Tag: and im sick of it

i mean, i cannot explain how many times i’ve seen anti-lyanna/anti-elia/pro-rhaegar folks place rhaegar’s wants at the center. there is so much assumption that lyanna was in love from beginning to end, or that she was content to be in that tower, there are attempts to brush aside elia’s feelings by insisting that “she’s dornish, so it’s okay” or reminding us that rhaegar’s want to have three children or be in love is more valid than elia’s humiliation. rhaegar is the human whose emotions matter, whose story matters, and these women are accessories not only to his story, but to their own stories.

over and over, i see people make it all about rhaegar. lyanna and elia’s thoughts, desires, wants, and needs are ignored in favor of a man who victimized them both.