They are Rhaenyra's biological sons, which automatically gives them a direct claim to her throne. Plus, Laenor never denied them, and both Viserys and Corlys fully backed their inheritance.
🚨| Leaked dialogue between Alicent and Rhaenyra:
Alicent asks Rhaenyra: “Will you blame me only for what men have done?”
Their shared scenes are described as a thematic core of S3 and a return to the roots of HotD, though less harmonious than one might expect. 👀
in fact, this is not so.
A father and even a KING cannot simply disown his children born in wedlock.
He needs evidence that they are not his children
In the absence of a DNA test, all that remains for the father to do is to prove his impotence, or long-term absence from his wife
@Oliver___Lydon@lysssortizz@nyraxys Youre preaching sexist ideas and values while blatantly misunderstanding how bastardry even works in medieval law and traditions, both in fictional and real world settings. If the shoe fits (and it clearly does) youre stuck with it.
@lila_cv@mbobhftism@Oliver___Lydon@nyraxys It isnt actually, because bastardry is a legal precedent even back then. Laenor claimed those children. The king and the sea snake did as well. Thats the end of it. And real world royal tradition and precedent uphold that.
@Oliver___Lydon@mbobhftism@nyraxys Except most of the kingdom didnt give a fuck and considered her sons worthy heirs. 2/3 of Westeros were on RHAENYRAS side.
alicent stans don’t shy away from labeling rhaenyra as misogynist as if they’re just waiting on that moment but the moment you call alicent misogynist (she is) then suddenly you don’t understand victims, you hate women, you hate complexed female characters xyz.
@thisbreton@Salih9t6@Itz_zayyad1 This is legiti untrue. The difference is that Rhaenyra was her father's NAMED+EDUCATED heir. She was fighting for the truth that a noble or royal may name their heir and that it must be respected. She was not yet fighting for absolute primogeniture- bc it wasnt safe to do so yet
If Rhaenyra had been born male, nobody would've expected her to step aside for a younger sibling. The fact that y'all think she should've given up the throne proves the entire point of her story.
Only like 4 kings were truly mad, all male, and experienced either trauma or were resurrected corpses. TARGARYEN MADNESS IS NOT A THING. ITS NOT INNATE. The writers trying to say that dragons drive them mad. Oh my god I hate this
thinking about how rhaenyra will most likely be joining the ‘dany, eleven, rue’ pipeline in female characters that were done wrong and eventually became victims to the misogynistic writing despite being the face of these projects.
@LakshathilOraal@paloma_datgirl Her sons were unquestionably legitimate and she was still usurped and murdered.
She was inspired by Empress Matilda. She was the one educated to rule. Its entirely about her sex and how the kingdom views women who arent subservient pious church mice.
@LakshathilOraal@paloma_datgirl Political blunders than she did. Aemond committed horrors that had him hated and feared by most of Westeros. Aegon bankrupted the kingdom but Rhaenyra was the one demonized and hated for having no choice but to tax the kingdoms.
In the early drafts ofnthe Dance-
@B73300Blue People not understanding this is genuinely why I cannot force myself to keep making content for or interacting with the HOTD fandom.
Its not about her sons legitimacy, about her ability orneducation, her marriage, or her 'willfulness and 'selfishness''. Its. Just. Her. Sex.