[Day 7] The Mummer's Dragon [Event]
Oct 5, 2018 5:22:12 GMT 1
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Post by Laena Pyre on Oct 5, 2018 5:22:12 GMT 1
While watching the performance, Laena was upset. No, more than that. She was utterly *furious*. And it had nothing (well, little) to do with her seating companion. The play was displaying a level of political naivete that she found downright *insulting*. The message of the play could be manipulated any number of ways. And it should be. It was there, taunting her, tempting her. And she can resist everything - absolutely everything - except temptation.
The problem was that the crown hadn't *earned* her loyalty. By which she means, they hadn't bought it. They were just either ignoring her, or taking her for granted. She was attractive, intelligent, a Great Bastard. Where was her bribe, to actually take their side!? She actually *liked* both Ser Daemon and Lord Leo, while the king meant nothing to her. She would happily turn the message against the King, save for two things: that would put her at odds with the only people who she genuinely *cared* about, and Bloodraven would probably know and sell out her hidden identity if he thought she'd 'flipped'.
What that all meant was that if the author had the political wits she had at age thirteen, she wouldn't be subtly framing the narrative around her brother Ser Daemon to be that of a talented, attractive, and chivalric political patsy.
Mummers - Deception (Act) - Daemon - TN21: 7d6k5+10 31 3 DoS - 9 points to Blood
The problem was that the crown hadn't *earned* her loyalty. By which she means, they hadn't bought it. They were just either ignoring her, or taking her for granted. She was attractive, intelligent, a Great Bastard. Where was her bribe, to actually take their side!? She actually *liked* both Ser Daemon and Lord Leo, while the king meant nothing to her. She would happily turn the message against the King, save for two things: that would put her at odds with the only people who she genuinely *cared* about, and Bloodraven would probably know and sell out her hidden identity if he thought she'd 'flipped'.
What that all meant was that if the author had the political wits she had at age thirteen, she wouldn't be subtly framing the narrative around her brother Ser Daemon to be that of a talented, attractive, and chivalric political patsy.
Mummers - Deception (Act) - Daemon - TN21: 7d6k5+10 31 3 DoS - 9 points to Blood
