The More I Look At These, The More Uncertain I Get So Im Just Gonna Uhhhh Post These And Leave It At

the more i look at these, the more uncertain i get so im just gonna uhhhh post these and leave it at that lmao

I still maintain they shouldn’t have made Rhaenys’s entrance on Meleys a “shock” moment. I would have preferred it if Rhaenys’s escape and choice and journey to her dragon was directly paralleled with Aegon’s walk to the crown. 

Not only would seeing more of that sequence give the show the chance to show why she went through the floor rather than through the back door (presumably, it was blocked and showing that also would have shown the danger she was in, and how far the Greens had moved in order to keep her dragon a hostage as much as her) but it would show us the exact moment she decided to make her move and change her stance from passive to assertive and make her actions have a better throughline through the narrative. 

And I can’t help but think of the contrast, as Aegon and Rhaenys are both walking towards something that is empowering. For Aegon, the crown and subsequent love of the masses represent a change in his character as he feels that taste of power for the first time, as he takes that mantle. It’s a freedom for him, to be King, to be at the top of the pyramid. For Rhaenys, however, her freedom and her own power comes from her dragon. Just as we hadn’t seen Aegon claim his birthright (I use the term in context of the scene, I’m not looking to start a civil war), we hadn’t got a close look at what being a Targaryen means for Rhaenys: what her bond is with her dragon, what it looks like when she takes matters into her own hands.

And then it’s a true flip of power. Aemon on top, walking towards his coronation vs Rhaenys in the dark, watching for guards through the underground of the Dragonpit. You could use that to build the tension. What will she do when she reaches Meleys? Will she get to Meleys? And make the audience know that something will go wrong at this event, even as Aegon is crowned and triumphant. Make it less about shock, more about tension and payoff. 

Till Rhaenys is the one with all the power: the true power. A dragon… against Aegon’s trinkets. As that’s what that scene was about, what Rhaenys’s choice was. It was a repeat of history: her watching the wrong man get the crown.

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The man was a spy. In an era in which the nations of the world were waging a fierce war of information just out of sight, he was a veteran of the battlefield, employing a hundred different faces to survive.

So...um...who is gonna take care of Viserys's lego city now? I hope it's Helaena...