#for aemond

[rahwle]

Ryan Condal can do anything, but if analyzing the authentic Aemond/Alicent relationship, we can see that this is the most trusting rapport union. Only Aemond feels all Alicent's pain, as he has been drowning in it at young age like her. Combining the book and the show we get a completely holistic and logically complete pattern of their relations.

He's 100% mommy's boy, much more than any of her childred, I assure book Alicent would suffer the most over his (and Helaena's) death. Aemond is reflection of all her most sublime qualities. Don't forget book Alicent was ambitious and Aemond is embodiment of these ambitions. Lost an eye & turning pain into revenge, rode the biggest dragon as a KID, strategically cunning for his 18-20y, seriously she wouldn't be proud of him?! I'm certain she'd have paid the highest price for his life. What was done between them in the show is derogatory.

Alicent didn't just respect Aemond - she relied on him in war. It's visible how they internally understand each other's condition, commonality in sanctity of duty makes them related both and with Cole in terms of tenets. In series he desperately needs her attention as main reputable figure that Viserys has never been. Her opinion had long been crucial and pivotal to him. Aemond is gentle inwardly and only mother could give him pacification. Apart from personality traits and mental constructions Aemond basically lives with attitude of a parent child, his attachment to mom and necessity for her approval is an innate type of attachment, reinforced by experience and circumstances.

To some extent he has a distorted knight's type - protecting mother's honor is a divisive matter of honor/debt, and Alicent tacitly felt he was her support, strength and pride, rage and revenge.

Aemond had fulfilled all of Alicent's expectations and if Condal had respected book even a little, we'd have seen a great king he never was. Perhaps they'd even have run political affairs together behind Aegon's back, but book Aegon immensely appreciated brother for his intelligence and efficiency, entrusting him with the most important tasks. The fact Aegon ordered brother's statue to be built says a lot about Aemond's character and political force, which was tossed about in the show.

[all-is-fair-in-love-and-war]

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"Okay, okay everyone inside," Jace said as he hurried his siblings into the cabin, they all ran inside quickly trying to escape the rain and the storm.

Jace and his brothers and cousins were out hiking when the storm hit luckily Jace knew the route and led them to an old cabin in the woods where they could seek shelter, too far into their hike to turn back. The storm also got severe rather quickly and it wouldn't have been safe to try to make it back to the car.

"Future lesson, this is why we bring raingear on a hike," Jace said, his own raincoat had been taken off a while ago in the storm and handed to Aegon while Jace had been carrying Viserys.

Jacaerys looked around the cabin as he shut the door, the wind howling outside. It was an old cabin, but it was dry and warmer than it was outside.

"See this isn't so bad." Jace glanced at Aemond before moving over to the fireplace and grabbed some wood from a pile stacked in a corner and began to make a fire.

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[rahwle]

Series skilfully showed how Alicent is disgustingly surprised by Aemond's filth, his perversion and black soul, thirst for power and willingness to kill. She doesn't push away Aemond's kiss because she sees he's crazy, even though it's still hard to understand this act. The mother sees the fruits of her mistakes, her tear and horrified eyes. But you can see HOW she is waiting for his death. She sends him flying away in every possible way, hoping that he'll meet death there and the soil will not bleed with his sins.

They played on feelings perfectly, but why is only Aemond demonized? He is still the same internally weak boy, he has fears, it also hurts him, sometimes it seems as if there are so many thoughts tormenting him in head that they agonize him like schizophrenia and don't let him sleep. It's the pain, the hate, and the horror as Aemond delves deeper into himself, but episode after episode more and more craziness is attributed to him.

Leave my poor boy alone, let him find peace somewhere. His own mother said a lot of sweet words to him just to send him to death faster, wtf, HBO, maybe he's had enough?