#she owns green

[alicent-archive]

Her horrible night hasn't even begun yet, and she's already picking at her fingers ☹️

It just makes you wonder how many countless nights she had to endure this. How many times she was woken up because Viserys desired her, and her being able to do NOTHING about it.

She can't refuse the King; he's her husband. She can't refuse her husband; he's the King.

Alicent has to do her duty, and pleasing the King IS her duty.

Even though he mocked her in the Godswood in front of Daemon and Rhaenyra. Even though he laughed in her face. Even though he consistently demonstrates that he thinks less and less of her with each passing day.

Alicent Hightower—despite the late hour, despite the mockery, and despite her dissociating during the act—goes to the King and does her duty.

#idc that this is normal in Westeros. it's still a horrifying scene. #she was so brave guys. #she was so brave. #Viserys didn't suffer enough actually #hotd #house of the dragon #alicent hightower #emily carey #queen alicent #team green #my own #anti viserys i targaryen

[dirtytransmasc]

... she never made an effort... she only ever furthered herself from her siblings... she only made herself look like a threat, having it made clear viserys would always favor her, protecting her lies at the risk of others, after abandoning her mother when she needed her most, and used and lied to her, hurting her more than she already was from Viserys, for her own benefit (not to mention her manipulative father buried those thoughts deep in her mind while she was still a CHILD herself)... she had every reason to "hate" (fear) Rhaenyra and in her attempts to protect her children, extend that fear/hatred to them. even then, outside of Aemond (justifiably, considering she felt entitled to his eye and wanted to have him tortured) none of them even really hated her until the dance, at the very most, they felt resentful because their father loved her 10x more than he loved all 4 (including Daeron) of them combined, and at the very least, they felt nothing as she was never there, never mattered to their lives outside of court and politics.

this take is shit. Rhaenyra never cared. she never wanted her siblings in her life. she felt entitled to Aemond's eye, and you want to tell me she gave a shit, not even enough to spare her 10 year old brother, over an insult?

(and before you bring up her call for her siblings to come bend the knee, we know how she can kiss up and lie through her teeth in times of need, her words hold little backing. see it as truth if you want, but I can't trust it, not with how she's acted previously.)

#stop putting it on the used abused and abandoned women who had no reason to trust Rhaenyra after everything she put her through #to form a relationship between Rhaenyra and her kids #stop blaming her for the fact Rhaenyra wasn't someone she could trust #stop acting like Rhaenyra was some saint that would have wanted a relationship with her siblings because she never tried #she never gave a shit #she was a threat. active or not. she would have out those kids at risk #her or daemon #or some other factor like a betrothal #dear god #those kids had enough reason on their own to not like her #stop blaming alicent for trying to fucking survive #alicent hightower #pro team green #anti team black #anti team black fans #aegon ii targaryen #aegon targaryen #aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen #daeron targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #hotd #house of the dragon

[wawataka]

made these edits for the age swap au. dies

#there were supposed to be like two others #accompanied by sketches of my own #but i ended up pushing them so far back that they never saw the light of day #so i was like fuck it #i’ll take the one thing that’s actually presentable and post that #so here you go #for tome’s suit i took the blue from her seifuku and picked a color from the opposite end of the spectrum. which turned up a nice brown #if she had a tie i’d make it green #cnp rants #mp100 #reigen arataka #tome kurata #mp100 ageswap

[greenqueenhightower]

"Wear one of your mother's dresses."

I think that apart from the obvious suggestion here, we don't give this line much thought. Otto kept his wife's dresses for Alicent to wear. Like, can you imagine him carrying them in crates and giving orders to the servants for where to put them? "No, don't throw this one away, it would look good on Alicent," and "Alicent always wanted to have this one," or "My wife always said that these jewels will belong to Alicent," and silly little things like that.

Can you imagine him opening one of those crates when he missed his wife terribly to just smell her perfume? I have a strong feeling that he misses his wife more than he likes to let on, and Alicent is his constant reminder of her: "You look so much like your mother in certain lights." I believe he likes to think that Alicent takes after her mother in beauty and brains, but he doesn't want to show his sentimentality and doesn't quite know how to talk about her, so he rarely ever tells Alicent.

#which is a pity because Alicent feels alone in her grief too #and she doesn't know that Otto is grieving in his own way #there is so much unspoken and unhealed trauma in this family #i want to take them all to therapy #alicent hightower #otto hightower #house hightower #house of the dragon #hotd #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #team greens #hotd thoughts #hotd meta #greenqueenhightower #hotd headcanon

[kkkkkkkitty]

#homestuck #hs #kanaya maryam #like my previous post I do not like these so much #something I though was interesting while I was rereading her introduction was how much her interests & such overlap with Jade's #from fashion to gardening (topiary) to dreams...all caps JADE GREEN BLOOD... wardrobe appearifyer #I tried to use a comma oops. inherited advanced technology. tha frooooogggg. #its just called a wardrobifier I see now #You Forked An Innocent D Loitering Over There By The Shout Pole Minding Its Own Business #KANAYA BY----------------------------E! hee hee #I love Kanaya's hive #OH she has that same plush lunchbox setup too. #I don't actually remember her & Jade's actual narratives overlapping much at all...? #No hjtat is a complete & total utter lie. WOWZA. #I hvae to shower but thamatically their arcs have very much to do with acting in service to others I will wonder what exactly they *say* #about eachother although as a work I dont think that Homestuck is terribly effecient with its. ok hold on htis belongs to like my little #notebook not tumblr tags. I am abuzz. #excuse me goodbyeeeeeeee :] #*thematically

[kingsanddragonsandgods]

⁂Early life:

Princess Visenya Targaryen of Runestone was born on the last day of the year 90AC, at her mother's ancestral home.

The newborn child was named after the Conqueror Queen, Visenya, by her father and anointed by holy oils seven days after her birth at the Sept-by-the-Sea in Runesport.

Queen Alysanne, who held the child during the ceremony is noted for having remarking that ‘the girl has all of Viserra’s beauty, but Alyssa’s temper’ to which the King is said to have answered ‘Gods be good’.

As Princess Visenya grew, her parents continued to battle, using the young girl as a pawn in their conflict, with both parents appealing to the King and Queen to take their side on occasion.

During her early years she grew especially close to her natural born brother, Orys Stone, the illegitimate son of Prince Daemon by Lady Rowena Royce, Lady Rhea’s older third cousin. The young boy was brought into Lady Rhea’s household in the year 90AC, following the passing of his mother.

From the age of five, her parents’ estrangement was permanent, with Prince Daemon returning to the Crownlands and Lady Rhea and their daughter remaining at the Vale. After royal intervention it was agreed that the Princess time was to be split between living in Runestone with her mother, and between the Red Keep and Dragonstone with her father, alternating during the seasons, summer and winter was spent on the Vale, while spring and autumn in the Crownlands, special celebrations were shared.

Her education appears to have been strict and somewhat old-fashioned, thus, in addition to her studies, Grand Maester Runciter notes in his journals, she was taught spinning and weaving and had an innate talent for weaving intricate tapestry. From the year 92 forward, Visenya, who had been betrothed to her newborn cousin, Prince Aerion, was expected to become Queen Consort, and her education reflected it. Her betrothed passed away in his cradle two years later, and Visenya was then betrothed to his newborn brother, Prince Aelor.

Her tutors at the time, Maester Adelin, Archmaester Vaegon and Master Petrarca of Volantis, regarded Princess Visenya as an extroverted, lively, highly intelligent, and strong-willed girl. Prince Daemon was reported to be proud of her horsemanship and marksmanship.

Because of her outstanding intellect, and his blunt favoritism, King Jaehaerys named Princess Visenya as his cupbearer in the Year 96AC, at the age of six.

The young princess often was allowed to discuss the classics, philosophy, and the affairs of state with ambassadors and envoys visiting the court of Jaehaerys. Moreover, she was personally acquainted with the painters, musicians, writers, and scholars who lived in and around the royal court.

Princess Visenya if often considered one of, if not, the best educated women of her generation.

The year 96AC marked another milestone for Princess Visenya: on the eight moon of the year, the young princess bonded and became the first rider of a she-dragon she named Huraxes. The same dragon that as a hatchling had been brought to Princess Daenerys Targayen. Huraxes had pearly scales and iridescent wing membranes, with pale and pinkish flames. The princess was allowed to bond with the she-dragons by royal decree after falling ill with a bolt of Spring Fever that nearly took her life.

Matches for Princess Visenya started being discussed by the Small Council, brought up by the Lord Hand. Thought Visenya was heiress to the largest fortress in the Vale and to the Ladyship of Runestone, it was argued that as she was a Princess of the Realm, the matter of her marriage was a prerogative of the King, which infuriated Prince Daemon, who at the time occupied the seat of Master of Law, the Grand Master agreed that such line of thought might anger the Vale, as the Princess was highly regarded by her people and her second cousin, the Lady Jeyne Arryn. Lord Corlys suggested his own son as a match for the princess, four years her junior, most likely to tie another dragonrider to his house. His Grace put down all talks of marriage for his niece, agreeing that such was the right of his brother and good sister to choose her match.

For the celebration of his niece's fifteenth nameday, the king ordered seven days of celebrations, with a tournament and grand feasts. The Queen's absence was noticed, excused as Her Grace was in the early stages of her final pregnancy, and Visenya was allowed to sit in the seat usually reserved for the consort; she was crowned Queen of Love and Beauty by the Dornish Ser Eldric Dayne, the Star in the Morning.

Since the Princess's return to court early in the spring of 104 AC, Visenya had caught the king’s eye, and it is reported that Viserys and his niece have become very close, spending hours each day in each other's company, promenading in the gardens, hunting in the Kingswood, and dancing together during feasts and balls.

The king is said to have spoiled his niece with lavish gifts, including presenting her with a manse in King’s Landing, a country estate crossing the Blackwater Rush and later a sea palace in the Reach.

⁂Marriage and Queenship:

After the death of Queen Aemma Arryn in the Year 105 AC, Princess Visenya, aged 15, became the 2nd wife and Queen Consort of her uncle, King Viserys I Targaryen. Their betrothal was announced a month following the queen’s passing, and a private ceremony was held three months later in Dragonstone.

It was a scandal at the time, as not only the King’s new marriage was announced a moon after the late queen’s passing in childbed, but it had also been rumored for some time that Viserys and Visenya had been lovers.

More salacious tales propagated by the fool Mushroom during the Dance of the Dragons tells of the princess sitting on her uncle's lap during feasts, kissing him shamelessly, and nibbling his fingers sensually as he fed her like a beloved pet; of the king fondling her breasts in public, and announcing to his courtiers that he and his niece would retire to make love. These have no contemporary support, with Septon Eustace calling such tales absurd and slanderous.

Over the matter of his marriage to his niece Viserys claimed that the marriage was in the public interest and ordered a grand celebration for the occasion of his new queen's coronation, to happen after the end of mourning period for Prince Baelon. Visenya was the first Queen Consort crowned in a separate ceremony from the reigning King. During the occasion the apparent advanced state of the queen's pregnancy caused a new wave of rumors that Visenya had been the King's mistress while the queen was still alive and that their child was conceived out of wedlock.

In their more than two decades of marriage, Visenya and Viserys had fourteen children, all survived into adulthood, something that the maesters attribute to the queen’s management of the nursery. Visenya’s role as a mother was glorified throughout the realm, their young new queen’s obvious fertility was seen, by the smallfolk and nobles alike, as both a bless from the Mother and a sign from the gods. With the birth of her twin girls, Princess Viserra and Princess Rhaelys, coins were issued, portraying her as the Mother, an allegory that would repeat itself many times for the remaining of her husband’s and son’s reign. If in her maidenhood, as a young princess, Visenya posed as a model for sculptures of the Maiden, in motherhood and queenship, she was now the Mother.

Although it was not the norm of the age, and in fact, apart from the late Queen Alysanne, no other queen receive such a honor, King Viserys granted Visenya a seat on his Small Council, leaning on her for advice on varied subjects due to his respect for her opinion and good judgment. She became a formidable figure with far-reaching influence during this time. According to some sources, her influence was such that Queen Visenya effectively ran the government alongside the Hand of the King.

In the year 115AC, around the time of her stepdaughter’s wedding to Ser Leanor Velaryon and in the years that followed, the Queen Consort started to work and put her own trusted people in ever higher positions to strengthen herself and her sons through them.

Visenya acted as her first husband’s regent after his health decline, sat in her eldest son’s war table following Viserys’s death.

⁂Personality:

Some historians have contended that to some extent she deserved her negative reputation propagated by her stepdaughter following the death of King Viserys I, despite the inaccuracies of the claims that she was sexually disreputable or regarding the legitimacy of her children, other criticisms of her were valid: she was ambitious, proud, obstinate, and masked her cunning behind a sweet-toned voice and flawless manners.

Princess Rhaenyra described her as a woman of reckless extravagance and wantonness, who seduced a grieving man, and whom the King nonetheless loved passionately and faithfully. It is widely known that those part of the Black Court of the Princess of Dragonstone took to call the queen ‘the King’s Great Whore’ and ‘Lady Concubine’, however always away from both the queen and the king’s ears as well as her supporters, further spreading the rumors of an extramarital affair while the late Queen Aemma still lived and questioning the validity of the legitimacy of their children. Despite rumors spread on her sons legitimacy supported by the queen's supposed lasciviousness, all of Visenya’s children resembled those of her lineage.

In her youth, Visenya was celebrated as ‘the most beautiful creature in the world’ and that there was ‘nothing lacking in her that the most beautiful girl should have’. Ser Alyn of Hull would reflect later in her lifetime that regarding her appearance ‘there were few women who could compete with the Queen in her prime’.

Visenya was fiercely independent, a trait she shared with her mother. Mellos described her as having ambitions to match her pedigree. However, Archmaester Gyldayn notes that Visenya was fully aware that a woman in Westeros could not hold power in her own right. Instead, Visenya orchestrated the rise of her sons.

Capable of acts of extreme ruthlessness, she, in contrast, was also able to demonstrate uttermost kindness and charity.

⁂Issue:

At four and thirty of age by the time of their weeding, Viserys was already considered in his middle age. The union however proved itself to be a happy one, and together they had 14 children, nine sons and five daughters.

Visenya had been taught the importance of receiving an education and came to play an extensive role in her children' education, resulting in the creation of a "superior breed of princes."

Queen Visenya was know to call her children her 'precious jewels', and took great pride in all of them, she was particularly close to the princesses Alyssa and Elaena, however it is said, that from all her children, her favorite was Prince Aegon.

edited on 11/04/2024

#house of the dragon #hotd fanfic #it's pro team green #kinda #viserys married his own niece #so she's team red #she's the bitch people accuse alicent of being #the children are there in essence #Aemond is the same #mostly #hotd #viserys targaryen x oc #viserys targaryen x reader #tyland lannister #fuck viserys

[sofaeatspaintart]

deltaski. (INCORRECT BUZZER) boardrune. (INCORRECT BUZZER) snowrune. (INCORRECT BUZZER) deltasnow. (INCORRECT BUZZER)

all of this was spawned by this single drawing i drew right before i full sent it on a black diamond run and only ate shit once

#rotating this au in my mind so fast. #noelle’s mom owns the resort / mountain they ski on and she steals them passes #toriel is an instructor but can also absolutely shred #there’s also an undertale version. undyne is ski patrol #queen is one of those skiiers whose going 50mph on a slow green run yes she’s knocking over children no she’s not sorry #(the child in question is lancer) #it’s okay though. susie steals her bindings after that. #lancer gets dropped off on the mountain by chaos king everyday and the fun gang are like #where are your parents. #and lancer is already sliding onto a double black diamond (he didn’t pizza) #sofa.art #skirune #art #deltarune #kris deltarune #susie deltarune #ralsei #ralsei deltarune #noelle holiday #noelle deltarune #spamton

[crispyjeans]

Unlicensed family therapy!

A continuation of the second drawing in this post. It's also based on a stock photo

#ninjago #ninjago fanart #ninjago akita #ninjago lloyd #ninjago morro #lloyd garmadon #akita doesn't get paid enough for this (she is unpaid) #fun fact: originally morro was commenting on his own background music #I only changed it because the text bubble was too big #my favorite detail is akita drawing herself brutally murdering these green idiots

[allyriadayne]

AEGON II TARGARYEN AND ALICENT HIGHTOWER || PARALLELS: THE CLOTHES, THE SEVEN POINTED STAR, THE CROWNS

#alicent hightower #aegon ii targaryen #aegon x alicent #alicent x aegon #house of the dragon #hotd #hotdedit #houseofthedragonedit #gameofthronesdaily #aegon's outfit really is green!!! but a very dark green that looks black btw i'm not making it up #alicent chose his outfit herself :) she has been waiting for this day for years #this is as much her (empty) success as his (empty) success. they are twins in the misery of their own making #literally drives me crazy that her 'success' comes hand in hand with letting her worst son be king #mariana does things #*hotd #photoset #*aligon

[ghostlypawn]

this clip is something that can be so special

#a league of their own #aloto #lupe garcia #she. literally looks like a puppy. #with the fluffy hair too. #also its crazy hwo different gifs look on desktop vs phone #this looks so green on my phone

[alicent-archive]

when you think about it Alicent Hightower is really a catholic-coded tragic lesbian girlfailure patron saint of suffering and religious guilt milf of every month and the mother of all mothers with a masters in cuntology from the university of servington who mothered a nation and fathered a country and is and will always be That Bitch as well as an icon legend and the moment who did it all for the gays so true

#no lie was uttered #she is truly mother #hotd #house of the dragon #alicent hightower #queen alicent #text #my own #team green

[k4marina]

i mean this wholeheartedly.

i cannot wait to see the fall of alicent hightower.

#the bitch had it coming tbh #she should’ve minded her own fkn business #cant wait to watch all her kids die #fuck the greens #house of the dragon #hotd #house of the dragon season 2 #hbo house of the dragon #hotd alicent #rhaenyra targaryen #hotd rhaenyra #team black #anti alicent hightower #anti alicent stans #anti alicent

[dirtytransmasc]

^^ screenshot, not actually my post, I could never say such a thing ^^

I don't really get this take, it's not the first time I've seen it, and it's just... I don't even know.

green is the color of war for her house, but it's also just her house's color, and for a girl ripped up from her life as a hightower and made a Targaryen Queen of all things, she started wearing her house colors compared to her color (blue) or the Targaryen colors (red) probably to cling to some sense of normalcy and identity.

not only that, but from a costuming perspective the symbolism is right there, you're just missing it. it's not about war, that one dress had been war, that's why the comment is made. the color is Alicent no longer trying to be a Targaryen, no longer changing herself and ignoring the pain she's in, and instead being her own person despite her position. she starts wearing green instead of red, the two colors being opposites, when she stops trying to pander to her lost friend, stops trying to fit in and be this new person. she took a stand with that dress, she declared 'war' on this false identity and the fruitless effort she had put in to try and smooth the tensions in the family.

after that, the green is showing she remains herself, a Hightower. not a Targaryen.

I love her green, I love how she holds onto that piece of her, she doesn't let anyone take it or change it. she holds true to herself in this one simple way as to wear her house colors.

also how can you deem a character boring just based on the colors they wear... it's just such a boring and outlandish take.

#she wears different shades snd styles with different accents snd accessories #esch one has its own story own meaning #the symbolism in her costuming fsr outweighs that of Rhaenyra's #even if she wears less colors #plus #greens her color. nothing ever looked better on her #just say you don't like to see my girl slay the green better then Rhaenyra did any of her own colors and get on with it #alicent hightower #anti team black #anti team black fans #pro team green #pro Alicent in green and green only #(though I would have killed to see her blue again. don't get me wrong) #its so integral to her character #even if you go with the “signaling war” idea for every dress #her and her kids were a beacon of war because of the Targaryen's sround her donned in red #she was signalling war #the war Rhaenyra brought by abandoning her causing her to give up her red garb and take on her how color #causing her to need to protect her own #causing the divide that festered into war #I may not love the concept as much as the the one I mentioned earlier in the post but it has good standing

[jimmyandthegiraffes]

Where’s that post I made about Mike being the companion that broke under the horrors bc I’m still right. When I think abt the THINGS some companions have had to endure and have still seemingly been fine, and then I think of mike losing himself and his values to a festering psychological wound that left him open to radicalisation, it’s like he is the evidence that actually everything isn’t fine.

Which is why it’s so important that he should be next seen in meditation, in the seeking of peace, in quietness and healing because not only is he a character that needs it he’s also a character that knows he needs it and seeks it out for himself, because he doesn’t recognise who he is anymore and he wants, not to redeem himself in the eyes of others (he won’t even go near UNIT, not even when he needs their help, he goes through Sarah Jane instead!), but to become a better person, to stop being a threat, and to heal for his own soul’s sake.

And so he goes from someone who was willing to see the entirety of human history erased, to someone who will risk his life for one person and the fact that that ultimately saves his life always imo comes across as a bit easy if you watch planet of the spiders without this context in mind. But when you do think about where Mike has been, psychologically, from the green death through to planet of the spiders, it doesn’t seem easy at all but actually a significant if understated character moment.

#mike yates #waxing lyrical about my blorbos in the middle of the night #but for real mikes healing arc is SO much to me #I think one of the crucial things about the green death is firstly that the doctor asks him to go back #like I genuinely think Mike would not have been as traumatised by his experiences as he was if he hadn’t IMMEDIATELY been forced back into #the traumatic situation #and the second thing is that Jo leaves at the end #mike is straight up NOT having a good time #like he goes through an extremely traumatic event and then has to immediately reexpose himself to it without any chance to process what happ #ened to him #and then he loses one of his best friends almost immediately afterwards #ESPECIALLY since jo would be the person MOST likely to understand what he is going through #and they both know that #the first day they met Jo was manipulated into attacking her friends by a power beyond her own will #which is exactly what has just happened to Mike #and Mike witnessed All of that so he knows. he KNOWS that jo would understand #but he can’t talk to her about it because she’s getting married and leaving

[kataraavatara]

the way the fandom IMMEDIATELY jumps to saint iconography and comparison for Alicent (Mater Dolorosa, etc) actually says A Lot about the church’s reductive view of female sexuality and agency. It says A Lot about Christianity in general. Like I know she’s Westerosi Catholic so your mind jumps to that comparison but…

#i’m a Christian so hush I’m allowed to criticize my own people #like I know she’s also associated with the knockoff Catholics in the show but #that’s because it’s highlighting how hypocritical she is #but suffering as the pinnacle of devotion is something i struggle with #especially needlessly suffering #passive suffering as the pinnacle of female virtue #rhaenyra targaryen #asoiaf #anti team green #team black

[queenvhagar]

The thing is Rhaenyra didn't need to make babies with Harwin. I don't care if she wants to be with him, that's fine, but moon tea was right there in two separate episodes. She didn't need to have children to have heirs to the throne, and no heirs is definitely better than "obvious bastards posing as trueborn" heirs when it comes to future stability of the realm. It's not like the Targaryen family would end if she didn't reproduce - her brothers and sister and their families could carry on the line, and in the event she became queen, her brother would be heir. Not having babies with your husband isn't necessarily unheard of in this world - infertility happens.

I could even be sympathetic to her if she made a mistake and got the tea wrong once and oops! Bastard baby. But three? That was definitely on purpose and a very big "rules for thee but not for me" moment. Like I don't care if she should have the right to have babies with whoever based on our modern views but doing it back then with all that was riding on her to follow the rules and uphold the law as an heir was expected to do was just stupid and dangerous to everyone around her. Sorry girl if you wanted to prevent a war being fought over you succeeding the throne you needed to have done better.

#unfortunately gotta tag this one as #anti rhaenyra targaryen #she really chose to do that. at the cost of the entire realm #obviously the show makes you hate aegon more but going off a more book slant. aegon would've made the better ruler #under otto/alicent guidance #people who literally ran the country for years while Viserys was ill or busy with legos #they would council him better than daemon would council rhaenyra I can guarantee that #team black priorities are serving their own interests #team green priorities are serving the realms interests above self #the whole love vs duty thing. duty is better for ruling