but even statues crumble if they're made to wait

PHIA SABAN as HELAENA TARGARYEN

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇. it makes her pause, hands stilling over the blanket pulled close to helaena's chest. expression is notably confused appearing with furrowed eyebrows, downturned lips. a certain light in her eyes which helaena might be familiar with despite alicent's constant attempts to understand. to put together what she might've meant---ever since she was younger, even as she nears adulthood, pieces of nonsense or things from her dreams left her mouth. it made alicent wonder ... did helaena fully understand them or was she, often times, as confused as the rest of them ? ( viserys mentioning 'dreamers' comes to mind. her husband struggling to stay still, a cup full of wine in his hand as he had the entire day. fire burning her cheeks, young queen's look of concern. 'very few in my line have been dreamers.' were his words. )

@crumbledstatues SAID, " THERE ARE FIGURES HIDING IN THE SHADOWS, WAITING TO STRIKE. "

Still a child, yet forced to grow in her standing. A child herself, yet already a wife, cheeks still too full, eyes once full of wonder dulling the further time progresses; a child still in need of her mother, yet recoils at the slightest touch. Brows furrow at this dismissal, although it is nothing new. Why will her mother not listen? Why will she never listen? Helaena has said so, she has told all. Why do they fall on deaf ears? Has she gone mad? Many seem to think so.

The blanket clutched between her fingers tugs further up to protect her. If her family will not, mayhaps her blanket would. Skin felt as though it would bubble and burst at the slightest touch, sinking further beneath it at the brush of her mother’s lips on her forehead.

Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower