[hightowerz]

rhaenyra being so concerned about aegon, but helaena was ultimately her downfall. the smallfolk loved her. they mourned her. they rebelled for her. she was so deeply beloved by all who knew her, highborn and low, she was the one who indirectly caused her half-sister’s death with her own. she is remembered as queen, not rhaenyra. she is remembered fondly, not rhaenyra.

[sunfier]

jaehaera important, maelor important, jaehaerys important, helaena beloved by the smallfolk, aegon the father, all confirmed by the writer himself on aegon’s birthday

[jeyne-arryn]

Phia Saban gave a wrenching, powerful, heart-breaking performance as Helaena Targaryen, Aegon’s doomed, haunted queen and mother to his children.

George R.R. Martin - NOT A BLOG: Blood, Cheese, and Grief (July 5, 2024)

[sunfier]

so basically what grrm is saying is every problem with hotd can be traced back to the showrunners neglecting the helaegon family. you’re welcome

[sunfier]

“she’s the beacon i follow” and “the queen is an enduring mystery, is she not?” are somehow some of the most poetic lines on hotd and it came from two men the audience would least expect it from. criston sees alicent as a savior figure, the beacon on the hightower, while aegon sees his wife and children as pure and sanctified (unlike himself). its also tragic bc it denotes a separation: alicent/helaena are holy and criston/aegon can’t ever fully understand them. they’re untouchable and unknowable. but in truth, so much would be solved if they just stopped putting them up on a pedestal and had a proper talk

[bbygirl-aemond]

"he made clear his base desires, but you did not have to pursue such savagery. you did it because you wanted to." oscar tully has inadvertently nailed the whole blood and cheese debacle right on the head. daemon didn't send his men into the red keep because rhaenyra wanted it; he used her word as an excuse to do what he himself wanted, in his own words: to extinguish aegon's line. rhaenyra herself recognized this but i appreciate that the universe is bashing daemon over the head with the message until he gets it

[sunfier]

helaena has the chance to do the funniest thing rn (deus ex maelor)

[sunfier]

hotd HAS to show us the scene of sunfyre randomly attacking and snacking on grey ghost. it can offer the most potent symbolism for the dance of the dragons: the pointless violence, kin turning against kin, house targaryen cannibalizing itself. it’s a great parallel between sunfyre and aegon, what the battle turned them into, and their pain and anger when their own kin tried to kill them. they couldve been glorious, the most beautiful dragon and the king. now, they are machines of war who will only live long enough to exact their revenge

[sunfier]

you dont have to answer this! i just wanted to say i really enjoy your helaegon posts and how you view them apart and together

thank youu i made a sideblog just to talk about them. i wish the show gave us more to dissect bc their marriage and what it represents in the story and the targaryen dynasty as a whole is just so interesting

[sunfier]

larys and orwyle invented physical therapy in westeros just to help aegon walk again in record time. something something when you love someone to the point of invention

[aegoneggon]

I wish we got to see the scene of Helaena and Alicent in the sept lighting a candle for Aegon and praying for him to get well. I wonder if they also light a candle for Jaehaerys 🥺

[sunfier]

larys took the milk of the poppy from aegon and told him to raw dog his excruciating burns because it builds character. amazing

[franzkafkagf]

daeron being so unlike his brothers and alicent feeling responsible for it. has daeron grown up to be kind because he was spared her influence? is her youngest so delightfully normal because he was raised hundreds of miles away from the red keep or from her?

aegon and aemond have been marred by shadows—one a ruler who was crushed beneath the weight of a crown he never wanted, the other a kinslayer who seems to escape from her grasp more and more. how has she, their own mother, failed them so profoundly?

how might aegon and aemond have been, had circumstances—had she—been different. was she the very thing that has doomed her two eldest sons? is she the poison?

[joekeerys]

will it wash out in the water, or is it always in the blood?

[sunfier]

i was just as relieved as alicent to hear that daeron isnt a kinslaying child-fighting pit benefactor

[sunfier]

aegon’s goal this season has been to look strong and capable, to not be seen as “weak”. it means a lot that larys is now encouraging him to look beyond physical strength and showing him other types of strength. larys is teaching him that his mind can also be his weapon. and we know that after this, aegon’s mental fortitude is what will allow him to survive every adversary

[sunfier]

daeron can play the lute, helaena and aegon can sing and aemond is goth. targtowers band au confirmed??