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In an interview with BlackGirlNerds for House of the Dragon Season 3, Frankel admitted that he really wanted fans to (again) root for Criston. "Dude. I know, so was I. It was a bit of a turn that I didn’t expect, but you know the writers want to keep me unlikable, man," he said. "They want to keep my career derailed." Co-star Olivia Cooke revealed that Criston did have "different sides" in Season 2, but Frankel explained why fans never saw those scenes. "They got cut. Anytime we try to bring a little bit of humanity to the thing, Ryan [Condal] and Sara [Hess] just want me f***ing really down and dumped," he quipped. [...] "I don't know. I mean, does he have a code? His code’s always changing. It's like one second his code is that he supports Rhaenyra, and his code is honor, and then that code is gone. Then he takes the white cloak and sleeps with the Queen and Rhaenyra, and then that code is gone. Then he's on Alicent's team, but then he betrays her in the small council. I mean, what’s his code?"

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“You’ve not said a word to me since I got here, and since everyone else has taken the time to berate me for something, I thought it only fair to give you the chance.”

Unlike the past, there’s not a lot of anger in the attempt—it’s mostly just kind of sad, which makes it harder to be angry at. But it still rubs him the wrong way. Leave it to River to always play the victim in a situation that he created.

“Doesn't self-pity ever get tiresome for you?”

“Doesn’t self-righteousness ever get tiresome for you?”

There’s barely any heat in it now. The words carry a distinct lack of that directionless anger River’s been made up of since the moment they’d seen each other in Taverner’s office; it’s more like defeat. A drowning man’s last attempt at a fight he knows he won’t win so he can die thinking well, at least I tried.

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it's so cruel but i'm still in love with judas.....