Thread by @danylanzhou

the assertion that the second dance will be between aegon vi & dany, the assertion that lords will not care that rhaegar’s line was disinherited, the assertion that aegon vi will be able to take a dragon: (from 2006) https://t.co/2AVfcB6pRi

https://twitter.com/mtvntx/status/1674762383762370562

and as for aegon already being in westeros and having taken storm’s end, how does this lead to the conclusion that he has resounding support?

westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/En…

@Imthegrimreader dragonseeds die in the attempt to bond with a dragon & alyn velaryon is unable to bond with a dragon even though his biological brother addam can (same parents, same proportion of targaryen blood). Dragons eat/burn/kill Targaryens during the Dance. Silverwing and Vermithor’s

@Imthegrimreader relationship with each other, a reflection of Jaehaerys & Alysanne’s love for each other, ultimately trumps ulf and hugh’s bonding them because the memories of their previous riders taking precedence. Joffrey is unable to bond with and ride Syrax despite her being Rhaenyra’s

@Imthegrimreader dragon. Aerea mounts Balerion but is unable to bond with and control him, leading to her being killed by the monstrous entities found within the ruins of Old Valyria because he took her there and she couldn’t change his flight course.

@Imthegrimreader Quentyn Martell uses his portion of targaryen blood as proof that he’ll be able to bond Rhaegal and Viserion and it ends in bloodshed for him. Indeed, Viserion explicitly thinks his mother has come for him and Quentyn notes this.

@Imthegrimreader Time and time again GRRM has gone out of his way to prove that Targaryen blood isn’t enough to bond with a dragon. As it is, Dany herself had to tame Drogon with a whip and bravery to successfully ride him. Nettles uses immense patience and cleverness to bond Sheepstealer.

@Imthegrimreader Neither does YG have the patience and subtlety Nettles does (or even the time to do what she does because presumably people believe he will bond before battle) nor does he have Dany’s bravery. He was unable to fight off one stone man, despite being militarily trained, and

@Imthegrimreader had to be saved by Tyrion, who fought off the stone man on his own using fire (a real foreshadowing for who may help Dany instead) and almost drowned in the process.

@Imthegrimreader It’s the same within House Stark. Not every Stark has the wolf blood—Brandon, Lyanna, and Arya are noted to have it but notably not Ned. Bran, Jon, and Arya are powerful wargs but Bran is the most powerful between the three and he’s also the only greenseer in the Stark family.

@Imthegrimreader Bran and Arya can also skinchange other living beings besides their direwolves but we haven’t seen Jon do so yet. Sansa, Rickon, and Robb likely have the ability to warg but it’s far less potent and present.