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HotD episode 9 was bewildering. Being the first episode solely about the greens, I was apprehensive regarding how it'll be carried by the audience... in one word? Powerful.
What truly made the episode were certain quotes which blew my mind.
"We do not rule, but we may guide the men that do."
"And yet you toil in your service to men... you desire not to be free but to make a window in the wall of your prison."
The words which truly sparked the desire to break free in Alicent. Free from the clutches of her father, free to make her own decisions.
We see this particularly during the coronation when:
Alicent is the one on screen, between the swords when the words 'A new king' are spoken.
Alicent stands between Meleys and Aegon. A dragon facing another desiring equal standing. Two queens who never were facing each other.
"It is our fate, I think, to crave always what is given to another. "
Helena's words overlapping with Alicent's meeting with the lords to establish Aegon on the throne. And in the end Alicent and Aemond craving it for themselves.
And finally "There is no power but what people allow you to take."
Mysaria's words left me gaping. It truly embodied the entire scenario of power is temporary being highlighted in the episode.
I believe that we might also compare these words to Aemond's condition as he too is not able to take anything apart from what is handed to him.
(I have not read the books and all my interpretations are based solely on the show.)
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐ง ( ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ) ๐ก๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐, ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!!! ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง, & ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?!
๐๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ !!!๐ฉ
โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐ง, ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฅ๐. โ
๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐!!! ๐
โ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ โ โ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐ง
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
โ๐ฐ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅโ ๐