Rhaenyra Targaryen

-Team Black- •Rhaenyra x Harwin•Laena x Rhaenyra• •Adult! Daemon x Rhaenyra•

[queensof-my-heart]

The fandoms u-turn on their opinion of Alysanne and Jaehaerys is making them all look stupid. None of you know what nuance or context is 😑

[queensof-my-heart]

“Alysanne deserves freedom from Jaehaerys 😌”

You mean her loving husband…who she only fought with a couple times before they reconciled. “He kept her pregnant for years!!” - or maybe they just fucked a lot because they I don’t know…love each other!!

[queensof-my-heart]

Hotd S2: *does anything magic related*

Me:

[queensof-my-heart]

HBO: *makes a shitty adaption of the dance of dragons and even without the comparison was poorly done*

Book Fans: *rightfully criticise it*

Random Tiktokers: You guys can’t like anything!! Just think of how much effort was put into it!! Just accept the changes and mediocre writing because otherwise you’re obviously a miserable person!! 😭😤

Me:

[queensof-my-heart]

“The books are unreliable, so making big changes make sense. I’m so enlightened and fun, this is the true version 🤭”

Bitch, it’s a fucking history book. How do you think we know anything about history?? They wouldn’t create fake dates of birth to just hide your dull as dish water crack ship from being known

What would be the point of George writing the book if “nothings true”?

[queensof-my-heart]

Books: *multiple canon/implied sapphic ships*

HBO: Nope 😌

HBO: *two crack ships that no one asked for, both involving Rhaenyra*

Me:

[feanor-no]

[queensof-my-heart]

[paradiscake]

They really erased Jace and Cregan hunting together, their Pact of Ice and Fire sealed in blood and Jeyne Arryn's “in this world of men we women must stand together” and the Three Sisters negotiations that show what a politically savvy heir Jace is...

Jace, my dearest love, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry this show doesn't respect your achievements and relationships. I'm sorry you mean nothing to these showrunners. I'm sorry, Cregan. I'm sorry, Jeyne. I'm sorry, Lord Manderly.

[rhaenin-time]

One of the reasons Baela and Rhaena don't feel distinct from one another or fleshed out like their book counterparts, is because the book first parallels Baela with Daemon to define her, and then further characterizes both girls by contrasting them against one another. By distancing them both from Daemon, HotD removes that core kernel of characterization. So they clumsily try to solve this by replacing Daemon’s influence with Laena's, which only serves to further throw off all the characterizations.

I mean, Baela's characterization is so tied to Daemon in a way that, in their circumstances, implies a close connection. And the way they tried to change key traits of Baela, Daemon, and their connection that are tied to the core of their characters, traits that are important to their upcoming actions, is so blatant that I can just leave this here without explaining.

One day, I will explain further. For now, I just think it's fascinating how must this says even if I say nothing.

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I mean the writers know where we're headed. And it's not like they haven't followed that characterization otherwise.

So why does this matter? Why does it feel "off" when they distance Baela from Daemon? Why do the changes not feel "true?"

Play me out, Tuvok:

[queensof-my-heart]

Aegon: *using his child as a source of cheap amusement and belittling his wife, clearly somewhat drunk*

Team Green: He’s such a good father and husband this episode. He acknowledges their existence 🥺

[queensof-my-heart]

Me: Fuck team green, what they did at Tumbleton was horrific

Commenter: You can’t say that because everyone is equally bad

Sorry guys, you can’t dislike the Lannisters for the Red Wedding because the Starks also committed war crimes throughout the War of the Five Kings. Oh, it doesn’t apply to this conflict?, funny how it only applies when it’s Targaryens even though this conflict is directly about how the games of kings hurt the small folk most…😑

[targsource]

King Aegon III and Princess Daena

by mourningstorms

[aryaisms]

Nor would she suffer to be parted from Prince Aegon, her last living son; day and night, the boy remained by her side, “like a small pale shadow.” (The Princess and the Queen)

[queensof-my-heart]

Jesus Christ…people have absolutely lost the fucking plot when it comes to hating Jaehaerys the first. He is a flawed character as they all are and made some very poor decisions in regards to his daughters but to claim that he sexually abused them when the text doesn’t imply it is frankly disgusting

They’ve gone from criticising things that are true and fair to critique him on to making up slander to make him into some grotesque monster who hates every woman who breaths

[valyriansource]

Note was taken, and thereafter it became the custom to refer to “greens” and “blacks” when talking of the queen’s party and the party of the princess, respectively.

[thesilverlady]

Even as a lad, Aegon smiled seldom and laughed less