I'm so tired of these takes.
He groomed his niece.
He killed his wife.
He celebrated the death of his nephew.
He beat a random messenger.
He sliced Vaemond’s head in half in front of children.
He neglects his daughter.
He choked his wife.
Daemon is a bad person.
This scene is so fukin senseless for Daemon and Rhaenyra both 😫
Daemon,the man who LOVED his family AF(he was ready to protect his brother's rights in 101AC with 2k men,remind you),would never do such crap scenarists gave him
And Rhaenyra who laughed at him??Fukin wut?
Ugh
Rhaenyra having bastards isn't the problem. Her lack of tact surrounding the matter is the problem. If nobody knew they were bastards there would be no problem surrounding the matter. But as Aegon said, just look at them.
But they never underwent the formal legal process of being legitimised.
As they were born out of wedlock and were never legitimized, they remained bastards. And as they were clearly bastards and Viserys did nothing to rectify that fact, the king was questioned about it.
Widow's Law
The law prescribed that the eldest son (and in the absence of a son, the eldest daughter) still remained heirs, but the widow was assigned the same maintenance as she enjoyed under her husband.
try one more time.
No. This is the wrong take for several reasons. Starting with the fact that all of those people are his family. He is related by blood or marriage to all of those people. He claimed to love all of them (bar Laena) and still hurt them.
@Friyana_
Team Green’s family dynamics (though still problematic) are so much more functional than Team Black. Alicent has been an amazing single mother to her children given the circumstances.
But he also did nothing to affirm Rhaenyra’s claim after having named her heir. He changed no laws of succession, nor did he place her in a position of power (like being the King’s hand for example) to prepare her.
That's actually not how feudal society works at all. It's a common misconception, but a monarch in feudal society actually draws power from support given to them by the nobility and the administrators of their faith (e.g. The Medieval Roman Catholic Church) primarily.
the KING named rhaenyra as his heir (and he didn’t change his mind not once)
the king’s word is LAW! he holds ALL the power that’s how it works in a feudal society. aegon’s claim is purely based on the TRADITION that the first born SON should be the heir.
LAW > tradition. (2/3)
Daemon’s behaviour in a Middle Ages context is still despicable and unacceptable. One cannot take a noblewoman to a whorehouse. One cannot have an intimate relationship with a noblewoman. One cannot marry their niece;that is an early-modern and classical era event, not medieval.
Y’all are taking this from the perspective of 21st century modern society we’re talking about middle ages fictional patriarchal continent westeros with an incestuous family that controls dragons…. yes that is grooming to us but that’s a totally normal thing for them
Mind you rhaenyra is the princess and Alicent is some lords daughter who was blessed enough to live in the red keep rhaenyra could have had her and her father killed if she threw that around more and we know the king would have did it with a second thought because he was weak and
But she does deserve Driftmark. She deserves to be powerful in her own right via her own birthright. She also deserves a husband who worships the ground she walks on. I don't see the problem here. But I would love to know what you see.
Are you referring to when she was forced into being a child bride at the age of 14/18 by two grown men? Whether you look at this from a show or book perspective she is a victim who deserves our sympathy.
But instead, you choose to victim blame.
Why are you guys being so mean over an obvious spelling and grammar issue?
Especially when there is a disclaimer in the replies.
There were civil ways to handle this.
So I took a look at that account guys to see if they were trolling.
Unless this was an incredibly specific mistranslation, I fear that they were being serious.
@GOThistorian
I generally like your takes that I’ve seen I just don’t agree with that one. And I acknowledged that the video was cut.
When I posted it I didn't anticipate the vile things people would say about you as I assumed people would separate a theory from the theorist.
Another villain?
He was the villain from the start. From the very beginning, when Jaherys was sat on that throne, Daemon was the villain. And he continued to be so. There is not a single scene where he is not a villain. Not one.
he is enamored with her! and as I said this whole abusive husband bullshit is just for shock value and quite the brand for asoiaf adaptation writers and the hbo shows as a whole… and also as a way to give viewers another villain to balance the scales between TB and TG
In the eyes of the law anyone born out of wedlock would be a bastard.
They were also never legitimised, instead anyone who dared question their legitimacy was silenced.
@Akarin3799
except in the eyes of the law they WERENT bastards. laenor, corlys, and THE KING HIMSELF declared them as legitimate from the moment they were born. so it doesn't change anything
@Qu3enAlicent
Quite peculiar indeed… It would be best advised to inquire with Mister Bridgerton himself.
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I feel this gets overlooked a lot.
Viserys ignores him for most of his life but only interacts with him (that we’ve seen) to get him drunk or shout at him.
Just imagine how that must feel.
I'm not saying Aegon’s not a bad person or anything. I'm just highlighting the abuse.
‘her feelings or thoughts are not genuine or clear at all’ to you because you appear to lack the ability to read subtext on screen. You seem to have missed Alicent’s entire arc in these first two episodes. Alicent is not ‘boring’, she is simply too complex for you to understand.
“alicent has a screentime of a leading character but a storyline of an extra” lmao not my words but this is exactly it. she is so boring. she just cries, fucks and bathes. her feelings or thoughts are not genuine or clear at all.
It took almost two decades for anyone to discover Cersei’s bastards, and many didn't believe it. If Rhaenyra had used someone Valyrian looking as a sperm donor, no one would know.
And as Westeros is largely based on Medieval England, it would be safe to assume that the English reverance of conventions in their legal code could also be applicable to Westeros. And the convention, as dictated by the (wrong) decision to place Viserys before Rhaenys, -
People love to talk about historical context but a lot of you don't know what you're talking about. I just saw a tiktok discourse in a comment section that if Westeros is not an absolute monarchy (in a Louis XIV way) then its a democracy.
"pobre alicent" enquanto isso a piranha tava atazanando a herdeira do trono e os filhos dela por BIRRA, se tem algum coitado ali é a rhaenyra e os filhos dela. essa cachorra da alicent não vale nem o chão que pisa
@dream__rose
Laenor never legally adopted them. He claimed them but he did not go through any legal process to legitimise them as his children.
As their biological father is different from their biological mother’s husband at the time, they were born out of wedlock.
@GOThistorian
I honestly didn't mean to single you out for this much hate. Before posting this I had like 12 followers. I'm sorry if I’ve caused you any harm or distress.
@sunfairest
@alcinaswoman
Didn't say V is dad of the year. But he neither mentally nor physically abused his son. Also V suffers from a horrible disease & has to run the kingdom. Being a young mother doesn't justify abuse. A had all the help she could wish for raising the kids.
Meanwhile, on the western shore of Blackwater Bay, word of battle
and betrayal at Tumbleton had reached King’s Landing. It is said the
Dowager Queen Alicent laughed when she heard. “All they have sowed, now shall they reap,” she promised.
I would love to know what evidence you have for this.
Please elaborate as to why you believe that Daemon’s assault on his wife has nothing to do with gender, and also why you believe he would do the same thing to Viserys.
But this is also Viserys’ fault, because why would he wed his daughter to an open homosexual? When there were so many other options? Did he think this through at all?
King Viserys loved both his wife and daughter, and hated conflict and contention. He strove all his days to keep the peace between his women, and to please both with gifts and gold and honors.
Team Green is a minority in the fandom. On this app Team Black are the majority. We have known this for a long time. I feel some people need to be reminded of this.
In the late Middle Ages, a rumour spread that Elizabeth Tudor was being sexually (intimately) abused by Thomas Seymour; this was so controversial that it was included in his 33 counts of treason.
Sexual grooming was wrong in the Middle Ages. Daemon was wrong to groom Rhaenyra.
and they both are more than a century apart from Daemon and Rhaenyra… but i digress lol yes let’s just call someone weird for understanding the text HOW IT WAS MEANT TO BE UNDERSTOOD! AS MEDIEVAL TIMES ARE!
@Thrones_Facts
He does right by his family so.. and if we talking about anti heroes he should just say the entire main cast of house of the dragon cuz most of them are anti heroes
@dream__rose
Lucerys being labelled the heir to the Driftwood throne does not legitimise him as Laenor’s heir. He was a bastard that was never legitimised.
Laenor never legitimised them, so they are legally not his sons.
Many could disprove it, and many did, but they were silenced.
@dream__rose
Robert claimed Cersei’s children as his heirs but they were bastards who were never legitimised. They were not legally his children or his heirs simply because he said they were.
Likewise, Lucerys was not Laenor’s legal son and heir just because he said so.
@UmarR_33
That doesn't justify her being to blame for the dance.
Yes she called the council and they decided to crown the legal, natural heir of the king according to the law.
@dream__rose
He could have asked for them to be legitimised as his heir, as Corlys did with Addam and Alyn.
Giving birth to a child whilst married does not exempt the child from being born out of wedlock if their biological father is different from their biological mother's husband.
Do you people like Rhaenyra?
Do you actually like her?
Why don't you people ever give her any credit?
This is politics at play, not just playground bullying.
Alicent is being cruel in her demonstration of power. Rhaenyra going herself displays the cruelty to the court.
@alicents_lawyer
Nope. Rhaenyra chose to go herself because if she wasn't there Alicent would parade the baby to god knows where and publicly mock his look before he even opened his eyes. Do you think Rhaenyra is so petty that she's willing to risk her health just to make Alicent look bad?
The pimping of a minor is not categorically different from grooming in any way. To acknowledge that a minor is being pimped out to you and continue a secret relationship with them is also grooming.
Alicent was groomed.
@eilharted
It weakens her claim because she names a bastard as her heir. As scandalous as women having sexual autonomy in Westeros was, the greens may have garnered less support if Aegon (III) was Rhaenyra’s heir instead of Jace.
That’s great for her but it’s not the smartest move politically. It’s not morally wrong at all, just risky. Especially because the kids could potentially look like Harwin - as is shown in the show.
@SongOfLorelei
Imagine being the last of your people and seeing your ancestral seat being given to a child who doesn’t deserve it, by law, or by accomplishment only because Rhaenyra, the same woman who killed your nephew, says so. I’d be fuming too.
KEEP MY WIFE’S NAME OUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!!
Don’t you ever compare The Breaker of Chains to that abusive femicidal paedophile.
The destruction of character enacted by D&D does not compare to the accurate betrayal of grooming and abuse in Hotd.
@LordFleaBottom_
Then why we don't see Alicent or Halaena been abused by Aegon or Aemond ???Two hateful and completely useless characters that are on the team green..Alicent only gives her thing to Larys or Criston using them as her boy toys and Halaena is as useless as an artificial flower
@dream__rose
People can lie and get away with it.
Rhaenyra lied about the paternity of her sons and got away with it because Viserys did not want to address it. So when their position as the heirs was (rightfully) challenged, it was silenced.
They were bastards who were never legitimised.
We all know that Rhaenyra was his favourite but the complete apathy that Viserys shows to his youngest four children is a more significant factor in causing the dance than anything else.
@mo_shereefdeen
The way some of them don't understand the concept of a bastard is actually crazy.
Were they never taught about medieval or early modern history in school?
Have they never been influenced by Abrahamic teachings?
It's so hard not to know the definition. Yet they still don't.
@hightowersglow
if she found a way to commit suicide while in captivity then she might’ve been able to escape, it could’ve been worth the risk and saved multiple lives…but keep victimizing her and treating her like she was completely powerless to choose🫨
@UmarR_33
That actually wasn't what plummeted the realm into war.
The actions which plummeted the realm into war were the deaths of Lucerys and Jahaerys as it was at that point that both Team Black and Team Green decided to go to war. Up until that point, there were peace talks.
@da3monblackfyre
So Aegon is in no way responsible for being placed on the throne?
And Criston could have refused to act on Alicent’s behalf, but he didn't.
Firstly, may I remind everyone that this is a TV show in a fictional world with dragons, living trees and ice zombies; it is never that serious.
Secondly, domestic violence is not being used as a ‘gotcha’ here.
@da3monblackfyre
That's simply untrue. Otto had every intention of placing Aegon on the throne since the minute he was born.
Eustauce would not have stood for Rhaenyra’s ascension. And neither would Criston.
They knew that Aegon was the rightful king by law and by precedent.
@tinystarmoon
They're not serious.
On one hand, I hope that their ignorance stems from them never having experience abuse, but I also know they’re probably just absolving their favourite malewife of his crimes.
Just a note on the discourse around this: I do implore you to watch the whole video before insulting her intelligence. I'm not defending the theory, but I have seen some people (a minority I believe) be really mean to the theorist instead of countering the theory.