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His daughter and heir, Rhaenyra, stands accused of being intimate with his brother her uncle Daemon.
Whats the big deal, Viserys?
I thought incest was cool in Westeros.
Its shockingly easy to just accept incest inGoTand, by extension,HotD.
Martins original writing for guidance.
Westeros culture is and always has been firmly against incest.
But the Targaryens didnt come from Westeros.
The closer the relationship, the better, as these arrangements kept the dragon-riding bloodlines pure and controlled.
Aegon the Conqueror was married to both of his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys.
This guy and his sister-brides and their dragons just took over the entire continent.
The dragonriders were simply not like other men.
Under the Doctrine of Exceptionalism, such a marriage between Targaryens would be acceptable in Westeros.
However, marriage is the operative word there.
It would have been an even bigger scandal if Rhaenyra became pregnant as a result of such a tryst.
