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A Defense of Lucerys Velaryon

*crackles knuckles*

For some reason, Lucerys being a Velaryon and inheriting Driftmark really triggers people in this fandom, so we're gonna break it down.

Lucerys is a bastard. Well, yes, but no. And, this is the part where ya'll like to tussle, so everybody take a breath:

No one is arguing that Lucerys (or Jacaerys and Joffery) isn't Harwin's son(s).

We all know that they are literal bastards. You know. We know. GRRM knows. The Showrunners (surprisingly) know. Breaking the 4th wall, we all know.

However, the Westerosi people do not know. This is a world where your word is considered truth depending on your station and reputation unless proven otherwise (more on that in a bit).

Because (in F&B) Rhaenys had the Baratheon black hair (remember in GoT when Ned figures out Joffery is a bastard because the black Baratheon hair overrides literally all hair color - including the Targaryen white?) and so, the boys' hair color is not solid proof of Laenor not being their father. GRRM did this on purpose. We, as readers, are never meant to know with 100% certainty whether or not they were bastards.

(Although, knowing GRRM's style of storytelling, the three of them probably weren't bastards at all and that makes the Dance even more tragic, but we'll never know one way or the other on that)

In the show, they aren't trying to leave it up to interpretation - the Velaryon's have dark skin. The showrunners purposefully ignore real world genetics to get the point across (and logistically to help the audience keep track of who is a Targaryen and who is a Velaryon) - because if we acknowledge real world genetics, Jace, Luke, Joff, Baela, and Rhaena would have similar skin tones. So, we are gonna ignore "but they are white!" as evidence for them being bastards.)

So, as stated, in Westeros, the truth of a statement is determined based on your station and your reputation. The average Westerosi citizen (especially those who had never been to court - noble or otherwise) had no reason to question the word of the King, the Princess and her husband, or the Lord of Driftmark. These were people of high reputation who all declared that Lucerys Velaryon was the rightful heir to Driftmark.

So, if all of these people say that Lucerys is legitimate, who is going to challenge them?

The Silent Five and Alyn Velaryon. In F&B, Vaemond is not Corlys' brother, but rather his nephew. When Corlys becomes ill and it looks like he might die, Vaemond and his five cousins come to King's Landing to put forth their own claims to Driftmark on the grounds that Lucerys is not a Velaryon. Vaemond is killed and the other five have their tongue's removed.

This scene gives us the idea - much as Vaemond in the show - that the other members of House Velaryon knew Luke was a bastard and didn't want a non-Velaryon to inherit Driftmark. However, the last two members of the Silent Five (the others died in the war fighting for Aegon II) also challenged Alyn after he inherited Driftmark despite the fact that he was a legitimized bastard (and son/grandson of Corlys) AND was named heir by Corlys. There was no doubt that Alyn was Corlys' blood, thus making him undeniably a better candidate to inherit than Lucerys, yet the same people still challenged him.

The point here being that - like the Greens - Vaemond and his cousins were jumping on the most convenient excuse to take power. They didn't care about legal or blood legitimacy. They wanted to improve their own station.

Corlys didn't care if Lucerys was Laenor's son. We don't get any official grievance in F&B from Corlys about Rhaenyra's kids. In both the book and the show, Corlys claims Lucerys as his grandson. Now, Laenor also didn't care and claimed him as his son, but Corlys was the important character because of his role in the Dance.

I've talked before about how House Targaryen needed to keep Lord Corlys happy, but I'll reiterate here: Corlys held over half of the naval power for the Iron Throne and Rhaenys getting passed over for queen really pissed him off. The following decades were spent scrambling to keep Corlys from turning on the Iron Throne. When Rhaenyra and Laenor were married, this was achieved. When Lucerys and Rhaena were betrothed, it was reinforced.

Furthermore, in HotD, Corlys states "History doesn't remember blood, it remembers names."

As far as history was concerned, Lucerys was Laenor's son and Corlys's grandson. The same goes for Alyn. Regardless of whether or not they are illegitimate bastards or legitimized bastards.

So, yes, Lucerys was the rightful heir to Driftmark because Corlys (and Viserys) said so.

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I'm actually thinking how lucerys would even agree to get with aemond in canon because of this, aemond is already obsessed and aemond needs to convince luke to let him hit once 🥺☝️I think there will be a lot of negging involved lmaooo

Lucerys is a feral omega, not breakbones, anyone who thinks omega is nice and compliant is the problem, lucerys will be a willowy omega and feral

[yourdearestenemyluke]

I'm agreeing with you too 😭 im just saying their position to only like "canon luke" is dumb when their version isnt canon at all either, sorry if my over explanation was confusing

Lucerys is a feral omega, not breakbones, anyone who thinks omega is nice and compliant is the problem, lucerys will be a willowy omega and feral

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Breakbones lucerys is antithesis to the canon lucerys, both in book and show btw, lucerys isn't bullhead he acts when he sees necessary, 1st when his brother is in danger, 2nd when aemond insults them

but had it been jace in storms end there would have been a fight in the halls, while lucerys shuts it down immediately, he is not bull headed and sensitive like his brother and father were, he can reign it in when necessary and act if someone he loves is in danger.

Why I love him in the first place, it's clear he does not subscribe to the fragile masculinity of the other teens in the show.

And make whatever version of luke you want, just know breakbones luke is occ

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It's fucking dumb because if you care about what grrm thought why don't you just go and read fnb 😭 why are you even shipping lucemond I don't think he did!

And that being said almost all of lucemond fanfics are lucerys standing up to aemond no matter what aem puts him through, he doesn't lie down and take it, in some fics where luke does comply it's dd and painted as Stockholm so its just great story telling over all 😭 at this point I think they just don't like lcmd or luke and need to change him to like him because if you're a show shipper, he isn't like breakbones at all!

Lucerys is a feral omega, not breakbones, anyone who thinks omega is nice and compliant is the problem, lucerys will be a willowy omega and feral

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ever since i heard rhaenyra say “lykiri” in the show, i knew exactly where luke learned his pronunciation of his high valyrian words. so here is high valyrian lessons with momma rhaenyra and a toddler lucerys

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Lucerys is a feral omega, not breakbones, anyone who thinks omega is nice and compliant is the problem, lucerys will be a willowy omega and feral

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Aemond in episode 8 S1 😫

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commissions from twt 5/? x

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commissions from twt 6/? x

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trop x hotd Lucemond (✿◡‿◡)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

✧Galadriel - Lucerys

✧Sauron - Aemond

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A sleepy baby Lucerys with Arrax.

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Aegon and Jace were probably supposed to come pick them up from gay theater practice or whatever

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Lucerys doodle

Did this to procrastinate commissions, don't @ me

(Why does he look so shiny? 😭)

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HOTD | What if Aemond managed to grab hold of Lucerys

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Prince Lucerys Velaryon🩵✨️