I find it very unfair that you say that the Velaryon princes' only function was to die when they are the ones who did the most for their mother, Aegon and Viserys don't even seem to love her that much since they don't recognize her as queen even if they had years to do it, Jace would have been infinitely better king than these two and would have honored his mother's memory. Also it doesn't matter that they are not Laenor's biological children since he recognized them as his own, in Westeros there is no DNA testing. From a legal point of view they are legitimate and have the right to inherit since they are still Rhaenyra's children in any case, and the throne is inherited through her. You all are obsessed with saying that Aegon was Rhaenyra's dream baby but that is far from the truth, it is very obvious that her favorite was Jace and the son she was most proud of, the rest came later. The fair thing would have been for Jace to succeed her, since that is what she wanted and chose 🤷🏼♀️, she never ever considered or thought that Aegon should be her heir. Aegon and Viserys could dedicate themselves to something else but certainly not to governing the seven kingdoms. Even Daemon seems to love his stepsons more and feel more proud of them, the fact of the dance that affected him the most was the death of Lucerys, in fact he died to avenge him, and we can see that Jace and Joffrey have a personality quite similar to his, which indicates that he spent a lot of time with them, the same cannot be said of his two biological sons. Some of you on Team Black have some very weird opinions about these guys and what they represent. Aegon and Viserys aren't any better than them at anything, but then again, they have silver hair.
You wrote so much! And every single thing was wrong! 😭😭😭
Let me put everything in order so it's easier to understand.
Aegon iii and Viserys ii were doing this irrelevant and totally unimportant thing called "maintaining peace" after a brutal and devastating war where hundreds of thousands had already died. They also possessed this thing called common sense where they realized their very existence and survival ensured no one can forget Rhaenyra Targaryen.
Unless GRRM shared an AU story where he told you Jace was gonna be Jaehaerys 2.0, you can't gaurentee shite. Also, the guy who came up with the ridiculous "dragonseeds" plan which later ended up screwing his mother over is hardly the guy I'd call "infinitely better".
If you don't understand how monarchy works, just ask. I'll put it this way. Even today, you cannot be considered for succession if you were born out of wedlock. If you aren't trueborn (as in biologically related and born to an officially married couple), you are never going to be even considered a candidate for the Throne. Also, you cannot "legitimize" kids into families they aren't biologically related to. Laenor could only "adopt" them and guess what? Even today, the adoption still would not make them eligible for the Throne. It's not enough to just be born to Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra has to be officially married to the man who gave 50% DNA to her kids. Otherwise, they could be Aegon the conqueror + Jaehaerys combined come again, they are still entitled to nothing.
Idk man, something tells me Rhaenyra's dream baby would have been the one she had with the man she always wanted to marry. Last I checked, it wasn't Laenor or Harwin. You can say Rhaenyra always dreamt of birthing a bastard, alone and isolated with a gay husband that was never present and a secret lover that she couldn't let too close. But I'm not gonna believe you.
The world ain't a fair place. Deal with it.
Rhaenyra made Jace heir because it's not like she could just openly admit, while she was being usurped, that she had 3 bastards. Just because she refused to acknowledge it, doesn't mean the truth doesn't exist. Hells Rhaenyra was a trueborn heir who had an official ceremony naming her heir and guess what, the Greens refused to acknowledge it. Just like their refusal to acknowledge doesn't erase the truth, Rhaenyra's refusal also does not erase facts.
Why couldn't the bastards dedicate their lives to doing something else instead of taking their brothers' rightful place? Why is the obligation only for Aegon iii and Viserys ii?
Do point out where it's written or even indicated that Daemon "finally had a son of his blood" Targaryen said he preferred his stepsons to his own.
I must be losing my mind but I could have sworn what most affected Daemon in the war was hearing from Rhaenyra that she no longer trusted him. You know, the incident that made him literally kill himself?
Once again, point out where its said he killed Aemond to avenge Luke. I could have sworn there was a paragraph stating that Rhaenyra dispatched Daemon to kill Aemond and stop the burning of Riverlands.
I really really really tried. I swear I did. And the only similarity I could find between Joffrey and Daemon was them both having the Y chromosome. If I didnt know any better, I'd think you were insulting Daemon by comparing him to the mf that didn't know not to ride other people's dragons. Daemon died taking down Vhagar man! Have some respect!
I'm pretty sure you have to be blind to not see who Aegon iii "you are in my seat" Targaryen's father was but I think that fact has already been established...
Aegon III and Viserys ii don't have to be better, their dad had done the most important thing for their success already before their birth- MARRIED THEIR MOTHER.
Dude, please read the books. Do yourself this favor. Its genuinely a great book. I think you'll like it. And you might just happen to see Aegon iii as Rhaenyra's successor decided and done literally years before Fire and Blood came out. Like I said, Daemon was literally created so he could legally marry Rhaenyra and father her son. AEGON III LITERALLY CAME BEFORE DAEMON. Nevermind Jace, Luke, Joff, Harwin, Laenor, Laena and whatever else.