survivingrealitywithoutnormality:

squirrelwrangler:

end of the novella – neat twist. pity Baela died (edit: lived. huh.). how long did Aegon II live afterwards? (and how did his kids die to leave Aegon III as king- or did Aegon III marry his cousin Aegon’s surviving daughter?) What dragons were left at the end of this anyway- that Ulf White’s dragon survived, I think…? (the poison scene was cool, way to go out impressing us, unimpressive Hightower lord) 

Annoyed the Tully lords weren’t named (I wanted by Elmo, darn it) and interesting that Manderly and Dustin got page notice but their liege-lord Stark did not. And only one mention of the Greyjoys.

But so many dead dragons. And smallfolk having a proper peasants’ revolt and hearkening to London’s Bands and mobbing those dragons to death.

Also, Alys Rivers seems very intriguing, but Aemond Targ wins the bastard medal.

Lastly, the dragons = allegory for nuclear weapons was almost ‘beat you with a stone club’ obvious.

IIRC, Maelor is killed by a mob when a plan to sneak him out of Kings Landing to safety backfires horrifically. 

That only leaves Jaehaera.

Aegon II is poisoned (possibly be his own men) after the Tully victory for the Blacks. The Blacks then place Aegon III on the throne and he’s married to Jaehaera as part of peace agreements but I get the impression that he’s supposed to be claiming in his own right rather than through her. I’d assume part of the reason the Greens don’t rally around Jaehaera before the marriage is that men who fought because they wanted a male claimant to the throne wouldn’t support her. That and who knows if they got concessions in terms of who Aegon’s seven regents were…

That might be why Aegon III allows the new custom of Targ inheritance following agnatic primogeniture to be established rather than following male-preference primogeniture like the rest of Westoros.

I looked up some entries that explain what happens (only six months a king? Ha, Aegon. Let’s face it, Egg was the best of you bunch to carry that name (III  is Dragonsbane and thus will always have a soft spot, II is a jerk, I is the William the Conqueror/the Bastard that starts this whole invasion of several kingdoms just because he has giant murder weapons and have I mentioned I hate Aegon the Conqueror? and VI was without a doubt the worst of the bunch)

Jaehaera yep- married probably to solidify Aegon III’s claim but tying her claim into his, but he’s throned on his own right. And reading about her- she dies the same way as her mom -and at age ten?! Seven Hells. Jaehaera wins for most tragic character in ASoIaF. I hate you, GRRM.

But yeah, the Black&Green novella ends at this really sudden and abrupt place. I wonder if it was on purpose. idk, it needed a footnote to explain what happened next.