Rhaenyra Stands Up to Hightower - King's Guard Selection, Pt 2

It's ironic, Rhaenyra accidently picked the MVP for the enemy team. 🤣🤣

And boy, did Rhaenyra end up regretting this choice.

This scene is actually a perfect summary of Rhaenyra's strengths as a leader.....and weaknesses. Rhaenyra has a great tactical and logical mind and often makes the right decision when ruling (no doubt she learned much from her father from a young age) but she lacks the patience and discipline for court proceedings. Part of ruling is sitting in boring meetings, making small talk and humoring people despite already knowing what you're going to do. Yes Cole was the best and right choice but she should have gone through the song and dance anyway to protect the other lords and nobles' pride. The process is just as important as the right answer. This brashness and inability to care about other people's egos will constantly bite her in the behind later. It's one of the reasons why she starts the war with fewer people on her side and how she creates so many enemies with personal grudges against her.

That's when Otto realised he can't control her, thus she is not suited for an heir

Out of Jaehaerys's first seven Kingsguard, considered the finest set of Kingsguard of all time, only three were highborn

The video casts Rhaenyra in the best light but consider what Otto is trying to tell her. These men come from rich and powerful houses, they are proud and quick to anger. Otto tries to get Rhaenyra to treat them respectfully and she only goes dismisses them without a fair hearing so she can appoint the prettiest... sorry, most experienced. 12 knights and she insults 11 of them. Otto was right to caution her. How many of their houses will join the Greens later on?

Rhaenyra failed to learn a lesson here, this was a rich lesson similar to what Tywin imparts on Tommen when dealing with houses. This one in particular is about securing favor.

Seemed like such a cool moment at the time but now it's like watching a car crash

Mily Alcock nailed this role

Otto warning Rhaenyra not to pick Criston 😅 Rhaenyra : will they ever accept me as their queen? Criston : they will have no choice but to princess. Laughs in Let the Seven Bear Witness Aegon Targaryen is the true heir to the iron throne.

It turned out otto had an excellent judgment of character 😅😅😅

And Otto didn’t even see that Cole would be one of his most trusted allies in the future. Nice.

This actually hurt her for the allies she would need later.

Rhaenys watching her from the balcony

How was she supposed to know sir Christian was the most insecure man in the kingdom 😂

He tried to warn her 😂😂😂

The three stages of reactions to this moment: Stage 1: Rhaenerya made the right choice here. Otto wasn’t happy with that. Stage 2: Rhaenerya made the wrong choice there. Otto ended up being really happy with this decision. Stage 3: Rhaenerya just recruited the MVP for the enemy team. Otto just met the guy who would steal his job.

Ironically Otto Hightower was right as usual

The thing is, if she hadn’t slept with Cole he would have remained loyal. But because of his ego it made an enemy of him.

A small W for Rhaenyra that ended up turning into a MASSIVE L.