#she's well acclimated/desensitized to the brutality of court by the timeskip; Harwin's murder is the last time we see her truly affected
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#mmm. I'm not sure about all the warmongering takes re: hotd I've been seeing.#like. for real? y'all would really rather have bloodthirsty conquerors upfront#instead of the slow and creeping descent into paranoia & depravity caused by failure and desperation on all sides?#also I really can't get over how much the fandom is whitewashing show!alicent my god.#like. yes she's sympathetic but horrified by bloodshed?? ALICENT?? as a girl sure. but by the time she's queen?#she's well acclimated/desensitized to the brutality of court by the timeskip; Harwin's murder is the last time we see her truly affected#and she's horrified by it because of the direct harm to Rhaenyra + and this cannot be overstated her COMPLICITY in it.#the fact that alicent literally cannot muster up sorrow for her grieving daughter in private - which helaena calls her on#after her own grandson is savagely murdered#whereas the smallfolk witness rhaenyra's utter grief on finding luke & arrax's remains#like. this is intentional. it's not disparaging alicent's character and neither is it inconsistent writing imo#it's who she is; it's who she's been.#like. alicent is the toxic female character tumblr has been lamenting the absence of for years! and now that she's here it doesn't want her#I'm not disagreeing that rhaenyra's want for peace is foolhardy but literally every other person on the show is SAYING that#that's been daemon's position since the beginning! remember when he choked her about it?!#idk. I just think for all these critiques bang on about nuance and feminism they sure seem to want the exact opposite#hotd#tag rambles#alicent hightower
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