the minor characters lowkey took it this season.... gwayne, erryk & arryk, simon strong, oscar tully, tyland lannister, aegon's little frat friendgroup, maester orwyle, alys rivers, jasper wylde, larys, elinda massey, hugh hammer, rickard thorne, those 2 riverlands guys that had everyone fujoshing out i mean come ON.. let's hear it for the relatively normal people
He is so me
septon eustace giggling and kicking his feet while writing his self insert oc daeron targaryen into the histories
one of the things that bothers me this season, is that they used jaehaerys' death for the daemon targaryen character arc.
rather than to show aegon's full rage potential, helaena's awakening to the power of her dreams or aemond's reaction.
That whole conversation between Alicent and Gwayne is so sad, but I just can’t move on from how Gwayne assures Alicent that she tried her best. Now I will not deny that Alicent has her faults as a mother, but she was also a mother at 15. After Otto left, she was alone, with only her children. Children who weren’t all hers because they were princes and princesses of the realm. Children who had to live knowing they came second to Rhaenyra, who had to live in a court that knew they came second. Alicent definitely had a hand in how her kids grew up, there is no denying that, but my goodness, they never stood a chance in the first place. Daeron was spared but at the cost of his family. He is kind, perhaps because he is more inclined to it, but also because he didn’t grow up in an environment that eats up kindness and gentleness.
This whole family is so messed up.
Luke and Jaehaerys watching Rhaenyra bringing up the "a son for a son" bullshit like nothing happened:
Cr: @prettymuchteddy
i think the daeron talk between alicent and gwayne is my biggest win this episode
I love them for Daemon’s weirwood vision holy shit he was lured from his bed to stand in front of the old gods, who judged him as a kinslayer and sentenced him to death. The consequences beating at his door and unable to be held back by a sword!!!
how dare you interrupt my tumblr oneshot fanfic reading time? i literally need to have my tumblr oneshot fanfic reading time. why would you interrupt my tumblr oneshot fanfic reading time?
I suppose now the Greens' only dragon is Vaghar, and always has been. And his rider conveniently sabotages his own family from within.
Sunfyre: basically inexistent until it was time to put it down and be left *long in the dying"
Dreamfyre: does this dragon even exist in hotd?
Tessarion: conveniently made too small to be of any use when it's not supposed to be like that, and cherry on top, make his rider look like a Hightower, because that totally Alicent an hypocrite for whining about the Velaryon boys (who let's repeat, look like NEITHER of their parents or supposed relatives).
Meanwhile: give Rhaena an extra dragon, by omitting a character that serves to question whether Targaryens are really that special to be the ones who can claim exclusivity to the dragons.