fears become wishes

mina | 27 | she/they love of mine, if I said you were all that I have to live for, would you run away from me?

[theblob1958]

people are saying do it scared, but you also gotta do it alone. you'll miss out on so much you want to do if you wait til someone will do it with you. do it scared and do it alone.

[branwinged]

"What a jape the gods have made of us two," she said. "By all rights, you ought to be in skirts and me in mail." Cersei to Robert in A Game of Thrones

RHAENYRA & AEGON HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-)

[alvsanne]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 3.04, "Tumbleton"

[queensinchains]

I like to believe I'm still the Lady Alicent, but all anyone sees when they look at me now is the Queen.

[dragondreamers]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 2.01 — "A Son for a Son" 3.01 — "Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood"

[gameofthronesdaily]

House of the Dragon — Helaena + beasts 1.07 “Driftmark” | 3.02 “Queen's Landing”

[gameofthronesdaily]

an act of Hightower love

[branwinged]

ALICENT & HELAENA HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-)

[gameofthronesdaily]

Three-headed Dragon

[alicenthightowerdaily]

ALICENT HIGHTOWER + her children

+ Bonus:

[emmaxrosa]

i enjoyed watching alicent and helaena's views of motherhood clash this episode. alicent expects helaena to feel exactly as she does, partly because i don't think alicent actually has a strong sense of who helaena is beyond seeing so much of her younger self in her only daughter. and, to be fair, their situations were indeed quite similar (again, some of that being alicent's own doing, even if her intent was simply to keep helaena close to home): both married off fairly young to certainly not one they would have chosen for themselves, but they had a duty to their family, and both their children the product of marital rape. alicent insists that helaena must drink the tea because 'does she not wish to be free?' which ties back into alicent's blood sacrifice at the end of s2. her entire life wrapped up in crowning aegon, so of course, be free again, to begin anew as simply the lady alicent, she has to sacrifice her firstborn. she warns helaena that, in the end, her child, especially if he is a son, will be used against her by rhaenyra. she's speaking with otto's voice now, gripping helaena's face just as he once did: "and to secure her claim, she'll have to put your children to the sword." your children will never be more than 'hostages or pawns,' oof but helaena's view of motherhood reminds me more of rhaenyra in a way. she seems to approach aegon with a kind of detached indifference, and so her son will be wholly hers, and this time, with more of a grasp on her visions, perhaps this time she will ensure this child lives longer than her boy jaehaerys did.

[queensinchains]

To secure her claim, she'll have to put your children to the sword. HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022– ) 1.06 | The Princess and the Queen 3.05 | Unbowed and Unbent

[danaa-scully]

Phia Saban reflects on Helaena's pregnancy and what it means to her

House of the Dragon: Inside the Episode (Season 3, episode 4)

[alysmond]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | Season 3, Episode 4, "Tumbleton"

[hayden-christensen]

PHIA SABAN as QUEEN HELAENA TARGARYEN House of the Dragon | 3x02 - "Queen's Landing" (2026)

[emmaxrosa]

your father’s voice speaking through you…

[gibsonsgirl]

you look so much like your mother in certain lights

i bore viserys three targaryens but with the last, my last… i wanted him to be a hightower