The real tragedy of hotd is the missed opportunity for corlys and otto to be besties.
You can't convince me that otto "I know what you are/the queen has not forgotten the love you once had for one another" hightower and corlys "I hope my son turns straight/I guess I'll just adopt these white grandchildren" velaryon wouldn't be friends, had their political interests aligned.
In an ideal world rhaenyra would be queen and hotd would be about corlys and otto petitioning for gay marriage to be legalized in westeros while simultaneously throwing their daughters at rhaenyra on every possible occasion.
corlys and otto if rhaenyra was queen
a united front at last



















