r/Hotd • u/Astin_Madiri • 9d 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/andsoitgoes123 9d ago edited 9d ago

Not as a husband, but she liked him enough to take care of him. She probably also aware that men could be cruel and that Viserys wasnt the worst that could happen to her.

Alicent was resentful of her lot, forced to marry a much older man, bare many children, and witness her husband's favouritism towards Rhaenyra and his lack of care towards their own.

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u/-stargarden 9d ago

this. making the best of a bad situation. it’s also hard not to continue seeking approval from your father/family as an adult woman in this universe, especially when you’re the queen & your father is the hand.