#but! i am thinking one of the surviving dragons of my dragonrider dears from the dance bonds to her! nahviintaas maybe?

[thedeadthree]

THE PRIMROSE OF PEARLSPIRE — LADY ALVA AMARANTHINE (ASOIAF)

praying for love, paying in naivety.

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[damn-daemon]

I’m being consumed by HotD lore lately. What are your opinions for some theories floating around about HotD? I found some interesting ones, some are weird or just mad, but I love how people come up with these:

- Alicent is a lesbian, and she once had feelings for Rhaenyra;

- Rhaenyra herself is bi and had feelings for Alicent;

- Nettles was never Daemon’s lover, but his bastard daughter (and that’s why she could tame a dragon);

- Laenor is going to come back as Alyn of Hull to fight for the Blacks;

- Daemon is responsible for Laenor’s death (in the books);

- Visenya’s deformities were caused by blood magic (no idea who did it though);

- Daemon survived the Dance;

- Viserys leprosy was actually a consequence of wounds caused by the throne, which rejected him as a monarch;

- Otto and Alicent murdered Viserys (in the books);

- Jacaerys is actually Criston Cole’s son;

- Aemond is secretly in love with Helaena;

- Otto hates Daemon because he deflowered Alicent (in the books);

- Helaena’s daughter, Jaehaera, was murdered;

- Some lords supported and sponsored the Dance with hopes that house Targaryen (and dragons too) would be extinct in the process.

Do you have any theory of your own?

I feel like I don't need to comment on each one, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

Absolutely possible, and I think the girls played it that way.

Ditto.

In the book, Nettles is speculated as either Daemon's daughter or his lover, depending on who you ask, and while it is wholly possible she was one or the other, she may have also simply been neither. I would like to hope she is neither, purely because Nettles is the only female dragonrider not related to him. Rather than having her be competent on her own, the narrators decided that clearly Daemon only has an interest in her opinion/skills because she's related to him or fucking him. Anyway, #NettlesSupremacy.

Laenor coming back as Alyn of Hull means he eventually marries his niece and has kids with her, so I'm not a fan of this theory. It makes no sense for his character. If he came back as Addam, who rode Seasmoke, it would make more sense, but I still don't care for it.

Daemon being responsible for Laenor's death in the books is entirely possible - more plausible to me than his supposed involvement in Harwin's death - as after Laena's death, Laenor was the only thing standing between him and Rhaenyra.

Every time I read about a Targaryen child been stillborn with deformities, I honestly roll my eyes. I don't think Visenya was born with deformities. I don't think Maegor's or Dany's children were. I think people just say that to emphasize some kind of inhuman trait the Targaryens have. I think it's all a myth.

Daemon surviving the Dance is a theory I am clinging to for dear life when it comes to writing my story. No body, no death. You can pry this theory from my cold, dead hands.

I honestly figured Viserys's ailments were obviously caused by the throne. Maybe he was a man too good and too kind and the throne corrupted him physically since it couldn't do it morally. Maybe I'm making shit up.

Is it possible that in the books Otto and Alicent murdered Viserys? Sure, but I don't think it's very probable. They would have had multiple, probably better occasions to do so. I think they were okay with playing the long game.

Jacaerys is definitely not Criston's son. Rhaenyra implied that before she was with Harwin, she and Laenor tried to have a child on multiple occasions and were unsuccessful. I'm not sure of the time span between episodes 4 and 5, but even if it was a week, it wouldn't make sense given this context. Also Criston would probably have some sort of subplot about it if he was the father.

Aemond being in love with Helaena would be a fun theory, and she does deserve someone who cares about her, although the foundation of this idea initially was just Aemond saying he'd be okay fucking his sister for the family, rather than idk taking an interest in what she's doing, so until I see them interact more (if I do), it's just kinda weird?

Honestly, highly doubt that Daemon did anything with Alicent. I think that's just gossip people would add into the story to make it juicier.

Jaehaera's death could easily go either way. There's evidence enough in both directions. We just don't know enough.

I think plenty of households would have been fine with the Targs dying out, either for their own power or because they still held grudges over the conquest, so I say it's possible.

anyway, aside from what I stated above theory wise, I don't think I have any theories I've put much thought into currently. After season 8 of Game of Thrones, I try not to get too deep into this stuff.