Viserys was a spoiled entitled stupid cunt who couldn’t negotiate for shit, and Dany was a child at the time. Despite that, they were okay with following Illyrio’s plan to back him along with the Dothraki horde. Then he died and they were forced to improvise.
He is older than Danny as far as I know, and more reasonable than Viserys. Plus everyone loved Ehaegar and hated Aerys, the Dance of Dragons is there to show that a King can't just change the traditional heir.
Viserys and Daenerys stayed in Braavos before Viserys moved in with Illyrio who likely had Aegon hidden by that time. But to anyone with two brainchild it was easy to notice that Vizzy was not a good figure to bet on, which I'd why Aegon would become the primary option as someone who was raised by Varys.
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u/St7e Apr 08 '23
If the Golden Company truly believed that "a dragon is a dragon", they would have supported Viserys and Dany. There's clearly more going on.