#she threw a huge fit at rhaenyras brown haired boys but maegara has brown haired twins and shes practically throwing a feast

[darkestspring]

Had this little blurb marinating in my brain for awhile now: when Alicent spreads the rumor that all of Rhaenyra's sons aren't Laenor's but Harwin Strong's, tried to tell Viserys, but he willingly turns a blind eye to it

Well what IF? Alicent did the same to Maegaera's and Alexsander Hightower?Maegaera has given birth and yet the babe's little bits of hair looks a bit like Alexsander, Maegara's sworn shield. But Alicent decides to pull a Viserys and willingly turns a blind eye to it, focusing on Maegara and saying that the baby is just beautiful 🥰

And Rhaenyra is like "b*tch you had no problem bashing me and my sons but you draw the line at Maegara? 🤨"

And Alicent even whispers loud enough for Rhaenyra to hear to Alexsander: "Keep her happy, and congratulations 😇" knowing that Rhaenyra can't say squat and that she and Alexsander are basically rubbing it in the Heir's face that Maegaea is absolutely HAPPY with Alexsander

Hell, even Aegon and Aemond don't even talk about Maegara's children having hair close.to Alexsander, all of them brushing it off cuz I think in the books, Rhaenys had black hair and I think the Baratheon was the cousins to the Targaryen

alicent and aleksander are cousins so of course she brushes it off, the hypocrisy drives rhaenyra mad but she never says anything about the brown haired twins that maegara gives birth to despite not even being married. viserys, alicent, rhaenys, and even daemon all turn blind eyes to it even when the truth is glaringly obvious. maegara was born out of an egg, there's no possibility for the child to inherit brown hair from her directly but aleksander? yeah.

it doesn't help that aside from a few features and the eyes, the twins look exactly like aleksander.

alicent acts so proud of aleksander when she's introduced to the sleeping twins in maegara's arms. viserys turns a huge blind eye and regardless of who acts as maegara's guardian, they all act as happy grandparents.

maegara is often spotted taking strolls with the two babies in her arms, aleksander at her side like always, it's abundantly clear to everyone who the father is but they all turn a blind eye. aemond and aegon are even worse, those babies are maegara's children alone to them. father? what father? their irritation towards their mother's cousin only gets worse. if they didn's dislike him before, they definitely do now.