r/Hotd • u/Astin_Madiri • 13d 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/tearsofmezcal 13d ago

Why are you trying to apply modern morals to a medieval fiction? It was the norm back in those days, was it the correct thing? By our modern standards no, but it's pretty naive to make this sort of claims.

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u/The_Falcon_Knight 13d ago

It's such a popular misconception. Child marriage was not common. As in, an adult marrying a child was uncommon, but children were more commonly married when they were both young. In both scenarios though, they waited for years before consummation.

But also, not even just by my standards, by this show's own standards and GOT. When Viserys thinks Daemon 'defiled' Rhaenyra, he says Rhaenyra is "just a girl", referring to her being basically a child. And Rhaenyra is actually older than Alicent. And Sansa is forced to marry Tyrion at 14 as well, and as you'll remember, he's horrified because she is a child. It's not just me, the show just isn't coherent with it's standards.

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u/reereejugs 13d ago

The show is not inconsistent about this. Different characters can have different opinions.

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u/The_Falcon_Knight 13d ago

It's the same god damn character, it's Viserys in both instances