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Henry VIII stressing about continuing the Tudor Dynasty:

Elizabeth “my bloodline ends with me” Tudor:

Aemma dying in childbirth after several miscarriages only to get promptly replaced, her only function in life and story to be a womb for kings is why Rhaenyra choosing the father of her own children, of her heirs is a defiant, commendable act and not some heinous crime. Aemma was married at eleven to Viserys and consummated the marriage when she was thirteen. She had Rhaenyra at seventeen, the same age Rhaenyra had Jace and passed away at the age of twenty-three after a series of miscarriages and the death of a son in the craddle.

Daella, Rhaenyra’s maternal grandmother, was intellectually disabled and eighteen when she gave birth to her daughter, scared and calling for her own mother. Still a child mentally and married too early, she passed away from childbed fever.

Alysanne herself, famed for her love story with Jaehaerys, risked her life several times, bearing children that she lost. Even that did not deterr her husband from impregnating her again despite Alysanne not wanting to get pregnant anymore and her last two pregnancies with Gaemon and then Valerion being extremely taxing physically, Jaehaerys using their own mother, Alyssa Velaryon, who passed away in childbirth, as an example of late pregnancies. Rogar Baratheon had been callous, selfish, and heedless in impregnating Alyssa again despite her age, the health dangers and the existence of his heir, Boremund (as Rhaena’s justly furious takedown of Rogar makes clear).

Rhaenyra’s maternal ancestors were all exploited and used by the men in their lives, victims of reproductive coercion, glorified child brides. She was the first one in generations to take control, to decide. Framing it as an act of betrayal towards the realm, of political inadequacy, of personal selfishness is violently and exceptionally misogynistic. For the first time in decades, at the risk of her own life, a Targaryen girl decides to face the birthing bed through a feat of liberation, not captivity or subjugation. Rhaenyra chose her own battle over her own body. That is a show of bravery, of strength, of perserverance, not of privilege or lust or a flighty, irresponsible nature. In a world where women are breeding chattel to nurture the blood of men and the passing on of their names, Rhaenyra, a future ruling queen, having children with a man she choose out of her own free will, is inherently subversive and admirable.

Rhaenyra’s maternal ancestors were all exploited and used by the men in their lives, victims of reproductive coercion, glorified child brides. She was the first one in generations to take control, to decide. Framing it as an act of betrayal towards the realm, of political inadequacy, of personal selfishness is violently and exceptionally misogynistic.[...] Rhaenyra chose her own battle over her own body. That is a show of bravery, of strength, of perserverance, not of privilege or lust or a flighty, irresponsible nature.

Said & posted this so many times in not the exact same words that it's exhausting.

That being said, hope this wasn't lifted.

What an excellent phrase

Me parece increíble la obsesión que crea un hombre por una mujer luego de perderla por sus propios actos.

— Seguen Oríah.

Queen Hatshepsut of Ancient Egypt. She has a lovely smile for someone who’s been dead for thousands of years.

Damn this comment is beautiful. I could never understand why Rhaenyra or any black person said something similar as a counterargument when the greens said that Aegon having all the symbols of "legitimacy" was a much more legitimate king than Rhaenyra, when he simply took them because he literally lived in the same castle where those relics are stored. Not because the spirit of the conqueror would rise to give him his sword and crown. The only reason Rhaenyra didn't have more "symbols of legitimacy" is because she literally ruled over the greatest symbol of legitimacy for an heir, she was the princess of Dragonstone, not Aegon. If having Blackfyre and the crown of the first Targaryen king made you the true king, then Maegor was the true monarch not his nephew, and Jaehaerys was a usurper.

Viserys didn’t have to change nonexistent laws to make his daughter heir and its made clear by the fact that lords swore oaths to uphold his choice. No one, not even Otto or Alicent, went up to him and told him you have no legal right to do this, there’s something above you that demands Aegon be heir. They just didn’t like his choice and preferred someone else but no one ever petitioned that he had no right to make it. I think that speaks enough to the fact that a king had the right to choose his heir as do all lords.

Aegon had symbols of legitimacy because he stole them. A legit lawful heir’s coronation doesn’t happen behind closed doors and include killing nobles who argue in favor of keeping oaths to the king that didn’t chose him. A legit heir doesn’t have to hide the king’s death so long the stench is overwhelming just so he can buy himself more time and have a rushed coronation before he can be stopped.

A legit lawful heir’s coronation doesn’t happen behind closed doors and include killing nobles who argue in favor of keeping oaths to the king that didn’t chose him. A legit heir doesn’t have to hide the king’s death so long the stench is overwhelming just so he can buy himself more time and have a rushed coronation before he can be stopped.

I know you can't do it here, but SAY THAT AGAIN, ANON!!!

And this is in the vein of the beloved "customs" that side loves so much....Aegon/the greens went against CUSTOM!!

It's a really interesting perspective, I never really thought much about why the glass slipper didn't disappear along with the dress, I just wondered why the fairy godmother only helped Cinderella get to the ball but did nothing to protect her from her family's abuse.

Everybody has been wondering why Cinderella's glass slipper didn't disappear at midnight. Myself I wondered about this. But it isn't a mystery. There's a solution and I feel so dumb for not seeing this because it is right in the text.

We are so used to the Disney imagery of the fairy godmother conjuring up the slippers. But that's not what happens in Perrault's text.

I was reading an analysis of the fairytale by Constance Cagnat-Deboeuf, a very thorough thing, and she pointed out why the slippers do not disappear. It is right there in the text, but one might miss it due to how we are used to modern turns of phrase and outside images. That's the trick with Perrault's stories, you have to read them carefully not to miss anything.

Right after the fairy godmother turns Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown, it is said that she gives Cinderella the glass slippers. She gives them to her. It isn't something transformed like the carriage or the gown. And the fairy doesn't just invoke them magically on Cinderella's feet. The fairy just hands her the beautiful pair of shoes. As Constance Cagnat explains, it is just a gift from a godmother to a goddaughter. And that's why it doesn't disappear after midnight.

I feel so dumb for not seeing this, because again, it's right in the text, at the turn of a coma. Well it's a good lesson about reading too fast.