this is exactly it, thank you. people have made up a set of abilities and motivations for her and they take it as gospel, to the point of arguing it's canon
ngl one reason i think analysis of alys kicks ppls asses so bad is the inability or unwillingness to recognize what about her character has been projected onto her by the audience/fandom (nearly everything) and what has actually been established as canon by the show (very little)
I fear people are making wayyy to big a deal out of that sex scene. He had a vision, freaked out, and left. That's it. Alys wasn't assaulting him and he doesn't hate her
i wish more people understood this. he is disturbed by the dreams, it's not something he enjoys. aemond craves his mother's love but he has no idea how to desire it healthily, and the nightmare castle manifests it as the nightmare castle will
"We’re seeing the men have sex dreams of and these Oedipal experiences with their mothers. Everyone’s assuming it’s this witch who is doing it or controlling it. I call bullshit, or rather, I call to question it, your honor, but with respect."
— Gayle via The A.V. Club
@KiraK1990 we don't know when the sex started, and we don't know that she had any idea he was hallucinating. maybe they were already having sex when his hallucinations started. they agreed to have kids last episode, what makes you think he wouldn't want to have sex with her?
i do like the quantum state alys exists in rn in fandom where she somehow both has powers to rival bloodraven and every other magic user combined but also is a cringe failwitch unable to achieve even one of her schemes across 400 years. the duality of woman