Jace truly is young Rhaenyra come again
Your parents are married but one of them can’t give the other children
Then the one that can’t give children die, taking with them a chunk of the security you had
The remaining parent remarry and now has, in the eyes of the lords if it comes to it, more legitimate sons
Your parent is so sure that your status as heir is safe because they said so and your inheritance pass through them by blood and words
But unlike young Rhaenyra, Jace is currently living on the “find out” era from Viserys “fuck around” reign and he can see the writing on the wall that his mom, Viserys 2.0, can’t in all her cult leader “Targaryen exceptionalism” blindness
If Rhaenyra wins, becomes queen and all that, I want to know what her plan is for the future since she gave giant dragons to two people she doesn’t know personally that can betray her and that look more Valyrian than her son (Hugh do be looking a lot like old king Jae over there) simultaneously creating even more speculation about her son and giving these guys a “hey maybe I can put forward myself to be king! I’m as Valyrian as they are clearly!”
Like what is the plan? What can she do to secure his future when she die?
Because if it’s not 100% effective, it will be this song and dance all over again
The crown may pass by her blood line, not Laenor’s, but I’m pretty sure that the lords, who think bastards are saveges, dishonest and vile, will not give a singular fuck
Because Jace knows that even with no proof that he is a bastard (no one was there to see him being conceived and even if he knows his father is Harwin Strong he can still try to lie his way through. Baratheon blood, Arryn blood, all the classics) the lords will see him as one and that will be enough for his entire life to be in jeopardy.
If he survives to see that happen, of course