Do you think it is likely that Maegor was presented a young dragon at some point, almost to the point of full-bonding, only to scorn it for Balerion in the end? If so, which one could it have been?

Like you can clearly read that, it was in later reign of King Aegon when dragon hatchlings were born, but Maegor who was born in between time of Dornish wars at year 12 AC, so now a grown up man like him can’t have any other young hatchling dragon, so he rejected them all.

Could it be possible that Cannibal is actually Maegor’s dragon?

Meanwhile, Rhaena was herself born in 23 AC, so Maegor was already 11 years old at that time. When she was 12 years old in 35 AC, then she took her dragon “Dreamfyre” to sky for first time. Till this time, Maegor was already a grown up man of 22 years old, so there is now way he could ever bond with young dragon, its obvious he was looking for Balerion now.

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order: your last chance to reserve the console in the US - The Shortcut | Matt Swider

It must be noted that in books, Rhaena was very different and mysterious, she was shy and dreamy child, she named her dragon also as “Dreamfyre”. And later, Draemfyre is known to have lay several clutches of eggs, GRRM clearly hints some linkage between Rhaena & hatching dragons. Also, according to some theories, its Dreamfyre’s eggs only which later hatched and become Dany’s three dragons.

Also, unlike Prince Aenys who bonded with a hatchling at time of his infancy only, there was no hatchling ever recorded to be produced for prince Maegor ever.

Maegor was not yet a dragonrider, however. Though a dozen hatchlings had been born amidst the fires of Dragonstone in the later years of Aegon’s reign, and were offered to the prince, he refused them all. When his young niece Rhaena, in only her twelfth year, took to the sky astride Dreamfyre, Maegor’s failure became the talk of King’s Landing. Lady Alyssa teased him about it one day in court, wondering aloud whether “my good-brother is afraid of dragons.” Prince Maegor darkened in rage at the jape, then replied coolly that there was only one dragon worthy of him.

Women's College World Series: Tennessee walks off UCLA in extras to survive controversial ruling - Yahoo Sports

No, Maegor was never known to have bonded with any young dragon during time of his childhood or even teenage.

The other theory regarding birth of Cannibal is that it was older to Sheepstealer and Grey ghost (the other two wild dragons). But historians doubt this claim that he was older to Balerion, since his size is small. But again by all accounts he was nowhere close to timeline of Maegor’s birth which was 12 AC. While, it was in 48 AC, when Jaeherys ascended throne and even if Cannibal was born before then it will be in reign of Aenys or Maegor himself, but not at Maegor’s childhood still.

Excerpt from books regarding Prince Aenys and his bonding with hatchling dragon:-

Mountaineers Walk Off Kentucky in NCAA Opener - West Virginia University Athletics

Now, there is a ongoing fan created theory that wild dragon Cannibal was actually Maegor’s dragon but since Maegor rejected it and that’s why it become wild and not bonded with anyone.

The books records that, Maegor only wanted to have just one dragon, a black dragon, that was his father’s mount, Balerion the black dread.

After Maegor took throne in 42 AC, then they couldn’t do anything and in next year 43 AC, when Aegon & Rhaena secretly came to Kingslanding then they took dragons - Dreamfyre (Rhaena reunited with her dragon) and it was Quicksilver which Aegon claimed it (his father Aenys’s dragon). This thing alone indicated that there very few dragons who were able to be bonded and ridden at that time, rest were very small.

My wife has a bunch of really attractive friends, and she expects me to never say anything to her about how beautiful they are. Does this seem fair? I love my wife, and just commenting shouldn’t hurt anything, right?

“Born in 7 AC, the boy was small at birth, and sickly. He cried all the time, and it was said that his limbs were spindly and his eyes small and watery, so that the king’s maesters feared for his survival. He would spit out the nipples of his wet nurse, and give suck only at his mother’s breasts, and rumors claimed that he screamed for a fortnight when he was weaned. So unlike King Aegon was he that a few even dared suggest that, his Grace was not the boy’s true sire, that Aenys was some bastard born of one of Queen Rhaenys’s many handsome favorites, the son of a singer or a mummer or a mime. However once given a hatching dragon the boy began to grew up and rumors died.”

And at this time books let us know that Alyssa Valereyon teased Maegor for not bonding with any dragon, but Maegor replied that there is only one worthy of him. It must be noted that, Maegor can’t start with any hatchling dragon now so it was in insult for him, so he wanted a big dragon like Balerion.

It must be noted that not having dragon took toll on Prince Aegon, even after wedding when he was sent for Royal Progress with his elder sister wife Rhaena, then King Aenys didn’t allowed Rhaena to take her dragon due to this fact only that his heir Aegon don’t have dragon and this will make him look unmanly that his wife Rhaena had dragon but he doesn’t.

1st measles case of the year in South Dakota as CDC updates travel guidance - ABC News

Why Aegon the uncrowned didn’t claimed Cannibal?

The wild dragon Sheepstealer is said to have hatched "when the Old King was still young", which could be in the early years of reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen or, more generally, during his youth, and Cannibal is said to have been the eldest and largest of the wild dragons having taken part in the Sowing, being therefore even older than Sheepstealer.

Additionally, if there had been a grown up dragon in Dragonstone, then why couldn’t Prince Aegon the uncrowned claimed or at least tried to claim any one of them? It doesn’t make any sense for him to remain dragon less despite being heir to throne and his elder sister Rhaena having Dreamfyre, also his little siblings Jaeherys & Alyssane having dragons who got hatched.

Wall Street’s big rally stalls following some discouraging economic data - AP News

However, like books tell us that Cannibal was born at what time is uncertain and while some small folks of Dragonstone have in fact stated that it could be even older than Balerion and was living at Dragonstone before Targaryens fled to there.

However, in time of Prince Maegor’s birth, there was no hatchling produced, so there is now way that he ever have bonded to any hatchling at time of his childhood. It must be noted that Maegor was born in 12 AC, and it was very later years after Princess Rhaena’s time that dragons are reported to have hatched in hatchlings of Dragonstone.

The concept of keeping cradle eggs with kids was started by princess Rhaena for first time when she first placed a cradle eggs in Jaeherys & Alyssane birth at years 34 AC and 36 AC respectively.

Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support. I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized. he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that. he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened. he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence. i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction. after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly. things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it. we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe … our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far? this has upset me so much its hard to even function.

Some among the smallfolk of Dragonstone claimed that the Cannibal lived on the island even before the Targaryens arrived in 114 BC, a possibility that would make him, despite his size not being considered bigger than that of Vhagar and Vermithor, the oldest living dragon in Westeros at the time of the Dance of the Dragons, even older than Vhagar. If the Cannibal was from a different lineage of dragons altogether, that might also have explained why it was so antagonistic to the other Targaryen dragons. However, Grand Maester Munkun and Septon Eustace doubt these claims.

Concept of Cradle Eggs started by Princess Rhaena

Before that we only get to read in books that kids were presented with young hatchlings and they bonded with it, but keeping cradle eggs was not mentioned, which clearly indicated that it was started by princess Rhaena for first time. So, there is no way that Maegor will have any cradle egg, also those who had cradle egg were clearly mentioned in books but Maegor wasn’t.

Why don't people like Nickelback?