"I Will Never Be A Son."

"I will never be a son."

Viserys made Rhaenyra feel second-rate to an imaginary son all her life growing up, until the one moment he had no choice and made er his heir. Suddenly she herself mattered.

Then he immediately went and took it away, made it conditional on his whims, created several spares that could displace her. He made the initial trauma worse by seemingly repenting only to double down on the message that she herself can never be enough.

It's entirely logical that she would spend the rest of her life both clinging to that title that proves daddy loves her and testing the boundaries to which Viserys will defend her by deliberately flaunting all limitations this title imposes on her life choices. If she gave up that title, even if it would make her both safer and happier in the long term, those imaginary-turned-real sons win and Rhaenyra will truly only be second best forever. And she can't work for it, can't prove herself worthy of it, because that means accepting the title (and his regard) is conditional. She has to have it specifically in spite of every outrageous transgression.

Viserys trapped her in chasing after his love the same way he trapped his children by Alicent into a life of conflict. They exist to put pressure on Rhaenrya as rival spares, and they exist to prove he loves her by choosing her over them at every opportunity. There is no option where they can ever be at peace, ever be safe.

I kind of hate that the show didn't lean into that more. Viserys is such a slithering slime of a father and he deserved the worst.

Dress

Roberto Cavalli, 2007

The Victoria & Albert Collection

„Because he didn’t like me”

„The boy you always wanted”

„He is your son, Viserys, your blood”

„You’ve only ever tried to send me

away”

„Viserys, please, no, I’m scared”

Why I admire Aegon & why I think he was a better ruler?

He is brave

He is very determined

He takes action

He listens to advice of wiser people and follow them

He don't know when to give up and that's what make him dangerous

His family are his world

He grew rapidly in his position as king unlike Rhaenyra who had years yet she didn't

He does not wait for help from others

He wasn't a puppet like others wanted him to be

He is resilient

He tried to make peace

He is not a warrior but he's one of the most dangerous and fearsome Targaryens during the dance

He is more stable than Rhaenyra, both mentally and emotionally

He's not a genius, but he's smarter than Rhaenyra

He had soulmate bond with his dragon unlike Rhaenyra who kept her dragon as her pet

The dance changed him for the better

He is dutiful and takes his duties seriously

He won the dance because he was the one who killed Rhaenyra and reclaimed his father throne

He overcoming his bad habits

He has a high pain tolerance

He is the last dragon rider king

He have a silver tongue and fantastic quotes

He was the one who cleaned the mess that Rhaenyra made when she was queen

He didn't escape and didn't back down like Rhaenyra, and that's was the reason he was killed

He had the best glow up in Targaryen dynasty

His character is well written, very tragic and very poetic

Summary: In a time before the war, Aegon and Helaena take to the skies on their dragons. Soaring through the clouds, something starts to ignite between them. Helaena begins to be plagued by visions of war and the shadow of the crown falls on Aegon. [Aegon x Helaena, teen!fic]

Notes: This is my 1st multi-chapter on this pairing! I tried to explore more about their relationship before their marriage.

Quote from the first chapter: We used to ride our dragons together, quite often. You used to bring me these insects and creatures you now deem strange. You used to think my words had meaning, that my dreams are omens, but now they’re just the babbling of a mad girl.

hear me out: ashara x elia tangled au