Ser Criston Cole in Dragon House remained the ideal man – loyal, well-meaning, brave, chivalrous and the underdog who was able to rise above his rank to become a knight of the royal guard. But experience dictates that all is not as it is in the land of politically charged Westeros. Every action underlies a deeper conspiracy and every decision hides a selfish truth. Ser Criston Cole did not rise to a position of power in a country ruled by corruption by depending on his beauty and his heart of gold.
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Ser Criston Cole’s recent character twist was needed
Historically, every major event that has happened in George RR Martin’s fictional universe has had a minor, avoidable trigger in the past that acted as a pinch point in the narrative that preceded it. Whether directly responsible or not, the trigger and major event almost always end up having devastating results in the aftermath. Take, for example, Arya witnessing the beheading of Ned Stark and Robb Stark refusing to marry Lord Frey’s daughter and the repercussions of both led to the massacre of House Frey at the hands of Arya, the agent of death. .
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While Ser Criston Cole’s journey doesn’t last seven seasons and doesn’t hold up to the greatness spanning huge character arcs marred by heartbreaking tragedies, it still begs to be deconstructed. Facing her, the character erected by Fabien Frankel at the very beginning of Dragon House begins to slowly warm up the audience with his affable demeanor. It makes the bad turn all the more enjoyable to watch – and not just because the monotony of the politics was becoming tedious, as well as the pointless, overbearing gloom of Viserys.
The inevitability of Ser Criston’s sourness was set in stone with the start of his lifeless relationship with Princess Rhaenyra. She was doomed from the very beginning as society is built on shaky pillars of hierarchy and unwritten laws dictate the coming together of Houses that can match their powers. A decorated guard is not entitled to a transgression by being publicly next to the Targaryen heir, but the drama behind closed doors was too humiliating for a man to bear. The all-too-familiar label of “a despised woman” quickly changed genre when the knight began to grow increasingly hostile after Rhaenyra’s marriage to Ser Laenor Velaryon, initially showing signs of disgust and betrayal that quickly manifested in murderous rage and duplicity. .
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Ser Criston’s personality reflects our contemporary culture
The modern world has become familiar with the incel culture, that is, a subsection of the online crowd, mostly male, who define themselves by their involuntary celibacy and resent women because of the lack of interest or attention of the latter towards them. Theories now point to a striking resemblance between what Ser Criston personifies in Dragon House to that of the incel culture. Beyond that, the former valiant knight also exhibits singularly extreme toxic male behavior (aside from killing Ser Joffrey, who was downright psychopathic) once he realizes Rhaenyra won’t give him exactly what he’s got. he wants.
alicent and cristen cole the only ones in kings landing to lose sleep over rhaenyra’s sex life its so funny to watch #HouseOfTheDragon
– cowboy like jo (@secretIanguage) September 26, 2022
Ser Cristen Cole is that cringe-inducing dude who doesn’t get what he wants from a woman he loves and then turns on her like a rejected little female dog #HOTD
— Zuzu (@ZuzuOnFire) September 26, 2022
The way I thought a beautiful romantic relationship would develop between Cristen and Rhaenyra, but no.. damn Cristen Cole turns out to be a little boy, insecure.#HouseOfTheDragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/SZLwZHHL1i
— Tsuki 🍒 (@Ttsukii0) September 26, 2022
when Ser Cristen Cole begins to express his regrets for soiling his golden mantle and breaking his oaths to the Queen instead of taking her to the grave#HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseOfTheDragonEp5 pic.twitter.com/glsxSDgfR4
— Ramya Ku Chalo (@idlidosa2) September 19, 2022
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday except Ser Cristen Cole
— christian (@chrstnbntz) September 19, 2022
CRISTEN COLE IS A SIMP!!! IT’S BEEN 10 YEARS BRO HAPPENS
— Kevin Morales (@_KMoe4) September 26, 2022
Ser Criston Cole was the once-romantic character who would be adored by audiences as Rhaenyra’s voice of reason and love interest. But even if Rhaenyra Targaryen takes the crown (pun intended) for being the titled, mean-spirited princess that she is, it’s no match for the misogynistic, vindictive bully who goes from bad to worse with her fragile ego. and his sensibility rejected.
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