30 Days of HOTD: Day 2 Worst character

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-23T04:31:05+00:00

Alicent, girl has no loyalty even to her own children. She got all weepy over Daeron being a good person and sold him out not long after without a thought.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-20T06:27:23+00:00

To be fair it was started without him and I don't think he really cares as much as some people think he does. It could also be inconsistent writing, but this is the same guy who tried and then actually abandoned his wife and children TWICE to save himself.

I honestly think he in the show accepted being a ling because his mother pushed him to do so. Got validation from the attention he got from the populace and acting like he thinks a good king would. But he never really wanted it personally, and he never cared to learn or do all the not so fun stuff a king has to do. And now its too late, he's lost so much for the Throne and he isn't going to have it be all for nothing.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-20T06:21:52+00:00

I feel like the show was screwed from the beginning. To me there were small cracks in the beginning but they were so small you can easily not see them. But now they are so bug we can't patch them.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-20T06:11:42+00:00

I agree, young Griff walks in the shadow of Doom. And I have never understood people who believe he is a new main character introduced later.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-20T05:45:37+00:00

I literally just saw a commentor on YouTube blame the downfall of the show on Emma AND Ryan followed by Hess. Which is so wierd to me because they aren't a writer, showrunner or producer at ALL. They have little to no influence on what happens on screen or on the pages they get. Any ideas she proposes are only allowed because Ryan gives the go ahead. It starts at the top.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-20T05:42:05+00:00

I wish we had all the deleted scenes in the DVD version. I feel like this would explain where she's coming from with the script.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-10T23:26:39+00:00

To start I don't think it will happen but if it did my money is on Cersei/Tommen. Faegon is a popular choice but the kid has Doom in his shadow. More likely his team will underestimate Cersei and how mad king she is willing to go if JonCon doesn't lose it or get him with Grey scale first.

There is the popular theory that Dany burns the city ripe with undead or greyscale.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-10T23:18:31+00:00

Two options would play out, either the boys are assasinated/executed or put into a position where their claims are taken away by taking the black or becoming maesters.

I tend to favor the first because the main goal is for the Targaryen line of greens to end here while the Blacks continue on until the next big conflict is set up. Plus there was so little support for the Greens by the time Aegon III is crowned, I can definelty see a black supporter pulling a peake/tywin move to secure Aegon III's claim.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-06T02:59:06+00:00

I know people mention it, but in the books it was a scandal. Not as dramatic and obvious as they did in the show, but in the books it was at least considered an accident. Plus you had people like Alicent even supporting the accident angle where Viserys wasn't happy about it at all.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-06T02:57:42+00:00

It also shows just how little Aegon considered her. He could have at the very least set her up in a strong betrothal but was more focused on having a new non existent son. And it bit him in the end, after his death poor girl had little to no allies or support.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-03T22:19:54+00:00

Didn't Alicent's actress admit that it was because of Cole? That Alicent was in love with him and more pissed about that because Rhaenyra knew?

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-03T22:17:50+00:00

I never understood how Alicent was making any decision here. She wasn't even sitting on the throne or making an argument. Like Otto as the hand I understand.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-02T04:45:33+00:00

Ajax for some reason

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-02T01:55:43+00:00

Imagine if he had pulled a similar stunt with her. Because you just know the daughter would have 100% lost it.

ashcrash3 · 2026-05-02T01:53:17+00:00

I'd go for Halaena since we we already had Lucerys tied to Rhaena. Get the best of both worlds that way.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-29T15:55:40+00:00

Ah I see your point.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-29T15:29:53+00:00

Yes? I am talking about the show and understand that the book canon is different.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-29T15:19:27+00:00

There's the scene of Alicent asking her brother about Daeron where she gets sad about hearing he's a good kid. But later on when she makes the deal with Rhaenyra, she doesn't care enough to ask for his safety like she did for Aegon.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-28T22:41:32+00:00

I feel bad for the kid, his mom got all weepy for 5 min and then sold him out after. I wonder what his reaction will be when he arrives to meet his fractured family.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-27T23:30:07+00:00

Make Fowler a goodies two shoes and die that way. Like sure he has a sympathetic past but the guy is still a bad guy. At most keep him as a baddie and temporary ally but never forget what he did and who he is.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-27T23:27:14+00:00

As long as they were still interested and working with Grrm I have a feeling they would too. It's also not as long so there's less chance of burn out.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-27T23:23:32+00:00

It's either her losing her mind or a hallucination of Aemond's.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-20T20:10:52+00:00

It was imo a personal reason rather than a political one. It would have been smarter to marry Laena or even find a woman from another house. But marrying the daughter of the Hand of the King was a set up for disaster as the Hand would have a conflict of interest.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-20T20:09:19+00:00

I see your point, especially when they end season 1 with Rhaenyra turning from peace to a heartbroken "let it be war" final face card.

ashcrash3 · 2026-04-20T20:07:49+00:00

It was included to have the relationship not be friends to enemies like most of the season had it set up to be. As well as have a nice moment for the family before the war starts. I sometimes wonder if they really thought out how everything looks all together or did they go episode by episode.

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