you were made up of falsehoods and wrath and a rage that, if you dared to look closer at it, dared see yourself with your own eyes, seemed an awful lot more reminiscent of grief.
this might be extremely controversial but i want to get it off my chest. i am tired of the writers essentially nerfing both rhaenyra and alicent as characters and sacrificing their complexities and their roles as mother, queens etc at the altar of
rhaenicent feels lazy writing. the reason why it was so wonderful to enjoy them as a ship in season 1 was because we were looking at them through the lens of girlhood and trying to navigate a strange world. now, they’re queens and mothers and experienced
individuals in a realm that are trying to navigate power and their position in society. for them to abandon their core beliefs and just ‘meeting’ and acting all jolly and child-like feels caricature ish and silly. they deserve better.
/ just to clear it up, i do not acknowledge the finale as an episode. i am not comfortable with portraying alicent like that so please do not expect any sort of writing basis the finale. ✨
* / i understand the inaccuracy from books is extremely frustrating but the way some of the fandom is painting out domestic violence victims as weak for not fighting back is honestly … fucking insane lol.
just to be clear, i do enjoy writing both rhaenicent and alicole and haven’t thought much of alicent’s sexuality as strictly belonging to one single thing. writing is a safe space for me —— and my preferences too.
* / the writers are just the best aren’t they 😃 brilliant move to include a parallel sex scene to probably one of the most traumatic events in the history of the war 😃
* / you don’t have to say she’s acting weak in front of daemon! just refute the whole dynamic as nonsense altogether instead of running a narrative that sets feminism and violence victims back by eons.
busy irl but coming out of my shell to say it’s okay to have ship what you like (unless it’s illegal ew) but it is not okay to mock people for who they ship. it’s fantasy, nothing is real anyway. people are free to ship characters they want.
@dornishborn
“ of course. and you’re entitled to it. ” she remarks before finally returning her gaze to her guest, a soft smile on her lips.
“ if there’s anything i can do to make you feel more at … home, i would be happy to do so. ”
* / thanks a lot for shifting the narrative from the greens’ collective grief of losing their children 😃 robbing the joint grief alicent and helaena may experience 😃 IM SO NORMAL ABOUT THIS 😄 😄 😄
sleep. ” a small smile touches her lips at that. fingers grip his calloused palms and bring it to the front of her stomach — squeezing it.
“ i don’t need any sort of company. not tonight or ever. but should you ever feel restless when
/ how did i go from avoiding spoilers like the plague in season 1 to happily reading them and probably skipping the episode altogether now…. it’s so over
' to die in battle for you is my greatest honour. '
' you said you would never leave me. '
' there is no banquet in this world that doesn't come to an end .. but, i wil never leave you. '
/ yet again, i reiterate that i adore rhaenicent but i am also not going to be comfortable writing that interaction either. i won’t be engaging in any sort of writing that leads my alicent to betray her own kin.