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[fatedfeuds]

feeling the need to rant about something cause this discussion every week lowkey is starting to annoy me. i know lots of fans wasn't satisfied with the way they changed luke and jace's personality for the show. personally, of all changes this is the one that didn't bothered so much and i even liked it.

the targtower kids was the most interesting part of hotd for me and they probably only had 30 mins in total 😭

back to lucerys, i think it was only natural that that night also changed him. like you clearly see a difference between baby lucerys and grown up luke. i think it's interesting the knowledge of him being a bastard having a weight on his shoulders and him being more conscious of himself, anxious after what he did and how heavy his future responsabilities can be. but even so, not once he runs away from it.

i like this contrast between him and jace better than the three strong boys being 100% feral. i did got bothered by the dinner scene tho, how jace's punch barely made to aemond's face and they looked like losers lol

but anyway, even if luke's change was for public appeal, i enjoyed. plus his petulant and little shit side was still there.

before his death we practically didn't know any of the other kids personalities either, and to me, besides rhaenyra losing her baby boy, this is what makes his death even more sad to me.

this was supposed to be about characterization but i guess i can't talk about one subject without bringing the other one. if you didn't like show!lucerys that much it's fine, i know how it is to feel disappointed by an adaptation. but then starts the discussion "luke didn't have much personality in the book either" please pick a struggle

and "he got this popular because of lucemond and for being a pretty boy" so it makes me wonder if it's truly about the way they changed his personality or popularity lol

i think most of the fics mix show!lucerys with book!lucerys (when they don't it's good too) and it's nice to have a way to cope and explore this character that even with his short time is so dear now.

edit: i totally agree with this and it's better worded than what i tried to say here 😭