Aerys I is such an interesting dude for a non-character. Even if 90% of the discourse about him revolves around why he refused Maekar as his Hand.
Always a debate around if Aerys chose Bloodraven simply because the dude was a medieval witch and already on the council to boot, or if it was a purposeful slight for Maekarās hand in Baelorās death. As if the two facts were mutually exclusive in any way lmao. Like, have we considered that Aerys, the man who went from 4th in line to king in 6 months, simply wanted someone to do the job for him, but may have also hated Maekarās guts?
Dude named Aeloraāa girl, and only his nieceāas heir before Maekar ffs š
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But real talk. Someone was bound to hate Maekar, or at least heavily resented him, for Baelorās death. We can spin it all we want about it being an accident, or Maekar being a (meh) good dad, but it doesnāt change the fact that Baelor died because of him. Most think Rhaegel would have understood, as a fellow father; Daeron II was awfully kindāhe probably forgave Maekar too. But not everyone would have, and thatās only realistic. Maybe Aerys never did.
Or he simply never had time.
Can you imagine being Aerys? One day, two of your brothers go to a minor lordās tourney in the middle of nowhere, and one of them ends up dead because the other one killed him. Your stupid littlest brother, with that PR nightmare of a son he never properly walloped upside the head, caused a massive scandal whose effect basically altered the course of the whole damn continent. Maekar couldnāt control any of his sons, and now Baelorāthe perfect son, the darling crown prince, the reason your life is your ownāis dead. And Aerion practically walks away scot-free (seriously? His punishment was exile to Essosi Ibiza? Get fucking real, Maekar).
Meanwhile, the heir apparent is now a kid (Valarrās like 16-18ish?) without an heir of his own except his even younger brother. So you think youāre fine, for a time, because even if Valarr canāt have kids thereās no reason Matarys canāt. Thereās no way youāll ever be king, right?
Because then they both die. And then your dad dies. And now you are king. Fuck.
And all because your fuckass little brother couldnāt control his shitstain of a son for one goddamn day š.
Itās a wonder Aerys never strangled Maekar when he had the audacity to sulk over being skipped over as Hand.
And then of course, all of Aerysā heirs die under extremely dubious and suspicious situations. Until the only choice is a little girl (Daenora was potentially as young as four) and bloody, fucking Maekar. Who happens to have four sons.
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