Fishers Of Men

They adapted the dragon twins as black girls. Cool. Beautiful and talented actresses, I love it.

Then they decided to take away Baela’s rebelliousness and tomboyishness and instead have her only serve as a vehicle for the men to express their emotions (Jace, Corlys and now also Alyn). She is not a real character at the moment, she is only there to occasionally move the plot along. Mind you she is one of the few characters who actually survive the whole war but as it stands no one cares if she makes it because she barely exists.

And the problem is most obvious with Rhaena. Holy hell, what did they do to her character. Or, wait, is it Nettles now? They took a look at a character that is described as a beautiful, fine lady, beloved by everyone that later hatches a dragon and then they looked at a character that is some random peasant girl that rides a feral dragon and said “hey, you know what? Let’s make them the same character!” And why? Well, Nettles is a canonically black girl. I guess they decided the characters are interchangeable if Rhaena is also a black girl! So let’s let a member of the royal family just stray around in the wild even if the reason is extremely contrived.

Yes, I get that there are a lot of characters so Baela currently has limited screen time. Doesn’t explain why the little time she has is spent only fleshing out the characters around her.

Yes, I also understand that Rhaena doesn’t do much during the Dance. But there should’ve been a more creative solution to that and not mashing her with a fundamentally different character.

And I’m 100% convinced that these issues wouldn’t exist if white actresses played these characters.

They adapted the dragon twins as black girls. Cool. Beautiful and talented actresses, I love it.

Then they decided to take away Baela’s rebelliousness and tomboyishness and instead have her only serve as a vehicle for the men to express their emotions (Jace, Corlys and now also Alyn). She is not a real character at the moment, she is only there to occasionally move the plot along. Mind you she is one of the few characters who actually survive the whole war but as it stands no one cares if she makes it because she barely exists.

And the problem is most obvious with Rhaena. Holy hell, what did they do to her character. Or, wait, is it Nettles now? They took a look at a character that is described as a beautiful, fine lady, beloved by everyone that later hatches a dragon and then they looked at a character that is some random peasant girl that rides a feral dragon and said “hey, you know what? Let’s make them the same character!” And why? Well, Nettles is a canonically black girl. I guess they decided the characters are interchangeable if Rhaena is also a black girl! So let’s let a member of the royal family just stray around in the wild even if the reason is extremely contrived.

Yes, I get that there are a lot of characters so Baela currently has limited screen time. Doesn’t explain why the little time she has is spent only fleshing out the characters around her.

Yes, I also understand that Rhaena doesn’t do much during the Dance. But there should’ve been a more creative solution to that and not mashing her with a fundamentally different character.

And I’m 100% convinced that these issues wouldn’t exist if white actresses played these characters.

but I can't stop thinking about just how EASILY and EXPERTLY Alicent manipulated him, knowing all his weakest spots and using them to her (and the Hightowers') advantage, proving to him and to herself that she is still a political player, she can influence how the events will play out, her voice still carries power, and this is such a big step forward from Season 2 disillusioned Alicent whose every word and suggestion was met with a dead end. Alicent knows all of Aemond's weaknesses because, just as the poison drips through, she helped shape them (just as she was shaped by her father: see "A Psychoanalysis of Otto and Alicent's relationship" here). She knows exactly how desperately he craves her approval, how much weight her touch carries, which words will soothe him, which words will wound him, and which words will move him toward the outcome she desires, and she uses that knowledge as a political act without hesitation.

Just kiera and their baby waiting for valarr to finish his meeting at the council.

The Crowning of Baelor II