#rhaebae you deserved so much better than a man who could never love you

[sweetestpopcorn]

Hi Sweetpopcorn, thank you for all your dedication in “the blacks and the greens”. I love those characters very much, but somehow I am a little sad that Viserys’ ending. It seemed no one actually mourned for him except for his daughter. He is really a good father in your work but somehow I really question whether he truly loved his daughter that much in canon for he could actually see that the union of Rhaenyra and Lanor isn’t a happy one.

Hi there Anon 🤗

Aww 💔 poor Walserys. RIP. Unfortunately his poor habits caught up with him (spoiler not really spoiler: it was diabetes).

I'm kidding XD

His grandkids were also sad, especially baby Aegon who continued wearing black and the times he did not was because his parents told him not to.

Of course I made him a father more concerned with his daughter's feelings and slightly more intelligent for plot purposes (🥲). Honestly in canon marrying Rhaenyra to Laenor - against her will - was one of the stupidest things he did and a blatant and sad show of disregard for Rhaenyra's feelings and happiness. Still I would argue he loved her.

It was very standard to have arranged marriages, even Viserys had one when he was younger, being married to Rhaenyra's mother Aemma. Of course that he likely found some happiness in it - though we are told very little about their marriage except how much they both loved Rhaenyra and how many pregnancies/babies they lost.

It was very possible that he believed Rhaenyra would eventually see Laenor as a great match for her and find some happiness as well. I really don't believe he was coming from a malicious place of wanting to harm her, even because, selecting a husband for her was something that was very carefully considered by him and his council. They did a sh:t job of course, and Rhaenyra told them to f_ck off and just went to have an affair and three children by Harwin Strong and barely saw Laenor for six years (ups sorry people who romanticise Rhaenyra's forced and unhappy marriage), but oh well good intentions and all of that.

The only concession on this that I will give is that I do think him being dead set on marrying her to Laenor and even threatening her was not because he thought the marriage was THAT good, but because he was being stubborn and did it as a way of displaying his strength and dominance over her. Like I am THE KING you have to do what I say. We had seen Walserys having such moments before. Unfortunately though I think he mostly picked the wrong battles and the wrong moments to act like a dragon but oh well 🤷🏽‍♀️

Yet again, I do maintain I think he, like mostly people really, had mostly good intentions. Most of us don't go around actively trying to screw others or cause them harm. We think we are doing what's best. Parents especially do this and when they hurt us, most times they aren't trying to hurt. Nor does it mean they do not love us. They are imperfect people, like we all are, and are just thinking what they think will be most beneficial for us. I think this was for the most part what Viserys was doing in canon (i.e, book canon btw which is the only one I consider and discuss).

All the best to you and thank you so much!!!! Your words mean the world to me🥰