She’s trying to be like, ‘Look, I can do it. 2 is about her trying to prove herself as heir so every chance that she gets she’s speaking up, she’s going against the grain. Matt Smith and Milly Alcock in “House of the Dragon” Episode 2 (HBO) And we see her lean on other characters and other relationships to fulfill that hole.”
So now Rhaenyra is an outsider once again within her own family. “And then, when he drops that on her, it’s like all of the work that they’ve both done to try and deal with their grief separately and also together is completely shattered. And I think she feels quite content with that and she’s coming to terms with what’s happened and she feels more at peace with everything,” Alcock said. And I think that Viserys and Rhaenyra in that episode, mending a path to having a new understanding of what family is - because two of them. Because it’s so personal, in a strange way, and she’s been stabbed in the back completely. Her entire world is coming undone and it’s the biggest heartbreak that I think we see Rhaenyra face in the show. Her brain is literally fusing at that moment specifically. “It’s just kind of that she can’t process it. To stand up to injustice where you see it … and then to walk away from anyone who isn't worthy.Alcock told TheWrap they had just two takes to capture the impact of the moment – a big one in the young princess’ life. "I hope all young readers will take from this that girls can be brave and fearless and strong - actually, that anyone can be brave and fearless and strong. And if you have just rescued somebody from a fire-breathing dragon, the first thing they should probably say is thank you," Segal said.
"I think it's incredibly important to have these narratives … to just remind you that it's not acceptable to be spoken to with anything other than respect and love. The book has become a "personal Bible" for her.
"You just know that she is going to be fine … She's off into a golden future," she said. Novelist Francesca Segal, who has been reading The Paper Bag Princess for almost 40 years, called that final image "beautiful." The book ends with an illustration of Elizabeth leaping off into the sunset on her own. The Paper Bag Princess closes with 'the ending it's supposed to have,' Munsch says.
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