The whole Alicent and Criston affair is so ridiculous, there's no subtlety and no attempt to hide their relationship, the show could have handled that so much better. Have them exchange glances and light touches without showing they are having sex until a dramatic reveal, keep it hidden from the audience a little longer so we have to wonder if that's what's going on or not, make them be very cautious about it so when Larys connects the dots it's actually impressive instead of Larys arriving at a conclusion that we already know is right. Idk, it's just another of the million things that was good in theory but in practice they completely fumbled it 🤦♀️
Thanks for reading! I think what you suggest would have been a much better way of handling that. I don't actually hate this pairing or what it does for either of their characterisation, but it's implemented in a really clumsy way that makes them both look so stupid and careless - in Cole's case, arguably explicable, given his self-destructive tendencies, in Alicent's, absolutely not explicable.
I feel much the same, they are great, and to be fair they are probably having fun on the production, and getting lots of recognition, so that's nice. Probably, the best thing about this show is that it will boost the careers of many talented actors, directors, costume designers etc. It does not deserve the ridiculous scores it gets on Metacritic et al, but that's true of so many things.
The whole Alicent and Criston affair is so ridiculous, there's no subtlety and no attempt to hide their relationship, the show could have handled that so much better. Have them exchange glances and light touches without showing they are having sex until a dramatic reveal, keep it hidden from the audience a little longer so we have to wonder if that's what's going on or not, make them be very cautious about it so when Larys connects the dots it's actually impressive instead of Larys arriving at a conclusion that we already know is right. Idk, it's just another of the million things that was good in theory but in practice they completely fumbled it 🤦♀️
Thanks for reading! I think what you suggest would have been a much better way of handling that. I don't actually hate this pairing or what it does for either of their characterisation, but it's implemented in a really clumsy way that makes them both look so stupid and careless - in Cole's case, arguably explicable, given his self-destructive tendencies, in Alicent's, absolutely not explicable.
I just feel bad for the actors at this point. Their performances deserve a better story.
I feel much the same, they are great, and to be fair they are probably having fun on the production, and getting lots of recognition, so that's nice. Probably, the best thing about this show is that it will boost the careers of many talented actors, directors, costume designers etc. It does not deserve the ridiculous scores it gets on Metacritic et al, but that's true of so many things.