Before this moment, everything feels fraught.
They force you to your knees.
And I must stand alone."
Without a unifying force, Rhaenys recognizes that she would be siding with the losing team.
But without that foresight, she notes that naming her heir divided the realm.
Saying, “I thought I wanted it, but the burden is a heavy one.
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It’s too heavy.”
So when she asks him to defend her and her children, does so.
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When Viserys arrives it is clear to everyone in that room that he is here to defend his daughter.
Once seated on the throne, he says, “I must admit my confusion.
I do not why petitions are being heard over a settled succession.
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The only one present who might offer keener insight into Lord Corlys' wishes isthe Princess Rhaenys.”
As Corlys' wife and long-time confidant, Viserys is right to seek the counsel of his cousin.
She then adds that Laena’s children will be engaged to Rhaenyra’s.
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When Vaemond becomes infuriated, his outburst puts him in immediate danger.
Invalid or not, he is ready to make good on his promise to cut out Vaemond’s tongue.
But, Daemon gets to it first and slices Vaemond’s head clean off.
Should Daemon have suffered some kind of consequence for this?
Well, probably the same level of consequence that Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) suffered after killing Joffrey.
There is nothing to suggest in Viserys' actions from his final days that he has changed his mind.
When Viserys sees this, he approves of it.
Especially since, just in their immediate family, there is another Aegon.
Any interpretation of Viserys' last words is willful ignorance, not confusion.
