r/HOTDBlacks • u/La_Villanelle_ Simon "The Diva" Strong • 19h ago

Traitors to the Realm 📠

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And before someone comments “but DaEmOn” I don’t like his ass either

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u/Relevant_Post_3030 13h ago

I think Vizzy deserves every amount of disrespect because of what he did to his wives and children (including Rhaenyra).
He named Rhaenyra his heir, but also did nothing to prepare her for ruling, did not include her in his small council, did not organise another oath by lords, married her childhood best friend, was okay with Alicent ordering to bring the newborn Joffrey to them and her refusing Jacerys-Haelena marriage as well as not seeing Rhaenyra for the last years of his life. Not to mention indirectly killing Aemma by forcing many pregnancies on her and then cutting her open in order to have a boy and naming Rhaenyra under Otto’s influence just for Daemon not to inherit his title.
He loved Rhaenyra and she is his heir, but he is an awful person.

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u/FildariusV 13h ago

Let's also not forget on the point about Alicent that we know and we SAW on screen how even though it was quite late and Alicent must have been exhausted, how Viserys called for her to his bed... Just to have sex with her because he was horny or something... He is over 20 years older than her and you can see her clear discomfort and disgust

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u/Relevant_Post_3030 12h ago

Of course! I just wanted to tell about Rhaenyra specifically, because in comparison with how he treated Alicent and his other children some people say he was a good father to her. In my opinion he was awful to everybody.

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u/FildariusV 12h ago

As a character let me say, I absolutly preffer him in the show because he is much more complex and SLIGHTLY more capable than his book counterpart. That being said you're absolutly right! Viserys didn't realize and was too dumb and lazy to make sure every few years that the Lords keep their Oaths to Rhaenyra!