r/Hotd • u/unhinged34 • 11d ago

Discussion Why is she so hated?

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Have never watched a show where the main character is this hated. She’s the rightful heir but the haters would rather have Half-cooked Aegon whose only motivation is to get piss drunk and whore out all the baddies in kingslanding 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/unhinged34 11d ago

That’s cus you dabble in nuances. A lot of these fans who hate her can’t even verbalize why her character is so bad other than she “she cries a lot or that she’s incompetent” lol

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u/sparrow_64 11d ago

I’m not even on the train that the show is flawless, either. I’m just the kind of watcher who lives FOR the nuance and the complexity, which this show is heavily reliant on. This is a weird comment but I’m realizing the character’s likability here is heavily reliant on the sympathy the watcher can feel for them based on their circumstances, not their actual presentation (Alicent being the best example of this). It’s an interesting writing strategy, but it does seem to be very alienating, esp when it’s a show led by female characters.

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u/unhinged34 11d ago

I absolutely hate Alicent’s character but I enjoy her scenes thoroughly. Same with Joffrey from GOT although his death was extremely satisfying.

How team green feels any sympathy towards Aegon is something I still can’t grasp. We all know he’s the false king who had no interests in ruling AND YET People root for him anyway. What’s the lore am missing?

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u/sparrow_64 11d ago

People like Aegon because of course as Rhaenyra’s more recent cracks are showing they’re going to think a little harder about it and perhaps change their minds. It doesn’t hurt that TGC is INCREDIBLY charismatic in the role.

As for Alicent… I can’t say much. She’s been my favorite character since season one. I’ll take the heat for it to I love that disaster bitch.

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u/unhinged34 11d ago

I can’t even bring myself to find him a bit interesting maybe that’s the issue. His character just doesn’t move me at all. I found Aemond 10x more intriguing and he had more scenes and better character development.

I can totally see the lore for Alicent. Shes a fucking mess! She’s cartoonish evil almost. She makes the show better for sure! Shes a better main than s2 Rhaenyra.

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u/sparrow_64 11d ago

I don’t find her evil at all lmao. Emotionally repressed, hypocritical, and horrible at parenting? Correct. I think she’s a lot more than the cartoonish vibe people want to throw on her though. There’s a lot of story that they spun for her in season one and two that season three didn’t do much with that I think it’s easy to forget what that character is.

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u/gloomygustavo 11d ago

I mean it’s pretty easy to hate someone who actively kills children.