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I feel like people judge characters in period works on modern standards which make absolutely no sense. Like you guys are mad this medieval wench isn’t a perfect feminist?? 😭😭 Saw an article about how Alicent Hightower is complicit in the patriarchy and is somehow by modern standards similar to an current American conservative because she doesn’t challenge the patriarchy enough. It’s 100 AC how challenged do you think the patriarchy is gonna be by one(1) woman, and a woman that is visibly unable to cope. Not that she’s totally moral or something (it’s game of thrones come on) but the impossible standard (usually) female characters are held to is ridiculous. You just have to imagine being in someone else’s shoes for 30 seconds to avoid these god awful takes 😭

i bet every single one of you that alicent “what about rhaenyra don’t hurt rhaenyra” hightower has fantasized more than once about rhaenyra sitting on the iron throne with alicent as her queen consort or vice versa like literally LOOK at her catholic guilt face when rhaenys brought up the idea of her being in power and getting what she wants (independence, freedom, safety, and rhaenyra rhaenyra rhaenyra) for the first time ever in her life