Rhaenyra is doomed by the narrative and Alicent is doomed by her love for Rhaenyra. Alicent by all means could escape on her own but she Can't, because she loves Rhaenyra, dooming her alongside her. Thats her tragedy
this!!! she's certainly enjoying getting to exert power over alicent but it doesn't read as sexual to me at all. she assumes a stoic exterior partly as a way of proving to herself that she could be immune to her feelings toward alicent. she sees alicent's attempt at /
i have such a different interpretation of that scene vs everyone on my tl pls. i don't really see the sexual undercurrent in the scene but it was simply a power play on rhaenyra's end. rhaenyra just happens to be hot as fuck while doing it lmao
poking a hole in the wall standing between them as manipulative and she's not going to let her try again nor allow herself to falter. it's merely an intercation completely devoid of vulnerability on rhaenyra's part.