The ONLY In-Character Response for Aemond After Learning Alicent's Truth (+ PROOF of Ewan's Platonic Take Before the Writers Betrayed Him)
Aemond acting in-character: calls someone a craven and traitor when he sees it (Aegon in s3 we now know; applies to s3 Alicent), has called out Alicent since SEASON 1 for "having love for the enemy" and "speaking with two tongues." He's also "not a dog to be called to heel."
Aemond after the S3 character assassination: doesn't question Alicent nor react angrily (as a "very murderous" person Olivia claimed he is?), now writers hope to convince the general audience that Alicent was justified to betray her babies because they make Every man in her life shockingly vile– all so Rhaenyra looks like the only 'healthy' option. Down with the patriarchy for House of Rhaenyra...even though she'll slaughter Alicent's father in front of her (and poor Helaena witnessing her 2nd beheading!), and has verbally/personally threatened ALL of Alicent's kids (minus Daeron) since s1.
IF AEMOND WANTED TO KISS HER SOOO badly, the time to do it was Season 2 after he dismissed her from the council. Why? He's a strategist, and that moment afforded him privacy and proximity, and to boot, Alicent touched him FIRST – yet he pushed her AWAY. He could've leaned forward when she held his face, but he did not. That is NOT someone who has crippling mommy issues.
Aside from betraying Ewan by [inexplicably changing Aemond's scar shape after 4 whole years](https://www.reddit.com/r/HOTDGreens/s/BoZm13qGDv) 💀 they also twisted his character. Ewan didn't drop the "oedipus complex" quote in the recent article because he had a change of heart YEARS after saying he didn't think Aemond had 'mommy issues', no! He literally had no choice because of what the writers have done to back him into a corner.
👉 PLEASE give him a lot of grace because he is an actor who is ultimately contractually obligated to promote the show they're working on, so I'd personally do not believe he was enthusiastic about this change, or kissing Olivia and vice versa– I feel bad for them both!! When the show ends (even years after) I expect more tea in general.
🚨 Proof Ewan thought Aemond's relationship with Alicent (the ONLY woman in his life who ever defended/protected him besides Vhagar) was purely platonic AND denied having 'mommy issues' to begin with:
UPDATE: Ewan talks about the kiss and REFERENCES the quotes I used yesterday below about the Dornish beach with Alicent after winning the war AND how Aemond never forgot Alicent defended him at Driftmark: https://x.com/noelykckd/status/2067644573904482331?s=46
• Ewan Mitchell: "Someone asked me the other day whether or not I thought Aemond had mommy issues, and I don't know if he had mommy issues or rather he just wanted to be loved by his mom a little bit more. Growing up, he never really felt that unconditional love."
• Ewan Mitchell on Alicent defending Aemond at Driftmark: "Also, what Alicent does in episode seven of season one, that’s something that Aemond doesn’t forget. When they’re all arguing about where Aemond had heard this illegitimate [child of Harwin] Strong [rumor] from, Alicent went back to the idea that this kid had been physically damaged and changed for life. She was the only voice that was backing him up in that moment."
• Ewan Mitchell on Aemond post-Storm's End: "I don’t think there was anything more Aemond wanted at the end of Episode 10 of Season 1 than to just be held by his mom, and he wanted to say: — “I’m sorry. I messed up. I made a mistake. I let my emotions get the better of me.” "He possesses this code that stops him from doing that."
• Ewan Mitchell on why Alicent & Helaena won't help Aemond fight: "I think it’s interesting. I think when he approaches Alicent and Helaena in Episode 8, he kind of says, “Like, look, it’s either them or us. And I’m choosing. It’s gonna be them.” We can’t go down without a fight. Because if the Blacks were to come into power, it would be the Greens’ heads who would be on the chopping block. And Aemond especially. So it is a fight for self preservation. But whether or not he has his family’s interests at heart or whether or not he’s just thinking for himself? I want to leave that out there. I want to let people make their own judgment on that. I think he definitely loves his mum and he wants his mum at the end."
• Ewan Mitchell on the Council Scene: "Every time I shared a scene with Olivia Cooke [playing Alicent Hightower] around the council table, every time I looked at Alicent Hightower, I very much imagined Aemond and Alicent sitting on a Dornish beach, far from war, sipping on pina coladas. Aemond having become the war hero and managing to make his mum happy, in his eye, so to speak. Whether or not that’s Alicent’s version of happiness is another thing. But that’s how Aemond sees it. So I think that’s one of his is driving motivations."
You can paste his quotes verbatim, and find he's been saying this for years never confirming anything even remotely romantic between Aemond & Alicent. He and Olivia were given NO choice there is not a doubt in my mind about that.
Someone pointed out that the writers made this pattern and are projecting it onto other characters at will: Daemon & Alyssa, Mysaria & how her CSA past with her father was glossed over for a makeout, now CSA victim!Aemond and his mother. Which is taboo even for Targayens. The show writers categorically refuse to admit that men CAN ALSO be victims— men like Aemond, Aegon, Criston, Jaehaerys erasure, etc.
I stand by this being completely OOC for Aemond, and yet another character subject to the writers' fetishes yet again (as Alicent was for the Larys 🦶 scene which has never been brought up since).
PLEASE support this cast in their other projects or simply with kindness if you can, and free them from this horrible betrayal of their characters they love so much and sadly receive real online hate for portraying, even though they're just being given shitty C&H scripts. 😞 💔
Friendly reminder: Aemond is the only character who has apologized for something so far (Luke).
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