Rhaenyra's loyal girl toy

1) helaena was a consort, rhaenyra was a queen

2) helaena went crazy and spent the majority of the war locked in her room, likely oblivious to the specifics of what was happening across the kingdom.

3) helaena and rhaenyra are practically strangers. the only moment in the book that can be considered an interaction between them was when rhaenyra was sort of mocking alicent and her children at court. helaena has no reason to choose to side with rhaenyra over the greens and rhaenyra doesn’t have any reason to show any favor towards helaena.

Helaena didn't go crazy, she was sane, she was mourning, though. But c'mon her husband was a rapist and she knew that.

helaena being queen consort in the green council—which weaponized misogyny— gave her very limited power. she was dependent on aegon’s hard headed ass listening to her advice, as opposed to rhaenyra who was the queen and had the final say on the decisions in her faction.

the only reason i brought up this difference in power is because you brought up lucerys, b&c, and tumbleton. rhaenyra, as queen, is going to be held more accountable for the actions of her men because she has a bigger hand and voice in the war. her men will carry out her rulings. the greens don’t follow helaena, they follow aegon.

helaena was explicitly stated to have gone mad in fire and blood. she was incapacitated. she stayed sane in hotd.

and yeah she knew who the rightful heir was, she could have ran or written in theory, but her mother was one of the heads of the coup. she might not like aegon but he’s the father of her children. once he was crowned, they were his immediate heirs.

helaena, in the books and the show, is close with her mother and puts her children above anything else. why should she betray her and put her kids in danger over “the rightful heir” that she more than likely doesn’t trust?

when rhaenyra wrote to the greens asking them to surrender, she was asking for aegon, aemond, and helaena, not just one of them. if only helaena went, aegon would still not have forfeited the throne and she and her children would probably become hostages at the mercy of the blacks.

its too big of a risk to take for a lady she dgaf about.

"when rhaenyra wrote to the greens asking them to surrender, she was asking for aegon, aemond, and helaena, not just one of them. if only helaena went, aegon would still not have forfeited the throne and she and her children would probably become hostages at the mercy of the blacks." She still would've welcomed Helaena with open arms, kissed her on the cheek and made her a part of the council.

"helaena, in the books and the show, is close with her mother and puts her children above anything else. why should she betray her and put her kids in danger over “the rightful heir” that she more than likely doesn’t trust?" Maybe because said rightful heir was her sister?

1) helaena was a consort, rhaenyra was a queen

2) helaena went crazy and spent the majority of the war locked in her room, likely oblivious to the specifics of what was happening across the kingdom.

3) helaena and rhaenyra are practically strangers. the only moment in the book that can be considered an interaction between them was when rhaenyra was sort of mocking alicent and her children at court. helaena has no reason to choose to side with rhaenyra over the greens and rhaenyra doesn’t have any reason to show any favor towards helaena.

Helaena didn't go crazy, she was sane, she was mourning, though. But c'mon her husband was a rapist and she knew that.

helaena being queen consort in the green council—which weaponized misogyny— gave her very limited power. she was dependent on aegon’s hard headed ass listening to her advice, as opposed to rhaenyra who was the queen and had the final say on the decisions in her faction.

the only reason i brought up this difference in power is because you brought up lucerys, b&c, and tumbleton. rhaenyra, as queen, is going to be held more accountable for the actions of her men because she has a bigger hand and voice in the war. her men will carry out her rulings. the greens don’t follow helaena, they follow aegon.

helaena was explicitly stated to have gone mad in fire and blood. she was incapacitated. she stayed sane in hotd.

and yeah she knew who the rightful heir was, she could have ran or written in theory, but her mother was one of the heads of the coup. she might not like aegon but he’s the father of her children. once he was crowned, they were his immediate heirs.

helaena, in the books and the show, is close with her mother and puts her children above anything else. why should she betray her and put her kids in danger over “the rightful heir” that she more than likely doesn’t trust?

when rhaenyra wrote to the greens asking them to surrender, she was asking for aegon, aemond, and helaena, not just one of them. if only helaena went, aegon would still not have forfeited the throne and she and her children would probably become hostages at the mercy of the blacks.

its too big of a risk to take for a lady she dgaf about.

"when rhaenyra wrote to the greens asking them to surrender, she was asking for aegon, aemond, and helaena, not just one of them. if only helaena went, aegon would still not have forfeited the throne and she and her children would probably become hostages at the mercy of the blacks." She still would've welcomed Helaena with open arms, kissed her on the cheek and made her a part of the council.

"helaena, in the books and the show, is close with her mother and puts her children above anything else. why should she betray her and put her kids in danger over “the rightful heir” that she more than likely doesn’t trust?" Maybe because said rightful heir was her sister?

1) helaena was a consort, rhaenyra was a queen

2) helaena went crazy and spent the majority of the war locked in her room, likely oblivious to the specifics of what was happening across the kingdom.

3) helaena and rhaenyra are practically strangers. the only moment in the book that can be considered an interaction between them was when rhaenyra was sort of mocking alicent and her children at court. helaena has no reason to choose to side with rhaenyra over the greens and rhaenyra doesn’t have any reason to show any favor towards helaena.

Helaena didn't go crazy, she was sane, she was mourning, though. But c'mon her husband was a rapist and she knew that.

helaena being queen consort in the green council—which weaponized misogyny— gave her very limited power. she was dependent on aegon’s hard headed ass listening to her advice, as opposed to rhaenyra who was the queen and had the final say on the decisions in her faction.

the only reason i brought up this difference in power is because you brought up lucerys, b&c, and tumbleton. rhaenyra, as queen, is going to be held more accountable for the actions of her men because she has a bigger hand and voice in the war. her men will carry out her rulings. the greens don’t follow helaena, they follow aegon.

helaena was explicitly stated to have gone mad in fire and blood. she was incapacitated. she stayed sane in hotd.

and yeah she knew who the rightful heir was, she could have ran or written in theory, but her mother was one of the heads of the coup. she might not like aegon but he’s the father of her children. once he was crowned, they were his immediate heirs.

helaena, in the books and the show, is close with her mother and puts her children above anything else. why should she betray her and put her kids in danger over “the rightful heir” that she more than likely doesn’t trust?

when rhaenyra wrote to the greens asking them to surrender, she was asking for aegon, aemond, and helaena, not just one of them. if only helaena went, aegon would still not have forfeited the throne and she and her children would probably become hostages at the mercy of the blacks.

its too big of a risk to take for a lady she dgaf about.

"when rhaenyra wrote to the greens asking them to surrender, she was asking for aegon, aemond, and helaena, not just one of them. if only helaena went, aegon would still not have forfeited the throne and she and her children would probably become hostages at the mercy of the blacks." She still would've welcomed Helaena with open arms, kissed her on the cheek and made her a part of the council.

"helaena, in the books and the show, is close with her mother and puts her children above anything else. why should she betray her and put her kids in danger over “the rightful heir” that she more than likely doesn’t trust?" Maybe because said rightful heir was her sister?

“Meleys died in the attack, and besides her carcass, a body was found which was believed to be Rhaenys, although it was so blackened that no one could be certain it was her. Her husband, Corlys Velaryon, was enraged that Rhaenyra had sent Rhaenys instead of going herself, and that Rhaenyra had forbidden her sons Jacaerys and Joffrey from accompanying Rhaenys.”

I cannot find that specific fight in the Fire & Blood book. Maybe it’s in a different one. 🤷🏻‍♀️

1) helaena was a consort, rhaenyra was a queen

2) helaena went crazy and spent the majority of the war locked in her room, likely oblivious to the specifics of what was happening across the kingdom.

3) helaena and rhaenyra are practically strangers. the only moment in the book that can be considered an interaction between them was when rhaenyra was sort of mocking alicent and her children at court. helaena has no reason to choose to side with rhaenyra over the greens and rhaenyra doesn’t have any reason to show any favor towards helaena.

Helaena didn't go crazy, she was sane, she was mourning, though. But c'mon her husband was a rapist and she knew that.