What If Rhaenyra Was Born A Boy? (House Of The Dragon)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 мар 2024
  • The main issue raised when it came to Rhaenyra inheriting her fathers throne was on the account of her gender. For hundreds of years in Westeros by tradition and precedent a son usually comes before a daughter. This was the belief with Rhaenys "The Queen Who Never Was" as it now is to some when it comes to Queen Rhaenyra. But what if the King daughter had been a son all along?
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  • @Cyrax219
    @Cyrax219 Месяц назад +163

    He would rule. No dance

    • @joaoferreira3007
      @joaoferreira3007 Месяц назад +15

      Well, maybe he could dance, many kings have danced, unless it he passed a law like footloose.

    • @SilSolo
      @SilSolo Месяц назад +5

      Who knows maybe under the advice of a bored Daemon he starts a different dance with Dorne thinking he can win with more dragons than what Aegon had. Then he loses all but one of his kids in the said dance, goes mad and is poisoned

    • @jao_lives_with_tao4959
      @jao_lives_with_tao4959 Месяц назад +1

      That would be rlly interesting cuz there would still be dragons and with the dragons there is usually more conflict so there would be some sort of dance but later on with other Targaryens

    • @jamien368
      @jamien368 Месяц назад +1

      daemon would disagree with you, there will be war between him and daemon for the throne, only reason daemon has rhaenyra's back 8s because he gets to be king if she's the queen.

    • @joshuaadams6565
      @joshuaadams6565 Месяц назад +2

      @@jamien368 Nah. He had many chances to take the throne and didn’t. He wouldn’t have married Laena (who had Vhagar) and just go east instead of conquering the throne. He was fine not sitting on the throne.

  • @matheusdemello2323
    @matheusdemello2323 Месяц назад +98

    What if King Viserys Targaryen only have daughters with Alicent Hightower?
    What would Otto do in this scenario?

    • @jacksmith7660
      @jacksmith7660 Месяц назад +3

      This!

    • @hopekeeley2122
      @hopekeeley2122 Месяц назад +7

      I read a fanfic about this once. Didn’t get to the actual conclusion yet but the idea was solid. Good story too.

    • @sankarkrishnan407
      @sankarkrishnan407 Месяц назад +15

      Otto made a suitable marriage alliance with Jacareys and the first daughter of Alicent. What else he can do.

    • @elizabethclarence3817
      @elizabethclarence3817 Месяц назад +4

      @@hopekeeley2122what was the name and author pls?🫶

    • @davisiotta489
      @davisiotta489 Месяц назад +1

      it was literally what I mentioned in one of my comments, I really want to see him develop this scenario

  • @Ebony_Darkness
    @Ebony_Darkness Месяц назад +60

    rhaenicent is canon in all timelines based

    • @flayron5514
      @flayron5514 Месяц назад +2

      Rhaenicent fan + edelgard fan so true bestie

    • @Ebony_Darkness
      @Ebony_Darkness Месяц назад

      @@flayron5514i only have the best opinions

  • @Anime5189
    @Anime5189 Месяц назад +47

    What if Aemond let Aegon run away?

    • @2007VolkswagenJetta
      @2007VolkswagenJetta Месяц назад +4

      This tho!!!!

    • @user-dl2hu3wq6h
      @user-dl2hu3wq6h Месяц назад +1

      I never understood why aemond said he is second in line because aegon had children by that point in the show

    • @SolarDragon007
      @SolarDragon007 Месяц назад +9

      @@user-dl2hu3wq6h They were way too young to rule, so Aemond would probably rule as regent.

    • @thegreatpage5912
      @thegreatpage5912 Месяц назад +1

      @@SolarDragon007 That would be the only thing he could do. But even still the regent would most likely be Otto himself instead of Aemond.

    • @SolarDragon007
      @SolarDragon007 Месяц назад +3

      @thegreatpage5912 I don't think Aemond would let anyone else be regent, including Otto. He's the second oldest son of the previous king, and he has Vhagar.

  • @brittanyrae5771
    @brittanyrae5771 Месяц назад +10

    It’s funny how it’s Otto saying she’s a woman so she can’t rule when it was Otto who pushed for her to be heir to begin with, because the thought of Daemon being the heir made him nearly shit his britches.

    • @ACinemafanatic
      @ACinemafanatic Месяц назад +4

      Plus remember she saved him from daemon and when she did that he saw that she had the potential of being a great ruler and he couldn’t have that because he wants his kin and blood on the throne so he can easily control him and Otto would be the true ruler of the seven kingdoms. Everything that Otto did it backfires and I love it and folks call him smart when he’s an idiot for doing what he did to spite Dameon and Dameon has experience in war and he’s ruthless so Otto is basically a coward

    • @nathanielregan289
      @nathanielregan289 23 дня назад

      He only expected her to be a place holder. Had he not pushed the king to make Rhaenyra Heir then it would have naturally changed from
      Daemon to Aegon

    • @brittanyrae5771
      @brittanyrae5771 21 день назад

      @@nathanielregan289 the timing of it is ridiculous too - I can’t remember if the timing was the same in F&B, but pushing that right after Aemma’s death and then moments later pushing Alicent on the king…. Very poor foresight.

    • @nathanielregan289
      @nathanielregan289 21 день назад

      @brittanyrae5771 Otto simply never considered it ever possible in such a misogynistic world that the king would choose his daughter over a son it was inconceivable to him especially since Viserys gained his crown on the weakness of a woman claim.
      Though I think a part of Viserys though that if he named Aegon Heir Daemon would kill Aegon which is probably true and he probably wanted Aemma Arryn line to live on

  • @baswar
    @baswar Месяц назад +59

    What if he took alicent as a mistress and married the seasnake's daughter? then the delayed dance might the beloved Hightower older bastards vs younger legitimate grandchildren

    • @lemonadelemon1960
      @lemonadelemon1960 Месяц назад

      Otto would never allow his daughter to mother bastards. Knowing that bastards have no right to inherit he’d force her to drink moon tea.

    • @animejerk05
      @animejerk05 Месяц назад +6

      A Nobel lady who launched a rebellion when she learned her husband was breaking a thousand years of established customs does not want to be a mistress

    • @kpop9474
      @kpop9474 Месяц назад +1

      Alicent is not stupid, indecent and shameless like Rhaenyra to put bastards on throne.

    • @riverofwailing4075
      @riverofwailing4075 11 дней назад

      ⁠chill it's fiction

    • @SilSolo
      @SilSolo 11 дней назад

      @@kpop9474alicent isn’t but Aemond might have his own ideas. Let’s say of the legitimate children we have Rhaenyra, Rhaena and Baela. All girls. Then Aegon, Aemond, Helaena and Daeron are the bastards. Aegon is still a threat bc he’s the oldest son but he’s content being a bastard rich boy. Helaena being just a bastard daughter is given to the faith. So in this version it’s an even more pronounced game of boys vs girls.

  • @user-dl2hu3wq6h
    @user-dl2hu3wq6h Месяц назад +21

    What if rhaenyra was more subtle with making illegitimate children and chose daemon or a velaryon nephew to make children with?

    • @iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193
      @iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 Месяц назад +3

      Still would’ve been a dance. Otto didn’t give a shit they were bastards

    • @thegreatpage5912
      @thegreatpage5912 Месяц назад +3

      @@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 It likely wouldn't have come up if the bastards where silver haired black children. But Rhaenyra being a woman was the only pretense needed for him to go to war.

    • @lemonadelemon1960
      @lemonadelemon1960 Месяц назад +3

      Well, since they changed the skin tone of the valaryeons having a white child would clue them in. And even if she chose a valeryon, the person would have to keep quiet and if that person told anyone, that person could black mail Rhanera to keep her secret.

    • @nathanielregan289
      @nathanielregan289 21 день назад

      There are 1000s of dragon seeds on dragonstone and driftmark. Surly there was one who was a steward or a sir who she could have choosen

  • @94mp99
    @94mp99 Месяц назад +4

    In this scenario, I'm pretty sure mRhaenyra and Alicent will have at least five children, like they will be the new version of Jaehaerys and Alysanne.
    And the dragons that have an important role in the Dance, like Sunfyre, Tessarion, Vermax, and Arrax,
    will be mRhaenyra and Alicent's children's dragon for sure, or maybe they would go claim the unride dragon like Vermithor, Silverwing, and Dreamfyre.

  • @user-wm1zi7mk6p
    @user-wm1zi7mk6p Месяц назад +6

    Dude, I want my part two of what if Strong’s were actually Laenor’s.

  • @darkphoenix3347
    @darkphoenix3347 Месяц назад +6

    Alicent/ aegon potential children.
    Helaena
    Aemond
    Daeron
    Visenya
    Laena/aegon potential children
    Viserys
    Daella
    Alyssa
    Jaehaerys
    Alysanne
    Baelon

  • @i0xiaY
    @i0xiaY Месяц назад +2

    Another what if:
    What if Rhaenyra stayed the same, but Alicent was born a man. I feel like it could really change the amount of drama regarding Rhaenyra’s story and bring some interesting threads into the story

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Месяц назад

      Then Viserys would probably marry Laena, which is VERY interesting.

    • @i0xiaY
      @i0xiaY Месяц назад

      @@KaiHung-wv3ul It sounds fascinating and there might be a video about it already! I myself though was more curious about Otto suggesting that male!Alicent to marry Rhaenyra 👀👀

  • @cholgak939
    @cholgak939 Месяц назад +3

    Nice bid, I was wondering if you were do a part two to the other ones and are you gonna do og game of thrones what ifs?

  • @lasloapollo4312
    @lasloapollo4312 Месяц назад +12

    Even if MaleRhaenyra was boinking Daemon they would never have childeren together so that would not matter. The best thing Daemon could do is to get one of is daughters to either marry MaleRhaenyra or get a baby from him. A great bastard.

  • @darriuscole8544
    @darriuscole8544 18 дней назад +1

    1. Male-Rhaenyra would inherit unchallenged.
    2. The 3 bastards Rhae-gon had by "Helen Strong" would not be in line to inherit anything.
    3. Rhae-gon would have children by his gay spouse, because the duty to "get it up" would fall on the person who is not gay.
    4. Rhae-gon would still not get to choose his bride, just like Rhaenyra didn't. The best match is still to join with house Velaryon, just with Laena instead of Laenor.

  • @darkphoenix3347
    @darkphoenix3347 Месяц назад +1

    Hey, heres the thing. If they did have more children lets just say when aemma was pregnant in the great councils that Babe lives its a girl she is rhaenyra, and then later on aemma last pregnancy is baelon and both him and aemma live both live. We have aegon as heir baelon as the spare and rhaenyra is still the realms delight.
    aegon claims sunfyre
    Rhaenyra still has syrax
    Baelon claims tesserion

  • @thethoughtfulrenegade
    @thethoughtfulrenegade Месяц назад +5

    What if Daemon was named Heir & Viserys never remarried

    • @ImperatorMatthew
      @ImperatorMatthew Месяц назад +2

      The Seven Kingdom would be completely and utterly destroyed, Aegon The Conqueror and Jaehaerys The Conciliator would strangle Daemon and Viserys in the afterlife.

    • @josiahdavistv1216
      @josiahdavistv1216 21 день назад

      ​@@ImperatorMatthew I actually think deamon will be a good king

  • @user-dl2hu3wq6h
    @user-dl2hu3wq6h Месяц назад +7

    What if jacaerys was a girl? Would rhaenyra suggest a marriage proposal between female jacaerys and aegon??

    • @livelovelife32
      @livelovelife32 Месяц назад +2

      Oh! fascinating idea! female jacaerys would need to be legitimate though or no dice. But the Hightowers may have backed down as Aegon would be assured of being King after Rhaenyra. The realm would have viewed it as Rhaenyra acknowledging and righting the misguidedness of her father when she got the opportunity. It would have won her much approval from the older houses and make her rule easier.

    • @igorlopes7589
      @igorlopes7589 Месяц назад

      ​@@livelovelife32Rhaenyra needs Corlys' support as much as she needs air to breathe (because he is the only one who can really expose her), so there is a possibility femJaecaerys would marry a Velaryon. Maybe Corlys will push Laena into having a boy to the point it causes her death earlier, but if she manages to get a boy the boy will marry femJacaerys beyond any doubt.

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Месяц назад

      @@livelovelife32 But if Lucerys and Joffrey are still born, they or their descendants might still claim the throne later on.

  • @bizarreconvos
    @bizarreconvos Месяц назад +2

    Could you make part 2?

  • @dellavonta187
    @dellavonta187 Месяц назад +6

    Naw he would marry the dirftmark girl

  • @carastone3473
    @carastone3473 Месяц назад +10

    He would rule and no one would question it because...sexism.
    Also, Aemma might still be alive because she may not have gone through so many subsequent pregnancies in an attempt to "give" Viserys a male heir if he already had one. (Of course, they always wanted "an heir and a spare" to be on the safe side.) Also, if Aemma had lived, Otto wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to shove Alicent toward Viserys. No marriage to Alicent = no dance.

    • @iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193
      @iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 Месяц назад +2

      He still would’ve wanted more heirs just as when he named Rhaenyra. He told her he had to make more heirs he couldn’t just leave the line to one person in case she died.

    • @thegreatpage5912
      @thegreatpage5912 Месяц назад +6

      Otto would have most likely placed Alicent in front of male Rhaenyra instead of Viserys.

    • @carastone3473
      @carastone3473 Месяц назад

      @@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 Yes, I mentioned that.

    • @carastone3473
      @carastone3473 Месяц назад

      @@thegreatpage5912 True!

    • @darriuscole8544
      @darriuscole8544 18 дней назад

      ​@@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 - If Rhaenyra had been a boy, then he could have helped his parents. As far as succession is concerned a male grandchild born to the king's oldest male child as good, actually better, than the reigning king having a second son.
      A 15-year old male Rhaenyra could have married a 15 year-old still female Alicent and started knocking her up then. Every child born to her would take pressure off of Aemma. If she had a healthy boy then there would be 2 generations of unquestionable succession alive after Viserys, thus no succession crisis.

  • @BleedingGrafitti
    @BleedingGrafitti 20 дней назад +1

    Assuming everything goes the same, male Rhaenyra would most certainly choose Alicent as his Queen. And it'd actually be one of the few rare happy marriages, and she'd embrace her role and motherhood. The two were already in love in the real story (confirmed by actors). I can see them being the new Jaeherys and Allysane. If only...

    • @darriuscole8544
      @darriuscole8544 18 дней назад

      Yeah, but Viserys would almost certainly choose Laena Velaryon for male Rhaenyra (hereafter referred to as "Rhaemond"). Corlys is still there, still rich, and still has a navy. His daughter is a better match.

    • @BleedingGrafitti
      @BleedingGrafitti 15 дней назад +1

      ​@@darriuscole8544 That's a good point. But I'm betting that Viserys would spoil him more than female Rhaenyra, and give the option to choose his own wife. He did the same for Rhaenyra. He only chose for her when she acted too bratty and was rude to all her suitors.

    • @darriuscole8544
      @darriuscole8544 15 дней назад +1

      @@BleedingGrafitti - No way does a man spoil his son more than he spoils his daughter. Spoiling kids seems to cut across genders more.
      Still, Vis may have let him choose his own wife which may well have been Alicent. As I understand it, Alicent is supposed to be knockout gorgeous and a bit of a genetic freak in that she never loses her looks or figure no matter how many kids she has.

  • @mandoslore
    @mandoslore Месяц назад +1

    What if Daemon and Rhea Royce had a son?

  • @sivtea
    @sivtea Месяц назад

    What if Daemon was king? Idk if Viserys died early and named him as successor or was never born, Deamon vs Rhaenys, Laenor vs Baela and Rhaena who in this timeline would probably be Visenya wich he had with Rhea Royce or he get rid of her and married young Rhaenyra, or somehow he will be forced by Otto to marry Alicent, or he will end up with Amma.......

  • @MarkStorey-dc4tm
    @MarkStorey-dc4tm Месяц назад

    Interesting as ever.
    Alternatively if this Aegon shared canon Rhaenyra's preference for men he might marry someone who's open to the sort of relationship she had with Laenor. In this scenario you'd have something like the ASOIAF plot-line where the king's "legitimate" children aren't his. Except this time the king would be well aware of this and no more bothered than Laenor was in HotD.

  • @GbyP
    @GbyP Месяц назад +1

    Alicent would have a teenage pregnancy bc of male Rhaenyra so they would have to get married.

  • @tanoshiofm3852
    @tanoshiofm3852 Месяц назад +1

    Actually in the book, Daemon was cold towards Aegon, Aemond and Daeron because they displaced him in the line of succession. So, Daemon would be cold towards this timeline's Aegon.

  • @RoseGoldSerpent
    @RoseGoldSerpent Месяц назад +1

    I know it was rejected out of spite, but I always thought it would have been smart to wed Helena to Lucaerys (can't spell hope that's right lol)
    I know that there's the offense of marrying 'bastards' but they're still targaryean (again spelling not my strongest ability) and it would have just ended so many problems, it probably would have caused loads too but it would have eased the immediate issues surrounding the throne.

    • @94mp99
      @94mp99 Месяц назад +3

      It's Jacaerys whom Rhaenyra proposed to bethrot with Helaena, not Lucerys.
      As Jacaerys is Rhaenyra's eldest child, and subsequently, her heir to the Iron Throne.

  • @jordanlane870
    @jordanlane870 9 дней назад

    What if daemon and caraxes lived

  • @itachi1403
    @itachi1403 Месяц назад

    Only potential conflict I see here is with the Velaryons of they feel insulted that mRhaenyra doesn't marry Laena but even that might not be likely. In terms of dragons they have the advantage (meleys, seasmoke, vhagar vs Caraxes and Syrax) but the the support of the realm will be with the Targaryens. Only house baratheon and the stormlands would back the Velaryons

  • @Progamerr_06
    @Progamerr_06 Месяц назад +1

    4:20 dose anyone know where that clip is from

    • @94mp99
      @94mp99 Месяц назад

      Game of Thrones Season 2, I guess, as it's Maester Luwin and Theon in Greyjoy outfit in the room

  • @IceAlvaro13
    @IceAlvaro13 Месяц назад +1

    Yes, I think a Boy Rhaenyra (Aegon) would marry with Alicent if the two had spent two many time together in the past...in any case, there would no be any dance.

  • @Nanakaririka
    @Nanakaririka Месяц назад

    Alicent would have still tried one way or the other to put her sons on the throne it's would just be harder for you

  • @Maegorthecrueltargaryen
    @Maegorthecrueltargaryen Месяц назад +3

    What if rhaenyra married quoren martell and untited dorne with westeros

    • @94mp99
      @94mp99 Месяц назад

      Then Rhaenyra will have Dorne at her side during the Dance, as I still think the Dance will still happen.
      And Dorne will definitely be one of the first, if not, the first, great house to declare their support on Rhaenyra,
      not just because they're now related, but also because Dorne's own law that allow a woman to inherit.
      With Dorne on Rhaenyra's side, I think the Blacks will have more advantage than the Greens
      because they will completely control the Narrow Sea (assuming the Velaryons also declare for Rhaenyra),
      that including Stepstones, and consider that Dorne was the only kingdom that successfully avoid Aegon the Conqueror's invasion,
      their strategies on war would be very much help for the Blacks. And Dorne will be Rhaenyra's main force against Oldtown and Storm's End.

    • @Maegorthecrueltargaryen
      @Maegorthecrueltargaryen Месяц назад

      This would also give more legitimacy as she and viserys would have united dorne with the rest of the seven kingdoms somthing aegon the conqueror failed to do

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Месяц назад

      @@94mp99 I think more houses in the Reach would support Aegon in this timeline, because of their resentment of Dorne, so this means that Daeron could potentially link up with Criston and Aemond earlier on in the Dance..

  • @lemonadelemon1960
    @lemonadelemon1960 Месяц назад +3

    If she had been born a boy, Alicent would still think her son deserved to be king. So he’d have an “accident” that would put aegon on the throne.

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Месяц назад

      But Viserys won't remarry since he won't be so desperate for a male heir.

  • @notapplicable1296
    @notapplicable1296 Месяц назад

    Pause at 8 mins. There will still be a Hightower queen just married to Aegon cause the kings a fool who doesn't recognize the snake his hand is

  • @JayBell6676
    @JayBell6676 Месяц назад

    Part 2 ?

  • @elinakangas571
    @elinakangas571 Месяц назад

    What if King Viserys was healthy and lived let's say 20 years longer? Still Dance but later on.

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Месяц назад +1

      More dragons, more devastation.

  • @mathewdean3334
    @mathewdean3334 Месяц назад

    What if aemond survived his battle with damon, just him, not vhagar orcwith vhagar

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Месяц назад

      How? He fell from hundreds of meters in the sky into a lake while being chained to a massive dragon.

    • @mathewdean3334
      @mathewdean3334 Месяц назад

      @KaiHung-wv3ul I know it's improbable, but what if he was not chained or stabed and jumped off closer to the water

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Месяц назад +1

      @@mathewdean3334 That'll be interesting. He would be king by that point, and could rally the Baratheons, Lannisters, and Hightowers to continue the Dance.

  • @debamlyabanerjee4067
    @debamlyabanerjee4067 Месяц назад

    What if that boar killed rhaneyra in kingswood
    What if corlys refused rhaneyras bastards

    • @94mp99
      @94mp99 Месяц назад +2

      For the first one, it's simple, if the boar kill Rhaenyra, Aegon will become the new heir as he's the second in line after Rhaenyra.

  • @marlenewaldron4690
    @marlenewaldron4690 Месяц назад +3

    I don't think maleRhae would marry Alicent. I absolutely believe that he'd marry Laena Valeryon, not only to mend any bad blood but also because it's the Valyrian way. Rarely did Targaryens marry outside of the family; only when there were no viable mates in the family of the opposite gender would they marry outside of the old blood. Aegon the Unlikely married Betha because he was the fourth son of the fourth son and he believed that the inbreeding was bad. It didn't stop his son from marrying his daughter even though they were both betrothed to other Houses. I think maleRhae would have married Laena in a heartbeat.

  • @jjosifovic
    @jjosifovic Месяц назад

    No dance n Male Rhaenyra will probably marry Alicent. N Daemon will still kill his first wife n marry the sea snake daughter

  • @prettynerd4779
    @prettynerd4779 Месяц назад

    Otto would have her killed immediatky

    • @94mp99
      @94mp99 Месяц назад

      I don't think so, since Otto's main mindset is just man over woman, and he is not that bloodthirsty (unlike Tywin or Cersei, for example),
      has Rhaenyra born a boy, Otto would probably not try to usurp him by put Alicent to Viserys.
      Instead, like the video said, Otto might rather try to match Alicent to Male-Rhaenyra.

  • @PhillW2406
    @PhillW2406 Месяц назад

    These "what ifs" are getting pathetic now. You are literally stating the obvious.

  • @s-core8087
    @s-core8087 Месяц назад

    Not gonna lie: dumbest question since “what if Rheagar didn’t die and named Jim his heir” then the war that followed because this happened wouldn’t have happened and the story wouldn’t be the story. Dislike

    • @Chinchilla2310
      @Chinchilla2310 Месяц назад

      Yeah this is such a boring video. Offers nothing that wouldn’t be obvious through common sense, constantly repeats himself, nothing creative, and it’s just dog shit commentary. Pointless video.

  • @leahschuetz5621
    @leahschuetz5621 Месяц назад +1

    -What if Viserys never remarried. Either he has no relationship with Alicent or instead takes her as his mistress making Aegon, Aemond, and Heleana his bastards.
    -What if Rhaenyra had a good relationship with her siblings.
    -What if Rhaenyra married a Hightower (one of Otto’s sons or more horrifyingly Otto himself).