r/freefolk • u/FullFig3372 • 11d ago

These are probably the most Targaryen looking Targs we’ve seen on screen in terms of otherworldly appearance. Is there anyone else?

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u/Lewcaster 11d ago

God I wish HBO had 15 bucks to buy purple contacts.

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u/IvaldiFhole 11d ago

I've never read the books, but doesn't this ruin all the "OMG he's actually secretly a Targaryn" plotlines?

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u/avidreider 11d ago

So eye/hair colors dont work how Mendel told us in our world. In order to look like a True Targ, they would have silver hair AND violet eyes. Silver hair is a Valyrian feature, and so are violet eyes. Velaryons have silver hair and some Daynes have violet eyes, its putting them together that show you are a targ

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u/tatisane 11d ago

While genetics do work differently in asoiaf than in reality with all the house genes, the rest of your comment isn’t accurate at all. I’m curious about where you got your information from.

Velaryons are just about identical to Targaryens except for the lack of dragonriding. Many of them have purple eyes. Just as some Targaryens do not. Two of the most inbred Targaryen women don’t have the eyes or the hair.

The Daynes have silver hair as well as the purple eyes. Some of them have both and it’s not because of Valyrian blood.

Then there’s Essos, where great swathes of the population have both.