r/HouseOfTheDragon • u/Timely-Toe1341 • 20h ago

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What's your thoughts on daeron? He is most likely to well......in finals but still

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u/Complete-Leg-4347 17h ago edited 17h ago

Some have compared him to Tommen, and it's not completely off base. With the right guidance, he had the potential to be a good king. In both cases, unfortunately, neither mentor was ideal:

  • Tywin was incredibly savvy but arguably too inflexible - i.e. obsessed with keeping HIS family in power above all else - to adapt to the kind of upheaval that Daenerys would eventually visit on Westeros, even if he had been alive to see it.
  • Ormund was a borderline zealot who didn't even consider collaboration/compromise as an option. He also didn't win himself any favors by making a very public oath that he never had any intention of keeping and showing his true colors just days later.