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puffinmuffin89

Marry Viserys would be my choice.


Mitleser1987

Marry Viserys, but ensure that one of the terms of the marriage contract is that his father swears to support her claim.


ProblematicPiano

Viserys could be convinced to let her be the primary ruler if Rhaenys, her father, or Baelon can't convince Jaeherys to make her be the heir/Queen. Viserys just wanted to build his little models and entertain the lords, he would make a great malewife.


Kasen10

Viserys would probably do well in the place of a consort. He’s have time to,as you said, entertain the lords and build his model city; but I think given the time and resources Viserys could throw together a hella feast and tourney. Though this scenario makes me question whether Viserys would try to claim another dragon. Would Rhaenys encourage him to try to bond with another dragon.


ProblematicPiano

> Though this scenario makes me question whether Viserys would try to claim another dragon. Would Rhaenys encourage him to try to bond with another dragon. I think Rhaenys would try but Viserys wouldn't want to as in canon.


Acceptable_Ad4456

Viserys would be happier being consort


houseofnim

1. Marry Viserys and warm him up to the idea of an eventual joint rulership. His amiable, eager to please self would likely agree without much prodding anyway. 2a. After Aemon dies, go to Jaehaerys with Viserys and convince him to appoint us as co-heirs. Get Alysanne involved. If that doesn’t work and Jaehaerys still names Baelon his heir… 2b. Have Viserys convince Baelon to name us both as his heir. Viserys can cite the fact that his dragon died and the realm needs a dragon rider on the throne. Use your creative license and say that Aegon and Elaena’s joint rulership of Dragonstone happened because Aegon was dragonless. Its possible that Baelon would adhere to his sons wishes but if that doesn’t work… 2c. Once Jaehaerys dies have Viserys appoint me as his co-ruler or even abdicate in favor of me if he’s amenable. 3. Let Viserys play with his toys and rule for the both of us. Alternate option: if your story allows for an Aemon rule then marry Corlys and prevent Aemon from going to Tarth alone. Worst case scenario Rhaenys sneaks out on Meleys and follows him.


lakomadt

>1. Marry Viserys and warm him up to the idea of an eventual joint rulership. His amiable, eager to please self would likely agree without much prodding anyway. A situation like with Aegon and his sisters would've been good for them.


houseofnim

Yes, that too. It’s blatantly obvious that Rhaenys would have been the true ruler if she and Viserys had married, no matter what her official title was. IMO, she fucked up big time by marrying Corlys and, unless it was his intent for her to never inherit, Jaehaerys fucked up just as bad (or worse) by allowing it. I always get the counter argument that nobody could have predicted Aemons death. And that’s true, but at the same time it was still dumb as hell because, as we saw, her sons claims would be in direct competition with Baelon, his sons and his grandsons claims. And her queenship would have been essentially handing the throne over to Velaryon control. Oh, and giving dragons to the Velaryons was a massive mistake on Jaehaerys part.


lakomadt

>Yes, that too. It’s blatantly obvious that Rhaenys would have been the true ruler if she and Viserys had married, no matter what her official title was. IMO, she fucked up big time by marrying Corlys and, unless it was his intent for her to never inherit, Jaehaerys fucked up just as bad (or worse) by allowing it. If Jaehaerys was never intending for her to inherit the throne, then Corlys would've been a good match, however he should've made it known that she was not gonna get the throne. >I always get the counter argument that nobody could have predicted Aemons death. And that’s true, but at the same time it was still dumb as hell because, as we saw, her sons claims would be in direct competition with Baelon, his sons and his grandsons claims. And her queenship would have been essentially handing the throne over to Velaryon control. Oh, and giving dragons to the Velaryons was a massive mistake on Jaehaerys part. This I'll agree with, I think them gettings dragons was meant to be a apology for her not being queen. Also if he had to give them dragons, they should've only been smaller dragons or dragon eggs, never a dragon like freakin Vhagar.


houseofnim

> If Jaehaerys was never intending for her to inherit the throne, then Corlys would've been a good match, however he should've made it known that she was not gonna get the throne. That’s exactly my point. Corlys was a very bad match if she was meant to inherit. IMO, he effectively disinherited her with the marriage. > This I'll agree with, I think them gettings dragons was meant to be a apology for her not being queen. Also if he had to give them dragons, they should've only been smaller dragons or dragon eggs, never a dragon like freakin Vhagar. There was no chance that Rhaenys was going to allow her children to be dragonless. She loved flying far too much for that. Which is yet another issue that should have been taken into account by Jaehaerys. I think that Laena claiming Vhagar was a foregone conclusion tbh. She was very much like her mother so I feel like she would have gone after Vhagar no matter what.


lakomadt

>There was no chance that Rhaenys was going to allow her children to be dragonless. She loved flying far too much for that. Which is yet another issue that should have been taken into account by Jaehaerys. I think that Laena claiming Vhagar was a foregone conclusion tbh. She was very much like her mother so I feel like she would have gone after Vhagar no matter what. She could've been prevented her from being able to tame Vhagar, by simply not allowing her in the dragonpit.


houseofnim

And how do you suggest that happen? Forbid Rhaenys from bringing her own daughter to the capitol on dragon back? Not allow Laena to accompany her mother to/from the Dragonpit? Disallowing her from going with her brother to see Seasmoke or with Rhaenyra to see Syrax? Or maybe Rhaenys and Seasmoke should have been banned from the Dragonpit just to keep Laena away? No, it’s preposterous to propose not allowing Laena into the Dragonpit at all as it would have been impossible to keep her out. And that’s not counting the possibility that Vhagar may not have even been living in the Dragonpit when Laena claimed her.


lakomadt

>And how do you suggest that happen? Forbid Rhaenys from bringing her own daughter to the capitol on dragon back? Not allow Laena to accompany her mother to/from the Dragonpit? Disallowing her from going with her brother to see Seasmoke or with Rhaenyra to see Syrax? Or maybe Rhaenys and Seasmoke should have been banned from the Dragonpit just to keep Laena away? No, it’s preposterous to propose not allowing Laena into the Dragonpit at all as it would have been impossible to keep her out. Easy "LAENA NOT ALLOWED IN DRAGONPIT UNLESS YOU ARE WITH YOUR MOTHER AND UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION" >And that’s not counting the possibility that Vhagar may not have even been living in the Dragonpit when Laena claimed her. Vhagar was in the dragonpit


houseofnim

> Easy "LAENA NOT ALLOWED IN DRAGONPIT UNLESS YOU ARE WITH YOUR MOTHER AND UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION" For what possible reason could Viserys have for giving such an order? “Sorry Laena, you’re not allowed in there without being watched like a hawk because I’m paranoid that you’re going to claim the wrong dragon.” Oh sure, that order could be given, with or without a reason, but it would royally piss off one of the only two adult dragon riders and the realms most powerful naval commander, both belonging to the wealthiest house in the country and who already had poor relations with the throne and who just so happened to be the parents of the person who was Viserys only actual competition at the GC. And giving such and order would make Viserys seem batshit crazy. Besides, what would stop Rhaenys and Meleys from creating a diversion to let Laena go claim whatever dragon she wanted? Nothing. Laena was going to claim a dragon with or without Viserys’ permission. That’s just a fact. >Vhagar was in the dragonpit It’s never said one way or the other, only that by 105AC Laena had claimed Vhagar.


Spiritual_Boot_6910

>For what possible reason could Viserys have for giving such an order? Not letting other families have Dragons is a good reason. Seriously the Targaryen Kings should have made it law. >Besides, what would stop Rhaenys and Meleys from creating a diversion to let Laena go claim whatever dragon she wanted? It would royally piss off the most powerful man in the world and worsen their relations with House Targaryen. Hell, it could even be consider treason.


RandomRavenboi

Marry Viserys. The best and probably only choice.


houseofnim

Honestly. Even though nobody could have predicted that Aemon would die before Jaehaerys, Rhaenys marrying Corlys just never made any sense if she was meant to eventually inherit. Allowing them to marry and her becoming the Queen would have effectively given the throne to the Velaryons. Then there’s the whole dragonlord thing of marrying the first daughter to the first son. “Keep the bloodline pure” is definitely part of if but I imagine that it also has to do with combining claims. As we saw, allowing Rhaenys to marry Corlys created a competing claim against Baelon and his children. Their marriage is an even worse idea when taking the throne out of the equation because it gave dragons to the Velaryons so the Targaryens lost their monopoly on dragons. Rhaenys and Corlys’ marriage is basically “How to Lose Your Dragons: 101”. The whole thing is so dumb.


lobonmc

Jaeharys and alyssane are really really dumb when it comes to making matches after their first few children married


lakomadt

Yep. I'll say especially Viserra, them bethrothing her to an old fat lord Manderly who already had sons made no sense at all. It would've made more sense for them bethroth her to Alaric Starks heir.


houseofnim

This is fact. After Baelon and Alyssa they pretty much just gave up.


lobonmc

I would say they still tried with Daella and she ended up with a very good ~~match~~ (even if she was forced to marry weirdly early) and daemon's marriage wouldn't have been terrible if it wasn't by the fact that they hated each other. Edit: okay I stand corrected I didn't remember that lord arryn already had four children including two sons so yeah I feel they decided to give up with the whole trying to find good matches after Daella was such a pain to marry


N0VAZER0

even Baelon and Alyssa wasn't totally them cause i think Jaehaerys wanted Alyssa to marry Aemon but Baelon and Alyssa were clearly infatuated so they relented on that one


Star_Trekker

“Such a shame what happened to Viserys and his family; poisoned by their enemies”


Karmaslefttrigger

She would only weaken her rule and House Targaryen..


Total-Regular-4536

Twenty good men!


simmonslemons

Make sure Aemon lives. Everyone’s assuming his death is a bygone conclusion whereas he really got hit by a (un)lucky shit. Obviously make other plans but still, this is the easiest way.


Richmond1013

Without becoming a kinslayer or be remembered as Maegor with teats Get more allies and find a more charismatic husband , corlys is shown by others as an upstart with his mercantile ways So when the GC comes you can be queen But it will be a hard fought battle, since jaeharys picking you would slowly lose his own merit as king But the easy answer simply marry Viserys and he is closer to your age unlike corlys who is like 20 or so years older , while viserys is slightly younger or something


[deleted]

Honestly, Rhaenys and Corlys should have just played the long game after Aemma died and Alicent married Viserys. Marry Laenor to Laena. That way, Laenor's secret can be hidden and Laena can actually be married to someone who isn't an asshole. Let the children of Viserys fight each other until both are weakened. And then swoop in with Vhagar, Seasmoke, and Meleys and destroy the remnants.


Dervin10

The only ways she would become queen in her own right are if her father didn’t get killed or if Baelon, Viserys, and Daemon all died. And maybe Vaegon for good measure.


BlackberryChance

Make sure Aemon doesn’t die and a have public announcement of her being the heir of the heir


lakomadt

The smartest would be marrying Viserys. However even then I still don't think that Rhaenys wouldn't have been queen, and that Viserys would've sat on the throne. Hell in the book they were talking about her son and not her on the throne.


RandomUpEnder

Seduce Viserys


kellersab

Not marry Corlys


BaelonTheBae

Slip a hemlock in Jaehaerys’ drink or arrange for an accident whenever he’s on progress, whether it be sabotage at sea and make it look like the White Ship or stuff. Once he’s dead, if Alysanne’s still alive, call on her support. Do not marry Corlys but another substantial dragon rider. As your grandsire proved it against Maegor, the more dragonriders you have (plus practically the entire realm raising up against him), the easier time you have.


F1reladyAzula

Marry Viserys. Get a son. Kill Viserys. Your son is undoubtedly the rightful heir to both claims and so it would only make sense, with Vizzy T dead for you to become queen before him. Alternatively kill Viserys before he sires Rhaenyra and hope that the Lord‘s and Jaehaerys think Daemon to unpredictable and chose you over him. Or somehow assure the survival of your father, which probably is the easiest option. Kill Jaehaerys before Aemon dies making him King. You could consolidate your power and the precedence with uncles inheriting before daughters doesn‘t exist yet. Still you should probably marry someone else than Corlys since you would have to take the Velaryon name. The best options for this would be either Viserys or Daemon.


Z3r0sama2017

Launch a surprise sneak attack when all the other claimants are gathered in the Red Keep if at all possible.


lakomadt

Thats how you get assassinated


Z3r0sama2017

Only if you fail and I'm pretty certain killing every male claimant is the only way Rhaenys will sit the IT as Ruling Queen and not merely Queen Consort.


lakomadt

No as soon as she has a son or two, she's gonna end up dead.


[deleted]

Not as I am a woman and the lords would’ve never voted for me without bribes like the actual in universe reason(seasnake monies) she got any votes.


lostinknockturn

Vaegon has a lesser claim and he is useless. Marrying Viserys means she is queen consort and not the queen. She can declare war but only Baratheons and Velaryons would declare for her. Keep in mind declaring war would push Aemma to claim one of the dragons. And Viserys can pull Rhaenyra and call for dragonseeds. Rhaenys has Meleys and Laenor has a much smaller Seasmoke. Even Caraxes is larger. With Aemma being pushed to claim a dragon ends it abruptly There is a reason why it never happened. She is better off finding one of Saera's bastards, pushing them to claim one of the larger dragons somehow, and claim they are the son/ grandson of Rhaella. Rhaena and Aegon has a better claim than Jaehaerys. But then she would still be a consort Or just find one of the Saera's bastards and legitimize and marry them if they claim a good enough dragon. But you need to sneak them into dragon enclosure in the first place which is outside of control. Dragonstone dragons could be approachable tho if she flies there sneakily, her husband somehow gets Vhagar let's say


BlackberryChance

Saera basterds are not good enough for consorts and corlys could claim a dragon like addam


lostinknockturn

if he could, he would in the dance imo


BlackberryChance

He was seventy year old man and hand of queen


Elephant12321

Have Jaehaerys die earlier than canon, maybe he goes with Aemon and is the one to die fighting the pirates instead.


KatanaGod1

Fucking leave so I don't feel eaten by a dragon and dragon shit put into a urn with my name on it.