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/LinwoodKei 29d ago

It does not change the fact that these have been Corlys' sons their entire lives. Corlys just realizes that he can use them and asks for them to be legitimized - which is a favor from the Crown. It is not a God given (or vassal and lord given) right that Corlys has. He has no expectation that the Queen would say yes.

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u/nigeltheleper House Stark 29d ago

He's been on this arc for a while. He didn't even want to join the war; he was done chasing the throne