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I've been re-watching hotd and on ep 6, when Harwin and his father is killed in a fire started by Harwin's brother, Alicent acts shocked????

"I did not wish for this."

Didn't she spend 10+ years spreading rumors of Rhae's kids being "bastards" (with it possibly causing all their + rhae's deaths) ?????

And with the rumors (caused by her) and her stating that Aegon would be king????

Its funny how she is all "I didn't wish for this" while flashing her doe eyes as if she wasn't the one spouting rumors lmao while everybody (including THE KING) just did not care and claimed them!!!!

Alicent, even when her faction has staged a coup, will never accept responsibility for her actions. She always shuffles the blame off to a man or Rhaenyra. The interesting thing is, she'll blame the men around her for everything (some of which is right let's be real) but still continues to serve them. Meanwhile she despises Rhaenyra for being willing to rebel against men's expectations and blames her for Alicent's own choices.

In the situation with Larys murdering Lyonel and Harwin, the blame is on both Alicent and Larys, but Alicent's rejection of that culpability is ridiculous. Sure, she didn't outright say she wanted Larys to kill his family, but she did spend a decade complaining about Lyonel's actions as Hand and bitching about Harwin and Rhaenyra's relationship.

Both Alicent and Larys knew that Viserys wasn't about to get rid of a Hand who is politically savvy and respects his wishes (unlike some people) and they knew Lyonel wasn't going to step down anytime soon. They also knew that, while Lyonel was sending Harwin away for a time, that probably wouldn't keep him separated from Rhaenyra or the capital forever. Death was the only option that would actually give Alicent what she wanted.

Larys literally asked her if she wanted him to ensure her father's return to court. She's been working with him for a decade, how is she still surprised by his methods? Also how is Larys' kinslaying more deplorable than literally anything Rhaenyra has done? Yet Alicent continues to employ and give sexual favors to Larys while simultaneously condemning Rhaenyra for having extramarital sex with the consent of her husband.

Alicent was the only person who cared about who was the father of Rhaenyra's children other than Vaemond, who only cared because he wanted Driftmark. Viserys told her repeatedly to let it go, Laenor claimed the boys happily, Corlys named Lucerys his heir after Laenor's disappearance. No one in the fucking realm cared, as we see when the Dance begins; most of the realm supported Rhaenyra and the ones who didn't were only against her because of her gender and bribes from the greens. Alicent is just a bitter woman who can't stand to see a woman fight against the system she willfully upholds while simultaneously rejecting any guilt of her own actions.

Do you think alicent and larys relationship is sexual assault? Because it's what her fans say to defend the fact that she has been practically prostitution, and this put her and rhaenyra on a same level since alicent entertain sexual relationship out of the marriage

No, I don't think it was assault. Alicent chose not only to employ Larys but also chose to feed into his fetish. Alicent is the queen, the second most powerful person in the realm, she could easily get rid of him. She could literally have him executed for his sexual advances. But she chooses to continue this dynamic with him because it helps her cause.

Is Alicent happy about doing this? Well, no, but Alicent isn't happy about anything. After all, how can one be happy if they refuse to try to find happiness? Larys is a piece of shit, yes, but Alicent is continuously making the choice to ally with him, knowing how he likes to be repaid.

Larys is a piece of shit, yes, but he's not assaulting or raping Alicent. It's a professional interaction, just like sex work is (I'm not calling Alicent a "whore", I'm just saying she's engaging in a form of prostitution). She's doing sexual favors for a man in exchange for information while married.

The irony is that in terms of the Faith's morality, Alicent is on the same level as Rhaenyra. For all of Alicent's false piety and obsession with "honor and decency", she's stooped to the level she accuses Rhaenyra of being and enables men to do far worse than Rhaenyra ever did.