The Heir of the Dragon: A Rhaenyra Targaryen Quest

[X] Agree in part. Daemon wouldn't betray your father but he is dangerous and should not be allowed to return, lest he create more problems.

[X] You can't help but worry. Could they rebel against you? Might they already be plotting to do so?

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

send him to war. let his loyal men see how well they fair when he is solely responsible for their lives. let them see him granted a task others have not made easy for him with efforts made before he was a man grown, and know the worth of his bravado and lack of discipline. let them see.

[X] You will prove them wrong and that you are worthy of the throne.

the current write in "If you were a man" leading vote labels itself defiant but to be frank everything past that is a longer winded version of prove them wrong. bit of a mixed message I'm not quite up for.

[X] To Otto: Agree that something should be done, but not that exile is the right option. Daemon can plot and gather power in Runestone just as well as in Kings Landing. Maybe even easier.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

[X] To Otto: Agree that something should be done, but not that exile is the right option. Daemon can plot and gather power in Runestone just as well as in Kings Landing. Maybe even easier.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

It is great to hear that Alicent is still thinking of us! Also good to hear Otto does not completely disregard us. In that sense, Daemon being a gremlin is useful, since it will probably keep us looking like the reasonable choice. So we should make sure his extravagances keep being seen by the power brokers. Let him upset the Westerosis.

Glad to hear dad is opening up to us, he's probably also happy we opened a book for once!

I am leaning towards partially agreeing that Daemon is an issue, but upholding the idea that he wont move against our father. Let's let the nobles come to their own conclusion.

As for the nobles, id like to be defiant, but dad probably has a lot of insight into them, so if he says they'll come around...

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] You will prove them wrong and that you are worthy of the throne.

[X] Agree in part. Daemon wouldn't betray your father but he is dangerous and should not be allowed to return, lest he create more problems.

Sending Daemon back to Runestone pretty handily stunts his plotting potential given how disliked he is in the Vale. The longer he's away from Kings Landing the more we can do to remove what's left of his influence in the city.

Not closing yet just want to show where things

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

Giving Daemon an Army feels, like i might end poorly but also making the Stepstones war something Viserys is seen doing instead of Daemons rouge adventure would be good. I'd also like to get Rhaenyra in on it, two dragons and Visenya 2 electric boogaloo might make stepstones less grueling, connecting with the Velaryons would also be good, this is the apex of their power in canon and we really cannot afford to put Corlys at a distance. I also just like Corlys and Rhaenys as characters.
[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.
[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

This comes with its own problems, but I do feel that it is the best way forward at the moment.

[X] To Otto: Agree that something should be done, but not that exile is the right option. Daemon can plot and gather power in Runestone just as well as in Kings Landing. Maybe even easier.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

[X] Agree in part, but disagree with his solution. Daemon wouldn't betray your father despite how much of an immature troublemaker and a pain in the side for anyone on the court, BUT you would rather keep him at arm's length in King's Landing, where we can use a measure of control over him to minimize the trouble that his sheneigans will inevitably cause.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

Giving my two cents, I personally I don't like much the Defiant write in that is currently leading, because I feel that it isn't the choice the most aligns with our goals, namely ascending to the throne. Our goal is to inherit our father and sit the Iron Throne, but the write in mentions that the opinion of the lords will not matter, as the singers will remember us even after those lords had been forgotten.

However if we're to be queen I do feel that the lords have more relevance to our ability to have a smooth succession then the singers. If we wish to be queen, why do we care so much more about what singers think rather then what our bannermen think? It comes across as a vote that puts our personal aggrandizement above making sure we can effectively administer our bannermen, as opposed to a vote that we will strive to earn those bannermens' respect as part of us already starting our efforts to be a more effective queen and to ensure a smooth succession. Robert probably had a bunch of songs written on him for his battles in the rebelion. He once talked about abandoning the Iron Throne and working as a mercenary due to the songs that'll be written about him as "The Sell Sword King":

I have dreamed of giving up the crown. Take ship for the Free Cities with my horse and my hammer, spend my time warring and whoring, that's what I was made for. The sellsword king, how the singers would love me. You know what stops me? The thought of Joffrey on the throne, with Cersei standing behind him whispering in his ear. My son. How could I have made a son like that, Ned?

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The qualities that make for good songs, however, are not necessarily ones that make for a good king, or queen as the case may be, even if they might lead to a self important one.

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

[X] Agree in part, but disagree with his solution. Daemon wouldn't betray your father despite how much of an immature troublemaker and a pain in the side for anyone on the court, BUT you would rather keep him at arm's length in King's Landing, where we can use a measure of control over him to minimize the trouble that his sheneigans will inevitably cause.
[X] [Defiant] The disdain of men has never held you back before, you will not let it bother you now.

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] You will prove them wrong and that you are worthy of the throne.

Rhaenyra: "Daemon? Harming his family? You must be jesting, Ser Otto. He only intends on grooming me."

Yeah, I know Daemon here is wary of Rhaenyra, but seeing his insane respect to what he sees as Targaryen/Valyrian supremacy, I say we pretty much conform to those ideals in his eyes. He might decide in the future to try and court her anyway. But that's just my impression of the Rogue Prince.

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

[X] About the Lords: [Defiant] If you were a man, they would praise you for the very same things that they now wag their tongues about and you will not settle for their mere acceptance just to have your memory tainted by their slander like Visenya. The bards will sing of a warrior queen and your name will live long after your detractors have been forgotten. You will make sure of that.

[X] To Otto: Agree that something should be done, but not that exile is the right option. Daemon can plot and gather power in Runestone just as well as in Kings Landing. Maybe even easier.

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] [Defiant] The disdain of men has never held you back before, you will not let it bother you now.

I'll give voting another two hours.

[X] Write-In: Responsibility has not worked, nor can he truly be trusted to govern, so too will a distant posting be considered tantamount to exile. Perhaps a military campaign to settle his humors and allow him to excise his ardor. Recommend that Daemon be sent to subjugate the Valean Mountain Tribes or the Stepstones.

[X] [Defiant] The disdain of men has never held you back before, you will not let it bother you now.

Dutchy12 said:

As for the nobles, id like to be defiant, but dad probably has a lot of insight into them, so if he says they'll come around...

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Eeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhh unless there are drastic changes from cannon, I'd say Viserys' "oh they'll come around" radar is heavily skewed.

Imperious said:

Giving my two cents, I personally I don't like much the Defiant write in that is currently leading, because I feel that it isn't the choice the most aligns with our goals, namely ascending to the throne. Our goal is to inherit our father and sit the Iron Throne, but the write in mentions that the opinion of the lords will not matter, as the singers will remember us even after those lords had been forgotten.

However if we're to be queen I do feel that the lords have more relevance to our ability to have a smooth succession then the singers. If we wish to be queen, why do we care so much more about what singers think rather then what our bannermen think? It comes across as a vote that puts our personal aggrandizement above making sure we can effectively administer our bannermen, as opposed to a vote that we will strive to earn those bannermens' respect as part of us already starting our efforts to be a more effective queen and to ensure a smooth succession. Robert probably had a bunch of songs written on him for his battles in the rebelion. He once talked about abandoning the Iron Throne and working as a mercenary due to the songs that'll be written about him as "The Sell Sword King":


The qualities that make for good songs, however, are not necessarily ones that make for a good king, or queen as the case may be, even if they might lead to a self important one.

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I'd say Robert's biggest issue was a lack of personal motivation to do like any ruling at all. He had amazing legitimacy in the eyes of his peers and the commons; for all his flaws he was stabilizing enough that all the shit hit the fan only once he died. Rhaenyra flaw imo is her lack of legitimacy doing things that are "worthy of song" is honestly one of the best ways to gain that. She needs the PR. And unless the votes go very weird, I don't see her loosing motivation to rule.

In general I think the write-in engenders an attitude and provides future actions slightly more concrete than just "prove yourself worthy." Like I see you mentioning wanting to focus on "effectively administering our bannermen." Given everything I honestly think becoming a Cool Dude despite our icky girl genes is a much more likely way than even the most impressive technocratic stuff. Westeros is a highly militarized and feudal setting. Bannerman management is heavily interpersonal relations, oftentimes I'd say even over grand strategic economic or political concerns. The "would rather have a pint with," factor is very much in play.

Of course people make politically charged fosterings, marriages, etc but at a certain level any interpersonal relationship between any given members of nobility has some political benefits. So the specific ones that get made really depend on who likes who. Like Tywin/Arys/Steffon and Jon Arryn fostering Rob and Ned were political in nature, but the root tending to be very personal in nature "oh that's my war buddy lets give each other kids."

tldr; Fuedal politics is pretty much high school drama writ large so becoming the theatre kid with good PR is actually kinda viable. No one respects the NEERRRRDDSS even if they're the ones keeping the lights on