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King Viserys passed away mysteriously. The Iron Throne had stabbed him before he could resolve the matter of succession.
The younger brother of the king, Prince Daemon, who was ousted for seeking Rhaenyra’s hand in marriage, returned to Westeros to find vipers governing the kingdom in the name of their new king: a two-year-old child. His dear niece was held captive in her own home after having been betrayed by her trusted knight, Ser Criston Cole.
He has never believed in sorceries, yet there he was – wielding such power he gained after years of studying alongside warlocks and shadowbinders during his exile – effortlessly slaughtering a troop of knights by himself while Caraxes takes care of the rest.
If anything happens to Rhaenyra… Daemon will make his enemies regret they were ever born.
#Hotd#Hotd au#Daemrya#daemrya au#Viserys dies early#Cole is a betrayer!!#Magic and sorcery#Sorcerer!daemon#daemon targeryan#rhaenyra targaryen#They betrayed their oaths#Aegon was put on the throne
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Daemyra Victorian AU - Arranged Marriage
To settle the matter of succession, Duke Viserys Targaryen agreed to marry his only daughter, Rhaenyra to his estranged, roguish younger brother, Daemon.
Daemon was aware that she had feelings for Crispin, a militia officer, hence the reason he gets drunk every time they perform their duty. Rhaenyra had long accepted the fact that her feelings for Criston was just an infatuation and wants her marriage with Daemon to be a love match.
Rhaenyra knew he was not as cold as he wanted to show. He had a soft side, which she saw in him that one time when she caught a nasty cold and had a terrible fever. Doctors even said she wouldn't make it, and her husband was furious enough to almost send them away. He sat at her bedside and she felt his fingers on her hand.
But now she was healthy and ready to be a good wife, but he refused to spend time with her and brooded alone.
He was terrible. She was determined to make him love her.
#daemyra#daemyra aesthetic#daemon x rhaenyra#daemyra prompt#rhaenyra targaryen#daemon targaryen#victorian au#arranged marriage au#hotd#house of the dragon#hotd au#daemrya au
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“She who has been the Queen of England on earth will today become a Queen in Heaven.” – Archbishop Thomas Cranmer about Anne Boleyn on May 19, 1536
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Reconciliation
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After Alicent and Daemon get married Alicent tries really hard to make Daemon like her (if he can't love her than that's the next best thing) . Slowly (really slowly) Daemon's cold heart starts to thaw, but he there isn't any conspicuous difference in his behavior, so Alicent doesn't know of his change of heart.
Until Alicent almost dies by an assassin's hand (ser Criston almost didn't reach her in time) and she believes that Daemon is behind it. So when Daemon frantically tries to see her after the murder attempt she has a panic attack afraid that he is here to finish what the assassin started.
Then it dawns on Daemon that he could have lost Alicent and she would have thought that he was the one who ordered it.
That's unacceptable so from then on, he proceeds to prove his love every day until Alicent feels safe and loved around him.
#house of the dragon#house of dragon au#alicent hightower#daemon targaryen#alicent x daemon#daemon x alicent#alicent hightower x daemon targaryen#daelicent
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I love the idea of Daemon x Alicent
Imagine this...
Alicent and Daemon get engaged in an attempt to settle the feud between Otto and Daemon. Viserys marries Laena instead. (Rhaenyra still marries Laenor and still has bastards with Ser Harwin. The Velaryons will try to get Laena's firstborn son on the throne instead of Rheanyra. Thus Team Blue is born. )
Otto keeps his position as hand (because Viserys is not falling over himself to get Rhaenyra to forgive him for marrying his best friend). In his eyes it's all the better because this way his daughter won't be corrupted by his brother anymore, so she can complain all she likes his mind is made up.
Because of this, the newlyweds stay in King's Landing, and as a boot this way Viserys and Otto can keep an eye on them, Alicent is not so isolated this time.
Daemon can't hurt Alicent physically at all and the one time he humiliates her in public (by calling her his green broodmare) Viserys tells him that one more stunt like this and their kids will get the Hightower name. (Otto was also seen leaving a conversation with Daemon but there were no witnesses in the room. No one is sure what Otto threatened him with but Daemon was visibly shaken after it. (He will deny it 'till his dying breath that he was ever afraid of Otto but the truth stands))
The point is that he can't hurt Alicent in an overt way, so he keeps needling her to cause enough distress for her to find a way out of the marriage. He is sure that if she bats her eyelashes and asks nicely enough, Viserys will annul the marriage. (He could never resist a pretty face after all)
At first Alicent is walking on eggshells afraid of his husband. She is still young and Daemon's insults cut deep, making her insecurities so much worse. She still refuses to ask for an annulment though because of her faith. Duty is more important than her feelings after all.
They have to lay together every week to make heirs, but it's a very miserable experience for both of them. Daemon can't help noticing how beautiful Alicent is, and he hates it.
Otto encourages Alicent to 'kill him with kindness' so she starts to be super nice to Daemon. Trying to have bonding time, showing interest in Daemons hobbies (mostly dragons and swords, but after about a month she finds out that he has a love for theatre (the dramatic cunt) and she is gleefully dragging him to their favourite plays) . She even let's him take her for a fly on Caraxes. (Daemon ofc knows she is afraid of it that's why he offers (as the sad excuse for a semen sack that he is)) She is trembling the whole time and she clutches Daemon so tight it leaves bruises, but afterwards Daemon respects her a lot more so it's worth it.
She even tries to resolve the past conflicts between them. She opens up about why he disliked Daemon (she refuses to use the word 'hate' even if it would be an adequate expression) and Daemon seems to be understanding and even apologetic about it. Ofc she doesn't get an actual apology but the next day there is a beautiful hightower green dress in her room with a necklace with the symbol of the seven incorporated in it. It's everything Daemon claims to hate and Alicent is so moved she cries.
Daemon is softer a bit but still not trying to make an effort to make the marriage work. So after her mooncycle is late, and a master affirms her that she is pregnant, she gives up and adapts the tactic of not bothering his husband at all if it's not necessary. She is still kind and polite when they are together but she doesn't make the effort anymore.
And Daemon... Misses her. He is too proud to reach out to her, but he can't stop himself from thinking about her every day. He keeps an ear on court gossips and tries to watch her from a distance, and he swears if Ser Criston touches her shoulder one more time he will break something. (all the while Alicent and Criston bond over their thoughts on duty and their shared ideas on cleaning up Flea Bottom. Alicent thinks the white cloaks could close the child fighting rings, while Criston believes the prostitutes wouldn't feel safe asking the guards for help even if they needed it. They also share cherry tarts sometimes as a treat)
Since getting married Alicent slowly but surely starts to get more confident in herself. Laena reaches out to her and they become fast friends. They bond over complaining about their husbands (in a polite way), and they find out they have a lot in common. They take a stroll in the gardens almost daily, and it's as much sweet as it aches for Alicent to have this friendship with someone other than Rhaenyra. But Rhaenyra is not here and even if she was Alicent is not sure they would get along again.
Alicent tries to help the common folk whenever she can, and she is loved by them in return. Otto notices (with glee) that Alicent has an affinity for politics and tries to cultivate it. He asks her opinion on resolving court matters and after a while it turns out that Alicent can be ruthless and cunning and in the end she still always comes out smelling like roses. Daemon sees this from afar and for the first time he thinks he is in love.
Parenthood brings them even closer together. Their love for their child turns out to be a wonderful base for their relationship. Daemon for the first time actually tries to woo Alicent. He is rusty but it's the effort that counts. He tells her his favourite tales of Valeria and in turn she shares the sauciest parts of Hightower history.
Aegon is a delight to them both, and spending time with him is the highlight of their day. He loves flying on Caraxes especially if his mother is with them as well, so Alicent has to get used to flying on the Blood Wyrm every second Tuesday. (She brings him a fat goat beforehand every time. They have an understanding.)
Daemon and Otto declare truce after Alicent, pregnant with Helaena, yells at them so hard they are afraid she will go into labour. (They have to make peace with each other or so help her...) Daemon tells her he loves her the very next day.
The dance still happens. Alicent leans towards team blue because of her friendship with Laena and because of the morals of the faith. Daemon still holds fond memories of Rhaenyra and wishes to fight next to her. They can't agree on it at all.
The decision is made when Helaena approaches them with the declaration that she wishes to marry the first son of Laena. Daemon would let it happen for the political opportunity alone but for Alicent the thing that settles it is the tangible love between the two of them. With love like that she would let her marry him even if he was a street urchin.
The path behind them was long and hard and in front of them it will be bloody too but at least they have each other to lean on.
#Alicent is manipulative but with a gentleness#Daemon grows to love his non-valerian wife against his wishes#house of the dragon#house of dragon au#alicent hightower#daemon targaryen#otto hightower#laena valeryon#alicent x daemon#daemon x alicent#alicent hightower x daemon targaryen#daelicent#slow and steady wins the heart
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♕ Jonerys AU
Jon and Daenerys as Peter and Valerie in “Red Riding Hood”
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Reblog if you have made a friend online that you would love to hang with, but they live far away.
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for vesperass-anuna
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Darklina + ♧ sex head canon, i could do the flower one, 😔
A new and overly eager maid (who might have been goaded into it by her fellow maids), caught them on the act one morning as she was coming in to tidy up the room while they were still in bed. Aleksander later admitted that he found the idea of someone seeing him pleasuring her exciting. Alina told him, in no uncertain terms, that this can never happen again.
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Darklina + ☆ happy headcannon
They enjoy shared evenings in comfortable silence - the fire crackling in the fireplace, some nice tea, maybe a bit of chocolate, sitting on the sofa somehow touching, both reading their own stuff.
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This fic–a little one-short for the Unsaid-verse–has been on my mind for ove a week, but I couldn’t figure out how to start it, so I was stuck, and I was finally able to write a couple of paragaphs this monring, and I’m not sure if I love it, but it’s progress! Anyway, here, have a little sneak peak:
The late September storm raging outside, the fire cracking inside the Vezda Suite, him sitting on the sofa in his shirtsleeves, Alina lounging next to him, her legs in his lap—that was his new reality, the way he spent his evenings now. It was something he knew he could get used to.
Who was he kidding? He had already gotten used to it, the glutton for her attention he was.
It wasn’t always exactly like this—sometimes she would come to his rooms, seeking him out on her own. Sometimes, like today, she would not come, so then he would send a servant to ask her if she’d receive him. Usually she would say yes, but sometimes she would decline, citing exhaustion. He would respect her wishes and spend a miserable evening alone, which was also a new development, as it had never bothered him not to have company before. Sometimes he’d downright preferred it, really. And then sometimes—only very recently—he would not even ask, he would just come to her. She had yet to turn him away.
It almost felt like a game, like she wanted him to come to her, like she wanted to see if he would dare to enter her space, if he would humble himself in front of her (he would, of course).
There was still a delicate balance to their meetings, whether they spent them talking—he treasured the little morsels of her life she shared with him—, or in companionable silence, like today. How far he dared to go, how much would she allow him? It was like this precious little thing between them was a fragile glass figurine that both of them were afraid to break, and yet they became bolder in handling it by the day.
She goaded him too, or at least it felt like, with little acts of defiance and sassiness. Her feet in his lap was one—she started doing it a week or so ago, placing them unceremoniously on his thighs, demanding a massage. She was near the end of her seventh month of pregnancy (at a point when, if born now, the child would probably live, the Healer had told him), and it was taking a toll on her, making her feet ache by the end of the day. So it was only fair, she’d said, that he would help her relieve some of it, as he was responsible for the state she was in.
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Magnificent Century fandom stop acting like Ibrahim was a better person that Hürrem. He was significantly worse than her.
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Chapter 3 “September 8, 1888″ of my Victorian Darklina AU is up :)
(No, there won’t be diary entry for every day, I swear we are going to do little time jumps, so you won’t have to wait weeks for something exciting to happen :D)
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AU: Alina joins in on Aleksander’s plot to overthrow the monarchy
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