#also immediately after reading this you should look at lee’s patchwork dragon aegon art and be sad

[qhorinhalfhand]

The way that Aegon’s tragedy is both occurring within the narrative and on a meta level…within the narrative he isn’t seen as Aegon, only a puppet for various parties. To Jon, he’s Aegon Targaryen, son of Rhaegar and an opportunity to regain the honor he lost when he “let” Rhaegar die. He’s the living Trojan Horse to Myles, a Blackfyre thinking he’s a Targaryen as a way to finally win the throne for the black dragon. He’s a political opportunity to Illyrio, and if you believe the theory that he’s Illyrio’s son, then he’s a way to ensure the legacy of his dead wife. To the Martells, he’s likely to be seen purely as Elia’s son. In TWOW he’ll probably be the mummer’s dragon to Dany, a representation of something being stolen from her.

Nowhere in these perceptions is he simply Aegon. Aegon has never been anything but a tool or a representation of someone or something else to any other characters in the story.

But it goes further than that - on a meta level, Aegon is introduced as a tool. He’s only there as the fulfillment of a prophecy given to Dany. Furthermore, he exists within the story as a direct contrast to Dany. A lost prince versus a lost princess, being handed an army and a title versus having to fight for it, being given an upbringing befitting of a future king versus going from home to home. Aegon is everything Dany is not, and that’s the point of his character. Ultimately he’ll fail and while I can’t say Dany will succeed she’ll at least be viewed as noble for her early efforts, debatable mad queen arc or no. As for Aegon, even on a meta level he’ll never move past being someone that he’s not. fAegon, never just Aegon.

#JUST LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THIS ISN’T ANTI DANY IN ANY WAY #aegon is just SO sad to me #i feel like he’s one of the most tragic characters in asoiaf #bc he was introduced solely for the purpose of ultimately failing #also immediately after reading this you should look at lee’s patchwork dragon aegon art and be sad #aegon vi targaryen #daenerys targaryen #jon connington #meta #asoiaf meta #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf