I'm Just Living It Up Over How S2 Is Just Constantly Making Alicent's Hypocrisy Front And Center. Like

I'm just living it up over how s2 is just constantly making Alicent's hypocrisy front and center. Like they're finally committing after the totally insane shit they tried to pull last season.

Like this woman hated Rhaenyra so much for having extramarital sex and "endangering the realm". But now she's leaving her grandchildren unprotected by sending the guards away just so she could get some extramarital dick. On top of that, she, you know, literally started the war.

Then she literally tried to stab out a six year old's eye in revenge and wouldn't accept any apology at Driftmark. Yet her son literally murders a thirteen year old envoy, and she expects a condolence letter and some prayers to make up for it.

Alicent is a fucking delusional hypocrite and I'm so glad HOTD has finally stopped trying to gaslight the audience over that.

(Granted they're still failing with almost everything else, but I'm trying to be more positive this summer, so I'll just focus on this lmao)

What was the point of Daemon/Alyssa exactly? To show how disgusting HotD is? Not even Dumb and Dumber would write a parent/child scene and they wrote a lot of fucked up stuff.

It's simply there to make Daemon look awful and to drag out this show unnecessarily. The writers are spending such a ridiculous amount of time with Daemon fucking around in Harrenhal just so they can get more time without spending time on other important characters. Rhaena, for example, is getting absolutely nothing, even though they're clearly setting her up for Nettles' arc.

So basically the purpose is to be shitty, anon. Some people might try to mask it with pseudo-intellectualism, but that's the truth of it.

Cole looking so horrified and heartbroken by what he just witnessed Aemond nearly do will never stop making me laugh. Sir, you practically raised those boys and taught them viciousness, cruelty, and dishonorable tactics in your quest to get back at Rhaenyra. You have continuously inserted yourself in the private affairs of the royal family and pitted your charges against their nephews without stopping to think about the consequences. You prepared them to wage war against their blood, spread misery, sow deceit, and commit kinslaying.

Don't look so surprised now that the fruits of your labor are finally yielding the shit you fucking planted all because a teenage girl wouldn't run away to be poor with you, you fucking twat.

What was the point of Daemon/Alyssa exactly? To show how disgusting HotD is? Not even Dumb and Dumber would write a parent/child scene and they wrote a lot of fucked up stuff.

It's simply there to make Daemon look awful and to drag out this show unnecessarily. The writers are spending such a ridiculous amount of time with Daemon fucking around in Harrenhal just so they can get more time without spending time on other important characters. Rhaena, for example, is getting absolutely nothing, even though they're clearly setting her up for Nettles' arc.

So basically the purpose is to be shitty, anon. Some people might try to mask it with pseudo-intellectualism, but that's the truth of it.

I’m almost certain Alicent is gonna take Aegon III’s place during Rhaenyra’s death scene.

I got this ask awhile ago, and it's been sitting in my drafts for awhile, I'm so sorry about that anon.

However, now that we're like halfway through s2, I am even more inclined to agree with you. It honestly seems like Alicent's arc is ramping up to her having a "come to jesus" moment where she repents of all her wrongs and tries to reconcile with Rhaenyra (again).

Considering how Aegon III is basically just a set piece (along with Viserys II), I wouldn't be surprised if they gave this formative scene to one of the more "important" characters. And which character has benefitted the most from stealing from others? Alicent. The only difference in this situation would be the writers are stealing from a male character for once.

I also definitely think that if they include Alicent's death (which I'm willing to bet they will), she will be regretting everything with Rhaenyra, not her children. She'll be obsessing over the forced sapphic drama the writers are obsessed with over her own children.

The amount of disrespect HOTD decided to show yet another woman is just....wow. Alyssa Targaryen was an absolute badass who had a loving and healthy relationship with her husband and loved her sons. And this fucking show decided to just do that with her in order to further demonize Daemon.

Over and over this show just completely fucks over the complex and amazing women GRRM wrote. Alyssa being turned into a sexual object to make Daemon appear in a certain light is so disgusting, even aside from the Oedipus complex thing. It's misogynistic and fucking revolting. Even in death the women of HOTD can't escape.

Fuck Ryan Condal and fuck Sarah Hess