#daemon daddy

ahhaha Daemon was like a fluffy ball of love, joy and pride as he said that, he is so proud of his Rhaenyra and loves her to death, despite his impulsiveness and short-temper, DAEMON REALLY IS A SIMP FOR RHAENYRA, look at him

everyone standing there with serious faces, and Daemon is willing Corlys sailing to Dragonstone to declare for his wifey Rhaenyra to BE TRUE. Look at how happy and proud he is as he's saying Corlys is sailing to Dragonstone TO DECLARE FOR HIS QUEEN loudly, not doubting Corlys could not declare for her for a second because queen Rhaenyra is obviously everything and ofc everyone who's sane must understand :D :

look at his heart eyes :D

and the pride written all over his face -->

... his queen wifey Rhaenyra, Daemon is a goner for her :D

there's no one who'd be a BIGGER fan of Rhaenyra than Daemon, for real :D he's so devoted it hurts

And Rhaenys is just 1000% done with with Daemon-we've got dragon Maelys too-Corlys is gonna declare for his queen Rhaenyra, also, this is Rhaenyra, my queen, my wifey, her grace"-Targaryen :D

Rhaenys is constantly trying to make it clear that nothing is so sure when it comes to her and Velaryon support, she seems to be reluctant, she often repeats it's not her war. + Rhaenys STILL thinks Daemon and Rhaenyra off-ed Laenor just to be able to marry Old Valyria style and get it on and have babies asap, and all that RIGHT AFTER the death of her children, their former spouses

-> which is also probably making Rhaenys question how much Daemon/Rhaenyra loved/respected Rhaenys's children.... (ofc this is not something Rhaenys can forget. But then again, Rhaena is being raised by Rhaenyra+Daemon, and both Baela and Rhaena are Rhaenys' blood and they love their daddy and at least Rhaena totally seems to be bonded with her step mom Rhaenyra, she is all smiley around her, gives her wine right after Rhaenyra comes to the room, Rhaena seems to genuinely care:") it shows Daemon+Rhaenyra have been loving and caring parents to all their children )

ANYWAY, right after Rhaenys expresses hesitance over the idea of Corlys declaring for Rhaenyra, Daemon's face changes instantly, look at this manchild :D

Daemon DOES NOT like anyone raining on his 'Rhaenyra my wifey queen' parade :D he does not like or accept a reluctant or even hesitant reaction to declaring for his wife queen

DAEMON "Come with me Jace, i'm gonna show you LOYALTY" Targaryen

DAEMON "I'm presenting you with a CHOICE, knights - swear fealty to my wifey Rhaenyra OR swear fealty to my wifey Rhaenyra.

(a CHOICE he says, lol :D )

you want alternative? Well, there's DEATH. Clean death / Death with SUFFERING, kay"

^^ and i think everyone on Dragonstone already knows that Daemon is a simp for his wife :D bet they've seen him like this way too many times already

So yeah.... Daemon is impulsive, he can be cruel and heartless and just plain violent to literally ANYONE, /and the showrunners believe he can even be short-tempered with Rhaenyra (in critical life-threatening situations when under stress and after painful losses of their baby/brother/father, and under pressure, when overcome by fear for the safety of his family's lives.)/ but it's absolutely clear that he LOVES HER TO DEATH and would kill for her and die for her, would go anywhere for her and would do ANYTHING to protect her and their kids.

And THAT (among other things) is why we all adore this malewife Daemon Targaryen.

I mean, Vaemond had it coming. There has never been a greater fool born than the one who'd scream at DAEMON TARGARYEN's wife, call her children bastards and call her a whore in front of the whole court with DAEMON standing right there!!!

^ not sure what Vaemond was thinking, i mean, did he really think he was getting out of that hall alive after that? ...duuuude...

So here's where it all started getting heated, Daemon's watching the scene, Rhaenyra's turning her head slightly towards Daemon subconsciously, without really looking at him, just him being there is reassuring for her:

And just as Vaemond starts with his BS for real, we see Daemon giving Rhaenyra this knowing look >>>

^ to me it looks like Daemon being partly amused that the fool would dare, and also reassuring Rhaenyra with this look like 'i've got this babe, don't you worry'

And right after, Daemon redirects his attention to Vaemond in an ominous way, 'EVIL' written all over his face :D i'd shit my pants, Vaemond, how did you not get it?!

And that's when Daemon graciously gives Vaemond ONE.LAST.CHANCE.

- "SAY IT"- Daemon says, basically hissing...

for a moment it looks like Vaemond indeed is shitting his pants, his lip trembling (out of anger?) .... but then he ultimately signs his death warrant, oh the fool... does he think Daemon is kiddin' ??? he knew Daemon had murdered in cold blood without blinking an eye FOR MUCH LESS, not to mention, getting rid of his 1st wife to be able to marry the Rhaenyra this fool is just offending, i mean, what the hell, Vaemond ???

Suicidal Vaemond then turns to Daemon fully and SHOUTS at pregnant Rhaenyra's husband that "her children are baaaastaaaards"

i can't help but laugh at Otto's reaction the moment Vaemond stops just seconds before (probably) attempting to call Rhaenyra a whore for the first time but hesitating for a second,

This is Otto's face when he sees Vaemond's attempt and Daemon's face :D :D :D

there's horror and alert written all over Otto's face :D he knows that you do not mess with HUSBAND and DADDY DAEMON, calling his wife names, Otto's face is literally like "oh no oh no oh no Vaemond don't you dare, i still have use of you you old fool, stop it , stop right there, you don't wanna piss Daemon off, you don't wanna mess with his wife"

also, i loved the shot of protective Jace here :") my sweet,

and then it's as if Vaemond started believing in himself a little too much, cuz obviously he did not get Daemon's subtle message, and decided to go like "and SHE IS A WHOOORE" in front of pregnant Rhaenyra's husband and right to her father king's face, wtf Vaemond, you really are dumb >>>

^^ and long story short, THOSE were the last words this foolish man had ever spoken :D head(s) started rolling... (one. for now.)

I would also love to highlight Otto's reaction JUST BEFORE this moment and just AFTER Vaemond called Rhaenyra a whore :D :D OTTO totally KNEW that was IT. The way he took a deep breath and turned around and away from Vaemond like, oh why oh why, Vaemond.... oh yeah, this alliance was good while it lasted...

also, the next pic Otto already low-key mourning Vaemond :D he knew that was IT for Vaemond :D

And so when the head rolled, we got a really interesting pic of the Greens' reactions :D you gotta love their reactions, it speaks volumes about their characters

Alicent worrying about her children,

Otto grumpy about the turn of events, couldn't hate Daemon more, but not surprised at all, kinda pissed at Vaemond too, for his stupidity, salty about having to scheme more, and harder...

Helaena poor bb shocked to death,

Aegon just disgusted and like 'yeah well...another day.'

and Aemond standing there in true awe, as if in that moment he decided to become Daemon when he grew up (just joking but anyway, i do think Aemond admired Daemon, and had things turned out differently between these two branches of families, i think Aemond and Daemon could have become good buddies and have a nice teacher-apprentice, uncle-nephew relationship, fly dragons to wars together, have each other's backs... Oh well... forever wishing we got a big strong united Targ family :"( ...)

Anyway... Daemon totally not sorry, staring down at dead Vaemond with contempt, casually leaning on his Dark sister like nothing's happened

and he's proud of himself, too ...for the justice. "He can keep his tongue" Daemon's sass at its finest. Murdering for his family is the best kind of murdering. The satisfaction. No one's gonna call his wife a whore in his presence without losing a head

Otto was kinda horrified after that, (fearing more heads were gonna roll while Daemon's at it?? Otto knew Daemon hated him with passion, and he knew Daemon knew how much of a scheming manipulative Rhaenyra and Viserys hating ass Otto was - perhaps he thought Daemon was gonna deal with all their haters at that point? so he just needed Daemon disarmed ASAP:

Daemon couldn't've been calmer at that point :D calmly saying "no need" as he wiped the blood off his sword, using his own garments for that, wild

BUT the look Daemon gave Otto after that!!! he knew Otto was shitting his pants. And Daemon was low-key making a point, JUST YOU DARE SAY A WORD AGAINST MY WIFE OR KIDS, heads gonna roll, Otto . For real.

And... I'm just gonna say it was about time idiots started answering for treason, for constantly speaking against and disrespecting the future Queen and her children. Now Daemon was there, the defender of the Realm, his Queen and wife's protector, their children's daddy, and from now on NO ONE was gonna say shit about his wife without getting his head chopped off anymore. Daemon looked like he hoped he made himself clear and was pretty happy with himself.

Calm, sassy and contented Daemon. In his element. And with his loving family, NOW more powerful than EVER before.

This man just needed his Rhaenyra by his side and to create a happy family nest together with her :D make house Targaryen great again :")

^ this is the same man that chops off heads.