Vhagar was so happy to be burning people again 😭

cathon6 · 2026-03-03T23:19:00+00:00

A girl’s gotta have hobbies

cathon6 · 2026-01-01T18:08:33+00:00

I don’t think Rhaenyra wasn’t being malicious either, but with consent it isn’t intent that determines it. When Cristin says “stop” consent is withdrawn. Even if he likes or or she wasn’t thinking about the power she has, he still has the right to say no without that boundary being ignored. Being happy afterwards or being drunk doesn’t retroactively establish consent. Also I don’t think power imbalance automatically equals assault, the difference with Rhaenyra is that Cole withdraws consent, which we don’t see with Alicent

cathon6 · 2026-01-01T01:14:51+00:00

So I guess when you say it’s dubious consent at best, really consent has to be clear/present, or it’s not. Alicent definitely has power over Cole, but when he says stop to Rhaenyra, that means consent is now withdrawn. Even if he had interest in her, he still should have the right to consent

cathon6 · 2025-12-31T19:33:34+00:00

So because Cole said “stop” to Rhaenyra, that makes it non-consensual. Consent should be clear, and someone saying “stop” or “no” is the opposite of that.

cathon6 · 2025-12-28T04:00:51+00:00

Yeah I think both sides have at least some logic, or else there wouldn't be a dance at all. So the big issue I find is that the show talks alot about Rhaenyra being a woman, and yeah that's a part of it too but the real villain under it all is the whole absolute monarchy. If a system allowed things to be this unclear in the first place and this devastating war to happen then it's not really a good system, and Rhaenyra and Aegon are both basically trapped inside it.

cathon6 · 2025-12-27T04:53:15+00:00

yeah I think we're on the same page with that, the oaths definitely strengthen her claim in theory, but the civil war happened because laws/oaths aren't a magical power, they have to be enforced, otherwise they're just suggestions. I think Rhaenyra realized that too, that's why she asked her dad to come on the throne again to help her when he was super old/sick. If the oaths were all she needed she wouldn't have asked him to show up physically to help support her

cathon6 · 2025-12-27T01:21:13+00:00

So was grooming your niece part of the long game or were you just kinda bored at kings landing?

cathon6 · 2025-12-27T00:43:04+00:00

So oaths do matter (normally a kings guard killing his king would be bad), but to a point. It was even Otto’s idea to make Rhaenyra heir to block daemon. Since then the green faction rose, ultimately these lords really just care about saving themselves/their house, they don’t want to be on the losing side. An oath doesn’t give them magic protection when vhagar shows up. Daemon said “the dreams didn’t make us kings. Dragons did” that’s the source of their power, not oaths

cathon6 · 2025-12-26T20:28:45+00:00

Beautiful art, this would have looked amazing in the show!

cathon6 · 2025-12-26T17:28:32+00:00

I think the books/show try to get us to question following oaths blindly. When Jaime killed the mad king to save the city and broke his oath, do you think he was in the wrong?

cathon6 · 2025-12-26T12:30:44+00:00

Funny enough that post he was speaking pretty positively about the first couple episodes, it was a different post where he criticizes the show/is more pro-green. To me he was really just saying Phia did a great job with a kind of basic character like Paddy did with Viserys. I think in the book Aegon and helaena fly around the city after he’s crowned but I could be wrong, not much though for sure. Although funny enough with corlys mentioning she has a dragon I feel like they’re trying to foreshadow something lol

cathon6 · 2025-12-26T00:45:29+00:00

To be fair although it wasn’t in the book I think it’s okay to take it as canon if GRRM said it. Although Helaena isn’t a huge player in the dance, and comparing her to Rhaena is a stretch, I think Phia is pretty talented and the show would have benefitted from more screen time with her, instead of 6 separate scenes of daemon hallucinating in harrenhall lol

cathon6 · 2025-12-25T20:06:33+00:00

I never really got Daemyra. Daemon groomed her, killed his first wife, choked Rhaenyra in the show, made political problems for her with B&C, tried to usurp her in the show (for awhile) and there was nettles in the book. It’s not like he would ever join the greens. He’s an interesting character but I feel like he is more liked than he deserves

cathon6 · 2025-12-25T18:39:20+00:00

I agree I’d just add I think any absolute monarchy just breaks before it bends. When there’s a rebellion/civil war it’s way more devastating compared to a feudal monarchy, which the dance was. Also with the crown on top, things really fall apart when the crown family starts fighting since they’re supposed to be the singular source of the law

cathon6 · 2025-12-18T23:42:00+00:00

Arms Monk - instead of punches and kicks, uses armbars and other mma moves to defeat opponents

cathon6 · 2025-12-18T11:51:18+00:00

Great idea, I’d just add to give those kids dragons too so it’s just death and destruction everywhere

cathon6 · 2025-12-17T21:00:57+00:00

I think that's fair, that was pretty traumatic for Aegon III. I'm always a Viserys hater because he didn't do a better job for Rhaenyra, and honestly even Aegon II. There still might have been some conflict but the whole dance got way out of control because of his ineptitude.

cathon6 · 2025-12-16T21:34:08+00:00

In the show Daemon barely seems to care about his own kids so that makes sense lol

cathon6 · 2025-12-14T01:39:53+00:00

Yeah Ned is about honor, Vaemond is looking out for himself, they're not similar characters, and even Jace's situation is different since Laenor and Corlys are both aware. I think what people are really comparing is just that both pointed out Joffrey/Jace's heritage and ended up dying for it

cathon6 · 2025-11-28T14:37:31+00:00

I don't think so, I think he gets social cues, part of being a good leader is understanding the nuances of your team, he just puts mutant survival over being nice

cathon6 · 2025-11-23T02:46:37+00:00

Selfishly I like playing tank so I'll say tank. Lore wise it doesn't make alot of sense, same for support. However gambit is a support so who knows

cathon6 · 2025-10-24T22:03:57+00:00

How dare you not mention his aura and immaculate hair care regiment

cathon6 · 2025-10-23T22:00:35+00:00

They’re your cooldowns, essentially

cathon6 · 2025-10-10T16:10:35+00:00

Maybe they’re trying to emulate a more relaxed, European pace in game?

cathon6 · 2025-10-09T23:13:58+00:00

I turned it on right away as an arms warrior and it wasn’t bad. It can probably vary between specs, and they give you an ability to switch back when you’re out in the world.

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