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Wait y'all think Aegon is really Rhaegar and Elia's son? Nah, GRRM isn't having Rhaegar's legitimate son and the true Targaryen heir show up as a minor character five books into the series. I get wanting Elia's true son to reclaim what's his and avenge her, but that isn't happening. Aegon is fake, and as he's young, inexperienced, and has already shown himself to be rash and impulsive as shit, he's almost certainly dying in TWOW.
I genuinely think Aegon is real. Varys’ original plan was to sow discord using Viserys and the Dothraki. Then Aegon would arrive to save the day. That’s why he arrived in book 5 because by then the War of the Five Kings was winding down and everyone was weak. If Aegon arrived too soon, the Lannister and Stark plots would be affected. He came at just the right time.
I’ve always said the Blackfyre (and Aerion’s descendant) theory is too convoluted
George has made a point of making the Targs downfall be themselves over and over again; Aegon being real and a shining chance for Targ Restoration only to be ruined by Dænerys Targaryen raining fire on KL in narcissist rage is exactly on brand. And then the death knell for the whole thing comes from a Targ bastard who disavows the House in favor of his mother’s family? *chef’s kiss* Also he’s living until ADoS at least; D not hitting Westeros until then.
Her fingers brushed lightly against his thigh, the gentlest of promises. “The realm needs a strong Hand. Joff will not come of age for years. No one wants war again, least of all me.” Her hand touched his face, his hair. “If friends can turn to enemies, enemies can become friends. Your wife is a thousand leagues away, and my brother has fled. Be kind to me, Ned. I swear to you, you shall never regret it.”
sometimes, i think about Cersei marrying Ned instead of Robert
This was not the life she expected to lead, nor the one she wanted. She expected to be married off to Robert Baratheon, become Lady of Storm’s End, trapped forever. She wanted a life of freedom and adventure, to be a khaleesi in Essos, or a mystery knight competing in tourneys across all seven kingdoms before vanishing into thin air. Never in a hundred thousand years did she account for Jaime Lannister. This ridiculous, arrogant, infuriating lion. Why, every time she saw that cocky grin of his, she wanted to slap it off his face. Almost as much as she wanted to kiss it away.
Young Griff (Aegon VI Targaryen) as Luke Pasqualino
“Why should I go running to my aunt as if I were a beggar? My claim is better than her own. Let her come to me … in Westeros”.
Do you have an Aegon Targaryen/Martell fancast? I've been looking forever and nothing seems to stick
Thank you for asking. Aegon Targaryen VI is one of the hardest characters to find a good fancast for. Part of this for me is the obvious whitewashing. Whether or not you think Young Griff is actually Aegon Targaryen, he has no offical skin tone either way. Aegon is simply described with pale hair. This means he could be anywhere between white-passing to salty Dornish levels of skin tone (and I lean towards him being lighter than his mother and sister considering the explicit racist treatment Rhaenys receives).
This excuse is so people can whitewash him. Part of the excuse is that he might be a fake (a theory I hate) which means he isn’t Dornish which equals white? Like Essos doesn’t have tones of different races. And even in edits where Aegon is the real Aegon, he is still a white guy (usually Jamie Bower Campbell or Toby Regbo) because they have lighter hair. I think this is another lame excuse because many of them edit their blonde hair to blue and silver, so why not do this to a man of color?
Anyway, on to your actual request.
ARAMIS KNIGHT | 20 | German, Eastern Indian and Pakistani (If you want a younger Aegon for book canon)
MENA MASSOUD | 28 | Canadian and Egyptian (I saw him in Aladdin and actually enjoyed him a lot in the film, he was very charismatic)
AVAN JOGIA | 27 | Gujarati Indian and French (an actually fairly popular opinion, I think in this gif especially he’d be great for Aegon, a more moody and broody version, like his half-brother and father I suppose)
SANTIAGO CABRERA | 41 (now; 30 in gif) | Chilean and British (I see him for Arthur Dayne sometimes, but I think he could work for Aegon. He’s handsome, a knight, long luscious hair, and relatively tall)
MOC are really hard to find in fantasy shows, so if anyone who sees this had seen a good face claim please share it. And stop white washing
anyone else feeling intense love for the jaime and brienne dynamic thats in the books on this day????
like imagine youre a dude who has been in solitary confinement for about a year in camp where everyone would rather see you dead, and then what is probably your worst enemy comes into your cell with some wine and makes you swear a vow to save her daughters. you don’t really have the authority to uphold any vows at the moment but you agree to do it anyway because its the one ounce of hope youve had in a year to see your family again.
and then your captor sends you on your way with someone whom you absolutely despise because of course you would. but along the way, you start to understand that the woman youre traveling with completely embodies everything you idolized when you were younger and less cynical. and for some reason it bothers you that she hates your guts and calls you by the name you used to wear like a badge of pride. but she’s so dedicated to her goal that you dont try to fight her until one moment where she drops her guard. but when you fight, you realize that your reputation as one of the greatest swordsman in westeros is being legitimately challenged and you actually take the time to think “holy shit this guys good.”
and then you both get captured and suddenly you find yourself getting super protective of her because you know shes about to be subjected to what you consider to be one of the worst fates a woman could suffer. and while youre wondering why you care, your words save her from that fate - but ultimately it results in you experiencing the worst moment in YOUR life. you completely lose your identity and spiral into a deep depression to the point where you actually try to commit suicide. until brienne, who somehow knows exactly what to say, convinces you to live so you can take revenge against the people who’ve wronged you.
and although youre still completely lost in everything you no longer are, you actually find the will to live because this woman you hated told you so. and suddenly you dont hate her anymore. you try to save her again despite knowing it would get you in trouble and then suddenly youre thrust into the position of extreme vulnerability where theres nothing you can do but confess to this woman how your greatest failure was your greatest deed. and you dont know why youre confessing this to her when youve told no one else, but you cant stop yourself. and she doesnt stop you. you pass out in her arms and then when you wake up, you wonder what the fuck to do next.
you have an opportunity to finally get rid of her, and you nearly do. but then you have a dream about her that is trying to tell you that she will be the only one for him in the end. you cant let go of that dream, so you go back to save her and almost die doing it.
and then you make it back to kings landing where she comes face to face with a man who has accused her of killing his lover and you save her yet again by having her imprisoned, because you know she wouldnt win that fight. but it actually hurts you when she thinks youve betrayed her because surely she’d know you better than that by now. then you find the best opportunity to thank her for everything she did for you by gifting her with an incredibly rare weapon and trusting her to uphold not only her honor but yours, because you finally understand that is possible to be an honorable person in this world thanks to the woman who’s standing right in front of you.
then she leaves, but she doesnt really. because everything you do from this point out will be dictated by that definition of “honor” that you have carved into the hilt of her sword. you never once doubt that she can do what youve asked of her, but you still worry about her all the same. of course, you dont realize that youve changed on a level more than physical, yet you strive to be that ideal knight from your childhood and only take up arm against another when you absolutely have to. you start relying on your intelligence rather than your brute force when you take the riverlands with no bloodshed.
and then because youve changed so much, you start recognizing the toxicity of your relationship with your sister and you start distancing yourself to the point where you look the other way when she asks for help. you no longer view her with any sort of positive connotation, and inexplicably you start thinking about brienne more and more. you even meet up with a guy once who admits that he and brienne used to be engaged, and you dont know why youre annoyed that she never told you about this. but when the asshole outright insults her, you dont even think about it as youre beating the shit out of him and asking him to show her respect. in fact, youre so disgusted by his presence that you send him somewhere far away so you never have to see him again. but still, you dont think about why you did any of that.
and suddenly brienne shows up at your door, and your first concern is all of the scars shes collected since you saw her last. you dont even wonder about the mission you sent her on until much later. she tells you that sansa is in danger and of course you trust her because why would the honorable brienne ever lie? and you drop all of your duties to the crown to leave with her because you’ve decided that shes more important than any of it.
jonsa pre battle scene!
“I’m not going anywhere!” Sansa howls at him, pacing about her solar like Ghost used to do when he’d been cooped up indoors all day. “You think me incapable or scared? I stopped being scared a long time ago.”
“This isn’t up for discussion, Sansa.” Jon says, standing his ground against the fierce and beautiful she-wolf in front of him. He knows she’ll hate him for it, he can see it in the way she looks at him, but she’ll be somewhere safe and far away from here.
“You aren’t my father, or my keeper, or my king.”
“Aye, but please,” Jon whispers, reaching his hand to hold hers, and she stiffens under his palm. He frowns, wondering when his touch no longer brought her comfort. “Please.” He reiterates again, eyes starting to sting with the threat of tears. He’s lost so many people, they both have, but the though of losing her is unthinkable.
Jon presses a chaste kiss to her cheek, simple brotherly affection he’s practiced before, but as he watches her leave Winterfell with a small retinue of men, he wishes he would have kissed her like a husband.
gendrya + parallels
Not gonna lie but I think Dunc is looking down at Brienne his great, great, great granddaughter from they after life and saying “that’s my girl” as he watches her kicking ass and taking names, but most importantly being a true Knight!
A Clash of Kings, Sansa V | A Feast for Crows, Jaime IV
Parallels of Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Jon Snow | Inspiration
asoiaf meme: [4/5] pov characters » Jaime Lannister
So many vows… they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It’s too much. No matter what you do, you’re forsaking one vow or the other.
“Keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.” 💐💖✨
(Or AU where Elia Martell and Lyanna Stark survive and raise their children together.)
“Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.” - Ovid
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A toast. To the proud Lannister children. The dwarf, the cripple, and the m o t h e r o f m a d n e s s
