“House of the Dragon has long understood that children are often the first victims of war; Rhaenyra and Alicent have been teaching us that lesson since the beginning.”
This one pierced right through me
the fact that she is wearing green in the embroidery because that is ultimately what kills her but she was wearing blue in real life because that was her own choice….
ppl not realizing that the dam broke on rhaenyra’s madness and cruelty (which have been bubbling beneath the surface all season) specifically this ep bc alicent was not there as a living reminder of her humanity.
one day we will talk about how they completely whitewashed s1-s2 daemon this season. he feels like a completely different character... if we wanna talk about characters' characterization
Alicent leaves the house for 2 (TWO) weeks then suddenly Rhaneyra goes to the town square to preach about Targ blood supremacy. Ladies you cannot leave ur men alone