Also I doubt that she would have remained free unless it was arranged by the time of Raenyras and Daemon’s marriage. I can't see a 25 years old daughter of Raenhys who also happens to have the biggest dragon single waiting for a match. Now if the marriage had been discussed early on she may have ended up married to Aegon with Rhaeny's protests or without them her husband only cares about titles and may have already thinking how to elevate his son-in-law to heir to the throne. So in this line him and Otto may have been the ones to initiate war.
Well in regards to that I’d say it doesn’t matter what Rhaenys wants. She’s not the head of House Velaryon. Corlys is and he’s made it clear multiple times that he’ll go around her if he wants to. Rhaenys didn’t want Laena to marry Viserys, yet he pushed his daughter toward the king anyway. Rhaenys also didn’t even want Laenor to marry Rhaenyra because of the danger he’d be in. But still Coryls accepted the proposal. So as much as it sucks to say Rhaenys would have little to no say in what would happen to their children. As for them not trusting Otto I find that doubtful. Something people forget is just how prideful and ambitious Corlys is. Aegon is the kings first born son and many expect him to be heir. If he marries Laena it doesn’t really matter if Viserys favors Otto or not because the’ll be in with him and it would make no sense for Otto to turn on them given that Aegon would have the might of house Velaryon behind him through Laena and I doubt Otto would try to screw that up. Coryls has made it clear he wants to be as close to the throne as he can get. And in knowing that people expect Aegon to be king, and people like Otto are planning to make that happen, I definitely see him trying to aid in that since it will mean more for him. Not only being father in law to the king but father to the queen and grandfather to their heirs.
Like you said this can go in so many directions. A lot depends on later decisions.. Another "What if" that occurred to me is: "What if Daemon and Otto were friends?"
At 11:00 : I don’t think Daemon would allow alyson’s father to stay as he has repeatedly shown his distrust of him. If Visearys still kept him Daemon would make his life a living hell.
Unless the marriage pact between Laena and Aegon was established years prior, there is no reason Laena would still be unmarried by the time Aegon came of age.
19:43 is a huge problem with the Lannisters and Velaryons that's literally the richest 3 in the world. Also, even if Daemon and Rhaenyra have Syrax and Caraxes then the Greens have Vhaghar(the biggest dragon) Meleys(the fastest dragon) Dreamfyre, Seasmoke and Sunfyre not counting the little kids's dragons. Which is not inspiring at all. Even the "successful" Dragonseeds were found on Driftmark... So if that happens that's Vermithor and Sheepstealer still on the Greens. If this happens I don't see any lords choosing Black over Green. This match is actually worse than I thought it was initially.
What if with Viserys agreeing the marriage of Daemon and Rhaenyra, he also said " fine marry her, but know this no children of this union would ascend to the throne because from this very moment throne would pass to Aegon your nephew" to know if even with that restriction Daemon would marry Rhaenyra because of love or stop it because of his ambition
A couple of differences I would say because Rt will still have the king dismiss Otto as hand. Criston would swear fealty To Alicent to be away from Rt. Larys will still kill his harwin and lyonel and will blackmail alicent. The sea snake will either sell his daughter to Aegon or daemon children from rt. A very interesting what if scenerio.
Why Larys would do that? Lyonel isn’t hand in this case… they aren’t a threat, he would act in the shadows to gain Alicent trust without involving his family..
I was literally thinking about this earlier today, ironically, *SPOILER WARNING*… …the children she has with Daemon (Aegon & Viserys) eventually end up on the Iron Throne after the events of Dance of the Dragons
Can you do a Helaena and Jaceaerys? As well as Harwin marrying Rhaenyra during her time in her time searching for a bride. I'm also doing my own fanfic with Jon Snow, he was killed in Season 8 by evil Bran taken over by the Night King. Then he sent back in the past to the time of the Dance of the Dragons. It's called The Legacy of the White Dragon. Cool Video.
When it comes to cannon, the reason why I think Viserys didn't kick up as big of a fuss over Rhaenyra and Daemon's later marriage, is because she already had three sons. In the king's mind, those boys were a block to any ambitions for greater power that his brother had, which was hugely naiive. If one of Rhaenyra's older children had been a daughter, or she had one somewhere in-between the boys or as a twin, Daemon could've/would've simply betrothed one of their little sons to her. He would've also likely matched baby Visenya, had she lived, with one of her two full brothers, or with Joffrey, since he was the closest half-brother to her in age. Speaking of the deceased infant princess, I can't help but wonder how much would've been changed by her survival. I'm not sure if the details would be major enough to warrant a separate video, though. (2/16/2024)
Let's just say that after visenya is born, Daemon and rhaenyra have 5 more children, first twin girls, aemma and alyssa, then 2 boys aegon and then viserys and the last they have is a still born girl replacing visenya named rhaella Vermax - baelon Arrax- aerion Visenya- tyraxas Alyssa- moondancer Aemma- morning Aegon stormcloud Viserys- baby dragon named quickfyre
This is another excellent video!! The information is very clearly spoken, the video is masterfully created, and it is definitely going into my favorites!
These videos are fun. Watching this and others made me think, "What is aemon let ageon sail away." There so many alternate options that are fun to explore
If we are being honest, Daemon was just as robbed of the throne as Rhaenerya! But Viserys weakened both there claims when he choose to marry and have more sons
With so many families looking for a wife around the time Rhaenyra was marriageable Leana would not still be looking when Aegon was old enough. She came from a rich family once Rhaenyra was married to Daemon she’d be married to the next best thing.
Honestly, this could go two ways: either Rhaenyra and Alicent find a way to be in good terms and so we have no greens and blacks, or we have a war and the black lose it immediately. Daemon and Rhaenyra without the Velaryons would have zero chances, unless the kids they have claim old, big dragons, like Vermithor, Silverwing, Sheepstealer or some like that. In that case, it would basically be green and black on reverse roles: the green would have more dragons, but the blacks would have multiple big ones.
These are great videos and this a wonderful new channel. I’d love to see a video on what if the Strongs don’t die in the fire at Harrenhal and Lyonel remains Hand of the King. Keep up the good work!
I echo what a lot of people seem to be saying. Laena is "too old" for Aegon at this point. But if she had a *daughter*... I imagine that Laenor would still be forced into a marriage to produce heirs, even though everyone knows that's not going to happen. Either he or Rhaenys would fight to appoint Laena's children as his heirs until the time comes he has his own. That would incentivise Corlys to keep Laena and the heirs to his house close, so she probably wouldn't end up marrying into another great house. Probably a Velaryon cousin or a second or lower son who'd come to them. But this still means any of Laena's daughters are of high enough importance to mend rifts between the Velaryeons and Targaryens. Add a layer to this, if Gwayne Hightower is not married, Otto might try to bind him to Laena in order to bind Leana's children to Alicent's. I don't know if Gwayne is actually married or not, but at this point it doesn't matter if he's first born because Otto is a second son and his older brother has grandchildren. Otto only has what he makes for himself.
15:17 I think it’s important to remember Otto’s & Alicent’s motivations. Alicent mainly rejected the marriage proposal because she believes Rhaenyra’s children are bastards. She is Cat level Bastardphobic😅 Otto on the other hand is pure ambition. He wants his line on the Iron Throne. It was never REALLY about Rhaenyra being a woman, he just realized that was a reason to turn people against her. He would ABSOLUTELY accept the marriage. Because that makes his line sit on the Iron Throne which is all he wants.
1:18 not saying I like this love story, but a reminder that Maegor married his niece Rhaena (Aenys’ daughter & Dreamfyre’s original rider), Calla Blackfyre (Daemon Blackfyre’s daughter) married her half uncle Aegor Rivers “Bittersteel”
So we all know that the targs are all about the incest but what about the one matching they never seem to discuss or consider?? The craster way. What if Viserys was so upset by the death of Aema Arryn that when she died he decided to marry his daughter because she reminded him of her mother?
Its headcanon by many because rhaenyra said that they “tried”. Also its cope to justify the risk rhaenyra made herself take. Jace was born less than a year into her marriage with laenor, so apparently they didn’t try very hard or very long.
@@Tgsva352 When I first saw that scene I thought Nyra meant that she just didn’t enjoy the act with Laenor because I remember that she continued the sentence saying that "there was no pleasure in it." But then I saw everyone saying that Laenor was infertile and the truth is I don't think they are sure of that, like it’s a collective head canon.
It's just headcanon, so Nyra seems less dumb and reckless. But seeing as Jace was born about a year or so later, it obvious they tried maybe a handful of times and gave up. Which is dumb af, she could have tried harder, or at least chosen a Velaryon looking man. Hell, she could have also gone to Viserys to ask for an annulment since Laenor is not providing heirs (this option is less favorable, since I dont think there is a precident in cannon for annulments on the grounds of infertility. Furthermore, the Velaryons are gonna be hella pissed about this)
I don’t see the Valaryons siding with the greens, the sea snake and Daemon were friends from their time fighting together in the step stones, I don’t see them agreeing to a marriage pact with the greens in this timeline
I'm just saying, there's a non-zero chance that Daemon would proposition Criston himself, the man just oozes bi energy constantly. He literally tells Laena once "Has anyone ever told you you're nearly as pretty as your brother?"
It eliminates her having bastards with Harwin, which removes the greens’ ammunition against Rhaenyra. Now they’ll try to usurp the throne only because she’s a woman. Of course, this could also keep Rhaenyra at court, which would likely help her keep the support of some lords who had turned against her while she was gone.
Corlys hated the Hightowers why would he align himself with them, also Daemon and Rhaenyra's kids even tho younger would be a far better match for them, unlike the Strong kids they would be legit plus they wouldn't be evil like the Green children, actually it's more likely since Daemon is in Kings Landing that several accidents would befall the Greens, plus the people of Kings Landing love Daemon even more than Viserys himself.
Where did corlys “hate” the hightowers? He wanted a marriage pact with the IT, I doubt having alicent being the queen is not really that of an issue. Even the arch-enemies Blackwood and Bracken married multiple times. Thats kinda the point in feudalism. Rhaenyras kids would be younger and the green kids are not any less valuable because Otto bad. Where did you even get the idea that KL loved Daemon? He was a cop that butchered randos, he was only “loved” by a small section of the city.
I don’t think Rhaenys would let her daughter marry Aegon lol.
They would never trust Otto, as Viserys favored him over the Velaryons
Also I doubt that she would have remained free unless it was arranged by the time of Raenyras and Daemon’s marriage. I can't see a 25 years old daughter of Raenhys who also happens to have the biggest dragon single waiting for a match. Now if the marriage had been discussed early on she may have ended up married to Aegon with Rhaeny's protests or without them her husband only cares about titles and may have already thinking how to elevate his son-in-law to heir to the throne. So in this line him and Otto may have been the ones to initiate war.
Well in regards to that I’d say it doesn’t matter what Rhaenys wants. She’s not the head of House Velaryon. Corlys is and he’s made it clear multiple times that he’ll go around her if he wants to. Rhaenys didn’t want Laena to marry Viserys, yet he pushed his daughter toward the king anyway. Rhaenys also didn’t even want Laenor to marry Rhaenyra because of the danger he’d be in. But still Coryls accepted the proposal. So as much as it sucks to say Rhaenys would have little to no say in what would happen to their children.
As for them not trusting Otto I find that doubtful. Something people forget is just how prideful and ambitious Corlys is. Aegon is the kings first born son and many expect him to be heir. If he marries Laena it doesn’t really matter if Viserys favors Otto or not because the’ll be in with him and it would make no sense for Otto to turn on them given that Aegon would have the might of house Velaryon behind him through Laena and I doubt Otto would try to screw that up. Coryls has made it clear he wants to be as close to the throne as he can get. And in knowing that people expect Aegon to be king, and people like Otto are planning to make that happen, I definitely see him trying to aid in that since it will mean more for him. Not only being father in law to the king but father to the queen and grandfather to their heirs.
Like you said this can go in so many directions. A lot depends on later decisions..
Another "What if" that occurred to me is:
"What if Daemon and Otto were friends?"
At 11:00 : I don’t think Daemon would allow alyson’s father to stay as he has repeatedly shown his distrust of him. If Visearys still kept him Daemon would make his life a living hell.
Unless the marriage pact between Laena and Aegon was established years prior, there is no reason Laena would still be unmarried by the time Aegon came of age.
19:43 is a huge problem with the Lannisters and Velaryons that's literally the richest 3 in the world.
Also, even if Daemon and Rhaenyra have Syrax and Caraxes then the Greens have Vhaghar(the biggest dragon) Meleys(the fastest dragon) Dreamfyre, Seasmoke and Sunfyre not counting the little kids's dragons. Which is not inspiring at all.
Even the "successful" Dragonseeds were found on Driftmark... So if that happens that's Vermithor and Sheepstealer still on the Greens.
If this happens I don't see any lords choosing Black over Green.
This match is actually worse than I thought it was initially.
What if with Viserys agreeing the marriage of Daemon and Rhaenyra, he also said " fine marry her, but know this no children of this union would ascend to the throne because from this very moment throne would pass to Aegon your nephew" to know if even with that restriction Daemon would marry Rhaenyra because of love or stop it because of his ambition
A couple of differences I would say because Rt will still have the king dismiss Otto as hand. Criston would swear fealty To Alicent to be away from Rt. Larys will still kill his harwin and lyonel and will blackmail alicent. The sea snake will either sell his daughter to Aegon or daemon children from rt. A very interesting what if scenerio.
Why Larys would do that? Lyonel isn’t hand in this case… they aren’t a threat, he would act in the shadows to gain Alicent trust without involving his family..
@@maruty2108 Sorry i should have established that when otoo would be dismissed lyonel would be hand and larys will kill him like he did in the show.
Asked for this a little while ago! Glad it’s here lol
I was literally thinking about this earlier today, ironically, *SPOILER WARNING*…
…the children she has with Daemon (Aegon & Viserys) eventually end up on the Iron Throne after the events of Dance of the Dragons
Spoiler
Yep true. Also when Viserys said "That's a name for a king."
I wanna thank you for helping me work out my fan fiction plot lines. *chefs kiss*
Did you ever write it?
@@aratakasuga4095 I'm writing it now!
@@tiffanyhill-rice5126 That is awesome! When it is ready, link it and I would love to read it :3
Can you do a Helaena and Jaceaerys? As well as Harwin marrying Rhaenyra during her time in her time searching for a bride. I'm also doing my own fanfic with Jon Snow, he was killed in Season 8 by evil Bran taken over by the Night King. Then he sent back in the past to the time of the Dance of the Dragons. It's called The Legacy of the White Dragon. Cool Video.
He already made the Harwin and Rhaenyra video if you look through his channel
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When it comes to cannon, the reason why I think Viserys didn't kick up as big of a fuss over Rhaenyra and Daemon's later marriage, is because she already had three sons. In the king's mind, those boys were a block to any ambitions for greater power that his brother had, which was hugely naiive. If one of Rhaenyra's older children had been a daughter, or she had one somewhere in-between the boys or as a twin, Daemon could've/would've simply betrothed one of their little sons to her. He would've also likely matched baby Visenya, had she lived, with one of her two full brothers, or with Joffrey, since he was the closest half-brother to her in age. Speaking of the deceased infant princess, I can't help but wonder how much would've been changed by her survival. I'm not sure if the details would be major enough to warrant a separate video, though. (2/16/2024)
Let's just say that after visenya is born, Daemon and rhaenyra have 5 more children, first twin girls, aemma and alyssa, then 2 boys aegon and then viserys and the last they have is a still born girl replacing visenya named rhaella
Vermax - baelon
Arrax- aerion
Visenya- tyraxas
Alyssa- moondancer
Aemma- morning
Aegon stormcloud
Viserys- baby dragon named quickfyre
This is another excellent video!! The information is very clearly spoken, the video is masterfully created, and it is definitely going into my favorites!
These videos are fun. Watching this and others made me think, "What is aemon let ageon sail away." There so many alternate options that are fun to explore
The problem is Rhaenyra marrying Daemon should have disqualified her as heir. Daemon was the reason she was named heir in the first place.
Leana and Aegon 15 years apart, no way would Corlys wait until leana is in her 30s to have her wed even to a prince
If we are being honest, Daemon was just as robbed of the throne as Rhaenerya! But Viserys weakened both there claims when he choose to marry and have more sons
Okay I got one what if Ammon had killed Luke with that rock.
I’m begging you, turn up your mic and decrease the audio of the clips.
With so many families looking for a wife around the time Rhaenyra was marriageable Leana would not still be looking when Aegon was old enough. She came from a rich family once Rhaenyra was married to Daemon she’d be married to the next best thing.
Honestly, this could go two ways: either Rhaenyra and Alicent find a way to be in good terms and so we have no greens and blacks, or we have a war and the black lose it immediately.
Daemon and Rhaenyra without the Velaryons would have zero chances, unless the kids they have claim old, big dragons, like Vermithor, Silverwing, Sheepstealer or some like that.
In that case, it would basically be green and black on reverse roles: the green would have more dragons, but the blacks would have multiple big ones.
You should def make it into a fanfiction.
You should definitely do a video on if Criston Cole stayed her lover.
These are great videos and this a wonderful new channel. I’d love to see a video on what if the Strongs don’t die in the fire at Harrenhal and Lyonel remains Hand of the King. Keep up the good work!
I really hope you do the "what if criston says yes" video
Thank you for listening❤ love it
I echo what a lot of people seem to be saying. Laena is "too old" for Aegon at this point. But if she had a *daughter*... I imagine that Laenor would still be forced into a marriage to produce heirs, even though everyone knows that's not going to happen. Either he or Rhaenys would fight to appoint Laena's children as his heirs until the time comes he has his own. That would incentivise Corlys to keep Laena and the heirs to his house close, so she probably wouldn't end up marrying into another great house. Probably a Velaryon cousin or a second or lower son who'd come to them. But this still means any of Laena's daughters are of high enough importance to mend rifts between the Velaryeons and Targaryens. Add a layer to this, if Gwayne Hightower is not married, Otto might try to bind him to Laena in order to bind Leana's children to Alicent's. I don't know if Gwayne is actually married or not, but at this point it doesn't matter if he's first born because Otto is a second son and his older brother has grandchildren. Otto only has what he makes for himself.
15:17 I think it’s important to remember Otto’s & Alicent’s motivations. Alicent mainly rejected the marriage proposal because she believes Rhaenyra’s children are bastards. She is Cat level Bastardphobic😅 Otto on the other hand is pure ambition. He wants his line on the Iron Throne. It was never REALLY about Rhaenyra being a woman, he just realized that was a reason to turn people against her. He would ABSOLUTELY accept the marriage. Because that makes his line sit on the Iron Throne which is all he wants.
Could you do a character analysis about Rhaenys?
what if Rhaenyra went to rooks rest with Rhaenys
Daemon as a step dad for the win. Every single time. Badass
What if daemon and caraxes won and lived
1:18 not saying I like this love story, but a reminder that Maegor married his niece Rhaena (Aenys’ daughter & Dreamfyre’s original rider), Calla Blackfyre (Daemon Blackfyre’s daughter) married her half uncle Aegor Rivers “Bittersteel”
I think Maegar only married 3 women at once. He might have had 6 total
Rhaenys would never trust the greens and betroth her daughter to them lmao
I need a "What if Alicent killed Rhaenyra" video
So we all know that the targs are all about the incest but what about the one matching they never seem to discuss or consider?? The craster way. What if Viserys was so upset by the death of Aema Arryn that when she died he decided to marry his daughter because she reminded him of her mother?
Are there any precidents for this? Targaryan parents marring their children?
@@pep115 No. Even the targs think that's too creepy
Yes it is disgusting that they are uncle an niece
When was it mentioned that Laenor was infertile?
Its headcanon by many because rhaenyra said that they “tried”.
Also its cope to justify the risk rhaenyra made herself take.
Jace was born less than a year into her marriage with laenor, so apparently they didn’t try very hard or very long.
@@Tgsva352 When I first saw that scene I thought Nyra meant that she just didn’t enjoy the act with Laenor because I remember that she continued the sentence saying that "there was no pleasure in it." But then I saw everyone saying that Laenor was infertile and the truth is I don't think they are sure of that, like it’s a collective head canon.
It's just headcanon, so Nyra seems less dumb and reckless. But seeing as Jace was born about a year or so later, it obvious they tried maybe a handful of times and gave up. Which is dumb af, she could have tried harder, or at least chosen a Velaryon looking man. Hell, she could have also gone to Viserys to ask for an annulment since Laenor is not providing heirs (this option is less favorable, since I dont think there is a precident in cannon for annulments on the grounds of infertility. Furthermore, the Velaryons are gonna be hella pissed about this)
He might not be infertile. He could just not be able to perform (get it up) since he's gay and all..
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I don’t see the Valaryons siding with the greens, the sea snake and Daemon were friends from their time fighting together in the step stones, I don’t see them agreeing to a marriage pact with the greens in this timeline
What if that boar 🐗killed rhaneyra
I'm just saying, there's a non-zero chance that Daemon would proposition Criston himself, the man just oozes bi energy constantly. He literally tells Laena once "Has anyone ever told you you're nearly as pretty as your brother?"
First. By the way, I don't think this would have solved anything.
It eliminates her having bastards with Harwin, which removes the greens’ ammunition against Rhaenyra. Now they’ll try to usurp the throne only because she’s a woman. Of course, this could also keep Rhaenyra at court, which would likely help her keep the support of some lords who had turned against her while she was gone.
The show is not canon bro
and?
I doubt that Laenor, Rhaenys and Laena would fight Rhaenyra
Corlys hated the Hightowers why would he align himself with them, also Daemon and Rhaenyra's kids even tho younger would be a far better match for them, unlike the Strong kids they would be legit plus they wouldn't be evil like the Green children, actually it's more likely since Daemon is in Kings Landing that several accidents would befall the Greens, plus the people of Kings Landing love Daemon even more than Viserys himself.
Where did corlys “hate” the hightowers?
He wanted a marriage pact with the IT, I doubt having alicent being the queen is not really that of an issue.
Even the arch-enemies Blackwood and Bracken married multiple times. Thats kinda the point in feudalism.
Rhaenyras kids would be younger and the green kids are not any less valuable because Otto bad.
Where did you even get the idea that KL loved Daemon? He was a cop that butchered randos, he was only “loved” by a small section of the city.
He didn't hate the hightowers. Daemon did.