I have multiple headcanon’s for laena as well as the relationships she has with others. So I decided that I would like to share some!
- She is completely headstrong and reluctant to bend to others (this includes Daemon). Even in the short time we got her in the show you could see her boldness and later her ‘stubbornness,’ for example, when she glared at Daemon after he dismissed her, then she turned away. In episode 6 you could tell she was exhausted, no doubt from the pregnancy, and that’s one of the reasons I don’t just write her off as so many others do. You could see her defiance, it was just a little hidden or deflated due to her condition.
- I imagine Laena as someone who is cordial with others even if they say something she doesn’t like, she’s very good at hiding her anger/annoyance, but is secretly cursing them in her head. (Sometimes she does break and curse them out, but I’d say she has a better reputation than most and people tend to underestimate her).
- She isn’t unnecessarily mean, but she can dish it out if she needs to.
- She is a wonderful mother (not much of a headcanon but I still want to include it because the relationship between Laena and her daughters in both the book and the show are so important to me 😭)
These are just a few, but I’ll probably make another post like this because I just love Laena so much; she’s my favorite girl!
inspired by @youleavethetardisbrakeson <3
Here are some more Laena Velaryon (and some Baela&Rhaena) headcanons ‼️
Some of these are more canon than headcanon, but I love them too much to just not include them.
- To add onto Laena not being unnecessarily mean, this does not apply to Daemon. Considering the way the show portrayed their relationship I don’t think they were shy with fighting/arguing with each other. I think that Laena often rolled her eyes at Daemon because she found him annoying lmao. (I’m not saying this to say that they didn’t care for each other and love each other, I say this to emphasize that Laena was NOT a doormat. I do believe they loved each other despite how hard the show tried to portray the opposite).
- Laena is a massive flirt, albeit subtle, especially in public circumstances.
- She is bisexual (although that is pretty much already canon), but i’d say she prefers woman at least a smidge more than men.
- Laena had an equally close relationship with both of her daughters (Laena was the favorite parent, no doubt).
A lot of people in the asoiaf fandom like to coin Baela as a daddy’s girl because she was compared to her father, but I believe Baela admired her mother more and also took after her, but that was just overwritten because the maesters (and the show runners) are misogynistic 😗
I also think Baela and Laena had a close relationship. I’ve seen too many fanfics trying to depict baela as someone who is not close to her mother, but only to her father and I hate that so much lmao, it makes zero sense to me. It was clear in the show that Rhaena and Daemon were not close, and that Rhaena and Laena were close, but that doesn’t automatically mean a relationship between Laena and Baela was nonexistent. Rhaena spoke of Daemon’s distance, but Baela never did that for Laena, so the idea that Baela was not close to her mother is ridiculous (i really really hate the downplay of their relationship by the fandom, like that’s laena’s firstborn). I see Laena as a constant presence in her daughter’s lives, even making up for Daemon’s absences (until she unfortunately dies) and that’s goes for the book and the show.
- Vhagar is not the fondest of Daemon because she thinks Laena deserves better. (I know Vhagar is a dragon, and was formerly ridden by Baelon (Daemon’s father), but even dragons have feelings lmao. This HC seems to be mirrored by fanfic writers though so it may not be too ridiculous! I honestly think it’s cute though, like Vhagar is just protective of Laena).
- Laena and Vhagar had a tight bond (canon ofc). Laena traveled to find Vhagar and scrounged up the confidence to face Vhagar out right. Vhagar watched her curiously, she let out a low rumble in warning when laena got too close but she never threatened to light her on fire. Laena told Vhagar that she was a friend in high Valyrian and asked her to be calm. Vhagar leaned down and sniffed at her, Laena was both amazed and terrified by her size and how close she was. Laena ended up patting her on the muzzle and it warmed Vhagar to her, so on and so forth. I just love this bond so much and almost no one talks about it 😩
- Laena liked to do her hair and she especially liked to do/style her daughters’ hair too!
- She is good at controlling her emotions (but can still ‘let herself go’ on occasion). She is good at suppressing them, so to speak.
- Laena often called the iron throne “that ugly chair.”
- Daemon Bonus: Daemon saw Laena in Rhaena and Baela and it haunted him (whether it was good or bad can be argued I guess). And that man definitely dreamed about her, like come on now..
