The show has done everything in its power to woobify The Blacks which is fine like who cares - I knew they wouldn’t have the range to adapt the conflict properly but I will not forgive them if they take
“Kingslanding rose in a bloody riot” away from me. Helaena mattered so much- when the common folk heard the violation she experienced even they had enough!!! I need it to be known the riot happened because of the love Helaena garnered and how important she was.
rumor of Queen Helaena’s “murder” was soon on the lips of half King’s Landing. That it was so quickly believed shows how utterly the city had turned against their once-beloved queen. Rhaenyra was hated; Helaena had been loved. Nor had the common folk of the city forgotten the cruel murder of Prince Jaehaerys by Blood and Cheese. Helaena’s end had been mercifully swift; one of the spikes took her through the throat and she died without a sound. At the moment of her death, across the city atop the Hill of Rhaenys, her dragon Dreamfyre rose suddenly with a roar that shook the Dragonpit, snapping two of the chains that bound her. When Queen Alicent was informed of her daughter’s passing, she rent her garments and pronounced a dire curse upon her rival.
That night King’s Landing rose in bloody riot.
The rioting began amidst the alleys and wynds of Flea Bottom, as men and women poured from the wine sinks, rat pits, and pot shops by the hundreds, angry, drunken, and afraid. From there the rioters spread throughout the city, shouting for justice for the dead princes and their murdered mother.
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