Do you think Viserys I was a good king, a bad king, or somewhere in between? Be sure to let me know. Also, sorry for some of the overlays on portions of this video, it was quite a battle to get it successfully uploaded. Thank you for watching!

Tywin said it well, "Family don't survive by catering to the whims of sons and daughters" he was explaining to Jaime if members of the Lannister house did their duties instead of Dicking around, they would have achieved so much more and withstand the coming storms but with Tywin gone the Lannisters truly fell apart into nothing

I think the immediate reason for the dance is that Viserys failed to groom Rhaenyra as heir. Despite the naming, all the repeated affirmation, or his last stand at the throne room and the dinner, he is just being a permissive parent (for both Rhaenyra and Aegon the Elder). He could have named Rhaenyra as hand after Lyonel’s death or at least keep her at court to develop her political strength. It is the six year long absence of Rhaenyra at King’s Landing that leaves the Black vacuum big enough for the Green coup possible.

I really don't like the characterisation of Otto as completely self-serving to the point of undermining Viserys, that's unfair to me. Otto is an excellent Hand of the King. He is absolutely an ambitious man and he wanted his daughter to be Queen, he used underhanded methods to achieve it, but at the end of the day, it was Viserys' decision to marry Alicent. He's not a villain, he's entirely correct that Aegon should have been named Viserys' heir; he's the King's eldest living son, and there's not a single prior example in the entirety of Westerosi succession where a daughter inherited over a son, it just doesn't happen. The only reason the war happened was Rhaenyra being the heir, there would inevitably be challenges to her throne if she ascended the throne, if not from Aegon and his brothers, then many lords would have revolted in objection.

He was a bad king the war to come was caused by him. The moment he had a son the son was supposed to be heir, instead, he kept Rhaenyra as his heir because he felt guilty for killing her mother, he even said he will not remove Rhaenyra as heir to honor her mother's memory. the reason he was chosen over Rhaenys( the queen who never was) by the great council is the same reason why most people will not accepts Rhaenyra he knew that. Even if he married Laena instead of Alicent his son with Laena would still be expected to be king and Lord corlys will be like otto because he's also ambitious. A firstborn son must be the heir, he tried to change that by putting his emotions and guilt before the realm and many people died because of that. He was the worst king but a great family man.

He was a good king aside from naming Rhaenyra his heir. It is impressive to have had such a relatively peaceful reign and definitely was worthy of continuing Jahaerys' legacy, but bucking lawful tradition for the sake of one person is inexcusable. With Aegon as heir, the only people who would be upset would be Rhaenyra herself, potentially the Velaryons (but Rhaenyra cucks them by having bastards anyway) and maybe the Arryns (who'd want Aemma's child on the throne). He's not really a good father either, if he had raised Aegon to be heir as he should've, he might not be such a shithead. He's constantly showing unfair favoritism towards Rhaenyra by overlooking her bastards and adultery, plus her unsanctioned marriage to Daemon. He doesn't defend Aemond after he loses an eye even though he did nothing wrong. Helena and Daeron seem to be decent enough but he had barely had anything to do with Daeron's upbringing from what we've seen. If he hadn't inherited a stable realm, he'd be tied for the 2nd worst Targaryen king so far with Aenys, but not as bad as Maegor.

He's just a mediocre king, not a great one but also not one of the worst ones we've seen. He definitely was a great father and a good human being who was far too kind for this cruel world.

Can we all just agree things would have been better off if Rhaenys Viserys Cousin was Crowned Queen. She is clearly an intelligent, pragmatic and stronger willed character than Viserys and could be tough enough to get the job done.

I think the Viserys form the show is a better king then the Viserys from the book. More happens in the book that show his thoughs and why he acted as he did, and how those around him really didn't help him like they maybe should have. And ultimately he got his priority wrong, he though that the end of the world could happen any moment and that the bonds of family was just as strong for other as it was for him.

as far as targaryens go he's somehow one of the better ones, maintaining the peace and stability from Jahaerys' reign . Is he a good king on his own? Not really, but a great man for sure

Viserys: I love you all dearly!! Also Viserys: My Only child!! He kept saying let’s get along & proceeded to keep doing everything to make sure that’s impossible. Viserys is the real villain of this show. Viserys knew exactly what's gonna happen when he trampled on Jaehaerys' diktat, when he sired children after naming his daughter heir and when kept festering grievance on the other side of his family. He won his own crown that way. People forget he and Daemon were preparing for a civil war because the other claimant was a female. Viserys knew what he was doing. Seems like a vast majority of the viewership can't compartmentalize between "loving father" (to one child) from "absolutely terrible king who made one bad decision after another". Viserys was a definition of Nero playing with his Lego set while Rome was burning from the fire he started.

Had Viserys reaffirmed Rhaenyra as his heir immediately after Aegon's birth, and did so on the basis of the Doctrine of Exceptionalism as Jahaerys justified his marriage to Alysanne, I think he could have avoided the Dance. Had he then betrothed her to Aegon, or even if he only betrothed them without invoking Exceptionalism ala Jahaerys, he would certainly have avoided the Dance. The issue is that while the realm could accept Rhaenyra being the designated heir on the basis of the King having no male successor, the moment Aegon it was not unreasonable to assume that since the conditions on which Rhaenyra was made no longer pertained, the King would recognize this change. Viserys made the Dance unavoidable by refusing to grasp this fact, however good his intentions towards his daughter may have been, and allowing two rival claimants to the throne to be left to sort things out on his death. Rhaenyra's antics and his and Alicent's failure to raise remotely well adjusted kids was just the icing on the cake.

I’m going to say the opposite of most people, he was a fine king but a terrible father/ family man. He inherited a strong realm from jaeherys and kept it prosperous and stable for decades and listened to council. The problem is that he let rhaenyra get away with everything out of guilt over his wife and didn’t pay enough attention to Alicent and her children. Yeah he’s a nice person but sometimes you need tough love

That face mask is so cool reminds me of the Order of Lazarus/King Baldwin

Agreed on the short sightedness. A few questions that, if they were answered, might have prevented the DoD: 1. If his daughter is hier, what happens to Allicent and her children after King V. passes? This should have been answered the day he named Allicent as his wife and kept R as his hier. Even if king V married Leana, he'd still have this question. 2. What should happen to Otto after his service as hand? I might be more positive towards Otto than others, but hear me out - throw the hightowers a bone for their service to at least appease them. 3. If the triarchy re-emerges (after the first war on the stepstones) what do we do? 4. If Viserys couldn’t have a son, what should we do? This could have been a good time for a council. The real take away from the council is that a council of lords is a good way to resolving these types of disputes. 5. Who gets dragon eggs?

As a king I think he was a good one, but the very thing that made his reign good is what made what followed occur. He was kind hearted and only wanted the best for the realm and his family - this meant the 7 kingdoms were at peace for decades but also meant he couldn’t see that, by the end, things were just staying peaceful *for* him, not because of him. He was to good of a man to be a great king though.

Personally, I think Viserys' kingship is a great argument for why, in a feudal system, being a good person and a good leader rarely go together. And being the single absolute ruler places nigh-impossible demands on people. If you think about it, both Viserys and Daemon had complementary leadership traits. If you smooshed their good traits together into one person, he would be the perfect king. But real life hardly ever puts such people on thrones, or even creates them at all. So it's better to have a system where one person doesn't carry so much power. Their weaknesses can get magnified as well as their strengths, and it's hard for others to balance them.

I preferred Viserys’ characterization on the show than in the books because I think the show runner’s structured his story using Aristotles tragic storytelling devices- a sudden fall from grace ; a tragic flaw; and catharsis for the audience. His fall from grace is when he kills the love of his life for a male heir and then loses them both. He never ever gets over killing Emma. It’s why he feels he owes Rhaenerya the throne. It’s why Alicent is second fiddle to Emma’s memory, and his subsequent children with Alicent are always always second fiddle to the children and grandchildren of Emma. His tragic flaw is .. I guess you could say idealism but I’d say his notion that a Targaryen king is above the law. He doesn’t feel his line should be bound by the laws that bind his subjects. He is above the law. He’s also, weirdly, conflict avoidant, and puts too much importance on keeping the peace, so he thinks he just has to say “this is the rule- play nice- I said so” and that’s that. Even Jaeherys knew that wouldn’t work and didn’t just name an heir randomly but got the buy in from the other nobles. The catharsis for the audience is we say, after his death, “aw man we should nor be like that or do like that because that’s going to be alll kinds of eff’d up now….”

There's a bit of irony in that Lyonell is the only one who didn't try to push his house's interests in either VIserys' and Rhaenyra's marriages. In both cases he stated the Valaeryon alliance would be best for the kingdom. If he'd been a bit more self interested, he might have avoided the whole bastard situation since ultimately Rhaenyra might have chosen Harwyn as her husband since they did develop a bond.

Quinn ranking kings and queens weve seen. Daenaerys: am I joke to you?

2:50 You are very wrong in the analysis of Otto Hightower's character. Otto is a politically savy character who (whether you agree or not) cares about the intersts of the realm. Yes, jumped at opportunities to further his house, but he did that with the interst of the realm at heart first and foremost. Remember, he is the one who asked Viserys to name Rhaenerya as heir in the first place, so as to save the realm from Daemon. After Aegon was born, he asked Viserys to wed Aegon to Rhaenerya (which isn't a bad idea at all considering the fact that they are Targaryans) so as to unite the house. People just choose to paint him in bad light without understanding the man.

Honestly I don't see how Viserys is a worse King than Robert... They both end up in nearly the exact situation. Wars being Triggered by a potential bastard taking the throne eventually (Joffery for Robert & Jace for Rhaenera/Viserys) the big differences are that Robert Bankrupted the Realm and the number of Kings/claimants that occurred after his death. Viserys ended up with a war that divided the realm in 2 the Greens and Blacks where as the war after the Roberts death ended up having 2 succession movements and 3 Claimants to the Iron Throne. Robert was barely able to control the Starks and Lannisters when they started going at each other's throats whereas Viserys despite not being a Dragon rider kept the Greens and Blacks in check by and large. The Lion and the Wolf was gonna start fighting whether Robert Died or not. The Lannisters had already begun attacking the Riverlands before Robert was even dead.. While Robert was out getting himself gutted by a pig. Tywin had sent the Mountain out attacking random Riverlanders. Robert knew that the Realm was on the brink of war and Robert chose to go hunting instead of trying to fix things. He may have even done this on purpose. We know Robert wanted to fight he was constantly wishing for the glory days. I think he was hoping he would come back to the Starks and Lannisters fighting so that he could jump into another war.

Most people say he was a Bad King but a Good Man, I would argue if you look at it objectively he was a Good King but a Bad Man. People say he made bad choices as king, which I think there is no evidence for. Every decision a leader makes SOMEONE is going to say was the wrong decision. Did King Vis make all the right decisions, no. But under his rule there was no great war, no great famine, the crown had no major debt. For the people of the KINGDOM life was fairly good under Viserys. Any society would elect someone like that 1000 times over before any other King we've seen on the shows. Aegon takes power for 5 minutes and hundreds of innocent people are killed during his crowning. Viserys failures were almost all as a Man or specifically Husband and Father. It was like he only loved his first wife, his first daughter and his brother, he treated the rest of the family like shit.

Visery did have flaws! but compare to mad king Aerys who was going to burn downs king landing, or sociopath joffrey, maegor the cruel, cersei lannister. Visery was a god sent who kept the realm in peace during his reign.

I am finally ready to answer this question. Yes, he was. He was a man plagued with a secret and the hard role of dad and duty. It wasn’t about Ruling for him it was about The Song and Prophesy and until his dying day he wanted his blood to stay on the throne for that purpose.

I don’t think the only difference between Robert and viserys is down to the hand, Jon Arryn, lyonel strong and Otto Hightower we’re all very capable statesmen and each done a good job, I do agree bringing Otto back was a mistake, not because he was bad at his job but because that should’ve been the chance to bring rhaenyra in as hand in preparation for her accession to the throne, this would’ve solidified her position as heir aswell

I'd say Robert Baratheon was more self aware of his weaknesses as king than Viserys. However, you could argue appointing Ned hand was worse than bringing back Otto. Ned lacked the experience and didn't have the political clout in the South required to hold such a position.

it takes forever for him to see otto as self centered.. and yet he still reappointed him ad hand.. what a fool robert and two hands also and both had good intentions

I think HotD’s portrayal has bumped him above several of contemporaries because he did rule peacefully for many years, and did make efforts to secure his Daughter’s position and mend the rift in his family, but I’d still say he’s still firmly in the upper middle of Kings of Westeros, and a lot of that is because he has some truly stiff competition for bad kings that keeping him from the bottom: Aegon IV, Joffrey, Arys II, Aegon II, Maegor, Anyes and Robert.

Show Viserys is a much better king than book Viserys, and is also a better king than all the king's in Game of thrones. Like, he was aware of the brewing conflict and genuinely tried to stop it in the show where as both Bobby B and book Viserys seem unaware or disinterested.

He was a very nuanced person like many other characters, but a very malleable personality due to wanting to please everybody which makes him a weak ruler.

I would say no, but he is a good person

He was neutral he secured the peace that his father started but in the end even my todays standard a leader does need to be strong to different extends depending on the situation in this case he needed to behead Otto and the hightowers got bold because they viewed him as weak or easy like most so in the case of defending his heir he was weak

Shortly: he was a good man... good men dont make good kings

I don’t think he’s a good king because his go to strategy is basically to ignore a problem and just hopes it goes away. We see it with his initial response Crabfeeder in the Stepstones, the discord within his own family, and the pushback from the realm over Rhaenyra still being the heir over Aegon. Despite having plenty of time to deal with those problems he consistently ignores them or does the bare minimum until the last moment. Don't get me wrong, I got misty eyed at seeing his final walk to the throne room-but where was this effort even five years ago?

yes yes yes 👑💫

People seem to obsess over his character being a bad king but a good man but like… compared to ever other king we’ve seen. Joffrey, Robert, Mance? Stannis, Renly, Tommen, Robb, Balon, Aerys, Danny, Jon, Sansa? Bran?. Wasn’t murdered after less than 3 years in office. Wasn’t an insane sociopath or psychopath. Didn’t commit mass murder. Attended small council meetings. Listened to his advisers ( which Tywin himself advices ironically is what makes a good king, and you can say he picked poorly but compared to littlefinger… Varys… Pycell… they didn’t murder him, they didn’t cripple his kingdom, they didn’t raise several Targaryen rebels across the sea to invade the realm). He didn’t have 20 bastard children. Didn’t torture and kill people for kicks. Kept the realm at pretty good peace. People aren’t starving to death. Granted those are pretty low standards to be setting I mean we are not spoiled for choice here.

The best thing that can be said about King Viserys is that he wasn't cruel and didn't cause unessesary suffering. So that makes him better than the likes of Aerys II or Joffrey. But Viserys had no big accomplishments. Maegor was evil, but he crushed the faith militant and reestablished Targaryen dominance after Aenys.

he was as good a King as Ned was a Hand. They both have their own complexities but I do see them as each others reflection from a literary perspective and going further, Rhaenyra is the conflict between Arya & Sansa manifested as a single person.

He was a good man, but probably a mediocre king. He didn't believe himself to be all knowing and was willing to listen to advice and tried to build consensus and compromise. Those aren't bad things, in general. Maybe he tried to keep too many people happy, but he wasn't so arrogant as to believe he was always right. Replacing Otto Hightower with Lyonel Strong was overall a very good move. He showed strength (perhaps a bit late) and replace someone more interested in personal ambition with someone who tended to give advice with the kingdom's best interest in mind. However, that was also his weakness. He rarely laid down the law, and allowed too much talking behind his back. He projected weakness. He should never have brought Otto back.

It's not exactly a hot take but I'd say it's accurate to characterise him as a good man but a bad king; His attempts to placate everyone and maintain some sort of begrudging peace during his lifetime just acted to delay and exacerbate the carnage that would inevitably take place following his death. That said, it's the people around him that truly caused the Dance by fathering blatant bastards and refusing to give a lasting peace via marriage between the greens and blacks a chance. He should have stepped in and commanded that the marriage between Rhaenyra's son and Helaena take place as Alicent realistically had no ability to stop it and it would have united the two competing claims and satisfied everyone, guaranteeing Alicent's children's safety, as well as uniting the line. Instead he allowed his wife to get her way because of his desire to placate and keep everyone happy.

I think he was a good man but a bad ruler. He had no backbone and was too indecisive. He reminds me of tsar Nicolas II

Good Man. Poor King

Viserys never should have remarried, how could he not know that remarrying and possibly having a son would spark a succession crisis? He’s not stupid he had to have known it would be an issue, he put too much faith in his family to accept his decision to name Rhaenyra and he should of had enough faith in Daemon to name him hand and rid himself of that snake Otto Hightower

Viserys should have made Daemon Hand after he fired Otto. The Dance could have been avoided.

The fact that the targaryens tptwp prophecy is kept a secret makes no sense. You would want everyone to know why they have to allow dragon riders to rule. Viserys should have been announced this as much as possible

How could Viserys believe in the prophecy of TPTWP and also believe that Targaryens never should have tamed dragons? He shows no care for anything dragon related which would be how humanity would defeat the dead army. Even in peace there should have been some kind of fortification of farming of dragons (weapons) and dragon riders (as soldiers)...

Let’s list the kings worse than Viserys I: Aenys I, Maegor I, Aegon II / Rhaenyra I, (technically) Daeron I, Baelor I, Aegon IV, Aerys I, Aerys II, Joffrey I, Tommen I. So, he’s better than 10 kings, 8 of which are Targs. Hell, you could even argue he is better than Aegon III, because at least Viserys helped dragons prosper, thus protecting his house. But, for now he’s below Aegon III for me. Aegon I was a great king considering he was the one establishing a new Country and Dynasty most people despised, so he’s better. Jaehaerys I was undisputed the best Westerosi monarch. Viserys II had the potential to be as good or even better than Jaehaerys, but only ruled while crowned for 1 year, however his brilliance shone through his tenure as an exceptional hand of the king to Daeron and Baelor. Daeron II was just a solid king with some unfortunate circumstances around him, such as the Blackfyre rebellions brought on by his inept father, and the suspicion of his Dornish wife, though he peacefully got Dorne into the Seven Kingdoms. Alpha move. Maekar I would argue was fine as king. He didn’t rule for long but he was successful in what he did. Aegon V is a chad and I will give anyone who disagrees a clout in the ear. Jaehaerys II was a solid king, and helped lead into the relatively peaceful rule of Aerys II. Until it wasn’t. Bobby B is like a cooler Viserys. So uh, yeah.

viserys the first had a bit of aegon the fourth; both where obese and loving comfort and pleasure. but viserys I did not have aegon IV mercuriosity or cruelity. he was a good man, but good man make seldom efficient kings in westeros. his brother would have been far mor efficient in doing what must be done to keep his family in power and westeros united.

He was a good man and a bad king 👑

I think overall, Viserys was a good peacetime king. I think viserys fault was he could not accept that war was coming to his kingdom. Throughout the early episodes, you see him avoid war or fighting. As the velaryons say, you either sail directly into the storm or you go around it. I think him sticking by his daughter was admirable. Rhaenyra would of made a great Queen in my opinion. But he did not prepare her and he did not support her enough. One thing I noted while watching the show is that the people of Westeros clearly had a lot of respect for viserys while even in his weakened state people still showed respect to his rule and plotted for when he was gone but not to overthrow him in his weakened state.

Not a good KING but a GREAT man

Bad king great figurehead

Good guy, good dad, good brother, bad king, worse husband

I think the saddest part about his march into the throne room is knowing that his last effort to help his daughter will be in vain. Soon enough they will all be at war with each other.

Not according to the iron throne.

It’s funny how people would call him s good father when he absolutely ignored 4 out of his 5 kids while simultaneously heaping a whole lot if responsibilities on his eldest daughter without ensuring she was actually capable of handling it. His fatal flaw is his intense refusal to acknowledge problems or face reality. He’s more than happy to hide away in his fantasy world and hope the problems in the real world just go away.

I think he was moderately good king. At least he kept the realm intact.

Idk how u can say he wasn’t, he ruled the seven kingdoms in peace for 30+ years… that is something very few kings ever accomplished, who cares if he never won a war or was never tested, his entire reign was peaceful

Viserys was a good man but that's what kept him from greatness. Good men have a hard time ruling without advisors who share their vision.

He was a good king he might have been obsessed with prophecy and the darkness that lies in the north. He should have been more firm with his wife and power hungry father otherwise he was a good man, father and king. A better man and father for his only child than being a king.

Viserys I was a good man, but a mediocre king. He should have responded to the Triarchy with decisive force, he should have made Daemon his right hand when he fired Otto Hightower, and if he didn't want his daughter's right to the throne be questioned, he should have crowned her himself and gone for early retirement with Alicent.

Charmin soft but always tried to do the right thing

Viserys 1st Targaryen 7/10 for King

If you compare him to the mad king yes but that’s only because you’re comparing him to the worst king to ever exist in that’s dynasty

No. He tried though. I don't think he was the worst or anything. But he was probably in the bottom half.

He was an absent king imo, he wasn't evil but misguided

I don't think he was a good king hi's indecisiveness costs his family and the realm dearly. He was a kind man dare I even say good. I think he was a better king and man than Robert. As Viserys still had the realm enjoying a time of peace and prosperity for the most part.

No he was not a good king the dance of the dragons could have been prevented on several occasions he couldn't control Otto and he also couldn't control his much younger wife

Lovely man, honourable enough, but not *nearly* tough enough to be King. It's possible to be too nice/lenient to the point people disrespect you and cross the line knowing there'll be no retribution. Bro finally started taking tongues decades into his reign - your whole family has dragons bro. Sic the dragons on some criminals. Instil the fear of god, in a measured, calculated way. In that way, he was a bad king. He'd have been much happier with his wife and daughter living as a prince in a castle far far away from politics and the bs.

Biggest mistake Viserys made was not making Daemon hand.

No he had multiple times to end the in fighting in his family but decided not to act

Lore-wise, he was a great king. He worked and successfully kept the golden age of peace and prosperity started by Jahaerys intact, fought no major wars, was beloved by the commoners, and really well respected by the nobility [a rare feat]. He also led his dynasty to the peak of its power, and just like his predecessor left a full treasury at the end. The fact that 80 years of complete tranquility ended and everything unraveled immediately after his death, that long peace and prosperity was never seen again, and Targaryens never reached the level of power and prestige that they had under Viserys, says something. Some do say that yes, he should've done more to stop the potential succession crisis that eventually resulted in disaster after his death - but for what we see in lore, he did a great job in every other respect while he was there.

I think he's below average he should've done a lot more than he did.

he is better than Robert, because he did not gouge out Lucerys' eye as Robert obeyed the lannisters who are a real scourge

why so anti otto?

Yes and no. He wasn’t as good as his predecessor and kind of coasted on jaeherys success. He could not seem to see the storm of what was to come when he died. Viserys was a people pleaser and really should have put his foot down more on what happened in the stepstones. He should have reaffirmed rhayneras succession every 5-10 years of his rule. He should have taken aegons and aemonds education in matters of state and virtue into hand in case rhaynera was to die. Granted yes he was ill but how did he not see aegon as a drunken sot and aemond for the little psychopath that he was

Viserys was a good king who was also a good man but he definitely made some terrible mistakes to me

5:33 the "ASOIAF" prophecy is in Clash of Kings. Daenerys sees a vision of Raegar, who explains the Ice & Fire prophecy to his wife. Raegar Targaryen was obsessed with prophecy and rediscovered the ASOIAF prophecy, which changed his life path (per Bariston's account) to declare he must become a warrior. The prophecy is canonical.

Viserys was serving Targaryen realness in episode 8 when he took that throne 🔥

Viserys, first of his name, was a good guy, but he was a WEAK king✌️

he was a good person not a good king

A good man, a bad king.

A good man and father not a good king

He's definitely below average. The only reason bad kings last is because of the hands that they have.

Of all the Kings we saw on the show he was by far the best. Even when Ned was given the thrown, the power went to his head and he declared war on the Lannisters and Clegane's(without having support). People were unhappy because he never rushed into anything but by taking his time we got 20 years of peace in the realm. He always exercised restraint when almost every other King and Queen was quick to murder.

Short Answer: No. More detailed answer: NOOOOOOOOO!

Damon should of been hand 👍and should of never married old al 🤣🤣🤣

Viserys loved his children too much. A good father not a good king.

His death was caused by a Magical Throne! Hell no he wasn’t a good king. Doesn’t mean he wasn’t “Likable”. But he wasn’t meant for the Throne.

I think it is clear in the show that viserys is a bad king because of his constant cuts from the iron throne. Meagor the cruel, the mad king and i believe joffre in the books all constantly cut themselves on the throne. Although viserys is not as bad as these 3 he has a major flaw his weakness in most forms especially with disciplining his children not only rhaenyra but also aegon and aemond which resulted in the dance of the dragon.

He is woefully incompetent. If he wanted his daughter to be the Queen he should have called a great council and established her as such. But he knew, being the spineless man that he was, that he could never convince the lords to name her as his heir.

He is a terrible king. Viserys was a coward who failed to see the truth around him multiple times. He was a bad father and king, he just enabled his daughter but didn't do anything to teach her or secure her throne.

He was a good man bad king simple he has no real victory battle wise never stomp he authority timid .. his blunder started the dance of dragon that took down an entire dinesty

He definitely wasn't a tyran but utimately I would say he was a bad king for 2 big reasons. First, he left no mark on the seven kingdoms. Fire and Blood notes little in regards to his reign. For all we know, he spent decades having feasts in castles. Unlike Jaehaeris I before him, he didn't archieve anything significant for the lords and commons under his rule. If Daemon and Corlys hadn't fought his battles while Otto and Lyonel ruled his kingdom, he would have crumbled onto himself. Second, he was a terrible family man, which led to both familial striff and civil war. His choice of heir wasn't necesserally bad but he didn't solidify it. Words aren't enough to make sure a controversial succession goes smoothly, which he should habe known but chose to ignore. Sticking to Rhaenyra while giving the Hightowers more influence in King's Landing and the realm at large is begging for a succession crisis. Ultimately, being a good man is not enough to be a good king. Viserys I was too naive and let strife fester when he had a lot of free time to adress it.

A weakling king

Your missing out on allot of key parts about his reign. Giving Otto and alicent way to much power even before he was bed ridden. Not punishing cole for his countless treasonous acts just to name a few. All these and more lead to the war and eventually downfall of the entire dynasty. He was a good man but not a good king.

A great person, but not a good king

No! He was utter trash. Worse than Meagor. As bad as Aerys II.

You are no king.