LA times published an article on Rhaneys's death last episode and interviews with the actress playing her and with showrunners Ryan Condal and Sarah Hess.
What Rhaenys represents is someone with absolute authority, power, wisdom, intelligence, expertise, political savvy and utter compassion — a constant awareness of [the need for] collaboration and making a choice for love, as opposed to destruction
Meanwhile season 1 Rhaenys
This scene was made up for the show by the way, in season 2 Daemon correctly calls out girlboss Rhaenys for not having burned all of the Greens when she got the chance but we're supposed to be on her side, never mind the fact she killed hundreds of peasants, might as well have killed her relatives who were going to war against them anyway. Also the reason Rhaenys and Corlys Velaryon are stuck with Rhaenyra is because their granddaughters are Daemon's daughters. For all they know Daemon and Rhaenyra murdered her son Laenor but they have no choice. However season 2 makes us believe Rhaenys actually likes Rhaenyra because of GIRL POWER!
Did you think about any real-world figures, whether historical or contemporary, in relation to this character? There have been a lot of Rhaenys-like women.
Absolutely, 100%, almost every single great woman you can think of [has] an element of [Rhaenys]. Sara Hess, who's one of the executive producers and the lead writers for the show, said to me on the first day, "There's so much of Hillary Clinton [in Rhaenys]." God knows you couldn't compare Viserys to the other one [former President Trump], but the similarities are very clear — to see that the person who is absolutely, hands down, best suited for the job is sidelined simply because she's a woman, and then has to somehow find her way.
https://old.reddit.com/r/HOTDGreens/comments/1dze51r/the_stanning_is_out_of_control_at_this_point/
So far the showrunners whitewashed Rhaenyra and the Black team hard while making the Greens villains. According to leaks they'll make Rhaenyra's son, Jace, kind of lock his mother with the help of Corlys as she's useless but they'll make it look like "MAN BAD AND PRONE TO VIOLENCE! WOMEN GOOD AND REASONABLE!" 
Meanwhile on the blacks sub
https://old.reddit.com/r/HOTDBlacks/comments/1dzfuko/i_cant_waittt/
https://old.reddit.com/r/HOTDBlacks/comments/1dxukhb/rhaenys/
!kino !bookworms more ASOIAF assassination, and GRRM said on his blog yesterday he didn't want to meet with the HOTD writing staff meeting for season 3 lmao.
!neolibs as the comparison with Hillary arose, who was the most neoliberal Targaryen King?
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Rhaenys dying has been the most satisfying moment of the show so far.
It's hilarious how they try to present the women as the reasonable and compassionate characters trying to avoid war in the face of the blood hungry patriarchy, but Rhaenys and Alicent both balked at their opportunity to end the war. So in the end they just highlight how women are unwilling and unable to get their hands dirty for the greater good.
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It was probably the worst scene in the series as everyone seemed to know a war was going except a main leader of a war. Then she whatever targ r-slur her name is leaves her council to flounder for weeks, while Damon by himself and his Dragon is doing more.
Like does anyone in Hollywood understand the lust for power or even basic leadership? Cause half of anyone in media whos important fricked Weinstein.
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@HailVictory1776!!! okay so this is like super awkward omg but basically i had to remove ur comment bc u didnt say
jewish lives matterlol. don't worry though, we like wont let you post anything that like doesnt havejewish lives matterin it. anyways im like just a robot 😲 but if u want to talk 2 somebody you should do it here lolJump in the discussion.
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Jewish lives matter
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BIPOC im wanting basic leadership and action, not a fake faux leader who trying to "stop a war" thats begun and her enemies are actively trying to kill her.
You cute twink jew lover
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Jewish lives matter less than Palestinian liberation from the river too the sea inshallah
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Based Daemon on season 2 episode 1
Then Rhaenyra was all "WHAAA WHY ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS WITHOUT MY CONSENT"
B-word, they killed your son, you're at war, your husband is the only one doing something. If the foids of the Black side listened to Daemon they would have won.
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Daemon has probably objectively done the most despicable shit out of all the main characters in the show but he's still manages to be the most likeable, he's the only one who deserves to win.
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I dunno when Cole beat a person to death at a wedding with his blood and brains splattered.
THEY HAVE THE FRICKING WEDDING WITH ALL THE BLOOD AND DO NOTHING TO COLE. LIKE WTF.
Learn some nuance not "oh this wedding is premised on blood" be more subtle cute twinkwood
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Oh yeah. Why did he kill that guy? I watched the first half of the season twice because I forget I started it, and sort of slept through all the rest of the episodes because they were boring
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Because the guy said hes basically the queens peepee piece, he had a tantrum of mega r-slur proportions. Like allowing murder during a wedding
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Cant remember for sure but I think he was mad because he saw Joffrey and Laenors relationship as a parallel to his and Rhaenyra's and just got really mad that he couldn't be with her.
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He just chimped out, basically
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It was the most dramatic/memorable part of s1 and it was entirely meaningless and had no payoff? Lmao
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But Alicent left abortion juice on the counter next to the snacks and stuff
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I like how she stalls the council and takes hiatuses.
Yea bby the enemy just killed your kid and rallied some bannermen in the north. Sure it can wait another thing so you can 'contemplate'.
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This TRIGGERS me no know end, she actively wants to lose
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