Daddy? Sorry. Daddy? Sorry. Daddy?

“ but the day was as black as prince aemond's heart [...] ”

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Ewan to the question: ''And when you said she can be the mom he always wanted her to be, what does that look like?'' has answered.

''I think one that just has love for him. That's how we beat Aemond, it's with love. We gotta give him a hug''

Crying, I knew it, Aemond just wants love, he's dying to be loved, my baby. And I add of my own making, his love language is touch.

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#love me my favourite war criminal uwu

“I’m Team Aemond”

I waited 2 years for this?!

Okay , I get that a lot of people are mad at Aemond for what he said about Alicent, and on the other hand, a lot of people are acting as if Alicent raised a monster in Aemond, and that Aemond’s mindset toward Alicent is rooted in misogyny, because apparently people have convinced themselves that he sees women as ‘less than human’ and his mother is also impacted by that.

So no, that’s not the case. Aemond calling Alicent a fool for her empathy toward Rhaenyra is due to the fact that, the Blacks would never have this type of love, empathy or hesitation toward the Greens, and from childhood he has been tormented by Viserys and the Blacks. I was close to saying that Alicent planted this idea in his mind that the Blacks were his enemies since childhood, so of course, her going back on what she had taught him is angering to him. 

The reality however is, Alicent didn’t do that. She didn’t really have to. Aemond lived a life growing up where he knew he was second to Rhaenyra and her children in every way, and where he knew his father did not have the same love and empathy for them as he did Rhaenyra and the strong kids. They bullied Aemond, took out his eye, and his father did nothing but threatened to have he and his mother (and brothers) punished/tortured for speaking up. 

This war is about the throne as much as it is about getting back at, in Aemond’s mind, his abusers, his tormentors, the people who hurt him. He NEVER had the power to do that growing up, he knew early on that Rhaenyra and her family were granted a sort of protection that he wasn’t, that his mother wasn’t. He had to watch his mother, who was a victim of abuse and grooming, navigate in a world where all they had was each other.

He doesn’t see Rhaenyra as a sister. He sees her as an extension of her son’s who bullied him, who caused him to lose an eye. He sees them as an extension of his father who neglected him, who raped his mother so he could be born, yet treated him like he was invisible and did nothing to gain justice for his missing eye.

So why would he love Rhaenyra? Rhaenyra is Viserys in his mind, and Viserys abused his mother, that family tormented him since he was a child….so yes, of course Alicent is a fool to him for having empathy for the people who abused and tormented them.

And if this AFTER Blood and Cheese--it adds insult to the wound. His nephew was killed, his niece was threatened with rape, his sister has lost her mind because of it...so why would he feel empathy for Rhaenyra, whom he probably blames for B&C?

The TEA is scorching!!!!!!

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I’m 💯 on Aemond’s side though. I know the writers tried to make him seem all insecure-man-goes-and-rage-kills-people, but all it does is remind me of what the showrunners did with Aegon’s introduction. Try to make them cartoonishly evil. And people just ignore it because it’s dumb AF.

With Aemond I see a desperate person cracking under pressure, while struggling to keep his family and himself alive. He is literally the ONLY one on the side of the Greens who is keeping them afloat.

Even if he hadn’t burned Aegon at RR, it’s not like Aegon was a competent combatant anyway. Helaena would rather sit around and drink tea and guide her son’s murderer through her dreams. His mother is off on her touch-grass walk, busy betraying the whole family. Criston Cole is monologuing in the woods with his uncle and his youngest brother is still not available for him to take to battle. Who else is doing it, if not him?