One Of The Things That Bothers Me This Season, Is That They Used Jaehaerys' Death For The Daemon Targaryen

Feel that thinking about writing something about them bc I find nothing about them

Hot take (everyone expected it from me)

I think more about the Black Sisters than the Black brothers

Literally the idea that Andromeda escaped!! SHE MADE IT!! Only to have her daughter killed by Bellatrix! Her own sister!! THAT GETS ME

Love that we can say this now without getting de@th threats

it’s honestly very frustrating to try and see people paint alicent as some sort of karen and rhaenyra as some sort of feminist icon. newsflash: none of the women in this show are feminists. AND THAT IS OKAY!! we’re looking at a story that predates those sort of progressive ideals and it’s not fair to hold either character to such a modern standard.

rhaenyra is out for herself and for her own claim, she’s not fighting for the right of all women to sit the iron throne. this is pretty clearly spelled out for us when she tells rhaenys that baela and jacerys’ sons will inherit the iron throne. but this isn’t a criticism of rhaenyra, she’s a woman living in an incredibly oppressive time, and while it could make for a great story, it should not be her responsibility to fight for the hypothetical claims of other women. as the the legitimate heir to the throne, her only concern should be fighting to take back her crown from the usurper.

as for alicent, she can really only cling to two things: duty/honor and trying to protect her children. her whole life has been nothing but miserable. losing her mother, being pawned off to viserys by her own father, being forced to have four children while she was still a child herself. and in the aftermath of all this, she’s lost her best friend and one true love. so of course she’s bitter and resentful, and of course she’s so preoccupied with duty. all she’s done since she was 14 years old is give and give, and it’s been rotten, thankless work.

it’s pretty easy to understand why both of these women are the way they are, and to acknowledge their deep complexity. sometimes it feels like people are being willfully obtuse in order to stay loyal to their respective “teams”, and I know it’s not that deep and the end of the day, but it’s still very frustrating.

people who let me wake up to this get a special place in heaven. firefly_fox how does it feel to hold my life in ur hands....

I feel like people don't get that these characters are complex and can do wrong. Like Rhaenyra having 3 bastards not the right move girly, or Aemond killing Luc, or Daemon always reaching for the crown, or Aegon being a drunk. Like they are more than those things.

A character can do good while still being evil, or do evil things while still being good. Like Luc took Aemonds eye and never got any consequences, doesn't mean Luc is a horrible person. Or how Alicent helped steel Rhaenyras throne, doesn't mean she's a bad person or doesn't deserve sympathy.

These characters are complex, cause they're people, I'm not a perfect person nor would I ever claim to be. People need to get that before trying to hide their favorite characters flaws in a dark closet.

At this point,the only reason I want S3 is because I really, really, really want to see who plays Daeron, see him in costume and interacting with the other characters. HOTD Casting team have always been great at their job, so I know I can trust them!

“He was fond of me”

“And I of him”

If the writers of House of The Dragon keep gaslighting the audience into thinking Viserys was anything better than a powerful man who stole a young girls future, dreams and physical body in the quest for a son he will never love, I will riot

Luke and Jaehaerys watching Rhaenyra bringing up the "a son for a son" bullshit like nothing happened:

Cr: @prettymuchteddy

oscar tully is the prince who was promised