My asoiaf canon speculation playground. House Stark. Sansa. Jonsa. Stark Sisters. Arianne. Elia. Young Griff. Theon. Targaryen critical. Game of Thrones critical.
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I don't buy into the idea that Naerys is a sue, idk but her parallel with Cersei feels deliberate to me. So I think there is more to her than “suffering prettily in silence” that the fandom loves so much
I agree that the Cersei parallel is deliberate, much like Aemon is to Jaime as the Kingsguard knight who failed to protect kings (Baelor and Daeron), and even Viserys II-Aegon IV-Megette has obvious similarities to Tywin-Tyrion-Tysha.
Naerys probably isn’t a Sue, given that she was first written in AGOT where nuanced historical characters were still around. The supplemental material made her seem like one, because lazy writing and lack of follow through are prominent (look at how much Ryam Redwyne is idealized in the main series versus the forgettable character in F&B1). But, as GRRM assured us with Arthur Dayne, “keep reading”. She is so defined by her alleged relationship with Aemon—with her piety barely mentioned in the supplemental material and SSMs—that there should be more to her.
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Yes, he is afraid to die. But that was never the full point. He is afraid of failing and that's why he refuses to even try. Not for anyone. That's the cowardice. That's the moral stain.
The way Ryland sadly shakes his head a little when Eva calls him a great teacher, and says no when she asks him to take the compliment.
The way he nods and smiles - brightly - when she lowers her head in disappointment after his opening refusal at her office.
He's so relieved to be, in her eyes and his own estimation, finally revealed for a fraud. It's so much better when you can control the moment of your failure, than if you actually try and then do it by accident. This went easier than he thought it would. He can stop crumbling under the pressure of what she sees in him. He's free of the devastating burden of his own potential. The devastating temptation to live up to it and own it. He is a failure, after all and she will never look at him like that again but he chose that. It can't ambush him now.
Of course, then Eva ruins it by continuing to have faith in him.
"You are my solution."
You can see the despair welling up and he scrambles and starts digging in the mud.
"My place is in the classroom."
Cue that sliver of contempt creeping into her face and her tone and her words. He took that heartfelt compliment, that light moment of bonding, and slung it at her as a weak, hypocritical excuse. You praised me for that. Can I hide behind it? Do you regret it?
Maybe she does. Maybe that hurts. This is where it turns ugly. This is where he starts to cry. This is what he never wanted. This is where his shields go up all the way.
And then the worst thing happens. He doesn't get to drop that burden at all. She'll chain him to it. His own carefully presented humiliation doesn't buy him anything. He even fails at that. He's scrambling for real. Climbing furniture. He can't even be angry. She's forcing her faith in him over his refusal. It's so absurd. And even while he's face down in the grass Carl still tells him how good he is. That's the worst punishment for refusing: not being allowed to keep his lie.
For the greater good. For your own good.
It's horrible. It's personal.
He is never angry about it.
That's what makes the movie version so compelling to me. It's not about sacrificing a lamb. It's about demanding accountability for what he is capable of, matching the audacity of his refusal with the audacity of forcing him anyway. His self-doubt is not noble, it's a destructive indulgence that evaporates the moment he is forced to act at all.
It's not fair. The circumstances are not fair. Their force is not fair. Neither is he!
Umtimately, it comes down to dropping the comforting lie of his own failure.
"Even though you were right."
It was never really about being afraid to die. That's why the betrayal was personal, not structural. That's why his forgiveness is personal and real.
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In my never ending quest to learning how to draw men, have some project Hail Mary!
Loved the movie and am currently listening to the audio book, and it’s so good!
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I can’t find the post but someone mentioned it and now:
The video diaries aren’t just Grace talking to Earth. They’re Grace talking to Stratt. Doing what he always did for her, explaining the science, breaking it down. It’s not clear how much of the rest of his life he remembers over the course of the movie (and beyond) but he absolutely remembers her, she is what he has left of Earth to hold on to up there.
It’s undeniable that she’s the one he’s addressing in the final entry, when he says goodbye. But I didn’t realize it was all of them. She is the “Grace friend” Rocky asks about. It puts her there on the ship with him, as long as he can communicate to her they’re still connected, he still has a sense of her presence with him. And how much more of a gut punch that makes his memory of the sedation, as he grew to trust her all over again through his flashbacks, as he felt closer and closer to someone who was light-years away. Only to remember that she betrayed him, that he failed her, that the friendship he was still relying on as he pieced himself back together was already gone, and even if he went back it could never be the same.
Insert the gifs here of Grace passing Rocky’s xenonite figurine of himself to Stratt, and the beanbag Earth to Rocky (which Stratt gave him as she told him to get to work), as his goodbyes to each of them, he’s so surrounded by them and passed between them and a conduit for them. I need to watch the movie again.
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