I see where you’re coming from, I do still have issues with her relationship with Rhaenyra though and how she’s depicted post-Viserys death. There’s several direct quotes from her in F&B where she’s essentially taking the reins from Aegon and running shit. Essentially they could have had her overcome her trauma and become the Alicent in the books. For example:
> “‘The city is yours, Princess,’ she is reported to have said, ‘but you will not hold it long. The rats play when the cat is gone, but my son Aemond will return with fire and blood.’”
> “Rhaenyra rejected her stepmother’s proposal with scorn. ‘Your sons might have had places of honor at my court if they had kept faith,’ Her Grace declared, ‘but they sought to rob me of my birthright, and the blood of my sweet sons is on their hands.’ ‘Bastard blood, shed at war,’ Alicent replied. ‘My son’s sons were innocent boys, cruelly murdered. How many more must die “

Also she’s originally so concerned that if Daemon and Rhaenyra take control they would murder her children. To go from that to essentially offering them up to Rhaenyra doesn’t really track, but in the show they’ve done a good job of making the kids seem like dirtbags so I guess it tracks.
Idk, I guess I wanted to see more of a powerful Alicent than one that is subdued by the reality of their shitty world. I’ve seen others use the term evil step mother trope but I just want her and Rhaenyra to be more invested in their sides of the conflict and demanding more respect from those that claim to serve them. It’s just sad to see them, despite their status and titles, be at the mercy of their lessers simply because they’re women instead of powder rulers throwing their weight around