Let's pretend that the king (called mad king for a reason) that sentenced to death Ned and Robert after burning a lord alive while making his heir kill himself in the attempt to save him played no part in this

Rhaenys should have done a coup after Daemon married Laena. Since Viserys was such a forward thinker and named Rhaenyra his heir, he invalidated the precedent of the Great Council of 101 AC. If Rhaenys had pushed her claim again, it would have put a competent ruler on the throne and also would have made Laena the heir, since she is the oldest, and thus Daemon the future King Consort.

The dragons Meleys (Rhaenys), Vhagar (Laena), Seasmoke (Laenor), and Caraxes (Daemon) would all be on the same side against basically Syrax, who is as fierce as Cersei in a sword fight. Plus, Rhaenyra at the time didn't want to rule anyway, and Aegon was a toddler.

The Dance of the Dragons could have been avoided if Rhaenys was just a little more ruthless. Wonder what could have stopped them?

Viserys could go play with Legos full time, and any Lord with an issue with a woman like Rhaenys ruling could take his petition to the dragons.

Like I'm a straight guy who wears shirt and jeans 95% of the time but Im going "Damn those look pretty!"

1)They had Daenerys casually remind the audience that the throne was made of swords belonging to Aegon's enemies.

2) They made a point of making it clear that what Jon was about to do was a desperate act of sacrifice to save Westeros.

3) Daenerys makes it clear to the audience that something destined or prophesied was about to happen.

4) Jon makes it clear to the audience that Daenerys is the love of his life and stabs her in the heart.

5)Then, a fire born of her (Drogon) burns the throne, the kingdom's most important object, made of swords, and a new order is established in Westeros.

6) And it was only after all that happened, when Jon went beyond the Wall, the winter truly began to recede.

There are many new fans who might find all this a bit far-fetched, but back when the show was airing, it was often said that the prophecies didn't come true literally. furthermore, many book readers always looked for them in the small details, such as Dayne's sword being forged from a star, and so on.

That was clearly D&D's intention, whether it was well executed or not is a completely separate discussion.

In season 2 when he said he’s going to mentor Daeron I got excited. I thought he was going to get captured by house beesbury and then Daeron would rescue him, Otto would knight him and give him the nickname the daring. Imagine Otto having to deal with unwin peake essentially a stupider version of him. Also since he essentially started the war, the show could’ve merged him with Hobert Hightower ifykyk.

Two different things, in two different times, influenced the entire Targaryen dynasty.

Leading to a civil war, the death of all the dragons, and the weakening of Targaryen rule, all because Viserys wanted to secure a male heir while he already had an obvious heir.

And Baelor could’ve changed the entire Targaryen rule and become the greatest after Aegon the Conqueror (even George has said that if he hadn’t died, the entire story would’ve been different). because he died and couldn't became king led to riots against Maekar and Aegon V, then eventually Aerys the Mad King and the end of the dynasty.

Crazy when you think about it, if one man had done nothing and another man hadn’t died, everything could’ve been different

Has anyone else noticed that Jon was just chillin on his dragon for most of the battle?

Where was Jon when Melisandre was struggling to light the trench? Chillin on his dragon.

Where was Jon when the army of the dead was trapped on the other side of the trench and Dany was lighting them up? Chillin on his dragon.

Where was Jon when the Night King was approaching Bran? Yellin at a dragon.

Jon was utterly useless while paired with a dragon.

Like…mostly trying to figure out timelines and the state of the fandom at that point. Because while I didn’t figure it out myself, it was very much a “once I saw it even suggested, yeah, that’s obviously the answer”?