#and this dynamic with rhaenyra where he's super aware of the power imbalance

[alexkablob]

There’s been a lot of discussion about how HotD is making Alicent more complex/sympathetic than her fairly one-note portrayal in F&B but the the same is just as true of Criston Cole who went from “guy who conspires to crown Aegon because Women Bad” to “guy with very good reasons to think that Rhaenyra will abuse her power if she ends up on the throne”.

#asoiaf #hotd #hotd spoilers #hotd book spoilers #rhaenyra targaryen #criston cole #the class dynamic going on with them #that wasn't a detail with criston in the book that I remember #and this dynamic with rhaenyra where he's super aware of the power imbalance #and she goes between being not at all self aware about it #and uh. getting off on it #turns out the foundational basis for team green is alicent and criston bonding over being on the bad end of dubcon with a targaryen