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oh, dear Anon, the Egg bit? AMAZING

I kinda choked on Maekar’s little adventures in definitely hazardous places 😭

yeah, I had the same thoughts about Daeron, definitely weepy, but also, imagine Maekar sleepwalking and hallucinating strange things, only to be found in the middle of some halls, wondering how did he even end up there...

for the love of the game I wanna say, Rhae.

EXACTLY!!!

glad you liked it, dear Anon 🩷

as for chapter 2, can I slip you a little something? I mean, I can, so here's a little bit from the next part,

now that I look at it, it lacks some words... but it was like, middle of the night or something bc I couldn't sleep (the fever woke me up or whatever)

but, as you can see, it's beginning with Maekar because Baelor's, well, kinda unconscious or whatever (and the next bit is comeback to KL for Maekar's punishment... and it's kinda like he's digging his own grave there btw... but that you'll see at some point)

well thank you, dear Anon 🩷

I'll leave this here, maybe someone bookmarked it by any chance?

Ok lol for the THIRD TIME, I have been thinking about it even more so apologies in advance for blowing up your askbox

I think my actual thoughts on how Maekar feels about Dunk (and egg leaving with him) are a lot more complicated than just he hates dunk. I think maekar 1) recognizes that Aerion brought it upon himself by asking for a trial and 2) dunk was well within his rights because they were fighting to the death and Aerion would have killed him. I don’t think maekar has like “real” beef with dunk, I think he definitely can’t stand the sight of him and would hate egg spending time with him, but I think that if he really had to think about it, he would not blame dunk for aerions death

HOWEVER!!!! He DOES blame baelor, and it’s because he thinks baelor had no business getting himself involved like that. I think he can understand why baelor wouldn’t fight on aerions side, but the fact that he fought AGAINST maekar is what actually upsets him most of all.

I think it’s a consistent trend in their marriage where baelor always puts the realm/the crown/their public image first and maekar always puts their children first (re aemon, I imagine this was the first iteration of this, where maekar hates that baelor agrees with daeron to send him to the citadel because that’s THEIR BOY, who gives a shit about the realm). Their marriage has always had that big flaw but this is the thing that really makes it snap.

Also also re baelor, I think obviously he does mourn Aerion A LOT, I think it affects him so much more than he admits to, but I don’t think he blames himself directly for his death, I think he blames himself for not being good enough of a parent to Aerion. I think this is why he would let egg go with dunk (and obv get into so much more trouble with maekar, but he thinks fuck it, I’ve already lost him, it’s not like this will make a difference, I would rather be a good parent)

okay, yeah, I 100% understand your vision with Maekar and Dunk, and I also agree with it, like it just makes sense that despite all Maekar is somehow reasonable and knows that it would end up with one of them dying

This anon, I have more thoughts lol

Re Valarr, I can’t decide who’s side he’d take. I think he does believe Baelor did the right thing and Aerion was a little shit who ASKED FOR IT, but obv he is still his brother and it is incredibly upsetting that he’s dead. And I think everyone knows Aerion is Maekar’s favorite (no one will admit it but it is such an open secret) and he can completely understand why Maekar would be upset. I think he’d def be more upset that Maekar has taken all the kids to summerhall, but idk tho, maybe he also has some repressed anger at not being Maekar’s favorite

Re Baelor tho, I can’t imagine he’s taking any of it well internally, but I bet externally he seems soooo alright, and it’s because he’s simply not processing it, he’s completely checked out and just being the heir/hand/future king etc, I think this would buy him so much more goodwill with everyone because “look how how well he’s dealing with this” and I think if maekar was there it would piss him off SO MUCH

I bet the only thing that gets him to crack is people speaking badly of Maekar, some lord makes a crack at “replacing the prince consort” and baelor goes a bit insane,,,,,,,,actually now this is making me think of lords bringing their kids to court and hoping they catch baelor’s eye, but the only thing going on in baelor’s mind is “I miss him I love him I need him I want him” etc

Don’t have any solid thoughts on how Maekar is handling anything tho, def not well but that’s obvious lmao

I feel so bad for Valarr like, what's the point of being the heir and, probably, beloved by the people around him, if in the end he ends up abandoned by his family in so different ways (also, mommy issues Valarr maybe? or daddy, yk what I mean 😭)

there's a scene where the mom (Georgia) is giving her mac'n cheese to her daughter (Ginny)

how about modern AU omega Maekar who was kicked out for getting pregnant at 16 and now it's him with his babies abandoned by the alpha and he's struggling but giving all for the babies and then he stumble upon Baelor

I like to see your thoughts

I have to make a confession, I only knew Ginny and Georgia from that embarrassing salute scene 😭

BUT, I did my research, watched the scene, so let's get into it?

okay, so I have to start in the messy way, Daeron is obviously Dyanna's son, maybe she was older than Maekar and was off to an University before she knew about the baby? (Maekar desperately wanted to tell her about the pregnancy but Dyanna's parents intervened, saying that he will ruin her dream life if he dares to do that)

and then Daemon came to the picture, older, rebellious, a wet dream of many, taking Maekar in when Maekar was already in his weakest point? (I mean, 16, pregnant and kicked out of the house, with no contact to the alpha he loved, that's a whole package)

and Daemon hated little Daeron because that was not his child, so shortly after he was determined to impregnate Maekar with a proper valyrian-looking baby (like, Maekar didn’t even heal properly after giving birth to Daeron when he got pregnant with Aerion)

Daemon initially wanted more children, but the way Daeron and Aerion behaved thankfully stopped him from that. soon enough, he descended into addiction (he's like a gambler or whatever, either way he has debts) leaving Maekar to take care of the kids and to provide for the whole family (and there's only so little a high school dropout can do, but Maekar's stubborn enough to push through everything)

then comes the domestic violence, yet another thing for Maekar to overcome. and he somehow made a routine out of it, leaving his two sons with elderly neighbour so he can go to work, coming back to put the kids to sleep before sneaking out to work again (you can imagine what kind of work is he doing at night... by that I mean a waiter in a secret costume working in some club) it's exhausting, annoying, sometimes embarrassing, but the kids are fed, dressed and happy overall

now, that could be until Daemon hits one of the kids instead of Maekar OR until he brings his gambling friends to their apartment

either way, that's what makes Maekar pack their belongings and leave him

he ends up in a small, one room apartment with two scared kids, wondering if he'll still pull through. even if Daemon had his flaws, he still was some kind of help on good days, and now they're on their own

I imagine Daemon tries to barge into the apartment at some point, probably to take money from Maekar or something (or Aerion, maybe, but maybe he's also a deadbeat dad just because?)

so there are better and worse days, and Maekar is slowly deteriorating but also he's still determined to give his kids the best life he possibly can, with what little he has right now

until one day he stumbles upon Baelor while working the waiter job at the club

Baelor, who never knew what happened between Maekar and their parents because he was already engaged to Jena, studying abroad and planning his own family (lets assume Baelor also has his two sons but also him and Jena are happily divorced and exploring their lives)

Baelor, who never gave up and tried to look for his baby brother who suddenly disappeared

so they see each other after years of no contact, Baelor's on a meeting with colleagues or something, Maekar's on his waiter shift, and suddenly it gets awkward

Baelor notices how thin and tired Maekar's looking, and of course he's worried about him right away, but Maekar doesn't want to talk to him, assuming that Baelor knew what was going on, why was he kicked out, and just did nothing about it, listening to their parents

they confront it, eventually, but will they ever reconcile fully? and will Dyanna come back all of sudden to find out about Daeron? will Daemon's gambling debts bite Maekar in the ass? maybe not but I might bite him

honestly, I have no idea 😭

not only you stabbed us all with angst, you also twisted the knife, dear Anon...

(just kidding, please do that more)

not only did Baelor lose Maekar, he's also left with Aerion 😭

looking at him, seeing the spitting image of his little brother, his other half and feeling the pain of loosing him every single time he does that...

and yet, Aerion is not quite like Maekar was, right?

because despite all, Baelor found Maekar quite charming in his stubbornness and blunt language, with his cheeks often flushed from embarrassment when Baelor teased him too much. Maekar was his sweetling, no matter what people around seemed to think about him. and Aerion? he's truly attention-seeking, cruel to people around him, a straight-up hazard to the Red Keep, and slowly growing up to be Baelor's biggest regret (and who's fault is that, huh?)

if maekar would've died baelor would follow him soon enough anyway

you're just brilliant, dear Anon