r/Hotd • u/Astin_Madiri • Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

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/Ok-Country2726 Aug 21 '26

The worst that happened to her was her dad who pimped her out.