Once again, I have things to say about Daemon Targaryen.
I know, you're shocked. Me too.
Daemon stays back through the whole confrontation with the kids. By all rights, he should have gone to Baela and Rhaena, but he doesn't. He stays back and he goes quiet.
I have talked about the fact that Daemon is at his most dangerous when he's quiet, when he fades into the background, but this scene is an interesting version.
He stays back and he waits for Rhaenyra.
For the first time, we see him wait for someone else to make the first move. He trusts that this is an instant where she will be able to take control of the situation. And she does. For the first time in 10 years, she has someone in her corner fully and it gives her the strength to challenge Alicent. Daemon can stand back and do what he was always meant to do: defend Rhaenyra.
He moves when Criston does, but not to defend Rhaenyra. He stops Criston from interfering, but he lets her handle the rest. For the first time, they both have a partner, someone to rely on to have their back.
Something neither of them have had before.
Rhaenyra is the Queen and Daemon is her Sword Arm. Just as they were always meant to be.
Stern dad Daemon stopping Jace with a sharp word and standing between Aemond and his family, practically daring the one-eyed bitch to say something, is my ENTIRE sexuality.
And Daemon's smirk when Aemond backed down?? Like how am I supposed to not fall in love???
daemon and rhaenyra: [rush to dragonstone to wed in a traditional valyrian ceremony that involves drawing each other’s blood, mixing it, marking themselves with it and possibly drinking it, just days after their respective partners die]
WED HER TO ME. WHEN I OFFERED UP MY CROWN YOU SAID I COULD HAVE ANYTHING. I WANT RHAENYRA. I'LL TAKE HER AS SHE IS, AND WED HER IN THE TRADITION OF OUR HOUSE.
No one Loved Viserys more than his Brother Daemon. Had Viserys chose to trust on his own blood and shown the faith he showered on Otto Hightower on his Own Brother there would have never been a war.
Daemon would never have betrayed him or Rhaenyra. Daemon deserved being the HAND.
Time may have created a distance, but Viserys and Daemon will always be brothers. One of the most beautiful scenes of the season! It made me cry. I will miss them so so Much!😭
Daemon, foaming at the mouth and vibrating in his skin, ready to pounce, mansplain, manipulate and manslaughter after not wreaking any havoc for the past few episodes: "Say it."