Jean Genie

it's so important to me that rhaenyra asked whether it pained alicent to send daeron away. alicent gets used or overlooked by the majority of people in her life and yet rhaenyra goes out of her way to ask how alicent feels on more than one occasion, she's one of the only people who takes alicents emotions into account. rhaenyra asked how she coped with being a ruler, she truly values alicents advice, she actually cares about alicent and who she is instead of just looking at her and seeing a tool and taking from her without giving anything back.

the romcom nonsense of Rhaenyra rushing into Alicent’s rooms to brush fingers and give her a ring, Alicent realizing she’s in her undies and quickly fixing her hair, Rhaenyra looking around searching for an excuse to stay longer only to see Haelena in the background struggling with her jammies and awkwardly leaving as the camera lingers