Vaemond deserved to die. And he doesn't deserve my pity.
On the internet I have seen many people justify Vaemond's actions. I understand that the actor does it, but that many spectators do it... well...
Reasons why Vaemond was wrong:
1.- Driftmark is NOT and has never been the property of Vaemond. It belongs to Corlys and when he is unwilling to govern, the person in charge is Rhaenys. Yes, Rhaenys, the woman that everyone always seems to forget. She is the one in charge of speaking for her husband and defending his interests and when King Viserys (like any rational person) decides that the final decision of her husband's inheritance corresponds to Rhaenys, she only limits herself to following the will of her husband , a will that Vaemond already knew but decided to ignore, disrespecting Rhaenys, because he is an idiot.
2.- Vaemond behaves like if everyone was stupid except him
Does he think he's the only one who knows the truth about Rhaenyra's sons?
Did he never find out that Laenor was gay but not stupid?
Didn't he think that if Laenor publicly presented the boys as his own and he was loyal to Rhaenyra, then clearly he and his wife had come to some kind of understanding?
Ok, so suppose Vaemond thought Rhaenyra killed Laenor, so what? The owners of that pain and its consequences are Laenor's parents and not him. Rhaenys and Corlys at the end of it all seem to trust Rhaenyra. And do you know why? Because they have known her since she was a child.
If they decided to trust Rhaenyra or just don't want to affect their adoptive grandsons , then the matter is settled. And Vaemond has to keep his mouth shut and say no more about it if no one has asked for his opinion.
In addition, he is an unpleasant man who only confronts and offends old men, women and children. In my opinion those are not the characteristics of a respectable man.
Again, inheritances are the wills that people want to be carried out when they die. A last will is only legally acceptable when the person who says it is in full use of their mental faculties and also have witnesses.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALICENT?
That Vaemond ignores Corlys decisions only shows how little he respects his brother and that he doesn't think about his family. Vaemond thinks only of Vaemond. Which brings me to my next point.
3.- If Vaemond wanted to fight for justice, he must fight for Baela's rights.
Did anyone remember that Corlys had another child, a daughter named Laena? Did anyone remember that Laena had two legitimate daughters? Nope ? I'm not surprised..
Daughters are very easy to forget.
The law of property inheritance in Westeros is clear.
If a man dies and he has no sons but daughters, then his property and titles should be passed on to his eldest daughter.
And in the event that said daughter has died, then said procedure must be applied to her children.
If Vaemond had fought for Baela's inheritance (as Rhaenys suggested in ep. 7) then I would have considered his cause to be more or less fair (and I say "more or less", because again Rhaenyra's children were recognized as legitimate by the King, Laenor and Laenor's parents)
Because, if Rhaenyra's sons hadn't been recognized by all the people who mattered as legitimate children, then Driftmark and all its titles must have been inherited by Baela.
It is true that later Daemon would have married Baela to Luke and Rhaena to Jace, but that is Daemon's right as their father.
4.- Vaemond is a damn disrespectful man.
He does not respect Rhaenys authority and even tries to intimidate her ON HER OWN PROPERTY.
Vaemond didn't have to shout like a pedant that Rhaenyra's boys were bastards. The term "illegitimate son" exists for a reason Vaemond.
And above all things: He didn't have to call Rhaenyra a "Whore". Calling a woman to her face "Whore" in public because of her sexual behaviors is really petty and pathetic even in medieval times.
Daemom did not call Rhea a "bitch" because of her sexual activities, he called her a "bitch" because they both shared a mutual hatred and used to treat each other cruelly, despite that Daemon acted bad because he insulted Rhea behind her back and despite everything she was his wife even if only legally and I have not forgotten that Daemon insulted Mysaria because of her work, but I have always said that Daemon is not a good and exemplary man. Do you want an example of a good man? Well, you just have to analyze Ned Stark.
Ned Stark never called Cersei "Whore" at any time despite that she was his enemy.
Also Ned is nothing like Vaemond. Ned fought agains Cersei because she lied to the entire royal family and thus committed treason. The royal family always knew the truth of Rhaenyra's sons and her actions were silently forgiven by the royal family (For the King, her husband and her uncle the only people who really matter in this situation)
Also, call a woman "a whore" in front of her father, her children and her husband? Vaemond is just a hypocrite who pretends to have honor and dignity when none of his actions show it.
For all the above reasons, I consider that Vaemond does not deserve my respect or my pity, after all...
"If a man talks shit, then I owe him nothing"
