SeventyOne
Platinum Member
Curious to know what everyone thought about that episode. A lot of people seem to like it, but I had a few problems with the way things were handled:
Criston Cole gets into a fight with Erryk over who gets to bring Aegon back to the Red Keep? Aegon makes it clear he doesn't want to be king, but then appears to fancy himself ruling after getting the Catspaw? Rhaenys interrupts the coronation to show she's on Team Rhaenyra, but doesn't attack anyone? None of it seemed to add up.
It felt like the franchise was again heading towards spectacle over writing. Hopefully they end on a solid note Sunday (which it might with the tease of the Battle at Storm's End).
Dagger represents his father's love/approval. Which is then only magnified by the love/approval of the crowd (in his mind, obviously it was forced). For the first time in his life he feels loved. Suddenly it's good to be the King.
As for the Queen that Never Was, she's not a kinslayer (the greatest sin in this universe), and as a mother who has lost both her children, doesn't feel right straight-up murdering Helena and her babies. Just like Ned Stark, her honor prevents discisive action that would have stopped the coming war before it began.
As for the Queen that Never Was, she's not a kinslayer (the greatest sin in this universe), and as a mother who has lost both her children, doesn't feel right straight-up murdering Helena and her babies. Just like Ned Stark, her honor prevents discisive action that would have stopped the coming war before it began.