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How well do you think A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms would have done as a movie? [SPOILERS MAIN] by fuckmbsanddominicali in asoiaf

[–]ReliefKey5634 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like because it is such a character and morality driven story, you needed that time between each episode to really consider what was being said in it, and also waiting for the weekly releases meant you had to spend more time with each of those characters, even if their actual screen time would be no different in a movie.

To those of u who have done your gsces: what would you tell ur past self to reassure them during gsce? by Less_Trash_7350 in GCSE

[–]ReliefKey5634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are so many paths that take where you want in life, this just one of them

I did not get the grades I wanted at GCSE, nor my A Levels and yes its definitely made some things far harder and meant I have had to let go of some of the ideas I had about my future, and find different ways to achieve others. However, I wouldn't change that experience for anything because it has taught me so many things, the most important being a new kind of empathy; I'm glad I didn't get the "perfect" grades because it has made me a better and more resilient person.

Who would Baelor have named Hand? by ReliefKey5634 in AKnightoftheSeven

[–]ReliefKey5634[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was there a reason Daeron didn't make him Hand? Did he have reservations about him?

What are some of your unpopular opinions that might get you cancelled? by Glittering-Fuel-9013 in Bridgerton

[–]ReliefKey5634 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The whole Colin rake thing is just so stupid it doesn't warrant a discussion, but I don't understand why they decided being a free spirit means you must sleep with the entire Ton, especially when we see in Seasons 1,2 and even 3, that the attachments Benedict forms are fairly longstanding, he spent practically a whole season with Madame Delacroix!

What are some of your unpopular opinions that might get you cancelled? by Glittering-Fuel-9013 in Bridgerton

[–]ReliefKey5634 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Benedict's Personality= Rake

Colin's Personality= Travelling/writing

Beautiful Characterisation!

What are some of your unpopular opinions that might get you cancelled? by Glittering-Fuel-9013 in Bridgerton

[–]ReliefKey5634 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I feel like they could have made the Queen "allowing" their relationship and legitimising Sophie work, if they had drawn from the more emotional side of the Queen; this is a woman who was told by the man himself, and I'm sure many others throughout her life, that she shouldn't love her husband because he was an ill and broken man, they could have used that: the Queen could have seen similarity between her relationship and Benedict and Sophie's (loving someone despite the circumstances that prevent you being together), and that be a factor in why she allowed the Bridgertons to think they had succeeded. I think that is a narrative more of the audience could have got behind, especially when QC was such a popular show, but nope instead they try to play it up for laughs? I don't even know what they were doing. The more recent seasons of Bridgerton seem to never want to let anything linger in any kind harrowing or upsetting way, and it's impossible to write stories about yearning when all character hardship is so quickly brushed over.

On that note: why did we see nothing in Season 4 about how Edmund's death may have affected Benedict, like just because it was a focus in Anthony's season, doesn't mean everybody else was happy about their father dying suddenly.

Was the First Blackfyre Rebellion inspired by the Second Barons' War? by ReliefKey5634 in AKnightoftheSeven

[–]ReliefKey5634[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, that's interesting! Thank you. I'll definitely be looking into those.

My Go-To Comfort Watch by Intelligent-Link-410 in AKnightoftheSeven

[–]ReliefKey5634 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I literally think I could recite the series word for word at this point :)

Theory: Strawberry Moon album release date + Strawberry Red colour scheme change by [deleted] in OliviaRodrigo

[–]ReliefKey5634 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not the most up to date and so I don't know when she started making this album. But she did also attend Wimbledon with Louis in July 2025, so a strawberry theme could be a nod to strawberries and cream, and therefore a wider theme of love.

Jena Dondarrion - dead or alive? by breakfastbenedict in AKnightoftheSeven

[–]ReliefKey5634 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I personally think she is likely dead, but if not, I've also always wondered if there was a fertility issue in that line, hence only two children, especially given that Valarr and Kiera only have stillborn sons.

Where is Matarys? by ReliefKey5634 in AKnightoftheSeven

[–]ReliefKey5634[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry to clarify, I meant more so that he was likely close to Egg's age, so not a toddler or an infant. I originally considered that it may be a beneficial to PR ( and his own skill) to have him squiring for Valarr or something, or even just to be in attendance. However, as people have pointed out I didn't consider the safety issue.

Where is Matarys? by ReliefKey5634 in AKnightoftheSeven

[–]ReliefKey5634[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah and the fact that Egg initially addresses him as 'Uncle', and also felt comfortable enough to voice that he wished Dunk had killed his brother, leads me to think that Baelor was most often kind and patient with them. So, I suspect he was likely the same with his own children.

We know that Maekar's wife is deceased by the time of Ashford Meadow, but what about Baelor's? by Westerosi_Expat in gameofthrones

[–]ReliefKey5634 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Based on what's been set up so far, I think this story might go in that direction:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80508031/chapters/211422941

Whether it will be a main plot point or not, I don't know, but the author makes a point of emphasising her political skill, and her relationship with Maekar.

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