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T/W mention of csa. Please lmk if you want me to stop bothering you w/my questions. I'm so disgusted with ppl calling Aemond a "milf hunter", claiming he was happy to have consensual sex with the brothel madame and pointig out by Wesrerosi standards, a 13 year old is already an adult. Like in spite the "Wesrerosi standards" we call Daenerys, Alicent and Helaena child brides, although by the abovementioned Wesrerosi standards, Drogo was a really decent, protective husband, Viserys I wasn't that terrible (he actually asked Alicent if she was ok), and the book Aegon, who was btw just 2 years older than his sister wife, used to get along with Helaena.I fear, however, that HBO is gonna give "Aemond the milf hunter" enthusiasts what they want, making the madame his lover, confidante and comfort person.

yeah i've actually seen that recently in a comment section on tumblr. someone saying that 13 year old aemond is not an abuse victim because 'these were the times'. by that logic neither is anyone being coerced into sexual activities at that age.... it's a stupid fucking take.

we're the audience, we're not westerosi citizens, we know better than saying that a fully grown woman having sex with a 13 year old boy isn't abuse.

as for aemond being a milf hunter.... some milf jokes are lighthearted and can be funny in general but i think certain people are keen on not recognizing that in this certain instance aemond's interest in significantly older women, if he has such interest, is more than likely a consequence of his past sexual abuse.

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I agree. Basically, it's very likely that TG will be divided between two factions: bloodthirsty and unreasonable Aegon and Aemond on one side and cool headed and politically adept Otto and Alicent on the other. With constant (not so) subtle reminders that "they should have listened to Alicent", "if only Alicent hadn't betrayed Rhaenyra" and so on. I'm just curious how the green fandom who is already in minority (we are, unfortunately, that's a fact) will react to this concept and if they will choose sides within their own team. I for one, don't know what to think or expect anymore.

exactly exactly. i agree

i do think some will choose sides. i mean some already did. every now and then aemond stans and aegon stans are fighting and then the stans of these two fight with alicent/rhaenicent stans who believe alicent doesn't owe them anything. i think season 2 will be quite divisive for the tg fandom which, like you said, is in minority

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"Team Green" promo really cringes me out. Sexualization of Ewan and Tom (which, in turn, leads to overly sexualizing characters they play) is simply disgusting,

was there oversexualization? i'm not sure what you're referring to but maybe it just doesn't come to the mind right now.

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I love your takes, they are some of the best in HOTD fandom. And your content in general!

thank you so much!! i'm very glad you think so!! <3

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I agree with the previous anon and your answer, it's so annoying to watch the promos, interviews and so on and being disappointed and even worried because of the things they hint at. It seems that they will completely destroy the family dynamics of the greens and while they are far from a perfect family and have many problematic aspects, the writers will go too far if they simply oppose Alicent to her sons, create unnecessary feud between Aegond during the war and by making Helaena being ignored by everyone. So there is only hate, envy, betrayal and lack of understanding between them, huh. Where is Jace vs Daemon feud, or Rhaenyra vs Baela and Rhaena? Not to mention Rhaenys.

We have to wait and see I guess, but if half of these actual theories concerning the greens turn out to be true, then what do you think that Condal talked about when he said that many people will change sides in s2?? Many of us assumed that he was referring to TB losing some support in the fandom because of B&C, but now it seems that what he actually meant was: the green fandom will become even smaller." And it sucks.

i'm not sure what ryan meant. i did see people get more comfortable with the green kids and seen maybe a bit more pro green voices but whatever i saw is insignificant in comparison to tb, which is the majority.

i think condal has this idea that the way he wrote alicent makes her more sympathetic to the viewers and i've seen some share his sentiment and call book alicent a villain but i think it's just another way of saying ambitious women who do what many favorite male characters do are evil and unrealstic and far more easier to hate.

i think he also probably thinks b&c will turn people off but let me be doubtful. first... daemon stans still love daemon despite everything he already did and b&c is a daemon thing, rhaenyra won't be involved in planning it so it's not even gonna be seen as a tb thing. furthermore if they'll make b&c a failed kidnapping even that's gonna soften daemon more than the book version.

so the majority of the people are obviously tb and i think this will strengthen despite the clip coming out of daemon scaring rhaenyra because at the end of the day tb fans are for rhaenyra so daemon can easily be set aside in their minds, if that make sense.

i don't think anyone will switch sides in season 2. i think the time for switching was last season while we were supposed to see what led to alicent making her choices (and we saw most of it up to episode 7). but since they took her motivation and turned into 'she heard a dying man babble something about aegon and so she crowned aegon' to such a degree that even beesbury was like 'stop playing around' then of course... who can switch sides based on that if everything that is happening is taken as 'alicent misheard viserys' and she has no actual real motivation anymore for either his crowning or standing by his side. everyone will just be like 'awww all of this is happening because she was foolish when she heard viserys' so there is no reason for anyone to switch because the story is fully telling you what is 'right' and what is 'wrong'.

show!alicent is a character whose entire arc was constructed on who show!rhaenyra needed her to be. there's nothing more to be said about it.

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could this be post b&c and otto trying to say that people having seen what happened to the greens (b&c) would see team black and therefore rhaenyra as a villain and would come to the greens side instead?

just speculating

and we know this is likely where aegon says 'fuck dignity, i want revenge' so... who knows...

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"And in Aegon’s case, he might have to concern himself with a dragon close to home: his own younger brother, Aemond." "You need some betrayal. You need some vileness." "I’m neither team Team Green nor Team Black; I’m team Aemond.""It’s complicated for Helaena because she’s got this kind of Cassandra-like aspect to her. The curse is that no one will ever believe her." (yeah, it's not like the Targaryen family is known to have dragon dreamers, right....)

I'm sorry but do they really think all this excites fans for the season? What was the point of even asking to choose a side during the promo? And Ewan literally has been promoting Team Aemond from the start because Aemond will be a loner who dgaf about anyone... I get that this show is just not for me probably, it's for Rhaenyra, Daemon, Team Black and Rhaenicent's fans. But I'm pretty much done with this show, I have zero interest in watching this team black propaganda-rhaenicent fanfiction shit.

i honestly hope what they're cooking for aegond isn't as nasty as they make it seem. i do think it's in line with show aemond's character that he still feels some resenment and envy that aegon gets what he always wanted / what he feels he worked for, but i truly hope that whatever they have in plan for this feud is at least born out of momentary rage, recklessness and impuslivity and not premeditated. idk if that makes sense.

however, that part of the quote about helaena bothers me because i was / i am really hoping that whatever aemond knows about his fate is from helaena so the idea that she goes on to tell prophecies and no one believes her annoys me very much. maybe it's just a facade quote and we'll see it's not entirely like that. i'll wait to see more on that.

honestly i do get your frustration. i feel like the conflict they created with the greens is definitely a bit... too much. while the other side barely has any conflict to speak of, even when there's opportunity for it, from a first look at the information we get about s2 greens, it seems like everyone's resenting each other, plotting shady stuff, making bad decisions. and don't get me wrong, the greens aren't the picture perfect family some green stans think they are and that's okay, but if you look at the plot in detail, i do feel like the writers introduced and will introduce too much conflict.

but unfortunately you are right, it is a show mainly for TB and rha*nicent (which is also about TB in its own way), and i again, i get your frustration

i also feel like the ship has been sinking for a long time, but i guess my only lifeboat is helaemond, which i've been interested from the beginning. even though i would have liked to see a different story for the greens, and even though it will suck having to see stuff i don't like about their portrayal, i've been thinking lately that i'll just focus on helaemond and see whatever happens with the rest of the story.

i think the only thing that's left to anyone who is frustrated with this is to read and write fic and discuss the book and come up with headcanons. we can't change the story they want to tell :/

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AEMOND TARGARYEN in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-) Episode 1.08, "The Lord of the Tides"

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Behind the scenes of season 2 with the Greens

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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON — 1x07 x 1x10 x 2x?

#alicent hightower #aemond targaryen #aegon ii targaryen

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Bro, you don't even wanna devour her. Why are you wasting her time. Just jerk off and stop bothering her pretending you want more.

#helaemond

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poor helaena :(

#helaena targaryen #art

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first appearances of aemond and helaena.

#aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen #helaemond

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#hotd #helaemond #aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen

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babygirl—-

#aemond targaryen #art

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Only weeks ago, my lord husband was alive and the realm was at peace. On his deathbed, he knew the realm would never accept a queen. Rhaenyra's supporters will believe what they wish, but Viserys wanted Aegon to succeed him.

#the greens

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THE EMPRESS

#alicent hightower #art