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Seeing them being BFFs when they were young and where they are now in the show is so tragic. Best of friends forced to kill each others families.

Young alicent is beautiful

I think when Rhaenyra raised a glass to Alicent, it was the first time in the show that someone EVER recognized and thanked her sacrifice and service

You should be resting where’s that scene

Alicent was clearly in love with Rhaenyra

15:06 - 15:18 that's hilarious, i'm sorry😂

Im getting the vibe that these two would have been more than just friends

I think that what saddens me the most about this story, is that all in all, it’s the story of a friendship torn apart.

Gosh they are so much better for each other than the shitty options they’ve had on the show, dating-wise

what happened to alicent she changed so much when she became the new queen and a mother, they even walking together with their arms intertwined 0:15

this is so important to me

I wish the whole show was just this

I love the take that Alicent is in love with Rhaenyra but Rhaenyra doesn't reciprocate. It gives an added layer of guilt and jealousy to Alicent's actions.

Funny how Otto ruined their friendship by pushing Alicent to marry Viserys and then ruined their reconciliation by saying that stuff about Rhaenyra. Also Emma and Olivia did sooo good in the knife scene.

It’s all clear now. It’s all because of Alicent’s ambition and vulnerability to manipulation (in short stupidity) that the Targaryens and dragons were wiped out.

Rhaenyra basically went from my favourite character to see on screen to my least favourite after the time jump. The younger actor for Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) was one of the best parts of season 1. Both the young actors were great, and also Olivia Cooke as adult Alicent. Unfortunately I'm not as crazy about Emma D'arcy as adult Rhaenyra as many others are. I find her performance sort of flat and boring, there's just nothing about the character to be drawn to.

alicent happily kept her meetings with viserys from rhaenyra, something people often chose to ignore.

Nah they were for sure in love with each other.

Theres nothing like the love between a girl and her female best friend. ❤

In this series the royal court looks like an actual royal court. In GoT there were some people in the throne room and nothing more.

Alicent: “Daemon certainly knows no limit” Also Alicent about 15 years later thinking of her son Aegon: (puppet monkey looking ashamed face)

Grown up version of Alicent is irritating AF

Although I’m a fan of the book, I have to admit that making Rhaenyra friends with Alicent in the series was a nice departure from Fire and Blood. In the Book, Alicent is nine years older than Rhaenyra and did not have much of a personal relationship with her prior to becoming her step mother. This change raises the emotional stakes of the conflict.

' Where u with ur uncle ' 😂😂😂

thanks so much for that, Ive been obsessing over these two but not enough to watch all the scenes focused on men on this show

I wonder if the weird HotD sapphics see minor girls irl or something and fetishize them too.

Just wanna say: Otto started it

Straights: ugh why does everything have to be gay? They're just besties. Sapphics: you know nothing.

I know the meaning of them adding the sneaking to the sept now it’s like when they were kids praying. They are trying to make blacks seem like the good guys though when I mean I guess rhaenyra was always the rightful one more messed up stuff happened in the books.

So is the blonde one supposed to look a little inbred? Because she's kind of strange looking. I know the Targryens married their siblings and she just doesn't look quite right.

Any other King would've had Alicent punished or killed for harming the Princess like that.

Haha "Fu*k the Septa" :D

I think it’s incredibly vile and hypocritical that alicent would be upset about doing stuff with her uncle when she got with her best friends dad and had children with him, then proceeded to marry her own son and daughter together.

Friends to swore enemies

HBO replaces the women actresses but not the men? Of course.

Watching this back after Emma and Olivia, the older versions actually feel like the older ones.. even by the actresses and visuaully.

i think most guys would say rhaenyras actress is hotter, but id 100% take alicents.

watching these scenes just make me want to reread ‘her shim cheong’

never seen this show but man these two deserve to be in a franchise where they will not only be understood better by the fans and also get to end up happier. i would deeply fear any fandom like this one watchinf smthn like revolutionary girl utena

Ok Lesbian

I don't understand why alicent cared if not for jealously

Alicent and Rhaenyra deserved better along with Alicent’s children. If Rhaenyra had tried to hear out Alicent, then maybe things would’ve been different.

It’s sad that they got pull apart all because someone wanted power

It would be best if they just united and ruled together. This way they wouldn't be under anyone. The female against female trope is an eyeroll.

I wana feel bad for Alicent but that situation just screams jealousy. Alicent is broken but her butting into things is just incredibly condescending and stupid.

Friends make the absolute worst enemies.

The way Rhaenyera lies to Alicent in the weird wood tree is chilling.

6:57 love that part Alicent jealous because she married a older man

IMO it would probs have been MUCH BETTER if Alicent was shown as being scared of Rhaenyra from the start - better if Alicent is shown not to have befriended her by free will, but because her dad wanted her to. Kinda like Mai & Ty Lee with Azula.

6:03 Ouch, Alicent definitely felt that one