Jujur, saya paham banget kenapa Daemon Targaryen banyak banget fansnya, terutama di kalangan cewek.
Di luar segala kontroversinya, kalau kita bedah cara dia memperlakukan pasangannya, Daemon ini sebenernya nge-checklist hampir semua kualitas cowok idaman.
Coba kita bedah ya:
1. Karakter yang Tegas dan "Sat Set"
Daemon bukan tipe cowok menye-menye yang kalau ada masalah malah plin-plan atau kebanyakan mikir. Daemon itu tipe eksekutor. Sekalinya situasi genting, dia langsung ambil keputusan tanpa ragu.
2. "The Ultimate Protector" yang Gak Banyak Omong
Adegan pas dia bilang, "She has me," itu IMO adalah salah satu scene paling romantis sekaligus kuat di series ini. Gak perlu dialog panjang lebar atau janji manis yang muluk-muluk. Cuma tiga kata, tapi maknanya sedalam itu.
3. Percaya Penuh sama Pasangan dan Gak Egois
Pas dia bilang, "This is the moment you become queen." itu bukti kalau dia sangat menghormati kapasitas istrinya. Dia gak cuma cinta, tapi dia mengakui kalau Rhaenyra memang layak memimpin.
Dan ini poin yang paling mahal: Daemon itu pria yang gak insecure.
Coba pikir, dengan segala kekuatan, kharisma, dan pasukan yang dia punya, dia bisa banget kalau mau kudeta atau minimal ngambil alih kekuasaan setelah mereka nikah. Dia punya seribu satu alasan buat mengerdilkan peran Rhaenyra dan tampil sebagai penguasa utama.
Tapi Daemon milih buat menekan egonya dan berdiri kokoh di belakang istrinya sebagai support system nomor satu demi Iron Throne.
Kualitas kayak gini kan yang lumayan langka sekarang.
Gak usah muluk-muluk ngebahas perebutan tahta kerajaan, di dunia nyata sekarang aja, banyak kan kita lihat realitanya kalau si istri punya karier lebih melejit atau sukses secara finansial, si suami malah insecure, ngerasa tersaingi, atau egonya terluka?
Nah, Daemon membuktikan kalau cowok yang beneran high-value gak akan pernah merasa terancam sama kesuksesan pasangannya.
Tapi, perlu diingat ya, opini ini murni berbasis series dan hanya valid sampai Season 3 Episode 2.
Saya gak baca bukunya, jadi kalau ke depannya karakter dia mendadak berubah atau ada plot twist yang bikin geleng-geleng kepala, ya mohon maaf, mari kita anggap ulasan ini tidak pernah terjadi, haha.
Dan buat yang mau protes, "Tapi kan dia psikopat, pernah bunuh anak kecil, bla bla bla..."
Ya elah, kita lagi bahas fiksi dengan latar medieval fantasy. Di dunianya aja naga terbang ke sana kemari, jadi tolong standar moralnya jangan disamain dengan hukum pidana dunia nyata ya.
Harry Collett tells Pop Base what kind of king Jacaerys Velaryon would have been had he survived the Dance of the Dragons and ascended the Iron Throne:
“Jace was born to be a good leader. He’s very smart politically and very much a people person and a people pleaser, sometimes [laughs]. He would’ve thought of the people of the realm first before anything else, and he would’ve only carried on with the drama if somebody else started it. He would never start the drama unless it involved his family. And we [Bethany Antonia] were saying if Jace and Baela made it to be king and queen, we’d have a live, laugh, love sign up in the castle and it would be very drama free. Which, to be fair, would probably be quite boring, so no one would ever make a show about it. But boring is safe. I think Jace would’ve made an amazing king, and it says it in the books too, and that’s why his death was very impactful.”
The “hiding their faces in my skirt” line loses a lot of its punch when you continue to hold the woman who terrorized your kids in such high regard- like they were probably hiding their faces from her
This was very in-character for Aemond because he specifically thinks he's invincible because of Vhagar and preparation, but don't have the actual experience and accomplishments. The fact he turned his back on civilians after just killing their Dad was so stupid 😭
you know what would've made this even more impactful? if we actually got the scene of viserys putting baby jace on his knee and telling him all of this will be yours one day
this was such a touching moment for me, he showed her respect and showed the crowd who’s in charge. if he had done it himself, he would remove status of command and authority from rhaenyra, which was what Otto was hoping for, besides a quick death, and daemon didn’t fall for it