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"You must hold mastery over your dragon. As Prince Aegon has with Sunfyre."

I guess you could say about this little detail that season two.. it uhh...you know...

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"He was a handsome young man, though he had a sullen look to his eyes and a pouty mouth. Aegon had a wispy mustache instead of a beard."

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"It is said that Lady Cassandra wept bitterly when she learned that the king had died and that 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣"

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The Greens Dragon team!

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❇️Modern Helaegon aesthetic ❇️

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Rhaenyra would never kill her own kin? Say it with your hand on the Bible and watch the Lord punish you for perjury

Team black stans is being almost hysterical, trying to convince us that Saint Rhaenyra would never dare to kill Alicent's children, that Otto and Alicent are the second and third coming of Satan, and they are must be blame for everything, from the birth of the Night King to the end of the Daenerys arc, and if it weren't for these two, Westeros would have already installed electricity, invented penicillin and learned to wash their asses more than once a month.

As proof, you are given quotes from a book that these fans have hardly read in its entirety, their own opinion, which, of course, is an indisputable fact and, sometimes, even "well, she would have killed some greens so what, why make such a fuss about it."

These people don't know how to work with a narrative, and it shows. Stories like Dance of the Dragons require you to dive into the personalities of both teams so you can understand the tragedy of the situation - a civil war between family members that will nearly destroy House Targaryen and Westeros.

Now imagine that you, Alyssa/Baelon Targaryen, are Alicent's fifth child. And this is a fanfic (show), not a book, so we're going to base this on the events of the adaptation.

Your father doesn't care about you, and you don't understand why. Did you do something wrong? Why does your father love your half-sister and her children, but not you and your siblings? Why doesn't he protect you from your nephews' bullying?

You don't get a dragon egg because they are few and far between, and Rhaenyra has another child who needs one more. You get the egg that comes later, or you ride a full-grown dragon.

Your half-sister Rhaenyra HATES you. She shows no shame in showing her disdain, barely tolerates your existence, and never punishes her children for bullying you. She won't talk to you, won't play with you, and even seems to hate your name.

You hear rumors that your nephews are bastards. You know that having bastards is wrong and against the Faith, and you don't understand why Rhaenyra is never punished for her bad deeds. You saw Aemond being scolded for standing up to our nephews, why is no one scolding Rhaenyra?

At Laena's funeral, your brother Aemond becomes a Vhagar rider, and Luke cuts out his eye for it. When the argument happens, you are afraid, scared, and crying, because father is angry at Aemond, and instead of comforting and protecting him, he demands something from him. Rhaenyra demands that Aemond be tortured, and no one protects your brother from her. Your father yells at Aegon because Aemond said that Aegon is the one who lied about your nephews being legitimate Velaryons. You don't understand how words can be as bad as your brother's injury. No one ever scolded or punished Rhaenyra for anything, so what if her children were called a bad word? Your father declares that there will be no punishment for your brother's injury, as if a lost eye is like a broken knee and nothing bad happened. Your mother is angry at Rhaenyra and tries to hurt Luke, and suddenly she is the bad one and it's all her fault, and everyone has forgotten that Rhaenyra wanted to torture Aegon, who was hurt, as if it doesn't matter.

You are scared to get your dragon. What if Rhaena decides that this dragon was meant to be hers and you are a thief too, just like she accused Aemond? Will they cut out your eye too?

Laenor dies, and you hear that Rhaenyra has married Daemon, ignoring the mourning period. You remember this man - he laughed at Laena's funeral and frightened your mother with his presence. You have heard terrible things about him, and you are afraid to be near him - but thank the gods he does not come to the Red Keep, so you sleep peacefully. You are afraid to think about how exactly Laenor died, and whether Rhaenyra and Daemon were involved.

When your half-sister finally appears at the Red Keep, her first act is to claim Driftmark for her bastard son. When Vaemond Velaryon, your distant relative, calls her a whore and her children bastards, Daemon cuts off his head, and none of the Blacks look sad, even though he was a close relative to Rhaenys, Baela, and Rhaenyra's three eldest sons (presumably).

And that's just part of the shit that goes on in your life. If it were possible, you'd demand a refund.

If someone told you that Rhaenyra wouldn't kill you for the sake of her peaceful reign, would you believe them?

PS. not a native speaker and it shows, so what?

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she does love a spectacle, huh? 

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ARCANE 1.07 || 2.07

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𓆱Yaelokre - Harpy Hare

𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵𝁵

Harpy Hare is a song about the complexity of protection, freedom, and fear of maternal relationships.

The Harpy is a mother, caring and yet selfish. It takes and hides it's heart.

Harpies were generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens, faces pale with hunger and long claws on their hands.

A harpy represents the rage and power of femininity, the pain and vengeance. They can also represent the loss of innocence, the Whore (in contrast to the saintly Madonna), and the half of womanhood that is to be 'feared and avoided.'

Harpy Hare burying her children is a cruel attempt to hide her children away and keep them safe.

Harpy Hare was once a leveret that was not cared for and protected. She must have lost innocence and been hurt deeply. Now she has children of her own and she has become bitter and is attempting to make up for the lack of safety in her own childhood by overprotecting her own offspring.

However, her protection becomes suffocating and the hares, capable of movement and sight, will dig their way out and try to free themselves from suffocating under the soil. Yet some may die before they can be freed. The song tells a story of generational trauma, loss of innocence, pain of childhood, weight of motherhood, and the cyclical nature of abuse and folklore.

He knows the Harpy, who is well-intentioned, is inefficient against herself and only causes her children more harm than safety.

Credits: wiki, wattpad, reddit

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btw book ser criston became lord commander after ser harrold westerling's death, years before the dance and before he switched allegiances. he'd only been apart it the kingsguard for four years and presumedly was the lowest born member when chosen to fill the post.

instead, the show kept harrold westerling around so they could take what was a great achievement for ser criston and instead frame it as him getting to reap the benefits of the "evil greens stealing the throne"

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hotd purposefully making all the greens look incompetent af to highlight how great their TB protagonists are in return backfires so hard it's actually funny.

in the book the greens were a powerhouse, they had the best warrior, the bigger army, great political minds on their side, the bigger dragons and strong competent riders to ride them. they were a threat. the show making them all stupid makes rhaenyra & the rest of tb look so weak and stupid in return. like you can't even win against those guys? really? also it shows how rhaenyra is a poorly written character - it is necessary to ruin other characters like alicent, aegon, daemon and aemond for her to appear smart & capable.

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You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts.

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everyone asks for disability representation in fantasy media and then go and hate the disabled main character of the most important work of fantasy since lotr

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀‎‎i check it once , then i check it T W I C E

bonus:

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House of the Dragon fancomic

English translation by Fumiyo • kenmeowpiie

Featuring Book!Aemond, Alys and Show!Aemond 💚

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TOM GLYNN-CARNEY as AEGON II TARGARYEN in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 2.03