What If Aemma Lived? (House Of The Dragon) 

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Most likely one of Otto Hightower's sons.

Daemon would not be rightful heir. Daughters over uncles. Just like Vaemond still wouldn’t get driftmark due to his two nieces. But in the books, Vaemond was Corlys’s nephew. So he would have a claim then. But now as they changed the relationship between the two men.

@@lemonadelemon1960 Sorry I didn't phrase that well. What I meant was the very recent precedent of the Council that made Viserys king excluded Rhaenys even though she was the daughter of the king's elder son. This combined with Westerosi suspicions of female rulers would have made it hard to muster a case for Rhaenyra. There was nothing to make her claim stronger than Rhaenys'. If they followed the daughter's over uncles logic Rhaenys' claim was stronger than Rhaenyra's. If you accepted the Council's verdict as a precedent Daemon's claim was stronger than either of them..

​@@lemonadelemon1960Actually the way it works Daemon would still be heir. Remember how after Prince Aemond died, his daughter was passed over as heir in favor of her uncle Baelon, and later, after Baelor the Blessed died, he was succeeded by his Uncle Viserys over his sisters.

He had the illness before she died though

He had leprosy, definitely before he killed his wife

Didn't he get the cut from the throne when he banished Daemon? That was after Aemma died.

Considering Daemon is there, he’d act before Viserys could comprehend anything but shock and grief and slaughter anyone with Hightower blood! Jace would become king.

This is the only answer. Daemon would kill them all. It would be a massacre with the greens against every single person in that castle. And a good fighter Cripsy may be but as we saw during this scene he can certainly be stopped if up against the right person. The Hightowers in Oldtown won't even be able to object to the ending of that branch because Alicent attacked and killed the heir without any physical provocation. I know many people are team green and I see both sides but if Alicent, in her justifiable anger, had murdered the heir to the throne in cold blood nobody would be able to save her from the consequences @@mellowenglishgal

At the very least, Daemon maims Allicent if not straight up kill her which would force Viserys to snap out of the shock and get Daemon to stand down. Daemon would be put on trial and if Otto didnt get murdered, he would use this as an opportunity to properly get rid of Daemon, its just that now its deeply personal. Alternatively, Otto's son would be the one to try and get Daemon executed so he can avenge his father and sister

Easy, she‘d be the literal undisputed heir. Sure, they‘d still be some troubles with Daemon, but there‘d be no doubt that Rhaenyra is the undisputed heir. Viserys would still remarry, as he needs a spare too, in case anything happened to the original heir, but it would be made very clear to Aegon that he most likely won’t get to rule. Also, Otto may have pushed for Alicent to become Rhaenyra‘s wife, as they‘d be very close in age.

@@getolde7966 oh deffo otto would push for alicent to marry the now male heir

Rhaenyraes? 😮

If Rhaenyra were born male, Viserys likely wouldn't have pushed Aemma to keep trying for a male heir, so Aemma probably wouldn't have died in childbirth at all

In all honesty I don’t see that happening for a couple reasons. One because Viserys loves Aemma too much. I mean years after her death he never got over her even when he got remarried and had more kids. I think he’d see it as slap in the face to her by keeping her around while he slept with someone else. There’s also the idea that even though the realm loves the Targaryens they’ve risen against them before for things like this. When Maegor The Cruel had his reign of terror he had six wives, marrying multiple women at the same time and him marrying multiple women made him some enemies. So Viserys, unlike his brother Daemon, would probably do everything thing he could to distance himself from the image of Maegor. So I don’t think he’d risk it. Especially since his character pretty much makes it his mission to avoid conflict.

@@TheEmpyreanSpeaks Yeah I think Viserys would be apprehensive to do this, he doesn't want to step on anybody's toes and this obviously would have some backlash albeit likely less then the Faith Militant rising up against Aenys/Maegor. Obviously his love for Aemma is huge but if she is adamant on not having another child, I think Viserys's dragon dreams might push him over the edge and could lead him to the mindset of taking another wife. Not to mention I can see Daemon and Corlys being little devils on his shoulders badgering him to do so and backing this. Curious to see how the lords of Westeros would respond, I am sure the smallfolk would riot but I think they might get over it eventually after the heir grows up, riots are put down and the fear of dragons. Maybe Aemma continues to think she failed Viserys and her duty as Queen/Wife which may even lead her to looking the other way for Viserys to marry another. Like you said the Targaryen line was very thin at the time., so desperate measures might have been in order to provide more heirs.

​@@smittypwnznope Viserys will never set aside Aemma if she lives also Visery is ready to give up the Dragon Dreams when he named Rhaenyra as his Heir even when he had multiple male heir he never falter of his choosing so your opinion about Visery believe in Dreams is weak he will never follow it.

@@mikered1974 it’s not setting aside Aemma, it’s not like they are divorcing or she is being sent to be a Septa or Silent Sister. Also the main reason Viserys names Rhaenyra heir is because Aemma dies in childbirth, if she doesn’t die he probably wouldn’t name her heir atleast not as soon. Also Targaryens are plagued by their dragon dreams who is to say Viserys would set his aside so easily.

@@smittypwnz YOU REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. 1.) It say in the Video " What if Aemma lived in that Childbirth but Baelon still Die. 2.)Visery will never set aside Aemma. 3.) in Westeros both the Faith of Seven and adherent from Old Gods in the North Considered Polygamy & Divorce as a Taboo. 4.) Any Children born from Extra-marital affair because Polygamy is Illegal in Westeros are Considered Bastards in Westeros that has no Right in the claim of the Throne even those Legitimized Bastards. 5.) Rhaenyra is not named because her Mother Died it because theres no other alternative male heir other than Daemon which is Visery is Pissed off. 6.) Visery literally set aside the Dream when he named Rhaenyra his Heir. DO YOUR HOMEWORK BUDDY.

I feel like Daemon would still get caught making that "heir for a day" Joke and pissing Viserys off.

Her mother Daella was too frightened of dragons to claim one. Aemma was born an Arryn, and her mother died in childbirth. King Jaehaerys also wanted to limit the number of dragon riders since he had so many children. (Honestly, if Saera had a dragon, she'd probably be flying all the time instead of bullying her sisters and sleeping around.)

Yes, as was incredibly common for the modernization level of the 'time' this story takes place in. Many people, especially the youthfulness of the group who make and watch videos like this have never faced childbirth and have no real frame of reference.

I think when people talk about Aemma being sacrificed it is all of the pregnancies overall. He has forced her, like he forces Alicent to have a son until she literally died. It was just more direct with the c-section.

Not necessarily, you could mutilate the baby's body and take it out piece by piece, that's what the midwife of my grandma's little town had to do once. Thats why the sept asks Viserys to make that choice: because there IS a choice, otherwise they would save the king the pain of taking this choice (now, it's still posible for Aemma to die of infection, but given the high mortality of infants it's difficult to know who would have a better chance).

@@karinamasso7948 No, nobody tended to survive 'Caesareans' until hundreds of years later. This show is like the 1200's-1400's. C sections where mom lives was with any regularity wasn't until the end of the 1700s. And even then it was dicey. They didn't have understanding of internal anatomy with any expertise until way into the Industrial Age.

@@itsmainelyyou5541 I didn't mention cesareans though. What I mean is that they could introduce a hand in the birth canal and remove the baby that way (piece by piece, of course and with the possibility that the mother could still die)