#this political discussion and these POVs could have been so interesting if you'd given them room to BREATHE and not dumbed them down

[backjustforberena]

Then we must press what advantage we do have. And what is that? Dragons. 

[jessmalia]

#this political discussion and these POVs could have been so interesting if you'd given them room to BREATHE and not dumbed them down#or made it simply due to genders or depicting the weaknesses of Rhaenyra's position#because they BOTH have points irrespective of gender and action or inaction is not reliant upon gender#other factors feed into views about dragon warfare#rhaenys and alfred have OODLES of differences that could have given a really meaty dynamic if it had been allowed to flourish#and the council existed beyond exposition and being “for” or “against” rhaenyra's efforts#alfred comes to this with no lands title troops or kin#rhaenys has all of that AND she knows what it is to fly a dragon and some inkling of what such a war will actually look like#alfred has everything to gain by such an offensive because all he cares about is punishing the greens and using violence to subdue#he has nothing to lose by letting dragons out#but Rhaenys DOES and she has a higher duty (in her mind) to the realm as a whole not to mention the kin aspect#AND THE FACT IT'S HER BLOODY DRAGON#anyway a+ death glare - rhaenys you were too respectful for your own good i am glad you told them off like CHILDREN (op's tags)

Then we must press what advantage we do have. And what is that? Dragons.