Tag: I mean apart from the Seven Kingdoms becoming Seven Constitutional Monarchies

It’s cool that you love the Blackfyres. To each his/her own, but why do you hate the Targs so much. Yes there were terrible members of the house (ie Maegor and Aerys II ), but not all of them were bad. There were plenty of good/great Targs too. Like, Jaehaerys and Alysanne, the first Rhaenys, the first Rhaena, Elaena, Rhaenys (the Queen who never was), Daena, Viserys II, Aemon the Dragonknight, Daeron the Good, Baelor Breakspear, Maekar, Aegon V and Maester Aemon.

aegor-bamfsteel:

It’s cool that you think it’s cool that I love the Blackfyres, friend anon. Many people in the fandom (some with a large following) might say it’s sexist, racist, and ableist to do so, even to the point of ignoring GRRM’s words to hate on us fans. Before I get into why I don’t like the Targaryens as a whole family and believe they should stay far away from the Iron Throne, I can direct you to my anti-Da3ron ii tag and a post I wrote about Viserys II’s horrible parenting skills; please read my arguments as to why I don’t think they’re great examples to use when talking about “good” Targaryens.

I don’t exactly make a secret of disliking House Targaryen. Likely ever since the Doom of Valyria, when their house became the sole dragon riders, they’ve had a belief in their own superiority to the detriment of everyone else around them. Pre-conquest on Dragonstone, the Targaryens practiced the rite of First Night, which the locals didn’t protest because they saw their liege lords “as gods;” that’s more a view that belongs to the slave-owning Valyrians than a feudal society like Westeros. And the Targaryens bought that idea of family superiority after Aegon I and his sisters conquered the Seven Kingdoms (Rhaenys I took part in the conquest of the Stormlands and Dorne, which hardly qualifies her as a “good” Targaryen), after their superweapon dragons died in the Dance, and even after they were deposed as the ruling house and exiled to Essos.

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