#technically sleeping with robert would be considered lyanna’s ‘duty’ and wouldn’t be called rape but read cersei’s chapters— | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

throwawayasoiafaccount · 11 days ago

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I don’t mean to create a straw man, but when people attack Lyanna by stating she ‘should’ve done her duty,’ they are, frankly, advocating for her to have been raped.

However, I doubt that group is ready to have this conversation.

#it’s very thematically consistent that roberts rebellion ended in the horrific rape of elia martell and the murder of her children #the rebels were actually the champions of the status quo #< that statement was a simplification but i think it’s generally true #it’s most likely that lyanna’s ‘disappearance’ was her last ditch effort to avoid her arranged marriage and rhaegar ended up helping her #then metaphorical punishment strikes like lightening and rhaegar’s family is horribly murdered and his city viciously sacked in response #it’s a fitting ending to a conflict in a world that’s backwards and cruel and sets the thematic undertone of the new monarchy and westeros #however #there’s just not enough info on what went down before the rebellion to build up a ‘one true’ narrative about it #technically sleeping with robert would be considered lyanna’s ‘duty’ and wouldn’t be called rape but read cersei’s chapters—#—and you’ll know where the author and narrative stand on husbands ‘taking their rights’: it’s that this is sanctioned rape.#asoiaf fandom critical #anti elia stans #lyanna stark #rhaelya #rhaegar targaryen #le sigh… fandoms

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