#women of hotd

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Alicent saying, “sadness is a condition of motherhood” has so many layers.

To some extent, this follows the pattern of her trying to attribute meaning to her pain through persuading herself that things are the way they are and cannot be changed. It echoes Alicent’s conversation with Rhaenys when she said, “We do not rule, but we may guide the men that do.” She is someone who has succumbed to the status quo. Why is this the case? Probably because Alicent has been moulded as a pawn by her father and used as a child bride while having 4 children raped into her. Her line of reasoning is a coping mechanism to deal with her suffering.

And now, she attempts to pass on that thinking to her own daughter. This shines light on the long tradition of how women justify their pain.

[robynnnn311]

behind every art of modern rhaenyra where the artist draws her as masc or butch, theres always daemyras trying to prove that rhaenyra is this ultra feminine damsel because she wears pretty dresses and married a man whilst simultaneously ignoring all of rhaenyras established gender struggle at the same time, making their point so futile that they come across as repulsive people when it comes to the subject of lgbtq+ people specifically when it comes to women who don’t conform

rhaenyras story is based upon gender struggles already well set out in westeros i truly don’t understand unless you watched the show with your eyes closed and your fingers in your ears, every time this happens it instills in me that most people who say they like rhaenyra do not actually like rhaenyra because of their unwillingness to accept that rhaenyra is within herself wishes to be different

how do you watch her scene with mysaria in its entirety and including when she says daemon is everything she wishes to be INCLUDING a man and come to any other conclusion

[tweedfrog]

Congrats to Rhaenyra for being the first ever woman to have her I am Paul Muad'Dib Atreides moment while her son stands in the back like this trying to explain how feudalism works

[meyaoyu]

“what side are you on” the side of the women

[emproleon]

-Princess of Dragonstone and Heir to The Iron Throne-

[sunfyredefender77]

“sadness is condition of motherhood”

[shihoerusu]

You have seen me as worthy. As an equal even, because of that, I will serve you

[zendayacolemann]

RHAENYRA TARGARYEN and BAELA TARGARYEN HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: Season Two

[ermwhatsup]

love how everyone else is living in the normal historical drama/political thriller world of the show while daemon is temporarily stuck in a psychological horror story

[perseruna]

my lady of misery

[mydairpercabeth]

if it wasnt clear before,

THIS BLOG IS TEAM BLACK AND WE RIDE FOR QUEEN RHAENYRA TARGARYEN, THE REALMS DELIGHT, FIRST OF HER NAME, QUEEN OF THE ANDALS, THE RHOYNAR AND THE FIRST MEN, LADY OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS, PROTECTOR OF THE REALM

[spiderliliez]

ES Magazine The quiet accession of Emma D’Arcy by Evening Standard

[+] EMMA D’ARCY [GIF Collection] ✨ [+] LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈 [+] ..more on this shoot 📸

[mummer]

rhaenyra outsourcing motherhood to rhaena and assigning her that passive feminine role was REALLY interesting….. rhaenyra as a character is at her most fascinating when she is forced to navigate and ultimately perpetuate the gendered structures she despises and wishes she could transcend— the seeds of her tragedy already sewn here. just great character work

[meyaoyu]

the prince that was promised

buy a print here

[ponypickle]

I will never not be sad by the de-fangification of our female characters on hotd. we could've had all of them serving cunt and warfare/bloodthirstiness but instead they are all 'peaceful' and everything is the men's fault 🙄🥲.

a cersei-esque alicent dead set on having her kids on the throne at all costs because she believes it's their gods given right, ready to slay everyone who gets in her way

rhaenyra asking her feral husband to eliminate anyone and anything that offends her, like vaemond, a son for a son, etc. stopping at nothing to get HER throne because SHE wants it, not stopping at anything to achieve her goals

rhaenys ready to ride into war for her queen to slay all her enemies instead of feeling bitter as she came across in the show a lot of the time

baela truly being the embodiment of her father in female form, being feral and ready to eliminate everything at once, etc.

oh, the show we could've had if they just weren't scared of the audiences reactions to powerful decisive women that aren't apologetic about their claims to power and what they believe is their's.

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

A story told in pictures:

✨ I love this cast so much 🐉

and @toodrunktofindaurl (thank you to the person who reminded me of her URL! I had her insta tagged here before bc I couldn’t for the life of me remember her url.)

(also honourable mention to Yellowjackets’ Jane Widdop)