𝐀. 𝐇.

[divin3rot]

𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙺𝚂: 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒔. , 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 , 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒆 , 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒂 !

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𝙲𝙾𝚄𝙽𝚃𝚂: « drafts: 03, prompts: 11 , queue: 29

𝙿𝙾𝚁𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚈𝙰𝙻 𝙽𝙾𝚃𝙴𝚂 𝚄𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝚄𝚃. --

--- i do write alicent as being a closeted lesbian who often experiences internalized homophobia. this is mostly due to how she was raised as well as her indoctrination into her religion from an early age -- we only begin to see her lose her religion toward the end of season two leading into season three. when alicent finally begins to accept herself and not suppress who she knows she is, her losing faith and grasp in how she was raised and what she was made to believe by her father or those around her, do we see her begin to stop trying to be some other version of herself.

--- though my main ship focus is rhaenicent, as rai is my exclusive rhaenyra, i do keep that alicent slept with cole the way we see in season two. however, she does not do it because she is in love with him nor had genuine feelings for him ... she sleeps with criston because it's her way of trying to regain some control over her life. over her body. and, it did not happen often ... maybe two or three times max since viserys's passing. alicent does, however, respect cole's devotion to her and him protecting her family the way he does .. and she knows his feelings are romantic, but it is entirely one sided. she tends to keep him at a distance at all times.

--- even thought i've said it before, i am single ship with rai's rhaenyra. which means i will not ship with anyone else. however, any other kind of platonic or familial or friendship dynamics is welcome! everyone knows alicent needs more friends, lmao.

--- alicent did not want to marry viserys. i do not think that's the .. generally accepted idea either but i want to make it clear that alicent was manipulated into marrying viserys by her father. as a young girl, not only did otto scare her but she was desperate for his attention and for his affection to which she only seemed to get in sparing moments or when she did something he liked, agreed with, or wanted. once she was maneuvered into this position, unknowingly at first, it was too late to say she didn't want to marry him. even if she did say she didn't want to marry viserys, i do not believe alicent would've been given much choice in the matter. as is a common theme with her: a lack of choice, a lack of autonomy even as a grown woman.

--- the themes of motherhood and alicent's struggle with it will be talked about extensively. alicent loves her children, yes, but she struggles with liking them as people--more so her sons than helaena. more aegon than aemond until the middle-later half of season 2. her children were not her choice ... not when they happened, not how many she had and because of this, as well as given how old she was when she had them, alicent struggled to connect to them. to feel that 'motherly' nature everyone told her she would, should, feel toward them. it happened a little only time, but it'll only ever be slight. in this, she feels shame and guilt. it's also were some of her resentment toward rhaenyra's own experience with motherhood comes in and how much better it looks than her own. rhaenyra is the kind of mother alicent wishes she was and she cannot understand why she can't be. in addition, rhaenyra got the choose who she had her children with, if she had them, when and how many whereas alicent was never given the option. nor was her consent in all of it considered--as olivia said: alicent was never given a choice.

┌ ✦ VERSES:

MAIN/CANON -- follows the events of season 1-2 onward. (ages 15-30+)

NO DANCE AU -- the dance of dragons does not happen. rhaenyra becomes queen but alicent, in order to be with rhaenyra, marries daemon targaryen and remains as queen consort. (ages 30+)

VAMPIRE (BOTH HUMAN AND VAMPIRE ALICENT--FAVORS IWTV/UNDERWORLD MIX OF LORE. can be for about any vampire media such as iwtv and twilight) -- alicent a human who works for a well respected, known art restoration company restoring artwork for a living. she comes in contact with rhaenyra targaryen, a old vampire, when viserys, another vampire -- leader of their coven, seeks out her services in bringing several old paintings and artifacts back to life. alicent eventually becomes a vampire after turning 35 after striking up a relationship with rhaenyra. (early 30s-35)

DUNE -- set within the main dune moves or even the prequel series if your muse has a verse. in this, alicent is a bene gesserit sister and was assigned to viserys targaryen, of house targaryen -- a powerful house within dune, to give him a child to add into the sisterhoods breeding program to bring forth the "kwisatz haderach." within the sisterhood she is well respected for her almost unwavering loyalty and drive. alicent is very strong in the way/the voice. (ages to be figured out)

MODERN -- rhaenyra and alicent are childhood/teenage best friends, but rhaenyra eventually gets sent away to study abroad and they lose contact with one another. in this verse alicent goes to college to get a law degree, a job chosen for her by her father since he owns his own lawfirm but decided it wasn't for her. until some years later she reconnects with rhaenyra in her mid-late 20s. they eventually get into a relationship to one another after rhaenyra returns to work at their fathers lawfirm, the same one otto works at alongside viserys, in order to eventually take over when viserys falls ill. alicent marries rhaenyra in this verse and they have two children (for now) together: visenya and luke. (teenager to 30+)

GENERAL APOCALYPSE -- set in any general apocalypse, zombie situation. such as wtf, tlou, re etc. (ages 30+)

YELLOWJACKETS -- alicent is an exchange student who is on the soccer team with the rest of the girls when the plane goes down. as an adult she moves back to england, gets married to a man she doesn't love to please her father, has a daughter (helaena) with him and was living a normal life until all of the yellowjackets, including rhaenyra, meet up at lottie's 'wellness retreat' camp. ( ages 18-30s+)

BRIDGERTON -- to be figured out, (ages 18+)

WESTWORLD -- to be figured out

ASSASSIN AU -- to be figured out

ANDROID AU -- to be figured out

*more to come

credits: venuscommissions for the psd, @/zaldarias for my icon border, @/zaldarias for my pinned graphics <3 and @/gloomglimmer for the psd on my pinned graphics.

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my blog was acting buggy lately so i decided to move blogs under a new url ! so im gonna go through and follow people from there then transfer queue things over.

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this headcanon will be an extensive analysis of alicent hightower's wardrobe throughout her life in which it reflect the impact of events in her life have on her & the evolvement into queenly persona using wardrobe. a deep dive into the progression from carefree young lady to queen, including the loss of identity & the development into piety/conservatism, & back to her true self signaled with the return to blue tones.

starting off when we first see alicent as a young girl. as we can see her outfits are colored with specific light/blue tones -- these colors are nods to her mother who comes from house florent. during this time in her life alicent is happy, she is carefree, she is being ... well a teenager, a young girl, who spends her days with her best friend. she has no weight of the real world on her shoulders yet & is not burdened by what will come shortly after this period in her life. her clothing is very girly, it has a certain whimsical quality to it that reflects her mindset of the time.

however, when alicent is manipulated by her father to marry viserys her clothing, which we only see one dress of hers during this period, is much darker in the blue tones. she is still holding onto her girlhood, onto her carefree nature but it is being weighted down by the expectation of what otto is pushing onto her. she did not realize at first, like when she fixed viserys's dragon statue--that was a genuine gesture, but this blue dress reflects the first time autonomy is taken from alicent. the dress she wore when her life changed, when her relationship with rhaenyra shifted, & when she began to hate her life because of what she was made to do: become queen when she did not want to be. marry a man she did not love. having children she could hardly tolerate as a child herself.

the next era we see alicent is post marriage, becoming queen, & giving viserys a son with helaena on the way. this is when she decided to wear targaryen colors. every dress she wore until rhaenyra's wedding was red & black which i believe this was alicent's attempt at feeling more included in her husband's house. in showing some kind of 'pride' in being apart of house targaryen even if it was just by marriage. it was also an attempt to appease in a sense ... but who exactly ? viserys or rhaenyra or both ? i would say both. as much as it was to appease, to feel included, it was also a bid for connection she had lost when her relationship with rhaenyra broke down after her marriage. alicent is losing her identity with these dresses. yet even these dresses slowly become darker & darker in color --- from lighter red, darker red, & finally maroon-ish before ditching the red palette all together. we also see in these dresses alicent beginning to turn toward conservatism in her cloths in all of them covering more & more skin with the sleeves she wore.

THE green dress is a turning point for alicent. she finds out rhaenyra lied to her, she feels betrayed by her, & on top of it all she finally realizes her disconnect from her attempt to be included in house targaryen. with otto gone back to oldtown & being on her own, alicent has to grow, she has to hold her own or she won't survive being alone. because of this realization we see the first ever green dress she wears that is a mixture of the conservatism she will later fully embody for most of her adult life & the less conservative dresses she circles back to in season two. for her the green dress was a declaration, a quiet defiance despite not fully nor truly being free from her 'cage' (queendom, motherhood, viserys). it also served to show she had chosen house hightower than the house she married into.

the next thing i want to look at is the difference between young alicent and older alicents nightgowns & what they represent or mean for her personally. the first one we see her in is a light pink colored one, it leans more toward the suggestive side. it's meant to be enticing in a way which is not something worn by alicent to do that on purpose--the pink nightgown we see alicent in is something wore specifically for viserys because of its visual appeal & maybe because its suggestive enough for viserys. in this sense, alicent is merely playing a part because it falls within the guidelines of what is expected of her as his wife. we know he calls on her at night in order to sleep with her, we know how much alicent hates & dreads being called upon for that specific 'duty' of hers as a wife. because of this, later on, alicent does a complete one-eighty with her nightgown choice as an adult woman. the nightgown covers literally every part of her body from ankles to wrists to even coming up around her neck. it feels almost claustrophobic. nothing about it screams 'look at me' or to be enticing to anyone! i think this change is a reflection of her ... disgust toward the nights viserys called on her or the fact that she had to wear those sort of gowns to begin with. it also is the beginning of her conservative, purity driven, clothing choices as an adult that we see for most of season 1.

special mention: the robe that belonged to queen aemma that viserys makes alicent wear when she visits him at night & sleeps in his bed once he is finished with her. a simple robe can mean so much ... for instance, to me, it is another nod at alicent's identity being taken from her like with the red dresses. she is wearing a deceased, former queens robe in her husband's chambers, that they shared, after he called on her to sleep with her ? how could a man be more disrespectful, gross, & inconsiderate than that. the robe is a reminder of aemma for viserys & in some ways erase alicent from the situation.

going into adulthood, years after we first see her, after the time jump we see alicent has committed to her conservative, covering, purity driven clothing. some of it may show a little bit of skin, always around the shoulders or the neck but nothing more, but for the most part everything is covered. covered & the signature hightower green that she has chosen to wear moving forward. her cloths also seem to be slightly restrictive as well because of the fabrics she wears & how tight they seem to be around her arms or her midsection. she is queen, yes, but she is still trapped in her gilded cage. in these outfits, we see alicent choosing to ... show her status as queen with all of the jewelry she wears which, again ties into her heavy lean into her religion, is usually are more statement pieces & not over done. with the gold chains around her chest, the waist chains we see later on, & the varying sizes of seven pointed star necklaces.

in season 2 we see alicent still holding onto the style she had all of season 1 but they make a shift with the death of her husband. in his death, despite looming war, she finally finds some sense of freedom ... she takes back some autonomy & choice within her own body. both sexually but also in what she wears. they become slightly more & more revealing by showing off more of her neck, collarbones, shoulders as well as being a little more form fitting in the majority of what the show puts her in. this choice comes from alicent taking back some of her own power with viserys gone even if she has not completely returned to her 'true identity' she realizes / rediscovers a little later on. she is still holding onto the strength she found in being a hightower by the continued green palette that continues into season 2. she is still being defiant in her own way, still trying to have her foot in a door that others would rather shove her out of.

something else to note about her season 2 outfits is how her faith of the seven star necklace gets smaller & smaller until it disappears. we went from alicent wearing a very large, very notable necklace to one three times smaller than before--one of the first signs of her losing faith in what she had rooted her entire life around as an adult. the idea that she was righteous in what shes done, that her religion gives her sacrifices meaning & merit. yet over time alicent realizes that what she had given up (her girlhood, her life, her own wants as a person) was ... mostly for nothing & because of it she slowly begins to lose faith in her religion until she discards it almost entirely to find new religion in rhaenyra.

the first visual display of alicent returning to herself & finding herself once more is shown with this blue-green cloak in later season 2. this cloak is a mixture of both green, hightower, & blue, for her mother, childhood, & old self before everything happened, that show a certain conflict inside of her. does she continue as she has that's done nothing for her, brought her no happiness, or does she abandon that version of herself to be more true to who she wants to be & the girl she misses ? obviously we know alicent abandons the dedication to green & even grows adverse to it after the war. it's the first time since the very first episode of season 1 that we see alicent in anything remotely blue & it comes at yet another turning point in her life. one where she has to make a decision.

finally, the decision mentioned beforehand has been made. alicent returns to blue, she chooses herself for once. when we see this blue dress, the same shade or close to the s1ep1 dress, it is alicent coming to rhaenyra to give up her sons, to give her the city so that the war might end. it is also a version of alicent who is choosing the one thing she was deprived of all her life & has always wanted to do: love rhaenya. she asks rhaenyra 'come with me' in a final effort for them to be able to leave together, be together, in a dress, & as a version of herself, rhaenyra will remember fondly. another quote that cements her returning to her true identity is 'i am at last myself' which is something she means. she won't be going back to the green, she won't be returning to the queen she was--she doesn't want any of that. she just wants to be alicent for once like she was as a girl so long ago. i believe, as shown in the s3 trailer, this theme of blue will continue until the end of the show & continue to have a lot of meaningfulness to the character & what it represents or reflect in who alicent is moving forward.

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𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐀 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓. 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐎𝐁𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐔𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 by an infected or dying from any other reason. it makes alicent's eyebrows furrow, it makes a sense of unease settle in her chest as brown eyes glance away from the rotten, fly ridden corpses & outward for any sign of someone they might not be able to see. so far she sees nothing ... maybe it was someone passing through, maybe it was a fight between two different groups ? the world seemed to have split into two sides now: living & dead yet within that are communities, rouge groups, or people who prefer to be alone. ( alicent could understand that mindset, truly, but at the same time ... considering going through this without rhaenyra felt like a torment even at the idea of such imaginary life. would it be worth going on in that case ? no & she wouldn't. )

@arrowrot SAID, " PEOPLE DON'T JUST DIE LIKE THAT. "

❛ i don't think we should hang around here for long, daryl. ❜ says alicent with the unease in her tone clear. take one more glance down at the dead then back up ahead of them, booted feet step over what looks a woman & toward their destination: a group of stores in town to find some food, some supplies to be able to move on from here. most things will be picked over, she knows, but it can't hurt to look. ❛ if those people were shot trying to get in this store then someone might, maybe, be keeping an eye on this shop. so, we need to be quick checking 'round. ❜ alicent leans down to draw knife out of its holding on her leg to try to loosen up the door with ... something blocking it from inside ?

[divin3rot]

since i haven't done this in a while ! like this if you'd like to do some plotting. if you like, i'll send you a message and i ask you please have a muse or muses in mind if you are a multi :))

[divin3rot]

since i haven't done this in a while ! like this if you'd like to do some plotting. if you like, i'll send you a message and i ask you please have a muse or muses in mind if you are a multi :))

[alexhidalgu]

[somerhall]

Rhaenyra 2x03 | Alicent 2x05 HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-)

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𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 this exact situation. how simple her desires were, how easily one person was what she felt she needed to be truly happy--as long as she had rhaenyra & her love then what else could she need ? her children should be placed first yet selfishly, & in her own heart, she knew that would be a lie in itself. rhaenyra had been her first love, a true love which she had clung to her entire life. all alicent had ever wanted was to be with her, to love her, but life seemed to have different plans for her until now. ( 'this had been a gift from the gods for my sacrifice, for my suffering.' the queen decided when it was presented to her. when rhaenyra, at last, asked her to be hers in the way they had been been denied their entire lives. alicent did not hesitate nor think what anyone else could think of it ... no one would ever take rhaenyra from her again & of this she was sure. ) body lays peacefully beside the other in bed, close with covers pulled up under her arms with eyes settled on rhaenyra's face as they did every night. dragon queen speaks & alicent listens to romantic declaration while finger twist a strand of loose silver around her finger.

@zaldarias SAID, " I WOULD RECOGNIZE YOU BY TOUGH ALONE, BY SMELL; I WOULD KNOW YOU BLIND, BY THE WAY YOUR BREATHS CAME AND YOUR FEET STRUCK THE EARTH. I WOULD KNOW YOU IN DEATH, AT THE END OF THE WORLD. "

a smile presses to lips when she finishes, dimples nesting into her cheeks as it widened. ❛ how romantic of you, rhaenyra. ❜ tone is sincere but just a touch of playfulness. skin is slightly blushed but hardly notable--eyes, however, were overflowing with admiration, love, for the other beside her. it was the easiest thing in the world to love rhaenyra ... alicent had done it her entire life. ❛ i would know the same of you. very easily, in fact. i have spent the better half of my life loving you, being with you, even when we were parting from one another. ❜ hand drops from hair to rest of rhaenyra's in between them. ❛ i could not live without you. the love i hold is far too great. ❜ alicent squeezes her hand.

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𝐑𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐑𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐉𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐘, that she could go to them to look at some of the jewelry they sold or could be custom made for her. with everything going on lately, schedule more filled than normal, it had taken her some time to come into the city to be able to take a look. but, today was the day she had an hour or so in her day before having to move on to the next task. hand pushes the door open, eyes glancing 'round at the nice, richly decorated store from behind her tinted sunglasses. walking up to a case of diamond rings, bracelets, & earrings the woman sets down her bag on the top of the display. lips press together contemplating what she might like to add to her collection of jewelry--eyes lift when someone else comes into view, a woman, as a smile presses to her lips & she removes her glasses. ❛ i was wondering if you could show me a few things ? or suggest me pieces. i've heard so much about this store, but i haven't had time to come see for myself. ❜ hand extends to be shaken, ❛ i'm alicent. ❜

[ * @westsgem gets a random starter ! ]

[divin3rot]

we're so back ... alicent still wearing blue

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RANDOM ALICENT HIGHTOWER EDITS + ALICENT LOOKING AT RHAENYRA.

personals / non mutuals do not reblog !

@zaldarias

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loveeee characters who think they're likable but not lovable. characters who know they have surface-level admirable or alluring traits and so make sure to highlight those traits so that nobody looks closer to see what's underneath. characters who know they're hot or clever or cool and use that as a suit of armor so that no one ever gets close to them, because when they strip bare and show their vulnerability they're not any of those things, which means they have nothing left to make up for who they inherently are

[divin3rot]

𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 & she was standing in front of her. her entire life alicent had wished to belong to something, to someone who might actually love her as she is ... to appreciate what she does or how she loves them. yet, all she was given by the men, the other people, who were suppose to love her was trauma, pain, or disappointment. her father sold her for a marriage, viserys was hardly present & hurt her in silent ways, & her children were more like strangers. rhaenyra was the constant in all of it, the light she constantly reached for. ( it was love, it had always been love. how could it not be ? understanding, care, recognition beyond anything she had ever experienced. rhaenyra knew her from the inside & alicent knew it was the closest she could get to belonging to someone else ... almost like flying too close to the sun or into it. either way she could find it in herself to be content. ) arms cross over her chest but body remains relaxed. the yellow, orange, of flickering fire dance against her face to reflect in eyes.

@zaldarias SAID, " YOU WERE MIND, AND I WAS YOURS. "

❛ was it enough ? ❜ even as she asked, so calm in her questioning as if the question itself did not inspire panic in her chest, she knew what the answer might be. 'no,' she expected the other to say, 'love cannot win you a throne, love cannot secure a legacy.' but what would she really say ? perhaps that was the panic inducing thought. eyes advert themselves down for a moment as the familiar ache raises once more, ❛ could it have ever been enough ? i wonder. ❜ lips press together, eyebrows furrow. ❛ my love for you kept me going through all of it. it was ... unshakable even during the periods you might have believed me to hate you. i could never, i can never. ❜ head shakes while eyes return, ❛ you are the only person who truly loves me. even now, even after everything. ❜

[divin3rot]

𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐎𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒'𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐄𝐑 to the capital. for business reasons or simply to visit viserys while he remains unable to act as king & when they do alicent tends to keep out of the path of those childrens, often time rhaenyra herself. visits are far in between as time stretches on with the queen here & the princess on her island with her husband, her children, her own life apart. ( alicent wrote rhaenyra, asked after her children, when she could. when she had time. but, it always seemed to depend if the letters were returned or not ... six years so little contact made the idea of someone else bigger in your mind. the emotional weight of seeing them again, or anything related, more nerve wracking than it ought to be on its own. ) hands remain clasped at the queens front, expression neutral except for the slight smile that tugs at the corner of mouth. ❛ prince jacaerys ... what a surprise to see you here today. ❜ tone does not give away her feeling on the matter, ❛ are you accompanying your mother while visiting the king ? ❜

[ * @camewinter gets a random starter ! for jacaerys velaryon. ]

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Hot Milk (2025) dir. Rebecca Lenkiewicz

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I𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄 with her wrinkled brow, her downturned lip, or the confusion which flashed over face. for a moment, inwardly, she questions just where this man thought he had any right to comment on anything--he was not close to her, she was not even certain he was royal or the like at that. besides, alicent did not appreciate unsolicited advice or comment from those who do not concern her. though, at the same time, this had felt like a strange situation to find herself in ... as she is a woman who never wanted children, who had a hard time feeling affection toward her own yet the moment someone else believes they can question or poke at her children or herself as a mother alicent felt attacked. ( it was hypocritical, a fact she was realizing in real time. it was if she was saying, inwardly, 'i can treat my children as i see fit but you cannot.' )

@rhaeyar SAID, " CHILDREN ACCEPT SO MUCH AS NORMAL, DON'T THEY ? "

the confusion is replaced with narrowed eyes, hands clasping one another at her front where fingers lace together so firmly they threaten to turn white. ❛ & what are you implying, my lord ? ❜ asks the queen with an edge to her tone, head tilting in an accusation of her own. alicent was waiting ... waiting for the slip up & not the 'right answer' people often gave her to remain in good standing, to seem proper or respectful. so often do people not speak the truth. ❛ my children are of no concern to you. ❜ spoken firmly. 'my boys are terrors, my girl is the best of them.' alicent thinks. ❛ tell me, though, when did you believe yourself any right to imply anything about my children ? your queens children. ❜