What If Rhaenyra Was Born A Boy? (House Of The Dragon)

The main issue raised when it came to Rhaenyra inheriting her fathers throne was on the account of her gender. For hundreds of years in Westeros by tradition and precedent a son usually comes before a daughter. This was the belief with Rhaenys "The Queen Who Never Was" as it now is to some when it comes to Queen Rhaenyra. But what if the King daughter had been a son all along?
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[@Cyrax219]

He would rule. No dance

[@joaoferreira3007]

Well, maybe he could dance, many kings have danced, unless it he passed a law like footloose.

[@SilSolo]

Who knows maybe under the advice of a bored Daemon he starts a different dance with Dorne thinking he can win with more dragons than what Aegon had. Then he loses all but one of his kids in the said dance, goes mad and is poisoned

[@jao_lives_with_tao4959]

That would be rlly interesting cuz there would still be dragons and with the dragons there is usually more conflict so there would be some sort of dance but later on with other Targaryens

[@jamien368]

daemon would disagree with you, there will be war between him and daemon for the throne, only reason daemon has rhaenyra's back 8s because he gets to be king if she's the queen.

[@joshuaadams6565]

@@jamien368 Nah. He had many chances to take the throne and didn’t. He wouldn’t have married Laena (who had Vhagar) and just go east instead of conquering the throne. He was fine not sitting on the throne.

[@matheusdemello2323]

What if King Viserys Targaryen only have daughters with Alicent Hightower? What would Otto do in this scenario?

[@jacksmith7660]

This!

[@hopekeeley2122]

I read a fanfic about this once. Didn’t get to the actual conclusion yet but the idea was solid. Good story too.

[@sankarkrishnan407]

Otto made a suitable marriage alliance with Jacareys and the first daughter of Alicent. What else he can do.

[@elizabethclarence3817]

@@hopekeeley2122what was the name and author pls?🫶

[@davisiotta489]

it was literally what I mentioned in one of my comments, I really want to see him develop this scenario

[@brittanyrae5771]

It’s funny how it’s Otto saying she’s a woman so she can’t rule when it was Otto who pushed for her to be heir to begin with, because the thought of Daemon being the heir made him nearly shit his britches.

[@ACinemafanatic]

Plus remember she saved him from daemon and when she did that he saw that she had the potential of being a great ruler and he couldn’t have that because he wants his kin and blood on the throne so he can easily control him and Otto would be the true ruler of the seven kingdoms. Everything that Otto did it backfires and I love it and folks call him smart when he’s an idiot for doing what he did to spite Dameon and Dameon has experience in war and he’s ruthless so Otto is basically a coward

[@nathanielregan289]

He only expected her to be a place holder. Had he not pushed the king to make Rhaenyra Heir then it would have naturally changed from Daemon to Aegon

[@brittanyrae5771]

@@nathanielregan289 the timing of it is ridiculous too - I can’t remember if the timing was the same in F&B, but pushing that right after Aemma’s death and then moments later pushing Alicent on the king…. Very poor foresight.

[@nathanielregan289]

@brittanyrae5771 Otto simply never considered it ever possible in such a misogynistic world that the king would choose his daughter over a son it was inconceivable to him especially since Viserys gained his crown on the weakness of a woman claim. Though I think a part of Viserys though that if he named Aegon Heir Daemon would kill Aegon which is probably true and he probably wanted Aemma Arryn line to live on

[@Anime5189]

What if Aemond let Aegon run away?

[@2007VolkswagenJetta]

This tho!!!!

[@user-dl2hu3wq6h]

I never understood why aemond said he is second in line because aegon had children by that point in the show

[@SolarDragon007]

@@user-dl2hu3wq6h They were way too young to rule, so Aemond would probably rule as regent.

[@thegreatpage5912]

@@SolarDragon007 That would be the only thing he could do. But even still the regent would most likely be Otto himself instead of Aemond.

[@SolarDragon007]

@thegreatpage5912 I don't think Aemond would let anyone else be regent, including Otto. He's the second oldest son of the previous king, and he has Vhagar.

[@Ebony_Darkness]

rhaenicent is canon in all timelines based

[@flayron5514]

Rhaenicent fan + edelgard fan so true bestie

[@Ebony_Darkness]

@@flayron5514i only have the best opinions

[@user-dl2hu3wq6h]

What if rhaenyra was more subtle with making illegitimate children and chose daemon or a velaryon nephew to make children with?

[@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193]

Still would’ve been a dance. Otto didn’t give a shit they were bastards

[@thegreatpage5912]

@@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 It likely wouldn't have come up if the bastards where silver haired black children. But Rhaenyra being a woman was the only pretense needed for him to go to war.

[@lemonadelemon1960]

Well, since they changed the skin tone of the valaryeons having a white child would clue them in. And even if she chose a valeryon, the person would have to keep quiet and if that person told anyone, that person could black mail Rhanera to keep her secret.

[@nathanielregan289]

There are 1000s of dragon seeds on dragonstone and driftmark. Surly there was one who was a steward or a sir who she could have choosen

[@baswar]

What if he took alicent as a mistress and married the seasnake's daughter? then the delayed dance might the beloved Hightower older bastards vs younger legitimate grandchildren

[@lemonadelemon1960]

Otto would never allow his daughter to mother bastards. Knowing that bastards have no right to inherit he’d force her to drink moon tea.

[@animejerk05]

A Nobel lady who launched a rebellion when she learned her husband was breaking a thousand years of established customs does not want to be a mistress

[@Goldenfly737]

Alicent is not stupid, indecent and shameless like Rhaenyra to put bastards on throne.

[@riverofwailing4075]

⁠chill it's fiction

[@SilSolo]

@@Goldenfly737alicent isn’t but Aemond might have his own ideas. Let’s say of the legitimate children we have Rhaenyra, Rhaena and Baela. All girls. Then Aegon, Aemond, Helaena and Daeron are the bastards. Aegon is still a threat bc he’s the oldest son but he’s content being a bastard rich boy. Helaena being just a bastard daughter is given to the faith. So in this version it’s an even more pronounced game of boys vs girls.

[@darkphoenix3347]

Alicent/ aegon potential children. Helaena Aemond Daeron Visenya Laena/aegon potential children Viserys Daella Alyssa Jaehaerys Alysanne Baelon

[@94mp99]

In this scenario, I'm pretty sure mRhaenyra and Alicent will have at least five children, like they will be the new version of Jaehaerys and Alysanne. And the dragons that have an important role in the Dance, like Sunfyre, Tessarion, Vermax, and Arrax, will be mRhaenyra and Alicent's children's dragon for sure, or maybe they would go claim the unride dragon like Vermithor, Silverwing, and Dreamfyre.

[@cholgak939]

Nice bid, I was wondering if you were do a part two to the other ones and are you gonna do og game of thrones what ifs?

[@user-wm1zi7mk6p]

Dude, I want my part two of what if Strong’s were actually Laenor’s.

[@bizarreconvos]

Could you make part 2?

[@carastone3473]

He would rule and no one would question it because...sexism. Also, Aemma might still be alive because she may not have gone through so many subsequent pregnancies in an attempt to "give" Viserys a male heir if he already had one. (Of course, they always wanted "an heir and a spare" to be on the safe side.) Also, if Aemma had lived, Otto wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to shove Alicent toward Viserys. No marriage to Alicent = no dance.

[@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193]

He still would’ve wanted more heirs just as when he named Rhaenyra. He told her he had to make more heirs he couldn’t just leave the line to one person in case she died.

[@thegreatpage5912]

Otto would have most likely placed Alicent in front of male Rhaenyra instead of Viserys.

[@carastone3473]

@@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 Yes, I mentioned that.

[@carastone3473]

@@thegreatpage5912 True!

[@darriuscole8544]

​@@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 - If Rhaenyra had been a boy, then he could have helped his parents. As far as succession is concerned a male grandchild born to the king's oldest male child as good, actually better, than the reigning king having a second son. A 15-year old male Rhaenyra could have married a 15 year-old still female Alicent and started knocking her up then. Every child born to her would take pressure off of Aemma. If she had a healthy boy then there would be 2 generations of unquestionable succession alive after Viserys, thus no succession crisis.

[@lasloapollo4312]

Even if MaleRhaenyra was boinking Daemon they would never have childeren together so that would not matter. The best thing Daemon could do is to get one of is daughters to either marry MaleRhaenyra or get a baby from him. A great bastard.

[@thethoughtfulrenegade]

What if Daemon was named Heir & Viserys never remarried

[@ImperatorMatthew]

The Seven Kingdom would be completely and utterly destroyed, Aegon The Conqueror and Jaehaerys The Conciliator would strangle Daemon and Viserys in the afterlife.

[@josiahdavistv1216]

​@@ImperatorMatthew I actually think deamon will be a good king

[@user-dl2hu3wq6h]

What if jacaerys was a girl? Would rhaenyra suggest a marriage proposal between female jacaerys and aegon??

[@livelovelife32]

Oh! fascinating idea! female jacaerys would need to be legitimate though or no dice. But the Hightowers may have backed down as Aegon would be assured of being King after Rhaenyra. The realm would have viewed it as Rhaenyra acknowledging and righting the misguidedness of her father when she got the opportunity. It would have won her much approval from the older houses and make her rule easier.

[@igorlopes7589]

​@@livelovelife32Rhaenyra needs Corlys' support as much as she needs air to breathe (because he is the only one who can really expose her), so there is a possibility femJaecaerys would marry a Velaryon. Maybe Corlys will push Laena into having a boy to the point it causes her death earlier, but if she manages to get a boy the boy will marry femJacaerys beyond any doubt.

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

@@livelovelife32 But if Lucerys and Joffrey are still born, they or their descendants might still claim the throne later on.

[@dellavonta187]

Naw he would marry the dirftmark girl

[@i0xiaY]

Another what if: What if Rhaenyra stayed the same, but Alicent was born a man. I feel like it could really change the amount of drama regarding Rhaenyra’s story and bring some interesting threads into the story

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

Then Viserys would probably marry Laena, which is VERY interesting.

[@i0xiaY]

@@KaiHung-wv3ul It sounds fascinating and there might be a video about it already! I myself though was more curious about Otto suggesting that male!Alicent to marry Rhaenyra 👀👀

[@ifeeldead463]

​@@i0xiaY i think they'd agree to it. I mean, even if they have no romantic feelings towards each other, marrying your best friend is better than marrying a stranger. Tho, I imagine M!Alicent would insist for at least one child between them (with Rhaenyra's full consent of course) and he wouldnt be on board to an open marriage, even if he isnt in love with Rhaenyra.

[@darkphoenix3347]

Hey, heres the thing. If they did have more children lets just say when aemma was pregnant in the great councils that Babe lives its a girl she is rhaenyra, and then later on aemma last pregnancy is baelon and both him and aemma live both live. We have aegon as heir baelon as the spare and rhaenyra is still the realms delight. aegon claims sunfyre Rhaenyra still has syrax Baelon claims tesserion

[@darriuscole8544]

1. Male-Rhaenyra would inherit unchallenged. 2. The 3 bastards Rhae-gon had by "Helen Strong" would not be in line to inherit anything. 3. Rhae-gon would have children by his gay spouse, because the duty to "get it up" would fall on the person who is not gay. 4. Rhae-gon would still not get to choose his bride, just like Rhaenyra didn't. The best match is still to join with house Velaryon, just with Laena instead of Laenor.

[@mcbeaty3971]

Rhaenyra did have to opportunity to chose her husband she just mucked it up 🤭

[@Progamerr_06]

4:20 dose anyone know where that clip is from

[@94mp99]

Game of Thrones Season 2, I guess, as it's Maester Luwin and Theon in Greyjoy outfit in the room

[@DunaEider93]

Well then Nyra would have marry Alicent instead and none of the nonsence would have happen Joy for everyone except Daemon 😊😊

[@MarkStorey-dc4tm]

Interesting as ever. Alternatively if this Aegon shared canon Rhaenyra's preference for men he might marry someone who's open to the sort of relationship she had with Laenor. In this scenario you'd have something like the ASOIAF plot-line where the king's "legitimate" children aren't his. Except this time the king would be well aware of this and no more bothered than Laenor was in HotD.

[@mandoslore]

What if Daemon and Rhea Royce had a son?

[@tanoshiofm3852]

Actually in the book, Daemon was cold towards Aegon, Aemond and Daeron because they displaced him in the line of succession. So, Daemon would be cold towards this timeline's Aegon.

[@Maegorthecrueltargaryen]

What if rhaenyra married quoren martell and untited dorne with westeros

[@94mp99]

Then Rhaenyra will have Dorne at her side during the Dance, as I still think the Dance will still happen. And Dorne will definitely be one of the first, if not, the first, great house to declare their support on Rhaenyra, not just because they're now related, but also because Dorne's own law that allow a woman to inherit. With Dorne on Rhaenyra's side, I think the Blacks will have more advantage than the Greens because they will completely control the Narrow Sea (assuming the Velaryons also declare for Rhaenyra), that including Stepstones, and consider that Dorne was the only kingdom that successfully avoid Aegon the Conqueror's invasion, their strategies on war would be very much help for the Blacks. And Dorne will be Rhaenyra's main force against Oldtown and Storm's End.

[@Maegorthecrueltargaryen]

This would also give more legitimacy as she and viserys would have united dorne with the rest of the seven kingdoms somthing aegon the conqueror failed to do

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

@@94mp99 I think more houses in the Reach would support Aegon in this timeline, because of their resentment of Dorne, so this means that Daeron could potentially link up with Criston and Aemond earlier on in the Dance..

[@RoseGoldSerpent]

I know it was rejected out of spite, but I always thought it would have been smart to wed Helena to Lucaerys (can't spell hope that's right lol) I know that there's the offense of marrying 'bastards' but they're still targaryean (again spelling not my strongest ability) and it would have just ended so many problems, it probably would have caused loads too but it would have eased the immediate issues surrounding the throne.

[@94mp99]

It's Jacaerys whom Rhaenyra proposed to bethrot with Helaena, not Lucerys. As Jacaerys is Rhaenyra's eldest child, and subsequently, her heir to the Iron Throne.

[@sivtea]

What if Daemon was king? Idk if Viserys died early and named him as successor or was never born, Deamon vs Rhaenys, Laenor vs Baela and Rhaena who in this timeline would probably be Visenya wich he had with Rhea Royce or he get rid of her and married young Rhaenyra, or somehow he will be forced by Otto to marry Alicent, or he will end up with Amma.......

[@JayBell6676]

Part 2 ?

[@IceAlvaro13]

Yes, I think a Boy Rhaenyra (Aegon) would marry with Alicent if the two had spent two many time together in the past...in any case, there would no be any dance.

[@GbyP]

Alicent would have a teenage pregnancy bc of male Rhaenyra so they would have to get married.

[@itachi1403]

Only potential conflict I see here is with the Velaryons of they feel insulted that mRhaenyra doesn't marry Laena but even that might not be likely. In terms of dragons they have the advantage (meleys, seasmoke, vhagar vs Caraxes and Syrax) but the the support of the realm will be with the Targaryens. Only house baratheon and the stormlands would back the Velaryons

[@BleedingGrafitti]

Assuming everything goes the same, male Rhaenyra would most certainly choose Alicent as his Queen. And it'd actually be one of the few rare happy marriages, and she'd embrace her role and motherhood. The two were already in love in the real story (confirmed by actors). I can see them being the new Jaeherys and Allysane. If only...

[@darriuscole8544]

Yeah, but Viserys would almost certainly choose Laena Velaryon for male Rhaenyra (hereafter referred to as "Rhaemond"). Corlys is still there, still rich, and still has a navy. His daughter is a better match.

[@BleedingGrafitti]

​@@darriuscole8544 That's a good point. But I'm betting that Viserys would spoil him more than female Rhaenyra, and give the option to choose his own wife. He did the same for Rhaenyra. He only chose for her when she acted too bratty and was rude to all her suitors.

[@darriuscole8544]

@@BleedingGrafitti - No way does a man spoil his son more than he spoils his daughter. Spoiling kids seems to cut across genders more. Still, Vis may have let him choose his own wife which may well have been Alicent. As I understand it, Alicent is supposed to be knockout gorgeous and a bit of a genetic freak in that she never loses her looks or figure no matter how many kids she has.

[@darkphoenix3347]

Potential dragons aegon could have. Aegon could have syrax like in cannon, or he could claim vermathor after jaehaerys dies. Or he could claim vhagar after vhagar before laena does. Laena could have syrax

[@jordanlane870]

What if daemon and caraxes lived

[@Nanakaririka]

Alicent would have still tried one way or the other to put her sons on the throne it's would just be harder for you

[@marlenewaldron4690]

I don't think maleRhae would marry Alicent. I absolutely believe that he'd marry Laena Valeryon, not only to mend any bad blood but also because it's the Valyrian way. Rarely did Targaryens marry outside of the family; only when there were no viable mates in the family of the opposite gender would they marry outside of the old blood. Aegon the Unlikely married Betha because he was the fourth son of the fourth son and he believed that the inbreeding was bad. It didn't stop his son from marrying his daughter even though they were both betrothed to other Houses. I think maleRhae would have married Laena in a heartbeat.

[@Elsneakakaze]

Male Rhaenyra just marries allicent and they get down and have 11 kids

[@lemonadelemon1960]

If she had been born a boy, Alicent would still think her son deserved to be king. So he’d have an “accident” that would put aegon on the throne.

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

But Viserys won't remarry since he won't be so desperate for a male heir.

[@notapplicable1296]

Pause at 8 mins. There will still be a Hightower queen just married to Aegon cause the kings a fool who doesn't recognize the snake his hand is

[@elinakangas571]

What if King Viserys was healthy and lived let's say 20 years longer? Still Dance but later on.

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

More dragons, more devastation.

[@mathewdean3334]

What if aemond survived his battle with damon, just him, not vhagar orcwith vhagar

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

How? He fell from hundreds of meters in the sky into a lake while being chained to a massive dragon.

[@mathewdean3334]

@KaiHung-wv3ul I know it's improbable, but what if he was not chained or stabed and jumped off closer to the water

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

@@mathewdean3334 That'll be interesting. He would be king by that point, and could rally the Baratheons, Lannisters, and Hightowers to continue the Dance.

[@jjosifovic]

No dance n Male Rhaenyra will probably marry Alicent. N Daemon will still kill his first wife n marry the sea snake daughter

[@debamlyabanerjee4067]

What if that boar killed rhaneyra in kingswood What if corlys refused rhaneyras bastards

[@94mp99]

For the first one, it's simple, if the boar kill Rhaenyra, Aegon will become the new heir as he's the second in line after Rhaenyra.

[@samacadaniel6]

Most of your what ifs are fine. This one is not…. The answer to the question is that just would not be any story 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@prettynerd4779]

Otto would have her killed immediatky

[@94mp99]

I don't think so, since Otto's main mindset is just man over woman, and he is not that bloodthirsty (unlike Tywin or Cersei, for example), has Rhaenyra born a boy, Otto would probably not try to usurp him by put Alicent to Viserys. Instead, like the video said, Otto might rather try to match Alicent to Male-Rhaenyra.

[@PhillW2406]

These "what ifs" are getting pathetic now. You are literally stating the obvious.

[@s-core8087]

Not gonna lie: dumbest question since “what if Rheagar didn’t die and named Jim his heir” then the war that followed because this happened wouldn’t have happened and the story wouldn’t be the story. Dislike

[@Chinchilla2310]

Yeah this is such a boring video. Offers nothing that wouldn’t be obvious through common sense, constantly repeats himself, nothing creative, and it’s just dog shit commentary. Pointless video.

[@leahschuetz5621]

-What if Viserys never remarried. Either he has no relationship with Alicent or instead takes her as his mistress making Aegon, Aemond, and Heleana his bastards. -What if Rhaenyra had a good relationship with her siblings. -What if Rhaenyra married a Hightower (one of Otto’s sons or more horrifyingly Otto himself).