the long night
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I personally don’t mind the reveal that Aegon the Conqueror was motivated by dragon dreams about tptwp/war for the dawn; I actually like it quite a lot. Mostly because I like how Aegon’s legacy basically becomes: the unification of the realm and its peoples (a wholly positive thing) AND the iron throne (which has become a symbol of war and destruction). Aegon brought the realm together, but he also created that stupid pointy chair. The irony is that this chair, made of swords from all over the realm thus being a representation of all the different peoples in Aegon’s new kingdom, is meant to be the symbol of peace and unity. But in the current story, it’s become the driving force of disunity. And now hundreds of years later, now that the real threat that Aegon dreamed of has actually arrived, the realm is much too focused on who gets to sit on the silly chair more than anything else. Which imo would fall in quite nicely with GRRM’s deconstruction of prophecy, how people interpret it, and the ripple effects from those actions.
#i know a lot of people hate it because they see it as grrm vindicating the targs or whatever#but like come on the targs are fantasy on steroids - magic powers magic looks magic pets magic swords etc.#of course there’s gonna be larger than life fantasy shenanigans with those people#they're just like the starks in that regard and how the starks were probs/def among the heroes of the long night#and the fun thing with aegon’s dreaming and the current state of westeros is that#basically the two people holding shit together are descendants who don’t even bear the targ name#which is so ironic given that tptwp is targ specific#asoiaf#valyrianscrolls#it’s why my personal want and belief is for dany- aegon the conqueror come again - to torch that damned thing
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