can i just say how much i missed my hotd and helaemond mutuals?? it's so nice to see you all active again, i hope you're all doing amazingly well <33
hate to do a disclaimer but in case this breaches containment, i'm aware rhaena doesn't have access to research papers and no i do not think she is evil. she simply did not think, hoped everything would be fine and made a mistake (like many people do with animals like this)
Poor Sheepstealer has deformities, a severe underbite, claw issues, extra toes and wobbly when flying and also seems super sensitive. Condall says in the behind the scenes that he simply got overwhelmed because he is a solitary dragon and suddenly shoving him in the middle of war with a new rider made him protective and confused. My sensitive boy. It's not your fault. T_T
accidentally flooding that poor dragon... rhaena, i can send you some good papers on habituation and the interaction between pain and behaviour, THIS IS NOT THE WAY!!!
Poor Sheepstealer has deformities, a severe underbite, claw issues, extra toes and wobbly when flying and also seems super sensitive. Condall says in the behind the scenes that he simply got overwhelmed because he is a solitary dragon and suddenly shoving him in the middle of war with a new rider made him protective and confused. My sensitive boy. It's not your fault. T_T
like yeah the boy who was taken to a brothel at 13 and watched his sisters marry their relatives probably does think a kiss on the mouth is how he should respond to parental affection!
I'm going to interpret Helaena's silence as her knowing Aegon had gone, found the empty room before Aemond too probably considering it's next to hers. She didn't snitch because she's been knowing that in the Keep half of the family was out to get him xx
okay but in sheepstealers defense how was he supposed to know who the enemy was? did he and rhaena communicate that prior? maybe sheepstealer is autistic and needs clear communication.
@helaenathequeen@cntorlok i don't think we will tbh :( possibly we'll get a small shot of helaena reacting to him going to harrenhal, but a proper goodbye feels unlikely </3
i wish they explored these two more. they built such a unique, strong foundation but didn't explore it in the way it deserved.
Phoebe Campbell on Rhaena’s decision to bring Sheepstealer into the Battle of the Gullet #HouseOfTheDragon:
“I think, in her brain, it's going to be this huge impact moment. The sea is going to part. Everyone's going to go, "Ahhh, Rhaena!" When she starts getting closer and realizes she's on a beast and she has no control whatsoever, It's not even that she can't see what's happening — oh, she can — it's that Sheepstealer can't see what's happening. It's that moment when she's like, "Ah, this is actually beyond worst-case scenario." And she's just stuck. She can't stop it, she can't get off. If she gets off, she'll die. The stakes are so high, but she is so out of her power.
Obviously, the most heart-wrenching moment for her is when she sees Baela. That's a real thing of, like, I think she doubts all of her life choices in that moment. I think she regrets everything.”
(https://t.co/5hW3S7NA8u)