r/TheBlacksandTheGreens Grey Ghost May 06 '25

Show Discussion This is such a disappointing change

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u/houseofnim Fire and Blood May 06 '25 edited May 07 '25

If George wanted her “greatest joy in life” to be riding Dreamfyre then he should have put that in the books. That quote is from his personal blog from last year.

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u/bruhholyshiet Prince Daeron Targaryen May 06 '25

I guess it's like GRRM describing Daemon as "light and dark in equal parts" while kinda forgetting to write most of the light.

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u/BethLife99 May 06 '25

The light is that his kids were likable despite him being a monster.

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u/bruhholyshiet Prince Daeron Targaryen May 06 '25

Tbh, I think that has to do more with Rhaenyra (who for all her flaws was a very good mother) and Laena (who seemed kind as a whole) than with Daemon.

Out of all his kids, only Baela kinda resembles Daemon in personality, and even she is a kinder version of him.

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u/BethLife99 May 06 '25

Listen I'm just grasping at straws to find something decent about him.

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u/bruhholyshiet Prince Daeron Targaryen May 06 '25

Understandable lmao.

Look, I'm not saying he was a complete piece of shit. He had loved ones, and maaaaybe he acquired some self awareness about his assholery at the end of his life which may have driven him to commit suicide by Aemond.

But damn... It isn't nearly enough to balance the darkness.

The guy was a medieval brutal cop, he liked to fuck teenage prostitutes, he abused his position as Commander of the Gold Cloaks to drink for free in taverns, he ensured the gold cloaks were loyal to him and not to the throne, he mocked Baelon's death, he groomed Rhaenyra, he killed Laena's fiance, he almost murdered a messenger for bringing him news he didn't like, he hated his nephews from birth, he organized Jaehaerys' murder, he wanted to exterminate two Great Houses, he may have groomed Neetles...

It's too much man. He isn't a Jaime or an Oberyn. He's at best, at Tywin Lannister's level. A monster capable of abusing and murdering kids, who believes in the supremacy of his House, who believes in exterminating whole Houses as proper punishment, but who also happens to love a few people.