one of the more mystifying bits of hotd fanon is that old valyria was hashtag pro women and that valyrian customs promoted equality somehow and like where on earth did we get that idea? Even only using the least andal influenced Targ presence in westeros Visenya was older than Aegon I and not queen regnant so thats just flat out not true and prior to that it was the most brutal slave empire the world had ever known stop coming on Nymeria’s internet to give those adult blondes credit for the Rhoynar’s absolute primogeniture law
I’m not even just picking on the targs because people seem to have this idea about the Starks first men as well and it’s still no. Ned was warden of the north to think women seem to have an opinion and mostly only because his nine year old daughter introduced him to the concept of gender roles. Elsewhere in the north you COULD argue with Maege Mormont but not faster than she could swing an axe at your skull not to mention her rulership only came about because Jorah got banished so it’s not a custom there either. You are thinking of the Rhoynar!














