u/avengers9

Something or nothing?

If we consider how season 4 will play out, I'm just confused as to what Rhaenyra will actually do. Like, Rhaenyra is going to probably cause the Velaryons and Daemon to leave her. But other than that, what will she actually do next season? Helaena's death and the dragonseed betrayal have already happened. So I suspect the characters will leave Rhaenyra relatively early in the season. But what else is Rhaenyra going to do in season 4? I guess Mysaria will start some rebel activity in King's Landing, and Rhaenyra will fail to respond to it properly.

It feels like we're just bound to get more of the same: Rhaenyra sitting around while the other characters advance the plot, except instead of being sad or annoyed, she's angry now. Then she'll have some come-to-Jesus moment after Joffrey and Syrax die. And afterwards, she and Alicent will reconcile one final time before they are captured by Aegon II after traveling to Dragonstone.

The turn just seems like it's going to last like 5 episodes. Where the only things Rhaenyra does are push away her last few allies. They might be able to make it work, but I don't have a ton of faith

I think at this point you have to accept Rhaenicent is here to stay. But if it's going to be this huge focal point of the show, why do the showrunners insist on having the characters keep flip-flopping on repeat? I won't even discuss the 2 and a half seasons so far, but going forward, their relationship trajectory is so predictable.

Alicent's assassination attempt will fail, obviously, because she's not John Wick. She'll return just in time to see Helaena dead. Then Rhaenyra will lose all her allies and decide she needs Alicent again. Alicent will claim she's finally done with Rhaenyra, only to instantly change her mind after Joffrey dies. The two of them will go to Essos to find Rhaenyra's sons, only to stop at Dragonstone. Rhaenyra will die while Alicent watches, but somehow she will be in a position to kill Aegon II, even though with Aegon III in Essos, the whole plot after Rhaenyra's death makes no sense.

If they really wanted to go down this route with Alicent, they should have just made her self-aware enough to recognize that, for whatever illogical reason, she cares about Rhaenyra more than her own children. And similarly, have Rhaenyra realize that, for whatever reason, she wants Alicent's affections even if everyone else is against it.

Pretty good series so far. Back and forth between both teams. And the craziest part is, the series hasn't even started yet!