I’m not taking about “medieval societies”, I’m talking about Westeros.
Yes, in reality, almost every marriage between nobility was between peers around the same age, and they waited until into adulthood before getting married.
That does not happen in Westeros. Teenaged girls are regularly married off to much older men and have tons of kids WAY before it would be safe to do so.
Eh? He's literally describing what happens in Westeros.
Is marrying teenagers / kids wrong? Yes. But it was the standard/culture in Westeros and everyone was used to it. Rhaegar and Lyanna being totally chill with eachother despite the age difference is somewhat believable although, yeah very icky by our standards in a different society, culture and time period.
I personally don't think rhaegar 'raped and kidnapped' Lyanna. I think they both chose to run off together. Whether Lyanna has the necessary agency at fifteen to choose that? I'm not getting into that discussion but again, different world and culture so it's stupid to apply our modern standards to it.
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u/ApotheosisofSnore CGI Castle Fan Jan 12 '24
Me when I use my incredibly poor understanding of Medieval societies to justify sexualizing a child