#pro daemyra

Daemon really went from "I fully support Rhaenyra" in Season 1, to "now I have doubts because she's making shitty decisions and questioning me just because I don't necessarily agree" in Season 2, to "fuck off, I've come to my senses, I'm back home, and nobody comes between me and my wife—the fucking Queen" in Season 3. It just cracks me up.

Because yes, Daemon didn't leave because he genuinely wanted the crown. For Daemon, the crown was always just a symbol of the trust his brother would have shown him had he actually named him heir. And his doubts about Rhaenyra stem from the decisions she made once the war broke out; before that, he’d never shown any issue with her being queen. It was seeing her behavior that made him doubt her—and rightly so, I’m sorry to say. The Rhaenyra from the book never pulled the kind of nonsense that might have caused Daemon’s loyalty to be called into question. And I struggle to understand how a simple fucking prophecy can call into question the stupid decisions Rhaenyra makes in the show. In general, I hate what they did to Daemon regarding his journey to Harrenhal. All that nonsense about questioning Daemon's loyalty to Rhaenyra never existed in the book. He was always her greatest ally, and they were on the same page until the accumulated grief and betrayal took a toll on Rhaenyra's mental health—particularly after she sent him to hunt down Aemond alongside Nettles, with Mysaria played with her mind.

TWO SIDES OF A COIN!!! WE HEAR THIS FROM ALICENT'S OWN MOUTH!!

while aegon the conqueror most likely converted religions as a political move to unite the realm, the valyrian religion remains an undercurrent in targaryen life and customs. why else would rhaenyra name her dragon after a valyrian goddess? why else would she and daemon have a valyrian wedding overseen by a high priest of the old gods of valyria?

Max Nordic and their Daemyra edits 🙂‍↕️👌🏼

I hate Rhae#icent or Rhae#aria both are nonbook slop but Nyra was used and abused by every relationship she had in canon, even those she thought her own.

Laena was her proper love in the book she met as equal. She was minor when she was involved first with Daemon, then Harwin. (I ignore Cole and Laenor she did not love them like that.) then she met Laena and it was a happier time.

So yes Rhaenicent is ew but so is Daemyra. He cheated on her and left her for a younger girl in the book and choked her and psychologically abused her in the show.

Stop performative bs#

Okay, first of all; I don't fuck with the show. I hate it. It has lazy, empty writing and bad characterisation of the characters. I also greatly dislike show daemyra because the writers done fucked up the dynamic of daemyra.

Onto the book. The argument that daemon was a creepy old man grooming his niece does not track because he was away at war from 106AC until 111AC. Rhaenyra was 9 when he left, and 14 when he returned. The thing to realise when reading a fantasy series based on medieval England is to read it without modernisation in mind. Is it gross for a grown man to court a 14 year old today? Yes I'd call the cops and beat his ass. Was it gross back then? Unfortunately not.

Anyway, for six months Daemon was back in Viserys' good graces and spent time with Rhaenyra surrounded by others, and no one reported any problems between them (we cannot trust Mushroom because he's a naughty unreliable narrarator). We also can't trust Septon Eustace's account because he's a fanatic Green supporter who would have done anything to discredit Rhaenyra has heir so Aegon could be named instead.

Daemon then left, exiled once again, and only returned in 115AC when he married Laena and they both left for Essos to avoid Viserys' wrath, only returning after Baela and Rhaena were born, and during this time 116-117ish, were Daemon and Rhaenyra were likely reunited.

I also agree that Laena and Rhaenyra were likely lovers, and that's the only woman I'll ship with Rhaenyra.

Then Laena died - rip my girl :( - and Laenor in 120 and Daemon and Rhaenyra married when she was 23 and he was 39, and they had 2 kids together. Only thing about this that annoys me is that they didn't wait longer to grieve Laena/Laenor, but I digress.

In the book, its Mushroom - unreliable as they come - who insists that Daemon and Nettles were lovers, but many more contemporaries insist that Daemon doted upon her like a father and taught her many lessons she may not have had as a commoner. There's more evidence that she was his bastard daughter, or perhaps a surrogate daughter after the deaths of two of his children plus the stillbirth of Visenya, that he used to cope with his grief.

Mysaria is the one who twisted the narrative that Daemon and Nettles were lovers, and she's oh, so reliable.