#ch; a. hightower

[inmydrcams]

this is racism.

[kingsroad]

Stop asking me questions! I'd hate to see you cry! Mama, we're all gonna die!!

[levithestripper]

The AUDACITY to open with Corlys crying just ripped my heart out I think that would be more pleasant. Corlys only had two scenes this episode and yet he loomed over the episode like a blanket of angst.

Aegon’s injuries are horrifying. All that priceless Valyrian steel was ruined, melted to his skin, and practically fused to his body. Alicent sitting by his bedside, watching him, probably praying over him off-screen. Aegon is Alicent’s baby, her firstborn, her baby boy who came into this world without fuss, now burned and broken and barely alive.

Melos reminds me of Qyburn. He seems to be more than just a “maester” and more like a modern-day doctor. If Aegon suffered these injuries in GOT’s timeline, Pycelle would’ve simply declared him past help and let him die.

First of all, Alyssa Targaryen is just as gorgeous as I knew she’d be. Second of all, why the seven hells is Daemon having Sigmud Freud’s wet dream?? I understand Daemon’s having hallucinations concerning his ambitions and his guilt, that’s all well and good, more power to him for attempting to work through his issues. But why does Daemon wishing he was born first need to be shown by him having sex with his mother? He’s hallucinated others before so why couldn’t he have hallucinated Baelon and Alyssa instead?

Aemond is slaying as always. His scene at the small council table is impeccable and really speaks to his character. Quietly, but forcefully taking the power he believes he’s deserved.

Alys Rivers my absolute BELOVED. She is so interesting every time she’s on screen and it always leaves me wanting for more. Alys asking Daemon about Alyssa makes me think that she sees the hallucinations Daemon’s been having. She’s also probably the cause of them.

Helaena asking Aemond if “the price was worth it” as he stares at the Iron Throne was priceless. She knows what Aemond did to their brother and she believes it, unlike Alicent who doesn’t wish to belive it no matter how much she knows it’s true.

[kentstoji]

ㅤㅤCRYSTAL.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤparing. platonic hotd x reader. + male!oc x reader.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤsetting. house of the dragon. ㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤtype. headcanons (tw. future yandere)

ㅤㅤㅤㅤthe battle of a woman was waged in her birthing bed, surrounded by blood and sweat. alicent hightower forced herself to accept this reality when her father officially made her a political pawn in an endless game of manipulations. the prize was the hightower blood immortalized in the twisted metal of swords forming the iron throne.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤaegon was an easy birth, without concerns. fragile helaena presented herself to the world silently, carrying a tranquility that would follow her later. and y/n was fire and blood —perfectly embodying the words of her house, her father's house.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤconsidered a jewel in the eyes of the court and engraved in the memory of popular imagination, y/n was the third child of the union between viserys targaryen and alicent of house hightower. she inherited her father's gentle and pacifistic nature, trying to cling to blood ties to avoid conflicts.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ(and when her mother whispered in her ear that helaena—or even she—would be the queen, the young girl looked away, coldly ignoring the treacherous poison. however, in her heart, she lacked the strength to stop loving her mother.)

ㅤㅤㅤㅤshe was often seen in the company of her siblings, helaena and daeron. despite loving and respecting her relatives equally, aegon made her feel disproportionately uncomfortable, and aemond easily left her aside, seeking acceptance from rhaenyra targaryen's children for not having a dragon.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ"no, thank you!" y/n declined with a plastic smile when her mother suggested accompanying aegon to keep him in line. "i promised to help my sister, with little joffrey."

ㅤㅤㅤㅤand, as usual, she pretended not to feel the dissatisfaction emanating from the queen at the mention of the realm's delight.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤcriston cole made it his personal mission to escort the princess to the vicinity of princess rhaenyra's chambers. and she had to admit that he at least tried to conceal the growing disdain in his stern features. he even managed to control his cruel tongue, much to the young princess's relief. deep down, she was aware of the vision cole had crafted regarding her: immaculate, chaste, and flawless.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤthe maiden herself.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤy/n's confidant, addam celtigar, chuckled upon hearing the youngest princess's account. his broad shoulders shook violently as whispers flowed through her lips, revealing an unpleasant revelation.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ"and who will protect our little princess from criston cole?" addam inquired, not losing his characteristic good humor.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ"you're terrible!" there were no courtesies or falsehoods between them. there never were.

[hyacinths-bridgerton]

SNOW ANGEL, Renée Rapp

[stromuprisahat]

The Dowager Queen Alicent of House Hightower, second wife of King Viserys I and mother to his sons, Aegon, Aemond, and Daeron, and his daughter Helaena, died on the same night as Lord Westerling, after confessing her sins to her septa. She had outlived all of her children and spent the last year of her life confined to her apartments, with no company but her septa, the serving girls who brought her food, and the guards outside her door. Books were given her, and needles and thread, but her guards said Alicent spent more time weeping than reading or sewing. One day she ripped all her clothing into pieces. By the end of the year she had taken to talking to herself, and had come to have a deep aversion to the color green. In her last days the Queen Dowager seemed to become more lucid. “I want to see my sons again,” she told her septa, “and Helaena, my sweet girl, oh…and King Jaehaerys. I will read to him, as I did when I was little. He used to say I had a lovely voice.” (Strangely, in her final hours Queen Alicent spoke often of the Old King, but never of her husband, King Viserys.) The Stranger came for her on a rainy night, at the hour of the wolf.

Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

[dreamerwithapen1]

For The Realm + Season 2

Battle is all that Aeron Targaryen has ever known. His entire life has been devoted to the defense and protection of his family and his kingdom, and he expects that he will one day die for it as well. He just never imagined that that day might come so soon- and that it would be his own family that he’d be fighting. But he will not falter. He will cut through them as he had with everyone else that had ever stood against him, and he will not stop until his kingdom is safe and under control of its rightful ruler once more- no matter the cost.

Targaryens are closer to gods than to men. Her brother would tell her otherwise, but Aelora Targaryen knew it in her bones to be true. The dragon’s blood set them apart and raised them up. They were made to conquer and to rule, and she will let no one take that away from them, least of all Alicent Hightower and her family. With the support that she and Aeron have slowly accumulated over the years, she will march against the usurper and strip him of all that he holds dear until all that remains are his ash and bones.

Having relinquished his title as heir of Winterfell and married into the volatile Targaryen family, Edric Stark finds himself thrust into a war that he fears will tear the realm apart. On the orders of Queen Rhaenyra, he, along with the young Prince Jacaerys, travel to the North in the hopes of gaining the support of Cregan Stark, the Lord of Winterfell- and Edric's younger brother. Though their parting many years ago was tense and full of anger, Edric is willing to do whatever it takes to mend their relationship, for he knows that with the North standing behind them, no one could stand against them.

While content in her new life with Daemon and their daughter, Vesta, on Dragonstone, Edith Hightower can't deny the part of her that she left in King's Landing with her daughter, Eda- a feeling that only gets stronger as the war continues to grow more brutal and bloody. But despite her conflicted emotions, she doesn't let it stop her from calling on old oaths and blood ties in order to further strengthen Rhaenyra's claim on the throne. And she can only pray that the choices she has made don't bring about horrific consequences for the daughter that she left behind.

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[adarkandmagicalforest]

love that Sex in a Sept (A Song of Ice and Fire) is already a tag on ao3

[lanseax]

rhaenyra & alicent + wedding customs

[alicentdeservesbetter]

House of the dragon - fashion for characters- Alicent Hightower

[eddiemunscns]

This Barbie + My Female OCs Part 2…

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[inmydrcams]

hahahah, the writers saying a.licent never sacrificed anything and that she and r.haenyra now are friends……………… somehow the interviews are worse than the show

[kingsroad]

𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐓, 𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐓, 𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐑𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘.

[levithestripper]

aemond was really hot this episode. i like seeing him desperate and pathetic <3 i really don’t think aemond would kill aegon like larys suggests, i think that’s just larys trying to manipulate aegon.

sunfyre being dead makes no sense. it better just be aegon thinking sunfyre is dead instead of it being a confirmed death.

CORLYS NAMED HIS SHIP AFTER RHAENYS KILLING ME WOULD BE LESS PAINFUL.

oh my god poor tyland is going through it my poor little meow meow.

i love that they show the dyed hair in essos.

DAENERYS???? im sorry what the hell was that vision. we didn’t need that it was pointless. targaryen’s have been misinterpreting dreams of dragons for generations this isn’t of any importance for the dance. showing visions of daemon’s impending death is so dumb, leave us in suspense please???? if you have to talk about how he dies, do it how helaena does with aemond.

not getting a rhaenicent kiss is homophobic 👎🏻

very cool ending montage. i like seeing all sides of the war gear up and get ready for shit to get real. very pretty cinematography.

TESSARION???? WAS THAT TESSARION???? IT LOOKED LIKE HIM DOES THAT MEAN WE FINALLY GET TO SEE MY BOY DAERON NEXT SEASON????

[scribare-archive]

@mythsonly : do you think we were meant to be together?

a hollow feeling he left behind. there, in her chest. asked her to leave with him and she isn't sure he knew, that he took her heart with him that day. and she isn't sure she could take it back now. not sure her heart would recognize who she had become. not sure he recognize who she had become. because she did change. change more and more, until she became a whole other woman. one that could survive in the red keep. did she think they were meant to be together ? once upon a time. yes, she did. truly believed it would be the two of them. given her a moment & she would have gone with him. she would have stood by his side, even as he left this place. but she never got the choice, not truly. her father made sure of that. made sure he could use her, just as he wanted. swallow softly as she looks over to him, and she think, it's a little harder to breath. a little harder, because there is a lump forming in her throat.     ❝   i guess we will never know.   ❞

[hyacinths-bridgerton]

— FRAGMENT ON SAINTHOOD, by @trickstersaint   (August, 2022)