The “hiding their faces in my skirt” line loses a lot of its punch when you continue to hold the woman who terrorized your kids in such high regard- like they were probably hiding their faces from her
@daenysdreams GRRM, repeatedly: dragons and the empowerment of women are inherently connected, tethered in themes and narrative, becoming a dragon rider has only ever strengthened targ women
Ryan condal: the hubris of wanting a nuclear weapon…
They don't want to address the ACTUAL ways Rhaenyra is hit with misogyny because it's often too similar to the kind of misogyny people hurl at her, and women like her, TODAY. Easier to just point to a cartoonish past and say "isn't it good we don't have this problem anymore?"
é a segunda morte dos filhos da rhanyra que acontece porque um dragão se rebelou.. td é acidente nessa série, nd é intencional. parece q o grande pecado dos targaryen foi domar dragões, não a ganância pelo trono. daqui a pouco vão escrever o ataque ao fosso como um ato heroico...
"Helaena is neutral/innocent" She's a grown woman infantilized by writers and fans to act as some moral checkmate. Yall would never call Baela, Rhaena, and the Velaryon princes innocent and neutral despite being the actual children also given no choice but to fight for survival.
All of this just to whitewash the actual abuser who played a major role in dragging the realm into a succession war, while conveniently setting up Rhaenyra’s grief and anger to be repackaged as madness and cruelty. George was so right in washing his hands off this show.
HotD writes Rhaenys and Alicent as the dumbest people in the room and then get surprised when people don't buy it. Because they think their audience has the memory of goldfish.
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"My siblings…have housed evil for seven days. Been at its beck and call. The guilt must be…excruciating."
#daemyra
When Dany is uncomfortable with bloodshed in the fighting pits, she's framed as out-of-touch in a way that fuels her later "madness." When Rhaenyra is fascinated like the rest of the crowd (unlike the "good" women) it's a hint about her bloodlust that fuels her later "madness" 🤔
The idea that Rhaenyra wouldn't know what ruling is like is ridiculous. Even her show version was a cupbearer from a young age, made an active effort to participate, sat the council for 10 years, and ruled her own castle. What she wasn't "prepared" for was WAR, because NO ONE IS