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Rhaenyra targaryen and her mother Aemma arryn 💙 commissions are open!

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all these losers defending & dickriding the house of the dragon writers as if they get paid to do it…? lmao

this show is NOT good, and the hotd writers r def NOT better than GRRM, not by a long shot.

so please get your head out of Ryan Condal’s ass and stop speaking on George as if he doesn’t have a right to be angry that these dumbass writers butchered his work.

“they have to make adaptations for tv!!” - writing errors and boring & dumb scenes aren’t ‘adaptations for tv’, they’re mostly stupid, made-up scenes that don’t serve the story.

“f&b is unreliable” - at least 90% of the time it’s made clear which parts of the story r more likely to be true, you guys r just too dumb to understand.

hotd is not only a bad adaptation, it’s also a bad show on its own since it cannot even be consistent between s1 & s2…

so many things to be in life and some ppl decided to be hotd dickriders… #freeyourself this show will be forgotten a month after it ends (as it should be)

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" rolls eyes hard "

What were these theories? 😭

And what? Suddenly Olivia and Emma think rhaenicent is a "weird theory" ???? But Tom's "shut up" was funny!

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GRRM:

Rhaenicents: having tantrums

Me:

I like this man 😌 He is just hater of hotd like me ✌🏻

Oh and I love even more how rhaenicents are crying 😂They are the only ones who love Ryan and Hess

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“This thing is easily done,” said the captain of his guard. “The prince sleeps beside her, but he has grown old. Three men should be enough to subdue him should he try to interfere, but I will take six to be certain. Does my lord wish this done tonight?” “Six men or sixty, he is still Daemon Targaryen,” Lord Mooton’s brother objected. “A sleeping draught in his evening wine would be the wiser course. Let him wake to find her dead.”

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Some things I’d like to remind this fandom concerning Daemon and Daemyra:

It’s often the same old “Daemon didn’t have interactions with his children or with Rhaenyra” or “We don’t know how they felt about each other”

But remember this: GRRM wrote an entire novella, The Rogue Prince, which was published in 2014, embedded in F&B, centred around Daemon. Precisely because he wants us to understand the character, his arc and his role in the narrative. Writing a short novella is more practical because F&B is excessively plagued by the narrators’ editorialising and the conflicting, biased sources

We see that Daemon is constantly at the centre of attention. Whether he’s seen in a positive light or not, everyone knows where he is, what he’s doing and what he’s saying, and YET, he remains mysterious at the core. In short: all eyes are on him, for better or worse

So when he finally marries Laena in 115, a woman he actually wanted, and becomes a father for the first time in 116, you notice that he starts being more composed, you could even say that he matured

And then he marries Rhaenyra in 120 and poof: nothing. The man practically vanishes from the text

And that’s the point!

The novella fleshes out how Daemon’s one true love, desire and goal is to have a true family. As much as he loved his brother, let’s not forget that Viserys is responsible for Mysaria’s tragic miscarriage, a child Daemon made it clear that he wanted. Baelon and Alyssa were long dead, Otto hated him and did everything to create distensions between the two brothers, and he was married to a woman he didn’t love at all… Daemon had no true place in the world. No real role and we know how much he craves serving a purpose. Serving his FAMILY. That’s how The Rogue Prince starts: he’s marginalised and deep down, he’s lonely

Daemon was a man who attracted everyone’s attention, always present in conversations, always reviled or loved. He was seen in whorehouses and rat pits. Everyone knew him without understanding him

Yet suddenly he disappears, marries his third and final wife, and has two children that were technically useless in terms of politics and very low in the line of succession. He even almost had a third child seven years after Viserys was born. He was 48, Rhaenyra 32. They already had seven children between them. And Visenya was clearly very much awaited. He loved being a father and a husband, explains why he was apparently still enthusiastically active even at his age, if you know what I mean…

When Daemon built his family, he let go of his old roguish ways because he finally found purpose: with his children and his wife. As Rhaenys said “Dragons thrive best on Dragonstone”. It’s obvious this was GRRM’s way of pointing out that Daemon and his family actually thrived, not just the dragons. They literally multiplied. Syrax kept laying eggs. I mean it’s RIGHT HERE lol. Really don’t get why everyone misses that (or chooses to miss that…)

The fact that we know so little about their life on Dragonstone is actually very telling. Because the small details we do have say everything. That’s why I just cannot understand those who claim book Daemyra had “less depth” than Daemon and Laena for example, or show! Daemyra itself. They spent ten years together, what more are you asking for? They were safe on Dragonstone, away from the Greens who bullied Rhaenyra and her children at any occasion. This was a life of freedom and fulfilment. They were the closest to their Targaryen heritage and the power of their own blood. We barely hear from them because they were too focused on their little lives. Meanwhile we hear how miserable things are at King’s Landing

I’ll also point out how their children loved each other. The twins were inseparable. The Velaryon boys admired and loved each other. Jace was the one who made sure his younger half brothers were safe during the war. Baela was fiercely protective of Aegon when he became king. Rhaena called him her “beloved brother”. Aegon and Viserys were basically one soul in two bodies. Jace was considered a worthy heir, his little brother Viserys was literally compared to Jaehaerys I, Aegon worshipped his half brothers…

Mind you these kids had at least four different parents, probably five if you count Harwin 😭 That’s precisely because not only did Daemon and Rhaenyra raise good children, they raised them with love

And that’s how The Rogue Prince ends: he finally found his place in the world: with a family he built for himself. He was heir to nothing. Laena was heir to nothing too, so they had nothing to give to their girls but love, yet he was canonically a girl dad. Rhaenyra, while heir to the Iron Throne, already had three sons. The twins were betrothed to those boys. Baela and Rhaena transformed Daemon: Aegon and Viserys cemented that transformation. Visenya would have been the apogee, the crowning point of that life…had Rhaenyra not been usurped

That is when, and only then, Daemon started to waver in his stability. The only reason he returned to his fatal flaws was because he was grieving, not because his marriage was unfulfilling or shallow

That’s why the progressive estrangement between Rhaenyra and Daemon after the Fall of King’s Landing is so heartbreaking in hindsight:

They had everything they ever wanted: Rhaenyra and her sons were finally safe from the Greens and their suffocating influence, she finally had a husband of her choice, Daemon found the stability he needed to raise his daughters, Rhaenyra ruled Dragonstone on her own right, the kids were, as we well know, good and brave and loyal kids. Everyone valued one another. But everything was taken from them. And while Rhaenyra and Daemon died five months apart, and their deaths interestingly mirror each other, they still couldn’t quite reach one another. It’s the tragedy of these parallels: it wasn’t natural for them to be separated, it wasn’t RIGHT. They weren’t made for that

And yet I find that the reunion between Viserys and Aegon actually represents how Daemyra never truly died, and how their love persisted over time, it passed on to the people they loved the most: their children. Aegon and Viserys ruled together. They trusted each other blindly. They were the brothers Daemon and Viserys I never managed to be because of the external pressure. Aegon and Viserys were sons of the realm’s delight and the Rogue Prince, they grew up seeing their parents love each other. That gave them a fierce sense of loyalty. The same is true for Baela and Rhaena: let’s not forget that it was Baela’s husband, Alyn, who brought Viserys back. She and Rhaena introduced Aegon to Daenaera so that he wouldn’t be used for the benefits of some greedy Lord. They watched closely over their little brother

And the way Baela’s characterisation is so intertwined with Daemon’s own shows just how much of an influence their parents had. The children idolised their parents. Baela was basically her father reborn, she was the best of everything he was. It provides us a more positive light on Daemon’s person, one that is depicted in a very subtle way. Probably why most people here are so blind to it, or don’t accept it

I’d say Daemon died because he loved his family too much, and couldn’t bear to watch it crumble:

He fulfilled his duty by killing Vhagar, but he abandoned another when he died without returning to his family, precisely because his accumulating grief, whether from physical or spiritual loss, had extinguished the joy within him. Yes I’m paraphrasing the book here

But even his duty to kill Vhagar was motivated by the love he had for his family. He didn’t go back to Rhaenyra because he thought he had lost her, because he had no idea of her situation: he didn’t know about Tumbleton, thought Aegon II was no threat, Sunfyre was out of the picture, Addam was still defending King’s Landing, Rhaenyra still had the Velaryon fleet, Baela was still safe on Dragonstone…

He didn’t “save” Rhaenyra because he had NO IDEA of what was going on. He didn’t think she needed to be saved. He thought she would be safe once Aemond was dead. He DID NOT KNOW. He could have never imagined what she would suffer in her last days

Again this is the tragic aspect of Daemyra: the miscommunication in a world where their strength was based on their deeply personal relationship, and their marriage of love and partnership. Once it fell down, they died within months of each other: I think this choice in the timing was deliberate on GRRM’s part to show that those two should never be separated, and when they were, they died without having ever said goodbye

That’s why GRRM wrote The Rogue Prince. That’s what Daemon is. Just think what you will with what you have…

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STRANGER THINGS 5 Volume I, Nov. 26th Volume II, Dec. 25th The Finale, Dec. 31st

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Milly Alcock as Simone DeWitt in SIRENS (2025)

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Call me old-fashioned, but I'm firmly convinced the way HOTD actors service their fans is cringe and unprofessional (at least as it comes to ships). To start with, the season 2 press campaign was a veritable feast of queerbaiting and queerphishing. Then, after first 2 episodes aired and everybody saw Alicole jumpscares, O/ivia started to gush over A/icent's "delicious Catholic guilt" which sounded quite icky, to put it mildly. Then she reposted a nsfwi-ish fan art of Rh*enicent's dungeon sex on her Instagram story. Maybe I'm no fun, but I'd be weirded the fuck out id my coworker posted an x-rated picture , featuring fictional characters looking like themselves and me. I bet if O/ivia was a dude, people would have deemed him a creep. But she's a "sex symbol and LGBT+ ally"in question, so if you're grossed out, you're a misogynistic pos and a homophobe. Then there is E*an saying he's a fan of helaemond. In that interview, he wasn't even asked about it! When Ph!a and he were paired together for press, they were basically pulling an E*ma and O/ivia, interacting, grabbing each other's hands and touching each other. I admit they have much better chemistry than E*ma and O/ivia, but what's the point of giving so much attention to a ship that's never gonna become canon (I guess)? Then there is G*yle and her disgusting Instagram story in which she reposted an a/ysmond's fan comment, which was literally like "If they follow the books, she'll be going down on Aemond" with a "biting lip" emoji. Cringe as fuck and yet again, creepy and unprofessional. Worst of all, they're officially using the first two non-canon ships to promote the show, and Daemyra - a canon and main ship- is being sidelined for the sake of R*aenicent (both in press and the show itself). Baela's relationship with Jace is barely there as well, although this tragic romance which has just developing , has so much potential! Even Jace's friendship with Cregan was cut, even if it's pretty important relationship in the book and Starks are loved by the fandom. And Rhaenys and Corlys -yet another canon marriage, is done dirty, although the actors have phenomenal chemistry. I just want to hope they're not turning the A/ys & Aemond story into a beautiful romance. 🤡

Well... double-edged sword hit hotd. Hiring unknown actors has its positives, but as the hotd actors showed, it also has its negatives. Bc they can be completely unprofessional people. And in the series case is not helped by the fact that its showrunners are like amateurs themselves.

Ryan and Hess are like kids. They don't listen to others, they think they know best and on top of that their plans for the series are shifted waveringly all the time. And biased af.

Like you said, actors have cringe and problematics behavior but no one from PR tells them what they are allowed to do and what they are not.

But as for people's reactions to the actors' behavior...people these days are hypocrites who recognize only one correct path to being progressive. Incidentally, in their dictionary progressive = good person. When you disagree with their views (even they don't identify with it, but they have to pretend) you are immediately identified with misogyny, homophobia, racism, etc.

Olivia, a pretty woman in her 30s can do no wrong because that is the current narrative of society. And most importantly people are biased. It's the same with Emma. A non-binary person, even if they show time and time again that they are unprofessional and push their views. You can't criticize them for that bc they are part of lgbt community. This is insane. People should consider whether they are really going in the right direction with this behavior.

Starks, Baela, Jace, Rhaenys and Corlys are victims of what I mentioned above. Victims of biased showrunners. They had cut screen time but there was time for swimming Alicent. Make that make sense. Hotd is no longer about the civil war that destroyed the Targaryens but about two ex-bestfriend/ex-lovers( because that's what they're trying to push on us) and family( Hightowers) who had the misfortune of marrying into a terrible family (Targaryen). Poor team green!

"I just want to hope they're not turning the Alys & Aemond story into a beautiful romance"

Better not get your hopes up. If the actors want it and Ryan and Hess think it will benefit the poor greens then of course it will happen..

No rational person is working on this series.

PS. please excuse my English, I used a translator to help write this 🫣🙏🏻

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I'm bored. I need new fantasy series with a ship to have hyperfixation on.

Netflix? HBO? Amazon Prime? Anyone?

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MANNY JACINTO as QIMIR/THE STRANGER THE ACOLYTE Episode 6 Teach/Corrupt

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I see Emma and Olivia had another interview together. Ryan and Hess can try but gp hates this ship anyway.

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greencels are ridiculous.

we have almost a year after the second season and they are still crying that the series is pro Rhaenyra and how she is whitewashed and how boo poor team green!!!

did we watch the same show?

I'm not going to defend Rhaenyra here bc I can't stand how her character has been ruined and Emma's face alone disgusts me, that's how angry I am.

BUT

this series is so strongly pro hightowers that if they were even more so they would have to point fingers at them shouting "look, look! they are the victims of everyone around! they didn't mean to! it was an accident! it's because Daemon..."

please...

... rhaenyra literally got robbed of all her supporters in the show...

rhaenys, instead of Rhaenyra winning, wanted the war not to break out... and Arryns! Arryns were still hesitant to help Rhaenyra because they didn't get the dragon from the deal...

...and let's better pass over the black council.

rhaenyra herself revolves more around alicent, around the greens than fighting for her right!

if this is the media literacy that people have now... then there is no hope for our society.

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I have no idea why The Wheel Of Time flopped in viewership. Is it the high bar of entry into the story? People got bored with high fantasy? What was the reason?

Too woke? Was that a fault? That the show was focused on powerful women and gay relationships ?

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cancelled ...

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