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navree · 3 months ago

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"can we stop pretending the evil stepmother trope is bad and boring" oh my FUCKING GOD just reread the book!!!! just reread the fucking book!!!!!! if you want the book canon so bad it's right there, go read it!!!!! you've got to have it in your possession since you talk about it all the fucking time and i'd be astounded if someone this fucking pressed hasn't actually read it!!!!!! the change to rhaenyra and alicent's relationship has been known since they first cast the fucking show!!!!! it's been there since episode one!!!!!!! if you don't like it don't watch the show and just REREAD THE FUCKING BOOK!!!!!!

#personal #house of the dragon #fandom critical #anti asoiaf fandom #anti team black #my GOD #like i've gone into great detail about when i think the changes the show makes from its source material haven't worked #but it's absolutely fine to change rhaenyra and alicent's relationship to make a more interesting story #because it IS #like i'm fine with book canon dance of dragons it's not my favorite part of fire and blood #cuz that's the conquest and all the conquerors stuff #but it's fine #but i do think what they attempted to do with rhaenyra and alicent in the show is much more interesting and complex #and leads to a lot of narrative richness and interesting characterization that you WANT from a serialized storytelling format #like a tv show #(do i think it's been executed well? not really because i don't think these writers are very good but that's not the point)#but my god quit your fucking WHINING #this is like complaining about the velaryons being black because it's different from the book #you've known it's been there since preproduction no one pulled the wool over your eyes #and no one's taking f&b away from you anyway so just READ THE FUCKING BOOK AGAIN #stop watching the show and just reread the story you like #it's not that fucking hard

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