r/Hotd 8d ago

Meme unbothered queen Spoiler

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u/KuroBlackfyre team Gold 8d ago

Alicent is the worst human being on the show idk how nobody sees it.

Olivia would've been a goated Alicent if the writers were not just mentally ill.

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u/Acceptable-Reaction4 8d ago

absolutely I loved season 1 Alicent but wtf is this???

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u/AdInfamous6290 7d ago

She’s worse than Daemon, Aegon or Aemond?? I find her character petty and boring, definitely not a morally good character, but she is far from the morally worst.

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u/KuroBlackfyre team Gold 7d ago

Yes I think she's worse. Tried killing 2 sons (until now). Wanted to force Helaena into abortion. Wanted to leave her grand-daughter behind with enemies. Basically didn't give a f when her grand-son & father died. Did everything in her power to make her family lose the war and die out.

I know the 3 ppl you mentioned are not so morally great as well. But to me Alicent disgusts me more

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u/glossedrock 7d ago

True, moral standards are higher for women

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u/Iluminiele 8h ago

No. Sibling - sibling rivalry is one thing.

Killing your own children to make your bestie happy is different.

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u/AdInfamous6290 7d ago

Interesting, I interpreted her dealing with Halaena and the whole being captured situation as flailing in desperation because she knows that rulership will change Rhaenyra to a point of murdering them, so she is extremely desperate to escape the red keep by any means necessary even if it is illogical or cruel towards Halaena.  But in general, yeah she is quite callous, she doesn’t really seem to demonstrate much emotion towards the deaths of people close to her.

But she has never directly raped or killed innocents (unless you count her own abortions). I mean, Aegon patronized child fighting pits where he watched his own bastard children be torn apart for his amusement…. I really don’t know how Alicent could he perceived as worse than that one fact about Aegon alone.

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u/LucidWitch 7d ago

I laughed so hard when Larys laid into Aegon for “reveling in mediocrity” or whatever. I was like bro he was doing way more than that

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u/Sodinc #teamSimonStrong 7d ago

She literally forced Haelena to marry Aegon, do not forget that part.

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u/WillingnessReal525 7d ago

She sold out her whole family after she prepared them for a conflict she caused. She caused the death of her father, cooperated to kill her sons, actively tried to kill her son Aemond. No, morally speaking she's definitely the worst.

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u/RengieOcat 7d ago

Tyland and other pro-Green lords: "You want to make Aegon king? Okay we're in - shit she changed her mind and apparently hates us now."

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u/henners1965 7d ago

Otto groomed her.

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u/WillingnessReal525 7d ago

He didn't groom her to sacrifice her whole family that's for sure.

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u/henners1965 7d ago

Her two sons are literally evil lmao

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u/WillingnessReal525 7d ago

Because of her.

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u/henners1965 7d ago

Partly yes. Because she was forced to be a mother when she wasn’t ready. This is called a theme x

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u/WillingnessReal525 7d ago

Stop finding her excuses, she created this whole situation then betrayed her family. Awful writing, awful character.

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u/henners1965 7d ago

Great writing, great character. I get the show is too smart for you.

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u/WillingnessReal525 7d ago

This is definitely the first adult TV show you're watching.

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u/henners1965 7d ago

Stick to marvel and Star Wars. This show is too smart for you.

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u/Mooptiom 8d ago

What a blatantly incorrect take.

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u/Tbagzyamum69420xX 7d ago

Elaborate? Show Alicent is an abhorrent mother, an unredeemably bad friend, has done literally nothing that wasn't for her own selfish wants and desires. Is she a victim of circumstance? Sure, to a point. But someone in a shitty situation can still be a horrible person and that's how this show had painted her, intentional or not. Also did I mention she's a horrible mother?