G Martin 87 said:
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Rhaenys was also thinking of the political optics involved in roasting the newly crowned King and all his family in front of the very people who just watched the coronation. Rhaenys would be regarded as the usurper, not the Hightowers. In order to win support for Rhaenyra's claims among the houses that haven't declared yet, she can't be the one to topple the government.
our side has bigger dragons and less unfunny memesboy09 said:
I agree with TCTTS. Everybody else, pick your sides.
G Martin 87 said:
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Rhaenys was also thinking of the political optics involved in roasting the newly crowned King and all his family in front of the very people who just watched the coronation. Rhaenys would be regarded as the usurper, not the Hightowers. In order to win support for Rhaenyra's claims among the houses that haven't declared yet, she can't be the one to topple the government.
Rhaenys is a pragmatist, not a hothead like Daemon.Quad Dog said:G Martin 87 said:
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Rhaenys was also thinking of the political optics involved in roasting the newly crowned King and all his family in front of the very people who just watched the coronation. Rhaenys would be regarded as the usurper, not the Hightowers. In order to win support for Rhaenyra's claims among the houses that haven't declared yet, she can't be the one to topple the government.
To her it wasn't the newly crowned king. If she had roasted them, then it would have been carrying out the execution of traitors to the true queen. Something the old king talked about more than once.
G Martin 87 said:Rhaenys is a pragmatist, not a hothead like Daemon.Quad Dog said:G Martin 87 said:
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Rhaenys was also thinking of the political optics involved in roasting the newly crowned King and all his family in front of the very people who just watched the coronation. Rhaenys would be regarded as the usurper, not the Hightowers. In order to win support for Rhaenyra's claims among the houses that haven't declared yet, she can't be the one to topple the government.
To her it wasn't the newly crowned king. If she had roasted them, then it would have been carrying out the execution of traitors to the true queen. Something the old king talked about more than once.
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G Martin 87 said:Rhaenys is a pragmatist, not a hothead like Daemon.Quad Dog said:G Martin 87 said:
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Rhaenys was also thinking of the political optics involved in roasting the newly crowned King and all his family in front of the very people who just watched the coronation. Rhaenys would be regarded as the usurper, not the Hightowers. In order to win support for Rhaenyra's claims among the houses that haven't declared yet, she can't be the one to topple the government.
To her it wasn't the newly crowned king. If she had roasted them, then it would have been carrying out the execution of traitors to the true queen. Something the old king talked about more than once.
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BudFox7 said:G Martin 87 said:Rhaenys is a pragmatist, not a hothead like Daemon.Quad Dog said:G Martin 87 said:
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Rhaenys was also thinking of the political optics involved in roasting the newly crowned King and all his family in front of the very people who just watched the coronation. Rhaenys would be regarded as the usurper, not the Hightowers. In order to win support for Rhaenyra's claims among the houses that haven't declared yet, she can't be the one to topple the government.
To her it wasn't the newly crowned king. If she had roasted them, then it would have been carrying out the execution of traitors to the true queen. Something the old king talked about more than once.
Then what's the point of making that appearance? To make a non-hothead statement? Ya ok. If she wasn't going to kill them, then you ride off to alert the people who will, unless you're an idiot - which this character was not. It was an poorly thought out action scene just for the sake of adding action.
BudFox7 said:G Martin 87 said:Rhaenys is a pragmatist, not a hothead like Daemon.Quad Dog said:G Martin 87 said:
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Rhaenys was also thinking of the political optics involved in roasting the newly crowned King and all his family in front of the very people who just watched the coronation. Rhaenys would be regarded as the usurper, not the Hightowers. In order to win support for Rhaenyra's claims among the houses that haven't declared yet, she can't be the one to topple the government.
To her it wasn't the newly crowned king. If she had roasted them, then it would have been carrying out the execution of traitors to the true queen. Something the old king talked about more than once.
Then what's the point of making that appearance? To make a non-hothead statement? Ya ok. If she wasn't going to kill them, then you ride off to alert the people who will, unless your an idiot - which this character was not. It was an poorly thought out action scene just for the sake of adding action.
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Ummmm she could not go out the gate of the dragon pit. It was guarded and locked
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Ummmm she could not go out the gate of the dragon pit. It was guarded and locked
So how did she get in?
redline248 said:
Yes, I saw...I was being silly. Why would that be unguarded or unlocked, though? Any random person could just walk down there
The feet didnt look awesome though…. I mean lets get real- if its a foot fettish, that girl damn near had hobbit feet.redline248 said:
This are just the sort of questions when scenes are thrown in for the sake of "it will look awesome."
It did look awesome, though
tk for tu juan said:
Are people more creeped out by the foot fetish scene than the child fighting pits?
Do not ask questions around here or the Rings of Power thread.Zombie Jon Snow said:redline248 said:Quote:
Ummmm she could not go out the gate of the dragon pit. It was guarded and locked
So how did she get in?
lol.. they literally showed her going down an inner passageway. from the main hall. did you miss that?
The gate was locked and guarded (the kings guard guy even said this clearly when she said she did not want to leave without the dragon). And that was the way you would normally go to get your dragon out. She clearly knew an inside passage to get there. She's a Targaryen after all and it has been shown they have a lot of secret passageways. No surprise she would know a back way in. And the coronation event with the opening of the main doors allowed her access.
not that difficult to understand.
Just looked like every day of junior high in HISD to me.tk for tu juan said:
Are people more creeped out by the foot fetish scene than the child fighting pits?
This. Why did she get squeamish? She literally burst through the floor and killed thousands of people. Should have roasted them.Zombie Jon Snow said:
I knew it!!!!!
Except I as wrong about who - but I was 100% sure the entire time a dragon would come lay waste to these proceedings. I just thought it would be Daemon and/or Rhaenyra.
But hell yes Rhaenys!!!!!!
She could have torched them all of course and probably should have, but then the series would be rather short.
My only complaint was she should have looked at Allicent and said "You have my answer."
Ok sorry late to get to this episode and I've read no comments. I'll go back now. But hell yes!!!!!
Loved it.
We still don't know her true intentions. If she's playing the long game and she eventually comes down on the side of the Greens, she wouldn't have killed them. Perhaps she wants the war to weaken both sides.Quote:
This. Why did she get squeamish? She literally burst through the floor and killed thousands of people. Should have roasted them.
But no, we need her to be stupid the rest of the series can happen.
Lol its a joke.canadiaggie said:
Belton Ag said:Quote:
This. Why did she get squeamish? She literally burst through the floor and killed thousands of people. Should have roasted them.
But no, we need her to be stupid the rest of the series can happen.
As for why she killed so many folks, it's been said in this thread. Common folk of King's Landing are like ants in the GoT universe. They're always dying by the thousands.
TV Casualty said:Belton Ag said:Quote:
This. Why did she get squeamish? She literally burst through the floor and killed thousands of people. Should have roasted them.
But no, we need her to be stupid the rest of the series can happen.
As for why she killed so many folks, it's been said in this thread. Common folk of King's Landing are like ants in the GoT universe. They're always dying by the thousands.
Taking over Kings Landing while harming as few of the citizens as possible was one of the main theme's of GoT. Daenerys killing the people of Kings Landing was the moment everyone said she is not fit to rule and was killed for it. They also showed us many times throughout the show that the Lanisters were cruel precisely because of how they treated the people.
We have been told over and over that Rhaeneys should have been named heir over Viserys. That she is clearly the better ruler. Why would we be told that if she is basically like Daenerys and will indiscriminately kill the people?
Killing a thousand people for no reason really isn't as small of a thing as it's being made out to be. Now, in this show it will probably end up being inconsequential. That's only because the show runners wanted a big scene with a dragon so they will minimize it's impact. Of course not roasting the Hightowers will probably have dire consequences.
TV Casualty said:C@LAg said:
don't worry about it. you have your opinion and have stated it, which is fine and reasonable. he has his.
all this is going to do is degenerate into the same groups saying the same thing over and over and over on top of each other.
You're right and I'm done with it.
IMHO, I've never gotten the feeling that any of the main characters in either show give a damn about the common people. They're all too busy screwing each other and screwing over each other to keep power.TV Casualty said:Belton Ag said:Quote:
This. Why did she get squeamish? She literally burst through the floor and killed thousands of people. Should have roasted them.
But no, we need her to be stupid the rest of the series can happen.
As for why she killed so many folks, it's been said in this thread. Common folk of King's Landing are like ants in the GoT universe. They're always dying by the thousands.
Taking over Kings Landing while harming as few of the citizens as possible was one of the main theme's of GoT. Daenerys killing the people of Kings Landing was the moment everyone said she is not fit to rule and was killed for it. They also showed us many times throughout the show that the Lanisters were cruel precisely because of how they treated the people.
We have been told over and over that Rhaeneys should have been named heir over Viserys. That she is clearly the better ruler. Why would we be told that if she is basically like Daenerys and will indiscriminately kill the people?
Killing a thousand people for no reason really isn't as small of a thing as it's being made out to be. Now, in this show it will probably end up being inconsequential. That's only because the show runners wanted a big scene with a dragon so they will minimize it's impact. Of course not roasting the Hightowers will probably have dire consequences.
