#sylvi hotd

[stanniscent]

fascinated with the people saying that aemond reaching out to kiss alicent is mischaracterization on alicent’s part and not something integral to aemond’s character that has been established in their relationship and speculated on by the fandom since the driftmark ep. 10-year-old aemond stepping up to defend his mother when viserys wouldn’t to fill the whole of protector to his children and wife is not supposed to be set aside. aemond going back to sylvi after aegon’s coronation—someone who notedly looks a lot like his mother—not to have sex but to simply be held and comforted, something that alicent does not give him, means something. just like aemond being shown time and time again to get jealous of the numerous relationships his mother nurtures, platonic or not, including most notoriously her devotion for rhaenyra, her affection for criston, and the attention aegon demands.

maybe it’s not bad writing. maybe you’ve just not been paying attention.

[everayy]

Prompt of the Day VII

𓆩༒︎𓆪 Our Prompt of the Day is Aemond Targaryen/Alicent Hightower!

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[whitegownsandflowercrowns]

Favorite Minor Character In HOTD?

Joffrey Lonmouth

Lyman Beesbury

Dyana

Sylvi

Oscar Tully

Cregan Stark

Aemma Arryn

Elinda Massey

Rhea Royce

Vaemond Velaryon

Aeron Bracken

Davos Blackwood

Voting ended onNov 21, 2024

(Note: I put Cregan as a minor character since he’s only properly appeared in one episode, and it’s my understanding that he won’t do much until [REDACTED] dies, which’ll almost definitely happen in Season 4.)

[stanniscent]

aemond and rhaenyra parallel each other in their relationships to sylvi and mysaria respectively, both older smallfolk who have worked in prostitution and seen the vulnerable side of their rulers, who they now try to guide towards gentler ways. alicent's absence serves as the common denominator in both of those dynamics, which, though no less important in their own right, serve as placeholders to characters who require from alicent types of affection she is not, as of yet, willing to give.

aegon and daemon, on the other hand, act as its direct antithesis, for they corrupt and incite fury, even though those relationships are only in place as a consequence of their own actions (aegon running away from his coronation, and daemon capturing mysaria at dragonstone). both mysaria and sylvi meet rhaenyra and aemond when they are children, but their relationships only develop in adulthood and represent a turning point for those main characters regarding their uncertain position as queen and king (daemon threatening to position for himself and aegon accepting his place as king).

when challenges to their claims as targaryens emmerge, they seek the love of the commonfolk in the ways they're able to.