#but ive seen ppl complain that nettles was fundamental to daemon as a character and to the dragon rider discussion | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

coffincoitus · 3 months ago

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in the context of the show it's much more rewarding to convey the themes well than to ensure every character makes it into the script. imo.

I get why ppl were attached to nettles but it's kinda silly how bothered ppl are that rhaena is taking her place? do they not realize how necessary it is to condense characters when translating a history/bibliography type of book into an actual narrative for tv. grrm drops 30 names per page with two lines for each character and they have to flesh out those characters into actual personalities for the tv...

#rhaena pissing blood to tame a wild dragon is relevant to the targaryen exceptionalism theme #it's speaks of how her value as a targaryen child was equated to her ability to bond with a dragon #it speaks of how lonely and how abandoned by her one living parent she feels that she'd treat her own life so carelessly to achieve that #the ambiguity of what makes a dragon rider is already being addressed in other fronts #idk it's not like the show is perfect. far from it #but ive seen ppl complain that nettles was fundamental to daemon as a character and to the dragon rider discussion #but like. 1) daemon is easily thee character getting the most character exposition already so it's unlikely we're missing much #2) how is putting the spotlight on his parenting/his daughter's psychological experience not relevant to his character??#and 3) what did nettles say about daemon in the book? besides “he's a child rapist and not particularly love with rhaenyra”? hdhd #daemon's love for the dragons and his targaryen heritage is already established on the show too so like. what are you complaining about

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