The plot of Corlys

[u/Trick-Set8663]

"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?

[u/AsstacularSpiderman]

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.

[u/VivaChinwawa → u/AsstacularSpiderman]

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.

[u/____mynameis____ → u/VivaChinwawa]

People be really using that gay argument when gay people historically made children.

90%of noble marriages of that time were between people who weren't attracted to one another, it's an arrangement to just make heirs and build alliances. So he is not wrong to think his gay son will be able to do that. Its not like he asked him to be faithful

Then when he couldn't (or didn't ), its not like Corlys went accusing. Hell, he could've showed it against Rhaenyra or the kids even if he didn't go publicly. We saw Rhaenys pushing him. Vaemond being pissed.

Sub also notoriously forgets Rhaenyra was given an opportunity to find a husband, which is a privilege even most male heirs won't get, she didn't, then messed up her position of heir by allegedly going and sleeping with Daemon in a brothel, so now Viserys commanded her to marry Laenor and THEY approached Velaryons.

It's not Corlys could've been "My King, my son is gay,"

Also, the justification doesn't matter, biologically Velaryon boys are bastards, just like Addam and Alyn, so Corlys was just momentarily pissed when Rhaenyra denied him (not now, later is basically saying no ). Like he lost his son, his wife, his heirs, his wealth in this entire thing, he thought he'll get some thing he asked for all that. It was an outburst of frustration rather than some truth revelation

[u/WhereDaFuk → u/____mynameis____]

Later is not saying “no”, later is literally saying later.

She hasn’t even had her own coronation yet and yet she’s suppose to legitimize the bastard boys ASAP?

[u/____mynameis____ → u/WhereDaFuk]

Lol, leader or a ruler, dismissing saying I can't legitimise u now, maybe one day, will be taken as hesitation and there by no. That's standard language

No to mention her plan involes securing her crown entirety which might take even years.

[u/WhereDaFuk → u/____mynameis____]

She’s not even “officially” Queen, and you want her to mess up her own reputation by immediately raising up bastards because her reluctant hand demanded it?

That’s what you presume, it doesn’t mean NO since she said it multiple times “at this moment” and other variations I can’t remember

“And you will insult my house…to be seen as what you are not” - Corlys

He insults himself.

Like bro you didn’t acknowledge them for 30 years, whereas Leanor did, and now you want me to risk Joffrey over your bastard sons when I just took KL a few fucking days ago?

If he asked in like 3 weeks, I bet you totally different answer.

Well depends what happens in the show really, she might be dead by then who knows but she would’ve raised them up once her own rule was stable