u/Leroi-Westeros

One of the iconic lines from Lady Jeyne Arryn, but apparently in HOTD it is forbidden for Rhaenyra's main allies to be her main allies.

My problem is not that Rhaenyra is doing the wrong thing. She always should have. My problem is portrayal and replacement of sympathetic motives with unsympathetic ones. Not mother's grief. Not fear. Not paranoia. But complete fanaticism and consider yourself God. So far all comments from the creators look like this.

As if the only character who should not evoke empathy should be a woman.

Rapists, mass murderers who have never even tried to be worthy person - everyone will receive "redemption" Condal's original arc. But Rhaenyra will get an arc with a general meaning "she deserved it."

Now show trying to make me judge Rhaenyra through the scenes with Helaena and Baela. But both of these things are so absurd that it doesn't work. The fact that showrunners expect me to side with Baela when she accuses Rhaenyra of not caring about Rhaena? WTF is this? HER SON IS DEAD. Give her sympathy. Have pity on her. Why is she the one who should feel sorry for them? Rhaenyra suffered from their actions, her worst response was to ground them and she is still portrayed as monster.

I just know that this will become even more stupid and out of place. What do you think?

"Honestly, I think Alicent. There's no character in the series who has seen a greater difference between having power and not having power. She's seen it all. She doesn't ride a dragon, which I think is probably important for a sensible and stable leader. But I believe that, where we find her now in the story, and certainly where I think she's headed, she is a person who has the experience and training necessary to make the right decisions."

(Via Empire)

It's not even addressed that Aegon was cruel to him or regrets it. He absolutely not. Aemond afraid to stand up for himself. Awkward to watch!

Corlys is a grown man, he go into those forests on his own, organized the camp bad and was captured. None of this Rhaenyra's fault.

Rhaenyra ordered Baela to rest, but she refused. Now she's complaining that she's not allowed to rest. Wtf. All this after she was unable to check whether the sunfire was alive and reported that he was dead.