Blake Lively’s self-styled fire-breathing fury appears to be running out of steam.

The latest development in the ongoing legal battle between the actress and her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, saw the 37-year-old actress drop two of her most explosive claims—those relating to intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

For Lively’s attorneys, the decision is nothing more than routine. “We are doing what trial lawyers do: preparing our case for trial by streamlining and focusing it,” they said.

But for critics, the move is something entirely different: a humiliating climbdown for a woman who once likened herself to Daenerys Targaryen—Game of Thrones’ infamous Mother of Dragons.

Blake Lively is mocked online after dropping two of her claims against

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