HotD and its portrayal of “medieval” women
I just find it odd how Condal can say this, yet proceed to change most of the( admittedly few) book-moments these women had in the book. Alicent was a part of the scheming, and placed her son on the throne due to her own ambitions and fears. She didn’t give a damn what Viserys thought. In the show, she does it because a dying man tells her to do it. (Yes, a lot of people and myself included thought Alicent used the misunderstanding as a way of justifying herself, but Cooke stated that Alicent was ready to see Rhaenyra as queen in S1e8, and we see the existential crisis she gets after learning of the Prophecy in S2. As little sense as it makes, it appears she genuinely believed this.) And speaking of the Sept scene; Alicent letting Rhaenyra go there ironically prolongs the suffering and the war. If she had any wits she would’ve taken her hostage. The same goes for Rhaenyra when Alicent miraculously appears on Dragonstone. So with these dumb moments, Condal ironically made S2 about the scuabbling between these two, indecisive women, despite claiming that he wished to not portray it as that? I don’t get it
The Fall of KL is in F&B an example of how the leading women on both sides stepped up, but the show hinted at how this will happen in S3, thus, in my opinion, reducing the female characters greatly:
Rhaenyra takes KL on her own accord in F&B and it’s her greatest triumph during the whole Dance. In the show, Alicent promises that she will get the city without a fight, thus killing all suspense and lowering the stakes.
Alicent arranged the defense of KL in F&B. “Queen Alicent rose to the challenge, closing the gates of the castle and city, sending the gold cloaks to the walls” and at last; “bowing her head in defeat, Queen Alicent surrendered the keys to the castle and ordered her knights and men-at-arms to lay down their swords.” I think this is a pretty powerful description of a woman in charge, which does not at all align with the teary-eyed undermined character from the show.
I don’t know what point Condal is trying to make. That all women were treated like shit in the past and never managed to seize some sort of control, or something? Isn’t this very anti-feminist towards the numerous historical women who despite living in patriarchal societies managed to gain power?
I just find it odd how Condal can say this, yet proceed to change most of the( admittedly few) book-moments these women had in the book. Alicent was a part of the scheming, and placed her son on the throne due to her own ambitions and fears. She didn’t give a damn what Viserys thought. In the show, she does it because a dying man tells her to do it. (Yes, a lot of people and myself included thought Alicent used the misunderstanding as a way of justifying herself, but Cooke stated that Alicent was ready to see Rhaenyra as queen in S1e8, and we see the existential crisis she gets after learning of the Prophecy in S2. As little sense as it makes, it appears she genuinely believed this.) And speaking of the Sept scene; Alicent letting Rhaenyra go there ironically prolongs the suffering and the war. If she had any wits she would’ve taken her hostage. The same goes for Rhaenyra when Alicent miraculously appears on Dragonstone. So with these dumb moments, Condal ironically made S2 about the scuabbling between these two, indecisive women, despite claiming that he wished to not portray it as that? I don’t get it
The Fall of KL is in F&B an example of how the leading women on both sides stepped up, but the show hinted at how this will happen in S3, thus, in my opinion, reducing the female characters greatly:
Rhaenyra takes KL on her own accord in F&B and it’s her greatest triumph during the whole Dance. In the show, Alicent promises that she will get the city without a fight, thus killing all suspense and lowering the stakes.
Alicent arranged the defense of KL in F&B. “Queen Alicent rose to the challenge, closing the gates of the castle and city, sending the gold cloaks to the walls” and at last; “bowing her head in defeat, Queen Alicent surrendered the keys to the castle and ordered her knights and men-at-arms to lay down their swords.” I think this is a pretty powerful description of a woman in charge, which does not at all align with the teary-eyed undermined character from the show.
I don’t know what point Condal is trying to make. That all women were treated like shit in the past and never managed to seize some sort of control, or something? Isn’t this very anti-feminist towards the numerous historical women who despite living in patriarchal societies managed to gain power?