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Waging war takes an army. Go behind-the-scenes with the cast and crew as they bring the epic scale of S3 to life.

u/La_Villanelle_ — 1 day ago
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In House of the Dragon (2022– ), Daemon Targaryen has a sex dream about his mother. Fans found this disgusting because it was not the incest relationship they were rooting for.

u/La_Villanelle_ — 1 day ago
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Jacaerys!!!!!! Don't make unnecessary journeys!!!! Don't take risks on treacherous roads!!!!! And don't swim in the sea!!!!!

u/La_Villanelle_ — 3 days ago
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It’s because Jacaerys is dead. They do that quick side-long cut to him during the scene, but I don’t think he’s actually there. I think it’s spliced together from a completely different moment to mislead people in the trailer. My theory is that Rhaenyra forbids Jace from going to the Gullet, but he goes anyway after hearing his brothers are on those ships and tries to save them. The council knows he left. Then later Rhaenyra finds out he died at the Gullet, which is why she has that whole “you betrayed me” scene. Not because they plotted against her politically, but because they knew where her son was going and never told her.

u/La_Villanelle_ — 7 days ago
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She is the last remaining heir of the Greens, the side that fought an entire war against female inheritance. Aegon only had one remaining child: a girl. The same man who waged war over “no girls allowed” was left with no heir but a daughter he could not name without undermining everything his side claimed to stand for.

Then Aegon declares that his sister’s line must end. Another irony, because Helaena is also his sister, and Jaehaera is the last of both Helaena’s line and his own. We know he means Rhaenyra, of course, but in the end it is his daughter who dies, and with her, his line ends.

And then Jaehaera either commits suicide or is killed by Peake, an overreaching Hand of the King who wants to increase his own power by using his daughter to marry Aegon III. Does a part of that sound familiar, or are we still pretending the irony is accidental?

Like, her entire plot point is irony. People want Jaehaera to get a happily ever after, but that does not fit the narrative the story is telling about women and girls in Westeros.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: Her death isn't some random cruelty; it's thematically consistent. It echoes the cycle of men in power sidelining, exploiting, and discarding woman and girls to secure their own ambitions.

u/La_Villanelle_ — 9 days ago
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  1. “Rhaenyra ordered the torture of a child.”

And Aegon literally ordered the death of a child, Aegon III, saying his sister’s line must end. Then he gets talked down and instead of showing mercy, he orders torture. He also celebrates a child’s death by throwing a feast for Aemond and orders Baela, another child, executed before someone stops him. But sure, this is only a Rhaenyra problem.

  1. “Rhaenyra raised taxes.”

Aegon kept those exact same taxes. He did nothing to change them. They were not even removed until Aegon III became king. And somehow he still planned to build two massive golden statues the size of the Titan of Braavos. Where exactly was that money coming from?

  1. “Rhaenyra tortured/killed innocent people.”

The Greens literally killed Beesbury and imprisoned or executed people before they even usurped the throne. Then there is Gaemon’s mother, who was tortured just for claiming Aegon II was the father, forced to take it back, and later died from it. Also the rat catchers who were hanged from the walls even though only one of them committed a crime. Aemond and Daeron are tied to two of the worst sackings in the entire war, with innocent people slaughtered and atrocities carried out under their command. Aemond also wipes out House Strong because he threw a temper tantrum, killing children and the elderly. I could keep going, but it would be excessive at this point. But yes, only one side is cruel.

  1. “Daemon is a pedophile, groomer, rapist, etc.”

Aegon is a sexual predator in both versions. Aemond takes Alys as a war prize after murdering her family, including children. Criston Cole is literally called out as a pedo, even by Alicent, and Eustace, who already dislikes Rhaenyra, admits he tried to run off with her and got angry when a teenage girl rejected him. But again, sure, this is only a Daemon issue.

  1. “Rhaenyra is selfish, spoiled, entitled, etc.”

And her siblings aren’t? They are all royalty. Every single one of them was raised in the same palace, with the same wealth, the same privilege, the same sense that the world bends around them. Did Viserys send his other children off to live in Flea Bottom for character development, or did they grow up surrounded by servants, luxury, and power just like she did?

Aegon II literally feels entitled to the throne purely because he is a man. That is the foundation of his entire claim. But somehow that entitlement is treated as normal, expected, even justified. Meanwhile, Rhaenyra asserting the claim that was explicitly given to her is framed as entitled arrogance.

So calling her the “spoiled” one, the “selfish” one, the “entitled” one, while ignoring that her brothers were raised in the exact same conditions and exhibit the exact same, if not worse, behavior is not some objective critique. It is selective outrage.

And if we are being honest, when the only one consistently labeled with those traits is the woman in the exact same position as the men around her, it stops being about personality and starts looking a lot like misogyny.
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And I could keep going, but we would be here for pages. The point is simple. Every single criticism thrown at TB can be turned right back around on TG, and in a lot of cases they do the exact same thing or worse. Even the book makes that clear.

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u/La_Villanelle_ — 10 days ago