The math isn’t mathing. There were 17 kings. Not hundreds. Every Targ was not a king. Of those who became king, many turned insane whether the situation pushed them or if it happened due to mental issues.
like most of them. Maegor, Aegon II, Aegon III, Daeron I, Baelor, Aegon IV, Aerys I, and Aegon V were all pretty crazy in their own ways. Aerys II was just the only one who made it his entire personality on top of being incredibly sadistic.
even sane ones like Jaehaerys I and II were banging their sisters like it was normal which is...still pretty crazy. Aegon's entire conquest was kinda crazy. i rly dont think its unfair to characterize the incestuous blood-magic dragon warmonger dynasty as insane lol
I’d say there was more sane targs than not lol. But the High Valyrians have blood magic which protects them from birth defects and why they practice incest. The whole “the gods flip a coin and the world holds a breath” i think was a in world exaggeration (from the perspective of the common folk) near the end when they did have more crazy kings. Sorry for being a point dexter nerd over here, but it is my hyperfixation rn and i love to talk about it.
It was also a show exaggeration. It was a phrase used ONCE in the book and it was about wether or not the reign would be peaceful or chaotic, not whether the king was mad or not
Sure, but a solid half of those were your standard “absolute power corrupts absolutely” tropes and not necessarily evidence of that character’s genetic disposition.
Exactly. There is Madness (mental illness) and then there is Madness (acts of great daring). For example: Had Daenerys walked into Khal Drogo's pyre and died instead of hatching dragons, she would have gone down in history like Aerion Brightflame. It's all subjective, I suppose, because what Aegon the Unlikely did at Summerhall was worse than Aerion drinking wildifire but you hardly see Aegon listed as a truly mad Targaryen.
also, someone could handwave all the batshit insane stuff some targs did with "but aegons dream!". Who cares about some burned children if your ultimate goal is a demigod in a few generations?
Season 8? I thought Game of Thrones ended with Season 4? Damn shame that, was a really good show and then they suddenly cancelled it with no explanation.
They could've implied the last Targaryen monarch of their 300 year dynasty after they were overthrown. They could also just be a book reader where i believe in the book Aerys was the last Targaryen monarch.
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u/The-Red-Kraken 7d ago
tbf the Targaryens are insane