hate when critics and fans keep comparing rhaenyra & daenerys, especially their show-versions.
because even with the worst butchering of her character, dany remains the superior character! they are simply NOT comparable, sorry.
d&d may have killed dany, but at least she didn’t end up like a loser.
meanwhile ryan condal & his bad writing squad have written rhaenyra as an incompetent, naive loser who can’t decide anything and doesn’t give a fuck about her dead kids. they made her beg her nasty usurper stepmom for peace? in the name of (white) feminism? this is just trying to humble women into never showing emotion.
she is simply not intelligent, caring nor capable in this show (esp since episode 1x10).
genuinely, how crazy is that? humiliation ritual through and through.
i’m sorry that they did this to you, rhaenyra targaryen, you deserved better!
but s3 will genuinely be worse btw, just be prepared!
don’t waste your life watching this show, go outside <3
alicents green dress moment was nothing short of pick me vibes. She ruined another women's wedding by coming late and trying to outshine her. She'd be mocked in reality if this was a real event.
Realistically this scene should indicate to everyone that alicent wasn't fit to be Queen. She comes in late, wears war colours and the dress itself is revealing so goes against her faith (the faith of the seven). She made herself look like a bad Queen consort in front of everyone important. Yet the narrative is painting her as badass and stuff. It was cringe and definitely not badass. She was not fit to be Queen and team green are definitely just blind if they think she is
Because the whole point of this scene was for Alicent to be the most important and such a "badass". After all, TG are so excited that everyone stood up in amazement at the sight of her, but not when Daemon entered! As if standing up for the queen's entrance was not required…
For me, Alicent's entire behavior at the wedding was completely cringe and I will never change my mind, because she showed a complete lack of any respect not only for the crown, but also for the Velaryon family, because they were the guests of honor. Alicent was a completely adult woman (both by Westeros standards and by modern ones), and she behaved like an offended child, because her former friend did not tell her the truth about her sexual life… as if Alicent's father had not sent spies after Rhaenyra, did not want to ruin her and there was no risk that Alicent would immediately run to him with the news. And you know "she didn't confide in me about the sex" = "this is war!!!!", because it's obvious that this will mean that Rhaenyra will want to murder her and her children in the future, and nothing will help protect your own life better than making a potential executioner your worst enemy. Alicent has a brain.
Saying you hate team black because it has characters that do immoral things and then stanning team green and erasing Aegon being a rapist in your headcanons and fics is truly something, like how does cognitive dissonance not zap your brain every five seconds?
"Rhaenyra always dressed richly, favoring purple and maroon velvets and golden Myrish lace in intricate patterns. Her bodice often glittered with pearls and diamonds, and there were always rings on her fingers"
(young rhaenyra, one of my first f&b artworks 👑)
Fire and Blood:
Rhaenyra - Calls her half-brothers her half-brothers and her half-sister her sweet sister.
Alicent - “Mayhaps the whore will die in childbirth.”
Aegon - “I offered her an honorable peace, and the whore spat in my face.”
Aemond: “…or must we kneel and kiss the old whore’s cunny.” “The whore of Dragonstone, he means.” “The whore on Dragonstone is not the threat.”
House of the Dragon:
Rhaenyra- Refers to Aegon as Alicent’s son.
Aegon - Calls Rhaenyra the ‘bitch queen of bastards, the smug cunt of Dragonstone.’
Criston - Calls Rhaenyra a ‘spoiled cunt’ and a ‘spider who sucks her prey dry.’
But sure, the main conflict of the war doesn’t revolve around misogyny.
I know that the Greens weren’t even the slightest bit of politically competent in book canon, but it’s even more exaggerated in the show.
Vhagar is their answer for everything. They have nothing else. It’s pathetic, really.
And it’s even more pathetic to believe this dragon to be some sort of unbeatable force.
Rhaenyra has six full grown dragons + four teenage ones and a baby one.
Power exists in numbers.
Two of any of the Blacks’ grown dragons can bring her down easily. She may be experienced and large, but she is old, confused and tired.
Caraxes alone was more than a match for Vhagar.
Unfinished piece of Jon’s and Robb’s goodbye scene:’)
They are actually my favorite dynamic and I hope to draw an actual finished piece one day …
He pulled Jon to him and embraced him fiercely. “Farewell, Snow”. Jon hugged him back. “And you Stark.”
Seriously I want to cry
TG stans: Septon Eustace said Rhaenyra got cut by the throne! So she got cut!😡
He also said Aegon assaulted servants and Rhaenyra's kids were not bastards. So that's the truth too right?
ASOIAF The North part 1!
in order of: Eddard Stark -> Catelyn Stark -> Roose Bolton -> Howland Reed -> Maege Mormont -> Dacey Mormont -> Wyman Manderly -> Barbrey Dustin
Mushroom: aegon was a usurper and a rapist
Team green: He'S aN UnReliaBLe naRraRatOR
Mushroom: daemon taught rhaenyra how to kiss
Team green: This is 100% factual evidence that Daemon Targaryen is a groomer and a disgusting individual where is the lie there is So MuCh evidence!!!!!!111
everyone talks about how alicent "deserves" to put aegon on the throne because of everything that happened to her after marrying viserys, but what about aemma? the one who had to marry him when she was twelve and had to go through five miscarriages before giving birth to rhaenyra at fifteen and later died on birth?