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I am not Team Black or Team Green, but my heart cries for Alicent Hightower.
The mother who wanted to save her children's lives but lost them all anyway.
And you can't convince me that Rhaenyra or Daemon wouldn't have harmed the green kids if Rhaenyra ascended the Throne.
— The Stranger's Doom.
Season 1 House of the Dragon flaws:
Sunfyre absent.
Daeron absent.
Maelor absent?
Too much of Mushroom's accounts of the Greens.
Book! Alicent's ambitions and some of her lines given entirely to Otto.
Green Council scene butchered.
Helaena not even crowned in her own coronation.
And once more...no Daeron!!!
always remember this kids: Out of the two Green dragons that outlived their riders, one chose to die instead of fleeing and the other decided to go fight her deceased rider's enemies which included a dragon three times bigger than her
Dreamfyre and Tessarion were loyal to the very fucking end
Character sheet: Daeron Targaryen
he's stalwart, clever, as adept with his lute as he is with his sword. he's kind.
you know how they potrayed again and again that how exceptional targaryens and valyrians are because they can ride dragon. So daeron can't be bastard in that show universe, we already saw Tessarion .
No worries.
I’m so happy that George defended the Greens, particularly Helaena, on his blog from the show runners. Now no one can say he hates the Greens, or that the book is maester propaganda
I’m even more terrified for season 3 though. Why do I feel the toxic butterflies are Daeron being a bastard and Sunfyre being dead?
Imagine being so kind and charming that the writers refuse to include you in the adaptation of the book you are part of because you will ruin the bias narrative they are pushing on
On Daeron
Daeron "The Daring" Targaryen is often heralded as being the most stable of Alicent's children and even fairly well adjusted. I disagree with this idea. We know very little about Daeron from the book, and what we do know doesn't paint a very stable picture.
We know Daeron was born around the same time as Jacaerys, making them the same age. Viserys hoped raising them together would help heal the rift between the two families, he was wrong. Daeron grew to have a great rivalry with Jace, and the forced proximity only grew his and his older brothers' hatred of the Velaryons. He was sent to Oldtown when he was twelve to squire for Lord Ormund Hightower, and there he stayed until the Dance began.
So already we've debunked one of the popular headcanons I've seen written in fics. Daeron wasn't the "nice brother", he hated the Velaryons just as much as Aegon and Aemond. We also know that he didn't get away from Alicent and Otto's plotting when he got to Oldtown, if anything it was exacerbated. Daeron was now in the snake's nest, his life now completely devoted to the anti-Rhaenyra ideas his mother was devoted to.
Once the Dance began, Daeron helped win some battles for the Greens, but was purely the puppet of Ormund, never leaving his army. Then came Tumbleton. When Daeron came Lady Caswell and her husband's land, he mercilessly burned it to the ground and massacred the people. He did try to get Lord Hobert Hightower, who had succeeded Lord Ormund when he died during this battle, to stop the brutal sacking of the town, but he was ineffective.
After this, there was much turmoil in the ranks of the Hightower army, as Aemond was dead and Aegon was missing. There were arguments over succession and Daeron supported a plot to kill Ulf White and Hugh Hammer. Before this could happen, Ser Addam Velaryon attacked and killed Ulf and Hugh along with their dragons, dying in the process with Seasmoke. Daeron was killed when his tent collapsed on top of him when it caught fire.
Now what do we learn from these events? Daeron can be just as cruel as his siblings, raining fire down on the innocent smallfolk of Tumbleton. We also know that at sixteen, he had less control over his troops than Jace did. Daeron is not any better than the rest of TG, yes he's younger, but he committed atrocities and hated Rhaenyra and her family simply because he viewed them as inferior.
“Jon smiled, ‘You’re the one that deserves an honor,’ he told the wolf…”
“My lord is kind to say so, but the victory belongs to Tessarion”
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Late night sketches #ASOIAF
The vibe i want Daeron to bring at the family function:
The hightower slay genes in action
Everyone keeps wondering where exactly Alicent is going.
Isn't it obvious? She's heading to the reach to get Daeron.
If the writers won't introduce him she'll take care of it.
We've got less than a month to go.
Uncle Gwayne 🥺
Bonus, ginger Daeron because I looove the idea of him having ginger hair. Also, don’t be fooled he’s got like two hours of sleep bc Daeron wouldn’t stop crying for his mommy :(
The Prince of the Hightower and the Heir to High Tide
Artist: erchitos
Alicent when she's leaves Daeron with Aegon:
So , I've done a lot of thinking with Alicent , her children and god they are so Lana del rey/Marina/Paris Paloma/Ghost coded.
Aemond- Ultraviolence/Hermit the frog/ The family jewels.
Helaena- Once Upon a dream/Satisfied/The family jewels.
Alicent- Ride/Satisfied/Hermit the frog/Labour/Teen Idle.
Aegon- Ride/Born to die/Hermit the frog/Chemtrails over the country club/Blue Jeans/Satisfied/The family jewels.
Daeron-The family jewels/ Mary on a cross.
I'm tearing up...not bluey.
her face when she's told daeron is kind :(