#people are gonna laugh at for being moppy but honestly idc

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Rhaenyra always doomed by the narrative cause no matter whatever she does to prove her competency as a ruler, or how many years she spent learning and proving that she can be a good leader and neither it matters that despite facing many sacrifices, she was the one who was persistent about diplomacy, she was the one who talked of peace, for the people of her realm, in a room full of men who was hungry for war. none of it matters, cause in the end it all comes down to her being a woman, everything she has done fall short in front her not being a man. nothing she does can stop her doom cause no-one is satisfied by a queen who was never given a chance to prove herself, instead thrusted into war from the very first moment of her accession. everybody sees a madwoman, rather than seeing a grieving mother. everybody sees a paranoid woman, instead of seeing a woman who has been betrayed too many times, who lost most of all. at the end none of her sufferings matters, cause she gets written as the villain of the war. but not the men who took everything from her. rhaenyra was always doomed, because she dared to reach for a position of power in a world of men. so now everybody gets to mock her end but nobody is allowed to speak of her pain.