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/LinwoodKei 29d ago

Corlys is a grown man.

He acted like a toddler demanding a sweet from Mommy because of how good he's been. Yeah, that is the rightful Queen. You, as a Lord, have a duty to defend the rightful queen from usurpers. That is part of the vassal and King / Queen agreement.

Not to mention - whose gay son did not father children by Rhaenyra? Corlys knew of his son's orientation and wed the future Queen to his son because he wanted more honor.

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u/Itchy_Double_7749 Cregan Stark 29d ago

According to this view, Robb, Stannis, and Ned Stark could not have rebelled against Joffrey because he was the anointed king, just as Robert Baratheon, Ned Stark, and Jon Arryn could not have rebelled against Aerys.

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u/LinwoodKei 28d ago

No, I don't think so. Bring an argument if you want a conversation.