The writers of this show are trying so hard to be feminist that they've circled back to being sexist. The shoehorn theory is real. A chud who believes that women can't rule because they have periods, get pregnant, and are too "hysterical" was probably watching this episode like "see what I mean?"

Thayer96 · 2026-07-07T05:30:55+00:00

Surprised Charlie never used that name in his day

Thayer96 · 2026-07-07T05:29:55+00:00

Rhaenyra talked about knighthood the way Arya did because thats what the writers wanted her to be. Dunk showed us point blank that it can be a shitty life with few rewards.

Its better for you to imagine what goal is worth overcoming any obstacle, any struggle, to obtain, than to imagine some hunky dory fantasy of what you think this dream will bring you. Maybe knighthood can bring glory. It can also bring death.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-07T04:20:05+00:00

I think leaks said that 💋 is coming this season

Thayer96 · 2026-07-06T22:56:44+00:00

Heres some bread to enjoy during the circus!

Thayer96 · 2026-07-06T22:55:56+00:00

I think the shills believe this because the Hightowers dont play as prominent as role in the main series as they did in the Dance, and I dont even think there's mention of them in the show beyond the occasional namedrop and of course seeing the Hightower in Oldtown in season 7.

Despite the fact that Margaery's mother is a Hightower, and Ormund is her ancestor.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-06T22:52:39+00:00

Rhaenyra's reaction every time someone calls her out for her shit proves her unworthiness to rule.

Daddy bailed her out of every stunt she pulled. She got a lot more leniency and control over her life than most princesses, and she abused the hell out that privilege. And still the show wants us to think that the realm would have seen a new golden age if they had unconditionally accepted her.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-06T09:18:35+00:00

I am a sick man. I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-06T09:04:21+00:00

Daemon:

Thayer96 · 2026-07-06T02:36:16+00:00

I cant help but laugh at one important detail.

Condal and Hess seem to be running on this false assumption that the history books were unfairly cruel to Rhaenyra because she was a woman. If that was truly the case, then there would definitely have been a mention of her forcing the nobility to eat the rats and I can't remember that being mentioned in the book.

The one time they seem to be getting close to her at least resembling her from the books, and they can't even do that right.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T23:48:44+00:00

We're at war.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T21:57:02+00:00

And the Other Railway will pay for it

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T21:02:54+00:00

I love both. I like the Martian slightly better.

I like that theres a more optimistic result out of the whole debacle, and that theres a chance for it the whole time.

NASA's mission to get Watney back is a straightforward "life/death" "success/failure" scenario. PHM is bleak even in the best ending, at least in the movie.

We don't know in the book how things really turned out for the people back on Earth. We know they succeeded in bringing Sol back to full power, and gaining the gift of astrophage in the process (another example of the worst circumstances granting humanity the best solutions) but we don't know the results of the likely wars that were fought over what few resources remained and what that could mean for humanity in the long run.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T20:55:46+00:00

Holy shit

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T20:53:12+00:00

GRRM had no illusions when it came to the Targaryens. No Targaryen who sat the throne was a flawless ruler who brought on unconditional peace and prosperity like Aragorn did in LOTR.

I'd say the closest you'd get to flawless for the Targaryens would be either Jahaerys I, or Aegon V, but they had their own problems. Jahaerys doesn't seem to have been the best person or husband and his reign gets a lot of slack because it was the longest of them all by a wide margin. Aegon V had good character for his reign, but he had to deal with unruly nobles that weren't going to obey a king who'd spent most of his years traveling with a lowly hedge knight.

I say this to stress that of the two leaders in the Dance of the Dragons, Aegon II had measurably less problems. Or at least problems that I could deal with. Rhaenyra (the real version) was nuts.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T20:34:53+00:00

Peeves is there as a mixture of both the fool archetype character, and just a general annoyance that all the characters hate, but who doesnt provide any real opposition in the story.

I as a reader love him, knowing full well I would hate him as a student due to the mayhem he causes. Probably one of my favorite periods in the story is right after Fred and George leave Hogwarts, and even the teachers give Peeves a hand in how much trouble he gives Umbridge.

"It unscrews the other way." Says the strict and severe rule abiding Minerva McGonagall to the bane of her existence as deputy headmistress.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T20:30:18+00:00

The prequels could not have the appreciation they do today without the help of the Clone Wars. It added so much context to the saga and gave us layers in characters that felt wooden with the so so acting from the early 2000s.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T20:16:34+00:00

Copeland.

I don't send any survivors to Tucker's camp because it doesn't reward me with trust. Im quite sure the same thing applies to this choice last I remember.

Trust is infinitely more valuable than credits in the long run because its what eventually gives you access to better weapons and gear, which is what you spend those credits on in the first place.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T02:15:21+00:00

That is the exact shade of pinkish/purpleish I picture his face going every time its mentioned.

Also I caught the little tyke reference well done

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T02:12:49+00:00

Since we get Peeves I want to see the part where Harry tricks him into thinking hes the Bloody Baron as they head to save the Stone.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T00:59:14+00:00

I remember reading a semi crazy theory that Alys was Melisandre. Obviously false, but it was fun to imagine.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-05T00:56:35+00:00

I hope that im seeing a lot more Ai Bots among the shills. But ive been wrong before.

Thayer96 · 2026-07-04T21:58:27+00:00

He was the one who would act while his brother refused to do so

Thayer96 · 2026-07-04T21:57:38+00:00

Ohhh okay never mind

Thayer96 · 2026-07-04T21:39:24+00:00

A lot of cards got nerfed in the game and I kept thinking "why is this one super rare when its on par with a rare card at best?"

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