It's not that Jaehaera doesn't have a claim to the throne. She absolutely does, but if the greens were to ever acknowledge it, the entire point of their pushing Aegon ahead of Rhaenyra would be moot. They don't have a leg to stand on.
it’s still weird to me how team green stans genuinely ride hard for westeros's heavily patriarchal and misogynistic system. when you constantly mock women for not being recognized as queens because of your favorite male character you’re quite literally glazing the patriarchy.
@JZBurger I agree with Viserys being a hypocrite. He was also a major coward who gave in way too easily to expectations and pressure instead of having any sense or reason. There wasn't anything they could do to change the past, but he could've molded Westeros' future for the better.
@princeofthef4ll That's literally just misogyny, which is the bedrock for why this story plays out the way it does. That's what I was trying to say. Had Rhaenyra been born a boy, there wouldn't have been a dance to begin with.
@SeraSolitaire Westeros is not the real world. It's fictional. Also, male primogeniture is not Westerosi law. It's just their tradition. If it were a law, the Great Council would've never even had to be held. Viserys would've just become king automatically.
Phia does such a wonderful job showing the little nuances in Helaena's expressions. She's such an internal character, but you see her realize how much Alicent truly hates being a mother here. Her own mother would've left her behind if she was in that position.
alicent telling helaena to leave her child behind so they don’t get caught if the baby cries during the escape plan… like gurl that is literally HER BABY??? the audacity is insane
#HOTD#HouseOfTheDragon
I don't believe a Rhaenyra x Aegon marriage would've prevented much of anything. There were still many Rhaenyra loyalists who swore to her before the Hightowers even came into the picture, and who resented the hell out of their overzealously. And then there'd always be Daemon.
If Rhaenyra had a surviving older male sibling, these types of questions never even would've been asked. Rhaenyra didn't gaf abt being queen until Viserys named her heir, then she locked in, but she never would've challenged an older brother for the throne.
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Israel is maniacally bombing Palestinians in tattered tents again tonight. Every. Single. Day. Not a single shot from Hamas for more than 10 months & Israel has killed more than a thousand Palestinians since — including more than 200 children.