#daelys

[branwinged]

Alys is different. Daemon, I think, breaks Alys's heart in episode one. She assumes that that's her ally, that's her friend, he's going to help her out and he doesn't. And I think she's different after that interaction and she starts to look at her role being different [...] It was a heartbreak. I think it's a breakup. — Gayle Rankin

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022 - )

[fatum679]

Is Alys' true name Bronn? After all she asks Daemon to give her Harrenhall and when he refuses, she decides to stop being friends with him. I want to know what was Alys smoking to come up with the idea that Daemon would give her ancestral seat of House Strong when Simon's alive and has an heir and a spare.

Smells like Alys isn't "helping" her "match" Aemond out of her heart's kindess

Her moral compass is fascinating. She was initially portrayed as a staunch loyalist to Rhaenyra, yet now her sole ambition seems to be securing a castle. In hindsight, she could have easily poisoned the entire Strong lineage herself, but evidently… It is incredibly difficult to decipher her true motives.

Why would she suddenly align herself with Aemond? And why would he (assuming it was indeed him) part with a dragon egg? I absolutely refuse to believe the storyline about a 'son.' If a son does exist, he’s bound to be another "Strong boy" It’s laughably absurd. Do people genuinely believe Aemond would ever stoop to that?

That is completely against his character. At the very end of season two, he was raging about Rhaenyra handing dragons over to bastards, claiming she had defiled House Targaryen. And after all that, am I seriously supposed to believe he would go and do that very same thing himself?

Haha. Is it possible she promised him survival in his upcoming clash with Daemon in exchange for the dragon egg? Alternatively, perhaps they simply stumbled upon it within the castle.

Ewan himself stated that Aemond is fundamentally a warrior, not a romantic, and that this softer image belongs strictly to fanfiction. I sincerely hope the writers avoid cheap, vanilla sentimentality. Because he doesn't know her. They are nothing to each other. There is nothing connecting them.

It seems far more plausible that Aemond will experience a hallucination or a dream, much like Daemon did. We still don't fully know if Daemon's encounter was purely a dream or if he physically slept with someone shifting into  Alyssa's likeness. I am inclined toward the latter theory, especially considering her subsequent remark: "It's a pity, don't you think, that you never knew your mother". Alys could easily have assumed the guise of a Valyrian woman to seduce Daemon. And Damon decided that it was Alyssa in front of him. Alyssa = Alys. You know. She might be pregnant with a Daemon's child right now. And she asks for a dragon egg. She and Aemond will definitely have some kind of deal.

There was definitely something close to a kiss in this scene.

Alys is also afraid when Daemon mentions Aemon might come. So, I believe the theory that it's Daemon's child. On the one hand, Daemon technically didn't cheat on Rhaenyra because he was under magical influence. And Alyste is untainted, has nothing to do with Aemond, and remains not humiliated, but a strong and manipulative female figure on Rhaenyra's side.

The only terrible joke is that Aemond could have given up the egg of Jaehaerys, whom Daemon killed. Aemond could have easily made this deal to avoid death. And it makes perfect sense that he would take Alys with him to the God's Eye to manipulate Daemon.

On a side note, I find it incredibly grating how cloyingly sweet Ewan and Gayle act in interviews, trying to pose as a cute couple. It feels utterly contrived and artificial. From what I know, she is in a relationship, yet Ewan constantly "flirts" with her.

They share absolutely no chemistry, and their dynamic feels entirely performative. I just hope they were well-compensated for putting on such a charade. It strongly echoes the promotional behavior of Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie

[tessarionbestgirl]

"[Alys is lonely] on a very human level because this castle is so empty. She found in Daemon more of a kindred spirit than maybe she thought at the very beginning. On a base character level, she has to do this thing, but she also knows that it's likely going send him away." - Ryan Condal.

I was right. She was crying because of him in the finale. 😭 She lost her only friend.

[snezhjeyka]

they definitely match each other freak 💅

[destroyerofnations92]

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[marwyn]

HOTD 2.03 and “The Lady of the House of Love” by Angela Carter

[annoyinglythoughtfuldestiny]

Alys and Daemon sitting in the tree...😘💋😂

[lady-phasma]

I do not apologize for the person I will become if I get Daelys on Sunday. I am so ready!