About Rhaenyra potential being cut by the iron throne and that meaning sheâs being rejected by it...
Some people think Aegon the Conqueror was cut by the throne, and he made the thing. In Fire and Blood after he reads a letter from Dorne, it says; "âŠwhilst seated on the Iron Throne. When he rose afterward, men said, his hand was dripping blood. He burned the letter and never spoke of it again" but in TWOIAF it says; "Aegon read it upon the Iron Throne, and men say that when he rose, his hand was bleeding, so hard had he clenched it." But, how sharp and long are his nails? I think it's almost impossible to clench your fist so hard it bleeds, especially that visibly.
Although, you could say Viserys I is partly to blame for causing the dance, I don't think he was considered a bad ruler, his rule was considered peaceful. It seems strange the throne would cut and reject Viserys but not Aegon IV who's called "the unworthy" and is partly responsible for the creation of house Blackfyre and the subsequent Blackfyre rebellions.
Furthermore, Fire and Blood isn't written as 100% factual, it's written as a historical document from the perspective of multiple different biased narrators. It's possible everyone cut themselves on the throne, but only certain people were mentioned as doing so as propaganda, or remembered as doing so due to confirmation bias. Or that people weren't cut at all but were lied about.
Either way, the iron throne isn't sentient or magic, I think the idea that it rejects certain people by cutting them is just superstition by the characters. I think the point of ASOIAF is that no one deserves to rule and have absolute power. I think the iron throne is just a dangerous seat created to be uncomfortable so the ruler sitting it didn't get too comfortable. To quote Robert Baratheon; "Nonsense. It's a chair made of steel blades. Rhaenyra had wanted it all her life and sacrificed two sons for it. She likely gripped the damned thing too tight.â
In show canon the only person we've seen cut themselves is Viserys I. Are we supposed to believe Viserys was a worse ruler than Joffrey and Cersei who werenât cut/rejected? In HOTD we've seen Daemon sit on the throne and he wasn't cut. If in season 3 Aemond, who was called âthe kinslayerâ which is considered to be a cursed thing to be, isn't cut when he sits the throne is that evidence the throne has chosen him over his brother Aegon? People like to say Rhaenyra wasn't popular with the smallfolk towards the end so she was rejected, but neither were Aegon or Aemond.
People that like to say Rhaenyra will be/was cut and it definitely means sheâs being rejected as queen are the same people that totally ignore the scene when the white hart shows up for Rhaenyra, not Aegon II.
But, personally, I donât buy into the idea that the throne cuts people it rejects. If that was the case it should cut/reject everyone.
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