#rhaena has never done anything wrong in her life ever

[thattargboy]

What’s your perspective on the fight at Driftmark?

Short answer: I don’t blame Aemond (or. I blame him a little because disrespect, but the kid lost an eye so he gets sympathy points), I especially don’t blame Rhaena or Baela, they did nothing wrong 🥰. I kinda blame Luke and Jace because they were the ones with the knife, but mostly their parents because why was no one watching these kids???? Should there not have been a guard outside their rooms or something????

Very long and repetitive answer: I understand that as soon as Laena died Vhagar was a free dragon, and “technically” Rhaena had no claim over her. That doesn’t change the fact that she was an eight year old girl who has just lost her mother (who had ordered that dragon to kill her and that definitely factors in), so I understand why she felt entitled to try to claim her and why she hadn’t attempted it yet.

So yeah needless to say, claiming Vhagar during the night of the funeral was very disrespectful on Aemond’s part. Does it make sense why he did it? Absolutely. He was like 10 (?12?) being bullied by his big brother and his nephews and he wanted to prove himself by claiming the oldest and biggest dragon in the world because It Be Like That, and yeah he was technically right in like that Rhaena “should have” tried to claim Vhagar. But like I said. Eight year old girl at her mom’s funeral. And also Rhaena understands what it feels like to feel inadequate over lacking a dragon so really Aemond what’s your play?

Also we have no idea that Vhagar would have even accepted Rhaena if she did try to claim her, but honestly I think she would have. No real reason there other than vibes so feel free to disagree.

Ultimately, Baela, Rhaena, Luke and Jace should have gone to guards or their parents if they thought something was going on with Vhagar but then again they were kids so I don’t blame for not doing so, and I think we all have taken something into our own hands when we kids that we should have went to adults for (I do however blame their parents for not having anyone watching them and instead banging on the beach at his wife’s funeral). But like. They weren’t being watched and they took things into their own hands, like kids do, and they reacted very emotionally and got into a fight (and no, 4v1 is not fair, but also they are all like 12 and under. I know y’all have seen playground fights like that in your youth. If they were older I’d be like oh yeah fuck all four of them), like kids do.

And honestly if Aemond didn’t lose an eye I probably would just be like “haha little shit got what he deserves,” because like. Not to sound like Bobby B here cuz fuck that guy but. Kids fight. It’s a thing they do because like emotional regulation is undeveloped and all over the place. It’s over. (Thinking about it because that scene was an obvious parallel to the one in GoT, making that comparison with Cersei and Alicent is both genius and fills me with rage)

But to get back on track, Aemond did lose an eye, and y’know permanent mutilation and a scuffle between cousins (and uncle/nephews) are two very different things.

Jace never should have brought the knife and honestly for once I can’t really see the kid logic there. I guess I can compare it to like being a kid and thinking you hear a burglar and instead of waking up your parents you grab a bat (okay now I’m seeing the kid logic, Jace you’re free to go. Still why did he even have a dagger in the first place kid’s like 9???)

And then there’s Luke, who I’m giving some leniency because he’s the youngest, but again even a 7 year old knows better then to cut a boy’s eye out.

Like yeah from his perspective Aemond was about to brain his brother with a rock so yeah I kinda get it. But us as viewers are not 7 year olds in the middle of a fight, and we could see that Aemond was not moving, and really Luke should have been able to see that too but also, need I say it again? A kid in the middle of a fight. I honestly kinda thought it looked like Aemond was gonna put it down but no one else seems to think that so I’m just gonna assume I’m wrong

Ultimately what I think the problem was no one was punished. Back to sounding like Bobby B because obviously none of the kids should have tortured (or sharply questioned) or lost an eye as compensation (really girlie, charging with his knife is iconic but very stupid). But to bring it back to the playground thing, if that was fight in an elementary school all of those kids would have been getting in trouble.

Instead Viserys threatened his wife and children over the truth. So. Yeah. Fuck all the adults in that situation.

(Also I do understand and sympathize with both Alicent and Rhaenyra in that scene. Alicent’s son has been made permanently disabled and no one is on her side not even the child’s father, it makes sense that she kinda snapped, and yes even though it is the truth, calling her children bastards puts their lives and their inheritance in danger, of course they’re both going to try and protect their children it’s what mothers do. Understandable and sympathetic, and even justifiable doesn’t mean they were exactly in the right however.)

Westeros needs some sort of man price, at the very least Luke should have been made to apologize (and then apologize again when he’s older and actually means it instead of laughing at the pig) and in a world where we got more episodes and they emphasized that this is a family we’re watching tear itself apart I would have liked to seen Aemond at least try to put water under the bridge with Rhaena and only Rhaena (and maybe Baela but she wasn’t really involved) when they’re older.

(Like maybe if we got to see Aegon and Helaena’s wedding, and Rhaenyra’s family was invited. That could’ve been cool.)

All that said (and sorry for saying so much), the way everything played out makes sense and I wouldn’t change it except like I said with like older Aemond and Rhaena attempting to make amends before shit hits the fan.

#just endlessly chanting they were children this is their parents’ fault #also why does a 9 year old boy have a dagger in the first place?? #whooooo gave this to him? why does he have it? #im blaming viserys because I can /j (and I don’t think Rhaenyra would give her son a dagger so someone else had to) #rhaena targaryen #aemond targaryen #baela targaryen #jacaerys velaryon #lucerys velaryon #driftmark #green councilor #vhagar #anti viserys i targaryen #team green #team black #I feel like both sides would hate me for this #this could be a hundred times more eloquent but I don’t really care #rhaena has never done anything wrong in her life ever

[daylander1000]

I don’t want to say that I disagree with the last anon (I don’t, i want that fluff too 😭) but I think what’s happening is very much in line with what we’ve seen of their relationship before in your fic. As kids, they kind of always verbally kept each other at arms’ length and even at such young ages (which wow. absolutely wild how the world had hurt them so young that walls started coming up at 8 and 9 years old) It’s understandable that at 16-18 they wouldn’t be the most talkative in that regards. I think Aemond’s POV (which their first meeting mostly was in) shows just how deeply insecure he really is, and how he truly held onto Rhaena as the only thing he could’ve ever really relied on to make him feel okay, while Rhaena, while I won’t say she’s completely moved on or anything, has understood and accepted change. To me, they seem like that whole “If I loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more.” or saving all the reverent stares and lovesick smiles for when the other looks away IDK sorry for rambling i just have so many thots

Lolol, no need to apologize. We all want the fluff. Sometimes I'm sitting writing and reminding myself "Hey, come on, keep this fun."

For me, it's not that she's moved on from their friendship but she's moved on from the idea of looking to Aemond (and his mum) to "rescue" her because she's at a point where she fully appreciates the danger and risk of being on the wrong side of her father.

While Aemond was studying the sword, she was getting a 7(?)-year post grad certificate in Daemyra Behavioral Psychology. She's seen firsthand how her mother, Harwin and Laenor's entire lives are disregarded and she doesn't want to be added to the jetsam/flotsam.

Aemond's still someone with a mother, a Criston, a grandfather, a granny dragon, older siblings in line to be the next king and queen... He was hurt and he's aware that he's on the expendable end of the Targ spectrum, but he's still protected in an enmeshed, 'circle the wagons' sort of way.

Rhaena's living the opposite of that enmeshed family dynamic. Estranged sister, dead mother, father was bad to begin with, worse now that he has his dream family, her grandfather is a Luke Stan, so she's in "Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?" mode.

Running to Aemond's wagon circle isn't a great idea cause that's not safe at all. Asking him to leave his wagon circle to ride out for her is 1,000% riskier. Hell, she's not even sure how circling the wagons are supposed to work because she's never had it done for her. She's seeing them do it around Luke tho, positioning hers and Baela's wagons to take the hits, so she's kind of like "fuck wagons in general. I'm going independent."

But of course to Aemond, that's like "Did she just totally reject the safest, most well organized wagon circle in all of Westeros? Is it because of that one single time I weak-linked it? Wtf do I do with this second wagon with your name on it? Sell it, like some kind of wagon-salesman to a pilgrim doing last minute wagon shopping???"

(he's left it a little late in the war game to start making allies and planning a power marriage with another family)

I mean, in the past and at this point, it's more of a proposal for her safety rather than a sign of any undying love, lol. And she's saying, "I'd rather take my chances with a non-prince who doesn't have a dragon who I've never even met before than you" so there's no way not to take that personally when he's out there training with Criston to work past his disability and make something of himself every way he knows how. That's worse than "I don't want to marry you." That's "you're incompetent/you're gonna get me killed/I don't trust you with my life or anything at all."

I actually had a happy reunion chapter written and drafted on AO3 just ready to be published. Real Swan Princess like, but I rewrote the entire thing to add some friction because they were hardly on the same page as children so it made sense for the gap to widen a bit.

Wasted time, but yeah.

I felt this version was a touch on the cruel side but I truly didn't mean it to be. Just wanted to emphasize that she's lost some of that easy friendliness and ability to communicate with people properly after getting out of her Shawshank sentence.

#swhhw #not an update #answered asks #rambling #fanfic life

[catholicdaredevil]

Ezra my love I lost you for a while 😅 couldn't remember your @

But pls tell me your thoughts on the dragon show who are your poor little meow meows??

HIIII CEE HOW ARE YOU BABY??? I LOVE YOU SM!!!

LEMME TALK ABT THE DRAGON SHOW!!!!!!

first are foremost i am a rhaenyra apologist she has never done anything wrong in her life never will and i am ready to steadfast support and defend any war crime she deems necessary!!!!!!!!

my favorite dragon is CARAXES!!!! he's just a little guy!!!!! he's got a super long neck and a deviated septum so he whistles and squeaks when he yells and roars and i'm obsessed with him he's the best boy ever and i will defend him as well forever!!!!!!!

and HARWIN OH MY LOVE HARWIN!!!!! HE'S THE PERFECT MAN EVER!!!! he's such a loving father and partner and such a respectful big sexy man i'm so horrifically carnally viciously down bad for him i want him to get me fucking pregnant and i wanna get him pregnant back!!!!!!

(honorable mentions: rhaenys, laena, laenor, helaena, luke, jace, rhaena, baela, syrax of course, i go back and forth on alicent. show alicent is both a victim and a villian and i feel bad for her in ways but also girl ur an adult at a certain point u gotta take responsibility for ur actions. i also go back and forth on daemon, he's cool at times and i love a menace but also makes ... decisions.....)

#ezra answers #house of the dragon #ezra loves their mutuals

[drragonbcrn]

@cedrictyrell​​ said 013. — slam a door shut before my muse can leave the room.

“no!” she shouts. the silver-haired lady covers her face with her hands for a few moments, breathing deeply. uncovering, she looks up at him. “no, cedric. no. i can’t do this!” she continues to keep her voice raised, however unwise that may be considering they were meeting in his chambers. “lower your voice,” he finally says, to which she only responds with a look that could surely kill. “this.. you are asking too much. this is treason,” she says, obliging him and bringing her voice down. “and everything we’ve discussed before? is that not treason as well?” he challenges. for once, he’s left her at a loss for words. he certainly isn’t wrong. she has said far more than she ever should’ve to a man whose loyalties lie with another kingdom-- a prince, no less. what made this different in her eyes, though, is that he was asking that she give him more information on rhaena. it was one thing for her to betray arryk, she had never liked him in the first place. rhaena was family.. she hadn’t done anything wrong. sure, she had a temper and a great contempt for his kingdom but her heart was always in the right place. she simply wanted to rule the westeros the way her father had. all this independence business had ruined those plans, did she not have a right to be angry the way she was? “i’m not doing this,” she says bitterly, pulling the door open harshly only for him to quickly slam it shut. “we’re not done here,” he says sternly. the loud noise shocks her, jumping slightly. “you’re asking too much,” she nearly whispers, her stone-faced facade beginning to fade away. where she had enjoyed their growing friendship before, she could not stand the way her guard had begun to fall around him. had he been the one to manipulate her all along? “this could cost me my life-- did you even consider that?”

#wow the Dramatics #〚 CEDRIC. 〛