DOOMED, HAUNTED QUEEN

mistress of grief, lady of tears

[dreamedfyre]

{ DREAMEDFYRE } , an independent &. selective rp blog for HELAENA TARGARYEN from the universe of a song of ice and fire. this highly headcanon reliant portrayal is lovingly crafted by mel ( she/her, 25+ ). originally est. 2022 as fyredreamt.

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[moonwyvern]

Dreamfyre and her hatchlings - Shrykos and Morghul 💙

[dreamedfyre]

going to start tagging posts as 'show critical' instead of 'h.otd critical' because i don't want to deal with personals finding my posts actually

[dreamedfyre]

i think. hel.aena didn't want to marry ae.gon but also she never expected to marry anyone who wouldn't be some degree of related. it was always going to be one of her brothers or like. jace. and I also think regardless of how she felt about her options and the men themselves when it comes to having to leave home to be a lady of somewhere else that is not something she wanted. she did not want to leave her family and the only home she's ever known. and in any verse this happens it'd be Hard for her to adapt.

[dreamedfyre]

anyways. it's Important to me to note that hel.aena was fully on the greens' side, not as a hostage, but as a supporter of her family. she is with ae.gon's council when they get rhae.nyra's terms and she does have a voice and an opinion — which is to try diplomacy, but still to get rhae.nyra to give up the throne. she does choose a side. she does support ae.gon as king.

we don't know about specific reactions to other events, but for my blog, it holds true that hela.ena would hate that it comes to violence, but would still stand with her family. she would hate the idea of throwing a feast to celebrate luce.rys' death, but you won't catch her publicly denouncing that decision because she won't oppose her family. deliberately. purposefully. she's on their side even when she thinks they're wrong. and it's her decision. it may be what she was shaped to think it's important, but it is important to me that it's what she'd choose herself, not something she's forced into or unwillingly has to endure or just has to stand there while things happen.

[dreamedfyre]

i'm ngl i just think it's very infantilizing to have the show portray hel.aena as so unaware of what's happening and at best makes her seem extremely aloof to have Everything that happened have happened and for her to be chilling outside completely unbothered. idk man her son was brutally killed does that not matter at all.

[dreamedfyre]

speaking of jae.haerys' name. firm believer hel.aena didn't name the twins and it was probably otto who chose to name him after the old king and jae.haera only got her name by association

[didoleonina]

Commission for @/dawncents ♡

[absolventiia]

@dreamedfyre sent in :❛ in this world of men, we women must band together. ❜ (for maryse <3)

maryse eases down the garden path, arm wrapped around helaena's own in partnership. westeros is much more temperate in climate than her own sunspear ever is -- the storms are long and cold and clouded, but afterwards, the sun does appear. ( as it always does, maryse must remind herself fiercely. maelihz's light touches everything. still, it feels as of late her sun goddess is slow in answering prayers. )

the princess's common is still failing, but she works through the words slowly. " in dorne, there is no world of men. women are advisors to their brothers, and are expected to be involved in --. " she struggles for the word, biting her lip. " -- in the ways of war. politics. "

but king's landing is different, and maryse is still getting used to the foreign way of life. the dresses are much thicker, harder to move in than dornish silks. she is cold often, though perhaps that could be due to the child growing each day in her womb. she looks to helaena with a soft smile. " but yes. i do not have a sister in maezemh -- sunspear -- and so it would be good to have one here. do you not think the same ? "

[dreamedfyre]

There is naught more precious than family.

It is a lesson instilled in her from birth, the most important. They may squabble and take jabs at one another in private, but they must always stand together. Helaena had understood that, a night long ago in Driftmark, more sharply than ever before. Family is what matters most; and so she had been quite particular about including another in it.

Her judgment was quiet; not antagonism, truly, but the determination to ensure the foreign princess deserved her place at Aemond's side — among them, inevitably, as one of them. The scrutiny had soon melted into warmth; quicker than expected. It is easy to see Maryse as family now. She is one of them, the same warmth and protectiveness extended to her as to any of her siblings.

Perhaps it is why it is so easy to walk arm in arm with her good-sister; Helaena does not take easily to the new, no more than she does to closeness — except with the ones closer to her heart.

"Dorne sounds rather lovely when you speak of it," so different from home, but not in a bad way. Here there were fewer choices; less willing ears. It cannot be an easy change for Maryse; she cannot imagine leaving home and all that is familiar for an unfamiliar husband and a castle full of strangers. So she smiles, timid but warm, gaze meeting Maryse's own. "But yes, that would please me greatly. I do not have a sister — a half-sister, of course, though we have never been close. It would gladden me to count you as my sister in full. Family is very important to us all, and you are part of it now, Maryse."

[hightowerqueen]

❝ what you see are years of experience and practice. one day, you will hit your stride without even realizing it and then you will never look back. ❞ she is not so ignorant of her children's' desires to believe that helaena yearns for the weight of queenship but she is relieved that she does not have to coax her only daughter into embracing the role for there is little time for such acts of persuasion. that helaena thinks so highly of the role alicent has played as queen is touching but she cannot allow herself to bask in her daughter's high praise for it is imperative that the future queen feels confident enough to soon step into her mother's shoes. 

❝ i have had my time as queen, helaena. the wish of the gods, the realm, and my own, is that it now passes to you, my only daughter. to cling to what no longer rightfully belongs to me would be a grievous mistake. ❞ there is gentle remonstration in the queen's voice as she reaches forward with beringed fingers to still her daughter's restless own. 

to pretend that she has not relished the power and influence she has been able to marshal as queen would be to deceive no one and were her crown to pass on to any other besides her own daughter, she might find herself beset with pangs of bitter regret but to crown her own daughter is a gift from the gods themselves. helaena may feel akin to a newborn colt with unsteady legs during her first months as queen but with guidance, she may be a greater consort than even her own mother and is that not what every mother wishes for their children? to see their children surpass them with brighter legacies? 

❝ and do you think i shall simply walk away once the crown rests upon your brow? i will be by your side to guide you and offer the counsel that i wish had been offered me in early days. of course, your grandsire did his best but i think only one queen can truly succeed in aiding another for it is a unique position that others cannot fully understand without bearing its weight.whenever you feel that the path forward is uncertain, you need only turn to me and we will conquer the uncertainty together. ❞ that is where the power of her family lies: in one another. 

 ❝ if you falter, i will catch you. ❞ her swift, steady response is unequivocal in its certainty. ❝ nary a woman in our position has never felt the sting of anxiety but it can be overcome with time. ❞ quiet words turn tender as she appraises her only daughter with affection, ❝ it is difficult for us to assess ourselves in a most truthful light but you have all the qualities of a great queen. you have a kind heart and a resilient spirit. the smallfolk already love you and they will love you even more as their queen.❞

let any dare to besmirch her daughter's rightful ascension as queen and alicent would whirl upon them with the ferocious teeth and claws of maternal protectiveness. ❝ as daunting as it may seem, think of all the good you can do for for the realm and for your children.❞ 

[dreamedfyre]

Were it choice or ambition, Helaena would gladly have allowed another the right to the crown; as is, she cannot. Queenship is a heavy duty, one she can only hope to one day bear with the same ease her mother displays. There are those who would claim a queen's duty to be none other than those of marriage, to bear a king his heirs, but her lady mother had always excelled in making clear there was more to her power than motherhood. She is the reason why the princess knows it is a role far more crucial than it is given credit by many; hence, her hesitation.

Her hands still at mother's touch, the contact soothing as intended; a reminder there is, still, someone willing to take her hand and guide her steps, that she needs not find the path on her own. But while mother's wisdom is plentiful, she is but one woman, and they are many in need of her guidance. Aegon will surely need her, as king; as will the council and the planning for what is ahead. Helaena is scarcely the most pressing concern.

"I do not think I would be able to do it without you," she confesses, certain the words are unsurprising, but voicing them nonetheless. "I am grateful for your guidance, mother. I just — I also do not wish to burden you when there will be so much to be done." The urge to resume her restless picking at her sleeves comes over her, but Helaena pushes it back, hands kept as still as she can. "We all have our roles to play. I want to help, not hinder."

The subtle smile in answer to mother's unearned compliments is not of the overjoyed sort; it is a polite reply, demure, but a disbelieving one. Surely enough, she would endeavor to be as good a queen as she could be; to be possessed of the qualities for greatness, however... well. Suffice to say Helaena knows her limitations. "I shall do my best. I know it will be good to have the people on our side. Perhaps — perhaps I should be able to help Aegon on that front."

Her hands close, then, fingernails pressed against her palms. Uncertain, yes, but trying all the same. Is that not what mother asks of her? To do as well as she can by their family? To try her best for them? "Do you think he would allow me to take part in his council? Yours has been an important voice there and I — I would wish to learn. So that I can do some good for the realm, perhaps — and for my children, when it is their turn."

[calisverse]

HBO's House of the Dragon (United States, 2022) Season Two, Episode Two

Phia Saban as Heleana Targaryen

Helaena's funeral green gown.

[versodile]

btw u can call ur top a good boy when he’s hitting it and maybe he would enjoy that and then after he rearranges your guts maybe you could stroke his hair and tell him how good he was.please

[kingmaketh]

KINGMAKETH : SER CRISTON COLE, UNVEILED BY MELANIE. the most inaccurate recollection of histories of the life of 𝖘𝖊𝖗 𝖈𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝖈𝖔𝖑𝖊, as told through the lense of the most unreliable narrator. 

an independent roleplay experience heavily involved with crossovers and worldbuilding efforts.  ˗ˏˋ @kingmaketh ˎˊ˗

[dreamedfyre]

we should be mains i think...

[dreamedfyre]

i watched the one interview where the cast discusses theories and talks about the one that mae.lor wouldn't be ae.gon's son and tgc saying he lowkey hates it because those are his kids and ae.gon loves his kids stuck in my head... regardless of how ae.gon and he.laena feel about each other they both love all their kids so much

[elegiasts]

where can you find mel in the asoiaf rpc?

@elegiasts, multifandom multimuse featuring characters from several eras

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@morghvl, jaehaera

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[dreamedfyre]

{ 𝔇𝔬𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔡, 𝔥𝔞𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔢𝔫 } — independent helaena targaryen rp blog, as understood by mel. book and headcanon based. dead dove do not eat. originally established in 2022, remade in 2026.