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Yessss my fic "A Hiss of Dragons" in AO3 reached 100 kudos!

I've been really enjoying telling this alternate version of the Dance of Dragons, focusing less on Rhaenyra and Aegon II, and more on Jace and Daeron, both of whom I feel are more sympathetic and rootable protagonists.

Jace dies too soon in the original canon and Daeron, while he lasts longer, isn't as fleshed out and explored as his brothers, which is quite a shame. And I also wanted to explore the relationship between these two, I felt for a long time there was quite a bit of potential about those two boys that started their journey in life together only to quickly drift away thanks to their families.

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u/Turbulent_Let_1629 — 10 days ago
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A Hiss of Dragons. Chapter 24: DAERON VIII.

Title: A Hiss of Dragons.

Author: bruthershietholy123

Rating: Mature.

Language: English.

Length: 44213 words.

Status: Ongoing.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89752096/chapters/246809076

Summary: A mere couple of days before the Prince of Dragonstone concludes the Siege of Honeyholt, and mere hours before the Prince of Driftmark takes flight from his island, the Prince Regent from Oldtown prepares for the battle that will decide the fate of the Riverlands.

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u/Turbulent_Let_1629 — 1 month ago
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Dunno if it's an unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed the "reconciliation" between...

...Aegon II and Aemond.

(Reconciliation goes between quotes because it's obviously less of an "we love each other again" and more of an "I hate you but I hate our enemies more, let's make a truce")

I always disliked the show invented betrayal and attempted murder of Aemond towards Aegon. One of the very (veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery) few good things you could say about book Aemond was that he never betrayed his older brother and fought for Aegon's claim rather than his own until he died (declared himself merely Prince Regent, modeled his armor with black and gold those being Aegon's banner colors, and maaaaaaay have been obsessed to kill Daemon due to wanting to avenge Jaehaerys).

It was baffling that show Aemond managed to become even more despicable than the book one. Not to mention the inconsistency of the guy regretting Luke's accidental killing but feeling nothing at his deliberate murder attempt of his own brother.

Looking in retrospect and thanks to some comments I read, it's possible Aemond's show invented betrayal of Aegon was always meant to go a similar route as Daemon's own dysfunctional dynamic with his older brother and his flirtation with betraying Rhaenyra. There might have been some hints of Aemond subconsciously regretting his actions in Rook's Rest even since season 2.

- When he is staring at the Throne and Helaena asks him whether it was worth it, Aemond doesn't answer.

- When Aegon awakes, Aemond in the several weeks/months since the battle until the fall of KL, doesn't attempt to finish Aegon off, settling with merely threatening him to keep quiet. Leaving Aegon alive and with a huge motivation to imprison him at best and execute him at worst is a huge loose end. It only makes sense if Aemond got cold feet about killing his brother.

- When Aemond tries to convince Helaena to fight with him against the dragonseeds, and she accuses him of attacking Aegon, he almost tearfully denies it, lashing out with a feeble threat of having her killed (that I doubt he ever considered fulfilling).

And then in season 3, it would seem Harrenhal brought that regret to the surface, in a similar albeit darker way of how the accursed castle made Daemon regret being such a shithead of a brother to Viserys and his exploitative dynamic with Rhaenyra.

I think Aemond would have benefited from a vision arc (beyond the disgusting Alicent fucking) much more than Daemon did. It would have made for many fans, his reconciliation of sorts with Aegon, more believable and organic.

Beyond that, I like that the show made something with Aegon and Aemond's feud besides a mere plot device to make Alicent run to Rhaenyra's arms. I liked the two brothers simultaneously expressing their grief and jealousy at the other being supposedly more favored, loved and fortunate.

And in the S3 finale, both of them showed development with Aemond asking for forgiveness and Aegon deciding against killing him. Aemond realized his unchecked darkness and crimes left him alone (culminating with his own mother trying to murder him), and Aegon realized his sleaziness, incompetence and self pity caused the people around him having little loyalty towards him.

They can remain villains for all I care, but I would like for them to be an united front. A villainous duo to reflect and face the... coughs violently "heroic" duo of Daemon and Rhaenyra.

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u/Turbulent_Let_1629 — 2 months ago
▲ 32 r/HOTDGreens

Dunno if it's an unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed the "reconciliation" between...

...Aegon II and Aemond.

(Reconciliation goes between quotes because it's obviously less of an "we love each other again" and more of an "I hate you but I hate our enemies more, let's make a truce")

I always disliked the show invented betrayal and attempted murder of Aemond towards Aegon. One of the very (veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery) few good things you could say about book Aemond was that he never betrayed his older brother and fought for Aegon's claim rather than his own until he died (declared himself merely Prince Regent, modeled his armor with black and gold those being Aegon's banner colors, and maaaaaaay have been obsessed to kill Daemon due to wanting to avenge Jaehaerys).

It was baffling that show Aemond managed to become even more despicable than the book one. Not to mention the inconsistency of the guy regretting Luke's accidental killing but feeling nothing at his deliberate murder attempt of his own brother.

Looking in retrospect and thanks to some comments I read, it's possible Aemond's show invented betrayal of Aegon was always meant to go a similar route as Daemon's own dysfunctional dynamic with his older brother and his flirtation with betraying Rhaenyra. There might have been some hints of Aemond subconsciously regretting his actions in Rook's Rest even since season 2.

- When he is staring at the Throne and Helaena asks him whether it was worth it, Aemond doesn't answer.

- When Aegon awakes, Aemond in the several weeks/months since the battle until the fall of KL, doesn't attempt to finish Aegon off, settling with merely threatening him to keep quiet. Leaving Aegon alive and with a huge motivation to imprison him at best and execute him at worst is a huge loose end. It only makes sense if Aemond got cold feet about killing his brother.

- When Aemond tries to convince Helaena to fight with him against the dragonseeds, and she accuses him of attacking Aegon, he almost tearfully denies it, lashing out with a feeble threat of having her killed (that I doubt he ever considered fulfilling).

And then in season 3, it would seem Harrenhal brought that regret to the surface, in a similar albeit darker way of how the accursed castle made Daemon regret being such a shithead of a brother to Viserys and his exploitative dynamic with Rhaenyra.

I think Aemond would have benefited from a vision arc (beyond the disgusting Alicent fucking) much more than Daemon did. It would have made for many fans, his reconciliation of sorts with Aegon, more believable and organic.

Beyond that, I like that the show made something with Aegon and Aemond's feud besides a mere plot device to make Alicent run to Rhaenyra's arms. I liked the two brothers simultaneously expressing their grief and jealousy at the other being supposedly more favored, loved and fortunate.

And in the S3 finale, both of them showed development with Aemond asking for forgiveness and Aegon deciding against killing him. Aemond realized his unchecked darkness and crimes left him alone (culminating with his own mother trying to murder him), and Aegon realized his sleaziness, incompetence and self pity caused the people around him having little loyalty towards him.

They can remain villains for all I care, but I would like for them to be an united front. A villainous duo to reflect and face the... coughs violently "heroic" duo of Daemon and Rhaenyra.

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u/Turbulent_Let_1629 — 2 months ago
▲ 10 r/Hotd

Dunno if it's an unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed the "reconciliation" between...

...Aegon II and Aemond.

(Reconciliation goes between quotes because it's obviously less of an "we love each other again" and more of an "I hate you but I hate our enemies more, let's make a truce")

I always disliked the show invented betrayal and attempted murder of Aemond towards Aegon. One of the very (veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery) few good things you could say about book Aemond was that he never betrayed his older brother and fought for Aegon's claim rather than his own until he died (declared himself merely Prince Regent, modeled his armor with black and gold those being Aegon's banner colors, and maaaaaaay have been obsessed to kill Daemon due to wanting to avenge Jaehaerys).

It was baffling that show Aemond managed to become even more despicable than the book one. Not to mention the inconsistency of the guy regretting Luke's accidental killing but feeling nothing at his deliberate murder attempt of his own brother.

Looking in retrospect and thanks to some comments I read, it's possible Aemond's show invented betrayal of Aegon was always meant to go a similar route as Daemon's own dysfunctional dynamic with his older brother and his flirtation with betraying Rhaenyra. There might have been some hints of Aemond subconsciously regretting his actions in Rook's Rest even since season 2.

- When he is staring at the Throne and Helaena asks him whether it was worth it, Aemond doesn't answer.

- When Aegon awakes, Aemond in the several weeks/months since the battle until the fall of KL, doesn't attempt to finish Aegon off, settling with merely threatening him to keep quiet. Leaving Aegon alive and with a huge motivation to imprison him at best and execute him at worst is a huge loose end. It only makes sense if Aemond got cold feet about killing his brother.

- When Aemond tries to convince Helaena to fight with him against the dragonseeds, and she accuses him of attacking Aegon, he almost tearfully denies it, lashing out with a feeble threat of having her killed (that I doubt he ever considered fulfilling).

And then in season 3, it would seem Harrenhal brought that regret to the surface, in a similar albeit darker way of how the accursed castle made Daemon regret being such a shithead of a brother to Viserys and his exploitative dynamic with Rhaenyra.

I think Aemond would have benefited from a vision arc (beyond the disgusting Alicent fucking) much more than Daemon did. It would have made for many fans, his reconciliation of sorts with Aegon, more believable and organic.

Beyond that, I like that the show made something with Aegon and Aemond's feud besides a mere plot device to make Alicent run to Rhaenyra's arms. I liked the two brothers simultaneously expressing their grief and jealousy at the other being supposedly more favored, loved and fortunate.

And in the S3 finale, both of them showed development with Aemond asking for forgiveness and Aegon deciding against killing him. Aemond realized his unchecked darkness and crimes left him alone (culminating with his own mother trying to murder him), and Aegon realized his sleaziness, incompetence and self pity caused the people around him having little loyalty towards him.

They can remain villains for all I care, but I would like for them to be an united front. A villainous duo to reflect and face the... coughs violently "heroic" duo of Daemon and Rhaenyra.

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u/Turbulent_Let_1629 — 2 months ago
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Sometimes I feel kinda bad for Rhaenyra.

Not that much for her as a person/character, but for the unnecessary polarization surrounding her.

Spoilers for show and book:

The show decided to center the adaptation of Fire and Blood around her, aggrandizing her character in ways she wasn't in the book. Maybe they tried to capitalize the Daenerys fandom, maybe they simply liked Rhaenyra's character a lot, or maybe they preferred the story to have a clear main character to "root for".

This had some chaotic consequences for the fandom down the line.

On one hand, a cult around Rhaenyra was formed: For these people, Rhaenyra is the greatest victim of misogyny and patriarchy of Westerosi history; a benevolent and great person which the world wasn't ready for; the second coming of Daenerys; her enemies, the Green Targaryens, are the single worst group of people to ever exist, worse than Maegor, Aegon IV and Aerys II put together; her relationship with Daemon is akin to a badass power couple, with the Rogue Prince serving as her wattpad boyfriend that hates everyone except her.

On the other hand, and in response, a hate cult around Rhaenyra was formed: For these people, Rhaenyra is male Aegon IV; a super spoiled, entitled and useless tyrant; an irresponsible imbecile who caused her own downfall; a chronic speaker of "what would you have me do?"; a "whore" that birthed bastards (suddenly the worst crime to ever exist apparently); and unironically believed to be Maegor with Teats.

These two exaggerated and ridiculous conceptions of her character clashing amongst each other and against the more moderate, chill part of the fandom, turned online spaces talking about House of the Dragon into a toxic cesspool. And it's a shame.

Rhaenyra IMO is a pretty meh person. A good mom, a good daughter, a bad sister, an inept ruler, sometimes capable of mercy, sometimes capable of callous cruelty, a victim of her uncle's grooming and manipulation; and her eventual downfall is both tragic and deserved.

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u/Turbulent_Let_1629 — 2 months ago
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How ironic that Alicent's choice in the S2 finale was portrayed as her "becoming free".

When she actually became just a prisoner with even less agency than before.

She went from not having political power but being mostly able to do as she pleased in the capital, to witnessing her father's death, becoming a prisoner with her daughter, and living in stress and terror at the prospect of Helaena being pregnant with Aegon's heir, failing to escape twice, being coerced into murdering her son, and in the end, it didn't even matter since the only one of her children she kinda loved ended up dying anyway.

It's almost laughable in a brutal, horribly uncomfortable sort of way.

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u/Turbulent_Let_1629 — 2 months ago