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shortnotsweet · 2 years ago

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after being on the hellscape that is Twitter and reading hot take after hot take now I literally want to write an miniature essay about HoTD and character resemblance to Greek mythology figures and how Helaena being a dreamer in the show is—while not from the source material and an ability that could have reasonably been given to another character—an intentional detail meant to both further flesh out the Greens AND illustrate their incompetence as a family unit + their ideologically conservative ties that mimic right-wing propaganda. In this essay I will—

#helaena targaryen #house of the dragon #I really enjoy her and I disagree w the assessment that she’s boring #however I think she’s portrayed as more neutral to the blacks for a reason and she is ignored and misunderstood by key green players bc the #greens are thematically and ideologically fraudulent by default #like them not understanding or listening to her is both neglecting their true Targaryen roots and conveniently ignoring or utilizing #the truth for power and power alone. it doesn’t make them all bad all the time but it makes them power hungry people #helaena is Cassandra #the prophet who will not be believed but knows the truth regardless #the aspect of differing narratives is v important to both the books and the show and by having a kernel of truth purposely neglected?#obvs it means something. I don’t think she would’ve stopped the war but I do think Helaena deserved better and by default everyone else #would have been better as well

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