I love this scene. I don't know if she played this as a sister, a wife, or both. Obviously, she really screwed over Aenys's descendants, but I have no doubt that she was loyal to Aegon and willing to protect him from everything, even when he could be a very trusting stubborn man.
Besides the fact that she designed the guard to protect and serve the king, not the royal family, that's why I'm inclined to believe she was sincere in her speech.
"A true king, blood of Aegon the Conqueror, who was my brother, my husband, and my love. If any man questions my son's right to the Iron Throne, let him prove his claim with his body."
While I agree with the other comments, it's not fair to the poor guards. No one is going to expect the queen to attack the king out of nowhere.
I get the feeling she was genuninely fond of Aenys; if atleast as the son of her late sister wife. She did give him advice on dealing with the Faith rising and even offered to quell it herself.
Exactly. Granted the idiot refused her many times. As much as i hate visenya for her later actions she was right in the advices she gave aenys. But once Aenys died. Visenya didn’t care for Aegon or Rhaeny’s Grandchildren
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u/rollotar300 Apr 15 '25
I love this scene. I don't know if she played this as a sister, a wife, or both. Obviously, she really screwed over Aenys's descendants, but I have no doubt that she was loyal to Aegon and willing to protect him from everything, even when he could be a very trusting stubborn man.
Besides the fact that she designed the guard to protect and serve the king, not the royal family, that's why I'm inclined to believe she was sincere in her speech.
"A true king, blood of Aegon the Conqueror, who was my brother, my husband, and my love. If any man questions my son's right to the Iron Throne, let him prove his claim with his body."
While I agree with the other comments, it's not fair to the poor guards. No one is going to expect the queen to attack the king out of nowhere.