I Think The Thing That Shocks Me The Most About The Discourse, If You Can Even Call It That, Around Book

I think the thing that shocks me the most about the discourse, if you can even call it that, around book Alicent vs show Alicent, is the idea that people think book Alicent had full autonomy over all her choices and she wasn’t a “victim” like show Alicent.

Now first, I put victim in quotations bc the way people who do not like her have almost bastardized that word. Alicent is a victim, and those things (rape, abuse, neglect) were done to her. That says everything about the men who did that do her and nothing about her. But people are hellbent on throwing Alicent, a woman in a violently patriarchal environment, being victimized back at people as if it is moral flaw of hers. Which is just terribly ironic bc the same folks who say Alicent “did it to herself” or “deserves what she is getting” also seem to think the crux of the story isn’t about generational trauma catching up with itself, how far people will go for power, or even how all girls and women are harmed - albeit to different degrees. But more the fact that Rhaenyra is the only woman to be harmed - and the only harm done is not getting the throne easily. Those same people wouldn’t be caught dead admitting that Rhaenyra is also a victim in the way they shit on Alicent for being. From the father who sets her up fail, to the baby daddy that’s been eyeing her since she was barely 18, to the uncle that grooms her. It takes away from the fantasy projected onto Rhaenyra if she too is surrounded by men that use her and she never escapes that.

Second, it’s funny how F&B gets heralded by some as this exploration of how history is skewed depending on who is telling it. But people can’t read between the lines (you honestly don’t even have to do that much work) with book Alicent. Showing 14 year old Alicent being preyed on, 16 year old Alicent being pregnant with her second child, and 18 year old Alicent being raped is somehow the show needlessly making Alicent a victim. But reading about a 13 year old bathing, dressing, and taking care of a king who mistakes her for the daughter he abused and neglected, and then that same girl, at 18, marrying another king that killed his previous child bride is just girl bossism on book Alicent’s part?

People hate conceptualizing the idea that (even book) Alicent is caught in patriarchal trappings bc to some that takes away from Rhaenyra’s plight…. Bc they can’t wrap their heads around several women *gasp* all going through hardships, and that ultimately people will respond to trauma differently depending on tools/knowledge they have at their disposal. Alicent neither being gleefully evil nor picking herself up by her bootstraps to somehow end years of patriarchal violence is not the neat box they want for her.

NOVEL

my favorite Novels:

1.The gangster baby of the Duke's family

2.Like how can you return kindness for an obsession

3.My daddy hid his power

4.I rather The som ,I rather The dad

5. The Duke's troublemaker daughter

6.I rather

7.The male leaders want to eat me alive

8.I don't want to be the Duke's adopted daughter-in-law

9.I seduced the sick male leader

10.I became childhood friends with the second obsessive male lead

11.I'll change the script

12.A bad otome ending

13.I became the villain's family

14.I will be the warrior's mother

15.I was born as the daughter of the villain and the male leader

16.I precisely created the villains

17.The princess in the trash

18.It's the first time I'm being loved

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I think HOTD is probably the only fandom where it's normal to ship brothers x sisters, uncles x nieces... but the fans are always freaking out if you ship a random pair.

I like Daemicent, even if it isn't one of my top ships, so for example: "HOW YOU DARE TO SHIP DAEMON AND ALICENT????? HE HATES HER, HE WOULD NEVER TOUCH HER!!!! 😡😡 You're delulu, it's so funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣"

LIKE GIRL I'll ship everything. I'm a real pro-shipper for life. I'm always horny about Targcest couples and the random nonsense ships too, literally I've no morality about that.