#This actually makes me vaquely think of Soulmate aus??

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When you wrote about Helaena being created for Aegon, I suddenly remembered this line in the actual book that had Alysanne (grandmother of Viserys and Daemon) say this: “Alyssa is for Baelon” when talking about the possible match between Alyssa and Aemon (not sure how familiar you are with the books but Aemon was the heir and Baelon the second son. Jahaerys and Alysanne wanted to wed the oldest daughter to Aemond while the second daughter Alyssa was promised to the second son but shit happened and the first daughter died, hence this conversation between the king and queen). Which means that Targaryens also believed that certain siblings were created for each other, complemented each other and were destined to wed. So yes, Alicent and Aegon thinking that Helaena is Aegon’s second half, literally created for him and him alone is not such a far fetched idea.

That's just incredible!

Tbh, I never thought my horny postings would be backed up by the actual text, that's really cool :D

(Also, I am pretty unfamiliar with all the books, whether it's the main series or Fire&Blood because I've read the first one - partly - years ago but! If I've read "Alyssa is for Baelon" with my own two eyes in the actual text, I would've probably lost my mind over that. Full on squealing, biting my fingers, vibrating in my chair).

Makes me wonder - there are probably so many Tagaryen ships I would be obsessed with if I would only know about them, I should further educate myself on that.

#This actually makes me vaquely think of Soulmate aus?? #But...in a restricting way #Idk maybe I am just confusing arranged marriage vibes here BUT #Being bound to somebody - in a deeper way maybe through blood magic #and you CANNOT leave you CANNOT hurt or kill them #your future is decided for you and you can't get out of that but it runs so much deeper than it does within the show right now #Gaining a soulmate as a violent and bloody act #potentially a ritual you need to kill something for?? Lose something else you love for?? #Soulmates as a weapon and a way of further controlling - mostly women - by making them complicit in their own destruction #I'm just <3 thinking <3 #ask tag