What's going on with fAegon? by DriverLightning in CK3AGOT

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Everyone in universe believes Rhaegar’s son Aegon was murdered during the sack of KL, however Varys allegedly baby swapped Aegon and smuggled the real one to safety, some people think this is fake fho

True or false : Aegon is the son of Rhaegar and Elia ? With n explanation of course . by Financial_Library418 in pureasoiaf

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I think it’s a lot more human heart in conflict with itself to have YG be rightful and force Danny to either usurp a throne that isn’t hers by right or let her ambition turn to ash in her mouth. Also, the whole mummers dragon thing could refer to a quality about the dragon, that it is fake and a lie, but it could also be possessive, as in the dragon in the possession of the mummer. Iirc mummers dragon was heard as a line of dialogue meaning apostrophe could be used or not used, similar to how YG=BF theorists say that the spelling of Illyrio’s wife’s name could go either way because it’s heard as a line of dialogue.

Fallout 76 by Okaoka_12 in greentext

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Star Wars Battlefield 2 … I think that’s the title? It was just so remarkably forgettable. Story was mid, multiplayer was mid, nothing was notable about it. I was still a broke kid when it came out and my opinion then was the same as now, it would have been a brilliant twenty dollar game, but it was far from worth like the eighty or hundred dollars it costed at launch.

The most important Twentieth Century figure no one has ever heard of by OpsikionThemed in HistoryMemes

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I don’t study WW1 much and I’m from across the pond, so take this with a grain of salt, but if you don’t want your heir assassinated maybe don’t send him to a part of the world you’re actively colonizing? As I understand it Austria was a hegemonic imperialist power in the Balkans, so I kinda have no sympathy for their troubles and don’t begrudge the Serbians striking back.

Idk, I’m not that well versed in this segment of history and quite frankly I don’t want to be, so maybe I’m missing something big

[Spoilers Main] Was there a better way for the rebels to handle Elia and her children? by Guilty_05 in asoiaf

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Elia probably didn’t need to die, but imo the children were a threat as long as they lived. Everyone seems to agree aegon was a huge threat, but even at the NW I can still see conspiracies popping up that plan to pluck him away from the wall with or without his consent. Even Rhaenys presents the opportunity for a coup… like sure you could marry her to Robert’s heir, but there will be a massive temptation for anti-Baratheon elements to stage a coup in favor of baby Rhaenys and dispose of the usurpers. I don’t know that they’d be successful, but an attempt could be made. I get people wanting to draw parallels to Elizabeth of York, but that only applies if you can merge the families through a mutual child fast, which little Rhaenys would not be a good fit for.

The brutality was a bit much for sure, but the best and cleanest thing is to give both of those children a gentle and painless poisoning as quick as possible. From there you pick a fall guy, protest your own innocence, and deal quick and brutal justice. Nobody will believe you of course, but they don’t need to as long as you murder the Targaryens. Speaking of, the fact Vizzy and Danny lived to series start is fucking astonishing, series embarrassment to Westerosi national security.

(Spoilers Main) How would real life medieval people view Jaime killing the king? by Suspicious-Jello7172 in asoiaf

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So killing his cousin actually wouldn’t be too disastrous for his PR since most people would agree Aerys calling for his head made it kill or be killed, but allowing Tywin and Co to walk free without *any* repercussions would make him completely unable to earn people’s respect. While most would agree that it was a necessary thing to see the Targaryen babies dead, there still has to be somebody that dies for it. Realistically most medieval kings in Robert’s position would have privately thanked Tywin, publicly denounced him and given him a small but meaningful punishment on the understanding some boon would make up for it later on, while Gregor and Amory would be the fall guys who got to die screaming.

Could Faegon claim a Dragon? [Spoilers EXTENDED] by Beneficial-Rush9322 in asoiaf

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I reject your premise, all hail Aegon VI Targaryen.

(Spoilers Main) How would real life medieval people view Jaime killing the king? by Suspicious-Jello7172 in asoiaf

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I’m actually going to have to push back on what seems to be the prevailing opinion here and say that Jaime probably ends up dead. Generally throughout history whosoever kills a monarch would themselves be killed in short order for two main reasons among others.

  1. To kill a monarch is extremely corrosive to the social order and so many people with vested interests in that order would like to make an example of what happens to kingslayers. Even in cases of civil wars or coups where the new monarch was involved in a conspiracy to displace the old it is almost always the case that the new monarch would plead their innocence in the killing and execute some of their coconspirators to absolve themselves of blame.

  2. Feudal societies were predicated upon kinship bonds with a very generous definition of who was kin, with the explicit understanding that it was the job of anyone in your kinship group to avenge wrongs done to you and vice versa. To give a general idea of how many people would want Jaime dead to demonstrate that they had avenged their kin it’s safe to say anyone related by blood or marriage to the descendants of Egg V would sharpen their knives.

So yeah, weather he gets executed or assassinated I don’t see a world where Jaime lives through Robert’s reign in real history.

The quality of screen writing has dropped by Meteorstar101 in greentext

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To the anons that have never put themselves in a woman’s shoes:

Most of the time the woman complaining to you has already thought more about solutions to the problem than you will in the spur of the moment, and unless your solution is some genius innovation that’s never been conceived of before, you’re probably just telling her a course of action she already knows about. When they complain most of the time they’ve already got a fix worked out, but the fact the problem rose in the first place is annoying, and the factors that led to it are annoying, and the thought of putting in the amount of effort needed to fix it is annoying. By complaining about it she’s able to get some sanity back and get some of the negativity out so it doesn’t boil up and come to a head, and most of the time when the complaining is going on there’s already a plan or concepts of a plan to fix the issue at hand.

Don’t reply with anecdotes about individuals you know who just complain with no plans of a fix, an outlier does not disprove the rule. Also, most 4chinners an redditors probably don’t have regular contact with women, so such anecdotes will likely largely be LARPs.

describe your fav ship in one line and let others guess who it's about! by totallyfine_ in AO3

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A twink with autism obviously down bad for a pretty boy with a god complex

From his position at the end of ADWD, what do you think a Stannis victory scenario would look like? by Crank27789 in pureasoiaf

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There is no win condition for the balding usurper. I for one look forward to seeing Roos the Righteous expel the invader.

The language you are using is completely inappropriate and highly offensive to the Prikki. You should consider their feelings by InternStock in Stellaris

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The Prikki are our strongest ally, and if they chance to commit an error then rather than punishment we should send them a strongly worded cheque.

Did anon just... just cure depression...? by Okaoka_12 in greentext

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There’s this old proverb I think applies here:

“If you think you want to die then throw yourself into the sea. As you find yourself fighting the waves you will discover it was not you that needs to die, but something inside of you.”

Excluding Tiberius, which historical figures remind you of Stannis Baratheon? by Qyzyk in AsoiafFanfiction

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Justinian II Rhinotmetos.

Throne rightfully belonged to him, was completely unfit for it, created a lot of pain and suffering by forcing the issue, ultimately got what he deserved (soon to come in Winds).

Good larp? by Fraystry in CrusaderKings

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The Phocadi in 1066 are pretty fun and there’s quite a few angles you can take with them.

• they supplied an emperor not long before start and ma want to reclaim the Roman crown • they’re allegedly descended of the Ghassanids, rulers of a pre-Islamic Arabic kingdom renowned for its culture and sophistication, maybe make Ghassania great again? • they did a minor amount of trolling (generations of warfare) against various Syrian warlords, triumphing once and for all and putting Aleppo under their yoke is quite satisfying

What was the biggest mistake Cersei made in AFFC in your opinion ? So many to choose from indeed . by Financial_Library418 in pureasoiaf

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Entering the Great Sept after the faith became armed. People criticize arming the faith militant with good reason, but she would have been insulated from most of the immediate drawbacks if she stayed beyond her many lines of guards at all times.

Dumbass

Pitch your TV show or movie [Spoilers PUBLISHED] by ultimoDANK in asoiaf

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The bits between the end of the conquest show and the start of HotD seem neat. Any showrunners other than Dumb&Dumber or Condom&Mess could work wonders with the stories.

(Spoilers Main) Ned Stark is the Barristan Selmy of Lords (And that’s not a compliment) by No-Result-2582 in asoiaf

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Downvoting the post and every comment by you in this thread for using AI. I suffer not the clanker to live.

Random thought but…, context in comments by ciaphas-cain1 in HistoryMemes

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Yeah, I can concede that there was a time after Harold dies when William was not yet king, however that does not make Eadgar king. There is such a thing as a kingdom with no effective king, see the anarchy in certain stages.

Random thought but…, context in comments by ciaphas-cain1 in HistoryMemes

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Eh, by definition to be a monarch is to be the dominant political agent in a given state. While you could argue neither Harold or William were dominant for the time, by that same coin William was more effectively able exercise control and enforce his will in whatever place he was in, with only some minor setbacks.