Still, a great deal of light falls on everything

“gwayne thought [ormund] cruel… but gwayne thought that of many” is Such a weirdly revealing line. the concept of gwayne having a sam tarly esque horrid abusive childhood and having to pick up a sword to escape it……. i cant believe freaking gwayne has a tortured inner life… fuck my swag. gwayneeeee :(((((((

my favorite ongoing bit this season is the comedic timing every time rhaenyra is in the council room yelling mostly to herself and mysaria about all the things she's gonna get done that day and all the decisions she's gonna make by herself in her infinite wisdom as queen to DESTROY the HIGHTOWER TRAITORS and then it immediately cuts to her storming into alicent's chambers to get her piece of daily advice and a peck on the cheek