r/AemondTargaryen

Helaena didn't seem to have a negative attitude towards Aemond from the very beginning. But after he grabbed her by the hand and tried to drag her to the war (right in her bathrobe and slippers lol), she got mad at him. She refused to help him and said she saw him burn Aegon. And that he will not win, he will die. But there is an interesting detail. She told him exactly where he was going to die. She didn't have to specify it, but she named a specific place. Maybe she decided to give him the opportunity to try to change his fate? After all, theoretically, if he doesn't approach Gods Eye, he won't die there. After all, he's her brother, and even if she condemns his actions and she doesn't like the path he's chosen, she might have some affection for him, and she could try to give him a chance.

“Nor was her babe the only fire kindled by Aemond Targaryen. No longer tied to castle or host, the one-eyed prince was free to fly where he would. It was war as Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters had once waged it, fought with dragonflame, as Vhagar descended from the autumn sky again and again to lay waste to the lands and villages and castles of the riverlords.”

Very soon we will see how Vhagar burns everything

Personally, what I admire most about him is his fortitude. From a boy who was bullied by his older brother and nephews, who had his eye cut out, he became a formidable warrior and dragon rider, intelligent and educated. He read books, studied languages, and trained to get better. Maybe he didn't do everything well, he couldn't overcome his problems, but at least he really tried.

I hope that this topic will be explored in his visions, and we will see what he really wants. In fact, Aemond could easily have won the throne-the council said he was the heir. All he had to do was smother Aegon with a pillow. Aegon is badly injured, and most people won't be surprised by his death. And anyone who suspects something won't prove anything anyway, and the rider of Vhagar is untouchable during the war, no one will do anything to him. And he would have become king himself. However, he did not do that. So I really think that Aemond might have wanted to become a war hero, a cool dragonrider who would be talked about with fear and admiration, and leave his name in history.

Before Aemond found out that Rhaenyra had found new dragonriders, Aemond believed that he could win the war alone. After that, he asks Helaena to join him, and even behaves rudely with her, grabbing her hand. He says that no one will protect her if she doesn't protect herself. Is it a gesture of desperation, an attempt to win the war, take revenge and take the throne, take care of the family, or all together?

Here's what Ewan says about it:

“That is the direction he’s heading! One of the most important conversations in the House of the Dragon season two finale is when Aemond is speaking with Helaena and trying to convince her to take Dreamfyre into war. Is he asking her to do this purely out of desperation to best his opponent, or is it more of a strange attempt to protect the family and their lives?

Mitchell: I think it’s a little bit of both. It’s a fight for self-preservation. It’s basically, “Look, it’s either going to be them, or it’s going to be us, so it might as well be them… we’re out-dragoned seven to three. If we don’t bind together and take Harrenhal, take out Daemon, and destroy all of the influence that he has in the Riverlands, we’re going to be on a serious back foot.”

And like you touched upon, the idea of desperation; he is desperate at that moment. He’s been made a fool in Rhaenyra raising new dragonseeds, and he had to make a U-turn and fly back to King’s Landing, and he definitely has to feel like he has to overcompensate. “

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Do you think if Aemond hadn't been bullied for not having a dragon, would he have ridden Vhagar? He had to do it secretly because Alicent wouldn't let him approach such a dangerous dragon and it was a big risk. Would he have decided to do this if no one had told him anything because of the dragon's absence?

Or would Aemond have accepted that he didn't have a dragon, or would he have tried riding some other dragon later when he grew up? Maybe he would have gotten an egg.

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Did she prepare for the meeting with Aemond?😅

In the second season, she looks completely different

It seems to me somewhat strange that, on the one hand, Aemond is described very negatively, he has unpleasant nicknames in the text, and in general, some disparaging formulations are often used in relation to him. But judging by his actions, what's the matter with him? He wanted a dragon, and in a panic he pushed Joffrey out of his way because he was afraid that they would come running to the noise. Joffrey fell into the turds, but they are easily washed off with water, this is not a reason to attack him with wooden swords and a knife. He was the only one injured in the fight. He doesn't do anything bad before the war, and there aren't even any bad rumors about him. He doesn't go to brothels, he doesn't rape anyone, he doesn't kill in drunken brawls, and people who are inconvenient to him don't die around him. He's just training with Cole. I mean, there aren't any actions that would characterize him as a monster.

In the war, cornered by the enemy's total advantage, he leads a guerrilla war in order to divide the Rhaenyra dragons and kill them one at a time. At the same time, he burns innocent people, which is certainly war crimes from a modern point of view, but in general it is within the framework of the war in Westeros and his actions are compared to Aegon 1. The interesting thing is how his death is arranged. It really looks romantic- he kisses his woman goodbye and dies in a legendary duel. That is, it doesn't look like the death of some unpleasant villain. And here is the contrast - on the one hand, unpleasant descriptions and characteristics, on the other, a romantic and beautiful death. He has the most really beautiful death of the green characters.

It seems to me that this phrase suits Aemond well (however, perhaps as well as the rest of the green brothers). In the second season, after Luke's murder, his mother turned away from him, but it seems to me that Aemond had not experienced unconditional love from his mother before, at least not in the way he would have liked. Aemond tried to be an obedient son, he even prayed at dinner, although it doesn't look like he truly believes in Seven. So he was probably doing something that Alicent would like. As their relationship deteriorated, he stopped holding back. I don't mean that's the only reason, but I think it played a role.

In general, I think Aemond embodies Alicent's anger and fury. I also like the theory that she was pregnant with him during the scene in the green dress.

I wonder if the first shot is Harrenhal or King's Landing?

He has a funny one-eyed helmet that resembles a dragon😁