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At this point I don't know what's worse in HotD: the total randomness of the plot, the inconsistency of the characters who all seem to suffer from multiple personalities and early alzheimer, or the queerbaiting that reeks of desperation and low fanservice
hotd refuses to make any tb characters interesting or three dimensional (beyond rhaenyra and daemon and even s3 is testing that) because they are sooooo scared of people viewing them as anything but The Good Guys all the time. (despite GRRM writing a story about no good sides and a family ripping itself apart for nothing but that’s a whole other rant for a whole other day) because why did rhaena hide for episodes just for everything to be okay in the end? why not, god forbid, give baela some depth, and have her feel a little resentment for jace’s death? rhaena says herself, she would have been queen. but no, they’re so focused on making tb characters the Morally Righteous Martyrs all the time that they forget to make them interesting and then the fans cry MISOGYNIST!!!!!! when viewers naturally find tg characters who are (were lmao) written with complexity and conflict more interesting and engaging to watch. i wish they would have given that to baela and rhaena. but they exist only to be rhaenyra’s perfect little cheerleaders i guess
it’s like. really funny to me how seriously the team marketing the “team black” side of the fandom takes it. like you’ll be watching an edit of a character on the greens side, or not even just a hightower atp because now there’s a new secret third option (daeron), and they’ll be like “DISCLAIMER I AM LOYAL TO THE ONE TRUE HEIR TO THE THRONE I WOULD LET THE MONARCH STEP ON ME I LOVE HER I THINK SHE IS JUST AND MERCIFUL AND I WANT HER TO RULE FOREVER but this character’s hot” and it’s like. do you think rhaenyra is real and will come behead you if you’re secretly in line see gwayne whimpering
After today's episode I'm somehow even more convinced than I've already been, that these showrunners are sick in their heads.
Wdym Condal cut out Nettles to avoid picturing Daemon as unfaithful to Rhaenyra (like they couldn't just modify this arc and let him stay faithful while Rhaenyra thinks him untrustworthy due to her paranoia), but they insterted yet another scene of Rhaenyra cheating on him with Mysaria. Make it make sense. I feel like I'm being gaslighted in real time. The only explanation I have is that they genuinely don't consider it cheating when Rhaenyra does it with a woman or they just keep this weird double standard, where cheating on Daemon is totally okay, but him cheating on Rhaenyra isn't. I'm not gonna get into how I hate this forced yuri, they could have given me one more hightower trio at tumbleton scene, it could be whatever, really. Ormund having another coke-induced rant on how unbearably stinky everyone around him is would be much more enjoyable.
I also suspect they don't consider sexual violence of men a real thing :^) I dont know how to interprete this cursed scene with Aemond and Alicent/Alys, but that Alys was using his body while he was having a nightmare. What is it if not a rape? Add to it these lines from s1 and s2 hinting he was still a boy when attending the brothel. I'm sure that these writers don't consider sexual assault done by women on men a real thing.
The last, smaller, icky scene was Ormund telling Daeron to stick his back to the wall when drawing Gwayne a bath. Like god, Daeron's still a kid and this is his beloved uncle! I get that Ormund is a brat, I have no problem having him torment Gwyane for being fruity, that's what closeted mr crackhead would do. I have a problem with how explicit that comment is. Saying something like "Daeron, make sure your uncle Gwayne won't seduce his guard ;)))" would be just enough to get the message across and not make it so pointlessly uncomfortable for both the characters and us, viewers.
Oh and the cherry on top is Baela and Jace getting barely any romantic scenes together only to have Baela have multiple flirty and even kissing scene with a character that is twice as old as in the books. To this day I can't understand why they didn't cast teenage actors as Alyn and Addam. They'd be definitely more enjoyable and interesting characters that way.
They can hire as many nonbinary actors as they wish, strip Rhaenyra (and Rhaena) of her femininity only for her to end up looking like Visenya from Temu, force hers and Mysarias affairs down our throats, but it won't change the fact it's all performative as fuck and nobody's buying it in late 2026.
Rhaenyra is not fighting tooth and nail for women to inherit, she’s fighting for a woman to inherit full stop.
She has repeatedly denied women and girls their rightful titles and not to mention the horrific racism she puts nettles through, specifically to defend a man that abused them both along with countless little girls. And she puts the whole realm in danger, especially women and children exemplified by Kat and her daughter.
I don’t think that makes her a bad character, as someone who grew up in a country governed by women and still entrenched in misogyny, I think it’s very interesting and important to depict.
But to bully other fans and actors over their opinions is hypocritical and annoying. If you do not want to engage with the core message of the book which is misogyny and class struggle, go watch how to train your dragon.
That being said, I am neither team green or black because that is the crux of the matter, nobody won because nobody is supposed to win. We are ment to sympathize with the smallfolk because at the end of the day it’s us, we are the smallfolk and every war, every conflict will only result in our death and destruction.
Sure. Fuck it. Why not? Why not give Harrenhal FIVE FUCKING DRAGON EGGS!? Sure. Might as well!
OH THEY ARE FROM RHAENA TARGARYEN!?
Rhaena Targaryen who knew -BETTER THAN ANYONE- how dangerous dragon eggs were to leave lying around.
Rhaena Targaryen WHO BURNED COUNTLESS BRIDGES, WHO LEFT THE SAFETY OF HER ALLIES because they were too interested in dragon eggs.
Rhaena Targaryen WHO SPENT YEARS HUNTING DOWN HER SOULMATE BECAUSE SHE STOLE 3 DRAGON EGGS FROM HER?
WHY NOT!?!?!
Behold, the greatest kinslayer in the history of Westeros
Guess what Condall and Hess see as redemptive arc is basically the portrayal of a sociopath (Alicent). Abort the kid, leave the other kid behind to save your own ass. I assume Helaena will be left behind as well as soon as she becomes a liability.
Bravo Condall, bravo Hess!
The door to the psychiatrist is on the right.
