Great analysis, it really irks me how Rhaenyra never acknowledged her siblings as such, it severely undermines the whole premise of the show, that of a family that tears itself apart, when it clearly sets up two separate families that are only vaguely related. Your point about the cabbage is so true, the whole thing with the blockade made no sense! King's Landing is on the mainland, and it's surrounded by pro-Aegon territory, why would they be so desperate for food in the first place? And Rhaenyra being able to sneak in "food aid" is so ridiculous, with the way people can just sneak into KL and Dragonstone it seems these rulers need to invest more heavily in security. God, it's so ridiculous
The whole blockade storyline is just so universally terrible. It's geographically terrible, it's politically terrible, it's logistically terrible. I can't believe they actually got all of this through the writing, approval and filming process and no-one said a word against it.
And yes, I hate the dismissal of the sibling relationship so much, we've not seen a single conversation between Rhaenyra and Aegon and probably never will (until the very end at least), it's all Rhaenicent all the time at the expense of everything else. What is the point of writing a family conflict if no-one behaves like a family?
Great analysis, it really irks me how Rhaenyra never acknowledged her siblings as such, it severely undermines the whole premise of the show, that of a family that tears itself apart, when it clearly sets up two separate families that are only vaguely related. Your point about the cabbage is so true, the whole thing with the blockade made no sense! King's Landing is on the mainland, and it's surrounded by pro-Aegon territory, why would they be so desperate for food in the first place? And Rhaenyra being able to sneak in "food aid" is so ridiculous, with the way people can just sneak into KL and Dragonstone it seems these rulers need to invest more heavily in security. God, it's so ridiculous
The whole blockade storyline is just so universally terrible. It's geographically terrible, it's politically terrible, it's logistically terrible. I can't believe they actually got all of this through the writing, approval and filming process and no-one said a word against it.
And yes, I hate the dismissal of the sibling relationship so much, we've not seen a single conversation between Rhaenyra and Aegon and probably never will (until the very end at least), it's all Rhaenicent all the time at the expense of everything else. What is the point of writing a family conflict if no-one behaves like a family?