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Challenge: Aegon had to be King for his own survival. Rhaenyra would have killed him. And Alicent. Maybe not Helaena. DEFINITELY Aemond. He was protecting himself. AND he offered her the chance to p much keep living her life in peace.
Rebuttal: We have absolutely no evidence of this short of Otto's claims. And Otto is lying.
He saw firsthand what happened when a member of Rhaenyra's family tried to steal her inheritance. When Daemon occupied Dragonstone and declared himself Viserys' heir, did Rhaenyra resort to bloodshed? Did she use this as an excuse to try and kill Daemon? No. She called his bluff. She invited him to strike first. So when Otto tells Alicent that Rhaenyra will have "no choice" but to put her brothers to the sword, either he is suffering from memory loss, or he's lying through his teeth. He should know better than anyone that Rhaenyra is no kinslayer.
Here's the real truth. Otto realized that he couldn't control Rhaenyra. That she would not accept her position being taken away without a fight. He saw how easily she won over Daemon, how alike the two of them were. Just look at Otto's expression when Rhaenyra is flying away. He's realized that if it came to a fight with Rhaenyra, she'd have Daemon backing her. And that terrified him.
The story that Rhaenyra would preemptively murder her brothers to prevent any challenges to her claim is just that, a story. Otto uses it as justification for his plot to reject the succession. During the Green Council, he tries to have Rhaenyra and Daemon murdered so they won't challenge Aegon - exactly what he claimed Rhaenyra would do. Realistically, why would she ever do this in the first place? If she murdered her own brothers without any provocation, she would look like a tyrant. All the lords actually on her side would abandon her. Rhaenyra doesn't have a reason to harm Aegon unless he gives her one, and it's clear as day that he wouldn't do so on his own. She'd likewise have zero reason to hurt Helaena or Alicent. They have no real power. I suppose Aemond might be a problem, but again, only if he initiates. Rhaenyra isn't going to pick a fight with him.
The terms offered to Rhaenyra in 1X10 are, frankly, a complete joke. They offer her Dragonstone...which she already has. She's been living there, and now that she's queen, the castle belongs to Jace. They offer to re-confirm Luke as heir to Driftmark...even though he was already re-confirmed, just two days ago. Not to mention that Corlys survived, so the Crown really doesn't have jurisdiction over that anymore. Corlys will always choose Luke. Oh, and they offer to take her two youngest children as hostages. Sure, they don't call it that, but Rhaenyra's no fool, and it's plain as day that they would be hostages. Perhaps treated as guests, but taken for no other reason than to keep Rhaenyra in line. She's the rightful Queen, why should she entertain such nonsense? Oh, and they offer to spare any Lords who "conspired" against Aegon's ascent. Even though the story of Viserys "changing his mind" isn't well known, and these Lords would have simply been following the succession as they knew it to be. Get real.
Finally, Aegon acting in self-defense based on what he was told might have been his motive in the book. But in the show, it's very clearly a case of enjoying the attention. He feels validated and seen by the crowd. It's the first time he is actually shown to enjoy being King and maybe even start to want it.
#Rhaenyra Targaryen#House of The Dragon#The Dance of Dragons#Otto Hightower#The Blacks & The Greens#HotD Analysis#Dragonstone#House Targaryen#Daemon Targaryen#Aegon II Targaryen#Listen I know this story is all about shades of gray#Spools of black and green#And the characters are all complicated people#That one one is truly perfect#So it's silly to pin all the blame for this conflict on one person#But really#This is all on Otto#The Dance is his fault#None of this would have happened if not for his manipulations#God bless Rhys Ifan#Masterful performance
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Ah, yes. Team Green. Featuring a repressed lesbian still reeling from the fallout of her complicated situationship. An evil grandfather who eventually will become jobless. A guard who doubles as a stepfather and a hit man. An alcoholic. A doomed prophetess. An overpowered anime villain and his geriatric nuclear warhead. And a fourth child who may or may not exist.
#and people have the audacity to ask me WHY I’m in this camp#like just LOOK at the material#they’re all so doomed and miserable and pathetic like how could I NOT obsess about them#hotd#house of the dragon#team green#alicent hightower#otto hightower#criston cole#aegon ii targaryen#helaena targaryen#aemond targaryen#vhagar#daeron targaryen#my own#text
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house of the dragon (2022—) / succession (2018—2023)
#definitely been done before but this was all i could think about#succession#house of the dragon#hotd spoilers#alicent hightower#otto hightower#kendalicent
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otto and daemon are the real widows of viserys
#hotd#house of the dragon#hotd spoilers#otto hightower#daemon targaryen#they’re grieving your grace#visottomon is real you all#old man yaoi and stuff
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desire to draw raz's hair unhatted and uncombed spiraled into imagining an extended gag about some emergency situation forcing all of the psychonauts out of the motherlobe into the quarry in their jammies at like 2 am and judging each other's clothing choices instead of getting actual work done.
#psychonauts#razputin aquato#lili zanotto#sam boole#sasha nein#milla vodello#hollis forsythe#truman zanotto#otto mentallis#gisu nariman#lizzie natividad#EVERYONE IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#yeah only the first five of those characters are getting tagged so i dont know why i bothered.#fanart#my art#i was gonnna draw morry in a bunny kigurumi but it was too hard.#i dont think you guys understand how dead my artistic muse was before the P2 art book arrived in the mail.#it was Pretty God Damn Dead. Really Really REALLY Dead. this is partly why psychonauts is the ONLY thing i can draw.#also i KNOW they dont all literally live at HQ just pretend it was like a LOCK IN or something okay
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Rhys Ifans as Otto "I regret everything" Hightower in House of the Dragon
S02E02 | Rhaenyra the Cruel
#house of the dragon#otto hightower#hotdedit#houseofthedragonedit#hotd#gotedit#tvedit#gameofthronesdaily#filmtvtoday#dailyflicks#cinematv#televisiongifs#userzil#usermal#usermali#userhella#userconstance#rhys ifans#byyolanda#he truly stole the show here#i need more scenes of him losing his mind#i will be away with friends this week so all these posts are queued but i will try to stay updated on mobile lmao
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I find myself agreeing with this woman’s thoughts on Alicent’s character this season. Which is a shame in many ways…
(Tagging those who might be interested in what this video has to say, I apologize if any of y’all have been trying to get this off your mind only for me to tag you here lol)
@alicentsgf , @lemonhemlock , @thewitchqueenofharrenhal , @spacerockfloater , @gwenllian-in-the-abbey , @forgotten-fossilised , @florisbaratheons , @applepie2523 , @tessarionbestgirl , @queenvhagar , @the-daily-dreamer , @chocobroing , @lunamond , @gojuo, @fearthhereaper , @abla-soso
#the way I can’t even elaborate on my full thoughts yet#that’s how jumbled my brain is rn#Alicent what have these terrible ass writers done to you#Jesus they fucked up badly#I’m gon take a nap after this#alicent hightower#pro alicent hightower#aegon ii targaryen#helaena targaryen#aemond targaryen#criston cole#alicole#alicent x criston#gwayne hightower#daeron targaryen#otto hightower#is that all the character names mentioned in the vid to be tagged? idk#hotd critical#hotd#house of the dragon
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I love how many differently people imagine characters from podacst so I wanted to draw the main cast of w359 with a bunch of other's designs!!!
@turnaboutdick, @ottosbigtop, @potato-lord-but-not I love your guys sm!!
#turnaboutdick your eiffel!!! is so scrunkly I need to bite him#otto your hilbert!!!!! my favourite ever!!!! and your hera omg!!!#potatolord your si5!!! i'm smootching them all. esp maxwell I love heeeer#wolf 359#wolf359#w359#doug eiffel#renee minkowski#isabel lovelace#alexander hilbert#hera wolf 359#warren kepler#daniel jacobi#alana maxwell#other's designs#my art
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✨WITCHES✨
#agatha all along#chilling adventures of sabrina#once upon a time#ouatedit#caosedit#agathaallalongedit#mine*#sd*#tvedit#wlwsource#wlwedit#wlwgif#userstream#cinemapix#michelle gomez#kathryn hahn#lana parrilla#jennifer morrison#aubrey plaza#miranda otto
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Hook, line and sinker: Larys and Alicent // Larys and Aegon
#house of the dragon#larys strong#alicent hightower#aegon ii targaryen#larystrongedit#alicenthightoweredit#aegoniitargaryenedit#hotdedit#aegon x larys#alicent x larys#gameofthronesdaily#targaryensource#welighttheway#mariana does things#photoset#*hotd#larys is so crazy for doing almost word for word what he did to alicent lmfao#you've got the initial flattery; a recognition of how they feel or they see themselves#then something that worries them; something to create empathy. I See You and I Know How You Feel#and last the bit where larys makes himself useful as a spymaster or as an ally and tries to create a wedge. rhaenyra¸ otto it's all the sam#to him.#i really like that his process is successful bc first you get alicent wanting to leave politely 'weather's lovely isn't it?' to 'what do yo#know about the matter of his leaving?' & aegon groaning bc he doesn't want to talk to larys but he's intrigued by him 'how?'
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Every stupid slut needs a nerd
#trolls#trolls 3#trolls band together#trolls oc#trolls oc otto#clay trolls#trolls clay#Brozone#i gotta stop doing this .... i like them together ; _ ;#jds hell#all of his brothers are dating his exs#ok not all of them . only 2 of them#but thats still too high a number
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#green line test#aemond targaryen#aegon ii targaryen#helaena taragryen#alicent hightower#otto hightower#daeron targaryen#we can all agree Daeron's the ultimate CHAD!#i m surprised no one's done this yet#this still was strangely calling out to me#team green#hotd fandom#hotd shitpost
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the thing is. the THING is. no one. absolutely NO ONE thought Aegon would be able to rule. he was this piece of clay to be moulded by Otto, Alicent, and the small council. the only thing those people wanted from him was his uselessness. and the FUNNY thing is. he FAILED at being useless.
Aegon, the family failure, failed at failing.
#THE character of all time everyone.#I just...of course he failed.#of course he did!#he's been nothing but a failure all his life.#of COURSE he's going to fuck up the ONLY thing you want to be naturally good at.#aegon ii targaryen#hotd#house of the dragon#hotd s2 spoilers#text#team green#alicent hightower#otto hightower#my own
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this is a niche crossover but i hope everyone enjoys my creation
#destiel#destiel confession#dean winchester#castiel#supeenatural#spn#supernatural#waterparks#parx#awsten knight#geoff wigington#otto wood#this is for all the little gay people in my phone#sneaking out of heaven is 100% destiel coded and i stand by that
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this would’ve been Alicent when she was 14. (same age she was married off to Viserys.)
don’t mind me im just crying and screaming and throwing up!!!
#this is emily when shes about 14#im so sick#alicent hightower#young alicent hightower#young alicent#emily carey#young emily carey#hotd#house of the dragon#hotd alicent#show alicent#all my homies hate viserys#i actually need to fucking stone him to death im so serious#him and otto by the gods you better pray i somehow never get my hands on you#‘they dont exist’ i will force myself into the screen to physically beat them to death actually#viserys targaryen
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cycle knots
#i've had all of these sitting around for a while and haven't felt like posting them#but since i don't have time to draw anything new right now i figured i might as well#i've been drawing a lot of these textpost doodle thingies for psychonauts and it's mostly because normally i would make textpost edits#with talk sprites and stuff. but psychonauts doesn't have those and for some reason i'm super resistant to making them with screenshots so.#psychonauts#psychonauts 2#uhhh am i tagging all these guys. i guess i am#otto mentallis#ford cruller#compton boole#cassie o'pia#bob zanotto#razputin aquato#norma natividad#lili zanotto#chloe barge#sam boole#putting these all together really makes it obvious how differently i color raz every time i draw him huh.#for some reason his color scheme is just hard for me to figure out. the bright yellow skin throws me off#my art
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