Hal

Aegon III's line got shafted big time by Viserys II. First Viserys usurps his niece. Then his grandson Daeron II gets the credit for uniting Dorne, a deal brokered by Baelor. No wonder Daena's son, Daemon Blackfyre, went on to start a rebellion that lasted five generations.

The genesis of Blackfyre Rebellions being the coronation of Viserys II is interesting. The seeds of war are oft planted during times of peace. There wasn't a "final insult" for Daemon to rebel because it happened before his birth. To his mother. It all goes back and back, to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. Daena the Defiant was an astute politician, she knew what she was doing by naming her son after her grandfather the Rouge Prince. Daemon was meant to revenge and rebel. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us.

one thing i love and cherish about asoiaf is that the smallfolk are always people first. theyre not presented as shining morally pure victims and theyre not evil and backward. they just. exist. some are kind and some are not, and some drag sansa off her horse and some laugh and give arya soup, and some are meek and some storm the dragonpit. theyre made of exactly the same stuff as the high lords are, all the black and white and grey. the only thing different about them is that theyre on the bottom, crushed by the wheel. the smallfolk dream of rain and healthy children and a summer that never ends, no matter how the high lords play their game of thrones. series thesis statement

i deal so incredibly well with change!!! my natural reaction to it is just so positive!!!! i really take it in stride!!! i don't even give myself migraines and gastrointestinal issues and night terrors!!!!