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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
What? That's really dumb. He didn't figure out she was a boss when she flew in on a dragon and confronted him at Dragonstone?
I think it makes sense if he realized that there was a decent chance sleeping with her might lead to his head on a spike, but I was under the impression that Daemon understood Rhaenyra pretty well and didn't think of her as the little princess anymore.
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Daemon is pretty into himself. He sees himself as the ultimate conqueror/warrior. Empathy and assessing the personalities of others aren't his strong suits.
Daemon certainly let Viserys believe that he slept with Rhaenyra, so I don't think he was afraid of retribution. This isn't the first time Daemon has pushed the envelope, and he knows that Viserys doesn't have the balls to take action. If Viserys did, he would have beheaded Daemon right then and there. I'd argue the main point of the first few episodes was to illustrate how much Daemon would push things and how little action Viserys would ever take.
In Daemon's mind, if Rhaenyra was damaged goods that could only be sold to him, that was a positive.