GIVE HER BACK!!! GIVE HER BACKK!!

I think about how HOTD screw over ALL of their female characters. Erased their storyline. Removed their main motivations. Didn't bother to bring other amazing characters from the books to the screen.

All of that for Rhaenyra sake and put her on top, but in the end, turned her into soggy cereal.

"And...someone cut down the fucking ratcatchers."

“Daemon died fighting for his Queen!”

Did he though?

To me, he did exactly the opposite of fighting for her at the end.

Here is what Daemon knew:

He could stand a chance to fight Aemond and survive if he did it with Nettles, leaving him the chance (at the very least) to then fight the rest of the greens.

Rhaenyra then sent for Nettles head, and he would not stand for that so he let her escape. That’s when he decided to fight Aemond, though he stood no chance to survive (let’s not kid ourselves by saying that Daemon was just that powerful. He only killed Aemond by killing himself).

At this point the news of Ulf and Hugh being turncloaks have reached him, and for all he knew Silverwing and Vermithor were approaching Kings Landing, with Tessarion. Making a much larger threat than Vhagar, a threat that would be responded with Seasmoke, Syrax and Tyraxes at most, and he would not think Tyraxes would join and maybe even doubt Syrax.

Dreamfyre also resided in the pit at that point, and while Helaena was no fighter, and for all purposes mad at this point, that made the greens dragon advantage enermous.

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TB:

Tyraxes (small)

Seasmoke

Syrax (unlikely to fight)

Caraxes (if Daemon were to join)

TG:

Vermithor

Silverwing

Dreamfyre

Tessarion

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We obviously know that Hugh and Ulf would turn again, and then + Addam and Daeron would die with Silverwing being the only survivor.

But he didn’t. He only knew that they had turned and were fighting with the greens, and he still decided to send Nettles away knowing he stood no chance of living.

To me, he did not die for Rhaenyra. He died because he gave Nettles the chance to flee. While knowing that Rhaenyra was pretty much mad, and was going to lose.

All in all, their decision to remove Nettles is entirely idiotic in my opinion.

You deserved so much better than that.

Ewan Mitchell on Aemond Targaryen.

This has got to be one of the most devastatingly good looking side profiles I’ve ever seen on a man

*deep sigh* Ewan Mitchell…the man that you are

People like "he should have dealt with this behind closed doors and just said this directly to HBO and Ryan Condal" y'all really think he didn't and somehow this is the first time they're hearing all of this? He tried telling them his perspective and they said okay go away old man we know how to make and sell TV. This blog post was his last resort to try to influence the adaptation of his work and that is something that we should be critical of Max for, not GRRM. A multi-million dollar corporation is taking control of an author's life work and destroying its integrity and reputation for the second time now, and the execs and writers don't really care what he has been saying behind closed doors and in meetings. The bad writing this season is obvious evidence of GRRM's lack of input on the process.

The dragons dance and men are like dust under their feet, all our fine thoughts and endeavors are as nothing.

JAIME LANNISTER and SER CRISTON COLE

I am in blood Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more Returning were as tedious as go o’er

House of the Dragon S2 (Aemond Targaryen) + Shakespeare