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OLIVIA COOKE as ALICENT HIGHTOWER HOUSE OF THE DRAGON — 2.03 "The Burning Mill"
ʀʜᴀᴇɴʏʀᴀ ᴛᴀʀɢᴀʀʏᴇɴ ♚ ☞ she was daughter to one king and mother to two more
Shots of Alicent and Helaena in front of a window
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON — 1.04 // 2.03
I want to see my sons again, and Helaena, my sweet girl…
I said that I forgive you.
They killed the boy.
arranged marriage thematic starters, only revamped! change pronouns/adapt as needed!
refusal and disagreements
❝ I would rather die than marry the likes of you. ❞
❝ I will run away! I won’t accept this marriage! ❞
❝ I cannot accept this. I will not marry them – my heart belongs to someone else. ❞
❝ Please – please do not make me wed them! ❞
❝ Anyone else would be better! Please, I know you can find me a better match! ❞
❝ Do not touch me! I only married you for duty, stay away from me! ❞
❝ I do not care what you want, we did not marry out of love. ❞
❝ You are mine now. Act properly. ❞
❝ Who you loved before is meaningless. We are married now, and your lover will remain in the past. ❞
❝ I will never love you! ❞
❝ It isn’t fair! I don’t even know them! ❞
❝ You will not give my only child to that monster! ❞
❝ It is a match beneath my daughter. You insult us with the mere proposition of it. ❞
❝ She is a princess. She won’t be wed to someone lesser. ❞
❝ He will marry the one we chose, not that peasant! ❞
❝ You refuse me to give yourself to a peasant?! ❞
❝ The match is already made but I cannot accept it. I love you! ❞
❝ It is you I love! I could not bear to be with them instead. ❞
meetings and beginnings
❝ You are not at all what I imagined. ❞
❝ I know you hold no love for me. How could you when we are practically strangers? And I know we may never come to love each other, but we can at least be friends. ❞
❝ Love can be built, too. And if you’re willing, I would like to try and learn to love you. ❞
❝ The descriptions I heard did not do justice to your beauty. ❞
❝ You are lovely. I am lucky you are to be wed to me. ❞
❝ I must admit I expected far worse from an arranged marriage. ❞
❝ I want to know you better if we are to be wed. Tell me about the things you like. ❞
❝ We are only marrying because I need an heir. What you do and with who beyond that does not matter to me. ❞
❝ I too am in love with someone else, but they will never allow me to marry my beloved. Why don’t we make an agreement? ❞
❝ Am I not what you expected? ❞
❝ You seem disappointed… I may not be as good-looking as you expected, but I shall never treat you unkindly. ❞
❝ This is your home too, now. You are free to go wherever you wish. ❞
❝ How odd we have been betrothed for so long but never saw each other before our wedding day. ❞
❝ I do not care about power and wealth. I want to marry for love. ❞
❝ Even though I have been told this would happen my entire life, I still can’t quite accept it. ❞
discussing the topic
❝ In just a few days I will be wed to someone I never met. ❞
❝ It is so odd to think my entire life will change so fast. A person I don’t even know, and we will be bound for life! ❞
❝ I know they plan to marry me off to someone soon, even if no one said a thing yet. ❞
❝ How could you agree to this without even asking me what I want? ❞
❝ You will do as you’re told and marry them! ❞
❝ We picked the best match available for you. ❞
❝ It is the best we managed. I am sorry you don’t like them, but there was no other way. ❞
❝ You knew this day would come. People like us only marry for duty, dear. ❞
❝ Love is not the priority for the likes of us. ❞
❝ Marrying for love is a delusion. ❞
❝ You are a princess. You will have to agree to a match eventually. ❞
❝ There are so many good proposals! How come no one is to your tastes? ❞
❝ Our bloodline must continue, and for that, you need to marry and have heirs. ❞
❝ I do not wish to leave home. My betrothed lives in such a different place… ❞
❝ I will never let them ship you off to a stranger. ❞
❝ You will not be sold for power like I was. ❞
❝ I won’t let them trade you for their alliance! ❞
❝ The arrangement was made when you were both still children. It is much too late to go back on it. ❞
❝ We have been promised to each other for years, and yet we have never met. ❞
❝ They are deciding your life for you! How can you simply accept it?! ❞
❝ There is no reason to make a fuss. I have known for years someday I would be married to some stranger my family found suitable. ❞
❝ Through them, we shall finally join our bloodlines! ❞
❝ Our children make quite the pair. I am glad they seem to get along so easily. ❞
❝ Only kings would be worthy of you. We will accept no less on your behalf. ❞
❝ A complete stranger is suddenly mine. And then, I am hers, too – I must offer her my all. ❞
❝ What do you think your betrothed will be like? ❞
love, duty, ambition and alliances
❝ Don’t pretend to care. The only reason you agreed to this is because of my title. ❞
❝ You married me for my claim, I know that! I just thought, given time, we could grow to be fond of each other. ❞
❝ I shall marry you only because I must. ❞
❝ Ours is a union of duty. You would do well to remember that. ❞
❝ Every good child knows: duty before your heart’s desire. ❞
❝ Remember what is at stake. Peace relies on our union. ❞
❝ Even if we married for duty, our union can still become one of true love. ❞
❝ A marriage is a marriage – love or arranged. Both require the same level of commitment. ❞
❝ Both our lands benefit from our match – and I know will be a good queen. ❞
❝ My people will love you in time. I think I might, too. ❞
❝ We were wed for an alliance, but this doesn’t need to be terrible. We can at least be friends. ❞
❝ Duty brought us together, but it is love that will make this bearable. ❞
❝ My father used to say the strongest loves are built by choice, not by chance. ❞
❝ Do you believe in love at first sight? I think I’m already in love with you. ❞
❝ Even if you love me, your people never will. ❞
❝ I married you for your title. I do not care for love. ❞
❝ My heart is yours, but we cannot be together. My family would never agree to a match like this. ❞
❝ Marrying them will give the realm peace. I have to agree to the match, even if you are the one I truly love. ❞
❝ It seems silly to think a single union will end decades of conflict. This is just the start. ❞
❝ They found me someone rich to marry! I will finally have everything I wanted. ❞
❝ I do not care my betrothed is not handsome – I only care that he is rich. ❞
❝ You will learn to love. You have to be determined to grow a love that will sustain your marriage for a lifetime. ❞
me when i have to accept reality
lights, camera, action! a collection of scenarios / plots from yours truly.
amnesia. one of our characters loses most of their memories.
bodyswap. both of our characters swap bodies.
co-parent. both of our characters suddenly have to raise a child together.
dream. one of our characters visits the other in a dream.
earth. both of our characters find each other on post-apocalyptic earth.
flashback. both of our characters are stuck in the past.
flashforward. both of our characters are stuck in the future.
greencard. one of our characters marries the other for a green card.
groundhog. both of our characters are stuck in a time loop.
haunt. one of our characters is dead and haunting the other.
ink. one of our characters writes/draws the other into existence.
investigate. one of our characters is hired to investigate the other.
job. one of our characters will do anything for a pay-check, the other hires them for an odd job.
kin. one of our characters meets an alternate universe version of the other.
language. one of our characters has been cursed to speak nonsense, somehow the other is the only one who can understand them.
magnetic. both of our characters are magically magnetised to each other.
number. one of our characters is in trouble and was given the number of the other to call if they needed help.
ogre. one of our characters turns into an ogre at night.
possession. one of our characters meets the other while possessing someone else's body.
quest. both of our characters set off on an adventure/journey together.
rescue. one of our characters saves the other from danger.
resurrect. one of our characters comes back from the dead.
sleepwalk. one of our characters always sleepwalks to where the other is.
taken. one of our characters finds the other after they've been kidnapped.
transplant. 'where's my boyfriend?' 'who do you think gave you the heart?'
urgent. one of our characters is injured, the other is their emergency contact.
vegas. both of our characters wake up married after a drunk night in vegas.
wish. one of our characters makes a wish and the other shows up as a result.
x-ray. one of our characters develops x-ray vision, the other is the only person they can't see through.
yeehaw. both of our characters are in the wild wild west.
zing. both of our characters are struck by lightning and can now sense each other's thoughts and feelings.
TOM GLYNN CARNEY as AEGON II TARGARYEN | House of the Dragon S2E3 "The Burning Mill"
House of the Dragon 2.03: "The Burning Mill"
i am extremely well-adjusted and mentally healthy as long as nothing goes wrong ever at all even a little bit
— Run. I can’t keep up with you. Little birds.
Русский ковчег (2002) RUSSIAN ARK, dir. Alexander Sokurov
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stabbing is penetration biting is basically kissing and so on. you understand
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my number one skill is being sooo cute and my number two skill is the ancient curse
Emma D'arcy as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen House of the Dragon | 2.03 "The Burning Mill"
i would be soooooo powerful if i wasn't so deeply afraid of people and places and also things
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