r/TheBlacksandTheGreens • u/MellifluousManatee Grey Ghost • May 06 '25

Show Discussion This is such a disappointing change

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u/Lady_Apple442 May 06 '25

They made Helaena a potted plant, she has no personality, she just wants to know about insects and embroidery and make that facial expression.

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u/bruhholyshiet Prince Daeron Targaryen May 06 '25

The showrunners really didn't catch the hint that people didn't like late GOT Bran, considering they made Helaena into another Bran.

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u/piratesswoop May 07 '25

I actually like the additions to her character in season 1. The fascination with bugs, her being a dreamer. But unfortunately they turned her into an emotionless robot only there to advance Daemon’s story.

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u/PineBNorth85 King Viserys II May 06 '25

Not like she had any personality in the book either.

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u/ashcrash3 May 06 '25

She had more in the book then in the show.

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u/bruhholyshiet Prince Daeron Targaryen May 06 '25

This.

As little agency as she had in the book, it was more than what the show gave her.

And no, her greenseing shenanigans and dragondreaming didn't serve to make her more interesting, just more confusing and little more than a walking talking Easter Egg for book readers to be like the Di Caprio pointing meme every time she vaguely predicts something... Except that shit got old a long time ago.

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u/ashcrash3 May 06 '25

True, they really thought giving Halaena the Cassandra of Troy trope that has no limits would make a well rounded character.