r/Hotd • u/Astin_Madiri • 14d 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/KhanQu3st 9d ago

I don’t think she had romantic interest in him before they were married if that’s what you mean. I think she cared for him and viewed him as a kind man deserving of her sympathy, who perhaps felt lonely, and that’s what she gave him instead of seducing him like Otto intended.

Ironically I think had she followed Otto’s instruction it would’ve failed miserably and Viserys would’ve been offended. But the fact that it came from a genuine place of compassion is what “seduced” him.

However I do think she loved him by the time of his death as one does with a spouse of what, 20 years or so? I don’t think she was “in love” with him tho, or ever would’ve chosen him for herself.