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After all the interviews I’ve read between the actors or show runners, I genuinely think people are missing out on a lot of HotD by not interpreting Alicent and Rhaenyra, at least partially, as WLW. Sara Hess and the other producers have explicitly said that there’s a deeper love between them. Even if they “don’t have the words or ability to recognize it as romantic or sexual attraction.”

All of the actors who play Rhaenyra and Alicent (younger and grown) have said they intentionally inject homoerotic tension into their scenes. Idk idk I just don’t think we need to see them kiss on screen to know the intention behind the way they act with each other

I truly believe if you don’t clock the longing glances and lingering embraces as romantic then you’ll miss out on the ongoing characterizations of Rhaenyra/ Alicent in the show.

I see a lot of people say “Rhaenyra should have never snuck back into kings landing,” or “Alicent should have killed her in the sept” and yeah, sure, that would make sense if they didn’t have years of subtly placed romantic interactions between them. Because of their history and the love they have for one another it’s no surprise to me that Of COURSE Rhaenyra trusts that she won’t die during the mission, OF COURSE Alicent lets her go after.