#hotd stuff

[vesper-the-solitaire]

A little glimpse of how messed up the Targaryen family tree can be in places:

Daemon is Rhaenyra's uncle. They are also siblings-in-law by marriage, and eventually become husband and wife.

As Daemon's daughters, Baela and Rhaena are Rhaenyra's cousins, but as Laena's daughters, they are also her nieces by marriage. They are also her stepdaughters and should have been her daughters-in-law.

Daemon is the uncle-by-marriage, stepfather, and intended father-in-law of Jace, Luke, and Joff. Laena and Laenor were to become in-laws as well as uncles to their respective children.

Rhaenyra is the mother of Aegon III and Viserys II, but since their father is Daemon, they are technically her cousins too.

Viserys I and Daemon are both brothers and father-in-law / son-in-law, and Viserys I is both the grandfather and uncle of Aegon III and Viserys II. Furthermore, Rhaenyra is both his daughter and his sister-in-law.

The four Targaryen-Hightowers are the uncles of all of Rhaenyra's children, but as for Aegon and Viserys, they are also their cousins.

Additionally, Baela and Rhaena are the half-sisters of Aegon III and Viserys II, but technically they are also their cousins by marriage, and should have become their sisters-in-law.

What can I say, Olenna would have loved it. And I bet the Once Upon a Time writers are fans.

(I really love genealogy but I'm drafting a complete Targaryen family tree and lol! My headcanon is that they choose the kinship they feel most comfortable with from time to time and silently drop the others).

[spaceandfiction]

I waited all season for the women to let the leash off their murderous impulses and instead they had a tender conversation about letting go and giving the other person what she wants...where is my toxic yuri

[artist-ellen]

Also since you've been giving us so much HOTD art I thought you'd want a fun fact in exchange. Did you know that Aemma's mother Daella died in child birth giving birth to her?

XD How is that a fun fact?????

[mejcinta]

IMPORTANT NOTE: I don't take leaks that seriously. I just find them entertaining to read and debunk. 🤭

[seamayweed]

EMMA D'ARCY as RHAENYRA TARGARYEN & OLIVIA COOKE as ALICENT HIGHTOWER HOUSE OF THE DRAGON — 2.06 Behind the Scenes // 2.06

[polar-biscuit]

leaving some wips here from a short rhaenicent angst im doing, wish me luck

[kazz-brekker]

listen. i'm an aemond fan. however the bit in the trailer where he's talking about whether daemon (warrior who successfully fought and won a long-term military campaign before aemond was even BORN) dares to face him when he himself has been in zero (0) battles and killed one (1) person completely by accident really did make me laugh. buddy i hate to break it to you but you are absolutely not prepared for what's about to go down.

[mh2o29]

rhaenicent my beloved

(a secret santa piece i drew for my partner this year! we both coincidentally got each other this year what are the chances LOL)

[bram-stoners]

oh he was itching to hold his hand

[pygmyharmoset]

I actually liked the brothel scene in s2e2. I think Ewan did such a fantastic job with the body language of Aemond. Michelle Bonnard (the actress who plays brothel madame) also got the memo and they both played it perfectly.

Imho that scene wasn’t supposed to be sexy at all. It’s deeply disturbing, it’s terribly uncomfortable. The way he speaks to her when she tries to kiss him, the way he moves his head away and lays in her lap - it’s almost petulant , like an exhausted child. This is in sharp contrast to him being boastful not even a minute ago.

They aren’t lying in a traditional post-coital pose where the man is usually lying down with the woman to his side, curled up into him, no - he’s curled up in HER arms.

The opening shot when the server parts the curtain looks like those paintings of a mother holding her child. The warm milk poured for him doesn’t help. Then he curls up in her lap again, instead of kissing her.

Oh, he is a child, trapped in the body of an adult, reliving his traumas over and over again in the arms of the only adult female figure he feels that he can be emotionally vulnerable with (despite their past history).

Baby Aemond cries to his mother when his brother and cousins bully him and give him a pig. But now he can’t go to her anymore, so he lays in the arms of the madame and tells her how he was mocked for being different.

The madame talks to him like you would talk to a child about to throw a tantrum, except this child has the most dangerous weapon in the known world. She soothes him and tries to suggest to him that a fit of rage from a powerful prince puts everyone in danger - foreshadowing later events.

I see it. I see the vision.

[grantaere]

PHIA SABAN as HELAENA TARGARYEN

House of the Dragon 2.02

[melinoyart]

two slow dancers, last ones out

[spaceandfiction]

So Mysaria and Rhaenyra aren't going to talk about the kiss at all? For like 2 episodes???

[daffsforstag]

I need to hyperfixate on another random 20 year old guy with curly brown hair before my life derails.

[mapipipi]

otto and daemon are the real widows of viserys

[seamayweed]

Aemond is your brother. We are family. You may cuff him about as you wish at home, but in the world, we must defend our own.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON — 1x01 // 2x01