questions idk if we're going to get answers to: while louis was locked inside that coffin, what was happening outside of it? to armand and lestat? why was lestat still in paris? waiting? he already had the blood of akasha in him, why didn't he leave?
and were armand and lestat in contact? did they talk? magnus' tower is probably armand's (lestat DID leave all his property to armand and armand DID lead louis to lestat), why was lestat there?
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I ran a series of polls awhile ago wrt the best Queen song other than "Bohemian Rhapsody." The winner was "Don't Stop Me Now," which is one of my all-time favorites. Buuuut I was listening to a different song and suddenly wondered:
“The Show Must Go On”: https://youtu.be/huc7IL7b8S8
“Who Wants to Live Forever”: https://youtu.be/_Jtpf8N5IDE
“Barcelona”: https://youtu.be/Y1fiOJDXA-E
"'39": https://youtu.be/kE8kGMfXaFU
"Teo Torriatte": https://youtu.be/Ge18n2JCwBs
"These Are the Days of Our Lives": https://youtu.be/oB4K0scMysc
"Love of My Life": https://youtu.be/lTr6dyjajKc
"Save Me": https://youtu.be/Iw3izcZd9zU?si=fOQvTU6rPZPtwpzL
“Ensueño”: https://youtu.be/e7XpSsYO2v4
“Under Pressure”: https://youtu.be/ZyT8mVwf_40
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Loved this Council meeting.
Princess Rhaenyra making a good point…
And Alicent drowning in her sorrows because she can’t stand Rhaenyra being right. But she doesn’t have any counter argument against her reasoning in relation to the Bracken - Blackwood incident, does she? She acts like a “mature” woman, rolling her eyes, smirking and drinking (*cough* Cersei 2.0 *cough*).
And then there is the matter of the Stepstones. Daemon is a war hero, fought hard and single handedly killed the Crabfeeder. He was named King of the Narrow Sea, but gave up this honor, gifting the Stepstones to the Crown. He deserves the utmost respect for that.
And some bearded idiot (I don’t even know who he is), dares to belittle his great victory. Alicent doesn’t miss the opportunity to put the whole blame of losing the Stepstones on Daemon (even though it wasn’t his responsibility) simply because she dislikes him.
And when Rhaenyra makes valid points once more, defends Daemon and rightfully scolds the Crown for not protecting their own lands…
This woman is desperate to prove her wrong and fails miserably. She doesn’t even present a counter argument to prove her reasoning that Daemon is to blame. She immediately moves to “We cannot afford it.” Aha. So you admit that it was the Crown’s responsibility to defend the Stepstones, not Daemon’s.
As for the costs, like Rhaenyra says, “Cost of war is greater.” One way or another, the people have to pay taxes. Either they pay a more reasonable amount for fortifications or they will pay a humongous amount when war is on their doorsteps. But Alicent doesn’t have the capacity to understand that, and doesn’t provide reasonable arguments, just unreasonably rebuffs anything Rhaenyra has to say. As if it would kill her to admit that Rhaenyra is 100% right.
How mature of her. She has no leg to stand on (they’re probably off to be polished for her special night with Larys), acts like she is the smartest person in the room (Cersei impersonator), and then cries that she needs her father, because no one else is partial to her.
The Realm suffered greatly under the time she ruled in Viserys’ place. She and Otto ignore the smallfolk (confirmed in episode 9) and have no other interest other than promoting those of House Hightower and advancing their family’s position.
They’re a bunch of social climbers who are truly simple minded when it comes to politics. Reminder: Otto made the same reasoning mistakes at the Council meeting in episode 1, when he was trying to undermine Daemon, and Daemon pretty much check-mated him. Otto has no counter argument and changed the subject to Rhea Royce just to try and get a rise out of Daemon. This just proves what terrible political minds Otto and Alicent actually have. I mean, what can you expect from a handmaid turned queen through deception and a power hungry father?
Alicent had a good time abusing her position to make Rhaenyra’s life miserable. Can’t wait to see the tables turned.
Rhaenyra has demonstrated diplomatic finesse, a good strategic mind and potential to rule, which is more than can be said for Alicent, her snake of a father or her “precious children”.
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