i love you dearly

cersei forcing sansa to prove her loyalty to the lannisters by writing a letter that incriminates her (innocent) father vs ormund forcing daeron to prove his loyalty to the hightowers by executing an innocent man. manipulating them into obeying by accusing sansa of having the “traitor’s blood” vs daeron of having a “taint” in his blood that can only be cured by doing as they’re told. sansa insisting that she’s “good” vs ormund assuring daeron that he’s a “good boy” (so long as he obeys). cersei having lady killed vs ormund chaining up tessarion because they view them as dangerous beasts who also keep sansa and daeron connected to the rest of their family. isolating them from their loved ones to make them easier to control while pretending to play a parental role. SICK!

rhaenyra: i cannot be seen to favour hightowers