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cassatine · 2 years

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Rhaenyra getting more shit for staying on Dragonstone instead of in King's Landing to play the political game or whatever than Viserys gets for recalling Otto as Hand, thus pretty much handing power to the faction he knows to be his heir's political opponents and metaphorically shooting Rhaenyra in the political kneecaps, is one of the most Takes in a fandom full of Takes

#like if you're gonna point to rhaenyra fucking up on that one you ought to point to viserys too #could she have done more to shore up her claim? sure. could viserys have done more to shore up her claim? hell fucking yeah #sorry but showing up on his literal last day wasn't enough #he should have made *her* the hand after lyonel's death #the fact that he didn't and instead recalled otto is the dumbest most insane decision taken by anyone in the show so far #and the one thing that most contributed to creating the conditions for the aegon/rhaenyra face-off to happen #also like if we're talking optics how do you think it looks like to the court & co that instead of HIS ACTUAL HEIR #he chose otto?? it looks like he doesn't trust his heir to rule is what it looks like #and also!! it's a pattern with viserys. he keeps rhaenyra as cupbearer after naming her heir. he puts alicent on the small council for some #reason even as she's going around in hightower loyalties green. which is even more ?? when you remember the firing otto scene #ep6 shows alicent ordering rhaenyra around shooting her down etc. viserys doesn't even try to fight on the helaena/jace proposal #with otto back as hand even if she'd been in kl rhaenyra would have been in a shit position #and the optics wouldn't have been good either everyone would have seen power was on the otto&alicent side not the heir's #again: could she have fought harder? sure. did viserys create the conditions for her to be sidelined in the first place? duh fucking duh #house of the dragon #westerosi politics

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