#also is it just me or were they trying to frame nyra as a brat for feeling frustrated and trapped by gender roles???

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Am I the only one who thinks that the narrative portraying Rhaenyra as the 'villain' ?? with what happened with Ser Criston Cole and Alicent, i mean. The narrative justifies the reasons why They betray Rhaenyra when in the book it is clear that Rhaenyra is a victim of Ser Criston and Alicent not the other way around.

I can't help but agree tbh and that's definitely the takeaway of many got dudebros 💀💀💀

I was kinda put off by how they framed Rhaenyra in 1x04 for instance. The way they tried to contrast Alicent’s marital rape to the ~sexually liberated~ Rhaenyra in that brothel scene? It felt so tonally off given that this was a 17yo groomed by her uncle and used by him at the time (literally in the producers commentary on the episode btw).

And there was barely enough insight on Rhaenyra’s motivation when it comes to lying to Alicent. It came off as cold and manipulative, when Rhaenyra had a pretty damn valid reason to mistrust her given Otto’s political ambition– and the entire situation reflects just how fractured their relationship has become by this point.