Can someone give the writters an award. This is when GoT is at their best. When their turn what one side use for the "justifications for evilness" into reality, created by them.
@@coolman5242i would argue he probably isnt as of yet. His decision to close the gates will suredly bite him in the ass and he has essentially sped up the wars beginning by impulsively chasing and accidentally killing Luc. J would say that he is arrogant about his political abilities and that he thinks he can use Vhagar to intimidate everyone.
@@coolman5242 Yet in crippling Aegon II Aemond failed worse than Otto Hightower. The Greens are fighting for their survival, yet on one of the first battles he already almost destroyed their own cause.
@@coolman5242Aemond's rashness allowed Daemon to capture King's Landing which eventually lead to Ser Crispin Cole's death so no he is not more competent
She was mere minutes away from for the first time in her life doing something which she could be credited for yet ends up becoming sidelined by everyone, chief of all her own son.
She is a hypocrite. At least the others realize that if they made her regent while denying Rhaenyra her place as the kings chosen heir because she is a woman, it would make them all nothing more than hypocrites.
she sdaid to Rhaenys in s1 that " we may not rule but we may guide the men that do " which is just crazy :D:D she really thought that she can control them , my god
@@kenroycherrington148well also stating that the heir via male primogeniture should rule. Trying to circumvent that while the next in line is able and not well, incapable, is violating the same rules she’s living by.
He doesn't love it. He was terrified of it when Aegon asserted it in episode 2 and was visibly apprehensive of even going to his first meeting. Allicent has always been his first loyalty so as Hand he's now had to readjust Allicent being the single biggest priority in his life.
Rhaenys called out Alicent for this exact same thing back in Season 1 after Viserys died. Alicent works so hard for the men in power, but they do nothing for her.
@@GloryBarnes-tv5hkAlicent has misunderstood 'soft' power and has bartered herself sexually for influence she's learning she doesn't have. It was Otto that traded her for influence initially by engineering her marriage to Visarys but instead of trying to cultivate influence via her sons she's neglected them. Even turned them against her in the case of Aemond.
I love how we see how terrified Alicent is of her own son, Aegon was a drunk but Aemond is a sociopath, she should be very afraid of what he will do and what he will become
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, given that she privately did express fear and disgust about Aemond when talking with Ser Criston, but it is true that being cast aside and feeling useless are CERTAINLY part of it, if not the main thing.
@@maxi1ification More to that point that she wanted to guide Aegon when he was made king, but he's (no pun intend) an actor playing a king, when he's just a grapist and a drunk. Aemond was born, trained and willing to be king as we've seen it throughout HOTD, and the fact Alicent can't control him and was outmanoeuvred must be a big bruise to her ego. To top it of since i say mid series 1 she has or has claimed to have power in court and in the last few episodes we've seen that A) she doesn't, and B) any remaining she had is gone. She's basically a seat warmer at this point, basically where child Rhaenyra was in season 1 episode 1 or 2, seen not heard.
@@VV-nz4dv yes he is, he doesn’t care about anyone else, maybe he did once but not anymore. He tried to murder his own brother, I think that tells you how much of a sociopath he is
And Aegon isn't? He watches children fight to thr death for entertainment some of them his own and rapes women and kids. Alicent produced two fucked up, arrogant and entitled fuckwits for sons and Rhaenyra's boys are at least lovely lads who are all close and have each others backs and Alicent has the nerve to look her nose down at Rhaenyra when she's no better and also a hypocrite
Alicent wanted her kids on the throne…….she got her wish…….and now she’s regretting it seeing how stupid, violent and crazy her oldest sons are especially Aemond who burned his own brother to try and kill him to take the throne.
Alicent has never really understood where her power actually comes from. She claims to know it's in influence but acts as if it's inherent to her instead of her position. She fails to cultivate relationships, even with her own children. It's clear because her father treated her as a pawn and all relationships as transactions of power, but she's failed spectacularly to cultivate anything but resentment.
"Now we must name a regent in his place until he recovers." No, you don't. Aegon already named Cole his Hand, which is exactly what a regent would do. Anyway, whatever, get huffy.
No not inherently he would have been an option for regent for the council to choose but with Aemond being the next in line for the show canon and Alicent being his mother and a previous regent they both make more sense to allow Cole to focus on the war effort and not ruling. In real life it was very common to choose a relative to serve as regent over a councilor as that way true power remained in the family.
Man, not so great when the other shoe drops, huh, Alicent? What, did she _honestly_ expect them to back her when _the entire idea_ behind supporting Aegon over Rhaenyra (other than the illegitimacy of Rhaenyra's children) is that supposedly a woman comes after a man in the line of succession?
Seriously what did she expect???😂😂😂. Did she do this because she was afraid of Aemond, maybe. it's funny how confident she is only to be shut down by everyone even Cole. And if you think about it this is the same faction that doesn't want a woman to rule, if they had put Alice as regent they may as well declared Rhaenyra as quen and back then, it would be stupid and hypocritical
No, Regent implies a temporary occupancy of the throne because the sovereign is unable to carry out their duties. A new king can’t be named unless Aegon dies
@@bakedgoods9182 I never said it wasn't temporary I said Aegon is King whilst he is still alive so it would be Prince Regent until Aegon recovers so the regency is over or he dies and Aemond becomes King
@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 I know you didn’t say it wasn’t temporary. I was replying to OP that the title of King only goes to the sovereign male. Which is why the title is prince regent and not king regent. Similarly, Daemons official title is king consort instead of king because he’s not the sovereign of his faction, Rhaenyra is
@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 but if they selected alicent she would be queen regent even though helena is the queen. And king regent and king would be different titles like how king and king consort are. If Rhaenyra was unable to rule would Daemon go from king consort to prince regent?
Alicent to the Green Council when Viserys died: "let's plot to put a man on the throne so a woman doesn't end up ruling!" Alicent when that same Council dismisses her as a ruler: "wait, not like that!" You've made your bed, dear, now be silent and lie in it.
Cry Misogyny All You Want But Just Know That Midnyra The R*pist Isnt For Women & You Rooting For Midnyra The R*pist Doesn’t Make You For Women Either…💯💯 Also Know That Aemond & Cole had a scene together talking about how alicent still cares about rhaenyra(which is true) & is unwiling to fully comit to a full blown war(also true), & anyone not determined to project their personal dollar store feminism onto the story can see plain as day that this is the primary reason alicent has been shut out of the council. Because Its now a WAR Council & she's the only one there who hasn't commited to the idea that rhaenyra has to die.
@2:10 oh snap here he comes. Westeros' sexiest sociopath. He took control and threw out orders so well. But his arrogance and lack of foresight appears in episode 6.
Alicent think she sleeping with Christen Cole he would back her to be regent smhh alicent is not much different from reneyra she cuss her about sleeping with Christen and shes doing exactly the same thing and trying to be the ruler of the seven kingdoms when she alicent don't even have no birth right to it
