#Smallfolk

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"The dwarf's wife did the murder with him," swore an archer in Lord Rowan's livery. "Afterward, she vanished from the hall in a puff of brimstone, and a ghostly direwolf was seen prowling the Red Keep, blood dripping from his jaws."

Jaime - pg 842

On his way back to King's Landing Jamie hears rumors about the Purple Wedding.

I rather enjoyed doing the smallfolk version of the "real" story.

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Stills of Ewan Mitchell and Tom Glynn-Carney as Prince Regent Aemond Targaryen and King Aegon II Targaryen in “House of the Dragon” Season 2 Episode 6.

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

2.01, 2.06 — THE GREENS

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"Based on Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin".

No, not really, more like loosely inspired.

[oliveoomph]

Rhaenyra x Mysaria

House of the Dragon - s02e06 - Smallfolk

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House of the Dragon : Regent

[radicalsansa]

Ate that shit up

[driften-sea-snake]

has an investment ever paid off as much as otto hightower having a 5-minute personal conversation with his attention-starved grandson? just a few weeks later he gets rehired because aemond is like "idk i guess grandpa is alright"

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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | TEAM BLACK ICONS - 2.06 "SMALLFOLK" (PART 1)

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Ewan Mitchell as Prince Regent Aemond Targaryen in "House of the Dragon" Season 2 Episode 6.

[horizon-verizon]

The KLers didn't love-Helaena in the way of true appreciation of the person but more as a representation of their own fear and vulnerability. Then as representing their own victimhood and fear for their families'/selves' lives.

As for the "Queen" thing:

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When I read GRRM's deleted post, it was clear that Helaena was "loved" by the smallfolk and after her death the riots following. Esp that Rhaenyra at the time was not.

These are the passages of 1) why the KLers didn't "love" Rhaenyra and 2) Helaena's death and the riots that ensued:

("Rhaenyra Triumphant")

At this point, Helaena is NOT dead yet. We get "bastard blood shed in war", Aemond burning down the riverlands esp the Trident, Ser Byron Swann and Serwyn of the Mirror Shield attempting to kill a dragon and Swann dying for it, Criston Cole's death, The First Sack of Tumbleton, the order for Nettles' death (not necesarily God Eye, just the order for her death, Addam's escape, and Corlys' arrest), Maelor's death near Bitterbridge even before that, and the Shepherd's first "preachings" all occur BEFORE Helaena kills herself. And the taxes stuff happen days after she and Daemon take back KL, which is WAY BEFORE all the events I listed here.

("Rhaenyra Triumphant") This is what happens after Rhaenyra orders Nettles' death and before the Shepherd appears.

("Rhaenyra Overthrown")

It is after Corlys would-be rescuers are hung up to die that Helaena finally kills herself.

This is just before the actual riots where Bartimos Celtigar was killed and castrated and a Deddings noble woman was seemingly almost raped by some men who killed her protecting brother.

("Rhaenyra Overthrown") Again, the KLer's response to Helaena's death:

Like a quote above says, "After HALF A YEAR of captivity, why should Aegon's queen [Helaena] choose this night to end her life?" The first time the smallfolk really are told to us to dislike or hate Rhaenyra was when she did those taxes and had several public executions that charged people who wanted to witness said executions or were pushed to.

I am not saying that the KLers' didn't rise up in response to Helaena's death and that there was some love for her...but it was hardly the primary reason why they hated Rhaenyra, rioted, or that Helaena's person wasn't used to foment their already-existing frustrations, resentments, fear, and outrage against Rhaenyra. Her death--and before that--were used to stoke the burning wood built partially by Rhaenyra herself and partially by circumstances deliberately created by the greens themselves, which the smallfolk didn't know about. All they knew was that Rhaenyra was raising taxes, she put up those executions, she was the one in KL.

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Daenerys III

The knight gave his heels to his mount and started off again.

Dany rode close beside him.

“Still,” she said, “the common people are waiting for him. Magister Illyrio says they are sewing dragon banners and praying for Viserys to return from across the narrow sea to free them.”

“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends,” Ser Jorah told her.

“It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.”

He gave a shrug. “They never are.”

Dany rode along quietly for a time, working his words like a puzzle box.

It went against everything that Viserys had ever told her to think that the people could care so little whether a true king or a usurper reigned over them.

Yet the more she thought on Jorah’s words, the more they rang of truth.

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I just think it's so cute that the smallfolk people of kings landing throw yellow/golden petals(in commeration of his father aegons dragon sunfyre) for jaeherys's funeral procession, while helaena and alicent and riding by...

Like they are genuinely upset for them

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phia saban talking about queen helaena targaryen in the carriage scene in episode 2 of 'house of the dragon' s2.

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Rhaenyra & Mysaria lezzing out, meanwhile their unclehusband/ex in that fuckass castle like