#shes been left in the bin with episode 1-5 Rhaenyra

[blackcat419]

Alicent’s guilt plot line is just so boring. I bet you her guilt of Jaehaerys’ death will be dropped because Helaena forgives her and be moved towards her misunderstanding Visery’s last words.

I personally don’t like guilt driven story lines when personal motivations should be stronger than just guilt. Guilt in stories is often “I feel bad about X” and rarely expands on it to be a personal motivation. It should be “I feel bad about X so I’ll do Y”

Alicent’s story has been “I feel bad about Jaehaerys/Helaena/Rhaenyra” what is she going to do about it? So far, nothing. Helaena has already forgiven her for her guilt over her and Jaehaerys so Alicent doesn’t have to have any personal motivations over that. That plot line has been resolved with literally nothing as pay off. Alicent didn’t change as a character and neither did Helaena.

I highly doubt Alicent will have any personal motivation grow from her guilt over misunderstanding Viserys. She will keep doing her “let’s limit death toll, no dragons, Viserys was so good, gods I miss Rhaenyra” thing and not act on any of that. If we get Alicent trying to stop the war or becoming more forceful in pushing for Aegon to be king then we actually will get something from this guilt plot but I highly doubt it will happen.