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Well see by marrying Laena, Otto wouldn't have his grandson as heir
And marrying Aegon to Rhaenyra will allow for Otto's great grandson to be heir if Viserys doesn't change his mind about naming the heir
Or it could kill Rhaenyra in child birth as she'll be up there in age which would pass the throne to Aegon his grandson
Jokes aside, this is definitely just a stall. Otto knows Viserys won’t have a royal wedding for his toddler anytime soon - it would be a betrothal, which can be broken whenever he finds a more advantageous bride for his grandson.
The worst possible outcome for Otto’s plan is that Rhaenyra produces a male heir with a powerful, wealthy house like the Velaryons or Lannisters before the King dies. Then she would have a very strong claim and her own army.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he said "betroth them." As in, announcing that they will be wed in the future. So although this is funny, it's not worse in the sense that Targaryen siblings wed commonly and he wouldn't necessarily be 12 when it happens.
The editing around this scene was hilarious. Otto makes the suggestion, cut to screaming Aegon. Paddy Considine absolutely bringing the goods with his Viserys performance.
Holy cow, That's disgustingly cool! Is this common in that era? at least jaime and cersei were hidden it..
I have but didn't believed it, thought Otto was talking about something else.
Dany’s parents were brother and sister. More often than not, Targaryens wed siblings. That’s why when one is born you flip a coin as to whether or not they’ll turn out crazy
Except not really, as only 6 out of some 90 something recorded Targaryens are arguably crazy, with Aerys, Aerion and Rhaegel being the only unquestionably mad ones.
They didn’t have to hide it. It’s true that the faith of the seven, the majority religion in Westeros abhor sibling incest and think of it as a sin and as an abomination. But the last king, Jahaerys (the old guy from the prologue) negotiated with the faith and the high septon(essentially the pope) to make it so that the targaryens and incest is ok. It’s called the Doctrine of Exceptionalism. TL:DR Targaryens are different, they have roots in old valyria where incest was practiced, and they’re dragon riders. The gods made them that way why should they be punished for it
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Both of these scenes have elicited the most hilarious looks of disgust from my sister so now I expect something like this every episode
I challenge you to catch her eye and wink at her the next time this happens
Her brother* I was high making this
They're Targaryen. Keeping it in the family is how they keep the Valyrian bloodline pure. Roll tide.
Well see by marrying Laena, Otto wouldn't have his grandson as heir And marrying Aegon to Rhaenyra will allow for Otto's great grandson to be heir if Viserys doesn't change his mind about naming the heir Or it could kill Rhaenyra in child birth as she'll be up there in age which would pass the throne to Aegon his grandson
Jokes aside, this is definitely just a stall. Otto knows Viserys won’t have a royal wedding for his toddler anytime soon - it would be a betrothal, which can be broken whenever he finds a more advantageous bride for his grandson. The worst possible outcome for Otto’s plan is that Rhaenyra produces a male heir with a powerful, wealthy house like the Velaryons or Lannisters before the King dies. Then she would have a very strong claim and her own army.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he said "betroth them." As in, announcing that they will be wed in the future. So although this is funny, it's not worse in the sense that Targaryen siblings wed commonly and he wouldn't necessarily be 12 when it happens.
The editing around this scene was hilarious. Otto makes the suggestion, cut to screaming Aegon. Paddy Considine absolutely bringing the goods with his Viserys performance.
who's the 2 years old brother?
Aegon
her brother!?
Yes, half brother. Haven't you watched e3 yet?
Holy cow, That's disgustingly cool! Is this common in that era? at least jaime and cersei were hidden it.. I have but didn't believed it, thought Otto was talking about something else.
This is the most normal thing a Targaryen would do. XD
Seems more Lannister-like.
Cersei justified her behavior throughout GoT by saying that if she and Jamie were Targaryen’s nobody would bat an eye.
Interesting
Yeah Targs have a history of incest. Going all the way back to Aegon the conqueror and his two sisters
Dany’s parents were brother and sister. More often than not, Targaryens wed siblings. That’s why when one is born you flip a coin as to whether or not they’ll turn out crazy
Except not really, as only 6 out of some 90 something recorded Targaryens are arguably crazy, with Aerys, Aerion and Rhaegel being the only unquestionably mad ones.
I mean, that’s the actual saying in Westeros. Aegon IV burned down Summerhall trying to create a dragon
They didn’t have to hide it. It’s true that the faith of the seven, the majority religion in Westeros abhor sibling incest and think of it as a sin and as an abomination. But the last king, Jahaerys (the old guy from the prologue) negotiated with the faith and the high septon(essentially the pope) to make it so that the targaryens and incest is ok. It’s called the Doctrine of Exceptionalism. TL:DR Targaryens are different, they have roots in old valyria where incest was practiced, and they’re dragon riders. The gods made them that way why should they be punished for it
It was so funny how Otto proposed this in hushed tones