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  • @Xaviar_St.Thomas
    @Xaviar_St.Thomas Před 6 lety +386

    Savage
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  • @SirBuffaloKnight
    @SirBuffaloKnight Před 6 lety +650

    I feel like Elia Martell is just one of the most mistreated characters in all of ASOIAF. Like no matter how people paint it, Elia Martell got the short stick in whatever game Rhaegar was playing.

    • @SirBuffaloKnight
      @SirBuffaloKnight Před 6 lety +43

      Though I agree with the Dornish being more open about infidelity and maybe she didn't care as much about him seeking another women's bed, I do think it still puts her in a precarious situation. Also, he knew how his father was. It wasn't a secret. So he left his other two children and his wife for years in the care of his slowly maddening father to be with a woman he barely knew. At the very least, he could've looked out for her safety even if he didn't love her the way he loved Elia. You also bring up a fantastic point that I didn't think about. Lyanna and Rheagar was in Dorne. There's no way that the Martells wouldn't have known with how connected Doran Martell is. People also forget there was a Dayne and a Martell in the Kingsguard at the time.
      I also wish the Dorne plot was good. As of now, they kinda pretended like the whole backstory with Elia didn't exist or that it did have any consequences.

    • @L0wallyn
      @L0wallyn Před 5 lety +49

      The way she died after being raped is even sadder.

    • @thefictionalguy5130
      @thefictionalguy5130 Před 5 lety +41

      Totally
      What happened to her is tragic. Lyanaa on other hand insulted her by naming his son Aegon when elia's son already had the name Aegon

    • @chaimae3652
      @chaimae3652 Před 5 lety +4

      @@stephaniesnitily1734 bcz we didn't have a POV of him in Grrm books .
      Rhaegar was already dead and he paid for his actions . The lannisters didn't .

    • @chaimae3652
      @chaimae3652 Před 5 lety +23

      @Liz Lee Love has nothing to do with Elia's chaming in harrenhal .
      Even if she didn't love him she wouldn't accept to be disrespected in public.

  • @lelouche25
    @lelouche25 Před 5 lety +264

    Lyanna: Love is sweet Ned, but it cannot change a mans nature.
    Also Lyanna: Robert would never be faithful to me.
    Also Lyanna: Ima run away with a married man with children. YOLO

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 4 lety +42

      that comment slipped by me but it’s absolutely hilarious

    • @BruhMoment-mn9kn
      @BruhMoment-mn9kn Před rokem +16

      To be fair, ir hasn't been confirmed yet (in the books) that Lyanna ran away. If she did, well....
      As a great man once said "...you get what you fucking deserve!" 😂🤣

    • @Sienisota
      @Sienisota Před rokem +11

      That's why I think Lyanna didn't perhaps run off intending to hook up with Rhaegar. She might've been pissed with her betrothal, and wanted to run off to Dorne to dodge it. With Rheagar, known for being "noble and fair" offering her an escort? It didn't necessarily seem dangerous to her, since the prince had already assisted her in hiding her rebellious actions as the Laughing Knight.
      Only for her to then be completely alone with a Prince who was accustomed to getting what he wants, believing Lyanna was destined to give him his third child. Rhaegar escort was loyal to him. She would give Rhaegar that child, whatever she wanted it or not.
      I'm sure Rhaegar sweetened the pot by being very nice and friendly... But how much of it was actually Lyanna's choice, we will never know, unless Brad uses his magic to literally witness an assault through eyes of a bird in a window.
      Rhaegar gives off the ultimate nice guy psychopath/sociopath vibes: He seemed so pleasant and nice to everyone who speaks of him. But his proven actions show a completely different person than what he wanted people to see.

  • @SpydeTJ
    @SpydeTJ Před 6 lety +451

    Elia Martell deserved better

    • @samuelcox4353
      @samuelcox4353 Před 6 lety +25

      Yes

    • @bodiesofwater9629
      @bodiesofwater9629 Před 6 lety +34

      She deserved so much better.

    • @jamesarockiaraj6390
      @jamesarockiaraj6390 Před 6 lety +43

      She died cause of a man's stupidity. I feel very sad for her honestly:(

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 Před 6 lety +6

      James Arockiaraj she died becuse Rheagar was horny

    • @jamesarockiaraj6390
      @jamesarockiaraj6390 Před 6 lety +40

      Aron Johansson that's true .Elia was a good honest woman. Then that bastard ran after a wolf which was horny as well. I can't understand how rhaegar and lyanna are the best couple .. to me they are bastards who made half the realm bleed for their sex.

  • @shayaankhusro4104
    @shayaankhusro4104 Před 6 lety +367

    Lyanna x Rhaegar, a surprisingly worse love story than Twilight.

    • @rodrickhatton8636
      @rodrickhatton8636 Před 6 lety +33

      Finally...after all these years we've seen what we thought was impossible.

    • @dekuuchiha9990
      @dekuuchiha9990 Před 4 lety +2

      I don't think it's a bad story myself. I'm sure alot of wars were started to due to love.

    • @lonestarwolfentertainment7184
      @lonestarwolfentertainment7184 Před 4 lety +9

      Edwin Black that does not make it a good thing

    • @riripari2042
      @riripari2042 Před 4 lety +11

      And pretty alike too. Edward and Bella's love produced a child which led to a war with the wolf pack and later with the Volturi. Then said kid turns out to be the future lover of a grown man.

    • @eowyn-faramir-reads
      @eowyn-faramir-reads Před 4 lety +7

      Don't disrespect Twilight like that. 😣🤣🤣🤣

  • @cjpeterson2530
    @cjpeterson2530 Před 6 lety +330

    Laynna “Robert will never hold to one bed”.
    Rhaygar “Hold my ale”

    • @slimax4294
      @slimax4294 Před 6 lety +146

      Lyanna "robert will never hold to one bed"
      Also Lyanna "hey, that married rhaegar dude looks pretty hot"

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 6 lety +31

      hahahahahaha omg thats hilarious

    • @sophiawilson8696
      @sophiawilson8696 Před 6 lety +3

      statement he only lie ONE OTHER BED

    • @allyriastark3508
      @allyriastark3508 Před 6 lety +12

      Sophia Wilson and? He is still a cheater

    • @cjpeterson2530
      @cjpeterson2530 Před 6 lety +57

      Exactly, that is what makes Lyanna a hypocrite. She said she didn't think Robert would keep to one bed and we are meant to think that is her reason for not wanting to be with him, but apparently she just didn't like Robert because she was perfectly willing to run off with MR. Silver Hair Pretty Song. On a serious note, I think that GRRM has to give us a piece of the story that will shed some light on why she was willing to run off with a married man, as it seems more and more likely now that she was not in fact abducted, but went along willingly.

  • @bondrewdthedad2188
    @bondrewdthedad2188 Před 6 lety +386

    Poor Ned. His world turned upside down because of Lyanna's selfishness.

    • @davidsong582
      @davidsong582 Před 6 lety +57

      because of this he NEED to marriage cateyln

    • @user-mr1zy4nu7l
      @user-mr1zy4nu7l Před 3 lety +45

      I blame Rhaegar more tbh he was a grown ass man

    • @BruhMoment-mn9kn
      @BruhMoment-mn9kn Před 2 lety +12

      And poor bastard, he then had to suffer the file Catelyn and Sansa with their delusional dreams about marrying into 'House Baratheon' haha.

    • @BruhMoment-mn9kn
      @BruhMoment-mn9kn Před 2 lety +11

      @@user-mr1zy4nu7l I place the blame equally, assuming that Lyanna went willingly ofc

    • @CatotheE
      @CatotheE Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@BruhMoment-mn9kn Why do you think that Catelyn and Sansa were delusional?

  • @thebooky161
    @thebooky161 Před 6 lety +416

    Rhaegar humiliated & disgraced (a possibly pregnant) Elia in front all of Westerosi nobility, her friends, her family, her future subjects- in an act so cruel, it would make the history books- when he crowned a fourteen year old betrothed Lyanna. He impregnated his fragile wife (who has been stated to have been a lovely, kind, gracious woman) when she was still recovering from her first disasterous pregnancy & then left her when she was one hair from her deathbed from giving him his heir, his second kid in two years. He ran off with Lyanna for a YEAR & fucked around in Elia's homeland while Elia & their children were taken hostage by his insane father. He left her with no protection so she could bear witness to the slaughter of her children before she was raped & physically split in two but protected his mistress with three Kingsguard, in a tower away from the war.
    Lyanna hated Robert because she thought he'd cheat on her but ran off with a married father of two, while his wife was still in her sickbed. Her brother & father died because of her foolish stupidity (or maybe just selfishness). In the show she grinned like a fool as Rhaegar annulled his marriage & bastardized his kids for her, named her son a Targaryen name even after Rhaegar went out to fight a war against her own brother & oh, that name was the name of Elia's son who had just been smashed against a wall because of the chain of events she & Rhaegar set off.
    Thousands died, their families & friends included, for their shitty love story. It's built over the dead bodies of Rhaegar's wife & kids but some people still wanna call these selfish, astonishingly stupid & seemingly cruel people the big romantic couple of ASOIAF.

    • @allyriastark3508
      @allyriastark3508 Před 6 lety +86

      thebooky161 Elia was pregnant with Aegon after the Tournament ended she gave birth to Aegon - that makes everything more horrible imo

    • @mrmaat
      @mrmaat Před 6 lety +79

      This is GRRM’s grand subversion of the cliched chivalric romance. The valiant knight winning the free-spirited girl that leads to all manner of evil instead of love ever after.

    • @KingMonkeyII
      @KingMonkeyII Před 6 lety +9

      Not convinced they ran off to Dorne.
      Stayed in Winterfell, Ned knew or found out and the entire Tower of Joy story is a load of shit????????????????

    • @allyriastark3508
      @allyriastark3508 Před 6 lety +18

      KingMonkeyII that's possible because of the Bael the Bard story about a foreign king and a Stark maiden

    • @Glockler
      @Glockler Před 6 lety

      If doing so was necessary to birth the child who would save the world does any of that matter?

  • @sharkdentures3247
    @sharkdentures3247 Před 6 lety +203

    I'm reminded of a bit of dialogue from the TV show 'Bones'
    "Didn't it bother you at all that you were destroying a family?"
    "We were in love."
    "OH! 'Love', I'm sorry, now it's a happy story."
    Love can be great and beautiful. But so much fiction & stories happen because of stupid, selfish love.

    • @autumnlover5784
      @autumnlover5784 Před 6 lety +3

      Patrick Nolan which storyline was this?? Been a while since I watched all million episodes of my beloved Bones???

    • @lelouche25
      @lelouche25 Před 5 lety

      Yes, very good! Fuck Rhaegar for this

    • @anthoniquebethley9711
      @anthoniquebethley9711 Před 3 lety +3

      This quote is from Bones - Mother & Child In The Bay .
      I'm also thankful George R. R. Martin wouldn't ever dream of doing anything so stupid in the books.

    • @orthodoxtheosis
      @orthodoxtheosis Před 3 lety +11

      Romanticism has utterly destroyed what love actually means

  • @davidsong582
    @davidsong582 Před 6 lety +190

    maybe Eddard cries at Lyanna deathbed because he realized that his sister is a awfully preson

    • @riripari2042
      @riripari2042 Před 4 lety +50

      The person she died giving birth to also had his life ruined by her. Ned had to make some hard decisions and Jon had to live a life being seen and treated as a bastard.

    • @lonestarwolfentertainment7184
      @lonestarwolfentertainment7184 Před 3 lety +21

      @@riripari2042 R+L=J has no place on this channel.

    • @slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404
    • @ChocolateRuko
      @ChocolateRuko Před rokem

      LMAO

    • @thngvbts5182
      @thngvbts5182 Před rokem +1

      @@riripari2042 the awful part is that no matter what Jon would have been a bastard. there's no way Rhaegar would have been able to annul is marriage and have is new one with Lyanna approve, they would have needed the approval of the high septon and the king and they had neither

  • @emiliocamachoerice6380
    @emiliocamachoerice6380 Před 6 lety +257

    Is like people think of lyanna as a strong female role model for running of with rhaegar and of rhaegar as a hero and model man for "letting lyanna scape her family expectations" and they forget about ellia who they were cheating and leaving in kingslanding in a dangerous situation unlike lyanna who had 3 trusted kingsguards, and who do they live with her Jamie the newbie they didn't trust, oh how kind of rhaegar to say to a teenager protect my wife and children

    • @emiliocamachoerice6380
      @emiliocamachoerice6380 Před 6 lety +5

      True Love he also hates stannis, maybe he's not so disgusted but ned no I don't think he was attracted to his sister he was more connected than with Brandon who was also spoiled rotten by Rickard she was his sister and his father probably told them to protect her also he probably admired her freedom and she was more honor bound like Brandon.

    • @newperve
      @newperve Před rokem +6

      Also what would have happened if the men had tried to escape their family obligations? Like on the battlefield? Would they be hailed as strong characters.

  • @jreese7436
    @jreese7436 Před 11 měsíci +32

    Possibly the strangest part of the fandom ive met so far; the people who think Elia would have been ok with him running off because shes Dornish. No words.

  • @Abshir1it1is
    @Abshir1it1is Před 6 lety +297

    You guys have quite the talent for cutting throught he bullshit. A breath of fresh air in the fandom. It troubles me how many people see this as a beautifully romantic story. A fanstasy Romeo and Juliet... except that's hardly a couple worth idolizing. Still, the most interesting thing in the video was the commets about Robert. That she broke him. Condemned him to a crown he never wanted and a wife he could never love and who murdered him to protect the man that SHE loved and the kids she bore for him.
    I honestly never thought of it that way. I saw him as a drunkard and a braggart, a whore of a man that wants for nothing but wine, women, and bountiful adoration. I completely missed the path that led him there, the stark contrast between the young man who battled on the Trident to save his beloved fiance and the fat one who was gored by a boar while inebriated. It's... a genuinely tragic downfall of a man who could have been so much more. He deserved better.
    And Elia... poor Elia. We never hear much of her except for the tragedies she had to endure. Her humiliation, strugglies of birth, and her senseless death. God how I wish Oberyn had won that match. Given that poor girl just an ounce of justice. She, more than anyone, deserved far better.
    Fuck Raegar.

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 6 lety +54

      I'm not even convinced he would have strayed from Lyanna's bed...the man was head over heals in love with her...Elia is pure tragedy...she did nothing to deserve what she got

    • @brettheselius4341
      @brettheselius4341 Před 6 lety +43

      Robert was a better king than he gets credit for. He is better than the Mad King, Joffrey and Tommen. Also probably a better king than Meagor, Aegon 2 ,3,& 4, and Daeron. There was no huge blunders while he was king. No heinous murders or lighting Innocent people on fire. No arming the faith or starting wars by beheading people. No needless wars even though he was a great warrior and wanted to fight. No legitimizing his bastards that made the realm bleed. He just overthrow a bad king and won then picked a good hand to help him rule. Robert also kept his vassals in line and when they rebelled they were swiftly dealt with. Even after he dealt with the rebels he only took wards and didn’t destroy any houses. The realm was at peace and plenty and as soon as he died it goes to shit. Who knows what kind of man he would have been if Lyanna lived. Good video.

    • @RealChunka
      @RealChunka Před 6 lety +6

      Good points Brett Heselius! Considering that he spent most of his reign partying and enjoyed a good fight, things could have been so much worse! He knew he was in over his head (in terms of ruling), so he chose good leaders to do the hard parts for him and got out of their way (usually)! I know a 21st century want-to-be ruler that can learn from him.

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 Před 6 lety +5

      Brett Heselius ok. The most important thing about Robert Baratheons reign that People must understand is just how scared the lords of Westeros were of Robert. The man who smashed the Targeryens. Collapsing a dynasti that had ruled for 300 years.
      The only One who wasnt afraid would be the half mad/Really stupid Balon Greyjoy. However Greyjoys defeat only cemented the fear of Robert Baratheon.

    • @annthompson7064
      @annthompson7064 Před 6 lety +1

      So let me get this right, you feel that lyanna should of just accepted the fact that she was basically chattle to be sold to whoever her father decided, instead of being able to choose who she wanted to be with. So it's her fault her father and brother made the bad decision to demand her back from a king they new to be insane, you don't think they're responsible for their own decisions, they had to get their property back and their only option was to go talk to a crazy king instead of trying to track down lyanna to find out what was going on. According to you it's completely the dumb broads fault her family made dumb decisions. It's also her fault that Robert had to start a war because that's the only option when someone doesn't want to marry you, you must go to war. How typical blame a young girl for the decisions grown men make because they saw her as nothing more than property. I don't think lyanna and raegar made good decisions either but what the men then decided to do were their own choices and decisions

  • @larrylamb9357
    @larrylamb9357 Před 5 lety +109

    It’s hilarious too, because the fandom used to argue that Rhaegar and Lyanna had to do it, to create Jon, the Prince Who was Promised, who would bring the dawn. And then Dumb and dumber had Arya be the Prince, and Jon did nothing, so Rhaegar and Lyanna had no excuse. They are just selfish idiots. Hahahahaha

    • @BruhMoment-mn9kn
      @BruhMoment-mn9kn Před rokem +10

      That being said, R+L is still a theory. Screw Dumb&Dumber, old man George hasn't released jack since Dance (not counting F&B and others) 11 years ago.

    • @fightingmedialounge519
      @fightingmedialounge519 Před 10 měsíci

      Arguably she wouldn't be since the prophecy didn't include killing the knight king.

  • @adrienknox1127
    @adrienknox1127 Před 6 lety +150

    I about died when you called Lyanna a dumb broad. Classic.

    • @jamesarockiaraj6390
      @jamesarockiaraj6390 Před 6 lety +7

      Any bad word would've been perfect for her . Cause she truly is a ****

    • @annthompson7064
      @annthompson7064 Před 6 lety +1

      James Arockiaraj So let me get this right, you feel that lyanna should of just accepted the fact that she was basically chattle to be sold to whoever her father decided, instead of being able to choose who she wanted to be with. So it's her fault her father and brother made the bad decision to demand her back from a king they new to be insane, you don't think they're responsible for their own decisions, they had to get their property back and their only option was to go talk to a crazy king instead of trying to track down lyanna to find out what was going on. According to you it's completely the dumb broads fault her family made dumb decisions. It's also her fault that Robert had to start a war because that's the only option when someone doesn't want to marry you, you must go to war. How typical blame a young girl for the decisions grown men make because they saw her as nothing more than property. I don't think lyanna and raegar made good decisions either but what the men then decided to do were their own choices and decisions

    • @goldengail3418
      @goldengail3418 Před 6 lety +34

      Ann Thompson She wasn't just chattle to be sold off, she was a lady. She had a responsibility and she refused to comply with it, by running off with a married man. You know, this same argument could be made for Elia Martell, of whom married Rhaegar not out of love, but for duty. Do you think that Elia Martell believed herself to be property to be sold off to whomever her mother (the Princess of Dorne) decided than? Because that was normal for people back than to do their daughters, Lyanna was not particularly special In this regard. Her family acted accordling, because she was promised to marry a man and Rhaegar basically shite all of it, and over his own marriage too.

    • @nicovananda3893
      @nicovananda3893 Před 4 lety +7

      @@annthompson7064 i am sorry but i have to disagree with the lyanna has a right to married who she loves.
      1. taking somebody that already has a wife or husband is an asshole thing to do no matter how many bullshit reason people will pull to justified that, i dont fucking care if its prophecy, religion that allowed it or anything, taking somebody else husband or wife is asshole and i hate it the core (this included polygamers because siriously that is just a justification of their lust)
      2. when you are a king or a prince, you should think about your people. So what you want to have all the gold and the pleasure of being a noble or princess but piss out when its a little convinent for you? that is selfish bitch move that lyanna did
      3. If she knows her brother then she should know what kind of man his brother is and the chain of event that will happend after her stupid bullshit
      4. and what did she think will happend, even if her brother didnt go to the king landing and being killed by the king, the chain of event will resulted not far from what happend now.
      Robert will be pissed off and the stormland will chalenge the crown.
      The starks that already make an alliance deal with the baratheon will do the responsible thing and follow the stormland rebellion.
      The dorne that consist of sick, ruthless, plotting bastards that has a long history of waring and hating targeryon will hate either the crown or the starks and just split from the seven kingdom
      The vale that already has close conncection to robert and ned will never stand with the crown
      The riverrun that consist with oppurtunist bastards wont stand with a targeryon
      Plus not to mention rhagar gives the faith/The hightower that has been planning the death and extiction of the targeryon families for generations the best oppurtunity to wipe them from seven kingdom.
      When you are a princess of a noble house, all of this political information must be in your head when making a choice because you put your entire people on the line when a princess makes a stupid dumb mistakes.
      Rhaegar and lyanna desearves to die and they are stupid, cheating, egosentric selfish little bitch!

    • @user-mr1zy4nu7l
      @user-mr1zy4nu7l Před 4 lety +4

      Ann Thompson In those days marriage(for highborns) wasn’t meant to be for love or happiness but for alliances between houses for both men and women for example Ned loved ashara Dayne yet married Catelyn for duty why didn’t lyanna do the same? rheagar and Lyanna are nothing but selfish cunts who decided to say fuck duty and responsibility and ran off and thousands died as result for their selfish desires

  • @ajvanmarle
    @ajvanmarle Před 5 lety +114

    The funny thing about Rhaegar is that lots of people praise him as this wonderful person, but nobody ever gives an example of him doing anything good. Barristan talks about how he would sing on street corners and then give away the money he earned, but seriously, it's not like he needed the money. Rhaegar appears to have been a narcissist. He just had to be the center of everyone's admiration.

    • @diegosotomiranda4107
      @diegosotomiranda4107 Před 2 lety +23

      He was just the "charming Prince" of its world, the fact that we dont have His pov helps that View, basically was the textbook Prince that girls like Sansa dreamed to marry

    • @BruhMoment-mn9kn
      @BruhMoment-mn9kn Před rokem +11

      Keep in mind, Barristan was the lickspittle (honourable and highly skilled, but still a lickspittle) of the Targaryens. Of course he would butter up the dude, when talking about him to the man's sister Daenerys.

  • @surtur9861
    @surtur9861 Před 6 lety +102

    Lyanna will only chastise a man for not keeping to one bed if her own bed is not the one being favored, it seems. I never considered that angle before. Then again, i never gave Lyanna Stark much thought. If you guys got it right and she really is Aegon`s mother, perhaps it`s a blessing she died before she could have anything to do with his upbringing.

  • @ali--zay897
    @ali--zay897 Před 3 lety +75

    I usually give Lyanna a pass because she was a child "in love". Most probably, like Sansa was with Joffrey (though Sansa was 11 and Lyanna was 14). However, "Lyanna the badass" fans, who are usually Arya fans too, constantly deride Sansa for being selfish for wanting to marry Joffrey while Lyanna's "wilfulness" is regarded as "cool". Reason: Lyanna was similar to Arya in personality, so a tomboy can get away with murder and Sansa, since she is an "empty headed" girly girl, is responsible for everything. Come to think of it, Lyanna and Sansa have a lot of parallels too.
    Rhaegar, all things considered, was a douchebag and deserved to be thrown in a gutter. Sorry.

  • @BucketThinkTank14657Nerd
    @BucketThinkTank14657Nerd Před 6 lety +221

    Robert deserved better
    Ellia deserved better
    Brandon deserved better
    Rickard deserved better
    Ellia's children deserved better
    Lyanna and Rhaegar only work if the idea is that Rhaegar is just as mad as other Targaryaens and he kidnapped Lyanna, otherwise they are the worst kind of people in Westeros. Those who they haven't killed directly as a response to their actions (Ellia, Brandon, Rickard, Ellia's children) are left shells of their former self (my boy Robert). Congratulations Jon, your parents may not be the worst in ASOIF, but they are just as bad as some of them. Oddly enough, they're like Jaime and Cersei in this light.

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 6 lety +43

      Omg I couldn't agree more! I actually said the same thing about Robert the other day (being a shell of his former self). She destroyed that man.

    • @BucketThinkTank14657Nerd
      @BucketThinkTank14657Nerd Před 6 lety +46

      I love Robert Baratheon, he's such a great character and he wasn't perfect, far from it but I always felt that his faults in the book were due to depression. In the books he talks about how he wants to be a sellsword, doesn't want to be king and how he was so alive before taking the throne. Now he's stuck in a job he doesn't want, in a loveless marriage, with kids he probably knows aren't his, surrounded by people who just say yes to him knowing that he won the war but still lost because he couldn't save the woman he loved. I'd drink and whore a lot too honestly.

    • @dremarley4388
      @dremarley4388 Před 6 lety +31

      Sir Arthur Dayne The Sword of the Morning deserved better too. Rhaegar should of had all his best fighters at the Trident instead of at the Tower of Joy.

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 Před 6 lety +15

      Dre Marley lol he should have His best fighters protect His wife

    • @nss1250
      @nss1250 Před 6 lety +4

      lol robert was womanizer and brandon was brutal to his sister and finally and the worst rickard and jon arryn were plotting to put robert on the throne they were stupid traitors and power hungry

  • @emiliocamachoerice6380
    @emiliocamachoerice6380 Před 6 lety +181

    This was much needed in the fandom, thanks order of the green hand

    • @annthompson7064
      @annthompson7064 Před 5 lety

      They probably saved all life on this planet but you're right I'm sure they sucked,,,

    • @simmerbard8307
      @simmerbard8307 Před 5 lety +7

      +Ann Thompson Sweetie....they destroyed all life in Westros.

    • @christianguerrero70
      @christianguerrero70 Před 4 lety +5

      I thought i was the only one. After the reveal I was like "wtf?.. wait.. hold on this means thousands of lives were lost over two people who couldnt hold an oath?.. fuck these guys??"

  • @brendanfechter4889
    @brendanfechter4889 Před 6 lety +63

    Lyanna WAS a child tho, Rhaegar a grown man. She could play that innocent card but clearly she is a bad person.

  • @abcdefghijklmnop2580
    @abcdefghijklmnop2580 Před 6 lety +167

    Thank you , I was getting sick of seeing "rhegar was a true hero" theories on youtube and reddit .

    • @dratheart
      @dratheart Před 6 lety +22

      Amen! This channel is the only place with ASOIAF stuff worth watching recently!

    • @malekiththeeternityking5433
      @malekiththeeternityking5433 Před 6 lety +18

      Rhaegar was a pedo

    • @jamesarockiaraj6390
      @jamesarockiaraj6390 Před 6 lety +3

      Abcdefg Hijklmnop you can say that a thousand times my friend and I still despise rhaegar ;)

  • @szymonitaherrero9737
    @szymonitaherrero9737 Před 6 lety +177

    YEES, finally someones talkin sense, instead of romanticizing this toxic and cliche love story. Hated them always. For me Lyanna is a selfish spoiled dumbo. But I believe that a lot of information is yet to be revealed in the books, we still don't know much. I think that this big love stuff is just a myth, prophecy sounds more plausible to me, surely something magical is going on here, r&l definitely had more to hide than birth of some bastard ( N+A=J forever)

  • @camrn_brian
    @camrn_brian Před 6 lety +78

    “The dragon must have three heads” is probably just something someone said after seeing the first draft of house Targaryens sigil.

    • @BoxStudioExecutive
      @BoxStudioExecutive Před 6 lety +13

      I wonder if they said something similar after the first draft of the Roman coat of arms..."The eagle must have two heads!"

    • @malekiththeeternityking5433
      @malekiththeeternityking5433 Před 6 lety +6

      BoxStudioExecutive That's the Byzantines not true Romans

    • @Whosaskin
      @Whosaskin Před 6 lety +14

      "This dragon is cool and whatever, but could you give it three heads? "

    • @nomad1639
      @nomad1639 Před 2 lety

      @@malekiththeeternityking5433 And how do you figure that? When they literally were romans who were not conquered? Especially since being roman is more complicated than that just being in the italian peninsula because of hundreds of years of holding the mediterraneans territories and considering many emperors in the empire have not been "true" romans and the misrepresentation of the fact that the eastern half of the empire was dominantly greek and because the east was more populated and had more trade, most of the empires population did not speaks latin anyways even though it was required many still spoke greek especially the upper class as greek was kept as a civilized language as was obviously its culture so how being greek roman not roman? Even though it was the greek romans who retook rome and kept it untill the pope broke away as the catholic church.

  • @RankAnna
    @RankAnna Před 6 lety +82

    Remember what Varys said to Oberyn in GOT season 4? He indirectly said he was glad not to have his genitals because he has seen what desire does to people and what it can do to a country.
    Great video ser and lady greenhand

  • @davidsong582
    @davidsong582 Před 6 lety +113

    Eddard never name his daughter Lyanna
    it is known

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 6 lety +36

      Great point!!!

    • @brendanfechter4889
      @brendanfechter4889 Před 6 lety +5

      This nite be a pain thing tho. Neds too haunted by her memory and mindful 0f some "promise" and plain stone stupid 2 be hip

    • @alienazed
      @alienazed Před 6 lety +34

      thankfully our Lady Mormont is the complete opposite of the previous beholder of that name

    • @allyriastark3508
      @allyriastark3508 Před 5 lety +18

      I think that's because Lyanna was selfish, she still had the flower crown Rhaegar gave her but demanded she was burried in Winterfell along with the father and brother she caused to die.

    • @CZ-dg7te
      @CZ-dg7te Před 4 lety +19

      Late comment but I've been rewatching... Ned loved Lyanna so he kept his promise, but did not forgive her so did honor her name. Every male child is named for someone, it's a pretty glaring omission in retrospect...

  • @lonestarwolfentertainment7184

    A lot of people use the whole “she was being forced to marry someone she didn’t love” thing as an excuse, hello! Brandon didn’t love Catelyn but he was still going to do his duty as a member of House Stark, Ned was already in love and possibly already married to Ashara Dayne yet he still married Catelyn because it was his duty as the new Lord Of Winterfell even if it pained him greatly so why should she be excused from all of it?

    • @jimsmith5250
      @jimsmith5250 Před 4 měsíci

      4 years later n this is still facts

  • @tru_targaryen4945
    @tru_targaryen4945 Před 5 lety +70

    I needed this.
    Lyanna talking about a how Robert would cheat on her - which he would've - but she went right after an already married and with children. Hypocrite? Yes.
    In the show, they really did run off together but in the books, we still don't know so I hope we get a clear answer in TWoW or ADoS.
    (Edit) Book-wise, I think Rhaegar just used her for his prophecy. Personal opinion.

    • @newperve
      @newperve Před rokem +4

      Hell even the idea that Robert would have cheated on her is doubtful. Sure he was a swinging single, that doesn't mean he'll cheat when he's married. It's not like Cersei where there is literally no love. Men have cleaned up their act for women they love in the past.

  • @subarnosinha8042
    @subarnosinha8042 Před 6 lety +85

    I disliked both of them, once I read the books (I read after I watched the show). Now I hate them and their followers even more coz "teh rebellion was built on a lie". Good video. Keep the good work up!

  • @AgentXA564
    @AgentXA564 Před 6 lety +77

    Yeah, I've never liked Rhaegar and Lyanna myself. Rhaegar was obsessed with prophecy to the point where he was willing to start a war over it and Lyanna either didn't think about or didn't care about the consequences of her actions. I mean, sure, you don't want to be married to Robert, but is it really worth starting a war over?

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 Před 6 lety +12

      AgentXA564 Robert wasnt even that bad.

    • @nss1250
      @nss1250 Před 6 lety +2

      aerys started the war you didn't read the book

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 Před 6 lety +6

      nassim aliouche he probebly has Read the books. I have and everything he Said was true

    • @finn-3976
      @finn-3976 Před 6 lety +13

      Well I blame rather Rhaegar than lyanna since lyanna was 14-15 at the time (I believe) and was just like today's 14-15 year old girls. She just went for the best looking guy around who also played an instrument and was a bit older than her. Sort of like a fangirl

  • @allyriastark3508
    @allyriastark3508 Před 4 lety +29

    I will never understand why Rhaegar and Lyanna are seen as a love story when they didn't even interract on page, from Rhaegar's sibling herself we learn Rhaegar took Lyanna on sword point. Ned and Ashara, another couple on Harrenhall, are told to be in love by various people, including Ashara's own family, yet Ned and Ashara are hated as a couple instead.

  • @macleunin
    @macleunin Před 6 lety +90

    I'm glad you did this video, I always thought the same about them! They had a cute love story, but it was incredibly selfish and irresponsible, that led to two wars, extinction of Great Houses, thousands of deaths and possibly millions of people affected and dislocated.
    Lyanna can be excused a bit for being a naive teenager falling in love for a Prince, but she should have known better.
    Rhaegar was a dick for cheating on his wife, abandoning his children and running off with an under aged girl.
    Yes, they both sucked

    • @nss1250
      @nss1250 Před 6 lety

      robert sucked worst

    • @user-mr1zy4nu7l
      @user-mr1zy4nu7l Před 3 lety +1

      nassim al not as much as rheagar and lyanna

    • @shannonromero6157
      @shannonromero6157 Před rokem

      I always thought Rhaegar and Lyanna story was too good to be true. Falling in love and such. George RR Martin doesn't make up story like that. Just Dumd and Dumder.

    • @danielallen4450
      @danielallen4450 Před rokem

      Did they really have a cute love story though? In the show, sure. But in the books? Probably a lot more complicated, given everything we know about Rhaegar

  • @bgt2848
    @bgt2848 Před rokem +9

    “Now that we’re married we should probably send a raven so everyone stops killing each other“
    “No this is my special day I want this time to be just for us“

  • @LuanEevee
    @LuanEevee Před 6 lety +44

    Rhaegar you had ONE JOB, ONE DAMN JOB: don't. touch. a betrothed. Come on man!
    P.S. till this day I still miss good ol' Robert Baratheon, first of his name... "WHAT RHAEGAR TARGARYEN DID TO YOUR SISTER-- THE WOMAN I LOVED. I'LL KILL EVERY TARGARYEN I GET MY HANDS ON!"

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 Před 6 lety +3

      Huell Babineaux i Love this quote becuse Robert is actually a close targeryen relative.

  • @creakychair9387
    @creakychair9387 Před 4 lety +10

    "Robert will never keep to one bed ned" Cause the man you went with was very faithful?

  • @allsmiles1971
    @allsmiles1971 Před 6 lety +60

    I love you two! Y’all don’t get caught up in the hype of the masses. Keep telling the raw truth

  • @DarkMasterofCupcakes
    @DarkMasterofCupcakes Před 6 lety +29

    Honestly, even if you used the prophecy as an excuse for why Rhagar cheated on Elia (which is wrong no matter how you slice it), that still doesn't really justify him and Lyanna running off together and essentially starting a war as a result. If he really felt he needed a third child and couldn't get that from his wife, then couldn't he have just slept with any woman who wasn't already spoken for and gotten her pregnant?
    Even if the whole "Ice and Fire" thing was a factor (and considering he already seemed to have thought of his son Aegon with Elia as the Prince that was Promised, I'm not sure it was) and he felt that the mother needed to be Northern, I'd be amazed if there weren't any women in the North, highborn or low, who weren't both unspoken for, of an age to have children, and willing to sleep with the crown prince. And if Rhaegar had slept with any of them, would that have started a war? Honestly, considering it's well known that Robert had mistresses and illegitimate child following his own marriage, and historically with Aegon the Unworthy, I doubt it. Maybe if he'd brought the resulting child to King's Landing to raise, there'd be a scandal, but I don't imagine a full-on war would have broken out from Rhaegar just having an affair with someone else.

  • @markfrost9826
    @markfrost9826 Před 6 lety +53

    I just love you guys. You need to do a special video of your hate mail. If you think you “triggered“ the fan boyz folks over “Catelyn sucks”.... get ready my friends. 😎

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 6 lety +19

      We’re calling the banners as we speak.

    • @strangewayshahaha156
      @strangewayshahaha156 Před 6 lety

      I liked his vid too. It makes your kingsguard theory make even more sense as Quorins actions in these chapters puzzled me.

    • @strangewayshahaha156
      @strangewayshahaha156 Před 6 lety +3

      Posted this in the wrong place.It's meant to be a reply to your mention of Prestons schemes of the halfhand comment to Chad summerchild.

  • @markjrbessett6429
    @markjrbessett6429 Před 2 lety +15

    I love this!! Rhaegar and Lyanna are THE WORST characters in all ASOIAF. They were so irrisposible and were the cause of all the bad shit that happened before, during and after Roberts Rebellion. They are the worst characters. I know without Rheagar having an affair with Lyanna there wouldnt be a story, but fans need to stop thinking that Rhaegar was a noble prince and Lyanna was an innocent flower child, they weren't, they were selfish and stupid.

  • @kaffeestark4750
    @kaffeestark4750 Před 6 lety +47

    Love the way you tell it straight up, Lady and Ser! I’ve thought this way about Rhaegar & Lyanna for a long time. I somewhat get why people romanticize them, but I don’t believe we’ve been shown by GRRM that they deserve it. They suck...at least until GRRM tells us different.🐺

  • @tehn3085
    @tehn3085 Před 6 lety +34

    YES!! Call them out!!

  • @asongoffireandfly7911
    @asongoffireandfly7911 Před 6 lety +26

    Finally someone taking the "young star crossed lovers" fantasy and showing it for the irresponsible act that really had no other possible outcome but war given the situation, the number of witnesses, and the character of those involved. Including Oberyn Martell was great too, considering how long he harbored his desire for vengeance.

  • @riripari2042
    @riripari2042 Před 4 lety +19

    I blame Raegar for this mess more than Lyanna though she had her fair share of responsibility in this whole mess. He was the handsome prince with the world in the palm of his hands so no doubt any woman would fall for him so he had no trouble sweet talking young Lyanna who was to be wedded to someone she didn't care for. She probably saw the whole thing as some sort of fantasy of star crossed lovers. That out of all the women in the kingdom the crown prince fell for her, forget his wife and kids. He probably told her it was a loveless marriage brought out of necessity and he'd make her his true queen. Then on the other hand you have Lyanna completely throwing her wits and honor straight out of the window to foolishly run away with the *married* prince to live out some sort of fantasy and run away from responsibility. Not caring what he family or the rest of the kingdom thought of it. She judges Robert for having a bastard yet here she is running off with a married man and ruining a marriage. Neither fully considered the consequences of their actions with running off like they did. Probably thought no one would take action because they were afraid to go against the prince.

    • @jorgebersabe293
      @jorgebersabe293 Před 2 lety +5

      And that's exactly why the Rhaegar/Lyanna fans romanticize It despite being a tale of abuse, grooming and manipulation: It's wish fullfillment for them, as is the medieval equivalent of a handsome, mysterious and attractive bad boy going for the plain, insecure and awkward girl, who conveniently is "not like the other girls" and who can fix him with the power of her "love."

    • @ChocolateRuko
      @ChocolateRuko Před rokem +1

      @@jorgebersabe293 your comment is gold lol. both of them are terrible boring mary sues

  • @bgt2848
    @bgt2848 Před rokem +15

    “Robert would never remain faithful “
    “OMG Reghar is leaving his wife for me that’s so hot!”

    • @SeanLKearns
      @SeanLKearns Před 2 měsíci

      Actually how it went. She's 14. He's the prince. Of course she would.

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 Před 2 měsíci

      @@SeanLKearns Boo hoo. Zero empathy for her. It should've been her and her newborn Jon who got the Mountain, not Elia and her baby Aegon.

    • @gooby214
      @gooby214 Před 2 měsíci

      Lyanna's a disgusting putrid little hypocrite. She's overrated and absolutely unlikable and spoiled. Deserved a husband like Ramsay or as old as Walder Frey.

    • @SeanLKearns
      @SeanLKearns Před 2 měsíci

      @@gooby214 so youre mad that a 14 yr old didn't get raped?

    • @SeanLKearns
      @SeanLKearns Před 2 měsíci

      @@gooby214 so youre mad that a 14yr didn't get brutally raped and murdered?

  • @thisguy8106
    @thisguy8106 Před 6 lety +19

    Thank y'all for taking my thoughts and putting it into a video!!

  • @ivanbluecool
    @ivanbluecool Před 6 lety +75

    I never saw rhegar as a hero. If he was the father of jon. He lead to the starks losing most of thier family. At least send a message saying "decided to elope. Us banging will save the world"

    • @KhukuriGod
      @KhukuriGod Před 6 lety +4

      Plus Jon isn't all that bright either. He probably takes from his father, assuming R+L=J.

    • @ivanbluecool
      @ivanbluecool Před 6 lety +3

      KhukuriGod I see him more like ned as he sees the justice like ned and takes it into his own hands by beheading janos himself. Other people see him like a mini ned in thr books. Many like tyrion Cersie arya and even ned himself

    • @ivanbluecool
      @ivanbluecool Před 6 lety +2

      Liz Lee I like to think most visions are either lies or meant to be seen by someone else. Like blood raven gives some out to bran that may be true but bran needs to make it true by doing mental flips and others gets visions of others bad situations and perceive them as their own

    • @moomimi
      @moomimi Před 6 lety

      ivanbluecool That letter tho. 😂

  • @chadsummerchild1120
    @chadsummerchild1120 Před 6 lety +82

    About time someone knocked Rhaegar off his high horse with a lance.

  • @Infamous1892
    @Infamous1892 Před 6 lety +65

    I just dont like the fact that Rhaegar is haled as this great gallant warrior and Prince, but Robert Baratheon beat his ass on the Trident. It don't sit with me.

    • @camanah7536
      @camanah7536 Před 6 lety +15

      Shawn Shaw Robert is a fucking BEAST tho dude. & Rhaegar has no love for combat. Not much you can do to defend against a fucking hammer neither.

    • @malekiththeeternityking5433
      @malekiththeeternityking5433 Před 6 lety +8

      Camanah Rhaegar was in clad plate armour had a horse a lance and the finest sword available along with a great shield. Robert was just the better fighter and he hated Rhaegar for raping his Lyanna

    • @dremarley4388
      @dremarley4388 Před 6 lety +2

      Sir Arthur Dayne should of been at the Trident to fight instead

    • @DrowFighterMage
      @DrowFighterMage Před 6 lety +4

      Robert had a weapon that was useful against a heavily armored foe (a warhammer). Rhaegar allowed himself to face Robert too instead of hiding behind his men as he could have done. They were also on horse back in a river so Rhaegar wasn't as mobile.

    • @RealChunka
      @RealChunka Před 6 lety +9

      You can be a "great gallant warrior" and steal lose a fight. The two aren't mutually exclusive. All men must die.

  • @skylermaves7272
    @skylermaves7272 Před 6 lety +15

    Thank you, I've waited for someone to bring this up. Seriously these two had to have known that their actions would lead to war.

  • @Xxonfire1212xX
    @Xxonfire1212xX Před 6 lety +40

    Poor Robert...Damn, I really always enjoyed his character. His story was simply amazing, he was a great general and a man devoted to one woman who disliked him. He smashed the stormlords, defeated Jon Con and Rhaegar in single glorious combat...Only to be gutted by a boar. The feels man...The feels.

    • @wayne47able
      @wayne47able Před 6 měsíci

      He wasn’t devoted to one woman tho but that does not excuse her stupidity… But Robert was a pimp and let’s not act like he was not lol

  • @josefboroff3966
    @josefboroff3966 Před 6 lety +7

    Don't forget how their actions lead to the Mad King almost setting King's Landing ablaze, which forced Jamie to do the unthinkable to stop him. Now poor Jamie will forever be known as an honorless bastard because of what these two did.

  • @madambutterfly1997
    @madambutterfly1997 Před 6 lety +19

    And no one truly knew Rhaegar. Jon Con and Barristan thoughts can't be regarded at all as the truth

    • @wolfsbanealphas617
      @wolfsbanealphas617 Před 5 lety +1

      Hasan Wilson in a show called bleach a man nmaed Azien said this "Admiration is the farthest thing from understanding someone"

    • @ravenstrategist1325
      @ravenstrategist1325 Před 4 lety +1

      @@wolfsbanealphas617 *I think you meant "Lord Aizen" :)

  • @LoneWolf-xe6ye
    @LoneWolf-xe6ye Před 6 lety +10

    If your A+N=J Theory is true you gotta respect Ned honestly he has to break his heart by Marrying a woman he doesn't know instead of the one he loves then has to see horrible brutality in war lose a bunch of friends all because Lyanna couldn't keep her legs closed and even then he still helps her out and possibly have to kill his best friend when her son decides he wants to be the king.

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 6 lety +6

      Ned's story is incredibly tragic

    • @LoneWolf-xe6ye
      @LoneWolf-xe6ye Před 6 lety +5

      The Order of the Green Hand Yup while Lyannas story is plain stupid I mean look at what happened to her this way she didn't want to marry Robert because of his whoring now despite what others might say that was a very good deal considering that in that time period most women were lucky to be on friendly terms with their husbands and didn't essentially get raped at their husbands will now I know Robert was a delusional fuck but he would have worshipped Lyanna like a god I mean years after her death he is still pissing and moaning about her and over time she could have changed him old habits die hard but they die all the same.

  • @mariyumabid7330
    @mariyumabid7330 Před 3 lety +10

    Yeah apparently Lyanna didn't want Robert because he was a woamnizer but had no problem running off with a married man with kids..............

  • @MarilynRB
    @MarilynRB Před 6 lety +18

    Once again a not popular opinion, it’s f’ing honest! That’s why I love your channel; you stick to your gut and tell it for what it is. Thank you for keeping it REAL!

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 6 lety +5

      We just call things what they are. It’s amazing how angry it makes people. It’s almost as if people forget that we’re talking about fictional characters

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 Před 6 lety +59

    Helena of Troy looks cheap in comparison
    (when it comes to the damage that affair caused)
    It's kinda funny, kinda sad, but yet understandable that e.g. Ned still mourned her loss despite, although he should have known better.

    • @emiliocamachoerice6380
      @emiliocamachoerice6380 Před 6 lety +1

      Frank Castle yes she was and made fall in love by her

    • @annthompson7064
      @annthompson7064 Před 5 lety

      Nothing you said made sence if Every thing they did and said was to benefit the average person. If John is the prince that was promised than nothing more needs to be said

    • @jimsmith5250
      @jimsmith5250 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@annthompson7064??? The millions of people who died??? The horses that fell the children killed AND mother raped?? Two wars started oh and that leads to cercie and rob and Caitlyn and Ned who already had a lover....yet didn't run away like his sister who was the reason he had to marry Caitlyn since y'know she ran away which is the reason her father and brother died so Ned had to marry her??? Should Ned have run away too? Would that be ok? On top of that he took in her son after all that and raised him...that bitch is selfish and rhaegor is a fucking selfish pedo who is too blinded by prophecy to see his wife and two kids🤔 leaves them with the young knight Jamie whioe giving lyanna 3 of them?.... Dudes and asshole

  • @stefiz
    @stefiz Před 6 lety +15

    I love when you both point out obvious truth in this snarky manner! Well done!

  • @slimax4294
    @slimax4294 Před 6 lety +36

    finally someone is speaking out against the rhaegar and lyanna love story and the thought that what they did was right

  • @jamespinto1884
    @jamespinto1884 Před 6 lety +13

    The video was awesome.
    I had forgotten of her saying that back in AGOT.
    Thank you, guys!

  • @connorgolden4
    @connorgolden4 Před 6 lety +9

    One thing I hate about the fandom is that pathetic love of rhaegar and Lyanna.

  • @George-Hawthorne
    @George-Hawthorne Před 3 lety +9

    And people think Sansa was stupid.

  • @scottspa74
    @scottspa74 Před 6 lety +19

    @orderofthegreenhand I LOVE YOU guys. Also, your ned and ashara theory has so much more supporting evidence than what the books or show have given us to support R+L=J.

  • @melissasue3863
    @melissasue3863 Před 6 lety +22

    I don't always agree with you, but yet again you have made me really re-analyze my intial views as sort of drinking the GRR kool aid knowing he loves to divert our attention from underlying matters. Totally with you on Catelyn though .

  • @stillsearching1284
    @stillsearching1284 Před 6 lety +7

    Rhaegar and Lyanna both suck. Rhaegar sucks the most. I feel so bad for Elia, the children, Rickard, and Brandon.

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 Před 5 lety +2

      Still Searching to be fair brandon was kinda an idiot

  • @RobertThompson1985
    @RobertThompson1985 Před 6 lety +38

    And for this reason alone it's Ned and ashara equals jon

    • @kuricosmos
      @kuricosmos Před 6 lety +18

      Here, here! Ned goes to great lengths to protect Ashara when he could have scapegoated her to protect Jon. The real great romance had to be circumvented because of Lyanna's selfishness, resulting in Ned having to marry his brother's betrothed instead.

  • @Zarola
    @Zarola Před 6 lety +5

    Glad you guys posted this though. I got a lot of shit about thinking Rheagar was an ass for annulling the marriage in the show.
    "Dorne has no problem with bastards, its okay tralalalalala"
    Elia was stuck in Westros where they give a lot of fucks about bastards. And he abandoned her and children with his well-known (Everyone KNOWS kind of well-known) crazy, rapist, schitzo, trigger happy father.
    Rheagar being her husband was what seemed to stay Aerys II from outright snuffing her himself and just keep her hostage over Dorne.

  • @ez-xp6ff
    @ez-xp6ff Před 6 lety +8

    Can't believe such exquisite quality is made by two people only!

  • @johnathankinne3998
    @johnathankinne3998 Před 6 lety +35

    Rhaegar was a dramatic person. He had to be much less humble than he is said to be because he was so convinced that he was a prophecized legendary figure (because being heir to the 7 kingdoms wasn't enough) that he decided on a whim, well past the age boys begin training, to walk into the yard and become a badass amongst men who had been training and fighting much longer. That took resolve and conviction to get that good that fast. Then he thinks if its not him than it must be his son and since the prophecy has three in it, he has to have another child and that same resolve that made him walk into the yard and surpass everybody drove him to look for the perfect match of his own choosing, that same determination led him to organize the tourney at Harrenhal. He was single minded and obsessed with prophecy, which does make him a horrible person to a degree when it comes to the people around him, but he was also one of the people to see the first signs of the long night which means he must have been very open minded as well as intelligent and saw everything he did as a sacrifice to help prevent the long night. In fact, Rhaegar could have been the one who instilled the idea that "honor means no more than ones life and should be sacrificed if its for the good of the realm" into his kingsguard. Varys could even be hinting at the same idea from Rhaegar when he says he serves the realm. Nothing much is ever said about what kind of relationship Varys had with Rhaegar.

  • @Foralltosee1623
    @Foralltosee1623 Před 6 lety +26

    Should rename this 'The Great Lyanna and Rhaegar Roast'.

  • @pattyc.4978
    @pattyc.4978 Před 6 lety +15

    Lol... Y'all don't know how much I dance when I start to hear the theme song come on.
    I assign that song with greatness now lol.

  • @alexanderz3556
    @alexanderz3556 Před 6 lety +8

    Wow, you're going after Rhaegar and Lyanna!
    I just started the video... I'm so intrigued.

  • @Zarola
    @Zarola Před 6 lety +15

    I have heard of the Maester Conspiracy theory. I was wondering if the Maester is being truthful saying that Elia couldn't have more children. Or had a hand in why Elia was weak giving birth in the first place. Since the Maesters want Magic and Targaryean line finished, as per theory.
    Saying that his prophecy could never be completed with his wife would compel him to do something stupid like go after Lyanna.
    They saw the tourney like everyone else. Saw the snub and made a decision to mess with Reaghar's prophecy ambitions.

    • @mozart7820
      @mozart7820 Před 6 lety +3

      Zarola they cannot be trusted with anything and have their own agenda.
      Maester manipulators.

    • @mozart7820
      @mozart7820 Před 6 lety +1

      Zarola ps great theory

    • @sophiawilson8696
      @sophiawilson8696 Před 6 lety +1

      wow I heard of Maester Conspiracy but never that part that they fake Elia's condition that maybe she could have a baby again.

    • @Zarola
      @Zarola Před 6 lety +2

      Sophia Wilson Yeah. I never heard any of the theorist I've followed say anything like this. Or at least I don't think so.
      But if the Maesters had been working for a long time against magic, wouldn't they attack the prince where it hurts?
      Westros was not pleased with how Aerys II was going nutso but Rheagar was destined to take over. It was considered that Aerys would die eventually and his son would bring things back on track.
      So given the T-line had the saving grace of Rheagar, how do you fuck that up?
      Well send him on a fools errand of prophecy-making. Lyanna has some interest to him and it's well-known that the Prince is waaaaay too into some prophecy about three-headed dragon. If Rheagar came to the idea that it would be his children, its not impossible that the Citadel could have figured out his thought process.
      Which would explain why an annulment by a maester went over so easily (if it also happened in the book the same way) and was buried as a fact.
      Instead they let it fester that Lyanna was kidnapped, Rheagar is just as crazy as dad, and let most of the Great Houses tear at House Targaryean for one reason or another.
      If anything was revealed and stopped before R+L death, most would be more focused on the annulment because Rheagar is still in the wrong for requesting it and seeking out a betrothed Lyanna.
      The T-line current prince wouldn't be trusted after starting another war and Viserys (a 6yo right?) would be crowned IF the other Houses accepted it.
      Citadel mechanization would be able to hide behind that.

    • @logansmith2703
      @logansmith2703 Před 6 lety +1

      Zarola I personally don't believe the Grand Maester Conspiracy but if it were true then this could definitely be possible. Probably much more effective than anybody could guess though.

  • @thomasA5g36
    @thomasA5g36 Před 6 lety +8

    So glad there are others out there that have come to the same conclusion. Great vid as always.

  • @careyevans5126
    @careyevans5126 Před 2 lety +11

    I keep telling myself that Rhaegar didnt necessarily love lyanna he just needed a 3rd dragon born in fire and ice which I actually think he wanted another girl. The 3 who conquered Westeros were Aegon, Raeneys and Visenya. Rhaegar needed the Visenya to complete the 3. I just feel that I need to point out that he only left with Lyanna Stark was for the 3rd Dragon. Also I cant be the only one who hated the fact that Lyanna named Jon aegon even though there was already an Aegon. I cannot describe how much I hate Lyanna Stark. She basically started a war and didnt leave Rhaegar even after hearing of Her father and brothers deaths. They hid her in the tower of Joy which is situated in Dorne which is just such a slap in the face I mean Elia didnt leave and hide in The north. I hate Rhaegar and Lyanna so much. So much for Stark honor. I also think that is ironic that Lyanna didnt want to marry Robert because he already bedded another girl yet she did the same fucking thing.

  • @LaurensCorner
    @LaurensCorner Před 6 lety +42

    R/L/J peeps vs N/A/J throwing shade everywhere,... can't we just make like gladiators and fight it out with foam covered sticks?? :P ;)

    • @SHARKVADERS
      @SHARKVADERS Před 6 lety +9

      Lauren's Corner Mashoonga to the death!!!

    • @ValarMorghulis...
      @ValarMorghulis... Před 6 lety +2

      Lauren's Corner lmao...let's set it up!! 😉🙃✋

    • @truelove7407
      @truelove7407 Před 6 lety +2

      aaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha That was amazing!

  • @aka_Ingmar
    @aka_Ingmar Před 6 lety +4

    They are not only the reason for the entire Stark families demise, but basically the entire 7 kingdoms

  • @meridianmormont665
    @meridianmormont665 Před 6 lety +26

    I've never been able to understand the pedastool that people put these two idiots on. Great work as always guys. Love and hugs ♥️♥️♥️♥️🐻🐻🐻🐻

    • @scottnewton2620
      @scottnewton2620 Před 6 lety +2

      Did Rhaegar put Lyanna on his paedo stool , blokes a nonce

    • @karimam1275
      @karimam1275 Před 6 lety +3

      Simple...people always idealize romance!

  • @intellectelite
    @intellectelite Před 6 lety +16

    You guys should write a book

  • @hellhammerCCCP
    @hellhammerCCCP Před 6 lety +21

    Homewrecker!

  • @obsidian00
    @obsidian00 Před 6 lety +34

    They really DO suck...great job as always you two.

  • @Brianmiguelroman
    @Brianmiguelroman Před 6 lety +4

    FINALLY SOMEONE HAD TO CALL OUT THE BULLSHIT.

  • @MrFirextinguisher
    @MrFirextinguisher Před 6 lety +16

    Hahahaha oh god, much needed and Greatly appreciated

    • @MrFirextinguisher
      @MrFirextinguisher Před 6 lety

      Everything you said in this video, is exactly what I would argue that rhaegar is a creep to my friend who is a R+L=J enthusiast

  • @joeastbury8032
    @joeastbury8032 Před 6 lety +8

    Damn Right! Elia Martell for Queen Regent of his Grace, Aegon Targaryen, King of the Andels, The First Men and the Rhoynar, Lord of th Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm.

  • @brendanfechter4889
    @brendanfechter4889 Před 6 lety +24

    Oberyn was the one restraining Brandon sayin "let's have our revenge served cold for the dishonor done to our sisters." Brandon was too impulsive.

    • @allyriastark3508
      @allyriastark3508 Před 6 lety +4

      Brendan Fechter Oberyn is hot headed too and he was pissed when he witnessed what Rhaegar did.

    • @brendanfechter4889
      @brendanfechter4889 Před 6 lety +5

      Ik I'm jokin. We don't know how he reacted or what if anything Oberyn did. That's why it's such a good question bc he'd def be heated

    • @allyriastark3508
      @allyriastark3508 Před 6 lety +2

      Brendan Fechter I wish they beat the birdy boy in an alley

    • @fightingmedialounge519
      @fightingmedialounge519 Před 7 měsíci

      @@brendanfechter4889 I'm pretty sure Oberon is wasn't there at all.

  • @nicolehash42
    @nicolehash42 Před 6 lety +17

    Hilarious...it would make such a better tale if n+a=j but on the other hand we have the power of hindsight still keeping my fingers crossed that the great grrm has duped the world...love your vids and keep up the amazing work

  • @brothaantone8286
    @brothaantone8286 Před 2 lety +6

    So, basically what y’all saying is that, Lyanna Stark was okay with being the prince’s side-chick. lol

  • @gameinspection4999
    @gameinspection4999 Před 2 lety +8

    Great video. I know this video is old but no matter what plausible scenario I try to think of nothing makes sense for their actions.
    One Theory is that Aerys found out Lyanna was the knight of the laughing tree and tried to kill her and Rhegar abducted her to save her. But that falls apart because Rheagar took Lyanna when she was on her way to Riverrun for Catelyn and Brandon's marriage. He could have easily escorted her there and told everyone the situation. With the kingsguard and Lyanna to vouch for him he could have won over the north and Riverlands in one move and started his rebellion against his father.
    The second theory is that they didn't have time which is bullshit. The rebellion lasted about a year. Rhaegar could have EASILY have told SOMEONE the situation if everything was consensual.
    And the last theory that kind of backs up what Robert believes is what happened on the trident. Or rather what DIDNT happen. Before battle you have the opportunity to discuss peace terms, parlay, send a message etc. If Lyanna came willingly Rhaegar could have EASILY have told ned the situation and even have told him where she was. But none of that happened. So this leads me to believe there might actually be some truth to Robert's story. Cause if there isn't then well. Lyanna is just a hypocrite and a sociopath.

  • @krakentacos
    @krakentacos Před 6 lety +3

    You guys truly do the best vids. This is such a continuous subject. God job as always!!!

  • @emresaladin2164
    @emresaladin2164 Před 6 lety +12

    2 videos within a week .. R'hllor truly has heard my prayer..
    I love how you just call it like it is, "She had him whacked because she was fucking her twin brother" 🤣🤣

    • @TheOrderoftheGreenhand
      @TheOrderoftheGreenhand  Před 6 lety +2

      Hahaha. It’s unreal what she did to poor Robert!

    • @emiliocamachoerice6380
      @emiliocamachoerice6380 Před 6 lety

      Emre Saladin they released the other if they did I didn't get that notification and I have the bell on was it doran because that was on Saturday

    • @emresaladin2164
      @emresaladin2164 Před 6 lety +1

      The Order of the Green Hand True ! I feel like Robert's story is one of the saddest one in the entire series, I mean he became a shell of what he once was and lost so much. But he was also kind of a cunt against Stannis tho ..

    • @emresaladin2164
      @emresaladin2164 Před 6 lety +1

      Emilio Camacho Erice Yeah man sometimes I dont get the notification as wel .. really irritating

    • @emiliocamachoerice6380
      @emiliocamachoerice6380 Před 6 lety

      Emre Saladin or when it randomly unsubscribes you

  • @beamerball666
    @beamerball666 Před 6 lety +12

    A man sees a new Order Of The Greenhand video, a man watches, a man clicks like

  • @ladyszechuan8934
    @ladyszechuan8934 Před 6 lety

    I love the way you guys approach the story, as a whole not just this one. Im so happy to find this channel!

  • @micah06v8
    @micah06v8 Před 6 lety +9

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!! It burns me up when people go on about how in love they were...destroying an entire kingdom and getting thousands of people (including your own brothers & father); along with Elia thrown to the curb like a sack of garbage does NOT make them people to be idolized and fauned over! I've always thought them to be obscenely selfish and POS's.

  • @Darksnovia
    @Darksnovia Před 5 lety +18

    For this reason alone is why I don't want these idiots being Jon's parents he deserves better than a bunch irresponsible people that caused the death of half a kingdom this is why I'm anti L+ R J until its stated in the books themselves not the show because that's fanfiction I will consider N+A=J Canon until it stated otherwise.

  • @btaybreadtastic
    @btaybreadtastic Před 6 lety +9

    You two rock. Ballsy and confident. Lack of speculation. Woof keep on keepin on!

  • @scottmerryman
    @scottmerryman Před rokem +2

    Yep. This is still my favorite video y'all have ever produced. *chefs kiss*

  • @corneliaechzeller8042
    @corneliaechzeller8042 Před 6 lety +5

    Great video - many thanks. And I couldn't agree more. It was about time someone pointed all these things out.

  • @abirdhasnoname.5376
    @abirdhasnoname.5376 Před 6 lety +27

    Love your videos!
    Love Grey Area but she posted an anti N+A=J video and it was nonsense. She said “they wouldn’t change the story from the book that dramatically” but like, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE STUFF THEY CHANGED ALREADY? The whole dorne story. Aegon. Everything!

    • @allyriastark3508
      @allyriastark3508 Před 6 lety +9

      The Valonqar true, George said annulment or divorces aren't a thing in his world but smh R is able to do that? Behind his wife's back?

    • @abirdhasnoname.5376
      @abirdhasnoname.5376 Před 6 lety +2

      allyria stark idk. Maybe she knew. Or he was a dirtbag. Lol

    • @rd0676
      @rd0676 Před 6 lety +18

      People that use the show for evidence of R+L=J, forget that in the show Podrick is a sex god. The 2 are different

    • @usazambia
      @usazambia Před 6 lety +1

      Her post included a link where GRRM told the NYTimes D&D got Jon’s parents right. Now what?

    • @matthiuskoenig3378
      @matthiuskoenig3378 Před 6 lety +9

      except they could have chosen to portray his parents differently from the book, i mean who would spoil the book. maybe they guessed N+A=J but either chose or were adviced to change it for simplicity and to avoid spoilers. remember they guessed correctly before they made the show.

  • @FishBoneD14
    @FishBoneD14 Před 6 lety +14

    I mean we all like Aegon though right so at least we don't have to visit the sins of the father on the son who we totally agree is a good kid.

  • @KingofWannada
    @KingofWannada Před 6 lety +14

    These two are a nightmare

  • @alienazed
    @alienazed Před 6 lety +5

    i can’t fathom the way people romanticise these two. like?? to put it simple, in the books AND show it is stated that he married ELIA MARTELL and already had TWO kids with her, and we all know ONLY a king could annul a marriage (King Henry had to build his church for that) and this?? so much shame for this couple. i’d congratulate Robert for his victory at Trident. Robert, you’re doing amazing, sweetie!

    • @allyriastark3508
      @allyriastark3508 Před 6 lety +2

      Scarlet I can't believe both Ned & Ashara and this couple met at Harrenhal but Ned & Ashara two young single people weren't allowed happiness because of these two run away... And the show also tell us children of R& Elia were named Rhaenys and Aegon and their horrible murder thorough Thoros when he talks about House Clegane being built on dead children sigh they erase innocent children and a woman from the show because they can't romantise R&L

    • @alienazed
      @alienazed Před 6 lety +1

      allyria stark THATS IT!!!! this is such a huge stupidity coming from them-not only they caused Elia and her children to die, but they brought WARS to come! how many people died during Robert’s Rebellion? they murdered their Houses! and how many people left ‘tortured’ for the rest of their lives? Robert’s marriage cracked, Ned lying to everybody for the stupid promise, Viserys and Dany living like criminals, and eventually the infamous Game of Thrones among 9 Houses and more. i do not blame GRRM for this bc he hasn’t revealed anything yet of the annulment (yet it doesn’t change the fact that R is a moron), but i do say ‘WTF’ when i watched the show. really. as if underrating Sand Snakes and butchering Ellaria’s characters aren’t enough, now they cut ELIA, AEGON VI, and RHAENYS out of the story so this foolish RLJ could happen. personally i think it would be better if J stays as a bastard. but noooo :( anyway excuse me for the temper, talking about Elia always makes me lose it :(((