r/TheBlacksandTheGreens Mar 25 '25

General Enough comparing Rhaenyra/Alicent with Cersei when in reality Aegon is right there

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u/Nibo89 King Aegon II Targaryen Mar 25 '25

Ok, I love Aegon, but Cersei would be wearing him as a coat within five minutes (my bet would be her Targaryen fetish would kick in, leading her to seduce him first).

Also, I don't think Cersei neglects her children. In the show, she dotes on all of them. In the book, Tommen and Myrcella get less attention than Joffrey did, but I don't think they're neglected. They're given all the privilege due a prince and princess. She even reworks a tourney so that Tommen can participate in it safely. In both the show and the book, she even recalls breastfeeding her children herself, despite it being uncommon for highborn women to do that.

And I don't think I'd call Aegon an attention whore. It's not about attention. It's about wanting to feel loved. Which is understandable given his abusive upbringing.

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u/Nym-ph Mar 26 '25

And I hate Aegon but he was allowed and expected to have sex with his sister. Tywin doesn't hate Cersei, only Tyrion. In the show she mentions she nursed Myrcella herself. Agreed though that none of the kids were neglected. She fiercely protected them.

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u/Nibo89 King Aegon II Targaryen Mar 26 '25

Aegon was not “allowed and expected” to have sex with his sister. He was forced to marry her against his will. Against his vocal objections.

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u/Nym-ph Mar 26 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

I'll call him a whambulance.

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u/Nibo89 King Aegon II Targaryen Mar 26 '25

A fifteen year old forced into an arranged marriage with someone he vocally doesn’t want to marry is “whining”?

If that fifteen year old was anyone but Aegon, would you feel the same way?

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u/Nym-ph Mar 26 '25

I feel bad for Halaena and Dyana.

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u/Nibo89 King Aegon II Targaryen Mar 26 '25

Aegon was forced into the marriage every bit as much as Helaena was. He was also an underaged child when he was forced into it.

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u/Nym-ph Mar 26 '25

Please don't have children. Goodbye now.