Neither Daemon nor Rhaenyra never actually spoke words "I love you/her/him" about each other.
it is not an accusation, just a note. At what moment do you think their feelings changed from familial to romantic and they realized it?
I think Rhaenyra had a teenage crush on him even in ep 1. But he probably realized something only in episode 4.
Ohhh this is actually an interesting question anon. Rhaenyra just called Daemon "my love" and said "I want you uncle" and then "I need you" and it's true, nobody said I love you.
So big disclaimer. When you follow a story and a particular fictional romantic couple you always need to pay attention to the context. Context is everything. You can also call it interior logic of the story. Every story has one, and you need to keep that in mind if you want to decide how to feel about certain things.
So the context of that particular story is that you have a little girl, raised in an incestuous family and in an era where girls got married very very young, so they started looking for spouses even younger. This girl has a very cool oncle that gives her a lot of attention and also has all the qualities she admires in a partner, but she can't have for herself because she is a girl. He also happens to be hot. So girl falls for said uncle very very early on. That's canon, no doubt about that, it's obvious even in the show that she is smitten as a teenager.
Then you have a man who has been raised in an incestuous family, who is very loyal to said family and has this burden of not being recognised enough as a second son. This man has a niece that he loves and probably very early on considered that she could be a great partner when she grew older, a partner worthy of him, but unfortunately he got married to someone he didn't choose because politics. Then that niece begins to actually resemble him, in all the ways that matter, and he admires her indépendance and firey personality, he understands that they actually have so much in common and that she sees him, truly. She is also hot. So he's like, wait, not only this girl could be a great partner on paper, I actually want her to be my partner in life. We are meant to be.
And they are. Rhaenyra wants a strong Targaryen by her side, a male warrior and Dragonrider like herself, that is absolutely loyal to her. Daemon wants a strong Targaryen by his side, a powerful Queen and Dragonrider like himself, who is not afraid of him but instead embraces him completely and gives him the family acceptance he craved for. Being Targaryens, they are fucked up in the head, obviously (context) and they are also rulers, so there will be fights and competition and ugliness and spite and maybe cheating but in the context they are meant to be. He dies for her and his family.
So love? What does "I love you" mean after this? I believe it could sound a little corny to say that in their context. I believe that they absolutely love each other but it's better to show it by actions and in the narrative, and not by words. Then we also have this kind of shit
So why do we need an "I love you"?
But to answer your question specifically, I believe that Rhaenyra was smitten with him first, then he was smitten with her when he saw her in 1x04 (before he was just entertaining the idea but not in a serious way) then they made out and both realised that they are actually in love, then shit got real very quickly and after many many years they were finally be able to become one. That's it. This blog does not accept any pedo grooming shit, nor Daemon is only after the throne shit. This is crackhead territory and I won't even bother explaining why. Just look at them and watch the show (this is not at all addressed to you anon, it's a general advice).
Btw the GIFs are not mine, some of them are by @lady-phasma but not all, I hope you will forgive me because I'm trying to spread the word of God here.
there’s so many posts that say something along the lines of, “what do you guys think about neopronouns and xenogenders?” or “what do y’all think of he/him lesbians?”
and can i just say… stop. fucking stop.
someone else’s identity is most certainly not up for debate, and by the way, neither neopronouns nor he/him lesbians are new.
also? kinda shitty to say “it’s just something teens are doing, it’s not real, it’s gonna die out.” because how in the world are you going to call yourself progressive and then not be accepting of the way “kids these days” are defining themselves?
and it’s not just kids, anyways. i’m in my 20s and use xenogenders and neopronouns, and i have seen people in their 30s (and even 40s) use neos.
don’t understand it? fine. downright judge it because it’s not you? not fine.
💤 → ♡﹐﹙ DRASOMiAN. ﹚ — A gender connected to dragons curled up in a nest sleeping﹔can also be connected to being a dragon who is curled up in a nest sleeping ! 〜 ♥
Dragoncatgender (Dragon Cat Gender) 🐉🐈
A xenogender that relates with both dragongender and catgender. It can also be a gender that feels like fluffy or soft dragons.
Term Coined By: Me
Flag Made By: Me
Example Pronouns:
Mew/Mews/Mewself
Paw/Paws/Pawself
Fire/Fires/Fireself
Claw/Claws/Clawself
Kiddinoic: A gender related to rainbows, dinosaurs, dragons, stickers, clouds, being a/loving cute dinosaurs and dragons, loving cute/soft plushies and being autistic. A childish, cute and playful gender. It can be related to age regression, species regression and special interest(s) in dinosaurs and dragons. This gender is exclusive to autistic individuals.
Term coined by @meadow-of-mogai-melodies, requested by @themogaidragon.
The original flag (middle, second row) has also been designed by @meadow-of-mogai-melodies. I made a version of the flag without symbol (first flag, first row) and other versions of the flag (left and right, second row).
-> “No, no, my good knight, do not fear for me. The fire is mine. I am Daenerys Stormborn, daughter of dragons, bride of dragons, mother of dragons, don't you see? Don't you SEE?”
-> “Only lies offend me, never honest counsel. I have a dragon’s temper, that’s all. You must not let it frighten you.”
Draconine: A gender quality (like masculine and feminine) noting a connection to draconic-ness(in relation to dragons rather than laws). The adjective form is draconinity
DRACONIN: DRACONine In Nature
DRACONINgender: An umbrella term for all genders that are DRACONIN. Can also be used to refer to either a gender that is not fully defined, but is definitely celestine, or had draconinity as a defining feature
Transdraconine: A term for those who are transitioning and/or wish to transition to draconinity/to be draconine
Colors come from my associations with dragons. The outermost stripes on the Transdraconine flag are meant to represent humanity.
I’m not big on most of these flags, especially not the Transdraconine flag, but I figured someone would appreciate the concept
[IMAGE ID] Both images are flags with 7 straight equal lines. The colours from top to bottom are: dark purple; medium-dark purple; medium-light green; medium green; medium-light green; medium-dark purple and dark purple. The second image is the same as the first but with a shadow of maleficent's horns. The horns are coloured green with a dark purple outline and a black drop shadow. [END ID]
╋━ drairificent 〜♫
a gender related to maleficent, dragons, and fairies
REQUESTED BY: anon
a gender based on the black dragon from dungeons and dragons. related to sneakiness, caustic acid, the past, treachery, isolation, swamps, black gemstones, cold murky water, decay, bones, necrosis, antique coins, and clinging muck. feels like stinging pond scum, smells like rot, feels like fear, and looks like all shades of black. no particular gendered alignment.
names of notable black dragons:
-chardansearavitriol/ebondeath
-daurgothoth
-skurge
-voaraghamanthar
-waervaerendor
pronoun ideas:
dark/darks/darkself
rot/rots/rotself
bone/bone/boneself
cau/stic/causticself
nox/noxious/noxiouself
acid/acids/acidself
on/yx/onyxself
(ID: a set of 2 images featuring the listed characters from Homestuck; the first image contains a Pesterquest sprite of Nepeta Leijon where she is making playing cat paws with her hands as sharp wolverine claws are pointing out of the gloves shes wearing as she looks happy, behind her are 5 different pride flags; the next image contains a Pesterquest sprite of Terezi Pyrope where she is looking downward and flipping a coin in her left hand and holding her cane in her right, she has a large smirking expression on her face, behind her are 7 different pride flags; End ID)
headcanons!! wooooo!!! Nepeta is a lesbian transfeminine catgender troll who has autism and adhd; she uses she/he/they/cat/nya/pounce pronouns! She is Matesprits with Terezi, who is a bisexual dragongender libragender chaosgender grayromantic artgender troll with adhd; she uses she/he/it/dragon/scale/teal/red/chalk pronouns! (okay to tag as kin/irl/fictive/me!! :D also i dont mind if you use these as icons, just credit me;)
Axenica Masculine: A gender connected to reptiles, batracians, dragons, dinosaurs, snails, sharks, plushies, cuteness, autism, madness, stimming, yellow, stars, clouds, age/pet regression and genderless childish masculinity. The person's neurodivergency causes a disconection from gender, making that gender inherently AGIN, blurry, hard to make out, indistinct or even confusing. The person's neurodivergency also causes them to identify with uncomon/xenic genders.
The connection to xenogenders may or may not fluctuates or morphs depending on the person’s current special·s interest·s and/or hyperfixation·s (or lack thereof).
[Image ID: A flag with nine horizontal stripes of the same sizes. Its colors are, from top to bottom, yellow, grey, cyan, white, green, white, cyan, grey and yellow.]