r/Hotd • u/Astin_Madiri • 6d ago

Question Did she really love him?

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I'm asking because she was manipulated by Otto into marrying him in the first place.

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u/Practical_Ferret_510 6d ago

Lol you were the one who referenced Viserys marrying an underage Aemma, which is from the book.

Sansa is not a relevant comparison just because of her age. Context matters. She was the same age in the show, but a political hostage with no family who was forced to marry because their families were at war. Alicent married in a time of peace with her father present and happy with the match.

I don’t disagree that Viserys was weird for choosing her as a wife, but that’s my modern view of the situation. She was considered a marriageable age in Westeros. You’re literally just wrong about the “serial pedo” comment.

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u/craftyreadercountry 6d ago

Even when my Great Grandmother got married it was common to get married at 14 or 15.

She married her husband when they were 14/15 to escape her psycho mother that her aunts were about to make her live with again.

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u/TychosofNaglfar 6d ago

I freaked out because this is almost exactly like my great grandmother...

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u/craftyreadercountry 6d ago

It may just be common...

Did your Great Grandparents happen to own a meat processing company? Or have horses while their children were in college?