To note: i'm a college student who only writes when she can. I have a lot of works I have never finished. Beware reading may mean never getting a conclusion.
i just started watching the house of dragons with one of my besties
yall wtf is this show 😭 also, i hate the phrase lady wife
the king has been pissing me off since episode one. i’m on rhaenyra’s side bc not only did you kill her mother for a son that also died, you married her best friend and had children?!!
Simon likes to pretend like he’s indifferent to you. Like he couldn’t care less about your presence in a room.
But you know the truth. Of course you know the truth. Because how couldn’t you know?
It showed up in minuscule ways.
The scent of mouthwash, fresh on his breath, every time he chose to visit you.
The way his eyes would flick back and forth from your face, as if you weren’t painfully aware of his staring, when you sat next to him in the helicopter.
The way his leg would bounce erratically when it was just the two of you in the break room, sorting through files without Price’s watchful eye—like two teenagers on a first date, trying to muster up the courage to kiss before their chaperone returned.
It appeared when he saved the last dregs of coffee in the pot just for you. Or when he hovered over the climbing anchor, just to help you up after a steep trek. Or how he always pretended like he wanted his space on team movie nights, until an hour had passed and his thigh was resolutely pressed against yours.
Simon told the boys he thought you were annoying. That even after all this time, your presence set him off, like you disrupted the flow even now, a year into joining the team.
But by the way his pupils follow you behind the shadows of his mask, blue eyes melting right into little puddles every time he studies your frame…you can see the nervousness you inspire. The deep, bone-aching loneliness in his heart. The yearning that just barely appears in the first syllable of his every word.
When you say ‘hello’ to him in the hallway and he never says ‘hello’ back, you’re not offended.
Because you know that if he ever opened those tight lips, all he’d be able to mutter is ‘I love you.’
are you aware that by lying about the bastard status of her children Rhaenyra committed treason? You know what the punishment for treason is yes? Aegon is the heir wheither you want it or not. If Rhaenyra had legitimized her children we wouldn't have this problem. She was being stupid.
Are you aware that both the King, Corlys and Laenor recognized these boys as legitimate and treated them as such? Are you aware that they KNEW, DIDN'T CARE, and STILL named them as heirs?
Any bastard recognized by the King or the Lord they are inheriting from as legitimate are thereby treated as such. But let's not even get into that, and get into the fact that despite it being obvious in the show, in the book Jace, Luke and Joffery are NEVER proved to illegimate as no one knows what Laenor or Harwin looks like. These are simply just misogynistic rumors spread by, yes, you guessed it, the Greens as just another excuse to justify usurping Rhaenyra.
Truth be told they have no proof and they don't actually care. They only say this weaken her claim.
But no matter which way you spin it, Aegon is not and never will be the rightful heir. First of all, there is no such thing as a 'rightful heir.' You do not earn that status by simply being born as the first male as there is no set law in Westros that establishes this. The next ruler is chosen by the current King on a case by case situation and Viserys named RHENYRA was heir, not Aegon. If you want proof, check out this 1999 article where GRRM himself says himself that there are not succession laws in Westros:
Here is the snipit: "There are no clear cut answers, either in Westeros or in real medieval history. Things were often decided on a case by case basis. A case might set a precedent for later cases... but as often as not, the precedents conflicted as much as the claims."
Second of all, Aegon is a rapist. Rape believe it or not is ILLEGAL in Westros. Men who were rapers got sent to the wall or castrated or executed, as seen when Daemon literally cuts someone's dick off during his rampage. Any crime committed is crime against the King, which is treason. Therefor your logic is invalid because technically, your boy committed treason as well. Multiple times.
Third of all, you cannot call Rhaenyra stupid for making a choice to save her life and her claim.
Having bastard children is not illegal or treason but trying to put them on the throne IS. If Rhaenyra had announced that her children were bastards then she would be put to death along with Jace, Luke, And Joffery (who, mind you, is an innocent little kid). Viserys would probably have no choice but to execute Daemon as well seeing as he probably knew, and anyone else like Harwin, Lord Lynol (his hand at one point), Rhaena, Baela, Laenor if he was still alive (which would greatly weaken the crown because there is no World in which Corlys would support him after that).
You really expect this woman to put herself, her entire family and others in danger for what - rumors started by Alicent? Because once again I reiterate - just because the show makes it oblivious, does not mean it was ever actually proven.
Rhaenyra giving into those stupid rumors would cost not only her, but the realm so much. And I find it funny how you are so eager to put her children in danger when you probably think Blood and Cheese is wrong.
Well, news flash, advocating for Rhaenyra to admit to treason would mean little kids die anyways. Luke, Rhaena, Baela, and Joffery who is around the same age as Heleana's children would be put to the death but I find it funny how you have no sympathy for them.
But back to the point - Westros is an absolute monarchy. The King's word is law and there are no if, ands, or buts. What Viserys says, goes, and even if you threw everything I just said out of the window, THE KING, and I repeat, THE KING OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS NAMED HER AS HEIR. HIS WORD IS LAW. THERE IS NO ARGIUNG WITH THAT.
If you think Rhaenya is still not the rightful heir even after the King has said she was and never relented to his death, then it is because you have a problem with a woman on the throne. It was always supposed to be her and not Aegon, and the Greens usurped her not because Aegon was the rightful heir, but because they hated the idea of a woman on the throne.
I leave you with all this and if you disagree that's your problem. But remember, even Aegon himself once said:
"What kind of a brother steals his own sister's birthright?"