And, in “The Red Sowing”,absolutely everyone had something going for them.
Well, okay,nearlyeveryone.
Or maybe they simply did not know what to do with her anymore.
The reign of House Targaryen begins with this prequel to the popular HBO seriesGame of Thrones.Based on George R.R. Martin’sFire & Blood,House of the Dragonis set nearly 200 years beforeGame of Thrones, telling the story of the Targaryen civil war with King Viserys.
The problem is that there doesn’t seem to be much waiting for her on the other side.
In the end,Alicent’s little camping trip is evidence of something bigger.
When we really look at her story, it becomes clear that it has become stagnant.
Both were pawns for their fathers, albeit in very different ways.
Rhaenyra embraced her destiny with a force of will expected of the first female queen of Westeros.
Alicent, in turn, marched to her fate with resignation.
Did Rhaenyra just gain a new cousin?
And, yet Alicent seems to have vanished in the background.
What exactly is going on there?
What started as Alicent being ignored during meetings eventually turned to making her character feel devalued.
The sad thing is that there isn’t much about Alicent to invite identification, sympathy, or hate.
She deserves to go out with bang not a whimper.
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It just means thatAlicent deserves her own interesting story that will power through until the end.
House of the Dragonis streaming on Max in the U.S. New episodes come out every Sunday.
