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tbh i think the hotd characters aren't inconsistently written it's just the writers had to compress a lot of characterization in a short amount of time

hard agree after seeing some of the script excerpts. i think they did an excellent job overall considering the number of years + characters they were trying to 7-zip into one season, but ended up cutting too much away for rhaenyra and alicent’s characterizations in the last two episodes to cohere for me.

this commentary by @awildwickedslip on a cut from 1x10 and on one of the alicent excerpts from 1x09 sums it up perfectly. without those specific moments and the context they add, i really struggle to believe that the alicent and rhaenyra from 1x04-1x08 would act (or react) the way they do in those final episodes. like the consistency was there? almost?