#LET OLIVIA COOK

[duchess-of-oldtown]

Also, also, where is Alicent's rage? We saw it on Driftmark when Aemond got his eye out. Where was her rage for Jaehaerys? Now was the time to break her whole "just wants peace" era. Olivia Cooke has the range to show Alicent's vengefulness and her complex relationship with Rhaenyra and they won't give her the room to do it. Let Olivia cook.

LET OLIVIA COOK

[nebulousfishgills]

Listen, Otto realizing that he helped put a moron on the Iron Throne and then going through the five stages of grief before dipping is peak comedy, bro really fucked around and then found out.

[honeyandsalted]

I was looking at bts from Emma D’Arcy + Olivia Cooke photoshoot and realized we’ve never seen adult Alicent truly smile or laugh in the show and possibly never will. There’s been a few instances of a sarcastic/sardonic smile, but the closest I can think of is a brief moment when she is first holding baby joff, or minuscule moments during the 1x08 dinner. But like, we’ve yet to have a true smile of joy from adult Alicent the entire show, which is just really sad.

HBO LET MY GIRL SMILE IM BEGGING YOU

[birdmans]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022—)

[amaltheas-garden]

I miss when Alicent was allowed to have emotions

the range 🤌

[beautifulsweetschaos]

It’s not looking good guys 😭

[its-sweet-like-cinnamon]

[dcbnam-aep]

olivia describing the dynamic between alicent & rhaenyra as ‘simmering, tempestuous, and bonded’ — fellow rhaenicent fans how does it feel to never lose

[myfandomistingling]

[drakaripykiros130ac]

My, my.

So, apparently, in the HotD universe, “good, pious” Alicent has not only been rubbing her feet for Larys’ pleasure, but she has also been sleeping with Cole behind her husband’s back.

And she had the absolute nerve to judge Rhaenyra, claim that she has done only what was asked of her, and stand in front of Rhaenys, telling her that Rhaenyra “cuckolded” Laenor.

That character is so pathetic…reeks of hypocrisy. Condal and Hess have made her absolutely unbearable to tolerate even as a villain.

And what about Ser Crispy? Didn’t they attempt to whitewash him by blaming “guess who” for “coercing him” into bed (yeah, his smile while doing it more than proved that he was doing it against his will 😆)?

How many times did he break that meaningless vow of his? It’s hard to keep track. And what now? Is he also going to blame “his moment of weakness” on Alicent like he did with Rhaenyra? My guess is…no.

So, we have a “queen mother” who is supposed to be in mourning for her husband, sleeping around with a Kingsguard who had taken a vow of celibacy (and in turn not supposed to be sleeping with anyone). Wasn’t Crispy supposed to be watching/protecting the people he works for (and not f*cking them)? How did this guy remain employed for so long???

So, the rules of propriety don’t really apply to them, do they?

What was that saying about “rules for thee but not for me”? That should be the Greens’ motto.

The showrunners do love turning this whole thing in the Young and the Restless.

[franzkafkagf]

[nottogetpoliticalbutwtfisoatmeal]

i feel like axel would go olivia for restone enhancements and prank evolution. olivia, for the assurance that she would not be in the blast radius of said prank, would be happy to help

[sunfyredefender77]

This scene will always be funny to me

[smalltownw1tch]

the chemistry I’m crying

[imjulia-andilikecats]

He Likes His Milk Warm

[sophiemariepl]

Honestly, there are days in which I would like to enjoy HotD and GoT in peace, but then some idiots gain incredible popularity and remind me of how much I’m done with THE FANDOM.

And yes, I’m talking about this meme.

For the context: in HotD S2E2, Ewan Mitchell (Prince Aemond Targaryen) has a naked scene. Not much is revealed in it, but apparently some idiots out there decided that bodyshaming the actor is just so-so funny 💀

I’m not even talking about the fact that actors (usually male actors, but not only) have to either loose weight or dehydrate themselves for nude or semi-nude scenes in order to expose their muscles (Henry Cavill also dehydrated himself for the bathtub scene in the Witcher season 1, from what I remember).

Like, people, how old are you even? Can’t you even understand the difference between disliking/being critical of a particular character and hating on the actor playing the role? And even openly bodyshaming them?

I’m seeing similar tendencies in the way a large chunk of the fandom treats Olivia Cooke (Queen Alicent Hightower) and Fabien Frankel (ser Criston Cole). Olivia is being harassed with blatantly misogynistic texts. Fabien had to limit his Instagram comments under some of his posts because of how much hate he has received.

Have you guys forgotten how people harassed Lena Headey just because she played Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones? How someone even publically called Lena a “b*tch” during an actual fan meeting?

Or how Jack Gleeson, despite his obvious talent and great job prospects after GoT, resigned from acting for several years, specifically after he received waves of hate for playing Jeoffrey Baratheon?

Like, people, allow actors and actresses to do their f*cking jobs without being harassed.

Lena, Jack, Ewan, Olivia, Fabien and many other actors out there are not criminals by earning money through their jobs. There are far worse people in the film industry who don't receive even half of the hate that actors and actresses who play disliked characters do.

It should be obvious, I’m so ashamed that I have to explain this to an audience composed of mostly adult people.