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I'm puzzled by the idea that dynastic rot is unique to the Targaryens. None of the Houses are good. They're all imperfect. Of course, the rot is more obvious in House Targaryen because the author has written extensively about them.
We know about their failings and their successes. The other Houses don't really have that, and so many people don't read the supplementary novels or the main novels, which makes it easy to claim that violence is a uniquely Targaryen trait or that the Seven Kingdoms lived in peace until the Targaryens attacked.
I must admit, it annoys me when people frame the Targaryens as uniquely predisposed to violence, misogyny and abuse because everyone is rotten. Every House is imperfect, and every House has a history of dynastic violence to rectify.
āIāve never met someone who doesnāt matterā ok sure The Doctor from Doctor Who thatās TOTALLY true itās not like IāM LITERALLY HERE!!!