listen to me: prince daeron “the daring” targaryen is one of the most moral people in the dance (by targaryen standards)
barring jacaerys, baela and rhaena, helaena, and the children—daeron is the ONLY moral character in the dance. there’s probably commentary to be made here of how he grew up outside of his mother and grandfather’s influence, but we aren’t talking about WHY he’s a good person just that he IS.
comparatively, we have:
Aegon II: a drunken, usurping rapist who paraded a dragon’s head through his city
Aemond: a mass murderer who at the very least coerced Alys Rivers into engaging in a romantic/sexual relationship with him
Daemon: Blood and Cheese, killed his wife, penchant for teenage girls, the entire Laenor situation
Rhaenyra: Blood and Cheese, the entire Laenor situation
Rhaenys: slaughtered HOW many innocent smallfolk in her grand escape
(very quickly: do not argue with me that Aemond/Alys is some grandly tragic love story or that he’s the victim because she’s older; he murdered her entire family in front of her, and a yes is not a yes if no is not an option)
(very quickly: WHAT do you think would have happened to Laenor if he told Daemon and Rhaenyra, who have just gotten into their heads that they can finally have what they wanted all along, that he isn’t going anywhere?)
(very quickly: i will never believe that book!Rhaenyra had no idea that b&c was going to happen and until the show settles it this summer, i am not going to believe that show!Rhaenyra is innocent in it either)
And then there’s Daeron, who admittedly does commit mass murder.
But this is Daeron’s only real crime.
And, I mean.
Maelor was torn apart by a *mob* of people. This was not a death that Daeron could say “okay this singular person is responsible” because so many people had a hand in it. There was no way to punish the singular person that killed his nephew because a singular person *didn’t*, and there’s no way to only punish the mob because how do you pick out the two dozen people from an entire town?
Sure, Lady Caswell says she executed them all, but she’d have every reason to lie about it when faced with Targaryen wrath. If she didn’t find them all, or if she really has no idea if the people she hanged are the right ones…why would she ever admit that to the Greens, who are rightfully enraged? And so why would Daeron believe her?
Was it right for him to exterminate Bitterbridge?
No.
But Daeron lashed out in his grief over what, in my opinion, is one of the most brutal deaths in the Dance.
He lashes out at the place that holds all the people who did it, even though he can’t pick them out one by one—or, at the least, the place that created these people, the place that spelled his nephew’s death. These people killed him. Daeron kills these people.
Is this misguided? Yes.
Is it an overreaction? Yes.
But he’s also an 18 year old boy with a pet nuke whose toddler nephew was torn limb from limb.
The other Targaryen atrocities involve the knowing and intentional harm to people that the perpetrator knows is innocent of any wrongdoing against them— Rhaenyra and Daemon having Jaehaerys killed after Lucerys’s death, Aemond burning the Riverlands and massacring the Strongs, Rhaenys causing the death of dozens of smallfolk while escaping, Aegon constantly harming those around him—but Daeron’s atrocity is aimed only at those he blames directly for his nephew’s death.
Is the entire town responsible? Of course not!
But, as misplaced as the blame is, at least Daeron is punishing the people/place he blames for his grief instead of intentionally seeking out people who are completely unrelated to the crime.
It isn’t right. But I understand his actions more than I do most other atrocities that take place during the Dance, and I don’t think it’s enough to paint him into the horrible monster that a lot of people do. And being as he’s actively described as gentle and chivalrous and Bitterbridge is his only terrible act…
My son is a good guy who did his best and deserved better than what he got
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Can you make a reader that Is clumsy and always tired with a yandere bonten and see how they react end with fluffffff
You from a young age has always been a sleepily child and your parents got worried and took you to the hospital only to find out you have low blood iron so when yandere Mikey find this out he thinks it cute but is also ticked that your attention isn’t on him 25/8 and it’s spent sleeping he would probably just cuddle with you all day and sleep with you and let you sleep on him no one else can see this side of you only him only for you only his sleeping beauty
Rindou he would be not be mad at first but irritated then warm up at you and hug you even letting you sleep on his lap as he caress your cheek going as far as to bring pillows for you ahead of time and kiss you his favorite thing to do is cover you in his jacket and show everyone that yours his besides with you so tired and sleepily to do anything you need him
Ran would laugh and say it cute and call you a sleeping beauty or a princess whose to high in the sky to even open her eyes and make backhanded compliments but he would always let you rest your head on his chest or shoulder and let you snooze away he honestly doesn’t mind it makes the chance of you escaping less
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"If I told you that you were just a side character in a world of books, would you still read your story?"
"Yes."
"Would you still read if I told you that you'd die? That you're insignificant beyond words?"
"Do you enjoy normality?"
"Excuse me?"
"Do you enjoy the spring wind that greets you every time you walk out the door?"
"Of course-"
"Do you enjoy the quiet lingering warmth of the fireplace you keep burning in the middle of the winter?"
"Well yes-"
"Then do you remember them consciously? Is it always at the forefront of your mind? Taking up every minute of your thoughts? Consuming your rationality?"
"Of course not, they're just little things..."
"But when that fire burns out and your house grows cold, when the wind no longer blows and the summer arrives, when you're dripping with perspiration, what do you long for? What do you rememeber?"
"Well,"
"You would think of rekindling the fireplace and a nice breeze of wind wouldn't you? But when the flame is snuffed out, there is no life fuel left to burn, you now realise how something so small could be so significant.
You will miss the breeze that only ever comes once in a lifetime, and that is not when you want it most. I am a small comfort that can change lives, I will always linger in your mind, bidding my time and keeping you warm.
But when I am gone, there is nothing more you want than for me to come back.
Such is life."
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