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knightsickness · 13 days

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if you were in charge of the hypothetical hbo blackfyre rebellions show, what directorial choices would you make to improve upon the source material?

this is not improving upon the source material so much as tailoring it to my tastes

start w baelor’s court i feel strongly about this. first episode a sort of bizarre womanless church of a court with a king wandering around barefoot in rags and the girls in the maidenvault. in my blackfyre rebellion show we’re doing themes about women and themes about the faith and also prince aegon unworthy breaks daena out and daemon blackfyre is conceived. baelor dies shortly after this maybe bc of shock and horror maybe bc viz ii poisons him i kind of like the latter bc ->

aegon poisons his own dad to get the throne quicker. i would want at least a season of aegon iv reign i want them to do the mistresses and the increasing number of bastards at court properly. aegon psychologically tormenting naerys and aemon and ignoring weakling daeron in favour of his handsome chad bastard son daemon

not the first to say this but i want aemon to also be creepy to naerys but to desperately punch this down bc shes so Good she would be horrified by his affections. daeron isn’t his

aemon and naerys not idealised beautiful arthurian knight and lady i want them to be PALE and SICKLY. drawn and stricken-looking with that pink eye makeup thing they do to the targtowers. aegon comparatively conventionally handsome deteriorates over the season w gout and five million stds

daemy blackfyre charismatic jock kid intentionally similar to young aegon who broke daena out. daeron fucking hatess him once he takes the throne hes taking out his feelings towards his own shitty dad on his shitty dad’s bastard he liked more than him. telling daemon he can’t have two wives bc its wrong and this is the real world and barely able to keep a smile off his face about it when daemon leaves in a huff

focus on barba missy and bethany + the bracken blackwood feud in general. i want barba to be weirdly close w aegor as her perfect royal son her golden ticket connection to the throne

bittersteel focus <- non negotiable for me hbo would neverr do this. in the sense that hes an unmarketably misogynistic homophobic old-gods-hater deeply unpleasant catholic brute in a love triangle where theyre just dating and he has a problem with it. horse girl. keeps throwing tantrums. loser. only guy there without magic powers or blonde hair. manipulating his half brother w the kingsword into usurpation

those cruel intentions promo posters where theyre all draped over each other but its their stupid triangle. shiera makes him and bloodraven kiss for her amusement

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #bittersteel #bloodraven #aegor rivers #shiera seastar #brynden rivers #barba bracken #melissa blackwood #aegon the unworthy #aemon dragonknight #naerys targaryen #daemon blackfyre #daeron ii targaryen #baelor the blessed #viserys ii targaryen #aegon iv targaryen

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targsource · 29 days

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TARGARYEN PORTRAITS: PART 6

by riotarttherite on twitter

featuring: King Aegon IV (1), Lady Barba Bracken (2), Lady Melissa Blackwood (3), Lady Serenei (4), Ser Daemon Blackfyre (5), Ser Aegor Rivers (6), Lady Mya Rivers (7), Lady Gwenys Rivers (8), Ser Brynden Rivers (9), Lady Shiera Seastar (10)

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rozsesandart · 2 months

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Lady Barba Bracken, fifth mistress of Aegon IV Targaryen and mother of Aegor Rivers, known as Bittersteel ⚔️

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lotreckk · 1 year

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aegor with his mom

“let me see what you have - a knife” situation but barba is completely fine with that because children should play with knives when Blackwoods are your neighbours

#asoiaf #art #the world of ice and fire #asoiaf fanart #aegor rivers #barba bracken #a song of ice and fire #my art

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highgardenart · 8 months

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Lady Barba Bracken

��With the queen lingering near death, the Hand—Barba’s father—talked openly of wedding his daughter to the King.”

#barba bracken #house bracken #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #got #asoif fanart #asoiaf #fan art #digital art #house targaryen #valyrian scrolls

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linaartsblogsworld · 17 days

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▪️𝑴𝑨𝑴𝑨'𝑺 𝑩𝑶𝒀𝑺 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 🐎

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teen-spirited-away · 1 month

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House Bracken

-Words Unknown-

Sigil: Red Stallion

Colors: Red/Gold/Brown

Seat: Stone Hedge

"There is Bracken blood in every Blackwood"

According to House Bracken, they were once kings of the Red Fork until their "vassals" House Blackwood usurped them. House Bracken is sworn to House Tully.

#house bracken #jonos bracken #bittersteel #aegor rivers #barba bracken #bethany bracken #stallion #asoiaf #got #aesthetic

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nanshe-of-nina · 7 months

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Posthumous Characters GIF Sets → Barba Bracken

With Baelor’s death in 171 and Viserys II’s ascension to the throne, the princesses were once again permitted male company. Aegon (now Prince of Dragonstone and heir apparent) became entranced with sixteen-year-old Barba. On his own ascent in 172, he named her father as his Hand and openly took her for his mistress. She bore him a bastard only a fortnight before another set of twins—a stillborn boy and a girl, Daenerys, who survived—were delivered by Queen Naerys. With the queen lingering near death, the Hand—Barba’s father—talked openly of wedding his daughter to the King. After the queen’s recovery, the scandal proved Barba’s undoing, as young Prince Daeron and his uncle, the Dragonknight, forced Aegon to send her and the bastard away. The boy, raised at Stone Hedge by the Brackens, was called Aegor Rivers, but in time became known as Bittersteel.

#asoiafedit #valyrianscrolls #barba bracken #house bracken #house targaryen #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf gifs #nanshe's graphics

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joncons · 2 years

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Aegon IV's mistresses: Barba Bracken, Melissa Blackwood & Bethany Bracken

#asoiafedit #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf #valyriansource #barba bracken #melissa blackwood #bethany bracken #🙂

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atopvisenyashill · 9 months

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too many years lost in history

aka i have the songs from six the musical stuck in my head and since it’s kind of a “playing into the stereotypes to interrogate the stereotype” take on the wives of henry viii, i thought the dramatic takes on the characters would mesh well with the mistresses (and wife) of aegon the unworthy. also i need something to do with my hands when as i listen to all the asoiaf audiobooks lmao

naerys targaryen

falena stokeworth

merry meg

(pretend it says daughters and not sons since they had all girls) (justice for merry meg, aly, lily, willow, rosey, and all smallfolk everywhere)

cassella vaith

bellegere otherys

barba bracken

missy blackwood

bethany bracken

jeyne lothston

serenei of lys

sorry i struggled with her lol, she and falena have the least amount of characterization so far. i’m excited for her though, just because of all the witchiness surrounding her, she has to have some interesting layers!

okay now everyone sing with me let’s go:

SO THEY HAD NO CHOICE

(*characters singing in background* SO WE HAD NO CHOICE)

BUT NOW ITS US ALONE

SO THEY HAD NO CHOICE

(SO WE HAD NO CHOICE)

WE’RE TAKING BACK THE MICROPHONE

IM GONNA RAISE MY VOICE

(WE’RE GONNA RAISE OUR VOICE)

GEORGE SAID WE ALWAYS NEED YOUR LOVE BUT NOW ITS TIME TO RISE ABOVE!

if you wanna know the songs, in case any of the lyrics interested you (go listen to six pls i love it):

every queen gets one song, and then there’s a song that introduces the holbein portraits and hans holbein, an intro song, and then two songs at the end where they realize they should stop fighting & imagine their lives if they’d been able to choose their paths.

naerys - catherine of aragon’s song “no way”

falena stokeworth - anne boleyn’s song “don’t lose your head”

merry meg - jane seymour’s song “heart of stone”

cassella vaith - catherine parr’s song “i don’t need your love”

bellegere otherys - anne of cleves’ song “get down”

barba bracken - anne boleyn’s song “don’t lose your head”

melissa blackwood - jane seymour’s song “heart of stone”

bethany bracken - katherine howard’s song “all you wanna do”

jeyne lothston - group number “haus of holbein”

serenei of lys - catherine parr’s song “i don’t need your love”

my lil ending song - finale group number “six”

#TOO MANY TIMES ITS BEEN TOLD AND I HAVE HAD ENOUGH LOVE STORIES TO GET OLD. WE’RE TAKING BACK CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!#YES I WILL FORCE MUSICAL THEATER ON THE ASOIAF AND WHAT ABOUT IT #valyrianscrolls #the mistresses of aegon the unworthy #six the musical #getting on my soap box #barba bracken #melissa blackwood #jeyne lothston #cassella vaith #bellegere otherys #bethany bracken #serenei of lys #falena stokeworth

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tragedy-peanut-gallery · 2 days

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what are your thoughts (and potential headcanons) about aegon iv's nine mistresses?

Ouffff well I gotta be honest I probably won’t have as many headcanons about them as I did for the daughters in law of Daeron and Myriah- but I’m more than happy to share my thoughts about them!

Falena Stokeworth

Thoughts: Groomer!!! Get lost lady you’re literally his dad’s age!!!!! Should’ve locked her up in Harrenhall and thrown away the key maybe!

Headcanons: Honestly I think canon already kind of spells it out for us given her age relative to his own, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she was preying on Aegon’s whole mommy issues deal in order to get into a relationship with him. Pain and suffering all around.

Megette

Thoughts: Honestly poor girl she deserved sooo much better :( pretty sure her whole deal was supposed to be another commentary on how nobility don’t actually give a shit about the smallfolk even when they’re lovers and all that, but goddamn I just feel bad for her :(

Cassella Vaith

Thoughts: Ngl another girl who deserved so much better- it’s kind of weird how they give her a description but not the other mistresses but hey who am I to judge- makes her easier to draw ig?

Headcanons: Oh she was absolutely psychologically tortured during her time with Aegon because that man is notttt capable of being nice to any woman. I imagine the reason she wasn’t married off after being returned home was because of how traumatized she was

Bellegere Otherys

Thoughts: Okay this may sound stupid as hell given all the shit I talked about Aegon prior to this but like…. Idc, I support her decisions in choosing one of the most rancid men in Westeros to be her lover. In her defense!!!! Pickings for royalty were very slim- her only other options were a former teen dad who’s still hung up on his ex wife and is always busy trying (and failing) to keep his nephews from dying, a member of the kingsguard who’s obsessed with his own sister, and Baelor, of course she was gonna go for Aegon! Bellegere can get the one exception because I think pirate women are really cool and tbh I think she’s also the only one who was with him for funsies before dropping his ass like a sack of potatoes when he got too annoying for her

Headcanons: Ngl I kinda like to think her daughter Nahra took up the whole trading/smuggling/pirating business after her, and Bellegere got to retire and chill in Braavos watching all the shit go down with the Blackfyre rebellions. Good for her <3

Barba Bracken

Thoughts: I mean…. She’s a bitch, but tbh she kinda deserved better too. Even if she is meant to be a bad person, she was also just a teenager when Aegon began sleeping with her and was mostly pushed forward by her own dad, and its sad that she then continued the cycle of abuse to her own sister :(

Headcanons: I kinda like to think she and Daena had a very toxic frenemy-ship, that’s my main reasoning to explain why Aegor was so loyal to Daemon lmao

Melissa Blackwood

Thoughts: I mean, she’s one of Naerys’ only canonical female friends so she gets an automatic like in my books. And also kinda funny that the Bracken/Blackwood slap fight actually caused another Targ civil by just pushing their female relatives in front of a horny king. She absolutely deserved so much better

Headcanons: I refuseeee to believe she died in childbirth, in my head she’s also retired chilling in Raventree Hall with her daughters and occasionally got updates from Brynden about the war crimes he was committing <3

Bethany Bracken

Thoughts: Deserved so, SO much better. Mr lord Bracken sir I will see you in HELL!!!!!

Jeyne Lothson

Thoughts: Only thing I have to say is…. Absolutely gothic horror girlie because holy shit. My god. Was George intentionally writing her story to be horrifying or was it a weird fetish- I’m hoping to god it was the former. Anyways she absolutely deserved so much better than all the adults in her life

Headcanons: For added flavor aka more horror! I do headcanon her to actually be Aegon’s daughter, and I believe Danelle was either her daughter or granddaughter because- well, we do definitely need to sprinkle in some more cursed bloodline shit to the house that’s already doomed cause they’re living in Harrenhall, yippe :))

Serenei of Lys

Thoughts: Boring as hellllll that she died from childbirth like- COME ON!!! Let the lady die from implosion, or slipping on a banana peel or something!!! Also kinda sucks that we barely know anything else about her! I want the lore George!!!

Headcanons: Due to lack of lore, I’m stealing someone else’s previous headcanon that she’s actually a Hightower bastard because 1. Absolutely hilarious and is absolutely the level of hustling scam-artistry that I would expect during Aegon’s reign, and 2. Kinda explains her whole deal- why Jon even brought her to court, why we know nothing about her past, why she’s so distant and kinda secretive. Shout out to whoever came up with that headcanon cause that lives in my head rent free forever now

#asoiaf asks #am I really gonna tag all these ladies….. sure. fuck it #falena stokeworth #merry meg #cassella vaith #bellegere otherys #barba bracken #melissa blackwood #bethany bracken #jeyne lothson #serenei of lys

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knightsickness · 10 days

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oh nooooo, do you think barba was the westeros equivalent of a tiktok boymom? that would explain SO MUCH about bittersteel.

(side note: i lowkey kind of hope melissa was a shitty mom in some fashion because so far, she comes off as too perfect, i want her to be fucked up and bloodraven having mommy issues makes sense)

barba interesting bc the brackens are catholic and when baelor was in power her father put her in the maidenvault to curry favour and the moment a king you can ascend with depravity came into power she was out of there and seducing him shes passed rapidly between virgin and whore and misses mother she has a son shes still a whore shes sent away. missy is allowed to be a Mother. i like to think she did genuinely have some sort of unstable affection for aegon like im the ONLY one who actually gets him not his frail grey little wife or that duplicitous grasping bitch missy. i like the idea she was kind of obsessed w him not just as an extension of her wanting power i like crazy pathetic women. if i was queen i would wear fat red rubies and lavish brocade and id kill all the blackwoods that pious mouse naerys is a little fool etc. they say hes cruel to her but you know how those lib-er-als exaggerate

barba banished from court. her father and sister she helped groom w gritted teeth to be with aegon (it should be HER) go and die bc theyre STUPID and she doesnt see their executions she gets a letter at stone hedge. i think her and aegor were on a schiele’s mother and child wave. i also think she outlived him

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #barba bracken #aegor rivers #bittersteel

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drakaripykiros130ac · 7 months

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rozsesandart · 15 days

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All Aegon IV Targaryen’s nine mistresses, from left to right : Falena Stokeworth, Megette, Cassella Vaith, Bellegre Otherys, Barba Bracken, Melissa Blackwood, Bethany Bracken, Jeyne Lothston, Serenei of Lys.

Art by @rozsesandart

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allyriadayne · 10 days

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just endlessly fascinated by the barba ➡️ aegor ➡️ daemon ii relation. so you are your mother, you are turning into your mother. all that you hated when you were growing up. so daemon LEAVES just like aegor left barba to do the opposite of what their parent wanted.

#aegor rivers #barba bracken #daemon ii blackfyre #this has been a post #barba wanted aegor to be closest possible to the king but he turned left and began plotting a rebellion #which i mean probably barba hated because couldn't he seduce someone like she did? asdnhkjashd but aegor is just not courtly or polite #probably wanted aegor to be like bloodraven. closest possible to the king and maybe marry in the family #and aegor wanted daemon ii to be like daemon. impossible.#aegor capitulated only because he thought of daemon ii......the next king...... 🫠 and he disappointed #very close to my heart the hc barba explaining to her third husband how cool aegor is (they don't exchange letters anymore) bc he's not #cursed like bloodraven and is Man fighting for what he believes #oh barba

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thaliajoy-blog · 11 months

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The nine mistresses of Aegon IV. The letter A can stand both for Aegon...or for Adultery, like the famous Scarlet Letter.

They're all inspired by portraits or pop representations of royal mistresses - notable exceptions being Megette and Bellegere.

The position of the letter "A" on these ladies is important as to what relationship they had with Aegon.

Falena's is on display on a pretty ornate necklace but also half-hidden by her bodice - a sign of both pride and of an attempt at discretion.

Megette's is on her belt - quasi a sign of possession on Aegon's part ; it's also on her belly (and Megette is the woman who gave him the most children). That relationship was probably one of the most unequal he had, since she wasn't a noble and was kept by him in a place, until she was sent away by Viserys.

Cassella's in on a choker around her neck - this relationship was also unequal and possibly non consenting, since she was a hostage at court and he kept her in his own chambers. Cassella came back traumatized from the experience and seemed to have been mad and delusional for the rest of her life. So a relationship that "chocked" her.

Completely different for Bellegere Otherys ; she wasn't a court mistress but an independant woman with a ship and a business, and she had other lovers besides Aegon - so the letter "A" is set on a necklace that hangs from her belt, showing her casual attitude to him.

Both Barba Bracken and Melissa Blackwood wear it around their neck, but around a loose string : they are openly royal mistresses and have a relative control over their position (it doesn't choke them).

Bethany Blackwood's is on a necklace close to her neck, with several string. Bethany was groomed into her position and had great expectations put on her, and she ultimately tried to get free when she had her affair with the kingsguard Terence Toyne. Her necklace represents that relation she didn't want and which emprisoned and chafed her.

Jeyne Lothston was also a pretty young girl when she became Aegon's mistress (she was fourteen), and there are some disturbing things about this, like the possibility that he was her father (by his first mistress Falena Stokeworth), and even that Aegon bedded the both of them together. So the "A" letter is very close to her throat,hanging from a collar that is tight around it, and accompanied by the same bat brooch her mother wore.

Serenei of Lys' necklace with the "A" is rather loose and falls on her stomach : Serenei is a woman in control of her relationship and not "chocked" by it (she was also thought to be older than Aegon & a sorceress like her daughter Shiera) - but she does die in childbirth as a result of the relationship.

#aegon the unworthy #valyrianscrolls #royal mistress #falena stokeworth #megette #cassella vaith #bellegere otherys #barba bracken #melissa blackwood #bethany bracken #jeyne lothston #serenei of lys #house targaryen #asoiaf art #fanart

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