People were just talking about the fact that Rhaenyra doesn't care to dismantle the system she's the exception to, she simply cares to be the exception. (@bohemian-nights )
That is a genuine part of her character, both in the books and show. However, the scenes people use to deter it is her bringing Rhaena and Baela to the council table in episode 10, but I don't think that's fair.
These scenes don't exist outside of each other.
Rhaenyra offers them a place at the council table where they don't speak. They don't contribute, and they don't fight for themselves to add to the conversations.
This is a day or two after they are betrothed like she was in a political marriage where they have the pressure of having 'true born heirs' with Jace and Luke to rectify everyone's mistake.
Something they never contribute to with opinions or thoughts outside of smiles in the narrative and audio found by fans not casual viewers.
It's not a meaningful parallel because we see Rhaena's face fall when Jace says send us, but we never have her counter it
We see Baela smile but never in the show ask to join the fight.
It's not a good thing to reduce characters this much. ASOIAF is built on its characters, and it's almost cruel to deny these girls a voice to facilitate a narrative that does not draw a true parallel.
Imagine Baela saying send us and Jace then correcting her because of Corlys and Rhaenys' recitation to sacrifice their girls to the war.
Rhaena disagrees with the idea, but Luke is trying to come in as the future Lord of Driftmark agreeing with Jace and Baela.
That adds to the dynamic during the fight, adds to the grief for the girls, Jace and eventually Corlys and Rhaenyra.
So the call back falls flat because the girls aren't established characters like Rhaenyra was, we see Rhaenyra having these conversations with her son instead of her step daughters which would've been a cool parallel to her and Alicent as well as her at the council and overall the future feels likeen and their agreeable wives. Actually, Laena's impact years later.
But I care about character dynamics.
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