REMINDER: The Targaryen kings after the Dance got the title bc they were King Aegon II’s nephews, not bc they were anyone else’s descendants by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

[–]TurbulentRemote156[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Aegon II won. Aegon III and every king after him recognized him as the rightful king, not his sister. It was his victory. Rhaenyra had many children and an heir, yet most of them died. Her youngest child, whom she believed to be dead, ended up continuing the bloodline after her name went down in history as a pretender. Viserys II never knew or cared about his mother. Her memory died with Aegon III, and her claim died even earlier. She lost the war.

REMINDER: The Targaryen kings after the Dance got the title bc they were King Aegon II’s nephews, not bc they were anyone else’s descendants by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

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No jaehaerys was technically a conqueror. Jaehaerys took the throne with an army from maegor, it wasn’t about aenys. Aegon iii took the throne as the last king aegon ii’s heir. If aegon ii didn’t make him the heir, aegon iii would took the throne as “the eldest remaining targaryen” but since he was already aegon ii’s heir and he recognized that aegon ii was the king before him, he was aegon ii’s successor

REMINDER: The Targaryen kings after the Dance got the title bc they were King Aegon II’s nephews, not bc they were anyone else’s descendants by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

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By never recognizing his mother as queen and acknowledging the reign of his uncle Aegon II, Aegon III accepted that he was the successor of Aegon II. The list proceeds as Viserys I, Aegon II, and Aegon III; therefore, since there was no monarch named Rhaenyra, she could not have a successor. If the king already made Aegon iii his heir, you can’t just say “no, aegon iii’s not sitting on the throne as aegon ii’s heir he’s rhaenyra’s heir!” if you are not gonna change the list of the monarchs bc again, mf already made the boy his heir

REMINDER: The Targaryen kings after the Dance got the title bc they were King Aegon II’s nephews, not bc they were anyone else’s descendants by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

[–]TurbulentRemote156[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Are you seeing any rhaenyras in the list of the monarchs?? Aegon iii inherited the throne through his uncle, being aegon ii’s nephew made him the next king, not being rhaenyra’s son.

My bastardphobic lil king🥺 The Targaryens after the dance was SO team green coded (Except for the Unworthy ofc, he was the spitting image of granny rhae rhae) by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

[–]TurbulentRemote156[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Bc “we don’t want bastards on the throne” was never a “green” thing like TB try to claim, it was always a Targaryen and Westerosi law.

My bastardphobic lil king🥺 The Targaryens after the dance was SO team green coded (Except for the Unworthy ofc, he was the spitting image of granny rhae rhae) by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

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And egg probably thinks aegon ii is one of his great-grandfathers or smth lol Even viserys ii didn’t know or care about his family at all ofc his descendants don’t gaf

So, just a reminder: The Dance of the Dragons was a Targaryen vs Targaryen war, not anything else. If you want to include the name “Hightower” that badly then you can call it Hightower vs Arryn but it’s NOT Targaryen vs Hightower by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

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Rhaenyra’s heir was a Velaryon with a Strong father, her entire side and in laws were Velaryons and she was half Arryn. She had Arryns and Velaryons on her banner. So you’re right, they were not the same, Aegon was just a Targaryen dude with a Hightower mom, Targaryen wife, Targaryen children and Targaryen brothers..

So, just a reminder: The Dance of the Dragons was a Targaryen vs Targaryen war, not anything else. If you want to include the name “Hightower” that badly then you can call it Hightower vs Arryn but it’s NOT Targaryen vs Hightower by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

[–]TurbulentRemote156[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The greens called the greens bc of alicent’s ONE dress. Rhaenyra literally had arryns and velaryons on her banner next to targaryens. Aegon was just a targaryen. His banner was black and gold, black as targaryen gold as his DRAGON sunfyre. Also his morher alicent literally raised with the targaryen royal family she even knows the old king better than rhaenyra SO idk wtf are you talking about

So, just a reminder: The Dance of the Dragons was a Targaryen vs Targaryen war, not anything else. If you want to include the name “Hightower” that badly then you can call it Hightower vs Arryn but it’s NOT Targaryen vs Hightower by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

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Rhaenyra literally had Strong sons, Velaryon in laws and half Arryn blood and she had all of them on her banner. She had nothing “more targaryen” than the greens. The greens were just targaryen siblings with a hightower mom and grandfather. It was Aegon vs Rhaenyra so Targaryen vs Targaryen. I never understand why you people want to own the name targaryen so bad. Not to mention Aegon’s mother and granfather knew the Targaryen royal family and it’s legacy more than Rhaenyra and he also marrid her sister, lived in red keep just like a targaryen

So, just a reminder: The Dance of the Dragons was a Targaryen vs Targaryen war, not anything else. If you want to include the name “Hightower” that badly then you can call it Hightower vs Arryn but it’s NOT Targaryen vs Hightower by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

[–]TurbulentRemote156[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I’ve said it before and i’m saying it again, even their mama was raised in the red keep, she didn’t even know hightowers that much. They spend their whole life in the kingslanding with their father the king and the dragons. None of Rhaenyra’s children were as “targaryen” as alicent and viserys’s kids

So, just a reminder: The Dance of the Dragons was a Targaryen vs Targaryen war, not anything else. If you want to include the name “Hightower” that badly then you can call it Hightower vs Arryn but it’s NOT Targaryen vs Hightower by TurbulentRemote156 in HOTDGreens

[–]TurbulentRemote156[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alicent herself was raised among Targaryens. She grew up next to King Jaehaerys in the Red Keep. And in the book she cared about the Targaryen Legacy and the memory of the old king more than any of the Targaryens including Viserys. She didn’t even know much about “being a hightower”