#daemon is a fuckboy

[quinntamsin]

She removed the gambeson hastily as her father called her name. "Qwynn come!" she sang in Old Tongue as she trailed forward, stripped to the undershirt of her armor. Long fiery hair tied back in a long braid swished as she walked.

"Yes father?"

HoD Episode 2 "The Rogue Prince", ah yes, a nice new opening we get of the blood of Old Valyria. The strange little mechanisms bleeding is interesting which makes me wonder what this all is. Is this the blood spilled by the Great Lords? Who knows.

We open on the images of bodies given to the crabs. Men tied down along the brakish water to be killed by the Prince Admiral of the Triarchy. A seriously fucking gruesome image. We are still viewing young Rhaenyra so we have not jumped far into the future just yet. WE learn that a member of the KIngsguard has died and we see an open for Ser Criston Cole.

Corlys storms in and demands a War with the Stepstones. Is this another Ninepenny King? Seems a year has passed since Daemon was sent away and a certain young Princess became heir. Rhae (yup fuck it I'm shortening her name) suggest using Dragongriders. But nope the men skirt her out of the room with the Lord Commander.

Yup fuck the misogyny of Westeros!

The Lord Hand pops up as they see as Hand appears. And up pops Criston Cole, and we can see the Princess making the mistake that will take her crown. Oooh so we can more in show lore the capital including one of the Fourteen Flames it seems. And we can see how Alicent is being pushed into Viserys' chambers. And, she appears to be trying to hep Viserys with his daughter.

"They wouldn't understand them." Yes, that the Hand is basically selling his daughter off for power, yes!

Alicent and Rhae are drifting apart, and we can see how Rhaenyra's trust in her father's oath of her being heir is maybe a lie. WE come to the Great Sept, and here we see an early form of what will become a massive explosion of alchemic fire in GoT!

The prayer scene has definite gay overtones. I see two women who have a strong bond which will be broken by shitty Lords. Viserys then meets with the Velaryons and Corlys apologizes for his words. Rhaenys is again popping in and out. Heh, love how Vtays is such an ineffective King. But the suggestion to marry sees how we will notice that Viserys pain and indecision is the result of not necessarily a weak man. Here before us is an example of how the Valyria Dragonlords kept the "purity of blood" (Tojous Pur). Viserys later has dinner with his daughter and we can see the divide left by thee Queen's death.

Rhae tries to speak to her father about the Small Council and he dismisses her. Good job there ye fool. Now zapping to the to the King and we see how some sort of "rot" is killing him. Strangely enough we get a man having his gangrenous flesh eating by larvae. Cool. The King mentions Corlys'  plan to marry and the Grand Maester backs it. We see that this Council is scheming something. I still see the second Hightower son trying to get his direct control of House Valyrian. Switching back to the Velaryon family we see Laena who is - a fucking child. And we get a story about Baelerion and about Old Valyria. Damn, he walks away and gives me more respect. And still, the Queen is still appearing in scene.

Rhaenys seemingly tears in Rhae about her truth. That she will get set the truth of her reality. Like Empress Mathilde, she was to be set aside as soon as a new heir can be given. Speaking Alice, Viserys seems to be starting to like the girl more and more. The way women were so bound to the will of men, and were in times offered so few opportunities but to use them through marriage. And up pops a Lord Hightower.

And the hand and Alicent share a look. Now we see how Daemon is deciding to be a dick after taking Caraxes and suddenly decides to take Mysaria to Wife. The hand is dressing for War, and we can see that she's hurting her self.

Now, on Dragon stone, a massive sea fortress on an island maybe only slightly smaller than Old Wyk. Mists surround the men as the travel the causeway that leads to the upper keep. Daemon is playing his Fuckboy self. The Hand appears set on provoking the Prince and then to comes Caraxes. I really do like how Dragons each have unique sounds. Rhae shows up on Syrax and lands thus behind the Kings Guard. Next she is challenging him in Valyria and I think Mysaria got the context. Damn the girl has moxy of steel. She challenges Daemon to strike her down and he walks away, and tosses her the egg. I wonder if it was here that the Hand realizes he should be backing the girl instead of tossing his daughter at the King.

Fuckboy walks off to speak to Mysaria. Who decides to lay it all on the table and promptly flattens little Daemon's hopes. The King is basically given the TLDR from the Small Councilor and he is told to marry Laena. Rhae rides in all nice (she rode in dirty on Dragonstone). Viserys awakes the next day thinking of a solution. Something to secure his line and hopefully strengthen the throne. Viserys takes Lady Alicent and suddenly Rhae sees the betrayal from her best friend Here comes the divide with Lord Corlys and dammit. This is where we see that wedge between the future Blacks and Greens, and see the Dances of Dragons itself. Yes, and we end the episode with Corlys speaking to Daemon.

To go after the Crabfeeder and to gain the honor of the Six Kingdoms. And thus we get a new war which will set of a series of events ending with the Ninepenny Kings.

Gay Tension

Seriously, seeing Alicent pushed up there by her father really makes me want a star crossed story with her and Rhaenyra. We need more female main characters in this story as well.

Hottakes

The Targaryen and Velaryon wigs are a tad - bad. Like seriously.

Heh, Daemon is such a fuck boy.

I like the extended lore on the Valyrian Freehold's capital, the Anorgion as a sort of massive multi-house fortress is bamf.

The idea of the Velaryons as lowly fisher lords is hilarious. MANY of their line married the Targaryens.

Which dragon was Aemmas? She has the hair which makes me think

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[ceciliatllis]

watching people make these basic, lame ass analyses of every single character in this show when it’s not simplistic at all 🤡

#does nuance just not exist anymore like #house of the dragon #criston x rhaenyra #ser criston cole #rhaenyra targaryen #did GRRM teach y’all nothing about people not being black or white #gonna have to write a post about this episode later #re: house of the dragon #re: shows #re: thoughts #also stans who root for daemon fuckboy targaryen who has done terrible things in his own right critiquing other characters as somehow #being worse is laughable

[jacevelaryonswife]

ㅤCatch me if you can, working on my tan, Salvatore.

The summer's wild and I've been waiting for you, all this time, I adore you, can't you see you’re meant for me?

∴pairing: Sugar Daddy!Daemon Targaryen x fem!reader

∴warnings and notes: age gap, reader is 20+ but her age isn’t mencioned, smut. Inspired by Salvatore from Lana Del Rey.

The first time you saw him was at an exhibition at the Targaryen foundation, which depicted life in Old Valyria. He was magnetic, intense and almost too attractive. Truly inaccessible, you thought, however, life wanted to positively surprise you with the opposite of that. You weren't used to going to sophisticated places, although you were a girl with expensive and demanding tastes, so when your friend invited you to the event your heart almost jumped out of your mouth. It was so exciting to be among such a select few of New York's elite, you could almost relax for a moment. Almost.

Underneath the subtle makeup and cheap clothes — perfectly chosen for the occasion —you were scared. Not out of fear of discovering your humble nature, after all that never embarrassed you, but fear of rejection, of the superb and elitist look in your direction, fear of humiliation by unhappy and mean people. At the start of the exhibition your figure stood alongside your friend and her friend, Aegon Targaryen, a fully representative specimen of the rich fuckboy stereotype — at least he was funny. However, as the evening progressed and people became more relaxed, you assumed you could move around and mingle with less tension around people. You've talked to some of the Targaryen/Velaryon youths closer to your age. Two of them, Jacaerys and Daeron were genuinely adorable and even a little flirtatious, which made you slyly recoil upon realizing their interest.

In this way, finding yourself in a corridor away from the small crowd, you began to contemplate some paintings placed on the wall that didn’t belong to the exhibition. One of them caught your attention and captured you for a long time, it was a night city in a cyberpunk aesthetic in the shape of the upper part of a male silhouette. You've never seen anything like that.

"Do you like it?" A male voice asked very close to you, on your side actually.

And then he appeared. Tall, thin, short hair, with a discreet smile.

“Uh, I'm not a big art connoisseur, but I appreciate a beautiful painting,” you said.

“And what do you think of this one?”

You returned to contemplate the painting again, before replying: “I like the futuristic aesthetic. It's aggressive, rowdy and intimidating, it reminds me of works like Altered Carbon, it's chaotic and dark and I can't stop admiring it. I don't really know if it's futuristic at all, but it resembles me. I think it was my favorite so far.”

He didn't hide his satisfied expression upon hearing your opinion, looking away from his handsome face to the screen in question.

“The reference was a troubled phase of my youth, I spent nights awake in galleries in downtown New York, Chicago and Paris. It was more underground than it is today and I certainly have some scars, but nothing that time can put us back on track.”

His eyes sparkled in self-realization. That was not only the author of the painting, but he was also a Targaryen. How did you not notice before? The short gray hair and violet eyes were distinctive enough to give away a Valyrian for miles. Maybe it was some mechanism in your brain to avoid associating him with a descendant of the dragon and making you nervous again, but it didn't matter now, not when he was already beside you in that beige linen shirt with the long sleeves and collar and sophisticated posture.

“Daemon Targaryen,” he said, holding out his hand.

You introduced yourself with a shy smile, greeting him back. “Are these all yours? They are very good."

He didn't need to look at the other pictures in the hall to nod. “Only a few, most are in my gallery.”

“Oh,” was all you said. “How long have you been painting?”

“I like to say I was born with brushes for fingers,” he chuckled with a hint of smugness. “And as for you, what were you born to do?”

"I don't know. I never really knew. I like my field, although I haven't graduated yet, but I never had a big dream or talent for arts in general.”

The look he gave you was understanding, almost affectionate, nodding. You stayed the rest of the night together, and even though you hadn't lived a third of what he had told you, the oldest Targaryen didn't make light of your experiences and aspirations for the future, quite the contrary, he asked a lot about your tastes, your dreams, your preferences and desires. Even if you were apprehensive about being around the most charming man you'd ever seen, Daemon was good enough to break through your preoccupation and wrap you up in a spiral of seduction veiled in sophisticated words and good conversation. By the gods, how you longed for that night not to end and you had to return to your simple and unglamorous life, to your heavy routine of studies and tiredness with uninteresting boys unlike the handsome man at your side.

“You have a beautiful face, you know, I would love to have you in one of my paintings,” he said as he rested his glass of white wine on the shelf beside him, “and I can already imagine how.”

"How?" You smiled in ecstasy, especially when he moved a piece of your hair to your ear and caressed your face. Your heart froze a beat and your mouth parted, a part of the smile still visible. It seemed too unreal to be true, but you would never object to what was about to happen.

“I'd love to show you,” he said before cupping your face and pressing his lips to yours in a kiss that made you float. You grabbed the back of his neck to pull him closer and rose on tiptoe to reach him properly, only to find yourself deliciously pressed against the wall as he stole the breath from your lungs in the sexiest, most demanding way possible. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that your reality seemed fully magnified as he pulled back and stared into your face, still so close you could only get intoxicated on his expensive woody cologne. “Come to my apartment, I need you babygirl.”

Oh dear, an indecent sound nearly escaped your mouth at the nickname, your breathing turning into wheezes immediately. You've never been in a relationship with an older man, not for lack of interest, but there weren't any such attractive options close until tonight. It felt like a sensual dream, especially when he traced circular patterns on her neck with his thumb.

“Yes."

Daemon glared fiercely before pulling you gently around the waist and out of the room, opening the door for you to say goodbye to your friend and Aegon, hating the knowingly slutty look he directed at your figure. Your heart pounded with each traffic light the luxurious red convertible crossed, impressed by the ruby, blue and green lights that illuminated that part of town and even more by the large hand that was on your bare thigh. How you wished it would rise a little higher...

Luckily his dazzlingly modern apartment wasn't far away, with beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows that looked out over the sea of buildings and skyscrapers of the world's greatest metropolis. It was breathtaking. You couldn't help but walk to the center of the room, gently tapping the glass as a smile left your lips. "It's so beautiful."

“No more than you, I promise,” he whispered into your hair, next to your ear, sending shivers through the body. He curled one hand in front of your body, caging you between the glass as he brushed your hair away from your neck to sensually kiss your erogenous spot, making your eyes close and your hands rest on the glass. His vague hand ran over your waist and breasts, squeezing your flesh deliciously. “Have you been with a man before, babygirl? A real man, not these fuckers who don't know how to satisfy a girl properly.”

“No, I never have been,” you replied breathlessly, looking at him through the reflection.

“I will make sure you never forget this night.”

Daemon turned you around to kiss you, demanding to taste, lick, suck, and bite each of your mouths. He'd like to taste your sweet pussy right there, fucking your beautiful body against the glass, but he wanted more, so much more, he wanted to lay you on the bed while the blue light outside illuminated your body just like the painting he'd imagined. And so he did. He stripped you of your clothes before laying you on the white sheets, drinking in the masterful image before you. He leaned down to kiss and suck on your neck as he slid his hand down the length of your body to the wet spot between your legs, spreading your wetness with his fingers before massaging your clit incisively with the palm of his hand, making a long, breathy moan out of your throat as you held him from behind, desperate for more friction. He removed his hand from your legs to grab your breasts and bring them to his mouth, but was quick to repeatedly grind his clothed manhood against your needy, wet pussy. He smeared saliva on your breasts and continued to tread south, kissing and stroking your stomach with his big hands.

“Fuck,” he growled at the sight of your shimmering femininity, so eager for his attention. “So fucking pretty,” he said before kissing the inside of your right thigh, holding your hips in place to dip like a bee on your flower, eating you like no other has. You moaned loudly and squeezed your eyes shut, holding onto his hair as your legs unconsciously tightened around his head. He never wavered, devouring your pearl like a starving man only to feel your body relax beneath him, your orgasm coming so hot and wet it had you moaning pathetically as he licked for another moment. A proud smile appeared on his features, which was met by a shy and satisfied smile before your hands struggled to remove the last physical obstacle that separated them.

“Ready for me, love?”

You nodded during the long look at his beautiful member. How he would love to thrust into you with no hindrance, but that would be asking too much for a first night, he knew that. So when he returned to the bed with the condom on and settled himself between your legs, his hand on your knees, there was nothing to look forward to but losing himself in your wet heat, so deliciously hot and tight. He let out a guttural growl as you let out a sly moan, sagging in glee as your pussy was filled in a steady rhythm.

“Daemon,” you cried breathlessly, pulling him in for a sloppy kiss. He became deeper and faster in his movements. “Oh! Don’t stop!" Your whisper had him moaning in your ear and biting down on your bottom lip, fucking your sensual body hungrily.

“Fuckin' hells,” he growled as you squeezed him and milked him wet all over his cock, kissing the sensitive spot on your neck. He didn't last long after that, allowing himself to fully enjoy your heat to come hard over your body, rolling over to discard the condom and lying next to you, pulling you into his chest.

“That was amazing,” you said, smiling wide and tired, feeling your warm intimacy relax completely.

He just smiled and nodded silently, draping an arm over your shoulder. You didn't bother too much to stay awake, however, Daemon's low voice caught your attention.

“You said you never had great aspirations, but you also told me of dreams to be fulfilled, desires, everything you would like to have, see and live. Let me do it, babygirl, let me help you.”

Your eyes widened, looking up to meet his calm features. "Are you serious?" We don't even know each other well, this is a big step for both of us,” you said.

“We have enough time for that, I just need to know if you want it.”

This is definitely the best night of your life. Of course I do, holy shit I want it so bad. “Yes! I want it! I want it so much!” You kissed him sleepily, smiling against his lips. And that's how the dynamic between you began.

tag: my bestie @valeskafics cause she planted the idea of sugar daddy daemon in my head with this work here, check out her work! She's the queen of hotd content.

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[gay-dorito-dust]

A/n: more possibly inaccurate Dameon Targaryen content!

The Westeros equivalent of a fuckboy; seeing as how often his frequent visitations go the brothels are and such that until he genuinely falls in love, I loosely but firmly believe he’d near enough stops going all together in favour of spending time with you under the guise of seeking out bastard creeps who wished to forced their ill will upon you.

Spoiler: that was never the case, Daemon made certain that it wouldn’t with the aid of a certain Blood Wrym.

He’s overly protective and possessive which could become a hinderance from time to time due to how suffocating and overbearing he could be when all you wished to do was spend some alone time that you could feel headaches forming behind your eyes. This isn’t helped by the fact that the Rouge Prince truly believed that only he was worthy of your time and attention, and that meant being ushered away from company he deemed inadequate of your breath.

Won’t admit it for the life of him but Daemon loves it when you spend time with his dragon Caraxes whenever he was away for political matters that didn’t require the destructive power of dragon fire. So whenever he comes back home he would always be sure to visit the courtyard where he knew you’d be with Caraxes head near your lap, purring contently when you ran your hand over his scales, scratching under his chin like an oversized domesticated house cat rather then a dragon capable of burning down kingdoms, villages and cities alike within a breath.

Caraxes echoes much of Daemon’s desires, traits and characteristics in my opinion which is mainly to do with their bond. So by that notion it wouldn’t be too far fetched to assume that Caraxes wouldn’t also be bonded to you overtime and terribly protective and territorial over you as a result. Which would include growling, slithering his long neck over you and into the face of anyone who dared harbour any ill intentions towards you due to your connection to Daemon and in extension Caraxes.

Your the other person Daemon would ever let fly Caraxes, of course he’d have to teach you the ropes but after several sessions you were pretty much a pro and were already flying over cities, eclipsing the skies before you knew it. Also it was down right hilarious when civilians, knights, squires, cup bearers, lords, and ladies of distant kingdoms saw the infamous dragon fly overhead; but not to see the equally as infamous Rouge Prince upon the back as per usual but instead the Rouge Princes’s spouse. This was the biggest display of ‘don’t touch what isn’t yours’ anyone had ever seen since.

Insecurities are bound to occur within your relationship once or twice with how often beautiful women of all body types and heights would flock to the platinum blonde with the intent of replacing you. You didn’t think you’d compete with such a variety of women and as doubt would start to darken your mind, blocking out any logistical thinking in favour of enhancing the horrible feeling within the bottom of your stomach to the extent where you felt physically sick.

To combat this Daemon would gift you with a necklace made from Valerian steel, the same material Dark Sister was forged from. It’s intricately woven by skilled yet delicate hands and it’s beauty was beyond compare that you felt inadequate to even let such an exquisite thing touch your skin despite the desire burning within you to indulge in this moment selfishly, to bask in the reality that you had captured the Rouge Prince without much struggle. Flaunting the fact that he was yours into the face of every possible suitor smugly.

Daemon is as observant as he is cunning so it wouldn’t take him long to clearly see the conflict within your eyes and he couldn’t blame you. He knew firsthand his reputation wasn’t the cleanest nor the smoothest but that didn’t mean he wished it to plague your mind with thoughts of his potential infidelities, both past and present. So to silence the voice in your head the prince would go out of his way to show you of his undying loyalty towards you as he believed that words can only speak so much truth into existence before it became meaningless.

Being with Daemon meant living lavishly, anything your heart wished, Daemon would search each and every nook, cranny and corner of the land for it and wouldn’t dare return until he was successful. If you wished for his heart within the palm of your hand, he’d oblige without hesitation but with the request that you offer your heart to him in exchange as a way to signify the seriousness of your relationship.

Any suitors you might’ve had in the past would have mysteriously gone missing under the most suspicious of circumstances that had faint traces of Daemon all over them. Yet nobody had the gaul to utter a single word about it as whenever Daemon was, Caraxes wasn’t far behind and the notion of accusing a prince of such crimes without physical evidence was sacrilegious, blasphemous even that it was punishable by death by dragon fire. So those that potentially knew forced themselves into silence out of pure fear.

Over all Daemon Targaryen was a man with an allegiance to himself and you, he has his own motives for the things he’s done in the past that many may look back on in horror at the conclusions he made to end long winded conflicts. Yet the man was complex, an enigma, an onion with many layers, some of which were rotten; whilst others were bearable to digest.

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[berenice509]

My read on why he left her. I guess he might actually LOVE her. And it’s too much, like he can’t ……the level of Vulnerability in actually coupling is something that he is not ready for. If you think about it, they have a nice rapport. She is wearing his gift. That must have been nice for him to see.

If he genuinely did have feelings for her, he is not used to coupling with people he has feelings for, you know.

It’s the fuckboy strategy of Daemon. Like “Shitt, I am actually too into this, I am gotta go.”

Source: GOT podcast by HBO

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[rhaenerystargaryen]

modern hotd headcanons

inspired by @sansaorgana pls check out her modern hotd au work!!

pairing: hotd characters (aegon, aemond, helaena, alicent, rhaenyra, daemon) x modern!au

synopsis: what the hotd characters would be like if they lived in 2022.

warnings: mentions of sexting & cornhub

wc: 367

aegon:

aegon is def a fuckboy

sleeps w half of the school

only wear hoodies, slides, basketball shorts

never heard of a vegetable

jizz tastes like battery acid

addicted to gaming, cornhub, sexting, vaping

in a fraternity (if he even goes to uni)

aemond:

takes archery and fencing lessons

when it comes socratic seminars or class debates, he goes off

refuses to be seen out in public with aegon

tries very hard to impress his mother, but alicent is hyper fixated on aegon

has a sick looking car but isn’t a car guy

bullies his bullies back or just ignores them

history or philosophy major

helaena:

gets her outfit inspo from pinterest

very soft, pastel clothing

is the type to have pet spiders or i can see her having a bearded dragon

vegan causes she 100% an animal enthusiast

is a psych major or zoology major, i can see her being very interested in working with animals or helping people

her and aemond’s style are polar opposites

alicent:

drinks her days away

probably is in a book club (her arch nemesis is still rhaenyra)

milf milf milf

husband is never home…but his multiple credit cards are

is afraid of helaena’s pets

terrible at driving

is having an affair with her kids old tutor, criston cole

only drinks diet sodas

rhaenyra:

bakes the best cookies

smells really good, like a warm hug

is also in a book club (w/ alicent)

the fun aunt who will let you have a sip of her wine

men fear her, women want her

probably an english teacher (the one that everyone gets along with)

daemon:

hot history teacher that everyone wants to bang

rhaenyra and him work at the same school

always dresses so formally

dilf dilf dilf

thinks that tiktok is a waste of time

house has a huge library

doesn’t understand memes or how to use them

pulls out his reading glasses whenever his kids show him something on their phone

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[tinemilk]

Let my man be human, so he can be a grey character!

"Daemon Targaryen is a grey character, because x violent act or his x action on the way to power", are probably the sentences I am most sick of in regards to him. Because if those are the only justifications, then they are poorly based. Daemon is from a violent society. By only basing his greyness on his time as commander, the Steps, or making his every act self-serving, one overlooks where he comes from and who he is.

Westeros has always been a violent society. It wasn't until Alysanne that "the first night" was outlawed. Tourneys are big events in their society, even though it is purely based on violence. Correct me if I am terribly wrong, but we only hear of Daemon delighting in violence when he is enforcing westerosi laws. Laws that are violent, that demand you answer violence with more of it. I would also like to remark that his delight may come from his peculiar moral compass. Also that he likes to remind KL's people to follow the laws his house has asked them to follow. Or that he just doesn't like rape that much., shocking.

It is important to note F&B is about the Targaryens so talking about a random lordling loving violence would be odd. Daemon is a royal, so regardless rumors and speculations will follow him.

Anyway, Daemon is mostly likely one of many who delights to bestow violence upon those who have been deemed deserving of it. If Daemon loved to go about beating people or more just for the fun of it, it would be mentioned. Yet it isn't.

His hunger for position and power is not hard to understand why. He is a second son without land or a household, he has a shitty marriage (until Rhaenyra) and is given little power by Viserys. In short, he wants more. He is a prince, yet a minor lord has more holdings than him. A minor lord has land, a household, a family, and more. Daemon up until Rhaenyra and somewhat Laena, has no land, no household, and no family he has been part of creating. He has a title, a dragon, and a wife (Rhea Royce) he loathes. It is understandable he wants more in terms of standing.

In my opinion, what makes Daemon a grey character is his moral compass. His willingness to take action, even though they don't play by the rules. He never shies away from who he is, and he embraces and utilizes his "darker" aspects to further his family and his house. Because if his actions and reasons all become self-serving his motivations no longer have complexity. They are only to serve Daemon Targaryen.

However, if his motivations, actions, and more come from a place of complexity and contradictions, he becomes a grey character. He thinks beyond himself and has feelings beyond his "Rogue Prince" persona (I am sorry, but the whole Rogue Prince thing seems more like a persona, that has been blown up by others around him than his whole person. No one can change that opinion.). He becomes human, not just a fuckboy ideal.

So for the love of sliced bread, let Daemon be human. Let him be part of the many. Let him have contradicting and complex feelings, let him have love! He will still remain "six or sixty men, he is still Daemon Targaryen" even if he is part of the norm.

(if I had to take a guess, it is his unpredictability and his cleverness they fear. Not the violence or his hunger for power.)

#daemon targaryen #Let my man be human #f&b #I will take criticism on a Monday shitty day so lets make it worse #daemon blood fans terrify me #i should sleep now #it's not that deep

[missdreamfyre]

𓂃𓏲࣪ ʚɞ succesion/fall of house usher hotd au brainrot i've had for a while ♡. 。°˖

(feel free to use for like whatever i'm probs not going to write this)

Viserys owns a mega company that's been in his family for generations after his great great great grandfather ruthlessly took over the company his first wife aemma died in labor he has one daughter and heir to the empire rhaenyra. his business partner otto convinces him to remarry otto's extremely young daughter and rhaenyra's private school friend best alicent (She's 16 almost 17 when they meet and 18 when they actually get married and have aegon) knowing that they're son would be set to inherit the company as it's tradition that the first born son gets control over the company.

• Viserys and Rhaenyra get into a fight after while drunk at a business party she "sleeps' ' with the much older ex business partner and best friend daemon.

• Daemon is Viserys ex business partner and college friend (not his brother but viserys basically still treats him like one) who was removed from the company due to trying to pivot them to more illegal business.

• The issue with the strong boys is less that their bastards and more that they're very obviously not Laenors.

• The Hightowers are new money and the Targaryens are old money.

• Rhaenyra and Laenor only get married because rhaenyra doesn't want to get married and still wants to privately "play the field" and Laenor is in the closet.

• Viserys dies and "the family goes to war" by suing each other into oblivion, another who gets control over the company and ends up pissing away the family fortune on lawyers and smear campaigns/pr.

• Alicent is basically treated similar to Willa (Succession) or Juno (Fall of House Usher) until Viserys dies.

• Laena is an actress in this au! Rhaena wants to follow her mothers footsteps while Rhaena wants to join the family business (also Rhaena and Helaena become friends in this au cause i think i'd be cute).

• Blood and Cheese is replaced with Daemon using mob connections to have Helaena and her kids kidnapped. Jaehaerys is severely injured by the goons and is hospitalized for a while and is permanently wheelchair bound but lives. This drives Aegon to continue in his war against rhaenyra.

• Alicent homeschools her kids instead of sending them to the prestige boarding school the Targaryens have been going to for decades (she also redecorates the mansion due to it being mildly hideous).

• Aegon is basically a useless fuckboy for the first half of this drinking, using and partying constantly and wants to start his own nightclub but Alicent and Otto stop him.

• Alicent buys a cat once Viserys dies and it's her favorite thing in the world (Aegon jokes she likes it more than him).

• Aemond losing a eye was a prank that the strong boys didn't intend to go that far (it was revenge for Aemond mocking them for being obviously not Laenors kids) Viserys defends them saying it was just boys being boys and that they were sorry and they're all family ect ect alicent loses it and slaps rhaenyra after she suggests Aemond be sent to military school for "Bullying" her sons.

• Aegon is basically a twitter troll and chronically searches his own name to know what people are saying about him. 

• Alicent starts out dressing more like a preppy teenager but covers up more due to her relationship with Viserys plus her being seen as a "Goldigger" by daemon and slutshamed.

• Aemond goes off to study business at a prestigious private university and meets the older Alys.

• This is semi inspired by a fic but Larys is very obsessed with alicent and 100% believes she killed Viserys (she didn't and is also a repressed lesbian in this au) 

• Criston was rhaenyra's bodyguard before what happened in cannon happens and he confesses to alicent and Viserys gets chewed out and fired and almost fired later alicent comforts him and convinces Viserys to have him switched to being her own personal body guard instead of firing him.

• Alicent was into literature in highschool before dropping out to get married and passed that love on to Aemond.

• Daemon has ties to organized crime and instead of taking rhaenyra to a brothel he takes her to a private strip club.

• Rhaenyra was a popular online it girl until she started dating daemon, she argues with people who don't like him on twitter (they're basically grimes and elon musk in this au).

#hotd au #headcanon #pro alicent hightower #team green #team black #hotd

[quinntamsin]

Denna let out a cry of joy as the ship crested over a wave and hut the end of it with a hard think. The wind was causing their vessel to speed quickly across the ocean as she and Kwynn headed south to attend a wedding in the neck. The banner of House Ceallach, a white raven on a black banner, sailed above on the mast. Her wife, the Lady Ceallach was busily speaking to the captain as they were only perhaps a few miles before making port.

House of the Dragon S1E8 "The Lord of the Tides". We open with the Lord of Hightide injured from fighting in the Stepstones. Vaemond seems intent on taking it from his own family. Rhaena stands beside Rhaenys as she sits the Driftwood throne. I like how there is still succession debates going on among the Houses of the Blackwater Rush. Is it a Valyrian trait to turn on family; I wonder how they plan on introducing the next Lord of Driftmark, Alyn Hull aka Velaryon. The King tries to focus on the happy as Alicent prays for lord Vaemond. They toast Lucaerys as everyone else including Aegon the fuckwad decides to be a fuckboy. Seriously, that little rapist would reserve the death he gets later. Switching to Dragonstone we see that new fortifications have been built on the great fortress as we zone in on the firemount for some reason. Deep within a crevasse, we see someone stealing a Dragon Egg? It's Daemon he pries the egg from a strange almost dragonglass-made nest. Daemon seems happy about the new eggs as he receives a message from his daughter. Grown-up Jacaerys definitely is lighter in hair than his younger self, as he practices High Valyrian over Aegon's epic table. He is dismissed as Daemon enters to give information to hise Niece-Wife, about the ongoing turmoil of Hightide. Vaemond's own action makes me think he's been causing more problems as we see the Strong Children getting their status questioned. Honestly, I wouldn't put it past Lord Otto to play up the bullshit. The Velaryon-Targs make their arrival back in King's Landing where they hope to put aside ongoing issues with Lady Rhaenys. THey are welcomed by no one, the Queen isn't there (way to go Ali-Karen) and a person pops up without notice. Inside the Red Keep is silent, everything is darker as there's more evidence of the Seven. The typical bullshit of the Andals as many of the Valyrian accouterments have been removed. The Queen Wears a seven-pointed star like it's a fucking shield on her as we see the Greens are trying further to attack the kids. It would have been less outward about it. Sir Erryk alerts the Queen to what we will find out is Aegon being a raper (and her being a total White Karen and pushing to cover it up). Rhae enters her father's chambers with Damon as they are much darker and more forlorn than before. Viserys' illness has spread farther than before. The right of his face is almost entirely bandaged as only his nose is left free. WE can see that the King is fading, Daemon informs the King of the Sea Snakes fall in battle. When Daemon pushes the King seemingly just repeats it. WHen he meets the youngest boys including Visery II and Aegon III, his stuttering scares the children. I mean they are kids. In the Queen's presence the girl is crying, her face roughed and ruffled I am they didn't fucking show us the actual scene. The aftermath is all we need when it comes to the GoT TV series' history of treating women. She tells him how she asked him to stop and the Queen appears to have some mercy for the girl. Some sympathy but honestly, as I watch I know it's all fucking fake. Alicent proceeds to basically threaten the shit out of the girl showcasing that she's not just a bad mother, but also a terrible Queen! She even pays the girl off like a fucking Corporate HR Karen. This scene is so seriously horrific as the girl is forced under duress to drink Moontea to abort the child. So, wow, I really wished they didn't have this, but I will say this Alicent is trying. The soon to be future King as he's ignoring everything all the Queen can do is strike him. Yup, this is a real Bateman hotel. He's ignoring Helaena, and then he tries to whine about how the world is so hard. Helaena pops up and being the just pure soul she is asks for Dyana to watch the kids. Her walk in to speak to Alicent ends as predictably as it could. The Strong Lads head out to the training yard dressed in dark cloaks as befitting their status as scions of House Targaryen. They discuss their current status as Aemond being a total badass in the fighting ring faces off against Sir Criston. Aemond is just so fucking unhinged as he asks his Nephews if they wish to train. In the situation pops Vaemond who is here to be the pissant he is and we prepare as the Lord of the Tides is to be decided. Otto does it all under the guise of putting a child in command. This could easily be decided by Rhaenys standing as a fucking Regent. She has served with her husband and we know Daemon is also a battle-ready fighter. Whatever it is, we travel to the Godswood where Rhaena leads in Rhae to speak to her family. Rhae is right that Rhaenys is there to proclaim herself. Laenor is still alive, and we know Rhae hatched the scheme to let him fuck off under the lie of being dead. It makes me wonder how Rhaenys come to side with the Black Council if she's just going to ignore shit. The Hightowers are going to pry away at Rhae for her status and for her children. We know that Laenor tried to have sex with her, but gave up for his own boundaries. SO she turned to someone to help and that was sir Harwin Strong. If Larys had not broken his family apart as a fucking Kinslayer the Strongs would have been there to back the Black Council. Rhae pops up in the night to speak to her father about the "Song of Ice and FIre". The writers here are leaning hard into more Dreamer work, but we know that Aemond's future came true. Rhae admits she likely didn't really want to lead the kingdom, she's lost a lot here. How all of the ongoing weight of the future and her desire to rule are so damn overpowering. Watching Rhae beg her father is so fucking heartbreaking. She is trying so hard, but her former best friend and her father are tearing it all apart. And the King can do nothing because he's falling apart from his own illness.

Valar Morghulis. As he is wrapped again by the Maesters he speaks to Otto as he calls for supper in the redkeep. He wants his family, his fading vision of family unification, to be somewhat true, even for a moment. As he taken back to bed we see sores covering his body as a shadow of the Seven paints the room. Back in the throne room Otto stands before the chair facing toward those issue and sits upon it. THe fool. Vaemond is up, he goes with the History, and goes on his purist bullshit. The Velaryons have married into the Targs enough for both Houses to have a healthy CLaim. I mean that he pushes harder on declaring the Strong Kids as illegitimate. Rhae's argument begins as someone else, the King enters, and he's hobbling worse than Maester Aemond is. Half is face is masked in gold much like Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. His walk to the Iron Throne is painful as he glances between his wife, brother, sons, grandchildren and his daughter. He basically tells Otto he's there to sit, even in pain, he will sit the Throne. Valar Dohaeris. Bearing down on his cane he is helped up by his brother who for once seems above his own bullshit in this scene. Daemon picks up his brother and the Crown and settles Viserys into the Iron Thone. Excellent acting done by Paddy Considine. THe King's actions here will mean that Vaemond get's set aside, and so does Luke. Baela sits with the Strong Kids, she mentions the fucking marriage agreement. But this seems like a nice build up as Lord Vaemond decides to go full on bullshit. He throws a tantrum and decides to argue with the King. He is about to say it when we see that Daemon is about to go stepdad on his ass and murder the fucker. He calls it out before the King. and insults the heir-apparent of the Seven Kingdoms. And as the king calls for his tongue he beheads Vaemond using Dark Sister. I will be honest, this was an epic as fuck scene, as Lord Rhaenys sits over the body of Vaemond is prepared for funeral. Rhaenys speaks of the STranger, of how Death has haunted her House too much recently. First her daughter, then her goodbrother. Laenor is not included since he was willing to traumatize his family to fuck off. Yes, I get it he wanted to go do his shit, but he left his mother with a lie instead of at least a clue. "It both gladdens my heart and fills it with sorrow." He makes a point at going straight for the jugular at the division of the Hightower and Velaryon Targaryens. He removes his mask to showcase the damage done to his face by the disease that has been eating at him. Valar Morghulis, the king shows him his true face. He's trying so hard for his family to not continue this bullshit. If only Alicent would -just- let shit go. He -begs- them to let it go, and we can see that Alicent is filled with emotion. Which will result as Rhae gives Alicent a compliment, and apology. Rhaena tosses the woman another fucking olive branch, one that could have ended all of this. ALL OF THIS. She admits that Rhae will make a fine Queen, but there's Otto in the background ready to stir shit again. Can someone just off or detongue the bastard. Aegon is a literally drunken fool, and Aemond is a war-weary asshole.  And Aegon decides to insult to injury and Jace stands like a man. He could apologize for attacking Aemond (which would have done nothing, but made him appear the bigger person). He did the smart thing though in not playing to Aegon's childishness. Helaena pops up and talks about how horrible her husband is and this was great. Aegon deserve to be eaten by a fucking Dragon as Jace walks off to be with Helaena. This is a pairing that should have happened, but no Karen Queen had to push them together. The family seems happy hear at least a little bit, Aegon is a fuckwad who should be gelded. Rhae is smiling even Aegon is happy as is the Queen. For a night, the King gets his dream, a family without stsrife, but this is a false narrative. He is dying, we can see as the pain begins to take him and Daemon watches. Aemond decides to open his fucking mouth, decides to level another insult, he decides. Alicent is trying at this point, we can see that it is now the generational feud that is spreading now. She says she will return on Dragonback, but I don't think the Princess will return. We switch to the dark of the Keep as music plays in the background. Someone is stalking somewhere in the night. Is this Daemon visiting the White Worm. No it is someone else. We sweep into the King's bedroom where he is struggling with the pain of his illness. I do rail against ALicent, but the woman IS trying. She is dealing with a father who encourages her to cover up and not actually deal with her sons problem. She is surrounded by men who have pushed her into this situation. And she is in a marriage where her husband is a walking corpse. In his throws of pain he speaks of the prophecy of the Song, and he eventually pushes ALicent into a position which is foolish. If anyone writes a good Alaenyra story giving Rhae and her a good start I will jump on that bitch fast! Alicent leaves her husbands room after hearing his rambling as she thinks he wants Aegon to succeed. Knowing nothing of what he meant she will take this as the King Breathe's his very last it seems. He tears up, seeing how the ravages of his future will result in the death of his line mayhap. Thus the King died, Long LIve King Aegon II and thus came the Dance of Dragons. Gay Canon Damn, like seriously damn, I have some really good ideas involving a few characters here. I wanna say that once I finish up some work I will be dabbling in an Alaenyra story for next season. A sort of spite to the fuckery that is the sexism of Westeros. I want to be clear, this is me spiting what Weiss and Benioff did to a sound storyline. I like what HoTD is doing, I think it has a solid story in its hand. At the same time I want to take in hand what I think could have been a take on the Targs not descending into the sickening rot that will become of their future Kin. Hottakes The Driftwood Throne is pretty bamf.

Thank gods they didn't actually show us that gender violence scene.

I like how they are playing up Aemond as a childish almost sociopathic clone of Daemon. The stand off near the end mirrors their ended together well above the Gods Eye.

This show is really doing a good job as expressing and showcasing generational trauma.

Helaena is fucking precious.

All of these time skips are fucking with my head.

They say only four seasons, I would have made it six with fewer time skips.

#house of the dragon #hotd #game of thrones #house targaryen #house hightower #house velaryon #house lannister #rhaenyra targaryen #alicent hightower #queen alicent #daemon targaryen #otto hightower #lgbt #rhaenyra x alicent #alaenyra #rhaenicent #lesbian #gay #bisexual #bi #pansexual #transgender

[mywitchcultblr]

Daemon and Rhaenyra relationship is normalizing and romanticizing abusive incest relationship it is a danger to society, be normal stop shipping them

Short answer: No

Long answer: No

The thing is I never have the urge to fuck my uncle after I watch HOTD. Also TikTokers fuckboys and Cryptobros are the dangers to society. Not Daemyra

#hotd #daemon x rhaenyra #daemon #rhaenyra targaryen #antis #anon ask

[killpilled]

i think from now on rhaenyra and daemon should only wear matching outfits. Same cut, same colors, preferably black. They should also have matching hair cuts, so when daemon has short fuckboy hair rhaenyra does too and when rhaenyra has those long regal braids daemon has the same. I want them to look like twins. When they walk through the castle I want people to see one half of a person. We should not be able to tell them apart anymore. I am procrastinating on my term paper right now

#i think the fair-haired eckbert is getting to me #i did so much research about incest and narcissism and androgyny and now i don't know where to put those thoughts #house of the dragon #daemyra #daemon targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen

[slothydaydreamer]

HOTD, episode 5 thoughts:

Me, seeing Lady Rhea for the first time: why the fuck would Daemon not want this badass specimen of a woman, hello I WANT TO MARRY HER. She is beautiful, she is strong, she is perfection.

Me a few minutes later: I now have a personal vendetta against this man. You lost your blorbo privileges, Daemon.

(Like EXCUSE ME, YOU HAVE ZERO TASTE IF YOU WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY DROP YOUR PANTS FOR THIS WOMAN)

I love the concept of Criston Cole so much. Shjshxjsh Rhaenyra is a fuckboy who broke his heart and tainted his purity. It is amazing how seamlessly the trope is reversed here. This is soooo well done, it works without any mocking.

Corlys and Rhaenys are the only valid couple who's still around here, I swear. Hnnnn. True love, true love...

Well, Laenor and his bae were too, but that ship got murdered. >:/

Knew from the moment Laenor's lover went over to talk with Criston that this was a mistake. Lover boy, lesson number 1 is the less people know, the better, like BRUH. I knew this would go bad, but Criston later bashing his head in was not expected. Why must you hurt the gays :'(

Poor Laenor. He lost everything because of this marriage.

Also Criston, wtf. You're no longer valid. The only way this is possibly not just straight up homophobia from him is if he's so stuck up on not wanting the kingsguard to be filled with more oathbreakers like himself, he wants to bring everyone down with him....

Still no excuse, like, why is your first instinct murder??????????? And how is this never addressed by anyone? He literally attacked a guest accompanying the future prince consort. And it has zero consequences for him. Where is the justice in THAT?

Laenor lost a lover, Rhaenyra gets introduced to one.... Hello, Harwin.

Also bruuuuh, Daemon is no longer being cute with his possessiveness over Rhaenyra.

Yes, I'm still pissed about Rhea

Daemon has an awful habit of using and throwing away women as he pleases. Little leech.

I nearly forgot to talk about Alicent getting herself ready for war with her dress... I admit, she has a reason to be pissed since she got lied to. Begs the question for her of course what else she can't trust Rhaenyra about.

I'm sad the union between Laenor and Rhaenyra had such a rough start. They thought they got it all, and now...

#house of the dragon #hotd #watching hotd

[hrodvitnon]

I think the funniest part about Skarbrand’s attempt at usurping Khorne was WHY Khorne was mad about it. Except, Khorne wasn’t actually pissed that Skarbrand tried to usurp him. He was pissed because Skarbrand tried to backstab from behind like a coward, instead of challenging him one-on-one like a true servant of the Blood God. It comes across less as anger at a personal betrayal and more of ‘DID YOU JUST STAB ME IN THE BACK LIKE A LITTLE BITCH?!?’. And I find that funny.

Skarbrand should know better, Khorne values anyone who will charge in and try punching him in the face like a MAN!

I'm also fond of how Fantasy Khorne has a soft spot for Valkia the Bloody; this once mortal shield maiden and warrior-queen dedicated to Khorne was approached by some Slaaneshi fuckboy of a Daemon Prince who was like "hey girl why don't you ditch that ugly boar and join my harem," to which Valkia made the rational response by chopping off the Daemon Prince's head and nailing it to her shield and journeyed off to present it to Khorne. When she died on the way, Khorne was like "FUCK YOU DEATH, THIS BITCH IS ON FIRE!" and resurrected her as a kickass Daemon Princess.

#Anonymous #warhammer 40k #warhammer #khorne

[thisisnotseidr]

I love edgelord fuckbois who don’t know that “demon” is just a modernization of daemon, which is an umbrella term for any supernatural entity that isn’t a god. They’ll brag about “summoning the ancient demon [fill in the blank]” and it’s just like... some local wind spirit from a different continent. All they did was yell out the spiritual window and a ghost cat or something wandered in, meanwhile their target entity just got essentially a weird astral butt-dial. There are a lot of reasons you should research your woo, but not being a comically embarrassing dipshit is definitely on the list.

#pp #general spirituality #demon

[licuadora-nasir]

Eldarya New Era: Mathieu

Okay, can we take a moment and talk about Mathieu? Im gonna be honest: my first impression about Mathieu was bad, I didn’t get why they had decided that it was a good idea replace Valkyon and Ezarel’s routes for  A HUMAN ONE in a fantasy world. DAMN I wanted to date elfs, vampires, dragons, daemons, kitsunes or whatever of the sort, not a human that I didn’t even like.

To begin with, comparising Valkyon with Mathieu it wasn’t a good idea to start introducing this character, and in the first dialoges that Erika had with him it seemed to me that Mathieu was a friendly but egocentric guy that was pretty confident about his physical and seductive habilities, and even though I like confidence, for my part I disliked the straightfoward way they showed that Mathieu was interested in Erika.

It’s great that the get along and they wanna be friends cause it’s normal since both of them are from earth and must have things in common, but I would have rathered getting to know Mathieu more like a character than a boy that wants to flirt with Erika since the beggining, or at least that’s my opinion.

However, thanks to episode 3 Ive changed my mind. In the cherry tree scene where he’s talking with Lance we finally start to see the imperfections of a character that  was shown as someone skilled that was willing to make great and legendary feats such as the one Erika did and how he’s actually worried about her. 

The dialoges that he has with Koori are marvelous, and I find their friendship cute and hilarous. From my point of view, I rather a Mathieu that fights with Koori and complains  about silly stuff than a “fuckboy” Mathieu. We already have enough grandpas and angst with the rest of LIs, so please can we get someone refreshing and funny instead of more problems like with the rest of boys? 

#eldarya #eldarya new era #lance #mathieu #eldarya lance #eldarya mathieu #beemov #otome #otome romance #eldarya english #eldarya rambles

[2xplusungood]

Here I will quickly summarize some of the Horus Heresy novels I’ve read

Horus Rising: Wow what a nice fellow I sure hope he doesn’t ruin everything forever

Galaxy in Flames: Oh no 

Fulgrim: THE ARISTOCRATS!

Descent of Angels: Is there really such a thing as TOO homoerotic?

Legion: Adventures of my super cool OC and also Alpharius is there

Mechanicum: The diode, the switch AND THE AUDACITY OF THIS BITCH

Fallen Angels: Ignoring a good chunk of your legion is a bad idea apparently

Thousand Sons: Fuck the Space Wolves

Prospero Burns: Nah the Space Wolves are pretty cool actually

Deliverance Lost: HE’S ALPHARIUS... YOU’RE ALPHARIUS... IM ALPHARIUS. IS THERE ANY OTHER ALPHARIUS’ I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?

Fear to Tread: Sanguinius is a good boy and it will take more than a fuckboy like Erebus to change that

Angel Exterminatus: Fulgrim sets the bar so low I begin to actually like Perterabo

Betrayer: My daemon boyfriend is starting to worry me and I am incredibly fuck ass mad for unrelated reasons

Vulkan Lives: Saw 40k: The Return of the OC

#warhammer 40k #shitpost #w40k #horus heresy