#that the canon f&b you cling to so much says ruined her figure - making her less worthy in the eyes of the patriarchy

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

#like. yes she is jealous. that is the text #what was she supposed to do to get out of the situation she was in. literally inescapable (via @visenyaism)

#wouldnt you be bitter and resentful as well? #that's your duty that's what you're supposed to do and there's no way for you to not do it #and then you watch your friend get away with it anyway #(not that rhaenyra ''gets away'' with it but i do think alicent thinks it) #you were always going to be trapped in misery but you thought that you could survive it because at least you'd be trapped together #and then the other person breaks free (via @grendelsmom)

#also like no of fence but i don't see much of a difference between their two life paths either #like huns they were both groomed into being where they are now# it's just that one was lead to believe she was to be a tradwife and one was lead to believe this path was her “liberating” herself #but look at both of their situations #is there really that much difference? #they both are stuck in emotionally abusive and incestuous relationships with old men #(daemon and viserys are brothers remember! they're both old and crusty!) #relegated to squirting out tons of babies #and all of their power hinges on either Otto/Daemon or their sons #like rhaenyra was very much NOT having a hot girl summer #daemon shows his colours when he decides to effectively be her shadow government #and run a whole war without her consent all while she's giving birth #this show isn't exactly subtle!! (via @eruscreaminginthedistance)

one of the craziest things to come out of hotd discourse undoubtedly people triumphantly saying like ‘ha! alicent’s just bitter and jealous because while SHE was a baby machine teen bride to her OLD husband 🤣, RHAENYRA was having a HOT GIRL SUMMER 💅😏’ like yeah i do think that’s true. i don’t understand how what you gleaned from this is ‘alicent is laughably stupid’

[viperofsand]

#yes alicent is bitter and jealous. good job you figured it out#shame you never bothered to consider why this happened. or considered what this means for rhaenyra too.#like her not-so-hot girl autumn with 6 pregnancies#that the canon f&b you cling to so much says ruined her figure - making her less worthy in the eyes of the patriarchy#5 sons! a woman's duty fulfilled! but it's not enough it's never enough#because you can't win. you can't even win when the house holds all the cards (via nobodysuspectsthebutterfly)

one of the craziest things to come out of hotd discourse undoubtedly people triumphantly saying like ‘ha! alicent’s just bitter and jealous because while SHE was a baby machine teen bride to her OLD husband 🤣, RHAENYRA was having a HOT GIRL SUMMER 💅😏’ like yeah i do think that’s true. i don’t understand how what you gleaned from this is ‘alicent is laughably stupid’