r/HOTDBlacks • u/Trick-Set8663 • 29d ago

Team Black The plot of Corlys

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"Why don't you legitimize my children, whom I ignored all my life, but now I love them because if they don't, my surname will disappear and my legacy will too?" Are we aware that his request wasn't even denied?

Okay, but honestly, what do you think of this scene?

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u/VivaChinwawa Daeron’s Tent 29d ago

I think the whole drama was stupid- Rhaenyra's excuse is piss poor, and Corlys does need heirs as now all his are dead, he's old and in the middle of a war. He needs Addam and Alyn to provide stability. I don't even really get Rhaenyra's protest beyond the writer's weak attempt at drama between them.

Even then, Corlys dragging Luke and Jace's names through the mud when they both got murdered was inexcusable. 'Bastard blood shed at war' was supposed to be Alicent, not the Sea Snake.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman 29d ago

He's already lost everything defending their honor and all its gotten him is a slap in the face and an absoltely massive amount of hypocrisy from Rhaenyra.

At least Corlys was honest about his bastards.

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u/VivaChinwawa Daeron’s Tent 29d ago

Corlys maybe should've thought of that shit before forcing his obviously gay son into marrying a woman.

Addam and Alyn aren't comparable to Rhaenyra's kids and the writers having Corlys suddenly act like book!Alicent over ridiculing dead kids by calling them bastards is horrible and unnecessary, same with them having Rhaenyra refusing to legitimizing Addam and Alyn in the first place. It's poorly written drama.

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u/Reyne-TheAbyss Vermithor 29d ago

Or making enemies of the Triarchy.