#asoaif

The following night, Daemon takes Maekar forcefully. Mind that Daemon has taken Maekar as a second mate. Law of exceptionism and all that.

Maekar knows that there’s little hope for resisting with force. He’s alone, his guard killed. Failure will almost certainly mean his children killed, especially Daeron.

so he grins and bears it. At some point they withdraw from Summerhall to a true castle like Starpike and House Peake (because fuck house Peake seriously) as it’s more easily defendable.

word is sent out that Daemon Balckfyre has claimed Prince Maekar as his mate after liberating him from a false marriage, and they are married in accordance of laws of the faith of the seven. Of course this horrifies everyone in Kings Landing. They know it’s not true, but they hear whispers that Maekar did willingly collude with Daemon and that this is a ploy to be the King’s consort. Sadly it does take two months to raise the armies needed to counter the rebellion, though small skirmishes along the Dornish border.

honestly, the battle goes much like the real Red Grass but I guess this is closer to Starpike in the Dornish Marches. Bolstered by Dornish forces and a very angry house Dayne, the Kings Landing forces attack the Blackfyre rebellion. It’s all seemingly in the Blackfyre’s favour until Bloodraven’s magic, the rebellion crumbles. Baelor burns with hatred towards Bloodraven for not allowing him to take Daemon’s head.

So Maekar is found within the castle, his two children in hand. Baelor realises that he is way too late, and Maekar is suspected to be pregnant. He’s quiet —- too quiet. Maekar is feeling many complicated, negative feelings — traumatised from seeing his mate slaughtered in front of him, angry that he could do nothing, and humiliated that he went through with the wedding and is now pregnant. They give Maekar moon tea, but it doesn’t take.

Baelor is very much in love with Maekar. If he could have married Maekar he would have. But there’s nothing he can really do here for Maekar except give him space.

Maekar is rushed back to King’s Landing. Daeron at age five is very quiet, but Valarr (4) plays with him and is very, very good with him, and Daeron opens up a little. As a baby, Aerion is far more chill.

Eventually, after a few months, the court politicking of Kings Landing tires Maekar. Upon invitation by House Dayne, he departs for Starfall to have his baby there. The Daynes fully accept him and believe he had no chance to save Dyanna, nor was this planned.

his third child is born. Like Daemon wanted, it’s a true Valyrian child that Maekar calls Aemon. Upon request by the Daynes, the child is recognised not as a Blackfyre but as a true Targaryen born of Dyanna. An insult to Daemon’s legacy that his child was taken away from him in death and given to Dyanna. The timings allow some belief that Dyanna could have sired Aemon, but Maekar knows it’s not true, that she hadn’t touched him yet after Aerion’s birth.

in the Dornish sun, Maekar begins to heal. Daeron grows tormented by nightmares, but that will pass, surely. Maekar trains, and grows stronger again.

A year or so passes. Maekar eventually returns to Kings Landing upon bad news that Jena has passed away not long after giving birth to Matarys. Maekar intends to not stay too long, just enough to offer his condolences and reintroduce Daeron and Aerion to court, a couple of months, but Baelor actually values his companionship and advice. Maekar feels himself being somewhat useful and realised he actually enjoys it. He never leaves.

it’s a year or more before marriage is suggested, by Bloodraven. It would put to bed any notion of Maekar being involved in the Blackfyre plot, send it would strengthen the house. They agree — Maekar would never be in danger of being courted by other alphas as well.

It doesn’t take long until Daella is conceived. And maybe they’ll have two more after that. Being with Baelor is healing after a turmoultuous mating period is healing, and Maekar’s body returns to normal heats.

She wept for her child, the promise of a sweet mouth on her breast, but her tears turned to steam as they touched her skin.

She had wept in her dream, and the tears had turned to steam on her cheeks. All the grief has been burned out of me, she told herself.

- AGoT, Daenerys IX

There is also the puzzling image of “Dragondew”, that only appears this time in the series, and I’m still wondering what it means. Maybe it’s the coming of dawn, here represented by the morning dew, but I digress.

When she woke the third time, a shaft of golden sunlight was pouring through the smoke hole of the tent, and her arms were wrapped around a dragon’s egg. It was the pale one, its scales the color of butter cream, veined with whorls of gold and bronze, and Dany could feel the heat of it. Beneath her bedsilks, a fine sheen of perspiration covered her bare skin. Dragondew, she thought. Her fingers trailed lightly across the surface of the shell, tracing the wisps of gold, and deep in the stone she felt something twist and stretch in response. It did not frighten her. All her fear was gone, burned away.

Of course, i dont particularly think Cersei is bisexual and Carmen is SUPER bisexual. It just ocurred in my mind a world where a part of Carmen has this sexual fetish in having sex with woman because of her internalized misogyny. Her taking a couple of maneirisms during sex that she doenst particularly enjoy because she thinks is what she should do in taking "the role of a man"

But i dont think a Carmen wlw will be approached that way because i understood that she searchs to act "mainly" in relation to violence, but not sex, and she doesnt adopt "mainly" manneirisms up until now outside of violence.