Ralph From Lord Of The Flies

The Duffer brothers actually told me that Vecna sees how annoying Ted is and kills him and then brings all the dead characters back to life and then everyone dances over his grave (true story)

i am the biggest ted wheeler anti i hate that man so much. he doesnt get enough slander bc people think hes funny. im tired of it im going to become a ted wheeler hate page to create balance

TEARS IN MY EYES

Sorry people this is gonna be a long post, but I needed to vent.

A lot of people in the HOTD fandom are so quick to say that everything Alicent does "against" Rhaenyra is because she's judging her for not following the "rules" of the patriarchy, but imo the anger and conflict between them is way more personal than that. After Alicent is chosen by Viserys as his new wife, Rhaenyra, showing all of her immaturity (understandable, she's so young) feels betrayed by Alicent and starts treating her poorly. Of course Alicent in turn feels betrayed by her closest friend cause Rhaenyra abandoned her when she needed her the most. She was too sheltered and comfortable in her privilege to realize that other women cannot simply say no, Alicent was considered her father's property and then her husband's to do with as they pleased. She is continuously raped by a man she did not choose to marry, forced to carry child after child and on top of that she is refused the only comfort she had, her only friend. She never had the luxury of choice, but Rhaenyra in her naivety, still punished her for it. Alicent tried to hang on, still caring about Rhaenyra and still trying to reconcile with her and being constantly denied and judged by her.

Then, the moment Rhaenyra did something that would surely put her in trouble, she lied to Alicent's face. Alicent believed her and defended her with the king, insisting that Daemon must have lied, that her father must have been misinformed. Viserys knew this to be false, he knew Rhaenyra had lied, but still she was not punished for it. Instead Alicent is indirectly punished again, losing her only ally (Otto is a vile person, but still for Alicent he was the only piece of home, of familiarity she had) because of Rhaenyra. Naturally when she learned that Rhaenyra had lied to her, it was another huge blow to Alicent's heart, because trusting Rhaenyra has literally cost her the only bit of protection she felt that she had left. It's only natural at this point, that Otto's claims about Rheanyra's character began to take root in Alicent's mind. Rhaenyra proved that she could not be trusted and Alicent wasn't about to put her children's lives in the hands of someone who had betrayed her so. She realized that no one would protect her, not Viserys, not Rhaenyra, so she must do it herself.

From then on things were bound to go downhill cause Alicent began resenting Rhaenyra as she still remained oblivious to her privilege and she benefited from it again and again, perhaps even using her father's affection for her to her advantage. And Rhaenyra (understandably) grew tired of Alicent's treatment of her.

In light of that, what happened with Aemond inevitably had a massive impact on their situation, especially on Alicent, whose faith in Rhaenyra was already broken. Her son lost an eye (taken by one of Rhaenyra's kids). Rhaenyra refused to even acknowledge the magnitude of this offence, so quick to defend her kids (and their birthright), who would never do anything wrong and were simply defending themselves (despite there being 4 of them against Aemond) And even in such a dramatic circumstance, all Viserys cares about is protecting Rhaenyra from what essentially is, the truth.

So in my opinion Alicent is not only saying "it's not fair" because Rhaenyra constantly did things that were not "proper" and was never punished for it, what she's saying is more along the lines of "Rhaenyra abandoned me, betrayed me, punished me, hurt me, my son and others to fulfil her selfish goals and nobody ever punished her for it or even had the decency to admit that she might have been wrong".

Alicent is not questioning Rhaenyra's claim to the throne because she's a woman, she's questioning her integrity and wether or not she's trustworthy, she's doing it to protect herself and her children, who she feels could never be truly safe as long as Rhaenyra rules with Daemon by her side.

And feelings like these cannot be simply dismissed, not even with an apology, one must really work on rebuilding trust in each other in order to fix years of betrayal and mutual hurt and resentment, and sadly they just didn't get enough time to do it.

I’m interested to see what the results are lmao

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In defense of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower.

Rhaenyra Targaryen - Named heir by her father King Viserys I Targaryen, Princess of Dragonstone, Mother of Jacaerys, Lucerys, Joffrey, Aegon III, and Viserys II.

Alicent Hightower - Wife of King Viserys I Targaryen, Lady of the Hightower, The Dowager Queen, Mother of Aegon II, Helaena, Aemond, and Daeron.

Rhaenyra Targaryen - Victim of grooming, sexism, domestic violence, and parental neglect.

Alicent Hightower - Victim of grooming, rape, underage and unconsensual marriage, sexism, and parental neglect and abuse.

Rhaenyra Targaryen - A woman who made mistakes.

Alicent Hightower - A woman who made mistakes.

Rhaenyra Targaryen - A devoted mother who would do anything for her children.

Alicent Hightower - A devoted mother who would do anything for her children.

Rhaenyra Targaryen - Not necessarily religious and doesn't deserve hate for being that way.

Alicent Hightower - A devoted follower of the faith and doesn't deserve hate for being that way.

Rhaenyra Targaryen - A multi-faceted character who gets misogynistic hate comments disguised as "criticism."

Alicent Hightower - A multi-faceted character who gets misogynistic hate comments disguised as "criticism."

Rhaenyra Targaryen - A woman who called on her family for help when she needed it most. (Telling Viserys her and her children needed help at court.)

Alicent Hightower - A woman who called on her family for help when she needed it most. (The green dress.)

Rhaenyra Targaryen - A woman who was forced into a marriage and found refuge in a man she truly loved and had children with him consensually.

Alicent Hightower - A woman who was forced into a marriage and had children with him against her will under the guise that it was her "duty."

YOUNG Rhaenyra Targaryen - A girl who missed her mother and felt unloved and misunderstood by her father and the people around her.

YOUNG Alicent Hightower - A girl who missed her mother and felt unloved and misunderstood by her father and the people around her.

In defense of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower, they are both human.

No because I think that The Duffers actually gave me trust issues

Mikhailgate is superior and it WILL take over the world. So anyways-

it's ridiculous and a little offensive honestly to say that byler can't happen in season 5 because it's "too late" and "there's not enough time" when the sad reality is that a lot of shows who introduced queer characters/relationships had to wait until the last humanly possible minute to introduce them out of fear of general audience dropping the show midway and the show getting cancelled if they did the same thing earlier on. i can think of at least three big shows that did it right off the top of my head and i'm sure i'll find more if i were to look for it. so stop saying shit like that and giving me reasons to be in your walls

Labour by Paris Paloma was written for Alicent Hightower btw.