#daemon x alys

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Gayle Rankin as 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 × Matt Smith as 𝐃𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧

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NEW!

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I will take what is mine part 3

(Y/N) holds Aenys as Mina holds Maegor, (Y/N) looks over at Mina and smiles.

“Mina I am so happy to have you back here with me and the twins and now a new babe is coming” (Y/N) says to Mina.

“Your Grace, may I ask you something?” Mina asks (Y/N).

“Mina you can ask me anything” (Y/N) tells Mina.

“The babe in your belly, is it really the Kings?” Mina asks (Y/N).

“No the babe is Aemond’s” (Y/N) tells Mina.

Aenys and Maegor clap at the sound of their fathers name.

“Oh yes my loves your father but he is now watching over us” (Y/N) says to them quietly.

“I’m sorry for your loss, your grace,” Mina says quietly.

“Thank you Mina I just wish the boys could say goodbye to their father” (Y/N) says to Mina.

Jace walks in and smiles at (Y/N) and Mina as he makes his way to (Y/N).

“Hello my love, how are you feeling today?” Jace asks (Y/N).

“I’m doing fine my love and the babe is doing good the maester told me there might be two babes” (Y/N) tells Jace.

“That is wonderful news,” Jace says happily.

Jace pulls (Y/N) close and kisses her lips softly and holds her growing bump as Jace leaves for a small council meeting.

“Mina can you help me dress?” (Y/N) asks Mina.

“Your Grace, why? What are you doing?” Mina asks (Y/N).

“I’m going to talk to the King and tell him I want to take Aenys and Maegor to Harrenhal to say goodbye to Aemond” (Y/N) tells Mina.

“Will the King let you leave?” Mina asks (Y/N).

“Jace will let me go Mina” (Y/N) tells Mina.

“But what if he says no then what?” Mina asks (Y/N).

“Mina, some men are simple and with Jace he has love for me and he will say yes to me I know how to get my way with him” (Y/N) tells Mina.

“My Queen, Queen Baela would like to talk to you” Ser Jason says as he knocks on the door.

“Ser Jason let her in” (Y/N) says loudly.

“What can I do for you Baela?” (Y/N) asks Baela.

“I don’t want anything from you, you’ve made my marriage hell for me and I hate that he loves you more than he ever did me and now you're pregnant with his child you’ve just ruined everything!” Baela yells at (Y/N).

“Do you think I wanted this that I wanted my family torn apart like yours and don’t blame me because Jace loves me more than you and if you ever paid attention you would know that Jace has always been in love with me so stop being a cunt to me because I can make your life a living hell!” (Y/N) yells back at Baela as she leaves her standing there.

“My Queen the King is in a small council meeting” Ser Lorent tells (Y/N).

“Oh thank you Ser Lorent, can you take me there please?” (Y/N) asks Ser Lorent.

“Of course my Queen” Ser Lorent says as he walks (Y/N) to the small council meeting.

Ser Lorent opens the doors and announces (Y/N) in the room.

“Queen (Y/N) Targaryen” Ser Lorent says.

“I’m sorry for barging in, my lords but I must speak to my husband” (Y/N) says.

“What do you want,my love?” Jace asks (Y/N).

“I want to take Aenys and Maegor to Harrenhal and to the Gods Eye to say goodbye to their father” (Y/N) tells Jace.

“No I will not allow it (Y/N)” Jace says angrily.

“I will take my sons to say goodbye to their father Jace you are welcome to join us” (Y/N) tells Jace as she leaves him standing there alone.

“(Y/N)…. (Y/N)!” Jace yells out as he chases after her.

“Jace” (Y/N) says as she brings him closer to her body.

“I want my sons to say goodbye to their father please, I have grown to love you and I want my sons to care for you as I do” (Y/N) tells Jace.

“(Y/N) I don’t——“ Jace starts to say.

(Y/N) grabs Jace and kisses his lips softly and holds him close.

“I love you Jace I just want them to say goodbye to Aemond and if you want you may come with us” (Y/N) tells Jace.

“I love you to (Y/N) and yes I’ll allow you to go with Ser Jason” Jace tells (Y/N).

“See my loves this is where your father fought his uncle Daemon, they fought above the Gods Eye and both fell and now they’re gone” (Y/N) tells Aenys and Maegor.

“Queen (Y/N) we are happy to have you here” a voice says behind (Y/N).

“Thank you for the welcome— sorry I didn’t get your name” (Y/N) says to the woman.

“Alys Rivers I was Daemon's whore when he was here and your husband Aemond was here when I gave birth to Daemon's son” Alys tells (Y/N).

“Where is your son now?” (Y/N) asks Alys.

“He is sleeping now but I was told to give you this if you ever came to Harrenhal” Alys says to (Y/N) as she gives her a letter.

“(Y/N) my love I am writing you to tell you I am alive and I am healing from the battle and I will come back to you and our sons I know you had to marry that bastard and I know you are with child and I know the babe is mine and I will get a dragon once more and take what is mine” —Aemond Targaryen.

(Y/N) looks at Alys and thank her for the letter and burns it in the fire as she walks back to her sons and leaves back to King's Landing and waits for Aemond to come get her and their children.

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"[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.

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

GAYLE RANKIN INTERVIEWED BY VULTURE MAGAZINE.

Alys’s motives are unclear, and her expanded interactions with Daemon are a change from Fire & Blood, in which all that’s written of their relationship is “Whatever her powers, it would seem Daemon Targaryen was immune to them, for little is heard of this supposed sorceress whilst the prince held Harrenhal.”

(She’s also seemingly no longer a wet nurse with breast milk “that flowed so abundantly” it “nourished countless babes born of other women at Harrenhal.”)

Yet her willingness to call Daemon on his shit — Rankin says “no” ten times when I ask whether Alys cares about his obsession with being called “Your Grace” instead of “my prince” — and her unapologetically spooky aura give the character a decidedly different feel from the original in George R.R. Martin’s source material.

WHETHER ALYS IS CAUSING DAEMON'S VISIONS OR JUST INTUITING THAT HE'S HAVING THEM, SHE QUICKLY IDENTIFIES THAT HE'S MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES WITH THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE. SHE CALLS HIM OUT ON HOW HIS STRATEGY FOR THE RIVERLANDS IS HURTING WOMEN IN PARTICULAR. DOES ALYS HAVE A GUIDING PHILOSOPHY CONNECTED TO A KIND OF FEMINISM?

"Yes, absolutely."

"It’s hard not to."

"It’s the perspective I come from as a person on the planet."

"As an artist, I’m really curious about uplifting women and disenfranchised peoples of all kinds."

"That’s part of what this show is about, if this is like the female Game of Thrones."

"Olivia and Emma do an incredible job of paving the way for nuanced stories about women in power, and Alys comes in as an extra foil to that narrative."

THERE'S SO MUCH AMBIGUITY, RIGHT? WHETHER SHE IS INSPIRING DAEMON'S DREAMS, WHETHER THE MEMBERS OF HOUSE STRONG ACKNOWLEDGE HER AS A BASTARD RELATED TO THEM. WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING WITH THAT MUCH MYSTERY, HOW DO YOU DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CHARACTER FOR YOURSELF?

"It’s a thing I was struggling with every day."

"How do you play someone who is mysterious? How do you ground them, and make her a person with wants and needs and desires? As this season unfolds, you start to feel like there’s a story there, a person and a history."

"I know it."

"It was really personal."

"That was a lot of work I had to do privately, and hopefully we’ll feel and see more specific details at some point."

WHAT KIND OF STUFF DO YOU THINK ALYS GOT UP TO IN HARRENHAL BEFORE DAEMON SHOWED UP?

"I do believe she’s a maester of sorts, and a healer in many senses of the word."

"Whether or not Alys’s potions are actually potions, she’s kept Harrenhal on its feet for generations, in terms of just like, keeping people alive — or not."

I DO LOVE THE LINE SHE SAYS THE PREVIOUS MAESTER "JUST NEVER SETTLED IN."

"Well, there wasn’t enough room, you know." [Laughs]

"It’s a pretty hard job keeping Harrenhal afloat, keeping everybody safe and well, and keeping control."

"It’s a powerful space in and of itself, maybe one of the most powerful, and to have this woman running it, essentially, is really fascinating to me."

"She’s kind of like the First Lady of Harrenhal, if there was a government."

"She knows all the really wonderful spots to go swimming and do fun, pleasurable things."

"She’s spent a lot of time figuring out how to be by herself, but that’s like a blessing and a curse after 400 years."

YOU'VE SAID ALYS "DESIRES TO BE KNOW," AND THAT'S PARTIALLY WHY SHE MAKES THIS OVERTURE TO DAEMON. DID YOU SEE THAT AS A DESIRE TO BE KNOWN PERSONALLY, OR SHE WANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE TO KEEP HARRENHAL GOING?

"It’s both, but they’re in competition with one another, which I think is inherently female."

"How are we to be as women in this world? Are we allowed to be vulnerable and also ambitious? Is there room for them in our society?"

"There’s something about her that’s trying to prove maybe there is, but it’s a fight."

THE HARRENHAL SET IS SO DETAILED. WAS THERE A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THE SET DESIGN YOU CONNECTED WITH?

"My workshop was so specific."

"I hope we get to go back there."

"I loved how tactile it was — I had a bunch of ingredients that I could build the potion with."

"It was very comforting and it made me feel like I had been there for centuries."

"It felt very lived in and feminine, like a sanctuary, you know?"

"This tells me something about this person, that they have fought hard to build something for themselves, an identity."

WHAT WAS THE SUBSTANCE YOU WERE WORKING WITH YOUR MORTAR AND PESTLE?

"It was blackberries and crushed-up rose petals and some other dried fruit, I think dried oranges."

"It got to a point after so many takes where I was like, I have to stop adding things into this, I really don’t know what’s in this now, which is amazing for the scene."

"I’ll let the audience decide whether or not it’s on purpose that she lets Daemon see that she’s tasting it first. But who knows what Alys can withstand?"

"It’s an interesting question about daring him on and seducing him in some way, too."

THERE IS FAN THEORY THAT ALYS AND THE RED PRIESTESS MELISANDRE FROM GAME OF THRONES ARE THE SAME CHARACTERS. DO YOU HAVE A REACTION TO THAT?

"I would say that there are no other characters that have been repeated in the House of the Dragon world, so I’m not sure why we would start now."

YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT FEELING DRAWN TO GREEN AS A COLOR, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF YOUR BIRTHSTONE, PERIDOT. IS THERE A SPECIFIC COLOR THAT YOU ASSIGN TO ALYS?

"Purple."

"The dress I wear — that’s like her uniform, really — is purple."

"Purple is actually quite a royal color, and I like it because it’s neither green nor black, and it’s not attaching itself to any side."

"Alys has her own identity and she travels in some ways right down the middle."

"It’ll be interesting to see where we go in terms of her color palette."

HARRENHAL IS IMPLIED TO BE INCREDIBLY HAUNTED. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PIECE OF HAUNTED-HOUSE MEDIA?

"I recently rewatched the Kristen Stewart movie Personal Shopper, by Olivier Assayas."

"That movie undoes me: There’s something so grounded and realistic about it that I could imagine that happening to me."

"There’s something weirdly Harrenhal-y about it, too, because of the water and the kind of damp, echoey, very subtle beginning of the presence."

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Kinktober Preview Fifteen…

Day Fifteen - Object Insertion

Alys Rivers x Daemon Targaryen - Seeing is Believing

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