This article contains spoilers forHouse of the Dragonseason 2 episode 5.
Daemon coveting his brothers wife is even consistent with his character as there is little he doesnt covet.
After all, whats some motherlovin after youve already married your niece?
But a closer examination of the scene suggests that its not quite that simple.
Allow us to explain.
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Make no mistake: Daemon very much does hallucinate having sex with his own mother.
That prurient fact cannot be denied.
Martins Targaryen prequel bookFire & Blood.
Alyssa was the fifth-born child of King Jaehaerys I and his sister-wife Alysanne.
And the dissimilarities extend even further as Alyssa was known to have distinctive features that this vision does not.
The real Alyssa had heterochromia iridium (her eyes were different colors violet and green).
She also had a crooked nose after breaking it when she was six years old.
Alyssa died when Daemon was three years old.
The Seven Kingdoms arent lacking for Oedipal conflicts during the time of the Dance of the Dragons.
Aemonds (Ewan Mitchell) own interest in an older, motherly figure reveals as much.
New episodes of House of the Dragon season 2 premiere Sundays at 9 p.m.
