anti-hero

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me

[ofhightower]

♕ OLIVIA COOKE • SHE/HER • FEMALE • 36 did you hear about ALICENT HIGHTOWER how could someone so JUDGEMENTAL become a HOUSEWIFE? rumor has it they’re also RELIABLE but i’m not convinced. maybe it’s because they DON’T remember their past life…

Queen Alicent Hightower, Viseys second wife of House Hightower. She went insane and died during an outbreak of Winter Fever in 133 AC....

Alicent Hightower was the only daughter to Otto Hightower, a man who worked for Viserys Targaryen. She never quite understood his job but he appeared good at it. It was through his job that Alicent met Rhaenyra, and so she never saw it as a bad thing. Even when that same job of his resulted in Otto seeing opportunity, and using Alicent to take it.

She was nothing but a bargaining chip, a stool for her father to step on in his reach for power. Viserys was a king and a pawn all at once. Alicent could only dream of that type of power. Nonetheless she obeyed her father, and in doing so shattered her longstanding friendship to Rhaenyra.

The years went by, Alicent bore Viserys sons and a daughter, though he never loved them like he did Rhaenyra. Eventually the man passed on, and what relief Alicent may have felt was tainted by the fear of what would become of her children. She was not like her father, she would never sell them to another, however the Targaryen's had enemies and her children were just as adept at making them too.

So Robb Stark was her answer. It was a mutually beneficial relationship. He was running for office and she was the perfect first lady. Both knew it was a farce but it worked for them both. At least this time Alicent chose the lie she lived.

[ofhightower]

ROBB STARK*. 

“The children are fine,” Robb whispered to Alicent, a hand lightly pressed to the low of her back in a move that he hoped she found comforting. “Everyone is on their best behavior right now, remember? They know how important the election is to us.” Because being an us at this moment was integral to Robb’s stature in the election. He needed to look stable and kind and family-oriented; his own family, after all, was none too excited about his current path. Alicent’s, however, gave him a second shot at remaining the perfect picture of the all-American family man. “The officers are there for our protection, not to take something from us. You know that.” @ofhightower​

Robb Stark was her ticket. Her father had chosen Viserys for his riches and power, and Alicent had bore him the children she loved with all her heart (one parent needed to give a damn and it certainly hadn’t been Viserys). It was something that always took her aback, to think about how much she loved them, and she could never imagine selling them the same way her father sold her. MARRIED. Same word. When Viserys passed it left her children without a father, but more importantly without protection. Robb Stark provided that perfectly. He was no father, but he was a name all the same, the protection fit. Robb gained his own benefits from their relationship too, it was a mutually beneficial illusion. There was discomfort in his touch, unfamiliarity, but Alicent was nothing if not the perfect actress, and knowing Robb was pretending as well certainly helped. It was a lot easier having her partner in on the lie instead of in ignorance. “You overestimate my children. Knowing they should be on their best behavior doesn’t mean they will be.” She grimaced towards the officers. “We don’t know that.” For all she knew they felt loyalty to Viserys, perhaps on the Targaryen pay roll, and felt that she was betraying him with Robb now on her arm. Then again it was hard to betray someone you never felt LOYAL to. Viserys was not Rhaenyra after all. “You musn’t be so trusting Robb.” For a many in politics he had an awful amount of faith in people. 

[ofhightower]

where: coffee shop

for: @rthqsstarter

it was the sight of the police car right outside the tiny coffee shop and how it sent her heart REELING. if one of her children were being arrested ( again ) she would have known through a call, or witnessing it firsthand. none of them were minors any longer, and that man ( her husband, a part of her called him though the rest could not ) wasn’t around to make the instances vanish. “my instincts have thoroughly betrayed me.” alicent remarked with a grimace. “thanks to my children i cannot see an officer or their vehicle without concern.” concern for her children’s welfare, their life choices, among many things. 

[floencepugh]

#she’sDONE

[alicenthightowerdaily]

ALICENT HIGHTOWER + hand-clutching

[welightthewaysource]

Alicent + protecting her children