Anon · 23d
One of the show writers basically comparing the fact that it was written in Fire & Blood that Rhaenyra gained weight after six pregnancies to history often being told by men writing women off as crazy, hysterical, or gold-digging sexpots. They compared the fact that Rhaenyra was said to have gained weight after so many pregnancies to, in their own words, history tellers wanting to believe Alicent was an evil conniving bitch (Which is fucking insane because why in the hell would anyone think that? You see how these writers see Alicent? This is crazy, and mind you, I’ve been off the Alicent train since the beginning of season two.) 😭😭😭😭 Then having the audacity to say, “Well, who wrote that?” When discussing the book is funny as fuck. Like I don’t know, George did…? 😭😭😭😭
That's kind of fucked honestly. What's wrong with Rhaenyra gaining weight after so many pregnancies? Yeah, it isn't written about too kindly but to be considered as propaganda against her and in reality she was super skinny after having multiple practically back to back pregnancies, like... okay. Is there some kind of morality they're tying to being skinny? I mean the argument could be made that the maesters held some kind of morality to being skinny and all but the way this is worded makes it seem like being said to have gained weight is as bad as being slandered postmortem. Like... I'm sure people would be more focused on actions than the weight thing but then again there are some people in this fandom that act like the very idea of Rhaenyra being a bit plump is the work of the devil.
