prophecyqueen

[prophecyqueen]

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...

#otto hightower

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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"

#aemond targaryen

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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

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And if you would call me your sweetheart, I’d maybe then sing you a song

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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 1.09 "The Green Council"

#alicent hightower #aemond targaryen

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Queen Helaena Targaryen.

#helaena targaryen #art