#not to mention she's viserys daughter and somewhere along the line she did take the prospect of being his heir and aegon's dream to heart

[queennyra]

just to put things in perspective, rhaenyra not only found out her father died AND that her throne was usurped from her, but also went into labor months before she was due and lost the child as a result. and to make things worse, the person who usurped the throne from her was her childhood best friend who she thought she was finally making amends with after YEARS of estrangement. and ON TOP OF THAT, she sends her son on what should be a safe diplomatic mission to secure allies just to find out that he was brutally killed by her ex-childhood friend's own son. all within the span of a week at the most.

#rhaenyra targaryen #house of the dragon #and yet people are calling her stupid or weak because of her actions in this episode #like bro she's GRIEVING #not to mention she's viserys daughter and somewhere along the line she did take the prospect of being his heir and aegon's dream to heart #and seeing as she was already usurped and some houses had already sworn loyalty to aegon as king #it makes sense for her to sit back and actually see who her real allies are before she declares war #at that point it would be way too risky to march on king's landing even with dragons with what you think is a sizeable army #only to realize that half of the houses you assumed were actually on your side sided with your rival #can you tell i'm fed up with the fandom tonight