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dragondreamers · 3 months
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THE GODS GIVE JUST AS THEY TAKE AWAY (x)
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asoiastarks · 6 months
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my take on the book versions of alicent and rhaenyra. click here for better quality
The accounts and letters preserved from this time begin to speak of a "queen's party" and the "party of the princess." Thanks to the tourney of 111 AC, they were soon known by simpler names: the greens and the blacks. At this tourney, we are told, Queen Alicent was beautifully clad in a gown of green, while Rhaenyra left no one in doubt of her inheritance by wearing black embellished with red, for the banners of House Targaryen. 
The World of Ice and Fire - The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I
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chachamaru-sama · 1 month
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Queen Alicent Hightower
«Do keep trying, sir Laenor, soon or late, you may get one who looks like you.»
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mejcinta · 4 months
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Official new posters of Queen Alicent and Princess Rhaenyra for season 2!!!
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greenqueenhightower · 7 months
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The way they wrote episode 6 in hotd still doesn’t make any sense to me. The Alicent who calls Rhaenyra to her chambers to inspect baby Joffrey, is that the same Alicent as the Alicent in episode 9, “The Green Council,” who silences everyone who dares to threaten Rhaenyra?
I still don’t know what the writers wanted to show with that scene from episode 6. My only —far fetched— thought is trauma response; basically Alicent responding the way that Viserys used to respond to her pregnancies/births, by having his children brought to him. And the more I think of it, the more I find it plausible because, it’s highly unlikely that Viserys would attend another birth after he botched and killed Aemma. So, what if he was demanding that Alicent’s babies be brought to him, and when Alicent found herself in a position of power, she felt entitled to demand the same?
(Also it might be a coincidence, but episode 9 is titled as “The Princess and the Queen,” and it begins with what looks like a second pilot for the second half of the season where we meet Rhaenyra and Alicent again. Only this time, Alicent has matured to a queen, and has learned to display the authority of one).
If my assumption is correct, it makes the interaction between Rhaenyra and Alicent when Rhaenyra presents baby Joffrey all the more powerful, because it's as if Rhaenyra is telling Alicent that “I could never have been you; I just gave birth and I'm standing on my own two feet right in front of you, while you let your own children be taken away from you.”
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sweetestpopcorn · 4 months
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The last chapter of the Blacks & the Greens in a nutshell
POV: You're Aemond Targaryen
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morghuiarts · 6 months
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the princesses and the queens
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dyingroses · 5 months
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Some Queen Alicent Hightower + text posts
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imhereforthetryus · 18 days
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I legit cant go a second without crying over the velaryon boys, everytime i see an edit or photo of them i tear up. Those poor sweet brave boys none of them reached manhood and all of them were the perfect heirs, and perfect people.
Can you imagine how Joffrey must have felt not even 13 yet and now knowing he the heir to both the throne and driftmark. Did they pass by luke old room, did they have their own funeral burial burning luke toys because they didn’t have a body to burn. Jace dying trying to save Viserys and Aegon, believing he failed his little brother once again. It breaks my heart, I can’t stop thinking sad thoughts of them.
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stromuprisahat · 6 months
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The silent sisters were sent for, to prepare the corpse for burning, and riders went forth on pale horses to spread the word to the people of King’s Landing, crying, “King Viserys is dead, long live King Aegon.” Hearing the cries, some wept whilst others cheered, but most of the smallfolk stared in silence, confused and wary, and now and again a voice cried out, “Long live our queen.”
The Princess and the Queen & Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)
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isab0t · 2 years
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Rhaenyra and her cousins... and husband... and... ex-wife in law? ...We’ll stick to cousins for now.
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dragondreamers · 2 months
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PRINCESS RHAENYRA TARGARYEN & PRINCE JOFFERY VELARYON in THE PRINCESS AND THE QUEEN
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hordebreaker · 8 months
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Illustrations for the princess and the queen by Joshua Lagman:
Battle of the Gullet
Rhaenyra's sons: Joffrey, Jacaerys and Lucerys
Jacaerys instructing his half brothers Viserys and Aegon the Younger + Stormcloud
Battle of the Gullet part 2
Rhaenyra accending the Iron Throne
Lucerys Velaryon’s audience with Lord Borros Baratheon
Daemon and Aemond One-Eye Targaryen
Coronation of Rhaenyra Targaryen
Battle of Rook’s Rest
Coronation of Aegon II at Dragonpit
Sunsfyre, Vhagar and Meleys
Flight of ravens bearing the news of King Viserys I Targaryen’s death
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chachamaru-sama · 11 months
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The Realm’s Delight
Again…
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mejcinta · 3 months
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While Alicent and Rhaenyra experience turmoil, shock and disbelief from grief, Criston and Daemon embody the women's hidden chaotic side; the burning rage and bloodlust clawing its way out, bursting at the seams and demanding to be channelled.
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alinahams · 1 year
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How would you fix the portrayal of Rhaenyra's character in Hotd?
Hey, honestly I could say just make her act like a normal girl and it would be sufficient.
Canon Rhaenyra has some set characteristics, namely that she's proud (of her position, her capabilities and her family name), stubborn (refuses to give up what is rightfully hers, refuses to bow down and take injustice as it happens to her) and very feminine.
These characteristics are a result of her upbringing. She's a Targaryen princess who was heir to the Throne (the book literally says King Viserys ALWAYS saw Rhaenyra as his heir, even before Daemon) and she's damn good at being heir (she's described as bright and precocious who King Viserys prepared for ruling and managing a Kingdom, was praised and admired by many nobles and commoners alike and she shows her capabilities once she takes possession of Dragonstone and rules it pretty well for 17 years.) Why wouldn't she be proud? She's EARNED her worth.
She was never an outcast, just lonely because despite all of her skills and hard work, there were still people she couldn't please, who never had a kind word to say, her father and King didn't want to defend her because it caused discord within his marriage, her stepmother the Queen hated her for wanting what was promised to her and she didn't ask for, she had to smart up and was expected to plot and plan factions/wars and all this while she was a 9 year old child!
But instead of wilting, she fights. Refuses to give up. She's stubborn, not just by her nature but because she has to be. She has to be strong. She won't let Alicent and her family take away her birthright or her father (she is as much his priority and more so as his heir than Alicent). She won't let Alicent's (and this is very much Alicent's doing, not Otto's) rumour mongering spoil her dreams of a happy marriage and family (she is said to express her desire to marry Daemon whom she chose and loved), she won't let King Viserys' foolishness/hypocrisy rob her of the chance to love (Daemon and Harwin), she won't take abuse against her and her children lying down (Daemon is hers, ofc she can command him to fight on her behalf), she won't forgive the wrongs done to her (she hadn't done anything to deserve not getting the chance to mourn her father, to lose her only daughter so tragically, to lose her son so violently, to be usurped on account of something she just CAN'T control) and in all these moments, we see her pride and stubbornness. They aren't necessarily the best character traits but they help her stay strong and keep fighting.
It's both a flaw in some instances and a greatly admirable trait in other. That's how character writing works. They have a set of characteristics that is unique to them, that becomes their undoing but is also their inner strength. For Rhaenyra, it's her heart and her desire to love freely and be loved.
She is a described and shown to be a very sweet, soft and feminine person. She's very much like Sansa in that regard. She wants to be loved, courted and praised. She wants to be persued and wants to be with someone who understands her. She wants to be protected and defended, isn't interested in fighting/goofing or other traditionally masculine activities. She has her chosen Prince Consort for that.
And that person was always Daemon. He wasn't perfect but he wanted to be perfect for her (for his gain as well as to please her, it can be both) and Rhaenyra bloomed in his presence. He provided her with confidence and protection and she soaked it all up. It was very much a courtly love. He's her strength and she seeks him out. She wants to marry him, have children, watch them grow and play with them, recieve presents from her hubby, be courted with poems and songs by him.
It's all very soft and traditional. It's everything modern media will tell you is misogynistic/sexist. Except it's not. It's amazing that she wants to have it all. Even more amazing that she achieves it. The last 10 years before the Dance was heaven on earth for Rhaenyra. She flourished in Dragonstone, ruling it and proving her skills and worth, this time surrounded by people who appreciated and cheered her. She married the love of her life Daemon and was pampered and loved by him for the rest of her life. She had children that were sweet and happy, knew they were loved and wanted.
Nothing like how she felt growing up. It's very much a Cinderella story. She doesn't lose her self worth and self respect under her abusive step family, forced marriage, slut shaming, fat shaming, betrayal etc. She meets and loves and marries her Prince (read the book, my girl can't stop calling Daemon 'my prince' like girl, we get it, he's yours. You can keep him), she moves away from isolation, bullying and plotting into her new life, filled with happiness and everything she wanted growing up. Except that Rhaenyra's story ends in tragedy.
But instead of showing that, all we're given is a bland Arya Stark wannabe who grows up to be a Cersei Lannister wannabe.
Instead of a 8 year old child who was made heir (a dangerous and precarious position) due to a quarrel between two brothers, we have an obnoxious 'love me please' tomboy wannabe who wants to be heir but has literally zero skills for it. Instead of a motherless child dealing with political threats, we have poor sad little victim lesbians tortured by evil men. Instead of a 7-14 year old child getting creeped on by a dude who watched her grow up, we have a sociopathic lolita who fucks around with poor innocent man and mocks his poor morals and feelings. Instead of a forced marriage we have girlboss, smart Rhaenyra who thinks it's cool to marry a gay dude and fuck around some more and have bastards because (?). Instead of love driving her actions, it's just her making bad decisions because she's liberated (?). Instead of love and happy marriage, it's abusive evil man child and poor victim sad lesbian Rhaenyra missing her lady love poor baby Alicent. And so much more. I legit can't list em all.
We have either most of her sufferings given over to Alicent or other wrongs not happening to her at all. In trying to make her seem 'strong female character' with 'agency' they robbed her of her defining moments and pains which then explains her reactions and choices moving forward. Because she's a woman, these things are supposed to be feminist (Girlboss) and not you know, incredibly selfish and stupid.
But they butcher even that character base by then making her evil men's victim who is 'powerless' to do anything.
Like what is she supposed to be? I'm confused and annoyed. It's heartbreaking to watch a character I love and admire so much being butchered down to this mess.
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