I Have Issues With Only Men Being Able To Be High Lord, As It Just Doesn’t Make Sense As To Why Magic

Aegon, to Otto: Piss off you’re not my father! And you’re not Hand of the King anymore!

Aegon: *turns to Criston* You’re now my father and Hand of the King

Just saw someone call Alicent a “pick me” that still didn’t get picked.

I’m sorry this is a medieval fantasy show. She lives in a a misogynistic society. She didn’t want to be “picked”, she was just living the life that society expected of her.

Does she still have misogynistic views? Yes, but that’s because of the world that she lives in. She’s certainly not the only one with misogynistic views, but I guess it’s just easy to attack a woman instead of the system that she lives in.

As a young girl, she was forced to marry a much older man and was then raped by him (yes marital rape is still rape) and was laughed at by him, even though she did what was expected of her - having sons.

She did what she was expected of her.

Otto telling her that Rhaenyra will kill her children, is not an unreasonable assumption to make. Rhaenyra is a woman in a misogynistic society and now she has half brothers. She (Rhae) might not want to kill her brothers but she might have to + someone else from her side might take it upon themselves to kill them.

Alicent also felt betrayed by Rhaenyra and then Rhaenyra has bastard children. It’s not unreasonable to assume that Rhaenyra (or anyone supporting her claim) would get rid of any opposition to ensure her ascent to the throne and her child (Jace). Again, Rhaenyra might not want to do it, but she might have to.

Alicent wanting to protect her children is not an unreasonable thing, in the same way that Rhaenyra wanting to protect hers isn’t unreasonable either.

Alicent is not a “pick me that still didn’t get picked”, she’s a woman who lives in a highly misogynistic society that did what she thought was best for her and her children.

She never cared about being “picked”, she lived her life the way that society expected her to because she saw no other way. And she’s certainly not the first or last woman to do so.

Alicent Hightower Aesthetic

So are Aemond and Criston going to be the only ones actually fighting for the greens in season 3?

Someone please get the book greens out of HBO’s basement

*After Aemond comes back from Storms End*

Larys: You know, I, too, once killed a family member… or two

Aemond: What-

On my hands and knees begging Tamlin/Nesta haters to just PLEASE read the books and not make up random stuff

Modern Nesta Archeron Aesthetic