“I want to fight for you, Mother, as my brothers did.”
“Bring him back, bring him back, he does not know. My son, my sweet, my son...”
“Mother, forgive me,” Joffrey said with his last breath.
It’s no surprise most male fans love helaena while they hate rhaenyra. one fits their male fantasy of being an innocent princess with no real personality while rhaenyra fights back, is sexually liberated, and acts on impulse. they hate to see a female character with agency.