#alicent x criston

[ophelieverse]

“i was abed” yeah sure😒

[heavenhatesme]

Alicent and Ser Crispy Cream having a righteous flirty session.

Meanwhile Gwayne Hightower:

[shuichiakainx]

🤟😂🖤

[cassassinate123]

alicent literally sits like this at the small council

[greenqueenhightower]

The primary reason I love the Greens is that they are so messed up. They are not perfect, they are not disinfected and favored by the narrative, and they are raw to the bone; they are real.

Aegon is as real as a devastated and soul-crushed father gets whose grief translates to anger and violence. Helaena’s silent inner turmoil and anguish haunt the Red Keep. Alicent has become a wreck as she weighs this tragedy the only way she knows how: against her own failed moral compass, holding herself responsible.

Otto sees his strings of power stretch and snap as he pursues the unattainable dream once more. Criston feels unworthy and consoles himself with the deception that he remains unsullied by still bearing a white cloak to his name, having been absolved of his original oath-breaking years before. And Aemond refuses to acknowledge any weakness or softness in front of his family so he seeks consolation elsewhere.

This green family doesn’t know how to process emotions, doesn’t know how to grieve together, and can’t find solace in each other’s suffering despite yearning for comfort. Otto doesn’t know how to comfort Alicent, Alicent doesn’t know how to comfort Aegon, and Aegon doesn’t know how to comfort Helaena.

Larys exerts his influence and puppeteers Alicent to his own liking by giving her a much-desired grasp of agency over political affairs. Alicent finds escape in undiscovered indulgences that give her the intoxicating illusion of control over a lifetime of servitude. Criston succumbs to the addictive drug of being desired and wanted on equal terms. The Greens live in a vicious circle of unhealed trauma, a bottomless pit of fears and insecurities, and a tangled web of deception and control.

They are wounded, dysfunctional, and forsaken, and that makes them so intriguing.

[sialater18]

I find myself agreeing with this woman’s thoughts on Alicent’s character this season. Which is a shame in many ways…

(Tagging those who might be interested in what this video has to say, I apologize if any of y’all have been trying to get this off your mind only for me to tag you here lol)

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[peachysunrize]

Alicent Hightower & Criston Cole - House of the Dragon S2E2 -> Rhaenyra The Cruel

[annes-andromeda]

Some happy Greens in these trying times featuring:

Alicole eating cinnamon rolls and orange slices together

Helaegon and their kids getting the rest they deserve

Aemond and Daeron having some quiet reading time

S2 didn’t happen nobody tell them

[spacerockfloater]

Look into the eyes of people who mock Alicent because once she finally becomes a widow, after years of enduring marital rape yet performing her duty and taking care of her husband and giving him 4 children, she’s free to love another man, the only man who was there for her all these years, and tell me that’s not pure, blatant misogyny.

[valinoar]

a hunger like no other - sk osborn, the great, akwaeke emezi, the good fight - ada limón, union of souls - max švabinský, the dedication - edmund leighton, coffin heart? bury me - fatima aamer bilal

[geek-talk000]

laughing and crying at the same time sjwnfkjwndfv;j

[ophelieverse]

Alicent: “I like Ser Criston cole.Thoughts?”

Gwayne: “And prayers.Girl what?”

[saintaemond]

rewatching ep5 we light the way and the way the wedding vows are being said over this scene of criston attempting suicide and alicent saving him...the real union of the night being between them. in this episode they're finally disillusioned of the roles they've been playing. they realise they'd been lied to and used. and at the end of the episode, they are just raw mirrors of shame and naivety staring back at each other asking for help. one flesh, whatever may come

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

PHIA SABAN TALKING ABOUT QUEEN HELAENA TARGARYEN IN S2.

"she's essentially the queen."

TEAM GREEN FAMILY.

[vices-aand-virtues]

House of the Dragon + Reductress Headlines (15/?)

[greenqueenhightower]

Criston calling Alicent his beacon.

"The beacon on the Hightower. Do you know what color it glows when Oldtown calls its banners to war? Green."

He fell in love with her at that moment and you cannot change my mind.