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Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull
in House of the Dragon
S02E08 β "The Queen Who Ever Was"
I sold fish in the market from cold dawn until sunset, putting by coppers to stave off the winter, and I watched the man who sired me walk past with his son and heir with a fur around his shoulders. Choosing sweetmeats to eat after supper by the fire. And now that boy is dead. And his sister before him. And the heir that took his place. And now, now, now you remember I live. Now you wish to⦠suddenly to scatter the crumbs of your favour.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022β) β₯ 2.08 "The Queen Who Ever Was" dir. Geeta Patel
WHY HAS NOBODY MENTIONED THE CAST FOR THE NEW VELARYONS IN HOTD 2????!!!
MEET OUR NEXT ADDITIONS TO HOUSE VELARYON, TWO LEGITIMIZED DRAGONSEED OF HOUSE VELARYON AND AVID SUPPORTERS OF TEAM BLACK: ALYN AND ADDAMπ£οΈβΌοΈβΌοΈβΌοΈ
Abubakar Salim will play Alyn Velaryon (Alyn of Hull) in HOTD S2!
and Clinton Liberty will play Alynβs brother, Addam Velaryon (Addam of Hull) in HOTD S2!!!!
Huge day for gay people (me)β¦ house velaryon fans get up!!!!!
the minor characters lowkey took it this season.... gwayne, erryk & arryk, simon strong, oscar tully, tyland lannister, aegon's little frat friendgroup, maester orwyle, alys rivers, jasper wylde, larys, elinda massey, hugh hammer, rickard thorne, those 2 riverlands guys that had everyone fujoshing out i mean come ON.. let's hear it for the relatively normal people
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DRIFTMARK, 135 AC.
* α΅Κ³α΅ Κ³α΅α΅ Λ’ α΅α΅α΅βΏ. π.γ
baela showing the little one the dragon tapestries to make her calm down
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Reasons why I changed Addam and Alynβs parentage in my fic
Spoilers for my fic βThe Madness of Dragonsβ if I haven't read it
So in my fic, I changed Addam and Alyn to be Laenor's sons rather than Corlys which is heavily implied in Fire &Blood and made canon in the show. Still, I changed this because:
Claiming Seasmoke is more emotional. Addam always wanted to know about his father and maybe meet him one day. When he claimed Seasmoke he had no idea it was his father's former dragon. Unbeknownst to Addam, when Seasmoke first saw him, he knew the teenager had Laenor's blood and this made him happy to have a piece of his old rider back. This is partially why he bonded with Addam. Then when Addam learns that Laenor is his father, he is devastated to have lost him but grateful that he has Seasmoke as his dragon.
Addam and Alynβs relationship with Rhaenyra is more complex. In my fic, Rhaenyra and Laenor didnβt have the best relationship (to put it mildly). They argued during the war in the Stepstones and some words were said that couldnβt be taken back. Rhaenyra and Laenorβs final interaction was not a positive one, so when she finds out that Laenor had two sons no one knew about, she feels a certain type of way about it. While the two teenagers know nothing about this history, Rhaenyra is put in a position where she struggles to put aside her anger with Laenor and see the boys as their own individuals separate from their father.
Making Addam and Alyn Laenor's sons places the two of them on equal footing as Baela and Rhaena. If the two were Corlys' they'd be the twins' uncles and have a much more clear line of inheritance. But by having them be the twins' cousins, there isn't exactly an air of superiority and the four are on the same level as Corlys and Rhaenys' grandchildren.
The inheritance is slightly more complex. Given that Laenor was the heir of Driftmark any children he had would be passed his title. With Addam and Alyn being legitimatized, they have a real claim to Driftmark. However, prior to them being legitimatized, it was assumed that Baela would inherit Driftmark. The appearance of Laneor's sons, complicates things because Addam will inherit Driftmark as he has Laenor's blood, the name Velaryon, and a dragon. But despite having all the qualities of a "true Velaryon", those in Hightide may be upset that he was raised by a common woman and was bastard-born initially. This trickles down into Baela's claim as she is the eldest grandchild of the eldest Velaryon child yet her position is being threatened by a newcomer.
Lastly, it comes down to Laenor's legacy. Early in the story when Laenor is spending time with Lenora, he admits to her that he believed he couldn't have children but that he wishes that he could because he thinks he would have liked fatherhood. A running theme when it comes to Laenor's character is legacy. He thinks he won't be able to pass one on and this is reminded to him often such with Rhaenyra's insult to him about his infertility. He accepts this reality and dies never knowing that he did in fact have children, making the later revelation that much more tragic.
Literally becoming my favs in the show rnπππ
The Hull brothers π©΅
I feel bad cause every time I write a chapter in my fic from the POV of the Velaryon boys they are going through an identity crisis