#also rhaenys loves pastels because I love pastels and I said so

[darkestspring]

Just thinking of a "Velaryon" reader who may have turned up in Driftmark one morning, Corlys and Rhaenys were taking a walk along the coast a few days after Laenor's wedding and found a small boat washed up on shore. Surely they are used to the tide dragging all kinds of things but they are surprised to see a little girl inside wrapped in a dirty blanket, Rhaenys's maternal instinct makes her immediately take her in her arms with great care and Corlys rushes to take her inside for some masters to review.

The girl may not be more than a year or two old and while they wait for her to wake up, Rhaenys and Corlys take great care of her, Rhaenys stroking her hair constantly and Corlys waits reading a book patiently. They fall in love (platonically) with her as soon as they see her beautiful pastel pink eyes and obviously end up raising her as their own, even naming her Velaryon and giving her a dragon egg (one of Maelys).

Vaemond who has a strong feeling about what is legitimate and does not hear about this and immediately disagrees about the adoption of said girl, all before seeing her of course, because as soon as he sees her the man proclaims himself the girl's uncle and he is totally proud that she is known as the youngest of the Velaryons.

Obviously Laenor and Laena love her at first sight and spoil her in everything, when Laena leaves because she marries a daemon she constantly sends her letters and gifts, Laenor takes her to play with Jace and Luke as soon as they are born (something Rhaenyra loves because he absolutely adores the little girl).

ALICENT AND VISERYS DO THE SAME. Viserys even goes so far as to legitimize the girl as the daughter of Corlys and Rhaenys, Alicent has nothing against her and loves to see what a good friend that little girl is to Helaena.

Years later, Rhaenys and Corlys have to endure as the king's two sons and Rhaenyra's sons are deep in Driftmark following and courting her little girl. Everyone is in love with how beautiful, shy and gentle Lady Velaryon is.

Also, I think Corlys and Rhaenys' overprotectiveness would only get worse once Laena and Laenor are gone. They definitely won't let anyone near their little girl, Vaemond totally agrees with them.

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corlys, rhaenys, and vaemond just beating off velaryon reader's suitors with a stick is something so amusing. rhaenyra, alicent and viserys all want her as their daughter in law while reader is just content in her own little bubble.

vaemond absolutely refuses. no boy is good enough for his little niece. not the princes, not rhaenyras half blood brats, no one is good enough for his beloved niece.

rhaenys broke whatever she was holding when marriage between one of the boys and her beloved daughter was proposed. absolutely not. and for what? so they can corrupt and taint her beloved youngest daughter? no.

not even corlys will budge on this.

laenor and laena each want her to be close with their children and she is super close with baela and rhaena, they're a trio of troublemakers but rhaenys refuses to allow jace, aemond or aegon anywhere near her. daeron and luke are on thin ice. joffrey is okay, but only a little bit.

[tweedfrog]

What kind of clothes aesthetic do you imagine for a grown up Rhaenys? For a modern au Rhaenys?

HELLO THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME THIS HERE ARE SOME DRESS UP DOLLS I PREPARED OF RHAENYS EARLIER:

In a Rhaegar won AU (she is carrying a spear that was a joint gift from Obara/Oberyn)

This is Rhaenys in the murder mystery story I have planned. It’s set in a more modern Westeros

In a 2021 Westeros I would see Rhaenys dressing like....IG baddie but professional if that makes sense. Pale pink blazers and baby blue acrylic nails, she has an instagram where she goofs off and posts aesthetic pictures, and her room is all pastels.

In 'middle ages' Westeros i think whatever Rhaenys wears would be very modest clothing to combat the hypersexualisation she would face because she is visibly half Dornish. Clothes (especially in the middle ages) werent just about what you wanted to wear - they were a political statement and reflected your position in society, so I think Rhaenys’ clothes would be very modest, and would also be black and red as a very in your face demonstration that she is a Targaryen (kind of like Rhaenyra)

It’s one of my pet peeves when artists draw Rhaenys in sexy scraps of clothing. I can even understand the logic for drawing characters like Nymeria and Arianne in those sort of clothes because in canon they do wear them. Although the portrayal of dornish women in the text is one of the most blatant examples of the exotic/erotic tropes I’ve ever seen so thats not great either. But its especially blatant when it comes to Rhaenys - why would she dress as a dornish woman? She would probably be in Kings Landing (a colder climate than Dorne), and would be raised in a court that would judge her for even the smallest show of “dornishness”. It makes no sense.