honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Rhaegar was a troubled loner who went to the ruins of summerhall (where his entire family burned to death) to play his harp. Maybe Aerys thought he was too much of a snowflake to sit on top of the iron throne playing his little harp and crying all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bael's Bastard Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Baseless and dumb post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Bael's Bastard said: Baseless and dumb post Rhaegar would've made a terrible King Viserys was a winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sleeper Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 18 minutes ago, honorable men said: Rhaegar would've made a terrible King Viserys was a winner He surely demonstrated his skills at diplomacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Just now, The Sleeper said: He surely demonstrated his skills at diplomacy. When youre the last of a great fallen dynasty and everyone laughs at your face.... Should he have sit around the lemon tree and wasted away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sleeper Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Just now, honorable men said: When youre the last of a great fallen dynasty and everyone laughs at your face.... Should he have sit around the lemon tree and wasted away? Getting showered with molten gold is the better option, obviously. At least he went out spectacularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Just now, The Sleeper said: Getting showered with molten gold is the better option, obviously. At least he went out spectacularly. He thought they could not kill in Vaes Dothrak. And he was pretty drunk and upset. And a lot of mistranslated and no one there to stop him. Sure he was a idiot but he wasn't suicidal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, The Sleeper said: Getting showered with molten gold is the better option, obviously. At least he went out spectacularly. And tell me, would Rhaegar's smooth singing sad songs over the harps sooth the savage's hearts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylath's Snout Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 It is almost like picking your national leaders from a notoriously inbred family based on nothing but primogeniture is a bad idea. That said Rhaegar deffenetly could have been a really bad king but I'm not sure he he'd be worse than Aerys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sleeper Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, honorable men said: He thought they could not kill in Vaes Dothrak. And he was pretty drunk and upset. And a lot of mistranslated and no one there to stop him. Sure he was a idiot but he wasn't suicidal... He was so much of one it made little difference 3 minutes ago, honorable men said: And tell me, would Rhaegar's smooth singing sad songs over the harps sooth the savage's hearts? I thought we were talking about Viserys whom you called a winner. Of a Darwin award maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, Ylath's Snout said: It is almost like picking your national leaders from a notoriously inbred family based on nothing but primogeniture is a bad idea. That said Rhaegar deffenetly could have been a really bad king but I'm not sure he he'd be worse than Aerys. We don't know the full scale of Aerys' paranoia.... Pretty sure bloodraven was trying to send messages. Pretty sure Tywin was trying to take over. Pretty sure Tywin would've had him killed once Cersei and Rhaegar was matched. Pretty sure he was raped and tortured psychologically at duskendale. Pretty sure he knew Rhaegar was planning to overthrow him. Pretty sure Varys is a blackfrye supporter driving his paranoia and on and on and on we can go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, The Sleeper said: He was so much of one it made little difference I thought we were talking about Viserys whom you called a winner. Of a Darwin award maybe. We all know that the Dothrakis would've killed Rhaegar sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylath's Snout Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, honorable men said: We don't know the full scale of Aerys' paranoia.... So he was mentally unfit to act as sovereign of the Seven Kingdoms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, Ylath's Snout said: So he was mentally unfit to act as sovereign of the Seven Kingdoms? We don't know. Maybe the Game of Thrones was too much for him at the end. He saved his house days before and was willing to kill the sackers. Had Rhaegar been at court by his side would've been for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkz Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 No Targaryen has been fit to be a ruler in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorable men Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, Starkz said: No Targaryen has been fit to be a ruler in a long time. Lost respect after they caved into a dual marriage pact to bring in Dorne. After they killed the king under peace banners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moiraine Sedai Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 1 hour ago, honorable men said: Rhaegar was a troubled loner who went to the ruins of summerhall (where his entire family burned to death) to play his harp. Maybe Aerys thought he was too much of a snowflake to sit on top of the iron throne playing his little harp and crying all the time. Rhaegar would not make for a good ruler. He could have been a successful traveling musician but King, no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylath's Snout Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 12 minutes ago, honorable men said: He saved his house days before and was willing to kill the sackers. Aerys plan wasn't to "kill the sackers" it was a frankly pointless act of revenge that would annihilate a whole city of civilians and destroy 300 years for of history and culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkz Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, honorable men said: Lost respect after they caved into a dual marriage pact to bring in Dorne. After they killed the king under peace banners. All the recent Targaryens are to obsessive with their own personas to be good rulers. They believe they’re better than everyone else and have a god given right to power and ruling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach King Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 1 hour ago, honorable men said: Rhaegar would've made a terrible King Viserys was a winner Agreed. Rhaegar was a creep and a loser. Viserys is also a creep and a loser, but he's smarter than Rhaegar. He kept his sister alive as a kid while on the run all the while on the lookout for assassins, even taught her High Valyrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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