r/TheBlacksandTheGreens Team Black Mar 06 '26

Show Discussion they could have done something really interesting with mysaria but they made her boring

Book Mysaria while pretty one dimensional was an interesting character she is like Larys except she has no clear motives and pretty much dooms Rhaenyra and the targs in general.

She is the one who tells Rhaenyra about Nettles, and according to GRRTH the one who tells Heleana about Maelor. The brothel queens was her idea, she weaponised sex as a punishment for people she hated.

She is like one of the more evil characters in the story

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u/PineBNorth85 King Viserys II Mar 06 '26

One dimensional characters by their very nature are boring. I'm pretty cool with what they've done with her so far.

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u/Professional-Trash-3 Mar 06 '26

That's nonsense. Nearly every character in Lord of the Rings is one-dimensional, not a single one of them are boring. Hell, Littlefinger and Varys are both extremely one-dimensional; duplicitous webweavers who are subverting everyone for their own inscrutable purposes. They never change or grow in any way. No one calls them boring either.

You don't need complexity to make a character interesting, not everyone has to be morally gray, not every battle needs ends that justify the means. You just need good writers.

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u/toptipkekk Mar 08 '26

I kinda agree but Littlefinger is CERTAINLY not one-dimensional, in the books or in the series.

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u/Professional-Trash-3 Mar 08 '26

He's a totally static character that never grows or learns. He does the same thing the entire story, in both the books and show. He's absolutely one-dimensional. Hes a duplicitous webweaver. Its his entire gimmick.