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And on a random note I am truly bent about the way Rhaegar was handled in the show. He's supposed to look handsome, elegant, and solemn- this was the man Cersei was devastated she'd never be with. He's supposed to be the envy of women across the Seven Kingdoms and instead he looks like a flipping Viserys clone. NOBODY wanted Viserys- even prostitutes wouldn't give him the time of day if it wasn't for his "birthright"!

Not only did they butcher his appearance, they butchered his characterization with that annulment bullcrap as well! Yes in the books it's highly theorized that he eloped with Lyanna, but to completely negate the first marriage and name the newborn lovechild the same thing that you named the boy by your previous marriage retroactively makes him a total asswipe.

Gah! He's one of my favorite characters in the book and he's been mishandled so poorly I'm relieved he's been delegated to the background lest they spit on him even further.
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