Alicent Hightower Demands An Eye For An Eye | House of the Dragon | Max

[@BlackwoodSupremacy]

Daemon’s like, “I’m finally not the source of the family drama. Neat.”

[@aru9402]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 True

[@LaPush_]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tbuckley2031]

“Hahahah it’s funnier because you’re kids started it on both sides” 😭

[@TheEtherny]

Who we fightin?

[@lordsathariel4384]

he is probs thinking blimely i knew they were schemers but not nutcases like us.

[@nena00211]

I think Rhaenyra's "Thank you, father" really pushed Alicent over the edge 😆

[@MrMinevision1]

yup

[@rohanshende4338]

Fr. I was UNDERSTANDING Rhaenyra until then. But using Father to rub it in Alicent and Aemond's wound made me believe how EVIL she is.

[@JoJo-qc4mw]

@@rohanshende4338 like alicent didnt want a kid's eye just so SHE can feel better

[@itsblitz4437]

What's really tragic about all this is that Alicent & Rhaenyra were once good friends when they were younger.

[@Ryan-hy2fg]

@@rohanshende4338 Wow, that's a whole lot of stupid in one sentence.

[@HansLanda-l3i]

"We are family" Meanwhile Aemond: 👁 ⚫️

[@akashvig5007]

This is more like Aemond : 👁️ 💎

[@HansLanda-l3i]

@@akashvig5007not yet 😂

[@joxbarros5054]

@@akashvig5007 wrong color.

[@akashvig5007]

@@joxbarros5054 I agree. But i couldn't find a safire emoji 😆

[@paulorabelo6286]

More like 👁🚫

[@sana_saint]

Everyone in this scene ATE. It's a room full of professionals

[@penoyer79]

Paddy and Olivia in particular.

[@cuttiecrazy11]

@@penoyer79Olivia was definitely working overtime in this scene for sure Paddy was great too This cast is honestly just so good

[@mathilda____7928]

I love how they looked so done. Saw an interview where they said this scene took 5 days to make. Those are their real emotions showing lol

[@penoyer79]

@@mathilda____7928 well if it takes euphoria a month to film an episode, you can image what it takes for this show

[@Onigirli]

@@mathilda____7928 That's disappointing. I want to see actors ACT

[@LivsWings_]

I'm beginning to notice just how smart Aemond and Aegon were during this scene. When questioned by Viserys, Aemond obviously lies, redirecting the blame to Aegon. He knew there wasn't much the king would do to him so guaranteed immunity. Also Aegon generalizing his answer, 'everybody knows,' brilliant stuff. Everybody really did know, I mean, Rhaenyra didn't even try. His response was honestly such a checkmate.

[@jem9490]

both brothers instantly knew what viserys was doing too-he wanted them to throw alicent under the bus by naming her as the source of the "hearsay" to flip the table on her and probably punish her instead (or worse, get rid of her).

[@Avidire]

Wow I just notice that, they refused to throw their mother and they knew what each other was thinking

[@fayedunaway8]

Yeah. I hate when people call Aegon stupid or an idiot. He evidently wasn't. He was a lot of things but definitely not dumb.

[@sen.m7832]

"Rhaenyra didn't even try" it's not her fault the kids looked more like their father than her. She had to have heirs and it's unfair to expect her to remain celibate and childless her whole life.

[@LivsWings_]

@@fayedunaway8 His response here truly floored me during my rewatch. Couldn't believe how quick on his feet he was with that, it was a perfect answer really. He diffused a bomb with that one lol

[@AimiliosVelia]

"What have I done but what was expected of me? Forever upholding the kingdom, the family, the law. While you flout all to do as you please. Where is duty? Where is sacrifice? It's trampled under your pretty foot again. And now you take my son's eye, and to even that, you feel entitled!" God damn those lines of dialogue hit hard. Olivia Cooke killed it.

[@billytessio6326]

Shakespearean.

[@ItzNotNoah7982]

it didnt hit hard but if thats how u feel 😭🖐

[@luciotargino5187]

That scene alone defined Alicent as my favorite character. So bad she didn't make it to season 2...

[@MythicalMoon]

​@@luciotargino5187 I know, right. Was Alicent even in season 2? I must've missed her.

[@megha9789]

This was soo good and heartbreaking. Alicent is such a misunderstood character. Those lines and that delivery! Truly moved me.

[@suki3275]

Alicent has such a complex relationship with her children. This was one of the scenes showing her raw maternal instinct, despite her resentment.

[@gig7932]

We haven't met Daeron yet but so far Aemond seems to be her favorite.

[@garlantyrell6368]

@@gig7932I thought Helaena is her favorite.

[@gig7932]

@@garlantyrell6368 she loves Heleana but doesn't really understand her.

[@divinelangene6813]

​@user-tc5fv4cg8iLets be honest it wasn't really about the eye, it was about Rhaenyra always getting away with everything, even though im team black i think Alicents anger is completely justified

[@HK-gm8pe]

horrible mother...every other female in this show is an excellent mother only one who is the bad one is Alicent :D

[@MicahDarkFantasy]

“Do not mourn me, mother. It was a fair exchange. I may have lost an eye… but I gained a dragon.” -Aemond.

[@javoh2o664]

The bloodslayer

[@RicePho]

Years Later:"GIVE ME YOUR EYE FOR PAYMENT OF MINE.". Luc:"Bro, you said it was a fair trade!".

[@NPC1173]

The coolest character to ever graced the show.

[@javierclavijo722]

your repulsive eye is not worth 1 mm of that dragon pls.

[@johnpepper8603]

@@RicePho if you maybe learn to pay attention, Aemond said it is for his mother, not for him. You are welcome.

[@generaliroh8879]

"Aemond, look at me." Really Viserys?

[@asoiaf__]

as his son has a freshly slandered eye

[@rovanajean9550]

with the only eye he has left 😉

[@GullibleTarget]

​@@rovanajean9550Viserys loses half his face, not long after.

[@therealistintheboot8822]

​@@GullibleTargetKarma

[@durrezkhan7324]

Last chance to look at me Aemond…

[@hafeezasif7932]

I do like the fact Aemond loved alicient for this he was 100% devoted to her when he got older. Edit: Ok seeing season 2 I was wrong but it seemed really different in the books like him not setting his brother on fire.

[@FupaDoncic]

Absolutely made an imprint on him. As you can tell when he searches for Aegon. Family and duty go hand in hand.

[@peytonsmith1062]

@@FupaDoncic In the books, Aemond may have been married to Alys Rivers from House Strong but Aemond also had a little bit of feelings for Alicent. The Targaryen house really have a ton of incest in their blood. 🤣

[@FupaDoncic]

@@peytonsmith1062 would not expect less then GRR to use an Oedipus complex on characters. That silver hair comes with crazy. Strong boys got the good genes.

[@stefanstruger9949]

@@peytonsmith1062 cant blame himm, alicent is hot

[@MrBosunDog]

He's not tho lmao why do you think that?

[@youngwolf1009]

Manifesting Alicent's hair

[@Vashtibucket]

It’s definitely a wig but yeah

[@asoiaf__]

It’s so fluffy, the makeup department slayed

[@OzanaDivine]

Alicents hair is always on point.

[@innocentnemesis3519]

Samesies

[@nebullae]

@@Vashtibucket one of the better wigs of the cast tbh, some of them were horrendous. but from the teasers released for s2 it looks like they improved so i'm excited

[@derrickwilliams1210]

Olivia Cooke cooked in this! She is gorgeous too!

[@LordAngelus]

Lol simp

[@leonardohenrique5172]

She's incredible

[@conorwalsh2117]

She Cooked

[@anumayashinwong24]

And She Served! Perfectly! 💯

[@AdamFeuerauge]

She definitely cooked olives in here

[@backoff8300]

That “thank you, father” will always hit, Rhaenyra is the queen of provocation

[@nebullae]

honestly she ate with that "thank you, father" lmao i was gagged 😭

[@engeltjie_engelbrecht]

As she should, Aliflop could never

[@G_Singh222]

@@engeltjie_engelbrechtAegon will put rhaenyra in her place

[@G_Singh222]

@@nebullaenot as much as sunfyre who munches daddy’s little spoiled girl lmao

[@MrMinevision1]

What are these comments? So just to double check you guys agree that Rhaenyra was spoiled rotten by her father her entire life shielding her from the consequences of her actions at every turn punishing OTHERS who tried to even bring those consequences to term while he was alive which warped her value system to believe her own personal wants came before andal culture and the law of the land as well as the people triggering the dance? Like tf it's like you guys implicitly understand but either don't care or you don't want to understand the implications of your comments.

[@alex1311t]

3:43 I never realized Criston Cole actually rejects Alicent here. He corrects her by saying he’s sworn as her protector, not a tool to be used for vengeance

[@jaybirdjetwings7516]

I think he would've done it just said the right thing in front of the king perhaps

[@tajajones7003]

Telling him to look at me when he just lost an eye is diabolical

[@galahad1876]

I didn't think about it Nobody did actually

[@TheEtherny]

I would call it amusing lol

[@AmericanWrathchild]

Cannot read the word diabolical in anything but Billy Butchers voice

[@noahswiss1997]

@@galahad1876 it’s pretty on brand for viserys to say something kinda dumb and Insensitive like that and it’s been made clear that he doesn’t care very much about his and alicents children

[@galahad1876]

@@noahswiss1997 but he didn't say that on purpose. Besides, not that Aemond can't see or anything. He lost one eye not both

[@samuelbrown2750]

Viserys didnt even ask if his son was ok after losing an eye.

[@rituparnamarik3185]

Still Black supporters say why her kids accepted their mom's house colour and not their dad's..

[@megha9789]

@@rituparnamarik3185 istg black supporters scare me, the lack of conscience is actually scary. Greens are by far the most sane in terms of law. Supporting rhaneyra who has always been a brat- smh.

[@MrMinevision1]

Yup because they never had a dad@@rituparnamarik3185

[@amaury_off]

I think it's pretty obvious he wasn't ok lmao

[@Afra6rh]

Yeah it seems viserys doesn't really love hid kids by Alicent and ..and in one of the episodes viserys told Rhaenyra his only child

[@TatianaGarduno]

This is the one moment Alicent was 100% valid and right about this situation. Not the eye for an eye, but sticking up for her son when even Viserys wouldn’t.

[@Shaannooonn]

Viserys didn’t do the thing he was supposed to (which is execute both green boys for treason), an eye is nothing compared to saving his life. Alicent is just too braindead to understand the gravity of the situation because she’s delusional.

[@skelaiton]

If she really loved her children, she wouldn’t neglect them

[@einezcrespo2107]

But did they ever respect her? I don't think so.

[@isaac3140]

@@einezcrespo2107they loved her enough not to rat her out

[@sheilakneece4570]

Sticking up for her son who was the problem? That's always been her problem.

[@KindredKeepsake]

The casting is one of the best I've ever seen. It felt like I was watching a REAL family burn itself in its own hatred.

[@Rhaenysxmeleys]

Best scene of the season. Showing the dynamic between rhaenyra and alicent perfectly. 🖤❤️💚🐉

[@JujuKek]

Best scene was the family dinner imo and the pig joke

[@zerjiozerjio]

This scene was really brilliant. Olivia Cooke nailed the rightful indignation and rage. You really feel both her pain and her fury!

[@chadbailey7038]

Agreed! Amazing scene

[@joj2994]

Alicent can't stand how Rhaenyra uses her power and influence to get away with anything while she can't do anything despite being the queen.

[@MrMinevision1]

No she understands and it infuriates her

[@Marvolo14]

In westeros, like in medieval Europe, the wife of a king is respected as the wife of the king and mother of the heir but she isn't a ruler in her own right or even the heir. She is, to put it crudely, just a brood mare. Alicent's problem was she thought being a queen by marriage made her equal or superior to Rhaenyra. She wasn't. The heir takes precedent over the

[@captaindeadpool313]

@@Sptl8qq She wasn't trying to stab her. She was trying to stab one of the bastards cause her husband was a deadbeat who wanted his favourite child to come on top. Like seriously, imagine losing your eye and then your dad comes to see you for a few seconds max before fixating on the obviously more favoured sibling over the same topic all over again. Viserys sucks. Good man, terrible father, weak king.

[@mediator2074]

​@@captaindeadpool313 Nyra's sons aren't bastards

[@Jasminebegoa-lg8jt]

Alocent literally made rhaenyra walk to her after birthing a child. She is perfectly capable of her power. Rhaenyra a victim.

[@dubbeking]

"We know, father. Everyone knows. Just look at them." Based.

[@proserfina21096]

The actor kids are so adorable. I will never forget them.

[@anime-nn9kl]

Especially when Lucerys screamed.

[@caitlinwhitfield5621]

Why does no one talk about how aemond is protecting his mother here

[@chadbailey7038]

Yup!

[@fayedunaway8]

Aegon and Aemond were unitedly protecting this woman who betrayed them in the end. You see how Aemond deflects the focus on Alicent to Aegon as he knows the repercussions would be none on a Targaryen Prince (a 12 year old boy) as opposed to the Hightower queen. And Aegon, how he has been portrayed as this dumb, gullible grown man child, was quick on his wits here. His answer was genius honestly. The way he floored Viserys and Rhaenyra seemed distraught.

[@Not_the_wiggles]

In the book “a knight of the seven kingdom” Duncan says sharply questioned means torture. Rhanerya says Aemond must be sharply questioned at 0:10 and his reaction gets me every time

[@Groovybiha]

All over an insult…like thats your little brother who just lost an eye and you want him tortured over calling your kids what they are?

[@Ashbrash1998]

They don't hold that meaning in the scene though. Because even Alicent isn't that concerned when it's brought up. Like nobody in the room reacted as if Thae asked her brother to be tortured because it wasn't that at all.

[@doghat1619]

one character saying something one time, in a time period that takes place after the dance of the dragons doesn't mean Rhaenyra was saying Aemond should be tortured. She just means questioned, she isn't saying her brother should be tortured.

[@yasmina3999]

​​@@doghat1619it's not a one time thing? I can recall at least 3 more times. This phrase means only torturing in the Westeros.

[@rainstriderstreamflower5645]

@@Ashbrash1998 If Alicent wasn't particularly concerned, then why was her response "Over an insult?"

[@dawnmyyawn]

i think a lot of people watch this and think that Cole was going to cut out Luke's eye, but he actually refuses her. When she orders him to do it and reminds him that he's her sworn shield, he just reminds her that he's just her protector. I think it's interesting because despite Cole willingness to do anything for his Queen, he refuses her this.

[@bolxons]

I think it speaks to how Alicent and Criston's friendship and bond is based around decency and good prevailing and holding each other accountable. She made him watch his language, he holds back because he knows that this isn't her, she'll regret violence done in her name when she's free from the horrors of the moment.

[@MrMinevision1]

Yup I always interpreted it as I'm sworn to you as your PROTECTOR not your child Butcher

[@leonardohenrique5172]

Exactly, Idk how people got confused about that

[@009mfu]

​@@bolxonsAlicent and Cole's friendship is also based on their mutual hatred for Rhaenyra's privileges.

[@AngieCelestiale89]

​@@leonardohenrique5172 I think it's because of the commander's phrases "don't, Ser Criston" and "stay your hand, Cole". From these words, it may seem that he also thought that Cole was going to attack Luke or Rhaenyra, but I always thought (and I'm pretty sure this is the right interpretation) that he was coming to protect Alicent, or to stop her to do the madness.

[@dayyyyy19]

The way the whole room gaslighted Alicent. I’d do the exact same if my child lost an eye and his father did nothing. Love Alicent and Olivia’s performance

[@jabthejedi]

They also gaslighted by minimising the violence of Aemond, they pretty much had no choice but to take his eye out, it was reactionary.

[@GoldenRose116]

​@@jabthejedihad no choice? Aemond was ganged up on 4 against 1, didn't throw the first punch and didn't have a knife

[@tacot-rex3386]

@@GoldenRose116he was about to kill one of them with a rock

[@GoldenRose116]

@@tacot-rex3386 When he was stabbed he was blinded, and before that he lowered the rock. And Jace tried to stab him multiple times already..

[@jabthejedi]

@@GoldenRose116 he stole their dragon, which doesn't seem to be mentioned at all. And they were all tiny and he started sending out thorough abuse!

[@bornarose11]

Emma D'arcy once said something similar to "All Rhaenyra does is lie and lie and lie to get out of situations she created"

[@judigemini178]

Love Emma, if she said that then she totally gets her character

[@sigmundfreude4088]

For every character in this show, lying and talking is the same😅.

[@bornarose11]

@@judigemini178 Emma said they were in full support of Alicent in this scene

[@judigemini178]

@@bornarose11 yikes i just realized i fd the pronouns, *they

[@thedancinglobster]

That’s why I hate her character

[@matiasrocha317]

The acting , the script , the cinematography and the editing is peak perfection in this part . The tension between Rhaenyra and Alicent was so good , both actress give strong performances in this episode 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲 .

[@princessazulaofthefirenati5870]

100th like

[@RoseMadrid-e5t]

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[@chadbailey7038]

Agreed

[@Adam-ul2nz]

This scene is what makes Aegon and Aemond turn against their sister Alicent had been telling them for years that she was their enemy bla blah but they never really believed it Now Aemond has HAD HIS EYE CUT OUT, his own father won't even ask him how he is. All he cares about are damages to his daughter's reputation, as she gaslights the entire room into believing her lies

[@Hartwig870]

"All he cares about are damages to his daughter's reputation" Tell me you don't understand the world of Westeros without telling me you don't understand the world of Westeros.

[@neneray310]

@@Hartwig870if we’re going by standards of the world of Westeros, he should care more about his firstborn son no? Let’s not pick and choose favorites and standards.

[@asp5399]

​@@Hartwig870as*holes are a*sholes. On Earth or in Westeros

[@alexladon9757]

@@neneray310 His firstborn son died over a decade ago. Aegon is second born. The only person Aegon is a first born son to is Alicent. Regardless, the child missing his eye is Aemond. Third born son of King Viserys, second born son of Alicent. The life of a cherished daughter is, for ill or good, more valued than the life of a third born son of a second wife.

[@MrMinevision1]

Your comment is at best intellectually dishonest and at worst deceitful. Aegon is the first born son of Viserys Targaryen. As he's the first born living son. Thats whats meant when people say first borns second borns etc. As YOU KNOW and in culture tradition first borns are of more significance particularly first born sons are more signifcant than daughters. But Viserys doesn't care about the culture of tradition of his people as he's a bad king@@alexladon9757

[@brivaelkl3736]

He said "your king demands an answer" to his son... No wonder Alicent snapped.

[@winxclubflora8446]

Exactlyyyy viserys is a horrible deadbeat who is the worst

[@Shaannooonn]

He is his king. And her king. She should’ve known her place.

[@vichonoma]

​@@Shaannooonn yeah but he never talk like that to Rhaenyra, to her he present himself as a father rather than a king, that's what get Alicent so frustrated

[@Shaannooonn]

@@vichonoma yes he did talk like that to her, he called her a political headache and yelled at her quite a lot when she deserved it. alicent and her kids are just there bc there has to be someone else so rhaenyra isn’t a target for murder… that’s literally it. no one loved alicent and no one owed anything to her nor her family other than what they were getting as it was. she can be mad at her father who put her through all that.

[@corsariocapitao]

​@@Shaannooonn and she is his queen 😅

[@Mercury_ASC]

Liv’s acting is SO GOOD her voice breaking when she says “He’s your son, Viserys” gets me EVERY TIME!!

[@BelovedAlicent]

Everyone states the obvious which is "well even if she's right you still can't demand for a child's eye" but misses the POINT, which is that she never would've been pushed to that point if Viserys had showed concern for his son and given Luke a SUITABLE punishment. His weakness, coupled with his clear indifference to his second family, made Alicent absolutely lose it. This is the result of years of neglect, not just one incident. Add to all of this the fact that these kids were forced on Alicent, by Otto and by VISERYS, who got married to a young girl to strengthen his line of succession (and ruined her life in the process) then when she gave him everything he wanted (a son) he ended up treating them like an expendable second family.

[@Johanna.474]

Exactly.

[@Deepak__Mehta]

Finally someone understood the fabric of this family.👍🏻💯

[@__-gf3zn]

"Given luke a suitable punishment" Aemond literally pulled out a knife and could have killed the kids after stealing vhagar (the dragon of the dead mother which adds further insult to injury). Watch the scene where Aemond escalates the fight. Suitable punishment? Imagine trying to give Arya and the starks "suitable punishment" because of the harm done to joffrey, but completely disregarding joffreys fault in the whole situation. Come on dude

[@afolabi6007]

What are you saying? When did aegon pull out any knife? That was Jace. ​@@__-gf3zn

[@paolag7455]

​@@__-gf3zn where did Aemond pull a knife? lol they pulled a knife on HIM, after jumping at him 4 vs 1 mind you.

[@rocioformento8043]

My heart is fully with Alicent in this scene. Any mother would have reacted like this or worse. The king should have found a way to comfort Aemond.

[@leonardohenrique5172]

He only looked at Aemond to question him, kinda shows how little he cares about them 😔

[@atreyos9449]

So you're green

[@rahmatmanurung8133]

Agree. I mean he could've at least asked Aemond how did it hurt him or asked someone to deal with his eye?😅

[@kurhanchyk]

​@@atreyos9449 there are people watching this show not for sake of taking a side

[@megha9789]

@@atreyos9449 trust me, anyone who is black is only doing it because they think daemon and rhanyra are badass not because theyre morally right or even lawful. stop hating on the greens lol

[@flochforster2974]

2:37 Aemond looks disappointed and Alicent noticed

[@sofia-ou3uf]

the look on his face when he realized he will never mean something to his father…and alicent also realizing he will never care about her children the way he cares about rhaenyra…it literally broke my heart😭

[@flochforster2974]

@@sofia-ou3uf yea I watched this back in 2022 but I never even noticed that part, I think Alicent saw Aemond’s disappointment which makes this scene even sadder.

[@pmishra8591]

His look made me so sad.

[@RaEy22]

​@@sofia-ou3uf Yes!!! That breaks my heart 🥺💔

[@rj119x]

real motherly love 💔

[@patrycjazak9753]

Season 1 Alicent: Defends her children tooth and nail no matter the cost. Loves them in her own complicated way. Season 2 Alicent: You can have Aegons head Rhaenyra , as long as I get to run away from all this and abandon my other two sons 😊 Whoever assassinated half the character arcs in season 2 with their inconsistent writing, just know I hate you.

[@aishahamma334]

Not just that Her sleeping with criston Aemond burning ageon Aemond being cruel It's obvious they are team black

[@annie-sc]

The name is *Sara Hess* btw 😂

[@patrycjazak9753]

Too obvious. By being so pro black the writers are ironically make them one dimensional and boring. And people still like team green because their characters are more complex 😂

[@jmanjman2685]

@@patrycjazak9753i like team green more because the small council scenes of the greens are some of the best moments.

[@patrycjazak9753]

The council meetings for team green are great. The dialogue, tension, and action really makes it interesting. I wish they would have done the same for team black. I find Rhaenyras council meetings to be lacking. Everyone just seems confused about what the next step is on team black

[@cxsbelyn]

Cannot understand how THIS Alicent is the same we saw in season two

[@janellejulianajoy]

I can't stand team Green but I hate Alicent more than the others combined.

[@Loki-g3k]

She isn't. This Alicent would've became a psychopath when she found out that her grandson is murdered.

[@MattyCamachio]

Unfathomable

[@LivsWings_]

If Aegon and Aemond didn't already believe that Rhaenyra was a threat to them then this scene completely hammered it in. Not only is their half sister completely unremorseful about the incident but she wants Aemond to be 'sharply' questioned over speaking mere facts?? This is the moment the two brothers started seeing sense in Alicent's paranoia. Nobody ever cared for them so the greens decided right there and then to stick together.

[@linkofvev]

And for those that don't know, sharply questioned means torture in GRR Martin speak. He uses it multiple times in the books.

[@CaptainPikeachu]

Aemond’s slanders are a direct threat to Rhaenyra and the kids, they could be executed for it, Lord Lyonel literally said this to Harwin, so if anything, it makes perfect sense that Rhaenyra would use sharply questioned as a threat back. Her and her kids’ lives are on the line. She’s fighting for them as you would fight for your own kids and as Alicent would fight for hers.

[@LivsWings_]

@@CaptainPikeachu You see, your argument holds no ground here cause Rhaenyra is the one that drew attention to her sons claim in this scene. She could've aplogized to Aemond or maybe punished her kids but no, in true Rhaenyra fashion she had to make it all about her. So no op, this wasn't about her protecting her kids, this was her getting her daddy to silence everybody. She didn't care if her already maimed half brother got tortured, her aim was self preservation.

[@A_divisive_scarecrow]

​​@@CaptainPikeachuViserys is a very ignorant person, but he would have never executed his grandchildren even if they were bastards, especially not his daughter, so their lives were never on the line. He only should have excluded them from the inheritance, which would have made both him and his daughter look fools, which he wanted to avoid at any cost. His unquestionable love and favoritism was only towards his daughter and her family, the rest his wife, his other children never mattered to him. Like literally... No wonder that except Alicent none of them shed a single tear on his death, since he never loved them only saw them as bother, as a surplus.

[@RaEy22]

​​​​​​@@A_divisive_scarecrow I agree a 100% with you, Viserys only cares about Rhaenyra and no one else, he showed that he is a bad father to his other children and that he has favoritism towards her. And I'm also 100% with Alicent too, any mother would do anything for her children. She cared about Aemond when no one else did and she showed that she was a good mother after all. She is my favorite character 💚👑

[@aarots1]

"Do not allow your temper to guide your judgement" is such a beautiful sentence I wish everyone would live by.

[@laraloper]

You can't blame Alicent for her actions in this scene, her son lost an eye and the king ignored it; the worst part is that if Aemond had taken Luke's eye, Viserys would've punished him.

[@jaredgalarza]

Aemond literally was about to use a rock and smash it on Rhaena and Baela

[@phillyjackson45]

I blame her for wanting to gouge out another child’s eye just because “eye for an eye”. A queen shouldn’t act irrational like that especially with dozens and dozens of people in the same room. Also blame her for starting the Dance with her “misunderstanding”

[@RC_Gaming_306]

@@jaredgalarza yeah but in Aemond semi-defense was beaten up on a 4 vs 1, after Rhaena lunged at him and Baela suckered punched him

[@MrMinevision1]

Exactly wtf

[@MrMinevision1]

cap @@jaredgalarza

[@jimmylavc561]

Great acting by Rhys Ifans at 5:11. He goes on to say this in a later scene but you can read it in his face here. He's proud.

[@dreamfyres]

One scene in which I can understand Alicent. She has every reason to be mad

[@rituparnamarik3185]

Emma was also very much offended with this scene..she was totally supporting Alicent..note- I'm talking about Emma not Rhaenyra..

[@Thusi_sphelele]

How so my love cause alicent’s child started it and she knows they are not good people

[@demirkazanasmaz6097]

@@Thusi_sphelelelmaoo Aemond fought 1 vs 5 and u blame on him? He was stabbed FROM HIS EYES jesus

[@Thusi_sphelele]

@@demirkazanasmaz6097 do you blame them how dare he claims a dragon that was suppose to be one of Damon’s daughters

[@Thusi_sphelele]

@@demirkazanasmaz6097 he didn’t deserve what they did to him in this matter I feel like everyone was selfish and acted out of anger aemond had no right to claim that dragon and Damon’s daughter were not suppose to start that fight

[@annie-sc]

Meanwhile, S2 Alicent: "I never really cared about my children, innocent or otherwise" 😂🤡

[@theviniso]

Well, we know that's just not true

[@anayadegani626]

I am so tired of peole saying Alicent doesn't love her children. ALICENT LOVES HER CHILDREN DEEPLY.She was like a lioness protecting her cubs when Aemond lost his eye, stood in front of a dragon for Aegon she cared for her children deeply. She didn't show her love as freely but doesn't mean she didn't love them. Alicent doesn't know how to express her love as Otto never shown her any love

[@AmmyMishellHerrera-sf8sd]

Ella si los quiso al menos al principio si

[@mellemadswoestenburg1296]

​@@anayadegani626 They were referring to Alicent giving up on Aegon and Aemond in the season 2 finale. Many people think she was character assassinated.

[@anayadegani626]

@@mellemadswoestenburg1296 yeah ik that's why I hate how they character assainated her

[@SlowDaysWithDarlyn]

idk how many times i watched this scene. i would click it every time i see on my feed.

[@quannguyen1381]

People comparing her to Cersei really making my blood boiled.... COULD YOU IMAGINE HOW CERSEI WOULD REACT IF JOFFREY LOST AN EYE ???????

[@joetheblu3]

well robert would have been the problem not cersei and if it was after he got the crown, well i think we all know what joffrey would do

[@Groovybiha]

Cersei would have everyones head

[@in_vas_por8810]

@@joetheblu3 Robert would have made someone pay if Cersei demanded justice. He killed Sansa's direwolf, he would definitely at least have to harm someone for Joffrey's eye.

[@halloween42]

I would actually like cersie here instead of alicent to show everyone what's what lol

[@prentfaiyaz]

I mean they killed a boy for touching him

[@tharunvenkat2192]

What happened to this Alicent after S2 E8? 'An eye for an eye' became a 'son for a son' which ignored poor Prince Jaehaerys' death, and Alicent selling out her three children and her remaining granddaughter

[@jlovell.jlovell]

Saying ‘Aemond look at me’ is WILD considering he just lost an eye 💀

[@astasevic71]

1:01 this look that aemond gave viserys it's clear that aemond changed in this same moment into aemond we know in further episodes

[@4Shaman]

"Look at me" he says, to his son who mere moments ago lost his peripheral vision 👴

[@sithumiperera5212]

This... I thought the same...it made me laugh😅😂 P.S.If u have watched "me before u" movie....when Will entered ballroom dance floor with Lou on his wheelchair, music hit off like " when ur legs won't work like they used to before"....that made me laugh too😅😂

[@cautarepvp2079]

​@@sithumiperera5212 damn

[@Hallows4]

In addition to her son being maimed, Alicent’s real beef with Rhaenyra is that she has constantly flouted their society’s expectations for women and gotten away with it for years. Meanwhile, Alicent has been everything a true lady and queen should be, yet it’s gotten her no real power or guaranteed the future of her children. Whatever issues they have with each other - and there’s hardly a shortage - the larger point being made here is that strong-minded women can never truly win as long as society doesn’t accept them.

[@2Duv4Luv]

#Hallows4 You are exactly right. Rhaenyra never wanted a life of servitude and she sought freedom from that by taking lovers which was frowned upon. Alicent on the other hand decided to be dutiful and live like Ladies were expected to. She had the chance to seek the kind of freedom like Rhaenyra did. Not sure if you were referring to Alicent or Rhaenyra as strong -minded

[@Hallows4]

@@2Duv4Luv They are both very strong minded, make no mistake about that. What neither of them realized in time is how far those around them were willing to go to secure their own power. Rhaenyra felt utterly devastated and betrayed when Aegon was crowned behind her back, and even though Alicent backed her son to the hilt, she was genuinely disgusted when the Small Council plotted to assassinate Rhaenyra. The childhood friends still has feelings for each other, and despite Alicent’s distaste for her husband, forcibly removing his beloved daughter from the equation was something she knew Viserys would never condone.

[@megha9789]

this. i could never understand why anyone would choose blacks over greens. it is only because of daemon being a badass im sure but people failing to see the plight of alicent and choosing rhanyra is so sad. goes to show how society works.

[@MrMinevision1]

Precisely correct.@@megha9789

[@kendramuah]

Cloak of your own righteousness. AKA you have gotten away with so much while I have suffered. Rhaenyra’s response gives insight to how we saw Alicent in ASOIAF. Love this very intense scene

[@snake_girl_117]

I feel bad for both Aemond and Alicent because Alicent realizes Rhaenyra can get away with whatever she wants, and Aemond realizes his own father doesn't give a sh** about him

[@Ashbrash1998]

It works for Alicent too.

[@snake_girl_117]

@Ashbrash1998 The only thing she got away with was making Aegon King so far

[@doghat1619]

@@snake_girl_117 "The only thing she got away with was illegally usurping the throne and helping to start a civil war where hundreds of thousands die" Yeah man. Alicent's actions in regards to stealing Rhaenyra's throne is so much worse than anything Rhaenyra does in her entire life.

[@snake_girl_117]

​@doghat1619 I don't know about that they both have done things, and having Aegon on the throne was a misunderstanding, not knowing what viserys was talking about was her fault definitely

[@rainstriderstreamflower5645]

@@doghat1619 Even though I'm a feminist I think Aegon's claim was stronger because Visery's never altered the succession laws even after Alicent bore his sons. This put Rhenarya's claim into question and endangered Aegon and Aemond.

[@nataliejordan4980]

I can’t focus on anything but alicents curls

[@saadbentamy5174]

Shoutout to the hairstyler

[@muhammadgalal98]

The writers kinda forgot about this scene

[@luciotargino5187]

This was peak HoTD. Unfornatelly, "they" killed THIS Alicent.

[@bolxons]

Such a misunderstood scene, I stand with Queen Alicent. What a horrifying situation to be placed in as a mother (and as a child in the case of her children) realizing that the man who married you and the man who brought you into the world has never and will never care about you.

[@MrMinevision1]

Same Alicent is genuinely a good woman and a good mother shame Viserys was neither a good man nor a good king

[@Blanke-i3h]

​@@MrMinevision1 A good woman? Are you alright? Viserys was quite good actually for a Targaryen.

[@MrMinevision1]

Yeah I'm alright. Yup a good woman. You can make mistakes and still be a good woman what makes a woman good is her mentality which leads to her character and her actions in general. The character of alicent is dutiful honor bound understanding of the law and sacrifice.She's not spoilt and puts the needs of the realm usually above herself. She cares for her children yes and is willing to defend them to the death as any good mother should. Viserys was a terrible king the thing is people like you can't distinguish as his ACTIONS led to the singular worst catastrophy for the targaryen dynasty@@Blanke-i3h

[@MrMinevision1]

As well as the destabilisation of the realm to a higher degree and the death of many of his family members. He truly is a failure in every sense of the word as a king.Now a MAN is debatable but ultimately I'd conclude him to be a bad one too but my stuffs already getting long so I'll cut this short.@@Blanke-i3h

[@G_Singh222]

@@Blanke-i3hviserys was a weak man and king

[@ry2950]

After season 2, it makes no sense how this could possibly be the same Alicent as the one that sells out her family.

[@Loki-g3k]

The only Explanation would be that some sort of witch put spell on her.😅😅😅

[@diegopinales86]

You can thank hess and condal for that

[@dankenus4322]

It's called catastrophic writeing and wokeism

[@hedidit55]

oh maybe it was the multiple years and experiences? like how stupid are you

[@aalifurqan1637]

@@dankenus4322 You can't just claim everything is attached to wokeism lol. The joint cruelty of her sons disenfranchises Allicent's hopes and dreams. She also falls apart as a person as her world was defined by her father, her personality her, her wishes. She never wanted to marry Viserys, although she did grow to love and care for him, never wanted to fracture her relationship with Rhaenyra, all of this was due to Otto, who sought to model her in his image, but never was actually there for her. Yet she is still kind and compassionate where her father is not. A flower in concrete, who has matured enough to realize where she has failed. Season 1 and Season 2 were building up to this, although I agree it seemed a bit rush at the end. Idk how tf it's woke tho lol, is any scene with two women (who are the leads) woke lmfao

[@zevphe]

The lack of empathy the general public has for her will never not floor me.

[@zhukov7923]

Well, she stole the throne from the rightful heir...

[@ud1819]

General public= team Black lol

[@zevphe]

@@ud1819 yes the general public is team black (as they should be, the throne is Rhaenyra’s) but the way they talk about Alicent is consistently disgusting and lacking nuance

[@ud1819]

@@zevphe I agree. They fail to think that she was a submissive, motherless teenage girl when she was married off to Viserys. She had absolutely no say in it. Once a person enters a new relationship and a new role, the behaviour shift is inevitable due to a changed dynamic with others. Despite that, she behaved properly, as a queen should (episode 3-5). People tend to forget that there were 10 years of her seeing Rhaenyra enjoying and exploiting her privileges as the heir to the throne. She performed duties after duties all while seeing her son struggle with loss of an eye, her husband wither away and her two eldest children seemingly unhappy in a forced marriage, just like she was. Nobody is linearly wrong in this story. Everyone is a victim of their circumstances. And I feel Alicent, more than the others.

[@НикитаСимонян-ж5е]

​@@zhukov7923Rightful heir that wants bastards on the throne

[@flamingbow10]

Rhaenyra choosing to handle the situation this way changed the way I percieved her character. Alicent's kid lost an eye and she decides to make it about her children's inheirtance being questioned, and almost seems to be smug about getting away with no punishment whatsoever. She says she doesn't want war with the hightowers but is paranoid about it and constantly does actions that shows she is threatened by them. It is a miracle Alicent didn't decide to secretly plot a takedown before Visery's Death. Me personally I'd be all for it after this scene alone.

[@LivsWings_]

I agree with you entirely! Rhaenyra has always been spoilt and entitled but this scene took it to a whole new level. I mean, she showed ZERO remorse and then she had the audacity to make it all about her and her sons?? Like lady, everybody knows your kids are bastards, mad at Aemond for stating the obvious??

[@flamingbow10]

@@LivsWings_ Exactly!

[@Maggien3]

aemond called helaena their future queen before this scene happened. she told aegon that he would be king and everyone knows it in the episode prior and was adamant on aegon challenging rhaenyra despite him not wanting to. she was trying to convince viserys that rhaenyra’s children were illegitimate so they she would be disinherited and banished. larys, his father and viserys all pointed out how how badly this would end up for rhaenyra and her kids if it were true. she was already planting the seeds. and when rhaenyra walked in the first thing she heard was baela saying aemond was trying to kill jace. all those years of her and her kids being targets for criston and alicent didn’t help. so obviously as a mother(same with alicent) the only thing she’s thinking of is protecting her kids above all else. alicent demands to see rhaenyra’s newborn seconds after birth to try to prove those kids illegitimate and rhaenyra finally faces the rumors instead of trying to keep quiet in fear.

[@GoldenRose116]

@@carlyofearth who was going to kill Rhaenyra and her children at this point?

[@flamingbow10]

@@carlyofearth I wouldn't say being pissed your son lost an eye after being jumped by four kids is trying to gain power. Rhaenyra pulled rank, the only reason she isn't being seen in the wrong is because of a power she was born into.

[@kal-el-fornia2479]

The moment Aemond said he gained a dragon, that put the fear of the Lord of Light in Rhaenyra.

[@dollydallie]

S1 Alicent, you will be missed 😭

[@Thrawn23.]

I miss Ep 6,7 Alicent so much 😢

[@DAFR2849]

@@Thrawn23.during her most insufferable moments?

[@Thrawn23.]

@@DAFR2849 no her moments where she had agency and cared for Aemond

[@amoy5657]

​@@DAFR2849nope. During her most incredible moments. She was such a tragic yet fierce character. You probably prefer her simping over precious RhaeRhae

[@r.beeeee]

“The city is yours, Princess. But you will not hold it long. The rats play when the cat is gone, but my son Aemond will return with fire and blood.” Alicent loves her sons and halaena, despite them making the choice for her to not show comfort to Aegon when his son dies. She proves time and time again that she is willing to defend her children with her own BODY. She would never give up their positions and put them in danger for a friendship that ended decades ago. They killed Alicent and Aemond's relationship, she was the only one who defended him when he lost his eye. Not even Viserys did.

[@Jdjdjdujakzgsha]

Such a badass line that we have been robbed from seeing

[@blueberriestea]

Alicent was right. Her son lost an eye and no one cared, in fact his own father was screaming at him.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

Well not to say he deserved it, but he ultimately started this by taking a dragon from a mourning family. Like dude, the girls just lost their mother and unborn sibling. And not even 24 hours later he decides to take Laena's dragon. Before you say it, I know dragons don't actually belong to people and they choose their riders. But how about some courtesy and not pull a stunt like that when emotions are still running high in the family?

[@skinnyqt]

@@TimberlakeTigerGirl Courtesy in Leanas funeral? Daemon and Rhaenyra literally shagged not long after her funeral. People will interpret Aemond's claim on Vhagar disrespectful but not even bat an eyelash at the uncle and niece going at it at said wife's childhood home, and not long after plan Leanor's death on an already grieving family to marry each other afterward.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

@@skinnyqt I'm not saying that's any better.

[@aishahamma334]

​@@TimberlakeTigerGirlWhat did you expect him to do .For years he was bullied for not having a dragon. When he gets a chance to get 1 you expect him to wait. So by the next day 1 of the girls will claim her

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

@@aishahamma334 You expect the girls to not get angry that someone is trying to take their dead mom's dragon? Literally less than 24 hours after she died? Him being a bully victim is not an excuse to take something from a mourning family when emotions are running high. He was practically asking for trouble.

[@atsukiiesteru4984]

I really would've preferred if they previously used the line Rhaenyra says "He must be Sharply Questioned" because the general viewer might not even know that it means torture. It would've made Alicent's actions here even more justifiable, seeing as how Rhaenyra wanted Aemond to be tortured despite the fact that the kid just lost his eye 💀

[@theeviperx]

Rhaenyra was never that blood thirsty towards the greens in the beginning. It would've been inaccurate portrayal of her character. She only truly spirals when the greens (get💀) Luke and ageon decide to throw a feast to celebrate.

[@kap2652]

⁠@@theeviperxinaccurate they completely whitewashed her

[@Chasingdreams25]

​@@kap2652So they did with Alicent and the greens

[@kap2652]

@@Chasingdreams25 I know and I dislike it what they doing to alicent is crazy she all over the place

[@triwii9365]

​@Chasingdreams25 Show Alicent is responsible for much more deaths in the show than in the book, the Dyana scene in the show is a show only invention, the scene where Rhaenyra walks with her child immediately after giving birth is also a show only invention. So what exactly was being whitewashed.

[@neneray310]

Certain people watch this scene and the one before with their eyes closed I swear.

[@tacot-rex3386]

I see what you did there

[@artyb.channel7496]

Olivia Cooked and ATE

[@_.hala0923._]

THIS WAS SO CLEVER YOU ATE THIS UP SO HARD

[@michealfeeback7842]

Alicent snapped cause she finally realized that no matter what happened Viscerys would always take Rhaenrya side

[@evasivedre370]

She always had in the back of her mind what Otto said to her as a young mother. If rhaenyra rules, her children will be put to the sword. She carry’s fear and viserys neglecting his own children didn’t help

[@zineddinebelgaid7303]

I can’t believe they through all this incredible development out of the window in season 2. This is the moment where Alicent and rheneras friendship dies. I can’t believe they had them meet up TWICE, like they weren’t actively at war. Such a disappointment

[@destinya5627]

He was angrier that they told the truth about his daughter’s bastards than he was about his son being mutilated by one of them. Crazy.

[@mahirabrar9110]

Aegon’s the only one to openly imply the Strong boys are bastards in front of Rhaenyra and Viserys that walked out of that interaction physically intact.

[@meliiina_4647]

she's way better than me cause if my son just lost an eye and his father was like "yeah no big deal" i'd want his head, not just an eye

[@Deepak__Mehta]

😂😂

[@rc59191]

He never would have lost it in the first place had he not stole that dragon.

[@meliiina_4647]

@@rc59191 a dragon is not a toy, it cannot be stolen it is claimed and they choose their riders. laena herself claimed vhagar, but i bet you wouldn't say that she "stole a dragon", and if you do so, i think you need to read more asoiaf not only watch the show, you'd learn a lot more and not say stupid things like this.

[@GaryMcSnail]

Rhaenyra: I could not find sleep, I'd gone out to walk Daemon: I'm the walk

[@zuhaibgujjar3474]

She is a great liar

[@freebird264]

4:47 Daemon stepping in to block Cole like "oh no you don't" will not be satisfying. All these past years he's been doing his own thing, staying out of the capital drama, but when he sees Cole going for Rhaenyra he remembers his allegiance to his family and joins the fray.

[@jbush264]

"Sharply questioned" means to torture someone, Rhaenyra not only didnt feel for her half-blinded half-brother, but also wanted him tortured on top of it, wonderful sister 😊

[@zipppyheyday5570]

Criston Cole laughing at the squire comment is underrated. An incredibly serious scene and he laughs.

[@Yashi1134]

"Aemond look at me" is diabolical

[@jamesrobson4894]

‘Aemond, look at me’ Aemond: 👁️🔴

[@frivovovovolhlhlh]

Rest in peace book Alicent

[@rituparnamarik3185]

I'm really happy to see how people in this comment section talk sense..

[@vivannet231]

Unlike twitter…

[@marcuskiller02]

The end of that scene between Rhaenyra and Alicent actually made me cry. They were friends tried to make amends and now will meet on opposite sides of a battlefield.

[@dhruvbhatnagar4180]

Olivia is doing a fantastic job! She really breathed life into this character. She's giving HBC vibes

[@Colin-kh6kp]

"Where is duty, where is sacrifice? It's trampled under your pretty foot again" best Alicent line.

[@marius1445]

s1 alicent: an eye for an eye s2 alicent: i never really cared for aemond and aegon 🤪

[@kedemesmonroe5888]

Aegon is rapist and aemond is psychopath

[@anayadegani626]

S2 Alicent is bad writing

[@bearforfun]

​@@kedemesmonroe5888they are still her children lol

[@samuelokoli1418]

A weak king who inspires zero fear is a terrible thing to behold...

[@rc59191]

Viserys was not weak he was one of the greatest kings to ever sit on the throne.

[@fgcpeak9591]

@@rc59191 It's literally in his character that he was known as a weak king

[@isaac3140]

@@rc59191no? He was weak

[@gracielcabillo2851]

“Exhausting isn’t it?”.... I know that a lot of people noticed how brilliant the writing was for this particular scene. Rhaenyra was obviously gaslighting Alicent with those remarks. It’s true though what Alicent complained. She was abiding to her duties as a queen while Rhaenyra has been dodging the consequences of her bad actions by using her father’s affection

[@alexissimpson5819]

The writers prefer Rhaenyra.

[@alexissimpson5819]

She wasn’t gaslighting her. Alicent was abusing her for 10 years.

[@spiritofarkham1235]

And Alicent all but forces Rhaenyra to walk through the red keep or risk her child's life. Multipule times. Niether when is innocent.

[@shadysorkin9214]

@@alexissimpson5819 Alicent was actually way more villainous in the book. If anything they prefer Alicent. They made her much more sympathetic.

[@szafraniec8164]

It depends on your psyche. To me "lost an eye and even to that you are entitled" really highlighted how spoiled Rennie was, shielding her sins, gaslighting others

[@theoblongbox4909]

I feel like this scene truly showed Alicent that her & her kids were just the consolation prizes. Rhaenyra was the child he actually loved & really raised. She was definitely jealous of Rhaenyra and I don't blame her. Alicent had to marry an old man and be forced to be sexual with him and just grin and bear it and Rhaenyra got to do whatever (and whoever) she wanted and Alicent was made the bad guy for pointing it out.

[@midnightcoffee6463]

For real- and everyone paints Alicent as the villain here :/

[@idgaf2386]

And rhaenyra fans still like to act as if she’s an angelical woman

[@gambit23776]

Everybody has their limits -- Alicent reached hers!

[@MissSidneyDR]

Notice how Aemond looks at Allicent just before he names Aegon? It is highly possible that Allicent was the one who talked about it to him and he knew better than to blame his mother. Aegon would not be punished as severly as Allicent would.

[@chadbailey7038]

Yup I saw that the 1st time I watched and found it brilliant. Especially since she was just complaining about it no more than 1 episode earlier!

[@Ikerblepp]

Emma’s acting is just on another level, i love when she says: you will do no such thing

[@Thusi_sphelele]

She was standing on business

[@prabindahal5736]

Olivia's too

[@Ikerblepp]

@@asimhussain8716 haha totally disagree with you. but that’s your opinion.

[@shadysorkin9214]

@@asimhussain8716 I have the complete opposite opinion. Older Alicent is like an entirely different person. Rhaenyra feels more like the logical grown up version of her younger counterpart.

[@shadysorkin9214]

@@asimhussain8716 I didn't mean it like that. I mean the way she speaks and walks ect. I loved Emma D'arcy's performance it's a shame you didn't.

[@Shamo-vx3fu]

Ask yourself, if you where in Aemond's shoes would you refrain from retaliating when one has been attacked or insulted. Think about it, losing an eye is not something you would forget.

[@thomasbullins]

And defending yourself from being hit in the head with a rock? That's wrong ain't it?

[@kap2652]

@@thomasbullinsmaybe don’t attack people

[@captaindeadpool313]

@@thomasbullins If I was being attacked by 4 people, a rock is the least I get to defend myself from.

[@Shamo-vx3fu]

For those who have no clue of the event. Aemond didn't throw the first punch, the girl did, and it's four against one, but one of them has a knife, what would you do? Picking up the rock, or be defenseless.

[@Amantducafe]

@@thomasbullins Aemond was attacked and everything he did after that was self-defense in fact he never uses the rock he just threatens with it.

[@lilian9725]

People were so mad and acted like she was hysterical, but she really was not… 🤷🏾🤷🏾🤷🏾

[@dieforwenqingliveformengzo3241]

people think they will act better

[@EnQuestOfficial]

brother she tried to cut a childs eye out what are you talking about

[@lilian9725]

@@EnQuestOfficial That's litteraly what happened to her child, it's called equal treatment ?

[@EnQuestOfficial]

@@lilian9725 are you holding an 10 year old to the same standards as a fully grown adult and the acting Queen Regent? How old are you?

[@lilian9725]

@@EnQuestOfficial The « kid » took an eye, so he should be punished in the same way, that’s called equal treatment

[@StarLord1994]

Otto in the corner telling alicent to release the blade as if he didnt want this 😂

[@honeybea4845]

I hate Rhaenyra here. Alicent was made to feel like she was insane for being upset that her son had HIS EYE GOUGED OUT

[@bolxons]

the gaslighting Alicent experienced in this scene was ridiculous

[@leonardohenrique5172]

Even Emma Darcy who play Rhaenyra was on Alicent's side on this scene, that says a lot

[@Jim-km2dx]

I hate Rhaenyra period

[@adamgq7625]

Wait until season 2, you'll hate her more

[@sen.m7832]

Rhaenyra is also trying to stop her children being killed for having the wrong dad. She did what she had to do.

[@Dexx837]

I’m team black but I can understand Alicent in this scene.

[@Lynn-jg7hx]

I still dont understand how everyone more consent about aemond losing eye. Dud stealing strongest dragon.

[@mariia099]

@@Lynn-jg7hxa dragon can’t be stolen

[@Lynn-jg7hx]

@@mariia099 sorry if wrong, as far i know if dragon has rider it cant be stolen, but riderless dragon can

[@mariia099]

@@Lynn-jg7hx dragons aren’t inherited, they’re claimed. anybody has a right to them

[@Lynn-jg7hx]

@@mariia099 yes but i think it just half true. Even tho evryone can claim a dragon and dragon will not always pick tagaryen, most of case its have been monopolied by tagaryen. Iirc rhagar should be go to tagaryen princess since her previous owner is their mom. Also daemon kinda pissed and scared when he know aemond taking vhagar

[@Kranky88-q9c]

Viserys loved Rhaenyra and her kids more than his sons and daughter from Alicent.

[@theeviperx]

Viserys made it known he loved rhaenyra more, its combination of guilt and love for his first wife. He ONLY remarried to strengthen his bloodline

[@danika9411]

​@@theeviperx And then doesn't actually care for his children with her.

[@theeviperx]

@danika9411 I think he does care for his other children, but he has a clear favourite because of the love and guilt of his first wife. Rhaenyra reflects her mother, his late wife. So that places her in higher regard than his other children.

[@jamssnom-xv1mz]

Oh well 😂😂

[@avishkarandika4473]

its because Rhaenyra resembles her mother Aema❤

[@Zinemay]

I like Aegon's answer. It's generalized, it's straight and... Well, let's be honest, it's obvious.

[@Edndndn]

The more I rewatch these scenes, the more I resent Rhaenyra and her children. I was 100% team black during the first watch through but Rhaenyra really does get away with everything. Alicent's words here are intense. Imagine being unable to do anything but watch your mutilated son sit there as his own father excuses his attackers and every further threatens the room if they speak the same truths.. let's remember Aemond wasn't lying.

[@user-cd5pm7cs1c]

Alicent had every right to want revenge for his maimed boy

[@rainstriderstreamflower5645]

Not by suggesting and eye for an eye.

[@yusufraage8554]

Too bad she has no control.

[@BlackDiamond2718]

We support her sentiment but not the desired outcome.

[@_ScriptedTales]

@@rainstriderstreamflower5645 exactly she should have asked for his head

[@joel-cx7hm]

the boy stole their dragon

[@mikestechy]

Aemond: “…it was Aegon” Aegon: “Me…” XD XD XD XD Anyone who’s an older brother knows EXACTLY what that “Me…” feels like.

[@qpishjunior4772]

At least Aegon went with it to protect his brother and mother, we never see that side of him but we will definitely see it next season

[@ummisuleiman5704]

I dont blame Alicent one bit. Viserys was the problem, he valued Rhaenyra's children over his own sons even tho Rhanyra's were obvious bastards. Alicent was faithful AND caring to his old decaying self till death and he didn't value her or her children.

[@cosmicwalkeer8214]

Can I say i'm glad how there is more critical thinking when it comes to Alicent and her children? A year ago people would've been bashing them and not having any critical thinking, but I LOVE seeing actual discussion surrounded around her, her relationship with her kids, and how aemond is treated. It makes it seem like it's a fandom that can actually have civil discussion

[@Kemot300]

King: Where did you hear such calumnies? Aegon: Just look at them. Everbody else:............... Yeah, if no one is able to counter that argument then they are either dumb or it is not slander.

[@spiritofarkham1235]

Daemon: I should claim Otto told them.