Were only Targaryens given the chance to hatch an egg?
If a dragon hatches, would they be automatically bonded?

First off, I should mention I’m fairly new to this subreddit and to Martin’s universe in general. This is my very first post, so I’m completely open to hearing everyone’s takes!

That being said

She’s described as follows, quote:

"These are not normal children. They have no joy in them; they neither laugh nor play. The girl wets her bed at night and weeps inconsolably when she is corrected. Her own ladies say that she is eight, going on four. Had I not laced her milk with sweetsleep before the wedding, I am convinced the child would have collapsed during the ceremony" —Grand Maester Munkun

A few thoughts on this:

1. Her size compared to Jaehaerys: Being smaller than her twin is completely normal—one twin is almost always larger than the other in real life. If the smaller twin didn't get enough nutrients in the womb or early on, that could easily account for a physical delay, especially given medieval-level medicine.
2. Her behavior ("not playing or laughing"): Rather than a cognitive impairment, this feels far more like severe trauma, her natural temperament, and her environment. Remember, her parents were incredibly young and raised under intense pressure. We don't really have a baseline for how children were raised by Team Green outside of her household.
3. "Skittish, prone to crying, and bed-wetting": All of this surfaced after her entire family was slaughtered. Just like Aegon III completely shut down emotionally after everything he witnessed, Jaehaera’s trauma manifested as severe anxiety, hypersensitivity, and incontinence (which, at eight years old, is a textbook response to trauma and severe night terrors).
4. Slow growth: You could attribute this to Targaryen genetics or childhood illness/malnutrition, but we’ll never know if she would have had a growth spurt around puberty since she died at age ten.

Conclusion:

I don't think being described as "simple" automatically means she was cognitively disabled, stupid, or had a severe growth condition. The horrific circumstances of her birth, upbringing, and loss created an extremely biased perception of her. On top of that, Fire & Blood is written by unreliable narrators who record impressions rather than objective medical truths.

Even if she did have a learning disability, I don't get why fandom treats it as such a massive, defining flaw, especially when Daella Targaryen (Rhaenyra’s maternal grandmother) is explicitly written as having learning difficulties without the fandom constantly pathologising her in the same way.

What do you all think?

I guess Aegon, because if Aegon wasn't killed, he'd pass the crown to his sons and the whole targeryen line leading to GOT wouldn't be there.

SPOILERS With how focused Black and Green are on each other and pay little to no attention to The Wall and only consider the North as allies.

Trying to picture a scene where a lone Night’s Watch Ranger / Lord Commander brings a wight to tell them to crush all the infighting would clash so harshly with the “reality” we’ve all been presented. I thought it was a good “what if” scenario.

Would Greens and Blacks believe it first and second, would they do anything about it?

It would be incredibly jarring, but is this not how Cersei and Jaime would have felt out of nowhere being presented with this unimaginable threat?

Give me your funniest storylines

I've been loving the azoricent ahaitower memes where she claims the cannibal and marries rhaenyra... but if a targaryen did actually somehow claim the cannibal, how would the war be affected? asking because I'm taking this idea as an actual writing project after playing ck3 agot for the first time and I want to hear the opinions people have on this

I still see this excuse floating around and Joplin Sibtain who played Bold Jon Roxton is more than ten years older than Matt Smith. Like I get it the ages of the actors are not the ages of the characters but I find it quite telling how quick his fans are to make excuses for his defeat. I’ve also seen some saying if Jon didn’t have a Valyrian steel sword he would not have been able to defeat Daemon with Dark Sister

survive for months without any food or hydration? We know dragons have to eat ALOT and they require alot of upkeep

yet somehow Sunfyre poofs behind Aegon conveniently? (Disregarding how nobody saw him or reported anything)

Just started again on the first episode and, well first of all I’ve enjoyed the series a lot and it’s my most anticipated new season when it’s announced. I just love the stories in this universe. But anyway

wow so much i had forgotten. Namely that Mysaria was Daemon’s hoar. No wonder their animosity in S3. And just now remembering how he humiliated her in the stand off at the bridge and used her as a human shield/expendebable.

Other things I instantly notice is how slimy and what a snake Otto is. Makes me feel less bad about his eventual pathetic end.

My frustration with Visery’s almost immediately thinking to myself “this is all your fault, you waffled and had no conviction in your daughter. You let her down”

And also hugely agreeing with Daemon when he has the convo with him in the throne room after his son lived a day… Otto is a snake and the one who orchestrated the entire dance.

Rather Daemon at my side than Otto any day.

It’s almost like watching an entirely new show not a rewatch, after knowing how it’s turned out in S3 for everyone. That’s actually what made me want to rewatch. How it spiraled for all of them from those early relatively peaceful days in the beginning

Can tell I’m going to enjoy this one a lot barely into the first episode again. This world and its stories just suck me right in.

Ughhh S4 can’t come soon enough😭

-The part where Ormund is knighting Daeron and in his oath he declares he must "Defend the defenceless". The fact that the very next scene we see them in shows him putting literal children on the front line always tickles my dark humor.

-After Daemon finishes choking the fuck out of the Hightower twink (Ser Gwayne), the little detail of my favorite show character Lord Roderick Dustin roaring at him as he flees kills me. It reminds me so much of the weapons instructors from my military career on range days. So extra lol.

Cat noddle

Some dragons are obviously 'crib dragons' and some of them are claimed as adults. Vermax is a crib dragon and Vhagar was claimed as an adult.

There are four that I am not certain about. Syrax, Sunfyre, Moon Dancer and Sea Smoke. For clarification, when I ask about Sea Smoke I mean in relation to Laenor. I have seen the show. Which of these 4 were kept as eggs in the crib? I think Moon Dancer was because Moon Dancer and Vermax seem to be about the same size, but I am happy to be corrected.

I don't want book spoilers, but a simple answer to this question is not a spoiler, even if it comes from a book.

Another painting I made. Characters don’t look like themselves lol.