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This entire season is just Alicent realizing the patriarchy won't protect you just because you're upholding it. Yes girl, even if you help the council usurp the woman because of her gender, they won't see you as more than your gender. Yes girl, the man that started calling his ex a whore and a cunt once he was done with her will not respect you when he's done with you. No the problem was never the ex, the problem was always the man. Yes girl, if you teach your sons that they're better than their sister because they're men, they will think they're better than you because they're men. Proximity to men of power will never make you a man of power.

Really enjoyed how Criston fell to his knees in horror at having disastrously failed in his duty as Kingsguard. Again. Keep grinding man, 57th time’s the charm

"why would rhaenys fly back on meleys to the battlefield to die that's so stupid" rhaenys knew the second that vhagar showed up that her chances of surviving this battle were almost little to none. meleys was already injured and stood no chance against fighting or outrunning a dragon three times as big and strong as her own. she knew she would likely be a sacrifice for a war that she truly wanted to avoid, but in the end she accepted her death under rhaenyra's banner with honor and dignity

aegon being shit at high valyrian is so in character i'm going insane