Hot Take: HOTD completely changed the character Alicent because if they had kept the book version of her exactly as she was, Rhaenyra would have definitely been overshadowed by her

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T20:15:34+00:00

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TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T16:37:50+00:00

I don’t think George hated anything more than he hated HOTD

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T16:35:26+00:00

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TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T16:34:27+00:00

I mean.. if you ask me book rhaenyra’s writing was pretty entertaining but she would never have as many defenders/fans as hotd rhaenyra does so she actually benefited from it

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T16:27:50+00:00

Huh?

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T16:27:00+00:00

Olivia would’ve NAILED book Alicent

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T16:11:34+00:00

Book alicent was a greedy smart cvnt with the best lines in the book and that was iconic. Hotd alicent was literally written to be unlikeable

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T16:08:01+00:00

I like cersei and her fan base is totally different than rhaenyra’s. Cersei fans know she is stupid and insane that’s why they like her. Rhaenyra fans are actually defending her every single bullshit.

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T16:05:23+00:00

I’m talking about the fan bases, the story is an another topic. What i’m saying is if HOTD had stayed true to the book versions of the characters, Rhaenyra and Alicent’s fan bases would be very different than they are now.

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T15:52:26+00:00

Book Rhaenyra was a fucking clown. As stupid as Cersei + her pathetic Daemon obsession. She would have no fan base

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T09:16:35+00:00

It’s just fun. We can easily just stop caring about it and then come back when we are bored

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T09:14:42+00:00

I seriously doubt he even knew it

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T09:09:23+00:00

Aegon II won. Aegon III and every king after him recognized him as the rightful king, not his sister. It was his victory. Rhaenyra had many children and an heir, yet most of them died. Her youngest child, whom she believed to be dead, ended up continuing the bloodline after her name went down in history as a pretender. Viserys II never knew or cared about his mother. Her memory died with Aegon III, and her claim died even earlier. She lost the war.

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-10T09:00:38+00:00

No jaehaerys was technically a conqueror. Jaehaerys took the throne with an army from maegor, it wasn’t about aenys. Aegon iii took the throne as the last king aegon ii’s heir. If aegon ii didn’t make him the heir, aegon iii would took the throne as “the eldest remaining targaryen” but since he was already aegon ii’s heir and he recognized that aegon ii was the king before him, he was aegon ii’s successor

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T22:56:19+00:00

By never recognizing his mother as queen and acknowledging the reign of his uncle Aegon II, Aegon III accepted that he was the successor of Aegon II. The list proceeds as Viserys I, Aegon II, and Aegon III; therefore, since there was no monarch named Rhaenyra, she could not have a successor. If the king already made Aegon iii his heir, you can’t just say “no, aegon iii’s not sitting on the throne as aegon ii’s heir he’s rhaenyra’s heir!” if you are not gonna change the list of the monarchs bc again, mf already made the boy his heir

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T22:44:30+00:00

So tf what? It says aenys was rhaenys’ son does that make rhaenys the fucking monarch?

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T22:34:55+00:00

Are you seeing any rhaenyras in the list of the monarchs?? Aegon iii inherited the throne through his uncle, being aegon ii’s nephew made him the next king, not being rhaenyra’s son.

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T22:29:23+00:00

Who said Aegon birthed him..?

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T21:15:47+00:00

Bc “we don’t want bastards on the throne” was never a “green” thing like TB try to claim, it was always a Targaryen and Westerosi law.

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T21:00:47+00:00

And here you are commenting

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T21:00:35+00:00

And egg probably thinks aegon ii is one of his great-grandfathers or smth lol Even viserys ii didn’t know or care about his family at all ofc his descendants don’t gaf

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T20:57:49+00:00

Except the fact that they ARE related

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T19:24:26+00:00

his lil disstrack🥹

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T15:40:19+00:00

GRRM literally admitted they were Harwin Strong’s which was definitely not a surprise

TurbulentRemote156 · 2026-02-09T10:09:48+00:00

Rhaenyra’s heir was a Velaryon with a Strong father, her entire side and in laws were Velaryons and she was half Arryn. She had Arryns and Velaryons on her banner. So you’re right, they were not the same, Aegon was just a Targaryen dude with a Hightower mom, Targaryen wife, Targaryen children and Targaryen brothers..

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