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this is a personal fandom blog where i'll post about my various interests randomly. asoiaf & baldur's gate 3 currently hold my interests. i am an avid daenerys defender & astarion romancer.
i tag common triggers but if you need something, don't be afraid to send me an ask about it. previously abrideofdrogons.
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someone told dragon peepaw that he's going to die soon & asked if someone was going to finish the books for him. why do some of you suddenly lack empathy.
daenerys discourse is never interesting anymore because it's always some fucking weirdos talking about how "what if the child of a slaver had just inherited their parents slaves the day daenerys decided to kill the slavers for crucifying children?" & has currently revisited the "hizdahr's father wasn't a slaver" while talking specifically about the books (in which he was, in fact, a slaver.)
saw old discourse saying "daenerys is entitled because she invokes her family name" when she's actually 13/14 invoking her ancestors because she's scared as hell half the time
also, why can't she invoke her family name when literally everyone else in the cast invokes their family name
beat elden ring: nightreign after two days & it just makes me so happy to see dragon peepaw in the credits
i hope he knows how much he's appreciated outside of the whinier parts of the fandom
seeing people on tiktok revert back to the painfully inaccurate "targaryens are colonizers who uphold white supremacy & corruption & are everything that's wrong with the upper-class" while continuously consuming & producing primarily house of the dragon targaryen focused tiktoks & also glazing.............. you guessed it......................... half-targaryen jon snow.......................................
jon: i like dragons i wish i had one or three the fandom: he's going to kill daenerys & steal her dragons
Arya being masculinized, adultified, and having her trauma ignored because people think she's "too strong" to be a victim is such a core experience for young girls of color
Tags from @fromtheseventhhell
i brought this up to an old friend of mine & they actually turned it around on me & implied that i was racist for having a problem with jon & arya being darker than sansa / bran / rickon / robb, as if my problem was with them being mixed rather than the blatant obvious reasons they're drawn that way. especially when we have sansa's pov stating
It would have been easier if Arya had been a bastard, like their half brother Jon. She even looked like Jon, with the long face and brown hair of the Starks, and nothing of their lady mother in her face or her coloring. And Jon’s mother had been common, or so people whispered.
like the bastardphobia is already bad enough, but if you couple it with the desire to overly masculinize characters who they deem are poc then it definitely reeks :3
people will defend grrm not writing the books by saying "REAL book readers know the REAL conclusion" & then they believe f!aegon is real despite being introduced in the most red herring way, that daenerys will commit genocide in either the water gardens or king's landing, that the only good targaryens are dead targaryens & that everyone will come to understand the iron throne is a magical centerpiece that chooses who sits on it despite george saying "no its just a chair"
i defend grrm not writing because i know that he's an 80 year old man currently facing mortality & knowing that his public image has been squandered by bad adaptations & the ever prevalent meme that he's "too lazy" to write & also because 3/4 of this fandom just don't deserve to see it through
we are not the same
people will defend grrm not writing the books by saying "REAL book readers know the REAL conclusion" & then they believe f!aegon is real despite being introduced in the most red herring way, that daenerys will commit genocide in either the water gardens or king's landing, that the only good targaryens are dead targaryens & that everyone will come to understand the iron throne is a magical centerpiece that chooses who sits on it despite george saying "no its just a chair"
saw someone say "george didn't actually mean maelor throughout the post, he was talking about someone else" & i just........................ why would he waste 2000+ words complaining about maelor if he actually meant nettles
you guys have to remember that rhaenyra is fully aware that in order to keep the realm at peace, it is highly likely aegon ii will want to kill her to maintain control over the throne & that includes her kids (the very thing that otto was grooming alicent into believing, except the cases here are two drastically different: rhaenyra was rightful heir to the throne & could ascend without tension / in order for aegon ii to maintain stability to the realm after usurping his half-sister, he would actually have to butcher her & her entire family, ESPECIALLY her children with daemon)
also while i'm on my bs, the greens did offer peace terms to rhaenyra. she put her family's lives in danger and chose to continue the war & stave an entire city because she refused to give up her claim.
hotd fandom believes otto's pressuring that rhaenyra would put her half-siblings to the sword despite her showing absolutely 0 interest in doing so pre-usurpation but cannot believe that the entire green council would go behind alicent's back to ensure that rhaenyra & her children would die despite the green council actively going behind her back anyway
you guys have to remember that rhaenyra is fully aware that in order to keep the realm at peace, it is highly likely aegon ii will want to kill her to maintain control over the throne & that includes her kids (the very thing that otto was grooming alicent into believing, except the cases here are two drastically different: rhaenyra was rightful heir to the throne & could ascend without tension / in order for aegon ii to maintain stability to the realm after usurping his half-sister, he would actually have to butcher her & her entire family, ESPECIALLY her children with daemon)
“Still you defend him!” is a crazy line to be thrown when from rhaenyra’s pov the only fault aegon has committed is ascending the throne. i guess it’s just so outrageous to her that anyone would dare live without abiding by her wishes
“The only fault Aegon committed is literally stealing her birthright and starting a WAR??”
Do y’all even HEAR YOURSELVES??
Aegon’s just daring to live without abiding by her wishes??? Y’all act like Aegon decided to date a girl Rhaenyra didn’t approve of instead of HIM STEALING HER THRONE. Him putting her life at risk and starting a WAR.
Just say you’re sexist and MOVE ONNNN
you're missing op point
rhaenyra saying this to - alicent - , who is aegon's mother is what's ridiculous.
like yeah obvs she's going to defend her son over her enemy. alicent and otto are the ones who put aegon on that throne - aegon literally begged to be left alone. rhaenyra knows otto and alicent have been plotting to put aegon on the throne for the past 20 years.
and even if aegon was the one who took the throne without alicent knowing about any of his plans, it should be pretty obvs that she would still support her son over the woman she spent the last 20 years hating.
also while i'm on my bs, the greens did offer peace terms to rhaenyra. she put her family's lives in danger and chose to continue the war & stave an entire city because she refused to give up her claim. not saying that she should've or that it's fair but she's also very much responsible for this war.
No that doesn’t make sense. Rhaenyra didn’t walk into Alicent’s bedroom and then accuse her of defending her son.
Alicent came to Dragonstone to BEG for her and Helaena’s life and for peace. So yes it makes sense for Rhaenyra to be angry that Alicent is out here asking for peace but still is defending Aegon.
This whole bullshit about Aegon not wanting the throne needs to be thrown in the trash can. Aegon grew up neglected because Viserys didn’t like him and see him as worthy of the throne, so Aegon himself stopped seeing himself as worthy of the throne. Once he is crowned he’s out there raising the sword above his head, looking proud and glorious and shocked that even if his father hated him, the small folk loved him. He does want to be king. He wants to be recognized, he just put that desire aside because of the humiliation he felt that his father didn’t recognize him.
The audacity to say that Rhaenyra chose to continue this war is outlandish. Rhaenyra’s throne was usurped and still she didn’t strike. She struck only after Aemond MURDERED her son. The onus of blame will forever lie on the Greens. To put the blame on her and saying she’s the bad guy for not letting a man steal her throne is crazy. Nothing would have happened if Alicent and Otto just stfu their big mouths for one second. Aegon could have abdicated later too if he didn’t want the throne that fucking bad and was willing to support Rhaenyra. Targaryen women have been passed up for their claim MULTIPLE times, the one time a woman stood strong in her right suddenly she’s the bad guy and stood have stepped aside.
This blatant sexism in the fandom is weird and concerning.
are you purposefully ignoring everything i wrote?
firstly, that whole finale makes no sense. secondly, rhaenyra is very much aware to the fact that alicent and otto have been plotting to place aegon on the throne ever since he was a child. alicent did come to dragonstone asking for peace (i hate this and it makes no sense) but rhaenyra literally got angry at alicent for not being ok with her son being murdered. like be so fr
aegon did not want the throne. not that rhaenyra is aware of that fact, but he def did not want it & obvs only saw it as a way of getting the love he desperately craves.
rhaenyra did chose to continue this war. the choice to place a blockade was made before luke's death in ep 10. she was offered peace terms and rejected them. and once again, i'm not saying that she should've or that it's fair (since you clearly didn't read my post), but she did have a choice. she is not the bad guy, of course she's not entirely responsible for the war. BUT she does have some responsibility. she chose to place that blockade and starve an entire city. it was a choice she made. it's a war crime, and the fact that she was wronged is honestly no excuse. also, rhaenyra never seemed to care about the fact that she's starving innocent people to death. the only reason she sends relief is to get people to like her. she has shown 0 empathy for her people. like maybe if you're willing to stave an entire city for a throne maybe you didn't deserve it in the first place?
and i'm not saying aegon is more suited, or that the greens are not to blame. but rhaenyra has also committed war crimes that has resulted in innocent smallfolk death.
idk it's almost like no one deserves the throne & monarchy is shit?
"This blatant sexism in the fandom is weird and concerning." weird and concerning... ok sure. bold of you to assume you know anything about me from my takes on a dragon tv show & not liking one character. but sure, forgive my blatant sexism i promise i will do better in the future :( please show me how to be feminist like you :(
I’m not ignoring anything you wrote I acknowledged most everything, you’re just being obtuse.
Why the hell would Rhaenyra care for Alicent’s feelings is my POINT. Why wouldn’t Rhaenyra be shocked that Alicent has the audacity to ask for peace while still thinking that Aegon the Usurper could possibly be saved?? It makes no sense. Once Alicent crossed that line by asking for peace, she has no right to be defending the man who usurped the throne. Aegon took the throne. He sits on it. He did not abdicate it. He is not free from responsibility AT ALL. Rhaenyra is not the one who should be feeling sympathy for Alicent or her family.
If you acknowledge that Rhaenyra doesn’t know that Aegon didn’t want the throne then why would you be upset that she’s angry at Aegon and angry at Alicent for protecting that man??
Stop your bullshit condescension. I read your post stop acting like I just replied without reading it.
Rhaenyra has responsibility for continuing the war but her actions are but a reaction to the major act of violence which was USURPING HER THRONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. She will forever be at risk along with her children.
This whole idea of “deserving the throne” is ridiculous. When has Aegon done anything to deserve the throne? Rhaenyra is the one sitting at council meetings even recently after giving birth etc. War crime is not really a concept in that era and a blockade is probably the tamest level of a “war crime” in ASOIAF.
The whole nobody deserves the throne is another piece of bullshit, because regardless in this conflict there are people fighting for the throne and someone is going to get it. If you really believed in the nobody deserves the throne then you wouldn’t be such a Team Green fan and Aegon fan, you would be hating on them both at all times, but you’re not. Democracy isn’t going to happen in ASOIAF during the Dance with Dragons. You’re engaging with a fantasy story about a monarchy and royals, you don’t have to treat that aspect as inconsequential or irrelevant.
It’s clear that GRRM does believe that war is evil and hurts the small folk the most but his messaging with Rhaenyra is clear too.
Rhaenyra was a woman whose throne was usurped due to sexist beliefs a war started that destroyed house Targaryen and its dragons. It is a young FEMALE ruler that brings dragons BACK into the world and revives House Targaryen. The parallels and intent could not be clearer.
The sexist attitudes led to war, death and destruction. The sexist attitudes of Team Green.
um :///// how dare rhaenyra who was raised to inherit the throne continue a war for HER THRONE :///// how dare she reject alicent's peace terms :////// ummmmm too girlboss 4 me wheeeeee
i'm trusting no fandom opinion from someone who says "stannis the mannis" "our king bobby b" or "vizzy t" or "our aryan supreme race valyrians"
changing alicent's age has started the ultimate butterfly effect that has now trickled down into generations of questionable timelined births including daeron "i am not even mentioned in season one" targtower & maelor "yes i really did start this drama" targtower because what do you mean aegon iii is likely too little to ride his dragon stormcloud to safety during the battle of the gullet
