#lord bracken

[theancientwise]

seriously, you have to respect the badassery of these two lords xD!

[imjulia-andilikecats]

They Really Hate Each Other That Much?

[blackcat419]

Remember when that Blackwood boy murdered Jerrel Bracken in front of the princess, the lord of storms end, and Jerrel’s father? Remembered how he died in his fathers arms because that little boy couldn’t take a light roasting? Will we get justice for Jerrel Bracken or will it be swept under the rug in favor of glorifying Samwell “burn your crops and sack small folk’s villages” blackwoood, Alysanne “burning septs and forcing widows to convert” Blackwood, and Benjicot “slaughter the enemy but cry about it later” Blackwood?

Coming out as a Bracken defender cause the story hates on this family too much for what little they did.

[aegor-bamfsteel]

What do you think Daeron, Aemon, and Naerys thought of Aegon IV ordering the execution of Bethany Bracken? I think they likely supported it even though there is no precedence for it. Bethany was not married to him, so it wasn’t adultery, and women caught sleeping with the Kingsguard were not sentenced to death prior to Bethany (ex. Lucamore Strong). I view it as murder, but most of the fandom seems to think she got what she deserved and that Melissa Blackwood was more sympathetic.

I think their non-reaction in twoiaf is more-or-less indicative of how they felt: indifference. We’re told that Da3ron, A3mon, and Na3rys are able to sway A3gon’s opinion on occasion (ie, that occasion when Lord Bracken hoped to make Barba queen, they argued in favor of dismissing him as Hand and Barba as mistress, which Aegon agreed to despite disliking all of them), so it’s entirely possible if they felt strongly enough, they could’ve saved Bethany. However, Lord Bracken himself was slated to be executed as well, and it was beyond them to let bygones be bygones and instead had one admittedly cruel comment seal the fates of two innocent people. A3mon later even died defending Aegon from the brothers of Terrence Toyne, who wanted revenge for their murdered and tortured brother, so if he felt Bethany and Terrence’s deaths were wrong, he wasn’t going to let that interfere with his Kingsguard vows to protect Aegon (his knightly vows protecting innocent women don’t matter though). It was these murders that sealed my disdain for the hypocrisy of Da3ron, A3mon, and Na3rys and led to me developing more of an interest in Aegor’s childhood, as growing up knowing that his sire murdered his aunt and grandfather, and seeing him as a complex character torn between the identity he wanted and the one everyone forced on him. Which in turn led to me naming this blog after him.

You view it as murder. So does Maester Yandel himself; he said Lord Bracken’s execution was out of sheer spite, ergo for not even a pretext of a reason. The murder of a child alongside his/her father by a corrupt Targaryen king has clear parallels in Aerys’ sadistic torture and execution of Rickard and Brandon Stark, and was the key in inciting the most justified rebellion in Westerosi history. By giving Aegor a similar backstory to Jon Snow, as the illegitimate child of a Targaryen prince/king who did horrific acts of violence to his teenage mother’s family, GRRM is humanizing Aegor as well as hinting at what challenges Jon may have to face confronting this contradictory identity. (Incidentally Bl00draven is trying to make Bran into the new him. That’d make Daemon B Robb).

Some wank under the cut about fandom having different opinions from me:

Other people in the fandom think Bethany got what she deserved: I know exactly who you’re talking about, and we’ve both blocked each other. I’ve repeatedly called her/them out on their misogyny, and in response she/they successfully prevented any of my meta from reaching wider tumblr. It’s part of the reason why I don’t take their claims that “Blackfyres are misogynist!” seriously when they keep shitting on Daena and the Bracken sisters and erasing Rohanne.

[xenowlsome]

Local family has eyebrows On Point

[makerkenzie]

“The map is yours. The lands are ours. It’s said that a Lannister always pays his debts. We fought for you.” “Not half as long as you fought against us.” “The king has pardoned us for that. I lost my nephew to your swords, and my natural son. Your Mountain stole my harvest and burned everything he could not carry off. He put my castle to the torch and raped one of my daughters. I will have recompense.” “The Mountain’s dead, as is my father,” Jaime told him, “and some might say your head was recompense enough. You did declare for Stark, and kept faith with him until Lord Walder killed him.” “Murdered him, and a dozen good men of my own blood.” Lord Jonos turned his head and spat. “Aye, I kept faith with the Young Wolf. As I’ll keep faith with you, so long as you treat me fair. I bent the knee because I saw no sense in dying for the dead nor shedding Bracken blood in a lost cause.” “A prudent man.” Though some might say that Lord Blackwood has been more honorable. “You’ll get your lands. Some of them, at least. Since you partly subdued the Blackwoods.”

Martin, George R. R.. A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5) (p. 698). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Lord Bracken, now an ally to the Lannister regime, is “prudent,” whereas Lord Blackwood, the last remaining Stark/Tully loyalist in the Riverlands is “more honorable.” 

[imjulia-andilikecats]

Me, Running Away From My Responsibilities. Knowing full well that it will Catch Up in No Time.