yup

Fr. I was UNDERSTANDING Rhaenyra until then. But using Father to rub it in Alicent and Aemond's wound made me believe how EVIL she is.

@@rohanshende4338 like alicent didnt want a kid's eye just so SHE can feel better

What's really tragic about all this is that Alicent & Rhaenyra were once good friends when they were younger.

@@rohanshende4338 Wow, that's a whole lot of stupid in one sentence.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 True

🤣🤣🤣🤣

“Hahahah it’s funnier because you’re kids started it on both sides” 😭

as his son has a freshly slandered eye

with the only eye he has left 😉

​@@rovanajean9550Viserys loses half his face, not long after.

​@@roddo1955Karma

The bloodslayer

Years Later:"GIVE ME YOUR EYE FOR PAYMENT OF MINE.". Luc:"Bro, you said it was a fair trade!".

The coolest character to ever graced the show.

your repulsive eye is not worth 1 mm of that dragon pls.

@@RicePho if you maybe learn to pay attention, Aemond said it is for his mother, not for him. You are welcome.

Absolutely made an imprint on him. As you can tell when he searches for Aegon. Family and duty go hand in hand.

@@Ganggangbuzzbuzz In the books, Aemond may have been married to Alys Rivers from House Strong but Aemond also had a little bit of feelings for Alicent. The Targaryen house really have a ton of incest in their blood. 🤣

@@peytonsmith1062 would not expect less then GRR to use an Oedipus complex on characters. That silver hair comes with crazy. Strong boys got the good genes.

@@peytonsmith1062 cant blame himm, alicent is hot

He's not tho lmao why do you think that?

It’s definitely a wig but yeah

It’s so fluffy, the makeup department slayed

Alicents hair is always on point.

Samesies

@@Vashtibucket one of the better wigs of the cast tbh, some of them were horrendous. but from the teasers released for s2 it looks like they improved so i'm excited

We haven't met Daeron yet but so far Aemond seems to be her favorite.

@@gig7932I thought Helaena is her favorite.

@@garlantyrell6368 she loves Heleana but doesn't really understand her.

I think she wouldn’t act like this if it wasn’t rheanyra (the heir of the throne) kids.

​@@user-tc5fv4cg8iLets be honest it wasn't really about the eye, it was about Rhaenyra always getting away with everything, even though im team black i think Alicents anger is completely justified

both brothers instantly knew what viserys was doing too-he wanted them to throw alicent under the bus by naming her as the source of the "hearsay" to flip the table on her and probably punish her instead (or worse, get rid of her).

Wow I just notice that, they refused to throw their mother and they knew what each other was thinking

Yeah. I hate when people call Aegon stupid or an idiot. He evidently wasn't. He was a lot of things but definitely not dumb.

"Rhaenyra didn't even try" it's not her fault the kids looked more like their father than her. She had to have heirs and it's unfair to expect her to remain celibate and childless her whole life.

@@akshitarai1380 His response here truly floored me during my rewatch. Couldn't believe how quick on his feet he was with that, it was a perfect answer really. He diffused a bomb with that one lol

Lol simp

She's incredible

She Cooked

And She Served! Perfectly! 💯

She definitely cooked olives in here

Still Black supporters say why her kids accepted their mom's house colour and not their dad's..

@@rituparnamarik3185 istg black supporters scare me, the lack of conscience is actually scary. Greens are by far the most sane in terms of law. Supporting rhaneyra who has always been a brat- smh.

Yup because they never had a dad@@rituparnamarik3185

I think it's pretty obvious he wasn't ok lmao

Yeah it seems viserys doesn't really love hid kids by Alicent and ..and in one of the episodes viserys told Rhaenyra his only child

honestly she ate with that "thank you, father" lmao i was gagged 😭

As she should, Aliflop could never

@@engeltjie_engelbrechtAegon will put rhaenyra in her place

@@nebullaenot as much as sunfyre who munches daddy’s little spoiled girl lmao

What are these comments? So just to double check you guys agree that Rhaenyra was spoiled rotten by her father her entire life shielding her from the consequences of her actions at every turn punishing OTHERS who tried to even bring those consequences to term while he was alive which warped her value system to believe her own personal wants came before andal culture and the law of the land as well as the people triggering the dance? Like tf it's like you guys implicitly understand but either don't care or you don't want to understand the implications of your comments.

No she understands and it infuriates her

In westeros, like in medieval Europe, the wife of a king is respected as the wife of the king and mother of the heir but she isn't a ruler in her own right or even the heir. She is, to put it crudely, just a brood mare. Alicent's problem was she thought being a queen by marriage made her equal or superior to Rhaenyra. She wasn't. The heir takes precedent over the

@@Sptl8qq She wasn't trying to stab her. She was trying to stab one of the bastards cause her husband was a deadbeat who wanted his favourite child to come on top. Like seriously, imagine losing your eye and then your dad comes to see you for a few seconds max before fixating on the obviously more favoured sibling over the same topic all over again. Viserys sucks. Good man, terrible father, weak king.

​@@captaindeadpool313 Nyra's sons aren't bastards

Alocent literally made rhaenyra walk to her after birthing a child. She is perfectly capable of her power. Rhaenyra a victim.

I think it speaks to how Alicent and Criston's friendship and bond is based around decency and good prevailing and holding each other accountable. She made him watch his language, he holds back because he knows that this isn't her, she'll regret violence done in her name when she's free from the horrors of the moment.

Yup I always interpreted it as I'm sworn to you as your PROTECTOR not your child Butcher

Exactly, Idk how people got confused about that

​@@bolxonsAlicent and Cole's friendship is also based on their mutual hatred for Rhaenyra's privileges.

​@@leonardohenrique5172 I think it's because of the commander's phrases "don't, Ser Criston" and "stay your hand, Cole". From these words, it may seem that he also thought that Cole was going to attack Luke or Rhaenyra, but I always thought (and I'm pretty sure this is the right interpretation) that he was coming to protect Alicent, or to stop her to do the madness.

They also gaslighted by minimising the violence of Aemond, they pretty much had no choice but to take his eye out, it was reactionary.

​@@jabthejedihad no choice? Aemond was ganged up on 4 against 1, didn't throw the first punch and didn't have a knife

@@GoldenRose116he was about to kill one of them with a rock

@@tacot-rex3386 When he was stabbed he was blinded, and before that he lowered the rock. And Jace tried to stab him multiple times already..

@@GoldenRose116 he stole their dragon, which doesn't seem to be mentioned at all. And they were all tiny and he started sending out thorough abuse!

And for those that don't know, sharply questioned means torture in GRR Martin speak. He uses it multiple times in the books.

Aemond’s slanders are a direct threat to Rhaenyra and the kids, they could be executed for it, Lord Lyonel literally said this to Harwin, so if anything, it makes perfect sense that Rhaenyra would use sharply questioned as a threat back. Her and her kids’ lives are on the line. She’s fighting for them as you would fight for your own kids and as Alicent would fight for hers.

@@CaptainPikeachu You see, your argument holds no ground here cause Rhaenyra is the one that drew attention to her sons claim in this scene. She could've aplogized to Aemond or maybe punished her kids but no, in true Rhaenyra fashion she had to make it all about her. So no op, this wasn't about her protecting her kids, this was her getting her daddy to silence everybody. She didn't care if her already maimed half brother got tortured, her aim was self preservation.

​​@@CaptainPikeachuViserys is a very ignorant person, but he would have never executed his grandchildren even if they were bastards, especially not his daughter, so their lives were never on the line. He only should have excluded them from the inheritance, which would have made both him and his daughter look fools, which he wanted to avoid at any cost. His unquestionable love and favoritism was only towards his daughter and her family, the rest his wife, his other children never mattered to him. Like literally... No wonder that except Alicent none of them shed a single tear on his death, since he never loved them only saw them as bother, as a surplus.

​​​​​​@@A_divisive_scarecrow I agree a 100% with you, Viserys only cares about Rhaenyra and no one else, he showed that he is a bad father to his other children and that he has favoritism towards her. And I'm also 100% with Alicent too, any mother would do anything for her children. She cared about Aemond when no one else did and she showed that she was a good mother after all. She is my favorite character 💚👑

Aemond literally was about to use a rock and smash it on Rhaena and Baela

I blame her for wanting to gouge out another child’s eye just because “eye for an eye”. A queen shouldn’t act irrational like that especially with dozens and dozens of people in the same room. Also blame her for starting the Dance with her “misunderstanding”

@@jaredgalarza yeah but in Aemond semi-defense was beaten up on a 4 vs 1, after Rhaena lunged at him and Baela suckered punched him

Exactly wtf

cap @@jaredgalarza

Exactly.

Finally someone understood the fabric of this family.👍🏻💯

"Given luke a suitable punishment" Aemond literally pulled out a knife and could have killed the kids after stealing vhagar (the dragon of the dead mother which adds further insult to injury). Watch the scene where Aemond escalates the fight. Suitable punishment? Imagine trying to give Arya and the starks "suitable punishment" because of the harm done to joffrey, but completely disregarding joffreys fault in the whole situation. Come on dude

What are you saying? When did aegon pull out any knife? That was Jace. ​@@__-gf3zn

​@@__-gf3zn where did Aemond pull a knife? lol they pulled a knife on HIM, after jumping at him 4 vs 1 mind you.

Best scene was the family dinner imo and the pig joke

Emma was also very much offended with this scene..she was totally supporting Alicent..note- I'm talking about Emma not Rhaenyra..

How so my love cause alicent’s child started it and she knows they are not good people

@@Thusi_sphelelelmaoo Aemond fought 1 vs 5 and u blame on him? He was stabbed FROM HIS EYES jesus

@@demirkazanasmaz6097 do you blame them how dare he claims a dragon that was suppose to be one of Damon’s daughters

@@demirkazanasmaz6097 he didn’t deserve what they did to him in this matter I feel like everyone was selfish and acted out of anger aemond had no right to claim that dragon and Damon’s daughter were not suppose to start that fight

the look on his face when he realized he will never mean something to his father…and alicent also realizing he will never care about her children the way he cares about rhaenyra…it literally broke my heart😭

@@sofia-ou3uf yea I watched this back in 2022 but I never even noticed that part, I think Alicent saw Aemond’s disappointment which makes this scene even sadder.

His look made me so sad.

​@@sofia-ou3uf Yes!!! That breaks my heart 🥺💔

He only looked at Aemond to question him, kinda shows how little he cares about them 😔

So you're green

Agree. I mean he could've at least asked Aemond how did it hurt him or asked someone to deal with his eye?😅

​@@atreyos9449 there are people watching this show not for sake of taking a side

@@atreyos9449 trust me, anyone who is black is only doing it because they think daemon and rhanyra are badass not because theyre morally right or even lawful. stop hating on the greens lol

It works for Alicent too.

@Ashbrash1998 The only thing she got away with was making Aegon King so far

@@snake_girl_117 "The only thing she got away with was illegally usurping the throne and helping to start a civil war where hundreds of thousands die" Yeah man. Alicent's actions in regards to stealing Rhaenyra's throne is so much worse than anything Rhaenyra does in her entire life.

​@doghat1619 I don't know about that they both have done things, and having Aegon on the throne was a misunderstanding, not knowing what viserys was talking about was her fault definitely

@@doghat1619 Even though I'm a feminist I think Aegon's claim was stronger because Visery's never altered the succession laws even after Alicent bore his sons. This put Rhenarya's claim into question and endangered Aegon and Aemond.

Rhaenyra was never that blood thirsty towards the greens in the beginning. It would've been inaccurate portrayal of her character. She only truly spirals when the greens (get💀) Luke and ageon decide to throw a feast to celebrate.

⁠@@theeviperxinaccurate they completely whitewashed her

​@@kap2652So they did with Alicent and the greens

@@Chasingdreams25 I know and I dislike it what they doing to alicent is crazy she all over the place

​@Chasingdreams25 Show Alicent is responsible for much more deaths in the show than in the book, the Dyana scene in the show is a show only invention, the scene where Rhaenyra walks with her child immediately after giving birth is also a show only invention. So what exactly was being whitewashed.

"All he cares about are damages to his daughter's reputation" Tell me you don't understand the world of Westeros without telling me you don't understand the world of Westeros.

@@sdghtjsdcgsif we’re going by standards of the world of Westeros, he should care more about his firstborn son no? Let’s not pick and choose favorites and standards.

​@@sdghtjsdcgsas*holes are a*sholes. On Earth or in Westeros

@@neneray310 His firstborn son died over a decade ago. Aegon is second born. The only person Aegon is a first born son to is Alicent. Regardless, the child missing his eye is Aemond. Third born son of King Viserys, second born son of Alicent. The life of a cherished daughter is, for ill or good, more valued than the life of a third born son of a second wife.

Your comment is at best intellectually dishonest and at worst deceitful. Aegon is the first born son of Viserys Targaryen. As he's the first born living son. Thats whats meant when people say first borns second borns etc. As YOU KNOW and in culture tradition first borns are of more significance particularly first born sons are more signifcant than daughters. But Viserys doesn't care about the culture of tradition of his people as he's a bad king@@alexladon9757

All over an insult…like thats your little brother who just lost an eye and you want him tortured over calling your kids what they are?

They don't hold that meaning in the scene though. Because even Alicent isn't that concerned when it's brought up. Like nobody in the room reacted as if Thae asked her brother to be tortured because it wasn't that at all.

one character saying something one time, in a time period that takes place after the dance of the dragons doesn't mean Rhaenyra was saying Aemond should be tortured. She just means questioned, she isn't saying her brother should be tortured.

​​@@doghat1619it's not a one time thing? I can recall at least 3 more times. This phrase means only torturing in the Westeros.

@@Ashbrash1998 If Alicent wasn't particularly concerned, then why was her response "Over an insult?"

#Hallows4 You are exactly right. Rhaenyra never wanted a life of servitude and she sought freedom from that by taking lovers which was frowned upon. Alicent on the other hand decided to be dutiful and live like Ladies were expected to. She had the chance to seek the kind of freedom like Rhaenyra did. Not sure if you were referring to Alicent or Rhaenyra as strong -minded

@@2Duv4Luv They are both very strong minded, make no mistake about that. What neither of them realized in time is how far those around them were willing to go to secure their own power. Rhaenyra felt utterly devastated and betrayed when Aegon was crowned behind her back, and even though Alicent backed her son to the hilt, she was genuinely disgusted when the Small Council plotted to assassinate Rhaenyra. The childhood friends still has feelings for each other, and despite Alicent’s distaste for her husband, forcibly removing his beloved daughter from the equation was something she knew Viserys would never condone.

this. i could never understand why anyone would choose blacks over greens. it is only because of daemon being a badass im sure but people failing to see the plight of alicent and choosing rhanyra is so sad. goes to show how society works.

Precisely correct.@@megha9789

Cloak of your own righteousness. AKA you have gotten away with so much while I have suffered. Rhaenyra’s response gives insight to how we saw Alicent in ASOIAF. Love this very intense scene

Same Alicent is genuinely a good woman and a good mother shame Viserys was neither a good man nor a good king

​@@MrMinevision1 A good woman? Are you alright? Viserys was quite good actually for a Targaryen.

Yeah I'm alright. Yup a good woman. You can make mistakes and still be a good woman what makes a woman good is her mentality which leads to her character and her actions in general. The character of alicent is dutiful honor bound understanding of the law and sacrifice.She's not spoilt and puts the needs of the realm usually above herself. She cares for her children yes and is willing to defend them to the death as any good mother should. Viserys was a terrible king the thing is people like you can't distinguish as his ACTIONS led to the singular worst catastrophy for the targaryen dynasty@@wisepalaz

As well as the destabilisation of the realm to a higher degree and the death of many of his family members. He truly is a failure in every sense of the word as a king.Now a MAN is debatable but ultimately I'd conclude him to be a bad one too but my stuffs already getting long so I'll cut this short.@@wisepalaz

@@wisepalazviserys was a weak man and king

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Ironically that line applies to rhaenyra as well.

​@@Groovybihahow so? Rhaenyra seems to use her position better to get some kind of freedom as a woman in that world, does she arrogantly or blindly play with it? Yes. But I don't see how alicent isn't self righteous, just because she's a even bigger victim of the patriarchal society, doesn't mean she isn't self righteous or handling her anger the wrong way. She's jealous and spiteful towards rhaenyra not suffering the same way as she does, but she, just like cersei, still goes along with patriarchy in her own way. (obviously she never had the options rhaenyra did, but they're both finding their own wrong way of dealing with those problems)

It makes no sense either, it's like the writers just want to pretend like Rhaenyra's ideals clashing with Alicent are of equal merit, so they have her mischaracterize Alicent as "hiding behind her self-righteousness" or whatever, when that line makes no sense. One minor oddity in a fantastic scene.

Rhaenyra tried to gaslight the entire realm with her *three* bastards. Can't stand her, Alicent is 100% in the right.

@@FlowerTrollSan if the opposite of it would lead to the killing of her children out of a wedlock, then I can't see how Alicent wouldn't have done the same: protect her children

​@@carlyofearth And who exactly would have ended their lifes? Viserys? No worst case scenario something similar to what happend to Saera Targaryen would have happened to Rhaenyra. Being stripped of her title and being disinherited. Saera Targaryen has many illegitimate children. They even were present at the great council of 101 that you saw in episode one. And they were unharmed. The problem was that Rhaenyra lied for so long and pretended they were legitimate. So the problem weren't the children or sleeping with Harwin, the lying was.

So attempting to maim a child is not "in any way wrong?"

@@patches5681 she attempted to maim Rhaenyra after Rhaenyra got her kids to avoid all punishment for cutting out Alicent’s sons eye

One was children fighting, the other was a vindictive woman seeking revenge mostly because of her jealousy

The huge difference between Saera and her sons, as well as Rhaenyra and her sons is, that one got dragons, whereas the other gote none. Even if Rhaenyra and her sons were disinherited, they still posed a threat to the Greens. Rhaenyra could just go berserk and attack the Greens with her descendants and her dragons. She could do the same as the Blackfyres, move their and start rebellions within the kingdom. She could have still married Daemon (who wouldn't care about her status) and thus gain a huge ally. Her dragon was very fertile, and thus boosting ​her strength with more eggs and hatchlings. Any additional child she would have, would be another dragon rider, any marriage she would create for her children or herself would broaden her allies and make the Greens more anxious. In comparisan to that, Saera was nothing. No dragon rider, with no dragon riding allies, her sons may have been also bastards, but they were never taken serious (because they didn't have any strength aka dragons). Jahaerys himself was sick with fear and anger after the incident with Seara, where she attempted to bond a dragon, because he knew that she would pose a threat, not only to him, but to any Targaryen heir, to the peace, to the realm. That's why he banished her from Kingslanding and probably never reconciled with her. The problem with Rhaenyra was never her having bastards. The issue was always that of House Hightower trying to increase their power by marrying into the royal family. It was the greed by house High tower that led to the Dance of the Dragons, Rhaenyra could have been the most loyal wife, with plenty of legitimate children and they would have still tried to kill her and her children. @@danika9411

Well, she stole the throne from the rightful heir...

General public= team Black lol

@@ud1819 yes the general public is team black (as they should be, the throne is Rhaenyra’s) but the way they talk about Alicent is consistently disgusting and lacking nuance

@@zevphe I agree. They fail to think that she was a submissive, motherless teenage girl when she was married off to Viserys. She had absolutely no say in it. Once a person enters a new relationship and a new role, the behaviour shift is inevitable due to a changed dynamic with others. Despite that, she behaved properly, as a queen should (episode 3-5). People tend to forget that there were 10 years of her seeing Rhaenyra enjoying and exploiting her privileges as the heir to the throne. She performed duties after duties all while seeing her son struggle with loss of an eye, her husband wither away and her two eldest children seemingly unhappy in a forced marriage, just like she was. Nobody is linearly wrong in this story. Everyone is a victim of their circumstances. And I feel Alicent, more than the others.

​@@zhukov7923Rightful heir that wants bastards on the throne

The writers prefer Rhaenyra.

She wasn’t gaslighting her. Alicent was abusing her for 10 years.

And Alicent all but forces Rhaenyra to walk through the red keep or risk her child's life. Multipule times. Niether when is innocent.

the gaslighting Alicent experienced in this scene was ridiculous

Even Emma Darcy who play Rhaenyra was on Alicent's side on this scene, that says a lot

I hate Rhaenyra period

Wait until season 2, you'll hate her more

Rhaenyra is also trying to stop her children being killed for having the wrong dad. She did what she had to do.

Not by suggesting and eye for an eye.

Too bad she has no control.

We support her sentiment but not the desired outcome.

That the Blood and Cheese scene you're on about? Its gonna be pretty shocking for show watchers 😅

To be fair Fire & Blood is a historcal account so things may be imbellished or taken out of context. And Daemon becomes mentally unstable after Visyers dies. Well more then he normally is at any rate.

At least Aegon went with it to protect his brother and mother, we never see that side of him but we will definitely see it next season

Me?🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aegon: ME? Also Aegon: Should have blamed Otto. Then I could drinkin peace.

She was standing on business

Olivia's too

Disagree, she's so emotionless most of the time, unless she's birthing something. That close up shot of her face with the knife in front of her lol, no shock, no mix of fear or worry or anything?? Just straight up robotic acting. I mean, it's good acting if you're going for an emotionless zombie, but it doesn't fit the character of Rhaenyra whatsoever. Bad casting. Alicent genuinely feels like an older version of young Alicent. Can't say the same for Rhaenyra.

@@asimhussain8716 haha totally disagree with you. but that’s your opinion.

Viserys made it known he loved rhaenyra more, its combination of guilt and love for his first wife. He ONLY remarried to strengthen his bloodline

​@@theeviperx And then doesn't actually care for his children with her.

@danika9411 I think he does care for his other children, but he has a clear favourite because of the love and guilt of his first wife. Rhaenyra reflects her mother, his late wife. So that places her in higher regard than his other children.

I see what you did there

And defending yourself from being hit in the head with a rock? That's wrong ain't it?

@@thomasbullinsmaybe don’t attack people

@@thomasbullins If I was being attacked by 4 people, a rock is the least I get to defend myself from.

For those who have no clue of the event. Aemond didn't throw the first punch, the girl did, and it's four against one, but one of them has a knife, what would you do? Picking up the rock, or be defenseless.

@@thomasbullins Aemond was attacked and everything he did after that was self-defense in fact he never uses the rock he just threatens with it.

😂😂

Nailed it. There is no good or bad people in this whole mess

I don’t think Alicent is a good mother or and intentionally bad mother, because she let aegon take the blame for something he didn’t even do but what she did, she spoke the rumors not aegon. I do like her character a lot I just pity her a lot but just cause she’s going through the gutter doesn’t excuse her actions.

She's complicated, she's certainely not a very good mother to Aegon (to me), and I get why but to me she's also at fault for why he's so messed up

@@_jori.05 What are you talking about? Alicent did not need to protect Aegon, because she understood that nothing would happen to him, since he gave a simply amazing answer to the weak King Viserys. Why should she protect him if she understands that everything has already worked out? + You say that her crisis does not justify her actions. The question is, what actions? I don't find anything that needs to be justified. She is right

@@gennaronarducci1333 Such a bad mother that she protects her child on the throne to the last, and also stood in front of him when the dragon could have burned him. Thanks for the analysis))

yes

No I would not demand a child's eye be cut out. Nor try to cut it myself. What's wrong with you

No lol wtf speak for yourself…

I certainly wouldn't undermine my husband's child from his first marriage lol

Absolutely. In this moment I don’t think alicent was thinking. She was just so angry

I still dont understand how everyone more consent about aemond losing eye. Dud stealing strongest dragon.

@@Lynn-jg7hxa dragon can’t be stolen

@@mariia099 sorry if wrong, as far i know if dragon has rider it cant be stolen, but riderless dragon can

@@Lynn-jg7hx dragons aren’t inherited, they’re claimed. anybody has a right to them

@@mariia099 yes but i think it just half true. Even tho evryone can claim a dragon and dragon will not always pick tagaryen, most of case its have been monopolied by tagaryen. Iirc rhagar should be go to tagaryen princess since her previous owner is their mom. Also daemon kinda pissed and scared when he know aemond taking vhagar

This show, great as it is, in no way redeems the nose dive / train wreck of game of thrones. Be serious.

Its more like forgiven but never forgotten at the least. Keep in mind many cut the show halfway so they have more cause to be livid.

I agree with you entirely! Rhaenyra has always been spoilt and entitled but this scene took it to a whole new level. I mean, she showed ZERO remorse and then she had the audacity to make it all about her and her sons?? Like lady, everybody knows your kids are bastards, mad at Aemond for stating the obvious??

@@LivsWings_ Exactly!

aemond called helaena their future queen before this scene happened. she told aegon that he would be king and everyone knows it in the episode prior and was adamant on aegon challenging rhaenyra despite him not wanting to. she was trying to convince viserys that rhaenyra’s children were illegitimate so they she would be disinherited and banished. larys, his father and viserys all pointed out how how badly this would end up for rhaenyra and her kids if it were true. she was already planting the seeds. and when rhaenyra walked in the first thing she heard was baela saying aemond was trying to kill jace. all those years of her and her kids being targets for criston and alicent didn’t help. so obviously as a mother(same with alicent) the only thing she’s thinking of is protecting her kids above all else. alicent demands to see rhaenyra’s newborn seconds after birth to try to prove those kids illegitimate and rhaenyra finally faces the rumors instead of trying to keep quiet in fear.

@@carlyofearth who was going to kill Rhaenyra and her children at this point?

@@carlyofearth I wouldn't say being pissed your son lost an eye after being jumped by four kids is trying to gain power. Rhaenyra pulled rank, the only reason she isn't being seen in the wrong is because of a power she was born into.

I mean there wasn't any apology to begin with😂

Don't worry. Aemond took his due

Yeah but a whole big dragon is a fair exchange for an eye.

@@user-tc5fv4cg8i He shouldnt have lost an eye for claiming the dragon. It was wrongfully taken and had nothing to do with the dragon.

What apology? It was nothing for an eye

people think they will act better

@@dieforwenqingliveformengzo3241 bingo

brother she tried to cut a childs eye out what are you talking about

@@EnQuestOfficial That's litteraly what happened to her child, it's called equal treatment ?

@@lilian9725 are you holding an 10 year old to the same standards as a fully grown adult and the acting Queen Regent? How old are you?

Why is that? Genuinely trying to understand

@@enbykenz i find her sympathetic. She is in a sucky situation yet she always tries to do what is right. She gets treated like crap by Viserys, Rhaenyra and Otto, so it is amazing when she pushes back against them She is also super loyal to the people important to her, i admire her bravery and love for her children. And lets be real she is a fashion icon

I don’t

@@kap2652 i feel sorry for you that you got bad taste, it happens 💚

@@GoldenRose116 i favor team green more so it’s not bad taste she beautiful nobody can deny that I just don’t like what they doing to alicent character in the show book alicent way better you seen the trailer for season 2 having alicent plunge herself into water alicent in the show all over the place she say one thing and do another they made her so annoying alicent should have left old annoying alicent by end of season 1 she should boss up

And he does not oppose the idea of his child being sharply questioned even though he just lost an eye.

​@@islasullivan3463EXACTLY! After that I changed from the black team to the green team

This is why I support Team Green!

@@rainstriderstreamflower5645 me too bro

My only real issue with her is the fact that she allows herself to believe Aegon is the heir as Viserys dies without even consulting Rhaenyra, who could have clarified the entire thing. Not that she’d believe Rhaenyra at that point anyway, I suppose.

I’m team black but I agree that Lucerys should’ve been punished (maybe not losing his eye)

@@cami1939 oh of course not, taking his eye wouldn’t be a good punishment anyway as it would just bring more disdain between parties. trying to take his eye was extreme, even if Alicents rage was justifiable.

At 2:36 you can clearly see how disheartened Aemond is when he realizes his own father wouldn’t defend him or ever take his side, Alicent notices and decides to press the matter further. I completely understand her rage in this scene.

@@schwaben4120 I agree, it’s ridiculous how viserys doesn’t seem to take any sort of action in the lives of helaena, aegon, daeron or aemond. It’s clear rhaenyras his favorite and his other children are just there. It’s not suprising why alicent feels so alone when her husband, her children’s father doesnt do the bare minimum of standing up for his own son when he is maimed.

Explain how Aemond lost his eye. Don't even try to sugar coat it. I'll wait 😊

​@@__-gf3znhe claimed a dragon, got ganged up on 4 vs 1, sarted to punch back after he got punched, grapped rock to defend himself, called Jace what he is, Jace decided to take out his knife and started trying to stab him multiple times. Sadly for them they are weak and Aemond overpowered them. Only for Jace to throw sand in Aemond eyes and Luke stabbing him in his eye while he was blinded.. That is about it

@@__-gf3zn Watch the scene again. He only punched after got punched, before that he was pushed and simply pushed back And no Jace grabbed the knife over an insult. Oh and Aemond was fully in his right to claim the dragon

@@__-gf3zn Asked for an explanation, stayed real quite after getting one. I wonder if you actually reflected on the response you got. My bet is a big fat no.

Alicent *has* lost it in this scene. Understandably, but the various injustices she's suffered don't make it okay for her to try to cut a child's eye out. I do recognise that Viserys is wilfully blinding himself to Rhaenyra's children being bastards. But what else is he going to do? See his beloved daughter disinherited, imprisoned, exiled, maybe even executed, because she found sexual intimacy where it couldn't exist in her marriage and then lied about it? Hardly the worst crime in history. What he should have done is pay more attention emotionally to Alicent and his children by her. I do understand the scene. Still team black though. Not because of having more empathy for black than green, but because the king's word is law and he named her heir.

Daemon: I should claim Otto told them.

I am pretty sure no one believes her lies they just know that if they go against it Viserys will cut off their tongue

Rhaenyra is self serving, she can’t handle being held accountable or called out.

@@GoldenRose116Yeah everyone knew her sons were bastards, but they didn’t say it out loud or rather they couldn’t

The show didn't have the same meaning the books do. It why nobody reacted at all, heck Alicent just rolled her eyes like it was nothing

@@GoldenRose116 That makes sense as the entire court knows that Rhaenya's children weren't actually Valyrians. They go along with the scheme because Daemon beheaded Vaemond when he called out the princess's deception. Oh i just remembered that the king also threatened to cut out tongues.

One scene doesn't justify their wrong doings

​@@roby1875 it's an opinion..

But Rhaenyra would never admit that her sons are bastards. But even then, she shouldn't torture her brothers over an insult even if Rhaenyra's children were indeed Valeryions.

She's so fcking spoilt. Like shut up and actually listen to yourself woman??

Aegon has countless bastards. But that's ok right?

Exactly. Why do you think it's ok? Being held to different standards because of your gender. Instead of bad mouthing her we should have sympathy for her as she is constantly undermined and hated despite acting no differently to her male counterparts. Aegon is a disgusting excuse for a human but that's alright cause he's a man?

​@@sen.m7832he's not trying to pass them as trueborn heirs to the throne though. Like I hate aegon, but that's not the same situation

Also in saying "as your protector my queen "

​@@rafaelluna3564Did you not see the way Daemon blocked Ciston Cole from going to Alicent's defense?

​@@2Duv4LuvWhat defense she was trying to stab somebody

The one smart thing this man did lol

Coping!

Exactly 💯

WHY would Rhaenyra be remorseful when Aemond literally was about to kill Jace, her son? It’s like everyone forgot why Luke attacked Aemond in the first place? He was defending Jace from getting his head bashed in. Is Alicent remorseful for Aemond trying to kill Jace? Or is she saying well he got his eye cut so yall can get over near murder attempt?

I think it is much more. I think in this situation she and her children understood that Viserys doesn't care or appreciated them and that he never will. I believe Viserys truly liked Alicent, but not enough to actually feel care and love for his children with her. I think this scene is also what made Aegon and Aemond turn against Rhaenyra. It must have been so disheartening. I grew up with someone with NPD in the family, the way Rhaenyra acted in this scene and how she lied and manipulated the narrative was exactly what I grew up with. It's textbook gaslighting. She lies about everything here. She could not find sleep. Had alone time with her uncle on the day of his wifes funeral. In the beginning of the scene, that is not in this video she lies and constantly changes the narrative. First she said it was an accident. Which was not true. When that doesn't work she flips the narrative and says Aemond attacked them and they were forced to defend themselfs. They actually attacked him and it was 4 v 1. Yes he was tactless, but this is about Rhaenyra trying out different lies until one works. She doesn't actually know what happend, they didn't have time to tell her, she is just making stuffup at this point. And when people listen she goes even further by demanding that Aemond might be sharply questioned aka tortured. She might poker a bit here, but she uses fear to win this and shut them up. The worst part, all of this is true. She is trying to gaslight everyone and dominate the situation so that the truth never comes out. I don't think Rhaenyra is written to have actual NPD. But this is how people with it manipulate situations. It was interesting to see aspects of that in HotD.

@@danika9411 People who lie tend to change their stories.

I think he had a feeling…but chose to ignore the rumors because he ultimately will always support his daughter and not Alicent.

​@@MIMIISAWESOMEilynor his other children...

He knew just refused to admit to it

No he didn't, he knew as well as anyone else. He just also knew the consequences of officially acknowledging such would be disastrous

He knew. He’s just protecting her daughter by refusing.