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Addam is very selfless, except for the times he was selfish (for Daeron). His ambitions can drive him to rise up in rank enough to request mercy for Daeron from the Blacks. Only by turning himself into someone of value can he secure protection for Daeron.

Daeron is very gentle, except for the times he was violent (for Addam). His warcrimes were the means for him securing a pardon for Addam from the Greens. Only by proving himself completely indispensable can he assure Addam’s safety.

The both of them act unlike themselves only for each other’s sake.

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What if the reason Corlys wanted Daeron spared was because of Addam’s influence? At this point, Daeron is an active enemy combatant to the Blacks, and he sacked Bitterbridge too. His brothers have been given a death sentence by the Blacks but Corlys spoke up to ask Daeron to be spared.

Daeron might think Addam turned his back on him to pursue his own ambitions. But unbeknownst to Daeron, he’s also part of the future Addam wants to build for himself. 🥺 Addam may have wanted the dragon, knighthood, legitimization, lordship, lands and castle of his own, but he wants the prince too (his very own trophy husband ❤️)!

It would be so tragic that despite Addam’s initial attempt to protect Daeron, in the end, he’s the one that has to kill him.

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There’s an example in Fire & Blood of a Targaryen prince publicly taking the daughter of a wealthy trader as his paramour.

Now what if another prince (Daeron) secretly followed his big brother’s example and took the son (Addam) of a wealthy trader as his own paramour?

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In  his  arms,  I  slowly  unfolded  like  a  love  note  read  in  secret.

artwork by Lozanica

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More mating dance than battle...

Most recent commission by jimmymmtz on twitter

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Qarl & Laenor // Daeron & Addam

If I had a nickel for every time a Velaryon was in a same sex relationship with someone of a different social class and the culmination of said relationship was the lowborn one killing the highborn one, I would have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

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More Mating Dance Than Battle

artwork by cch__0117

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addam velaryon, daeron targaryen and not sparing even septs in their attacks.

When Lady Caswell appeared on the ramparts of her castle to ask for the same terms Lady Merryweather had received, Hightower let Prince Daeron give the answer: “You shall receive the same terms you gave my nephew Maelor.” Her ladyship could only watch as Bitterbridge was sacked. The Hogs Head was the first building put to the torch. Inns, guild halls, storehouses, the homes of the mean and the mighty, dragonflame consumed them all. Even the sept was burned, with hundreds of wounded still within.

Fire & Blood, The Dying of The Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant p. 484

Most devastating of all was the dragon. Seasmoke came swooping down again and yet again, breathing flame. A hundred tents were soon afire, even the splendid silken pavilions of Ser Hobart Hightower, Lord Unwin Peake, and Prince Daeron himself. Nor was the town of Tumbleton reprieved. Those shops and homes and septs that had been spared the first time were engulfed in dragonflame.

Fire & Blood, The Dying of The Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown p. 541

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Any combination of these colours works so well for Daeron & Addam. 🫶

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The sailor has a gift for his prince

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If you really think about it, Daeron lost his boyfriend to daddy issues. 😭😭😭

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The one and only time GRRM wrote a sex scene in Fire & Blood!

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prettiest dragon couple 💕

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History calls the struggle between King Aegon II and his half-sister Rhaenyra the Dance of the Dragons, but only at Tumbleton did the dragons ever truly dance. Tessarion and Seasmoke were young dragons, nimbler in the air than their older kin. Time and time again they rushed one another, only to have one or the other veer away at the last instant. Soaring like eagles, stooping like hawks, they circled, snapping and roaring, spitting fire, but never closing. Once, the Blue Queen vanished into a bank of cloud, only to reappear an instant later, diving on Seasmoke from behind to scorch his tail with a burst of cobalt flame. Meanwhile, Seasmoke rolled and banked and looped. One instant he would be below his foe, and suddenly he would twist in the sky and come around behind her. Higher and higher the two dragons flew, as hundreds watched from the roofs of Tumbleton. One such said afterward that the flight of Tessarion and Seasmoke seemed more mating dance than battle. Perhaps it was.

Artist: Jota Saraiva (deviantart/instagram)

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Addam @ Corlys about Daeron post-Gullet:

Addam @ Corlys about Daeron post-Bitterbridge:

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seasmoke and tessarion trying to get it on in the middle of the battle somehow implying their riders want to fuck each other too >>>>>> anything else that happened in the war

YES ABSOLUTELY!!

As far as I'm concerned, they were in love with each other. 🥹🥹