@cntorlok unfortunately i see myself being invested in jaehaera and her fate so i am trapped here until the finale. really hoping for a helaena appearance of some kind 🤞
pretty ridiculous how clearly hotd established aegon as a serial rapist and helaena as a victim of sexual abuse for people to still so adamantly declare that no sexual assault occurred. media literacy is in the toilet.
@lyannasblues and he had bastards that he watched fight in pits between brothels. he violated helaena, bullied her, disrespected her, harrassed those around her, and left her to deal with all the fallout.
@lyannasblues sexual abuse is extremely common in twoiaf, but even alicent's able to acknowledge that helaena went through horrors with aegon after she confronted him about dyana. we have the ability to analyse these relationships as outsiders, but so many still act like shooters for these
@poisonrosethrns Ive seen a lot of ppl saying Rhaenyra treated Helaena worse than Aegon and sure everything R did to H was AWFUL but it was a complicated situation with a lot of political pressure. Aegon abused her simply bc he could
@poisonrosethrns And much like Alicent, Helaena doesn't see Aegon as her abuser. His behavior and sexual violence is normalized within the bounds of marriage. But that doesn't mean we, the audience, shouldn't see beyond that
Helaena's first prophecy on-screen was about Aemond. During Season 3, she had frequent visions of him, felt what he felt. She embroidered him at Harrenhal, trapped as she was.
We may not be privy to detail, but it is clear their bond ran deep.
She LOST her daughter and her freedom.
She saw that she would lose her unborn son.
She couldn't even choose starvation.
She had only one choice to make for herself at the end. Her one escape.