Ok So Here’s The Thing. I Love Both Alicent And Rhaenyra, But My Love Of Them Is Very Different. I

Ok so here’s the thing. I love both Alicent and Rhaenyra, but my love of them is very different. I think they are both extremely interesting characters.

But the difference between them for me is this:

With Alicent, I genuinely believe that she is a good person. Like everything she’s done I completely understand, and it’s always been with the intention of defending herself, her children, or Rhaenyra. But you guys probably know how much I love Alicent by now and this post is mostly about Rhaenyra so I’m gonna move on.

With Rhaenyra, I think she’s more morally gray. She’s done some things that I would definitely label as bad. I wouldn’t call her a good person. Honestly, I agree that she’s selfish. But that’s part of the reason why I like her.

The thing is, she’s a victim just like Alicent. It’s just that she’s less victimized in the show, and amongst her own fans. (For some reason people think being a victim makes you less of a girlboss, but whatever).

Just like Alicent, she had a crusty old man grooming her.

And Viserys and Otto weren’t exactly the same, but they were certainly both shitty fathers.

My point being, I definitely feel sympathy for her. And she’s not the villain.

The similarity between Alicent and Rhaenyra is that they were both young girls who were groomed and manipulated by the men in their lives. But the difference is the results of this.

Alicent was made to be more mature than her age. She was exposed to some very harsh realities very early on. And now she’s paranoid and pessimistic. So of course she’s scared for her life and the lives of her children.

Rhaenyra was made to be more childish. Viserys made it so that she never had to face any consequences. And Daemon has tried to keep her powerless and immature. And now, as a grown woman, she’s extremely disconnected from reality. While Alicent is overly aware of how in danger she is, Rhaenyra is incredibly naive and oblivious.

I don’t really know what else to say. I guess I just needed to rant a little. Basically the point I’m trying to make is that Rhaenyra antis annoy me because she was a victim and she’s not evil or dumb, but Rhaenyra Stans that make her out to be a saint also annoy me because she’s far from perfect, and she’s far from selfless.

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Guys idk if I’m just a bit delulu right now or if it’s actually happening but? Why are all of the analysis posts actually kind of making me believe that Togachako and BakuDeku have a chance of being canon????????

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2 years ago

No because they seriously ruined Mike’s character 🥲

You know what I’m really confused about? Why? Why did they do all of this with Mike’s character? Why the eyewitness parallel? Why is the first song on his Spotify playlist smalltown boy? Why did he look like that at the end of season 3 after el kissed him? Why was he awkward around Will for no reason, he doesn’t know that will likes him anyway. Why did they leave all these little hints, more than just this actually, only for him to end up straight and in love with El? Did they intend to make him gay and chicken out, or was it a strange coincidence. I don’t know. All I know is that my heart is fucking broken after seeing him in these last two episodes. If he’s not gay, then I don’t have sympathy for him because that means he really just is an asshole, and that fucking sucks.

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alicent-hightowers-spouse

10 months ago

Alicent being a victim to a council of misogynist men being a 'gotcha' moment for some fans really shows their true mentality. This isn't about feminism to these fans, Rhaenyra is just a shield they use to hide their own misogyny with feminism. Otherwise Alicent's circumstances are so clear to even casual watchers (especially in an episode where both her and Rhaenyra have parallel scenes having their council speaking over them). A child bride forced to operate in the patriarchy to protect her kids, that girl getting thrown aside by men, isn't 'payback' or karma.. it's just the patriarchy wheel going on, crushing woman after woman under it. People enjoying Alicent's 'downfall' simply fail to understand the victims of patriarchy or do not care about them (which is why for many of these 'feminists', Rhaenyra's worth is tied to Daemon and not as an individual).

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alicent-hightowers-spouse

2 years ago

Yeah I think I might literally do something. U don’t know what yet but I would be doing something to ruin the Duffers’ lives.

If we have to endure all these homophobic comments and death wishes towards Will who’s only “crime” was daring to be in love with a boy, and then the duffers DONT give him a happy ending and a romance???? I will be going ballistic

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