#and its tiring lol

[patrocles]

With Hotd_leaks, who pretty much got every leak right, saying hotd is leaning towards an Aemon/Naerys romance for Helaena and Aemond in August and now with Ewan saying that Aemond foresees his death it seems increasingly likely that they will cut out Alys altogether :/

i really don’t agree with this i’m sorry. i think people forget that alys is like, a not insignificant character and it would make no sense to cut her.

i see people citing aemon/naerys as “proof” and i can see where they’re coming from but i think people are only seeing half the picture. the thing with aemond is that he has the s1’s theme of Second Son Syndrome, he believes he’s more deserving than what he has and would be better in aegon’s position as heir. and this includes helaena as a symbol of legitimacy.

that isnt to say that aemond doesnt love her, i’m sure he does in some capacity. and i’d even meet you half way in saying that any feelings he may have towards her, even if unrequited, is more of a reflection on how targaryen males are socialized to view their sisters as romantic partners. and this especially when being raised in isolating circumstances. so sure maybe he had feelings like that for helaena.

but in terms of the show, his arc isn’t about helaena. what they’re doing with aemond is establishing this character as someone who feels disconnected and lonely within his family. and after storm’s end, after trying so hard to be the perfect dutiful son, that can only be exasperated.

where i believe they’re going with aemond’s arc is exploring his conflicting duty to his family (as this is how he’s been raised especially after driftmark, the reliable one, the warrior, the one alicent depends on), atoning for kickstarting the war. however because this his asoiaf, the heart needs to be in conflict and here enters alys. and part of his character growth is dealing with his bias against bastards and what better way than to fall in love with one?

the overall thread of his relationship with her is that no one understands it. everyone’s trying to figure out why this even happened, inventing xyz reasons to explain it. but the thing is, isolating aemond both physically in taking/ruling harrenhal and emotionally by putting him at odds with his family puts him in a unique narrative position to meet and connect with someone who is also an outcast of her family. aemond has the most unique arc of his siblings of experiencing a life outside of his family and his family being his identity, and being in a position to explore who he is outside of that. and if he knew he was going to die, then it means he knew he was sacrificing himself to try and save what was left of his family including his wife and unborn child

and that just makes good television and a beautiful ending to aemond’s story instead of a cartoon villain dying after a reign of terror campaign. and a good television to keep audiences invested in a character’s journey is ultimately the point

helaena’s story (which i do hope they beef up) is more about her coping after blood and cheese and her relationship with aegon and the tragedy of how badly this family failed her. (and her death triggering the storming of the dragon pit) that is where i think the more interesting narrative is versus a secret romance arc with aemond.

also aemon/naerys was a terrible relationship i hope people would let it go.

also ALSO, if we’re looking at the timeline of events, aemond was really just a minor character in alys’ story not the other way around. being one of the only survivors of the war and ruling harrenhal for 30 years with aemond’s son and mysteriously disappearing is just a bit more compelling to meeeee than aemond having the hots for his sister like..

[dramat-ique]

I have so many half drawn Barts in my procreate library

[joshuamj]

Hero.

[greghatecrimes]

for the love of god

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS S1 -> S2 Teaser: ↳ "It's Jinx now. Powder fell down a well."

[porrigens]

pegoryu valentine :3

[heartorbit]

holy quintet looks kind of different

[ganondoodle]

radahn akira slide (drift?)

(Radahn, Elden Ring)

[gayafsowhat]

Eepy hours

[cat-clawz]

One last (humorous) TIT prediction for the road lol

[ca-3]

I'm a personal believer they both suck at kissing 💋 </3

[silverpsychedelic]

I've missed him

[theysies]

a very tired (and angry) dyke summer is underway, whos with me

[uncensored]

[98chao]

doodles for today

[arcanegifs]

[puppyeared]

personal character design headcanons + brainrot

Note: the re-bound!au does NOT belong to me, it belongs to @chipper-smol I’m just not normal about it lol