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mummer · 3 months

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rhaenyra outsourcing motherhood to rhaena and assigning her that passive feminine role was REALLY interesting….. rhaenyra as a character is at her most fascinating when she is forced to navigate and ultimately perpetuate the gendered structures she despises and wishes she could transcend— the seeds of her tragedy already sewn here. just great character work

#esp because in the books rhaena is painted as the sweet peaceful girly girl to baela’s gnc rebellion #but woah it’s cool that theyre both actually straining at it. wah #it’s also very targ women can only escape the bounds of the patriarchy when they have their dragons and even then they actually cant.#like thats an illusion of freedom for the most part ☹️#hotd #hotd spoilers #obviously rhaenyra doesnt really have much of a choice here but thats the point it’s a system #and to have any power at all you will have to crack under the desires of that system and the whims of your stupid misogynist vassals #thats the rosby stokeworth thing!!!! ITS HAPPENING!!!!!!#what would you sell to break your chain. who would you throw under your wheels #god rhaenyra is just a triumph of adaptation huh. theyre gonna hit that swing into selling her soul so hard

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