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Rhaenyra is not going to win. Everyone is mad at the writers for "making her incompetent," but she was never competent to begin with. In season one, the show goes out of its way to show that Rhaenyra doesn't care for studying her history or "doing" politics. She's clever and she gets named heir, but she doesn't really understand the work it takes to rule. And given her father's mostly peaceful reign, she barely sees all the dirty work that might be needed. Her dad got lucky, but I imagine she saw it as much easier than it really is.

Then we get to Dragonstone. At this point, it's still easy for her. No one there is questioning her rule - some mouthiness lol, but not really. She's comfortable there and on the defensive. Easy.

Only at the Red Keep does she encounter mass dissent, mass trouble and having to deal with her grief over her son on top of that. The septon says no. The people are scared and agitated. The lords are pissed. Her council is badly split and incapable of giving her straight answers. She's overwhelmed and out of her element, and suddenly expected to be competent in the things she always eschewed in her youth.

It makes sense. It's good. And it's weird that people want this to be a feminist show. Lol. Is anything in GRRM's universe really feminist? I think we should all know the answer to this one from GoT, your fave lady characters' arcs aside. Also it's mainstream media. They declare anything with a girl boss sheen "feminist."

during the "skinny chic" era - which also was funnily enough the era of the Video Vixens, who were definitely not skinny chic. And I was beyond of age watching the false body positivity era that was really the "BBL/gym body or die" era; the reign of Kim Kardashian. And guess what? Both eras looked the same. Every time has been ever as before - women torturing themselves to fit into an ideal that they can never keep up with and papering over it with words like "wellness," "self care" and "health." Whether it was abs or a phat ass, big breasts or a tiny waist, it's never changed.

about to choose violence but I'm just gonna keep it cute.

and never wanted to, but I watched a YouTube video essay about how Jake x Lady Rainicorn are an example of a healthy couple, created by a man. And then sat through an essay that seemed to be all about the times Jake was being messy and Lady Rainicorn just kinda supported him through it and accepted it.

And it just got me thinking about how Hello Future Me tried to make it seem like Zutara is a fantasy while Kataang is much more healthy, and how a lot of Kataang is disproportionately Katara supporting Aang through his messiness and accepting it.

And that pisses me off because it seems like guys' interpretation of a healthy relationship is girl lets me be messy and stupid and just supports me through it and accepts it.

So was there ever an episode in Adventure Time when Lady Rainicorn was having a stupid/insecure moment and Jake supports her through it and accepts it?

to keep it cute in 2026, especially in these internet streets.

Watch my shows. Reblog I like. Bitch and moan about my own stuff. Treat the rest like a cigarette, as Leikeli47 would say - puff, PASS.