VELARYON SWEEP

honestly hilarious that the lannister siblings are all history freaks in different direction. cersei rolls her eyes that jaime doesn't know what the second blackfyre rebellion was about while he rattles off the tale of ser luthor pisseryon of daeron i's kingsguard, who served for all of seven moons before he died shitting himself en route to dorne. meanwhile tyrion's sitting in the corner reading maester leomore's neo-myrxist critique of archmaester hargreave's account of the Storming of the Dragonpit (The Warrior Himself: Examining the Dying of the Dragons in the Light of the Seven) and not paying attention to it one bit because he’s moping about how everyone in kings landing hates him, the imp, because he’s ugly and rich, and not because he’s a feudal overlord who is fundamentally detached from the immediate concerns of his starving subjects

I have Thoughts on Dragonstone’s use by the Targaryens to keep their heirs isolated and keep them from creating alliances and long-lasting power in court and how that always ends up causing more problems like with Rhaenys and Rhaenyra and Maegor (and Stannis) in which their isolation led to getting out of touch with Westeros in ways that could only be resolved through being there and how Dragonstone is meant to be isolating because of its purpose from fort evolved into isolate us from the coming doom and how it reflects on any prince or princess who inhabits it and still claims the throne.

daeron conversation mentioning him being a prestigious musician leading into helaena saying "this [cricket] stopped singing.." ................ with war coming to the reach......... :((((