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moonlitgleek:

lyannas:

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.

Yep. You can also see that thought process in the adamant argument that Elia and/or Lyanna believed in the prophecy that I’ve seen creep up too many times. It relies on a casual assumption that these two women must have shared Rhaegar’s convictions for no discernible reason other than that he had them. That’s literally it. Rhaegar believed the prophecy ergo Elia and Lyanna must have too. Because it’s Rhaegar’s opinions that matter apparently. They are what’s important which undoubtedly makes the two ladies beholden to his views. The primacy given to Rhaegar’s everything above the two ladies is so prevalent that his opinions are put above their literal wellbeing and basic rights. For whatever the hell reason.