Just Throwing My Two Cents In There And Then I'll Go Back To Making Silly Memes. I Genuinely Think That

Just throwing my two cents in there and then I'll go back to making silly memes. I genuinely think that House of the Dragon initially wanted to be neutral. I was recently looking back at old interviews of the cast promoting season 1 and in one of them (an Emma and Olivia interview) an interviewer asked them if they felt that it was a fair comparison to make of Alicent being Cersei and Rhaenyra being Arya. Emma D'arcy said not really and went on to talk about how much they loved how in GOT characters can change with one moment you loving them and the next hating them. Emma specifically said that they hoped (I think it was Miguel or Ryan) found that in the writing of HOTD, saying there were no "goodies" or "baddies".

I genuinely think the idea of grey characters was appealing to both the actors and writers but I guess at some point the writers decided against it. Idk it makes me feel a certain type of way that at least in the first interviews the cast seems convinced that their show has no solid good guys or bad guys compared to now where cast members (ex. Olivia Cooke) have to defend their characters and people treat them terribly for doing so. I'm not saying that the writers tricked the actors or anything. BUT I do think these actors came in here thinking that the story was going to be more compelling and morally grey than it ended up being.

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What the Queens in my fic "A Targaryen Type of Madness" would do if they lived in the modern era

Rhaenyra Targaryen

After the toxic relationships she's had, Rhaenyra decided to take a step back and focus on being alone for a while. She focuses on her career as a business CEO and being there for her children. Robb would act as a father figure to her and convince her to work on herself for a while. She followed his advice, developing a a hobby as an amauter historian on Old Valyria. Criston and her are close friends, grabbing a drink from the pub every now and again.

Alicent Hightower

Intially not wanting to divorce, Alicent was evenutally persuaded by friends that her marriage wasn't healthy for her or her children. Despite still holding feelings for her ex, she spends her time and energy on her children. She works as a lawyer due to her driven and somewhat calculating nature. Her love of poetry has expanded to her writing full length manuscripts which Lenora has been begging for her to publish. She remains close with her brother Gwayne and visits him often with her four children.

Lenora Strong

Following her divorce, Lenora would devote her time and energy to raising her three sons. She would become a soccer mom type, always taking them to whatever clubs or extracurriculars they would sign up for. She would also spend most weekends visiting her father Lyonel and brothers, Harwin and Larys. She works as a teacher because she loves helping others and adores children. She struggles with doing things for herself and has been convinced by her friend, Alicent, to take up Zumba classes for fun.

Dyanna Tully

Following her divorce, Dyanna got remarried to Gwayne Hightower two years later. This was a slightly controversial decision in the eyes of others but she doesn't let this affect her as she was finally married to someone she loved. Given that Dyanna didn't have much work experience she bounced from job to job while keeping up with her hobby of horseback riding. Eventually, she and Gwayne bought a ranch, where she now works. She continues to raise her children and visits her nephew, Elmo Tully, as well as Lenora and Alicent, at least once a month.

So I accidentally created a weirdly funny situation in my own fic. One of my OCs, Dyanna, is from House Tully and for her fancast I chose Abigail Cowen. I thought she fit the character and thought nothing more about it until recently when I realized that Abigail is American. Most of the cast of House of the Dragon is from the UK with many having a British accent. Now every time I write her, I can't help imagining Dyanna speaking in an American accent with everyone else having a British one.

The other characters would have no idea why she sounds like that cause like she's from the Riverlands and no one else from there sounds like that? Her own kids have British accents so maybe they would think she's being funny and doing a bit? But also anyone else would wonder what accent that even is since America isn't a thing?

Aegon: Dyanna have you seen Jace?

Dyanna *with a heavy Floridan accent*: He’s playing with Viserys, love.

Aegon: …

Aegon *turns to Alicent*: Does Lady Dyanna always talk like that?

Alicent *with a hundred-yard stare*: Yes, we don't know why and we can't get her to stop

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If Westeros had a news station Pt 3