daring drinker of dreams

- brand new, show-only child bride arc for Alicent + a scene with child!Alicent being raped by Aerys

- foot fetish slash sexual harassment scene with Alicent that adds nothing to the plot whatsoever

- Daemon fantasising having sex with his own mother because reasons, again adding absolutely nothing to the plot

- Aemond kissing his own mother because reasons, again, adding nothing to the plot

- I saw in edits that someone tried to rape Alicent, again because reasons, I wonder what this one added to the plot

- I vaguely remember seeing Aemond's dick, somewhere? I'm sure this was absolutely vital to the plot

- Criston Cole eating Alicent out which was essential to the plot because reasons but I guess bonus points for consensual sex (!) for once (!)

Meanwhile 90% of sex scenes (most of them violent) involve Alicent ofc as the conventionally attractive male centered eye candy, since show!Rhaenyra just doesn't have the same appeal for the male audience does she? Despite the fact that book!Rhaenyra was the one who canonically had this tumultuous and extremely long and passionate affair with not one but two men and it's her sex scenes that an unbiased reader of the book would naturally expect to see, instead of pious puritan Alicent. But nope, we add just a touch of sapphic romance for woke points without actually exploring it, we remove all genuine passion and sensuality from adult!Rhaenyra's relationships with the men in her life, while saving all the rape/fetish eye candy for the most fappable female character.

Bran saw his father’s face change, saw the other men exchange glances. He loved Jon with all his heart at that moment. Even at seven, Bran understood what his brother had done. The count had come right only because Jon had omitted himself. He had included the girls, included even Rickon, the baby, but not the bastard who bore the surname Snow, the name that custom decreed be given to all those in the north unlucky enough to be born with no name of their own.

Lmaoo yeah poor Rana actually. Mahidevran was kinda meh and projecting what she went through onto others which was annoying tho. She also treated Aybige like shit and Fatma. I can't remember much about how she treated anyone else beside Mihrunisa. She was ok to Mihrunisa but then again Mihrunisa wasn't a slave so it doesn't count!

Trutfully, all in all.. they both sucked🥸. Hürrem didn't really have time to develop deep relationships w her in laws cus she was busy trying to survive to make sure her dumbass children stay alive

Mahidevran I'd say had much more opportunities to be nice to them and develop relationships w them considering she was just sitting on her ass for multiple seasons in Sanjaks doing nothing anyway

I guess the thing is if Hürrem sees you as a threat to her or childrens lives You are cooked and probably are going to die. But otherwise she is nice to you

Is everything alright, My Lady? I'm fine. It's late. You should go to bed.