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Oh, Helaena…

Couldn't have said it better

Sorry people this is gonna be a long post, but I needed to vent.

A lot of people in the HOTD fandom are so quick to say that everything Alicent does "against" Rhaenyra is because she's judging her for not following the "rules" of the patriarchy, but imo the anger and conflict between them is way more personal than that. After Alicent is chosen by Viserys as his new wife, Rhaenyra, showing all of her immaturity (understandable, she's so young) feels betrayed by Alicent and starts treating her poorly. Of course Alicent in turn feels betrayed by her closest friend cause Rhaenyra abandoned her when she needed her the most. She was too sheltered and comfortable in her privilege to realize that other women cannot simply say no, Alicent was considered her father's property and then her husband's to do with as they pleased. She is continuously raped by a man she did not choose to marry, forced to carry child after child and on top of that she is refused the only comfort she had, her only friend. She never had the luxury of choice, but Rhaenyra in her naivety, still punished her for it. Alicent tried to hang on, still caring about Rhaenyra and still trying to reconcile with her and being constantly denied and judged by her.

Then, the moment Rhaenyra did something that would surely put her in trouble, she lied to Alicent's face. Alicent believed her and defended her with the king, insisting that Daemon must have lied, that her father must have been misinformed. Viserys knew this to be false, he knew Rhaenyra had lied, but still she was not punished for it. Instead Alicent is indirectly punished again, losing her only ally (Otto is a vile person, but still for Alicent he was the only piece of home, of familiarity she had) because of Rhaenyra. Naturally when she learned that Rhaenyra had lied to her, it was another huge blow to Alicent's heart, because trusting Rhaenyra has literally cost her the only bit of protection she felt that she had left. It's only natural at this point, that Otto's claims about Rheanyra's character began to take root in Alicent's mind. Rhaenyra proved that she could not be trusted and Alicent wasn't about to put her children's lives in the hands of someone who had betrayed her so. She realized that no one would protect her, not Viserys, not Rhaenyra, so she must do it herself.

From then on things were bound to go downhill cause Alicent began resenting Rhaenyra as she still remained oblivious to her privilege and she benefited from it again and again, perhaps even using her father's affection for her to her advantage. And Rhaenyra (understandably) grew tired of Alicent's treatment of her.

In light of that, what happened with Aemond inevitably had a massive impact on their situation, especially on Alicent, whose faith in Rhaenyra was already broken. Her son lost an eye (taken by one of Rhaenyra's kids). Rhaenyra refused to even acknowledge the magnitude of this offence, so quick to defend her kids (and their birthright), who would never do anything wrong and were simply defending themselves (despite there being 4 of them against Aemond) And even in such a dramatic circumstance, all Viserys cares about is protecting Rhaenyra from what essentially is, the truth.

So in my opinion Alicent is not only saying "it's not fair" because Rhaenyra constantly did things that were not "proper" and was never punished for it, what she's saying is more along the lines of "Rhaenyra abandoned me, betrayed me, punished me, hurt me, my son and others to fulfil her selfish goals and nobody ever punished her for it or even had the decency to admit that she might have been wrong".

Alicent is not questioning Rhaenyra's claim to the throne because she's a woman, she's questioning her integrity and wether or not she's trustworthy, she's doing it to protect herself and her children, who she feels could never be truly safe as long as Rhaenyra rules with Daemon by her side.

And feelings like these cannot be simply dismissed, not even with an apology, one must really work on rebuilding trust in each other in order to fix years of betrayal and mutual hurt and resentment, and sadly they just didn't get enough time to do it.

"She also lost the privilege of being her friend when she married her father a short while after Aemma died."

Please tell me you're not blaming a 14 year old girl for being sent by her dad against her will to spend time with Viserys. The fault for that marriage is all on the king for willingly marrying his daughter's friend and on Otto for pushing his child into a marriage she didn't want to satiate his own ambition.

My god the victim blaming is this fandom is ridiculous.

Also Nyra literally slept with Daemon the day of Laena's funeral☠️

Do you know what infuriates me the most about Rhaenyra?

No, it's not her entitlement, her spoiled princess behavior and surprisingly not even her insufferable stans.

It's her complete lack of action after she marries Daemon. She finds herself in a situation where her father's health is declining at a steady pace and is as such incapable of ruling and in need of a regency. This is her big moment right? Historically when an old king/queen needed a regent their heir always stepped up to fulfill that role, to start taking the crown and testing the waters while their parent was still alive and show the council, the nobles and the people what kind of ruler they were going to be after their mom/dad died.

But not Rhaenyra. Who loved to talk about the things she was going to do after becoming queen, who loved to remind everyone that she was still the heir in spite of Aegon's birth.

This is her occasion, her opportunity to take power and start ruling, to hold her first meeting with the small council, to begin making allies at court and establish her authority and gain respect as future queen.

But no for some reason she decides to fuck off to Dragonstone and leave all the politics, all the big decisions and royal duties to the greens.

And after that not only has the audacity to complain that Alicent and Otto are the real power behind the feeble Viserys, but to get mad after being "usurped".

Like girl you literally handed them the chance to dismiss you and crown Aegon in your place on a silver plate, you don't have the right to react like this, cause unlike you they can actually recognize an opportunity and seize it lmao.

Tell me you don’t understand the medieval setting without telling me you don’t understand the medieval setting

BT: omg consistent laws on who gets power is basically supporting slavery!

At this point I can only laugh

If you must know why keeping consistent laws around power transfers are important, I’ll draw a little comparison. Imagine if the US president decided that Joe Shmo from Canada will be the next US president without any election. That’s basically what Viserys did in medieval terms. Does it look weird to modern people? Yeah, but when you actually put yourself in that time frame you understand why having consistent laws creates stability and avoids war. Like how the inconsistent handoff of power from Viserys to his kids caused war!

Watching everyone somehow enjoy the ending while you sulk in the corner, cause you read the last chapter 2 years ago and have been hating it ever since:

https://twitter.com/paintedrecs/status/1639610323580899328

Please recommend me some franticshipping fan fictions you have written!

Thank you for the ask, anon! ^^

And oh boy. My works? My works? Someone slap me……..

You know what I’ll just dump these here https://archiveofourown.org/series/1163342 I’m kidding XD

Despite that I have written 1 poem, 35 one-shots, and 4 multi-chap franticshipping fanfics so far, I’ll recommend what I think are the ones I enjoyed most. So…I hope you’ll like them! :D

Also,  I’m going to provide the links with my AO3 account so if you happen to use FFN, well, the titles are the same and all of it is published there anyways. ^^

Another thing, the 33 one shots are all published in 1 fic called “Randomizer”, so yeah. ^^’

1. A Resolution

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13251369

“A Resolution” has some slight franticshipping thrown in there, so I guess it counts. XD

I’ve always wondered how will that talk between Sapphire and Zinnia go so I wrote one just to fill the gap. ^^

I’ve published it last January 2018 so the writing style is a bit old. ^^’

2. Insecurities

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/22876500

Judging by the title, it’s about Sapphire’s insecurities. I published it last year so again, the writing style is a bit old….very old.

3. Fashion Statement

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/23947572

I got this idea after seeing @aru_tem’s and @ha_na_ppa’s arts on twitter. It’s about Ruby wearing that leaf outfit. Why? Well, I guess reading it will do. ^^’

4. An Arcade Story

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/24905697

Just Ruby and Sapphire spending their time in the arcade~ :>

5. A Token of Appreciation

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/27256761

This actually came from my real life experience. To make it short, I accompanied my classmate to the flower shop to buy a sunflower for her girlfriend. I think it’s a special day for them. But anyway, I based our trip on that and the best part of that trip? My other classmate buying a cactus for herself. XD (It was a fun memory sfksd)

6. A Movie Date

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/27639330

The title pretty much explains itself. But of course, this wouldn’t be possible without @fabulousblackunicorn ‘s amazing franticshipping art where Ruby and Sapphire watches a scary movie. Definitely a great art!

Here’s the link for their art: https://fabulousblackunicorn.tumblr.com/post/160400702930/weak-to-horror-films

7. Experiences throughout the holidays

Link https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/29969934

It’s my entry for the Pokespe secret santa event last year so…it’s a Christmas themed fic.

8. Secret Base Haven

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/30318591

This is the fic that I worked hard for months. Published last January 2018. Do you know those rhythmic tiles that you place in your secret base in the RSE and ORAS games? Yeah, I kinda based that idea there. Imagine Ruby asking Sapphire for a dance on those tiles? OwO

9. A Journey Through Meals

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/32093826

The title again is self-explanatory so yeah. I love food and cooking even though I’m still learning sfhdfsfs

10. Mister Florist and Teacher

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/32093826

I got this idea when I saw @swimmer39life’s art on twitter about that AU. It’s cute and I couldn’t resist to write it. A friend who translated it on discord is the savior for translating the tweet. ^^

11. Limits of Patience

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/32093826

A collab fic with @1358456 !

12. Hot Springs

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10209806/chapters/37141640

It’s a fic based on @aru_tem’s doujin on pixiv! And judging by the title, yes, yes they went to the hot springs. And no, this is a child-friendly rated fic. XD

13. Incomplete

This is a multi-chap fic that I’ve been working on for a long while. It’s not yet finished and not sure when will I update but I hope all the hard work I put in this fic will be worth it. ^^

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16043540/chapters/37452356

Summary:  Sapphire, alongside Moon, has worked hard over the past two years perfecting a miracle medicine. However, something happens that’ll put her relationships and career in danger.

I still have 21 franticshipping one-shots saved in my drafts and I haven’t published them yet. Not sure when but I do like the recent ones I’ve written so far. But for now, those are the fics that I recommend to you. They’re a few considering I have published 40 franticshipping fanfics in 2 years, but oh well.

Thank you for the ask again and I hope you’ll enjoy reading them as much as I loved writing them. ^^

What I really can't stand is her belief that she's above consequences for her reckless actions

a thing that i really hate about team black is how they say that we can’t really be mad at Rhaenyra for having three bastard children as a woman, because men have been doing the same thing all the time and no one cared.

But they kinda always forget about a very important detail; Whenever men had bastard children, they pretty much never put them in line for inheritance. They were aware of the fact that some random children they had with some random women are somewhere out there living their lives. And they didn’t care. They didn’t put their lives in danger by saying “oh, yeah, they are my legitimate children” even though the children look nothing like their mother or something. And whenever they *do* have their bastards live with them, they always admit that they are their bastards and never put them higher than legitimate heirs to their house.

Like Ned Stark has always been like “hey, that’s my bastard son, Jon, he is living with us at Winterfell. We raised him, fed him and treated him right, but when it comes to inherit Winterfell, my legitimate son with my wife Caitlyn, Robb, who is the true heir to house Stark, will become the next Lord, not Jon”

Rhaenyra, well, did the exact opposte.

And if you say “oh, but she’s a woman, she can’t do that, since people will get angry if she admitted to having bastard children with a man that is not her husband!” I will say, as a woman myself, no matter how cruel that might sound: that’s Rhaenyra’s problem. She knew damn well that when a man and a woman have sex, it’s the woman that gets pregnant. And if she really wanted to have children, she could’ve had sex with someone that slightly looks like her husband. Like, what the hell did she, a blonde white woman, expect her children to look like, having sex with a dark haired white man?

Because that’s the world she lives in. A cruel and unfair patriarchal world. And she does absolutely fucking NOTHING to change it. She doesn’t fight for women’s rights, doesn’t call out this patriarchy that somewhat caused the war itself, she doesn’t do anything to get rid of it. So that’s on her

I really don't understand why people are going after Jace/Sara because of Baela and how she would react to their relationship.

First of all we're not even sure Sara is going to be in hotd 2 in the first place, since her affair with Jacaerys is not something we are certain actually happened, yet people are hating on her as if she were 100% in the show and it's dumb.

Don't say a character doesn't exist in the story and then hate on it as if it did, you're just exposing your insecurities lmao.

Second even if they get together next season Baela and Jace are never going to get married anyway,as we all now he's going to kick the bucket before they're wed.

Had the show shown them being cute together, developing a crush on one another and talking about how they are looking forward to their wedding then I would have understood the hate and mayybe I would have agreed that adding Sara would only ruin the ship and piss off the fans.

But it doesn't happen!

They barely talk, and Jace apologizes to Baela before dancing with Helaena. Some would argue that he defended her against Aegon's shitty comments but that's something anyone with a braincell would do.

That's it.

Twitter is up in flames for this? Wow

At least Sara would add to Jace's character. He could bond with another bastard, we could get his inner thoughts regarding his mother and her affair with his dad, we could see her showing him around Winterfell while he rides his dragon!

If well made this could potentially be super interesting and finally make me care about one of Rhaenyra's kids.

His marriage with her could also represent a sort of wake up call for Rhaenyra.

Damn she would finally realise that her actions have consequences! That teaching your sons that they are inherently superior to everyone else because they are Targaryens and the rules don't apply on them has consequences!

She didn't abide by the rules cause she was daddy's little princess who could do no wrong and was almost never called out on it, now she would have to come to the realization that this affected her son, who now also thinks he can break his marriage pact and get with whoever he pleases, without getting shit for it.

Pleas HBO deliver!

YESSS

"F*ck dignity. I want revenge." TOM GLYNN CARNEY as AEGON II TARGARYEN HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-)