#heir of blood and fire

[daenerysies]

rhaenyra is as much of a girl’s girl as the society she lives in allows her to be.

book wise she has multiple ladies in waiting (not just alicent, which is a grave oversight in the show), one of which is said to have gouged out her own eyes at the sight of rhaenyra’s murder. that doesn’t sound like someone who isn’t capable of inspiring loyalty from the women around them. rhaenys fully and wholeheartedly supported rhaenyra and her cause, even dying in her attempts to make her the first queen regnant of the seven kingdoms. laena betrothed her daughters to rhaenyra’s sons, ensuring that her blood sat both the iron throne and the driftwood throne, all while being a pretty difficult backing to break due to the wealth and naval power of the velaryons (all of this in spite of the bastardy rumors surrounding jace and luke). the agreement also puts forward how politically astute rhaenyra is, and how she didn’t just rely on her father’s word to put her on the throne. she made alliances using her sons hand in marriage; borros baratheon might not have declared for aegon had a proposal taken place the night luke brought rhaenyra’s terms. baela was only held back from partaking in the many battles because of her dragon’s size, otherwise she would have been right beside her betrothed fighting for rhaenyra. there’s even a chance that rhaena would have joined had she had a rideable dragon of her own. she had mysaria, a former sex worker, as her mistress of whisperers, a very esteemed position on her small council. the cases of rosby and stokeworth have no bearing on this, because they were never named as heirs (along with being literal children during a war time) which is what rhaenyra was using as the basis for her rulership. jeyne arryn knew her own position as lady of the eyrie would be challenged (again) if aegon stepped over rhaenyra and subsequently supported her cause. important women like alysanne blackwood and sabitha frey were key players in cregan’s army.

show wise she is shown in the season two trailer to be taking advice from rhaenys and allowing her to be a part of the war efforts. baela and rhaena are explicitly included on her war council, with rhaena as her cupbearer. moondancer is no longer a hardly rideable dragon and baela seems to be taking direct part in the war. rhaenyra is already shown in a set picture to be communicating with mysaria (whether that’s discussing blood and cheese, the aftermath of it, or something entirely different remains to be seen). these are not the acts of someone who hated other women, and using her falling out with alicent and the resulting enmity between them (that is almost completely one-sided due to the difference in power dynamics) as an excuse to otherwise is worse than strange, considering alicent’s canonical goal was to seat her son, a known violent misogynist, on the throne over a woman who was the named heir to the king.

the green’s entire ideological standpoint is that women cannot rule, ever, for it would make the main members of the green’s powerless, and any other lord or heir’s claim would be up for debate if they have an elder sister. if the iron throne had truly been aegon’s by right alicent, otto, and criston would not have left viserys’ body to rot for days AND they would have had the backing of most of the houses. if alicent had cared more for her children’s wellbeing she would have convened a great council before the war began or considered any other effort that would not lead to her children fighting on dragonback. rhaenyra’s (peaceful) ascension would have at least started the necessary changes needed to grant women more authority and (!) autonomy in the seven kingdoms. queen consorts had significantly less influence after her murder, along with the targaryen’s losing their ability to hatch dragons. rhaenyra does not need to be a feminist for her cause to be inherently feminist by proxy.

rhaenyra was not a feminist, but she did have great love for other women. it’s disingenuous at best and downright insulting at worst to try to paint her as anything else. she inspired loyalty even after her murder. if the black’s cause had truly relied on putting rhaenyra on the throne, her armies would have disbanded once she was dead. instead corlys and larys poisoned aegon, with rhaenyra’s son being placed on the throne afterwards. it was ultimately about bloodlines in the end. jaehaera suffered the unfortunate consequences of an ambitious hand because of her status as aegon’s daughter. it plays directly into how alicent outlived her entire family, besides jaehaera, and went mad with grief, learning to hate the color green. how greed and the allure of power can and will corrupt those who choose to make that a priority in their lives, and how the innocent will usually pay the price for those sins.

#house of the dragon #fire and blood #rhaenyra targaryen #pro rhaenyra targaryen #team black #anti team green #anti team green stans #anti alicent hightower #anti aegon ii targaryen #hate rhaenyra all you want #but stop conflating your hatred of her with factually incorrect takes #the only team constantly harping about feminism #is the team who’s been babied by a show that wants to change the core meaning behind #the dance of the dragons #aegon only having a daughter by the end of it all #and NOT naming her heir #is the most telling result that the war happened #because of rhaenyra’s womanhood #btw i don’t care how ‘interesting’ and ‘full of nuance’ your fav characters are so keep it to yourself :)

[rhaenin-time]

B-b-but Rhaenyra's siblings were always in danger and even if she didn't think she'd need to kill them she definitely would have because of all these historical figures who killed or imprisoned those they saw as a threat to their claim:

[Insert list of historical rulers who were not named heirs and who came into power during a power vacuum or crisis where there was either no clear line of succession or where they used force to supplant the line of succession. Also insert list of competing heirs who refused to renounce their claim.]

#the irony of using Henry vs the fucking PLANTAGENETS is not lost on me #Yes very smart historian tell us ALL ABOUT the Plantagenets would you??????? #& honestly if Mary had stfu about being the “rightful Queen” while she was at QE's mercy she had a pretty good chance of QE naming her heir #asoiaf #hotd #team black #asoiaf fandom #anti team green #fire and blood #anti team green stans

[lovl3igh]

"according to the law aegon should be the king" according to the law aegon should have been castrated and sent to the wall

#what law are you reffering to #in the book everytime king had to named his heir officially an heir and prince/princess of dragonstone #in the show viserys officially changes the line of succession #we have the whole ceremony and all #it's confirmed that rhaenyra has claim #and lords gave her their oaths #so what bs y'all trying to sell #according to the law rhaenyra was the heir #also i blame jaehaerys #dude really had to screw everything #he literally disinherited like 6 women if you think about that?? #2 of them were called his heirs #house of the dragon #targaryen #hotd #rhaenyra targaryen #fire and blood #queen rhaenyra #team black #anti team green #anti aegon ii targaryen #aegon targaryen #aegon the elder #aegon the usurper #anti jaehaerys i targaryen #jaehaerys targaryen #anti aegon ii stans

[khaleesioftherealm]

Fire and Blood.

#house of the dragon #house targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #game of thrones #daenerys targaryen #princess rhaenyra #queen rhaenyra #fireandblood #fire and blood #the hair the blood and the fire #its giving rightful heir #team black #alicent hightower #hotd #daemon targaryen #princess rhaenyra targaryen #silver hair

[addaerontruther]

what if i said Viserys did, in fact, have Harwin killed, and Larys, being who he is, found out and spent the rest of his life trying to destroy House Targaryen? he was the spy on the Green Council to ensure mutual destruction and did whatever he could at every opportunity to get as many of them killed as possible, then during the Hour of the Wolf, chose death over taking the black because he'd accomplished his goal: the dragons were dead, and all that remained were traumatized children.

#when rhaenyra took the city #he only managed to save aegon.... and the one single female heir of a faction fighting against women's right to rule #the betrayers #the poisoning #i'm right #i could write an essay on this #in the book obviously #the show rewrote viserys #as george himself said #him saying that makes me think i'm right x2 #larys strong #viserys i targaryen #viserys targaryen #harwin strong #rhaenyra targaryen #larys clubfoot #harwin breakbones #fire and blood #aemond targaryen #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls

[kinkajouwof]

SO DANCE FUCKER DANCE

HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE

#KINKAJOU SCRIBBLES #tsunami wof #wings of fire #wof #wof fanart #orca wof #orcas statue #seawing #auklet wof #eyestrain #eyestrain warning #blood #I GUESS #the lost heir

[divinemare]

Masterlist

ACOTAR

acotar oc’s

acotar oc couples

acotar oc’s incorrect quotes

azriel

rhys

nyx archeron

requests open

FOURTH WING

fourth wing ocs

fourth wing oc couples

liam mairi

brennan sorrengail

xaden riorson

requests open

CRESCENT CITY

soon to come

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THRONE OF GLASS

soon to come

requests open

#masterlist #a court of thorns and roses #acotar #acomaf #acosf #acowar #acotar fanfic #acotar fanfiction #fourth wing #fourth wing fanfic #fourth wing fic #the empyrean #throne of glass #tog #crown of midnight #heir of fire #empire of storms #kingdom of ash #crecent city #house of earth and blood #hoeab #cc hoeab #house of sky and breath #hosab #cc hosab #azriel #rhys #rhysand #nyx archeron #xaden riorson

[whitenight11007]

This has been floating around in my mind. Let’s see if anyone else agrees.

So Sarah j Maas books are obviously ✨amazing✨. There are three scenes one in each series that really strikes the characters.

They all include water. They all include our main heroes. And they all see the true face of the other.

In TOG Aelin just had her burn out (HoF) and got dunked in water repeatedly. This is the entire scene where Rowan sees her back and flies away in horror. That’s really when Rowan stars seeing her as more than a spoiled brat. As someone who survived and lost. As a true Fae not a pathetic human. It’s not when he falls in love with her but I feel like this is where it really starts.

In ACOTAR feyre had just heard Rhys’s backstory and accepted the bond. (Chapter 55 👀❤️‍🔥🥫) they were washing each other and thats when they say when they fell in love with the other person. That’s when they fully give to their feelings and realize they would die and kill and torture for the other. That’s when they realize that they were always meant to be. It’s such a sweet healing scene (and 🌶️🌶️🌶️ too!) and brings a important aspect to the book that’s vital to Feyre’s journey.

And in CC it’s the very first book. Hunt has just murdered three innocents and is taking a shower. He’s numb to the world and to his emotions. And as Bryce walks in it’s real pity she has on the Shadow of Death real sympathy. Because she was also in that place. This is where she starts seeing him as more then him mask, more then his job, more then a just another angel. She cared for him in a way that no one cared for her.

In all of these a huge part of their stories and lives are at play here. They’re all broken but healing. This is such a cool thing about Sarah j Maas. She’s written so many books and it all comes back to one thing. Hope.

And that is why I will keep reading her for years to come.

#random #sarah j maas #sjm books #throne of glass #bryce quinlan #house of sky and breath #a court of thorns and roses #aelin ashryver galathynius #feyre archeron #rhysand #heir of fire #crescent city #house of earth and blood #hunt athalar

[silly--fangirl]

the thing about sunny days is the fact that they remind me of Lucien

and from one perspective it's a good thing: i get to daydream about him a lot as it's getting warmer AND I LOVE DOING JUST THAT

but on the other hand: i smile the whole time i'm thinking about Lucien and i'm pretty sure there were men who thought i was smiling at them

so: no, XYZ. i don't want you. what i want is my pretty sunshine fae gentleman who'd give me the moon on a string if i gave him a kiss AND has fire in his blood

#acotar #lucien vanserra #lucien acotar #lucien #vanserra #pro lucien vanserra #pro lucien #lucien is so hot #lucien supremacy #lucien spell cleaver #heir to the day court #day court #day court lucien #hoe for lucien #i love him #i really do #autumn court males have fire in their blood

[scarlet742]

I genuinely think that I would’ve never been able to complete acotar at all if I might have read tog first- the whole level of her writing, the freshness, the plots and every other element of her book is so enhanced in tog- WOW !

I am unsure of cc as I have not read it yet but what I know is I am about to welcome the biggest of the book slumps I might have ever experienced ever after I complete tog-

#throne of glass #the assassin's blade #heir of fire #crown of midnight #empire of storms #kingdom of ash #queen of shadows #a court of thorns and roses #a court of mist and fury #a court of wings and ruin #a court of frost and starlight #a court of silver flames #acotar #acomaf #acowar #acofas #acosf #sarah j maas #cresent city #house of earth and blood #house of sky and breath #house of flame and shadow #maasverse

[duchess-of-oldtown]

Me: The entire Blood and Cheese incident is a tragedy for both sides, an unnessarily savage act that is morally reprehensible and inexcusable.

Also Me, whose been Team Black for 15 years: fuck them kids.

#My sister actually asked about blood and Cheese and whilst I didn't spoil it for her I did remind her to reserve opinion until after #Srsly tho those kids were innocent #But I also get the entire eye for an eye mentality #Daemon loses a brother a daughter a stepson and his status all in one fell swoop #He hits out at Otto and Alicent taking away their lineage #I do think the choice helaena makes was blood and Cheese messing with her #Daemon obviously would want to take aegons heir #But there's no need to take it out on three babies and helaena #Bad daemon bad #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #house of the dragon #asoiaf spoilers #Blood and cheese #Blood and Cheese spoiler #hotd spoilers #hotd season 2

[daenerysies]

suffice to say that the morality conflict between those that view rhaenyra as the rightful heir and those that bud in with ‘actually RHAENYS was the rightful heir due to x, y, z’ is everyone involved being intentionally obstinate about the subject because these statements can and should coexist together.

#fire and blood #house of the dragon #rhaenyra targaryen #pro rhaenyra targaryen #rhaenys tqwnw #pro rhaenys #team black #also don’t chime in with ‘rIgHtFuL hEiR/qUeEn BAD’ this is a fictional fantasy book #i can say both women should have been queen within the confinements of their society #anti monarchist in reality (hint THE REAL WORLD) #pro ‘women should be allowed to rule in the pro men anti women fake world’ capeesh?

[rhaenin-time]

#hotd #asoiaf #hotd critical #team black #fire and blood #anti team green #asoiaf fandom #these people love to cite daenerys this one time #as if “a dragon is not a slave” doesn't just mean you can't FORCE a bond #not that it's a fucking free-for-all game of finders keepers #targs derive their power from their monopoly over dragons because they have the power to enforce that monopoly #that's how ownership works #Rhaenyra was not just the heir to the throne she was also the future head of the family + highest ranking dragonrider #If she didn't want Aemond to have Vhagar and if she would have had Viserys say NO had Aemond asked then yes he did indeed “STEAL” Vhagar #again because he knew he would be told NO #a non-misogynistic jaehaerys would have sent his ass to the wall #the whole point of that scene in F&B was the important matter (vhagar) was pushed aside because viserys didn't want to deal with 'drama' #and because of aemond's eye rhaenyra was not in a position to push #So yes actually it was a pretty good trade for aemond

[lovl3igh]

"it's not story about goodies and baddies so don't choose sides" yeah, I get it, both sides did terrible things but rhaenyra targaryen was the rightful heir and would be so much better ruler than aegon so excuse me but I will serve my queen

#both sides are bad but it mostly just tg vs daemon whatever okay #you did watch the show right #and/or read books #she was named the heir and then people broke their oaths #losers #queen rhaenyra #rhaenyra targaryen #hotd #targaryen #house of the dragon #rhaenyra #fire and blood #team black

[bbygirl-aemond]

viserys really looked at his possibilities for heirs (rhaenyra and daemon) and then looked at his wife who struggled and risked her life with every single birth and went "nah actually let's keep trying for a better one"

let's be completely clear, here is the list of viserys's priorities:

the fact that he personally isn't enthusiastic about daemyra as potential heirs

aemma's happiness, comfort, safety, and life

#“ohhh he needed more heirs” no he didn't #he just didn't like the two options he already had #there's precedent for a title passing to an only child daughter #and there's precedent for a title passing to a brother if there's only a daughter #hotd #house of the dragon #fab #fire and blood #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon targaryen #viserys targaryen #viserys i targaryen #aemma arryn #aemma #viserys #viserys i #rhaenyra #daemon

[stromuprisahat]

Meanwhile, back in Westeros, Princess Rhaenyra had given birth to a second son late in the year 115 AC. The child was named Lucerys (Luke for short). Septon Eustace tells us that both Ser Laenor and Ser Harwin were at Rhaenyra’s bedside for his birth. Like his brother Jace, Luke had brown eyes and a healthy head of brown hair, rather than the silver-gilt hair of Targaryen princelings, but he was a large and lusty lad, and King Viserys was delighted with him when the child was presented at court. These feelings were not shared by his queen. “Do keep trying,” Queen Alicent told Ser Laenor. “Soon or late, you may get one who looks like you.” And the rivalry between the greens and blacks grew deeper, finally reaching the point where the queen and the princess could scarce suffer each other’s presence. Thereafter Queen Alicent kept to the Red Keep of King’s Landing, whilst the princess spent her days on Dragonstone with her champion, Ser Harwin Strong. Her husband, Ser Laenor, was said to visit “frequently”.

The Rogue Prince, or, A King’s Brother × Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

History and Greens just hate happy non-traditional family, don't they?

#ASoIaF #Fire & Blood #ch: Heirs of the Dragon: A Question of Succession #The Rogue Prince #Lucerys Velaryon #Rhaenyra Targaryen #Laenor Velaryon #Harwin Strong #Rhaewinor #Rhaenyra's Polycule #Alicent Hightower #Viserys I Targaryen #valyrianscrolls #V #books #quotes #GRRM #anti Greens #I'm also curious why did the show have Nyra leave a child later? #For the same reason they erased the age difference between her and Alicent? #Look #the bullying wasn't so bad #she stayed two years longer!? #When the enviroment gets so toxic you have to move with your whole family...