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I know a lot of people are disappointed with season 2 but , and stay with me for a second, what if it's all one big mislead ??

Explanation:

The thought came to me when I noticed that the show tells us over and over again that whoever wants the crown is not fit to rule

who insists on her claim? Rhaenyra. Why? Bc Daddy said so and she thinks its her birthright/ destiny.

who was forced to take the crown? Aegon (tears run down his cheek when he is crowned in S1, he says he doesn't want the crown)

soo Aegon doesn't want to be king but to everyone's surprise he is a relatively good king (cares about the smallfolk, was right about sending a dragon with Cole they could have killed or captured Bela and Moondancer if a dragon had accompanied him and Aegon was right with his plan to take Harrenhal back from Daemon to prevent him from raising an army.) Aegon never wanted to be king but when he wears the crown he tries to make informed and good decisions (Small Council Scene)

on the other hand

Rhaenyra, who insists on her claim but consistently shows that she is unfit to rule (even if the show refuses to acknowledge that)

and

Aemond how thinks he would be better suited to rule, he also wants the crown but also consistently makes wrong decisions and is clearly shown as a villain.

soooo nobody can tell me that HBO, the writers and everyone involved didn't notice this inconsistency in what was said and what was shown over and over again.

Maybe I'm just delulu. A girl can dream.

anyways sorry for the long post.

Please tell me what you think about this💚🖤

Okay, so enough time has passed. I’m going to be brutally honest, but the way a lot of you are talking about the meeting with Rhaenyra and Alicent makes it seem like Alicent practically ran over to Dragonstone with the intent of killing Aegon. Alicent went to Rhaenyra out of desperation after seeing how awful Aemond was, and I know you guys plugged your ears for this part, but her initial plan was to rescue Aegon, Helaena and Jaehaera and just, leave with them. The thought of killing Aegon horrified her, and she resisted it until she knew she couldn’t.

Alicent had just don’t something incredibly stupid. She thought she could rely on past emotions and appeal to Rhaenyra’s kindness - that didn’t work.

However, Alicent did not expect Rhaenyra to ask for Aegon’s head, she did not expect Rhaenyra to make her agree to killing Aegon. You guys are more angry at Alicent than you are at Rhaenyra for suggesting that dumb shit.

And you know what, yes, Alicent nodded, yes it seemed like Alicent agreed to it? Why - because she was going to be a prisoner. Rhaenyra would not let her go unless she believed Alicent was going to kill Aegon and Alicent understood that. We know Alicent isn’t going to kill Aegon, and we know that Aegon is safe. And I don’t think that Alicent would ever hurt him, but she literally had to say what she could to escape. 

A lot of you are already looking at her in bad faith. You will complain about character assassination, and how the writing is shitty, and not once, for a moment just stop and think that Alicent knows she is in a dangerous game and that she has to say any and everything to escape so she won’t be kept a prisoner.  Many of you never really liked her, you only liked her and her proxminity to how she cared for Aegon and Aemond, nothing else.

It doesn’t take that much for you all to turn on Alicent, and I realize that double standard. 

Aegon is a rapist, and you guys accept and have excuses for him. Aemond tried to kill Aegon, put his hands on Helaena, you love him still. Larys, sexually exploited Alicent since she was a minor, you love him.  Visery’s…Visery’s did everything and you guys are angrier at Alicent more than you are him for how the kids turned out.

But Alicent runs to Rhaenyra in desperation to save her family, is caught in a trap and has to lie to escape, and you guys turn on her. 

I don't agree with what Alicent did - at all, even if I understood why she did it. But a lot of you were just waiting to hate her lmao.

She was sunshine I was Midnight Rain - Aemond Targaryen x WifeReader

Summary: Aemond is Prince Regent. Finally he got everything he wanted. But was the way there the right one? Aegon was in his way and he had to go. Now Aemond and you can start to build the realm after you imagination. You and him can finally rule together. It doesn't occur to him that you don't want that at all.

Titel inspo: Midnight Rain by Taylor Swift

Words: 2.014

Warnings: talk about killing/ violence, angst

English is not my first language // no use of Y/N // you can also read this on AO3// no proof read

have fun and be kind

"Was it worth the price?" his sister's voice is still in his ears as he leaves the throne room. The Red Keep lies in the dark, the thunderstorm is near the city and from time to time lightning and thunder shakes through the darkness.

Aemond's steps lead him through his home, but his thoughts still hang in the throne room. When he thinks of Helaena's words, he feels... nothing.

Yes, he can understand that she's angry.

Her husband and brother gets burned weeks after her son died, but that is not Aemonds matter.

Yes he did it. He burned Aegon. But Aegon was in his way.

All the time Aegon was in his way.

In the small council he was in his way.

During his war plans he was in his way.

Aegon had made a joke out of the war.

Aegon had made a joke out of the crown.

Aegon hat made a joke out of the family legacy.

Aemond knows he is better suited for the burden of the crown.

He had trained, learned and waited all his life.

And now is his moment. Now he is Prince Regent.

Now he can show everyone who wrong him that they made a mistake.

All who have hurt him, all who have despised him, all who has talked behind his back about him. They will all regret it.

Now he's going to show everyone that he is perfect suited for the role as king.

He's entering your cambers.

But he does not receive by a pleasant heat from the fireplace. No candle light passes through the room. No chattering maids or ladies in wating that usually surround you. Nobody reads from a book in a soft voice. No music sounds through the rooms. Normally your chambers are never quiet. You are constantly surrounded by your friends who find joy in the gentleness of your nature. Where he is withdrawn and cold, you are open and friendly to everyone. The Sun of the Keep. Aemond often throw ladies out of your chambers just to be able to have you by himself. But now everything is quiet and dark.

His eye goes through the darkness and when he sees you sitting at the table he breath out in relieve. He says your name and you look up. But instead of greeting him as usual with a radiant smile and a "There you are my Love." you stay sitting and just staring at him. Tears glitter in your beautiful eyes.

Aemond walks through the chambers and takes off his sword and his eye pad. Something you wished for: he shall not carry weapons in your chambers, neither shall he hide himself. After that he starts lighting a few candles, so he can see a bit better.

You keep quite, even when he turns back to you and smiles. He can't judge your mood, he doesn't know why you're not happy.

Yes, you're worried about the war, and before he went to Rook's Rest, you said goodbye to him with tears on your cheeks and the request that he come back to you. And he did come back, but now you are cold and dismissive.

"The smal councile made me Prince Regent," he says, his gaze never leaves you. His voice is soft and he doesn't even try to hide the pride in his tone.

You nod. "I heard about it." Your voice is cold and puts a sting in Aemond's heart.

"Why are you like this?" he asks confused. He doesn't know this behavior from you. You have never been anything but cheerful and friendly.

"Like what?" you slowly turn your head and finally look at him. The sparkle in your eyes that he is used to is not there.

"So unlike you."

"I don´t know Aemond! Maybe because my husband had burn his brother at the battelefield with his dragon and almost kill him?"

"It was Mal..."

"Don´t you dare lie to me!" you are at your feets in a second. Now your gaze is full of anger. "I was with Helaena when you did it. She saw you. She saw what you did."

"Helaena is crazy. She talks nonesense. You know that."

"And you know that I know she is a dreamer! So no she doesn´t talk nonesense. Helaena speaks the truth. We both knew this. So explain to me why you did it?" Tears gather in your eyes but you blink them away. You straighten your back and lift your chin. Something you only do when you're mad. So almost never. And you've never been mad at him before.

Aemond bites the inside of his cheek. Anger wells up inside him and he curses his sister for telling you what he did.

He doesn't care that Helaena knows the truth.

He doesn't care that Aegon knows the truth.

He doesn't even care that his mother knows the truth.

But you? You shouldn't know. You shouldn't know what horrible things he did.

He sighs. "I am better suited for the crown." he starts. He knows that you have to agree with him on this. Aegon is a drunken idiot. Still, you shake your head.

"Who decided that? You? He is your brother. Our king. What you have done is treason." You spit the words at him.

His hand unconsciously clenches into a fist. No one should ever talk to him so disrespectfully.

"It was the only way." he explains. He just has to explain his reasons to you and then you will understand and agree with him. But you just laugh joyless and shake your head. Suddenly it seems as if all your strength has left you. Your shoulders slump and tears openly stream down your cheeks.

The sight breaks Aemond's heart. You look so hurt, so broken.

"What happened to you?" you asks with a trembling voice

"What do you mean?"

"You was once so kind." you answer him, still crying and still with an expression on your face that he has never seen before. You look like you have never experience a moment of joy in your life.

But Aemond knows that's not true. He knows your laugh. He knows your sparkling eyes.

You two are so happy together, only a few days ago you were so happy at his side.

"I have become wiser" Aemond says. He doesn´t want to think about the stupid child he was, runing after his brother and father begging for their attention and love.

This times are over. The only love he needs now is your love. And your love is his, always and forever. This is what you vow to him countless times.

You love him like he love you, with all of his heart and soul.

But now he doesn't feel any of your love. He only feels coldness and sadness but he can't understand why.

"No, you have become cruel." you say and then you add in a whisper "I do not recognize you."

The words are so quiet he barely heard them. He wishes he hadn't heard you because your words feel like you stabbed him with a dagger in his heart.

Aemond shakes his head. "No, you don't understand, my love. I didn't do that out of cruelness. I did it for us. For you and the Realm. Now we can rule together and bend the Relam to our own ideas. If Aegon dies, I will be king and you will be queen. " he explains. He doesn't even notice how desperate he sounds. Tears sting in his eye. When was the last time he cried? It's been years.

You look at him in shock and shake your head agaon. "No you doesn´t understand! I don't want to be queen. The only thing I wanted is to be your wife. I wanted your love and I wanted to love you. But not the person you have become. You are no longer my husband, you are a stranger." you sob, tears running freely down your cheeks and dripping down your chin

He takes a step towards you but you flinch away. His heart shatters into a thousand pieces and he stops in his movements. Aemond's hand is raised halfway to wipe the tears from your cheek. Cold runs through his body like the winter that comes from the north.

"You are afraid of me."

"Yes I am." you wipe away your treas and staining your silk sleeve of your dress. You look in his eye. "You almost murder your brother because of what? An argument? Because he didn't agree with you? I don't even want to imagine what you can do to me."

He shakes his head. "No. I would never hurt you. Your happiness is everthing I desire. All I ever want is to make you happy."

You have to understand him! You have to realize that everything he does is only for you and your happiness. He wants to give you the world and he can do it now. He can finally give you everything you deserve. He lays the Realm at your feet, as it always should have been.

"I was so happy when we got married. I was so happy with what we had." You say.

"You are happy. We are happy as long as me are together."

"No. You weren't happy. You wanted the crown. But I don't understand why? Why wasn't what we had enough? Why did you want more? I wasn't enough for you."

"My love. Don't say such horrible things. Of course you were enough for me. I love you and you love me. We are perfect together. Now we can build our perfect life."

"My life was perfect. It was perfect because I had you by my side. But you destroyed everything. You destroyed us."

Tears run down his cheeks without him being able to stop them. Aemonds body is shaking and he can literally feel his heart breaking. Guilt, sadness and shame overwhelm him.

"No. Please don't say that. Please don't. My love." "

I'm sorry." you sob. "I'm really sorry that I wasn't enough for you. That what we had wasn't enough."

"No." he shakes his head. Aemond doesn't want to admit it, but his world is collapsing around him and it's his fault. "Please don't do this. Please don't leave me." he begs, he wants to reach out to you, wants to pull you into his arms and kiss you and hold you and show you that he loves you and that you love him. But his body doesn't move.

You look up and into his eye, your eyes are now cold and a sad smile dances on your lips. "You left me Aemond. The second you reached for the throne, you betrayed me and us and you left me."

His throat feels dry. "Please." he brings out. He wants to scream and cry. He wishes that this was all just a bad dream and that he would wake up any second and be in bed next to you. Closely embraced and in love. Just as it should be. Just like it was.

"Your Grace." you say, curtsying slightly.

He can't move, can´t stop you, but his eyes follow you as you walk past him.

For a second your hand touches his, your fingertips brushing against his. It feels like a farewell. It's a farewell.

This gentle touch feels more violent than anything he's ever felt.

The pain is worse than the pain he felt when they cut out his eye. Hotter than Vhagar's flames. Colder than the steel of Criston's sword that had cut him during his sword exercises.

He is cold. Everything around him is cold. Everything inside him is cold. He takes a few steps through the chambers and sits down on the chair you were sitting on a short time ago.

Now he had everything he ever wanted. And he had lost everything he ever needed.

Helaena's question comes back to his mind. Was it worth the price? And now he has an answer for her: No.

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Rhaenyra Targaryen // Oppenheimer

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Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen // Queen Helaena Targaryen HotD (2022- ) Ollie Upton/HBO

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inspo. (Helaemond 01x10/02x08)

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