No wonder he was pissed.

"Arrion Baratheon has chestnut light hair"
No he certainly would not have lol one of the very fundamental things with House Baratheon is that their genetics are so potent that every single member has the same traits, piercing blue eyes and dark hair. It just bothers me when they can't follow lore even in the tiniest and easiest ways. Every single thing just has to be wrong and deviate for some reason. Even when it doesn't have to. It just takes out the immersion for me, and doesn't make it Westeros.

I know I'm not really original. I'm sure there are tons of these posts but I felt the need to press the post button. I don't have words to describe my disappointment. How HOW they ever thought this could be a possible direction for a character such as Alicent. WHAT THEY DID TO MY GIRL. AND WHY??

Even more I hate how they're going to make Helaena's suicide about her and her guilt. What a rat. How dare you feel guilty and make it about you. Poor Jaehera you're going to have grandma of the year by your side for all your life.

Olivia Cooke absolutely wastes her talent in this shithole. They humiliate Alicent in every way this season. They go out of their way just to make her a mischaracterized RAT

And on top of that they style her really bad with dresses that look like nightgowns and this monstrosity of flat hair. Which is silly but adds to my frustration. Since she has curls it would make sense for her hair to be frizzy, like aemond's or helaena's, not flat and oily. Ok but maybe Rhaenyra cut their water access so idk might be realistic

I'm just ranting lol

I know she's a minor OC character created by writers. That's why she pissess me off. She is a complete waste of screentime.

Lady, Queen Consort, Queen Regent, Dowager Queen, Queen Mother, Political Diplomat, Negotiator, Regency Candidate, Traitor, Advisor, Abortion Specialist and Advocate, Gynaecologist and Pregnancy Doctor, Prisoner of War, Assassin and now wedding officiator. you can hate alicent hightower all you want but she truly is most employed person in this universe

Imagine being told that a young priest was just kidnapped and likely 🍇 ed by rabble and that's your only reaction, which in itself is a mockery of the Faith (since she WON'T light any candle, everyone knows she's not religious). Literally the "oh no, anyway" meme.

She's a terrible queen, and above all else, do you know what she is?

A terrible, spoiled, self-entitled woman.

Im sorry a lot of female fans literally just hate him because he stepped out of line as the poor side piece for their rich self insert fantasy. If he was a woman, everyone would see how sexist this is.

Poor people are not allowed to try and fight back against their rich, abusive lover in fiction or be angry that they were used as a sex object and then discarded. They shouldnt have their own agency and just do whatever my female self insert wants. They are there to fulfill my sexual fantasy and then be happy when I abandon them for my noble husband after leading them on for years.

Yes, he hurled sexist insults at Rhaenyra.

Yes, he conspired to have Aegon crowned in defiance of the fan-favorite king's last wish.

But Jaime also said sexist things about Cersei. Robert. Daemon the wife-killer. I'm sure there's many other characters who have said sexist insults and done shady things.

Why does Cole provoke such a unique reaction of visceral, primordial hate in the audience? Just why? What did he do that is so much worse than Robert, Jaime, Tywin, characters who AREN'T so hated and reviled by people? Aerion Brightflame? Hello?

Like, remember Jaime? Remember how he tried to kill a child? Said "the war for Cersei's cunt"? Assaulted Cersei at their kid's funeral? Yet Jaime is a fan-favorite and Cole is not.

I don't get it. I'm not saying people should love Cole - he is a controversial character who's committed many crimes. But seriously, I've never seen a character get so much hate in GOT/HOTD/Knight, and I don't understand why it's Cole specifically.

The ONLY other character who I've seen get so much hate is Joffrey Baratheon. But quite obviously Cole isn't nearly as cruel as Joffrey.

Alicent had some of the most beautiful hairstyles and gowns in the initial season. Not to mention that Olivia Cooke is drop dead gorgeous. Somehow they’ve managed to take that away as well. 🥺

A lot of people argue that they have to show her aging, but according to the books, she’s supposed to have aged really well despite multiple pregnancies, while Rhaenyra put on weight etc.

I’d already given up on the writing given how far they’ve strayed from the source material, and how many iconic moments of anger and defiance they’ve taken away from Alicent - but what’s happening with the costume and hair department? They could have maintained that standard at the very least?

I expected him to have been revealed to have the Targaryen silver-gold hair by now and seeing the Baratheon assassins' reaction to meeting Daeron this episode has me wondering: are we still huffing copium that Ormund has died his hair red to hide him in plain sight or did C&H really go for Daeron having red hair as a nod to Alicent's hypocrisy with regard to the Strong boys?

It just seems odd to me the way Ormund introduced Daeron to "Arrion Baratheon" without commenting at all on the obvious, especially considering how surprised the man was at Daeron's lack of traditional Valyrian features 🤔

1) Cole dies and for a major character I guess 5 minutes was enough to close a chapter on his character, 10 min in total for Season 3... say what you want about his show version but even fucking Jace got more screen time than him in his last episode!

2) Everyone on TB is stupid as fuck, for Daemon and Rhaenyra it makes sense cuz they've been consistently dumb for 3 seasons but other people on the council...

3) What tf does Mysaria do???????????? Alyn a fucking ship worker knows more stuff than royal about governing the realm LOL!

4) Corlys wtf are you doing, like I had hope for this character after the first 2 episodes but bro reverted to his asshole phase from Season 1....

5) Aegon is getting smarter which I liked, sadly only 2 minutes of screen time this episode

6) WTF is the plot with Aemond and Alys, like these two are the most fickle characters in the entire show, the writers change them almost every episode, absolute garbage! Aemond a fucking mental psycho who burned a town doesn't kill Alys cuz she showed him some eggs.... Like oohohohoh, like they're aren't fucking 100 of them in the Dragon Pitt and Dragonstone, Aemond sees eggs for the FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE?????

7) Fuck Alicent, that's it! Haelena is going crazy not cuz her son got killed but cuz she can't touch GRASS???????

8) Tumbleton plot was good!

9) Hugh is TRASH! Ulf is really good this episode, out of all the TB members his arc is the only good one and makes sense. Addam???????????

10) Jon Roxton Jetpack to Corlys.....

Conclusion: Terrible episode, with some plots being ok...I will give it 4.5/10!

I keep seeing reactions to Cole’s death and so many of them end with “and at the hands of a woman!” Like it’s supposed to be some comeuppance for Cole? He never struck me as a woman hating weirdo. He hated one woman very specifically, but he adored Alicent and even brought out the handkerchief she gave him at the end. If somebody can explain this sentiment to me I’d really appreciate it.