#hotd&history*

[daenerys-tarrgaryen]

Rhaenyra Targaryen and Mary, Queen of Scots + parallels (Part 1/2)

[nirrvana]

somehow none of it matters 🐍🪞

[knightpilled]

she lights the way

[lovedreamer11]

Do you know what's ironic? Aegon did not allow historians to recognize Rhaenyra as queen, and the history of Viserys's reign and the war were described by Septon Eustace, who hated Rhaenyra, but this still did not make Aegon any better in the eyes of people.

Years later in Asoiaf, no one cares about Alicent and Helaena, who were the "true queens", and Rhaenyra is remembered as the mother of two kings. Most often, when one of the characters remembers Aegon, the first thing that is associated with him is his brutal murder of his own sister in front of her child. Also, no one himself remembers the “most beautiful dragon” Sunfire, while Syrax was mentioned by Tyrion.

"Aenys was weak and Maegor was cruel and Aegon II was grasping” Aegon as a king is mentioned along with such bad kings as Aenys and Maegor.

[thefourteenflames]

Valyrian Wedding Rituals & Its Parallels

“Among the people who came to inhabit Northumbria and the Lothians, as well as among other Germanic peoples, the nuptials were completed in two distinct phases. (…) The parties plighted their troth and the contract was sealed, like any other contract, by a hand-shake. This joining of hands was called handfæstung in Anglo-Saxon, and the same word is found in different forms in the German, Swedish and Danish languages. In each it means a pledge by the giving of the hand.” Handfasting' in Scotland - The Scottish Historical Review; Anton, A. E. (1958)

“In ancient Rome, a wedding was a sacred ritual involving many religious practices. (…) In a Roman wedding both sexes had to wear specific clothing. Men had to wear the toga virilis while the bride to wear a wreath, a veil, and a yellow hairnet.” Women's Costume and Feminine Civic Morality in Augustan Rome; Sebesta, Judith Lynn (1997)

“ When the terms of the ketubah were accepted a cup of wine was shared to seal the marriage covenant. (…) The bride and groom shared the same cup, symbolizing the shared life that would be theirs. (…) Wine in Judaism has always symbolized joy. (…) Wine also symbolized blood. The marriage covenant is a blood covenant in the eyes of God. Two lives become one in a lifelong commitment.” The Ancient Jewish Wedding; Lash, Jamie (2012)

[gothgleek]

Alicent based on this post about Modest!Alicent by @dirtytransmasc

Details under the cut

-I was obsessed with the veiled pieces that OP mentioned and I loved the image of her in gold veils that looked like she was dripping in gold.

- The veils are based on Catholic veils (specifically and 4), medieval head coverings like ones worn in Ophelia 2018 and wimples (2 and 6), Star Wars (5), and the Tudor period (7). Most of them are sheer because one, I couldn’t figure out how to wrap them around her head without her looking like a blob of color and when it did look okay she looked like she was wearing a hijab and it felt too appropriative to draw on Alicent. This is also why her hair is visible in most of them but in practice she would cover them with thicker fabric.

- Alicent wears long billowing sleeves with heavy skirts. OP said that Alicent would wear dresses that conceal her figure which I tried to maintain but some have a shapelier silhouette as it looked better with my art style. I hope one day I will be able to draw modest clothing without making someone look like a blob but I’m not there yet.

- Dress 1 is inspired by the series Isabel 2011, which from what I’ve seen has some nice costumes. It also gave me a good base for something historical and modest but still luxurious.

- The second is based on Lady Macbeth and Ophelia in the Ophelia movie. I debated on adding braids but I think Alicent would’ve worn them. They’re neat, mature, and somewhat conservative hairstyle while also giving her an opportunity to wear more accessories which is expected of her as a queen. I know OP said modest but irl royalty had to wear extravagant clothes to prove their status and with the pressure of civil war and being the second wife, Alicent would certainly wear luxurious jewelry while staying simple compared to the rest of the Targaryens. The beads are Targ inspired as she would also need to embrace Valeryian styles to stay in Viserys’s favor.

- This side view of Alicent has the deepest neckline because that is what worked best for a side view. I also noticed Catholic veils tended to have patterns so I added simple gold flowers. The dress is medieval based.

- What sparked my artistic interest was OP’s descriptions of the veils so I had to do a dedicated work with a veil in the spotlight. In the original post, it was mentioned that Alicent would wear shawls with tapestry like designs. I couldn’t think of anything that would look good with fabric folds and creases but on a lace veil? I could definitely do that. Tbh it’s not my favorite design (Helaena’s was my favorite) but I think it represents Alicent’s loyalties pretty well. I’m personally pleased with how the dragons and tower came out.

- I don’t care about Star Wars but some of Padme’s outfits have screamed Alicent to me since the beginning. The golden lace veil with pearls is the centerpiece so her dress is much more toned down.

- This is again based on Ophelia’s costuming and on OP saying Alicent appears to be dripping in gold wearing golden veils. I added jewelry shaped like the Hightower sigil with green gems decorating it.

- OP mentioned shawls with tassels and patterns so I had to add them onto the last dress. Well, I had fur instead of tassels but the statement still stands. I also tried to make the veil based on Spanish mantillas but it never turned out correct so I kept it simple. The dress is a mix of Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 and the Tudors era.

[bunnyshideawayy]

that one team green stan who brought up colonization in our argument then blocked me, kept claiming she was team “small folk” but exclusively only wrote essay length posts about her hatred for Rhaenyra and other Targaryens but never about how the Hightowers/other noble families of Old Town and the militant Faith of the Seven lead a religious based war with the intention of colonizing and converting the entire content of Westeros to the faith causing many small folk to lose their lives, some (Northerners) who still face suppression and ridicule for worshiping the Old Gods all the way up to AGOT’s era. all this hundreds of years before the Targaryens even stepped foot in Westeros. and kept ignoring how Aemond burned the Riverlands with the small folk still there. you can’t both be “team small folk” AND “team representation of the oppressive catholic church” lol the layers of hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me.

[firebuggg]

it's quicker and easier to eat your young (x).

[theghooligan]

aemond immediately after:

[aphroditelovesu]

Hi Lari, since your requests are closed, when and if you have time can you give us a wip list?

And i also wanna say that i love all your works.

Hii, anon!! First of all, thank you, I'm very happy that you like my work! And yes I can, I'll do it here:

Yandere Regulus/Sirius Black Headcanons (Poly!Romantic) [Harry Potter] (POSTED)

Yandere House Stark Headcanons (Platonic) [Game of Thrones] (POSTED)

Yandere Bat Boys/Azriel, Rhysand and Cassian w/ADHD!Reader Headcanons [ACOTAR] (POSTED)

Yandere Golden Trio Headcanons (Platonic) [Harry Potter] (POSTED)

Yandere Alexander the Great/Generals - Profile [History]

Yandere Straw Hat Pirates Headcanons (Platonic) [One Piece] (POSTED)

Yandere Bridgerton Family Headcanons (Platonic) [Bridgerton]

Yandere Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Adrien Agreste Headcanons (Poly!Romantic) [Miraculous] (POSTED)

Yandere Cassian Headcanons (Romantic) [ACOTAR] (POSTED)

Yandere Daenerys Targaryen Headcanons (General) [Game of Thrones] (POSTED)

Yandere Alicent Hightower Headcanons (Romantic) [House of the Dragon] (POSTED)

Yandere Rhaenyra Targaryen/Alicent Hightower Headcanons (Poly!Romantic) [House of the Dragon] (POSTED)

Yandere Nico di Angelo Headcanons (General) [Percy Jackson]

Valyrian Heritage | Part 2 [House of the Dragon]

Oneshot with yandere Cassian [ACOTAR]

Yandere House Martell w/Oberyn's Bastard!Child Headcanons (Platonic) [Game of Thrones]

Yandere Wednesday Addams Headcanons (General) [Wednesday]

These are the works that I intend to prioritize this month of October, in addition to kinktober and Alexander and Anthony's fanfics.

~ Lady L

[daenerys-tarrgaryen]

Helaena Targaryen and Cassandra of Troy + parallels

[lunasglow]

Empress Matilda — Rhaenyra’s Historical Parallel

“We can think of Empress Matilda as the fierce nearly Norman queen, who battled her cousin Stephen and the sexism of medieval England for 19 long years, during a period described as ‘The Anarchy’. Basing her campaign in Oxford, Matilda battled, sieged, and even made an elaborate escape during her enduring efforts to claim the English throne.

Matilda would have been the first English Queen to rule in her own right, had she been crowned in 1141. She was the first woman to be named as heir to the English throne and she fought fiercely for her succession. As it happened, England wouldn’t see a queen for another 400 years.” — Museum of Oxford

[knightsickness]

pre-hotd dance of the dragon gifsets soooo funny just bc henry cavill WILL be cast as half the men they put him to triple duty

[fatum679]

The Unequal Marriage

"… I? What have I done but what was expected of me! Forever upholding the kingdom, the family, the law… Where is duty? Where is sacrifice?..."

Vasily Vladimirovich Pukirev: The Unequal Marriage 1862

[lady-corrine]

There is some contemporary evidence that Matilda actually voiced her objections. Robert de Torigni tells us directly that she was unwilling to acquiesce to the marriage; and a letter from Hildebert, archbishop of Tours, to Matilda expresses the wish that she would stop causing distress to her father through her ‘disobedience’. It is clear that her personal wishes were against it. But Matilda was a sensible woman, an intelligent woman, and she realised that her position would be hugely weakened if she did not go along with her father’s plans. On the one hand there was always the possibility that failing to follow his wishes would result in him removing her from the succession; and on the other, the barons would be much less likely to accept her if she did not produce heirs. (...) Matilda faced a straightforward and somewhat stark choice: however much she disliked the prospect, if she did not marry, and marry according to the king’s will, any chance of acceding to the throne would disappear. And so, as she would on multiple occasions during the rest of her life, Matilda put her ambitions ahead of her personal desires, and agreed to the match. (x)

King and council had neglected to consult the princess, however, and Rhaenyra proved to be very much her father’s daughter, with her own notions about whom she wished to wed. The princess knew much and more about Laenor Velaryon, and had no wish to be his bride. “My half-brothers would be more to his taste,” she told the king. (The princess always took care to refer to Queen Alicent’s sons as half-brothers, never as brothers.) And though His Grace reasoned with her, pleaded with her, shouted at her, and called her an ungrateful daughter, no words of his could budge her…until the king brought up the question of succession. What a king had done, a king could undo, Viserys pointed out. She would wed as he commanded, or he would make her half-brother Aegon his heir in place of her. At this the princess’s will gave way. Septon Eustace says she fell at her father’s knees and begged for his forgiveness, Mushroom that she spat in her father’s face, but both agree that in the end she consented to be married.

*Empress Matilda and Queen Rhaenyra opposing their marriages.

[acinnamongirlsdiary]

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