Aegon cares for his children
Since, even after season two and Tom's interviews, I still see some comments from users who present the same old story "Aegon never cared about Helaena and their children!!", I thought to give here some precisions as to why this remark, in the book, is totally false (it is in the show as well, but this is another matter, since book!Aegon is very different from show!Aegon for some aspects).
1) I often say this, but I am keeping doing it: Aegon and Helaena shared a bed. You don't share a bed with someone you don't care about, expecially in medieval times, where it was customary for couples to sleep in separate rooms. The exception rather was to sleep in the same room. This is valid also for ASOIAF. Eddard and Catelyn, despite loving each other, slept in separate rooms, and Viserys and Alicent as well, just to make a few examples.
2) Immediately after Blood and Cheese, Aegon is described as "in pain and fury". As a result of this, as in the show, he gives orders to kill all the ratcatchers in the city. Later, he also expresses his wish to "avenge the murder of his heir at the hands of Blood and Cheese", wanting to personally fly on Dragonstone to seize Rhaenyra and her sons. It took the intervention of the ENTIRE Green Council to dissuade him. Does this sound as the reaction of a parent who doesn't care for their child? Quite the opposite.
Also, Rook's Rest is the result, in the book, of his desire for revenge, thought by Criston Cole INVOLVING Aegon, and with his full approval and consent.
3) Aegon realises that Helaena is unfortunately no longer able to take care of Maelor after the tragedy, so he entrusts the child to Alicent. If Aegon had been neglectful of his children, he certainly wouldn't have noticed this and wouldn't have taken steps to ensure that his child was well cared for.
4) When Rhaenyra takes King's Landing, despite it all happens very quickly, Aegon sends away also his children, Maelor and Jaehaera, entrusting them to two King's Guards. This one actually was one of the worst changes in the show. Aegon would have never let his children in the city in the book. The fact they left Jaehaera in King's Landing in HotD is their new attempt to show Aegon as a "neglectful father" when huh, guess what? There isn't any evidence of it in the books.
As for the show, Tom (who, unlike other actors, I remind you read F&B) often pointed out in many interviews how Aegon is proud of BOTH his children (Maelor doesn't exist here and this pisses me off a lot), and how he used to present them to court, etc.. He also refers about Helaena and the children as to "the sanctity of my family". The fact the show didn't include any scene between Aegon and Jaehaera is actually a new proof of bad writing (as it is the fact Jaehaerys never shares a scene with Helaena!! It was all orchestrated from the writers in order to sideline Helaegon and TG as much as possible). It proves nothing about Aegon being this supposed "neglectful parent" TB stans wished he was. We literally never saw them interacting - they didn't even care to spell out Jaehaera's name, for what matters. So it is really fool to jump to conclusions for something that isn't even been adressed in the show, expecially when Tom said otherwise multiple times.
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