Saw Someone Point Out That At Times, Alicent Acts More Like An Older Sibling To Her Children, Rather

Alicent didn’t choose Rhaenyra over her kids

She chose:

- herself, her daughter,peace, and yes, Rhaenrya

Over:

-her son who tried to kill his brother, tried to send his sister to war, and started the war by killing a child

-her other son who she probably assumes is living a hell of an existence and may die soon anyway

Labour by Paris Paloma is for Alicent Hightower and Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo is for Rhaenyra Targaryen. Just for if anyone was wondering.

Oh and also, while we’re on the topic of Blood and Cheese and if it’s justified or not (the fact that this is even a debate is truly disturbing to me)…

How can you say that this is truly in Luke’s honor???

You mean to tell me that you genuinely believe that Lucerys Velaryon, the sweet little boy who cried when being appointed heir for Driftmark because he couldn’t bear the thought of his family dying, the boy who was only ever shown to enter conflicts if he thought his brother was in danger, would condone the murder of his extremely young cousin who he had nothing against?

Huh. Okay.

It’s almost as if you people don’t seem to actually care for the loss of Luke as a person, and only seem to think about how him dying makes Daemon and Rhaenyra makes them more tragic.

The amount of ppl who don’t realize that Alicent choosing Helaena’s safety over her sons and Helaena willingly giving up her son to protect her daughter are direct parallels drives me crazy. LIKE ITS SO OBVIOUS!!!!! And it’s such an important part of the message of the show and also Alicent’s character development!!!!

I think that’s why it makes me so mad when ppl berate Alicent in the finale for “choosing Rhaenyra”! Because she wasn’t choosing Rhaenyra, she was choosing her daughter! Her now being able to be at peace with Rhaenyra was an obvious benefit, because her love for Rhaenyra is also important, BUT she never would have made that choice for JUST Rhaenyra.

It’s all about making sacrifices as a mother. And how when it comes down to it, society wants you to choose your sons, because they’re the heirs, and they’re the ones who are “more important”. I mean, come on people, the reason why Aemma died is because Viserys was so obsessed with having a son. That’s a major part of the message about misogyny.

And so Alicent and Helaena choosing their daughters was their rebuttal against the patriarchy, and the only one they could really make.

And when it comes down to it, it was also Alicent choosing her younger self. This season also showed that Alicent really sees herself in her daughter, so in a way, choosing Helaena was also her way of making things up to her younger self. So, she also chose herself over her sons. Which again, she never would have done if she wasn’t protecting Helaena. But it annoys me when people call this selfish, because it’s like…. Yeah! She’s allowed to be selfish for once in her life. I was shocked by the amount of ppl who are self proclaimed “Alicent apologists” being annoyed once they perceived her as not a saint anymore. I also admired her love for her kids in the first season, but I’m also proud of how she’s growing to choose herself! And while she’s definitely not evil like her weird misogynistic haters make her out to be, she DOES have flaws. She’s a genuinely complex character, which is the reason why I thought everyone who liked her liked her in the first place.

But yeah it just annoys me when people say the finale was out of left field because I thought that Alicent’s actions in it made a lot of sense honestly. Idk maybe it’s because it’s different from the book and I’ve never read the book…

But during Blood and Cheese when Helaena chose her daughter I was like “I sense a parallel coming” … this is going to show Alicent something important… and I was not surprised when the parallel delivered 🤷

i have a disease that makes me see every female character as a lesbian and its called being smarter than everyone

stranger things and its gay lesbian siblings

Just something I drew

lori grimes they could never make me hate you

This reminds me of Hannibal.

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Guys, I think Daemon Stans have reached a new level of crazy.

The other day I saw A WHOLE GROWN ADULT claiming that Rhaenyra (you know the one who was a 14 year old child when everything started), was actually manipulating Daemon, a grown man and her uncle who took her to a brothel as a teenager and left her there.

😭

I’m actually SOBBING WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE