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aemondsladywife · 1 year

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His Lady Wife

aemond targaryen x reader

author's note: eek this is my first angst fic and i have no idea if its good so please leave comments and feedback!! its very loosely based off othello with ofc aemond as othello and the reader as desdemona. this can be read alongside my other aemond x reader but also can be read alone!! i am working on part two for my other aemond x reader but i'm struggling w ideas so please drop me a message if you have any!! also please comment if you'd like to be added to my aemond x reader taglist <3

genre: very angsty, prepare for tears

the love between aemond and his dear wife would be in the history books one day, he was sure of it. there would be songs, poems and ballads written about the ardent love between them. a love which their great, great grandchildren would aspire to have. their love was refreshing in the court, all the other marriages were ones of duty but theirs was one of love.

that was until everything tumbled down. when you first became with child, you were estatic, you ran to tell your husband, who was over the moon. however, rumours had spread of your infidelity, that you had laid with one of the knights of the kingsguard and that you were pregnant with a bastard. at first, aemond didn't believe it, his beloved wife would never do such a thing. but he started to let his self doubt overcome his love for you.

"have you seen the knight? he's a far better swordsman and far better looking than the prince, you can't blame the princess."

aemond became overcome with jealousy and insecurity. it made sense to him, why would someone as perfect as you be with something as blemished as him.

then there was the stocking incident. one of your stockings, with your initials on it was found where the kingsguard trained which led everyone, including king aegon and prince aemond to believe you to be unfaithful.

you were walking in the gardens when you saw your husband. you had a smile on your face whilst your husband barely made eye contact with you. "what is it my love, you have been ignoring me?" you asked with concern evident in your voice.

"do not call me your love when you are carrying anothers bastard." aemond replied sharply.

"you do not believe the rumours? do you? aemond i love you, you know that? please don't do this." you took a step back and could feel your voice falter.

"i have arranged for our chambers to be separated. your maids will know where it is they will take you. the king was ready to have you killed but your family are needed." he said quickly and walked straight past you. it hurt him to see that he hurt you. he wanted to go back and apologise but his pride and insecurity got the better of him.

being isolated took a toll on you and your pregnancy. you were struggling greatly with no husband or friends in court other than your handmaid who you appreciated greatly. you saw how your mother was when she was pregnant and she wasn't anywhere near as unwell as you were. you were going to send a letter to your parents asking for their guidance but decided against it, you didn't want your father to storm down kings landing. breakfast, lunches and dinners you would spend alone in your small chambers as your husband refused to be in the same room as you, which hurt you greatly. you loved aemond so dearly, you went for spending to everyday together to months apart. most days you would spend weeping in your chambers praying to the gods for any form of relief. you preferred staying in your chambers than walking around court. you would recieve stares, looks and laughs from everyone around. it broke your heart, you had good relationships with everyone, with alicent, otto, daeron, haleana and even aegon, who would refer you to as his "good sister". now they don't even look in your direction.

it was his nephews nameday celebrations which hurt you the most. you played the role of the perfect wife, in the perfect relationship which almost had you believing that aemond was still in love with you, that was until he whispered in your ear that it was all a pretence.

but that didn't stop you from loving him. though you wished it did, maybe it would hurt less if you didn't love him anymore. at whatever opportunity to ask about his wellbeing you would, you even went as far as asking his mistress, who took pity on you and kept you updated. you still prayed for his health every night and prayed that the mother would take pity on your soul and relieve you of the pain.

although aemond was smart, he wasn't as smart as his grandfather, the hand. otto had his doubts regarding the infidelity rumours he had his child spies keep tabs all over westeros and after eight months of digging, he found the truth.

"speak up boy, tell the king what you heard"

the young boy bowed to the king before the hand's spy told the council what he heard,

"the rumours regarding the princess' infidelity were created by daemon and his old whore."

aemond looked up in shock, he felt his blood boil as he held the arm of his seat tighter.

"it was said that daemon knew the easiest way to seperate the greens was through his "fickle nephew" and that once word of the princesses disrespect reached the riverlands, they would switch alleigances to the blacks."

an uncomfortable silence hung the room. all eyes were on aemond who felt a mixture of anger, guilt and distraught. he spent the past 8 months slighting and hurting his chaste lady wife. the king knew his brother well enough to know how his mind was racing,

"i promise you brother we will take down the blacks. you will be the one to take our wretched uncle yourself i swear this to you brother."

once again silence befell the room. aemonds face was unreadable. the council sat in fear of his reaction as his mother held his hand in hopes to calm him down.

"eight months. for the past eight months my lady wife has been with child with my child and i have not spent a single day with her. the lady wife who loved me so loyally has spent eight months confined to a chamber not fit for a princess because of that pathetic cunt. no, his death would not satisfy me. i need more." the calmness in aemond's voice evoked a deep fear in the room. daemon's doing caused aemond's beloved to suffer at his own hand, they all knew that aemond would not rest until she was avenged. "as for now i need to see my lady wife."

as aemond got up from his seat, a maester and midwife covered in blood, sweat and tears entered. the only lady pregnant was his wife. his heart dropped. this couldn't be happening.

"your graces. the princess entered her labours a moon early-"

before the maester could even finish, aemond ran out of the room and straight to his wifes pathetic excuse of a chamber as fast as his legs could take him with ser criston his mother, grandfather and both his brothers close behind him. when he saw the limp body of his once beloved wife he fell to his knees.

"no, no, no. wake up my love, my love please. my love i am so sorry. please no my sweet girl come back to me, open your eyes once more, you do not need to forgive me my love, i will spend the rest of eternity at your feet please just come back to me. i was wrong my love, i'm so so sorry." he cradled her dead body, begging for her to awaken, praying to every and any god to bring his sweet girl back to him. he was overcome with guilt and anguish, the last memory he had with her ended with her heart shattering.

it was two months ago. you had a feeling that something was wrong with you or your babe but none of the maesters in court believed a word you had to say since the rumours.

"please aemond just listen to me for a second, i need to see the maesters in my fathers home, they will know what to do, they saved my mother once before." you begged aemond as you trailed after him with abnormal aches in your body.

"why? so you can run off to your father with that bastard and face no consequences? no you will stay him and have that bastard here and face punishment from the king himself." there was no mercy in aemond voice or gaze. he saw the way your face and body crumpled. his words cut deeper than any blade and you couldn't hide it. he felt a pang of guilt in his heart but he pushed it aside.

aemond felt the bile rising in his throat after remembering his last encounter with you. gods he would do anything to turn back time and fix things. he was so fixated on ignoring and avoiding you that all good memories of you were distant.

"i do not remember the sound her voice mother. i do not remember the sound of the voice that spent countless nights whispering sweet nothings to ail my troubled mind. i do not remember the delicate touch of the lady who dedicated herself to comforting me." aemond confessed with a heavy heart, staring and clutching on to his wife's cold body.

"please aemond do not do this to yourself-"

"do what mother? torture myself? torture myself as i tortured my wife? as if carrying a babe was not torture enough, i tortured her even further by abandoning her when she needed me the most. she had no one apart from her one handmaiden and tis no ones fault but my own. how could i doubt her? how could i be so foolish? the last time we spoke, she insisted that something was wrong with her or the babe and i ignored her. i killed her mother."

"yes, yes you did my lord." spoke up your handmaiden with your newborn daughter sleeping soundly in her arms.

"you can cut my tongue, kill me do whatever you like with me, my loyalties are not with you but the the princess whos blood is on your hands. she loved you so dearly, yet you turned on her with no hesitation after hearing baseless rumours. her father was ready to have his men pledge alliegance to the blacks after hearing your treatment towards his only daughter but she told her father that it was all lies spread by the blacks and that you still loved her. she prayed to the gods everyday that once the babe was born and you would see how that it is your trueborn child you would love her once more. but now she is longer with us and she died with a broken heart."

as ser criston drew his sword ready to cut the throat of the maid, the prince piped up,

"leave her be ser criston. she said no word of lie. no harm should come to the only lady who stood by my beloved's side when she was alone. i am in debt to her. you are free to leave my lady, i will ensure all provisions are made for you."

"as kind as your offer is my prince, i promised the princess that in case of her untimely death, i would remain beside her daughter until her eighteenth nameday and to hand you this letter." aemond looked up for the first time since he entered the cursed chambers as your handmaid passed the baby to his mother

"i have a daughter?" his voice trembled. you both always dreamed of having a daughter and whilst he wanted his youngest child to a girl, you wanted the eldest to be a girl. but that dream was now thwarted.

alicent choked back a sob as she cradled the tiny baby in her arms. "she's tiny aemond. she has your targaryen hair and eyes but she is her mother through and through."

he was lost for words. he couldn't fight it anymore as he began to sob as he cradled your body just the way his mother cradled his babe.

"read the letter out loud my lady. i treated my wife terribly there is nothing left to hide."

your handmaid was hesitant at first but read your last letter to your husband out loud.

"my dearest husband, dear husband,

you recieve this letter due to my untimely death but our child lives on. i do not know if this is news is joyous for you or one of regret but please do not take your hatred for me out on our child. i know our child will look like you as i have never laid with another but i am unsure to if you will ever believe me.

when you remarry and have other babes of your own, ensure that they all love one another and that their stepmother loves them the same. if you cannot ensure this, send our child to my parents, where they will be cherished.

please remember the love we once shared and share that love with our babe. i know that you may not want to to keep the portraits of us and of myself, but i beg of you to do so, even if its just one of myself. i would like for our child to know what their mother looked like. regardless of what happened between us, it hurts to say that i still love you as i did when i first fell in love with you. i hoped it wouldn't end like this but the gods work in mysterious ways.

your lady wife."

no one could hold back their tears. aemond knew the letter would hurt him, but knowing that she died thinking that he hated her, that he would remarry and that he may even celebrate her death killed him. he thought that the stranger visiting him would be less painful than what he was feeling at that moment.

"leave me be, i would like to say goodbye to my wife alone."

as he gazed upon her sleeping face, it set in to him that he would never wake up to her again. he would never hear her laughter again. he would never see her smile again. he pushed her hair back behind her ear as he used and pressed his forehead against hers. he could no longer fight the tears as his voice broke whilst speaking to you one last time,

"how could i ever hate you, my perfect girl? you have been nothing but good to me. you, who showed me what love is, you who made this pointless life worth living, how could i celebrate your depature. i love you my sweet girl. i love you so so much. and how could you think i would ever remarry, my darling? you captured my heart and now you've taken it to the grave with you. i cannot explain how sorry i am, gods i hope somewhere somehow you can hear me. i pray that the gods punish me for the way i hurt you. i allowed my anger, jealousy and doubt get the better of me. i was a fool to not trust you. you shouldn't be here. you shouldn't be like this in my arms, we should be in bed, choosing names for our babe who shouldn't have been born yet. who looks just like you by the way. she's the only reason why i'm still here. for her. for you. i will tell her the stories of her one of a kind mother, i pray to the gods she'll be just like you. i will have even more paintings comissioned of us, of you my angel, anything you desire. until next time, my dearest lady wife, i love you."

as aemond laid her cold body down back on the bed, tucked her in and kissed her one last time, he found a small box under her pillows. it was covered in blood from her labors but it was still wrapped like a gift nonetheless. he opened to find 3 matching necklaces. one fit for a man. one fit for a woman. and one fit for a baby girl. all with a sapphire in the middle.

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imminent-danger-came · 1 year

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I am seeing some of the WORST takes about tdp season 4. Sweet, sweet tumblr users. This season was a lot of set up, not everything was supposed to be explained or resolved, or even "should" have been. Season 4 had to do the heavy leg work of re-establishing characters and arcs and the plot moving foreword. It just needs a little time to be able to act on everything it's now established. It did a good job building off of arc 1, and now we are fully indoctrinated into arc 2!

#like yes you are SUPPOSED to think Rayla was acting weird #yes you are SUPPOSED to be confused about why she came back #yes you are SUPPOSED to wonder why Callum is throwing himself into his work/magic #(I think it's possible to infer but it's going to be explored)#yes you are SUPPOSED to be disappointed that Rayllum didn’t completely hash out their issues #Yes. Even the fact that Rayla wasn't as focused on this season.#she opened up about NOTHING and it's clear that during her 2 year absence something happened to her #I promise it's going to be explored these writers don't just leave plot points #Really s4 and s5 are gonna be more like 1 season narrative wise #s4 ep 9 was more like a mid season finally #This is exactly how it went down with seasons 1 and 2 #*finale #anyways #The only thing that feels like it was completed narrativly this season was the Janaya plot #This all feels super intentional to me man #tdp #the dragon prince #tdp spoilers #Like let the plot happen #Just because it didn't ALL happen in one season like you thought it would doesn't mean it won't #okay that's all the salt I have in me #imp tag

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kimbee00 · 1 year

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*Sigh* let me hold your waist Aemond 🙄 stop showing off jeez

#suchawhore #likeiknowyouwantmetoholdit

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hotdrhaemon · 2 years

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NSFW

Before i dumped my thoughts on episode 8.....

from.....

to....

Just an innocent domestic fluff

The way we see it... she's giggling her way into some more uncle

Do they have big private rooms in King's Landing?

Oh my, Uncle husband

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mesillusionssousecstasy · 2 years

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The Realms Delight and The Rogue Prince ✨

I just found out a better version of this scene, but I cannot decide if it’s young or old Rhaenyra that Daemon undress.

#hotd #house of the dragon #hotd thoughts #hotd spoilers #hotd theory #rhaenyra and daemon #rhaenyra x daemon #daemon targaryen #daemon x rhaenyra #rhaenyra targaryen #hotd season 1 #the rogue prince #realm delight

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floswife · 1 year

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Modern!Aegon would post cringy thirst traps but everyone would be simping over his Aemond who was just chilling in the background and he’d always lose his mind about it because all the comments would just be about Aemond.

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existentialcrisis-9-5 · 11 months

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Okay but does no one in this world have history class? Or memory?

Does Callum not know how his mother was killed? Because uhh yeah he does. Or did the writers for whatever reason not know how she died when they wrote this scene.

But like he should absolutely know that any attack humans make on Xadia is provoked. He’s right, it’s a cycle, but it isn’t on the humans for starting it.

Sigh

#there’s so many things wrong with the history and world building and I don’t blame the writers for not knowing everything from the get go #and also the fact that when they first made seasons 1&2 I imagine they didn’t really know if they’d get many more seasons #but like some of this stuff I feel should’ve been thought through a bit more #the dragon prince #tdp #tdp critical #<- using this tag for organisation reasons #but like.#maybe I am being just a bit critical

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ladygi · 2 years

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Daemon Targaryen , the Rogue prince.

From the show : House of the dragon

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galaxyspark-6e16 · 9 months

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i didn't say anything last it felt a little weak but damn season 5 really surpassed my expecation

and now im scared.

#the dragon prince #tdp spoilers #my thoughts #honestly i feel for janai and claudia his season #they re are not having a good time #my soren showing off his character #devlopment #SO GLAD VIREN FINALY WOKE UP REALIZING HE FCK UP BIG TIME AND IT ALL HIS CHOICES THAT LED HIM ON THIS PATH #and callum its ok nobody is going to reproc for uusing dark magic if you hadnt then it wouldnt let to yo learning the ocean arcana #and everyone wouldve died #i feel the high preist of lux aurea is corrupted or infected that aaravos is influencing his action #from s3 and it will lead a domino effect to a fight for the crown between sol regem and zubeia and zym #and speaking of zubeia i love her character whichh is wh i was so ditraugh and scared that she might die and that scene with her husband #is so heartwarming and for a sec thougt it was a halucination from the corruption #we still don't know if shes gonna be okay #and theres still so many things that go unexplaned like who was inn the coin in ep 1 #is the statue beside aaravos in the sea of castouut leola or another startouch elf #AND IS HARROW THE BIRD?! it litteraly hinting at it!!!!#also i gasped when i read the last ep cause it was what sir sparkle was saying the whole season and here im thinking oh no ezran is a child #hes in danger! but then its clarifies that its viren cild and im like SOREN cause like we know he wont sacriface claudia #AND THEN ITS REVEALED ITS SIR SPARKLE THAT MUST DIE WHICH MAKES A LOT OF SENCE SINCE THE FIRST SEASON HE POURED HIS BLOOD #which means aaravos has been planning pulling the strings since the beginning hes so desperate to be free heleach off the first person who #could help him and god i think should rewatch all season to see more clues #and those are my thoughts sorry if its chaotic in here this season is way better than the last and surprised me also finnergard #glad he ded the ship is crab took me complealy by surprise

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aegondluvrs · 1 year

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just coming on here to say i love when aegon gets all pathetic and lame and teary eyed. my favourite look.

#aegon ii #prince aegon #aegon targaryen #hotd aegon #hotd season 1 #hotd meme #hotd thoughts #house of the dragon #house of targaryen #hes so pathetic #i love him #hes my babygirl

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meganwasbored · 1 year

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The Dragon Prince Thoughts Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2

I was gonna post the whole season at once but by episode 2 I realized that would be way too long

Episode 1

-I misunderstood the begining for a second and I thought the elves pushed the humans to the west to protect them from the magic but now I see that they’re enemies and that makes a lot more sense

-“Take that, marshmallow monster!” Oh I already love him

-“I wasn’t scared, Bait was scared” AWWW HES SO CUTE

-The jelly tart scene reminds of the little brothers from Brave

-It’s only the first episode and someone’s already gonna die this is wack

-THE WHOLE SWORD TRAINING SCENE AND SOREN LETTING CALLUM WIN TO IMPRESS CLAUDIA BIG BROTHER ENERGYYYY

-Harrow knows he’s probably gonna die but he still tries to keep the boys happy I love him

-“Everything’s going to be fine, alright? I’m sure of it.” The fact that he has to say that clearly means everything’s NOT going to be fine

-AWW HE WANTS TO HELP TO PROTECT HIS DAD EVEN THOUGH HES NOT REALLY HIS DAD IM CRYING

-“Life is precious. Life is valuable. We take it, but we do not take it lightly.” Dang.

-ok I like Soren so far but he’s kinda being a brat about the moth like read the room nobody has time for your complaining. No offense.

-“he looked up at me and I saw the fear in his eyes” + “He didn’t do anything to me! How could I take his life?”

*ahem*

ANYWAY

Episode 2

-“Yesterday I had two eggs for breakfast and I was starving. Today I had four eggs

and I’m stuffed. So, tomorrow…”

“Three eggs! I get it!”

“I was going to say two eggs and one sausage.”

I don’t know your name but I love you random guard

-I’ve known Callum for one episode and I will already die for him

-Callum’s entire conversation with the king I wanna cry

-“The great illusion of childhood is that adults have all the power and freedom but the truth is the opposite. A child is freer than a king.”

-“Take care of your brother” STOP ITTTT

-THE HUG

-I could write a whole essay just on that two minutes

-He tripped. He was running for his life and he freaking tripped.

-“Hey you swept the leg!” BRO WHAT ARE YOU DOING RUN

-THE LETTER ROLLED OUT OF THE BAG I REPEAT THE LETTER ROLLED OUT OF THE BAG

-“I am prince Ezran.” STOPPP ITTTTTTT

-“An assassin doesn’t decide right and wrong, only life and death.”

“That was really clever but come on, really?”

I love them already

-“It’s not a good time!”

“…you mean because you’re with a girl?” HAHAHAHAHA

-Help why is Ezran so chill about this

-DID HE PUT THE LETTER BACK IN THE BAG THATS ALL I CARE ABOUT RN

-“I would rather die a king than live as a coward.” Stop because I volunteer to die for

him

-Ok I get why he’s so against dark magic and he’s valid for that but also literally what else is his plan, like yeah he’s likely to die either way but like dude we can have this argument another time

-“stubborn and ungrateful” WOAH BACK UP THAT WAS TOO FAR

-WAIT SO YOU DESTROYED THE EGG WITHOUT THOUGHT OR PERMISSION??? AND NOW MY MANS GONNA DIE FOR IT??? OH HECK NO I DONT LIKE YOU ANYMORE

-YEAH WOULD YOU VIREN??? Yeah that’s what I thought get out of my face

-I don’t blame you anymore Soren I see where you learned the attitude

-“He’s a glow toad🙄”

-YEAH YEAH COOL EGG DID HE PICK UP THE LETTER THO

#ONWARD #after my phone charges #it died from all the emotions #the dragon prince #tdp #rayllum #the dragon prince thoughts #tdp thoughts #tdp thoughts season 1 #the dragon prince thoughts season 1 #tdp season 1 #the dragon prince season 1

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aemondsladywife · 2 years

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no guys i've got it an aemond x reader where its grumpy x sunshine, its a celebration and everyones dancing but no ones dancing w aemond cos hes a moody prick and everyones scared of him and people are making comments about his eye and hes lowkey feeling insecure about it but hes hiding it and this absolute ray of sunshine GOES UP TO HIM and asks him for a dance and hes like wtf but yes and he falls HARD

#prince aemond #aemond stannies #aemond x reader #aemond targaryen #house of the dragon #hotd season 1 #hotd #hotd thoughts #greens #aemond one eye

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dreaming-of-the-reality · 2 years

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Can anyone else relate to this:

So after finishing episode 6 of House of The Dragon, one of my friends made a comment about how they were finding the series boring or not interesting as compared to Game of Thrones.

So I was thinking about it more, and I kind of feel the same way, in terms of, I can’t wait for the next episode, but as each episode passes it’s not as exciting and I think I figured out why, and want to know if anyone else can relate or feels the same way.

So I think it’s to do with the fact of how much time is passing so quickly in every episode that it seems like every episode there is a new actor playing a character we have already seen on screen. For example, the fact that it’s only episode 6, and a time jump of at least 12-13 years has passed already in the whole series.

Due to so much time passing in such a small period of time, I feel like it’s really hard to connect to any of the characters because their faces are constantly changing and you can’t connect the character to a face. I think this is also why Daemon is more popular, because let’s be honest, in the series he’s a bit of a dick, yet everyone loves him, and besides him and Viserys, no one else has kept the same face throughout the series (also Corlys and Rhaneys but you get my point).

If you think about it, Aegon was introduced in episode 3 I think? As a baby, and just 3 episodes later he is a teen kind of shifting to adult, yet his character has only had a couple of lines spoken, Rhaenyra’s kids have just been introduced, Aemond too, and from the trailer it seems that the kids won’t be kids for too much longer, if not in the next episode. You can see in the trailer that Aemond is seen without his eye fully grown, which leads me to suspect that his ageing is coming soon.

The series just seems very rushed and fast paced that everything is kind of flying over my head. So personally I’m finding it hard to relate or connect with any of the characters, I was starting to connect with Rhae and Milly’s performance but then obviously, more time passed and (Emma is great don’t get me wrong) now she’s changed and she seems so much different now that she’s grown up a lot, and because we haven’t been able to see that process it’s hard to understand what’s happened in the last 9-10 years that was skipped.

Which is a factor as to why game of thrones did so well. Each character had such unique and completely different story lines with so many characters as well, but you understood each characters journey by the end, some of their journeys even redeemed their character.

I found that with Jaime, in the first couple of seasons he was a dick, arrogant, stuck up, etc. however as the seasons went by, you understood that he never had true approval from his father, he defended Brienne, he explained the King Slayers true story, his bond with Tyrion, he became much more enjoyable to watch on screen.

With Ned Stark, just by the end of season 1 so many people were distraught with his sudden death, even though he didn’t appear that many times but his character connected to audiences. This goes for Joffrey as well, at the beginning he seemed to be a bit of a mommy’s boy but seemed like a good man, until you find out he’s not and he becomes one of the most hated men in the whole series, which is done by following his journey.

I find that in House of the dragon they skip a lot of story arch’s that could be played out longer but are just being skipped over completely.

Side note: I feel like it would have maybe been better if they had not assumed that people watching HOTD came from GOT, because let’s be honest, if they started the whole thing with HOTD, they would’ve never been able to do as well as what they are because no one would watch it, but because of the success of Game Of Thrones, we all already understand how stuff works, but it feels like a spin off, which may have been the point, but I feel like they shoudve introduced the life style more. I don’t know how to convey this in words so that will have to do lol.

But yeah, please no one come for me, lol, I just had to get it out there, maybe some of you feel the same, maybe you feel the complete opposite, but let me know your thoughts ☺️

#house of the dragon #game of thrones #daemon prince #daemon targeryan #rhaenyra targaryen #alicent hightower #king viserys #house targaryen #harwin strong #ned stark #arya stark #hotd season 1 #hotd spoilers #hotd thoughts

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maxii031 · 2 years

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I am wondering wether to write a second part to my 'The two brothers' fan fic for Harwin or to write a one shot for Aemond...🤔

#hotd thoughts #house of the dragon #game of thrones #harwin strong #harwin strong fanfic #hotd #hotd season 1 #ser harwin #ser harwin strong #harwin strong x reader #prince aemond #aemond x reader #aemond one eye

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thethiefandtheairbender · 2 months

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as a lifelong ATLA fan who narrowly had ATLA dethroned as my top show by The Dragon Prince steadily over the past 5 years, the similarities between the two have very little to do with the surface level parallels that get regularly drawn between them.

Like ATLA, TDP has Books for seasons and chapters for episodes, but unlike ATLA, which only touched on storytelling sparingly as a theme, TDP is obsessed with interrogating storytelling and history and the presence of unreliable, biased narrators throughout many of its episodes (most notably 2x05, 2x06, 3x06, 4x04, and 4x07 among them). Half of what you learn in the 1x01 intro ends up being a lie once you reach S3, with more being steadily deciphered.

Yes, TDP has different magics with people living under those umbrella terms... for the elves. Humans are coming culturally at things from a completely different angle, and the elves' connection to their primal sources are discussed philosophically in detail, informing their practices and their culture first hand, including the way they chafe against humans, who are arcanum-less. Many animals in the world are also connected to magic, which influences both their design and which ones get hunted for humans' more 'clever' solution in dark magic, including each other.

The core issue of the Puppetmaster, down to being a coercive magic formed by someone deeply resentful of their imprisonment? Said puppetmaster is the main endgame antagonist of the entire show with all of S4 onwards being exploring the ethics of controlling people against their will in various methods, and the entire show itself being a thematic battleground of fate (imprisonment) vs free will for virtually every single character.

Where ATLA mostly concerns itself timeline wise with ending the war, very little thought is shown by any of the characters as to what they'll do after the war. This isn't a problem (as it reflects the sheer domineering scope of the conflict) but even Zuko being firelord is only ever really addressed with 2.5 episodes left till the finale. TDP, meanwhile, ends its 'war' in s3 and s4 opens up with dealing with the old wounds festering between people with centuries of history, the struggles that come when people aren't able to let go and believe they're safe or mourn in a healthy manner, and the religious/cultural clashes that may occur when trying to integrate different groups of people.

TDP also has an evil father with a devoted daughter and a brother who eventually defects, but it explores the reality of an abusive parent who loves/will sacrifice for you and your right to leave regardless, even if that means leaving the sibling you truly deeply love and who loves you in turn. Which means that when you and your sibling are on opposite sides of a deep ideological conflict, it actually really fucking hurts bc we've seen first hand just how much they love each other and also how and why everything fell apart not in spite of that love necessarily, but also because of it.

Is this to say that TDP is a 1:1 with ATLA or that it's better? No, not at all, and the latter is subjective. I prefer TDP, but I think they're about on equal ground when you look at each show currently as a whole (although TDP has two seasons left to go).

But TDP takes a lot of what ATLA was doing thematically with some of its most interesting beats and then builds or expands upon them further. It talks further and more consistently about the cycles of violence; in many ways, Jack De Sena's character, Callum, begins the series largely where Sokka had ended (and he's not the most like Sokka anyway; very much his own thing); we get Faustian bargains and centuries' long grief and fucked up people who are trying both succeeding and failing at not doing fucked up things. There are antagonists, but it is very hard to actually label anyone at this point a straight up villain. Moral greyness is where the show starts, and it just continues from there.

That's not to say the show is nothing but dark and depressing - like ATLA, there's a steady thread of hope and humour even as the show gets steadily closer and closer to its 11th hour point - but the show is usually emotionally heavier. There's more blood and potentially disturbing imagery with body horror and on screen death. There's so much foreshadowing you basically can't go more than 5 minutes into any episode without having something that's going to come back around or be referenced again like 3-5 seasons later.

Just to be clear - TDP is like ATLA, but it's like ATLA in interesting ways beyond the more shallow surface level that usually gets attributed to it, while still very much being its own show and its own thing. And that is why I tend to recommend it to people who like ATLA.

Thank you and goodnight

(Also, the fandom doesn't have any ship wars, and the show is queer as fuck)

#tdp #atla #the dragon prince #avatar: the last airbender #mine #parallels #analysis series #also betrayal. tdp talks a lot more about betrayal #now im trying to think if there's any character in tdp who hasn't felt or been outright betrayed #i. DON'T THINK SO??#atla meta #tdp meta

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