#helaena is Cassandra

[shortnotsweet]

after being on the hellscape that is Twitter and reading hot take after hot take now I literally want to write an miniature essay about HoTD and character resemblance to Greek mythology figures and how Helaena being a dreamer in the show is—while not from the source material and an ability that could have reasonably been given to another character—an intentional detail meant to both further flesh out the Greens AND illustrate their incompetence as a family unit + their ideologically conservative ties that mimic right-wing propaganda. In this essay I will—

#helaena targaryen #house of the dragon #I really enjoy her and I disagree w the assessment that she’s boring #however I think she’s portrayed as more neutral to the blacks for a reason and she is ignored and misunderstood by key green players bc the #greens are thematically and ideologically fraudulent by default #like them not understanding or listening to her is both neglecting their true Targaryen roots and conveniently ignoring or utilizing #the truth for power and power alone. it doesn’t make them all bad all the time but it makes them power hungry people #helaena is Cassandra #the prophet who will not be believed but knows the truth regardless #the aspect of differing narratives is v important to both the books and the show and by having a kernel of truth purposely neglected? #obvs it means something. I don’t think she would’ve stopped the war but I do think Helaena deserved better and by default everyone else #would have been better as well

[lizzie-queenofmeigas]

I know people like to say that Helaena is like Cassandra, but Daemon is the real Cassandra of the show. My guy was calling out everyone's bullshit since episode 1, if they had listened to him the Dance could have been avoided. But he is Cassandra, therefore no one did.

#house of the dragon #hotd #daemon targaryen #pro daemon targaryen #pro team black #team black #house targaryen #pro house targaryen #anti otto hightower #anti alicent hightower #anti team green #anti house hightower #helaena targaryen #cassandra of troy

[the-heartlines]

helaemond season two aesthetic—

"crying like cassandra, i used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue.

i used to move into the future, bring it all back. let it bleed through my fingers, a treasure in my hands."

#helaemond #house of the dragon #hotd aesthetic #helaena targaryen #aemond targaryen #cassandra #florence and the machine #hotd #my aesthetic #my edits

[tell-them-the-north-remembers]

"Cot recreated the image of a woman who was breaking and deciding if she would take her own life. Hence the alternate title Pause for Thought. Ophelia was not mentally sound by the end of Hamlet and you can see that in the eyes of Cot’s Ophelia, unlike Millais and Cabanel’s."

-From thecollector.com about Pierre-Auguste Cot's Ophelia (middle picture)

#helaena as cassandra of troy AND ophelia #my girl is doomed by the narrative #helaena targaryen #queen helaena targaryen #hotd #house of the dragon #hotd moodboard #moodboard #helaena targaryen moodboard #ophelia #cassandra of troy #art #helaenacore

[vampire-exgirlfriend]

haunt me, girlies | hunt me, girlies - the babes of (they say i killed you, haunt me then)

Wylla Karstark - wife to Prince Aemond and Princess of House Targaryen. She hails from Karhold in the far reaches of the North. If you tell her something she doesn't like, she will bite you, and call you the most scathing insult you've ever heard in your life.

Helaena Targaryen - Queen of the Seven Kingdoms and wife to King Aegon II Targaryen. She hails from King's Landing. While known as pleasant and dreamy, she will absolutely let a spider loose in your bed if you fuck with her. And probably feed you to her dragon.

Abrogail Strong - The king's mistress and Lady of Harrenhal. She hails from Harrenhal in the Riverlands, though she has spent her life in King's Landing. She has perfected the "I can't believe you just had the audacity to say that to me" look and will wither you with a glance.

Allana Tyrell - Mistress of Whispers to Aemond Targaryen and wife of Lord Durran Morrigen (and secret girlfriend of Roslyn Blackwood). She hails from Highgarden in the Reach. She will know everything she needs to know about you in the span of five minutes, judge you for it, and have no qualms about using it to ruin your life if you mess with her or her friends. Don't let that face fool you.

Roslyn Blackwood - lady to Princess Wylla (and secret girlfriend of Allana Tyrell). She hails from Raventree Hall in the Riverlands and has never forgotten that Northern magic flows in her veins. She'll lure you in with that sweet demeanor and then sic her girlfriend on you if you act up. She also talks shit about you in Old Tongue.

Cassandra Baratheon - (sort of) heir to Storm's End. She hails from Storm's End in the Stormlands. "Ours Is The Fury" was written with Cassandra in mind. Secrets are her currency and she is not afraid to straight up murder a child.

Jemma Lannister - lady to Queen Helaena. She hails from Casterly Rock in the Westerlands and don't think for one second she isn't proto-Cersei. She has no qualms about assisting her bestie in child murder.

Lysa Fossoway - lady to Queen Helaena. She hails from Cider Hall in the Reach. Though unassuming, she schemes with the best of them, and again, does not shy away from of child murder or any other number of girl code war crimes.

#aemond targaryen x original character #house of the dragon fic #hotd fic #house of the dragon edit #hotd edit #aemond targaryen fic #helaena targaryen #aemond targaryen x oc #cassandra baratheon #oc appreciation #fyeahasoiafocs #fyeahgotocs #fyeahhotdocs #asoiaf edit #fic: they say i killed you (haunt me then) #oc: wylla karstark #super babe: allana tyrell #babiest of girls: abrogail strong #my edit

[dulcewrites]

Olga Orozco, from Engravings: Torn from Insomnia: “To Destroy the Enemy,” // Anne Carson, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides // Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica in Dune // Olivia Cooke and Tom Glynn-Carney as Queen Alicent and Prince Aegon II in House of the Dragon // Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale // Wenzel Tornøe details // The Trojan Woman

Cassandra Devereux, Queen Consort of the Seven Kingdoms // Queen of Ash and Bone // Queen of Grief

#ahhh this maybe being my fav web weave ever?? #these tags will be annoying but let me break this down #ok but queen of swords mistress of grief lady of tears - that is so her?? #especially considering all the people who had to die for this moment #also her helping kill one queen and that spiraling to her being queen consort… yeahh #I put Jessica there bc I feel like her relationship with Paul is so interesting #I think cass and alaric would have a really interesting dynamic #he is her ‘band-aid’ turned her duty - a position neither of them have been in #I put Ali and Aegon mainly bc I have this vision of cass having to crown alaric #both Alicent and Cassandra being women wrapped in duty even if it hurts #then I like the idea of her being of the sea.. her mom an iron islands girl married to a riverland boy #cass was pulled out of the sea! #and to end I had to out a quote about Cassandra of Troy #Helaena is much more a Cassandra like figure for the obvious reasons #but I like the idea of our Cassandra being someone who can sense doom #it has riddled her life #whew ok that was a lot #web weaving #fmo aus #fmo k&q au

[fromtheboundlesssea]

It all goes back and back…to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads. — A Storm of Swords

#house of the dragon #alicent hightower #laena velaryon #rhaenyra targaryen #wildfire and blood #cassandra baratheon #helaena targaryen #celia targaryen #my video

[loves-requiem777]

This is so important to me y’all don’t understand

#house of the dragon #helaena targaryen #helaena the dreamer #cassandra of troy #dreamfyre

[mortalfaerie]

𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒏

"ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ-ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴏʀʏꜱ ʙᴀʀᴀᴛʜᴇᴏɴ, ᴡʜᴏ ʟᴇᴅ ᴀᴇɢᴏɴ'ꜱ ᴀʀᴍʏ ʙʏ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴡᴇꜱᴛᴇʀᴏꜱ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴋʏ. ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ."

dominique davenport as cassandra baratheon

#quote is from my fic! #cassandra baratheon #aemond targaryen #hotd #asoiaf #house of the dragon #aemond targaryen x oc #helaena targaryen #aegon targaryen

[hauntedbythenarrative]

there’s something about having a mother when you’re a girl

Cassandra, Florence + The Machine//House of the Dragon (2022-)

#web weaving #mine #alicent hightower #helaena targaryen #phia saban #olivia cooke #house of the dragon #hotd #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #got #game of thrones #cassandra #florence and the machine #florence + the machine #f+tm #mother #daughter #mother daughter relationship #dysfunctional family #girlhood #motherhood #miscommunication #distance

[clytemnaestraes]

“Up there on that roof there sits a chorus — it never leaves. They sing in harmony, but the song is harsh, predicting doom.

Drinking human blood has made them bold — they dance in celebration through the house.

The family’s Furies cannot be dislodged.”

Helaena targaryen as Cassandra of troy

#helaena targaryen #welighttheway #hotd #cassandra of troy #asoiaf mythology parallels

[rabiosass]

Phia Saban talking about Helaena's connection to Greek Mythology

source: interview with Den of Geek

#House of the Dragon #HotD #Helaena Targaryen #Phia Saban #HotD Greens #HotD BTS #Helaemond #aemond the cyclops and helaena the cassandra

[survivinglifesstruggles]

Your daily reminder that we were robbed of the Four Storms - Cassandra, Maris, Ellyn, & Floris Baratheon - and witnessing their dynamic by how they interacted with Aemond and Lucerys.

You hear me, ROBBED.

#i’m still not over it #asoiaf #cassandra baratheon #Maris Baratheon #ellyn baratheon #floris baratheon #house baratheon #you girlies deserved BETTER #And you know they’re never gonna be seen or spoken about ever again #even tho Cassandra was betrothed to Aegon II after Helaenas death #and one of her sisters was betrothed to Aemond #we didn’t even get her NAME #didn’t get snarky maris and her commentary that set up aemond going after Luke #least I can headcanon they all survived off screen #yes I know their canon fates #I reject that #HotD #house of the dragon

[sleepytimegal777]

1. Amélie (2001) / 2. The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter / 3. & 5. House of the Dragon (2022- ) - The Princess and the Queen / 4. Headline from The Independent (14 May 2021) / 6. Agamemnon - Aeschylus tr. by Henry H. M. Herbert / 7. Agamemnon - Aeschylus tr. by Anne Carson

#just thinking about her :/ #she was already so tragic and now that they’ve made her a cassandra type… i’m unwell #helaena targaryen #hotd #house of the dragon #web weaving #web weave #parallels #words #poetry

[mejcinta]

Aegon × Helaena (A marriage of labor)

Aegon × Cassandra (A marriage that never)

Aegon × barmaid (Doomed and forbidden)

Angst will be my downfall, I fear.

#angst will be my downfall actually #shippy discourse #aegon ii targaryen #ships #helaegon #aegon ii × helaena #aegon ii × cassandra #aegon ii × barmaid #helaena targaryen #cassandra baratheon

[emilykaldwen]

some bonus Helaena POV from this week's chapter. Also Floris Baratheon is my favorite of all time. She's aged up here (she should technically be like, 8 years old, I bumped her up to 10 for Plot Reasons)

She felt Cassandra’s eyes fall on her critically, not unlike other ladies at court. Helaena had grown used to their gazes and the fact she did not fit the mold of a princess. She was not vibrant the way stories of her elder sister painted her - The Realm’s Delight, laughing and shining and riding and dancing. Helaena was quiet, far preferring the solitude of the garden to being in crowds but she made every effort to be nice, to be friendly, and while she’d never heard a whisper about some perceived cruelty, Helaena felt as if she couldn’t quite get it. The way Cassandra Baratheon looked at her, a golden necklace made up of antlers, that even a good week in a carriage could not take away how utterly put together she looked. How much of a princess she looked. ‘Sharp and soothing,’ Helaena thought. ‘The mint winds and chokes like ivy. The children can’t breathe, it’s bursting from their mouths.’ She blinked, shifting, and her shoulder brushed against Aemond’s where he was a warm presence beside her. His mouth was pressed in his usual stern expression but at her movement, he lifted a hand to touch between her shoulder blades. Helaena straightened, a smile soft on her face. She did not need a crown or a herald to announce her place. “It is our pleasure to welcome you both to King’s Landing. I hope that your journey wasn’t too difficult,” Helaena said, pushing past the urge to scream nonsense and make scary faces at them both to send them running all the way back to Storm’s End. “We saw a bear!” Floris exclaimed with bright excitement. “Didn’t we, Cass? It was huge! I thought the guards were going to kill it but they managed to chase it-”

#fic: the maiden and the drowning boy #helaena targaryen #cassandra baratheon #floris baratheon