House of the Dragon
SPOILERS for House of the Dragon season 2 , installment 2 .
Summary
Alicent Hightower and Criston Cole ’s relationship has become the twisted " will they / won’t they " inHouse of the Dragonseason 2 that just keeps getting worse . InHouse of the Dragon’sensemble character cast , Criston Cole has arguably become the show ’s most hat character , with a lifetime of puniness and hypocrisy stemming from his and Rhaenyra ’s season 1 fling . Cole cover to rise through the ranks , even becoming Hand of the King in season 2 , installment 2 , despite being the opposite of everything a Westerosi horse is intended to embody .
One of the biggestHouse of the Dragonseason 2 book changesis thatthe show has modernize a sexual relationship between Cole and Alicent Hightower . This narration may seem gratuitous , but it serves as an of import continuation of the psychological examinations of their fictional character and their relationships with Rhaenyra . Many of the differences betweenHouse of the Dragonand theFire & Bloodsource material ledger consider the interpersonal relationships between character , which provides life-sustaining context to the actions and motivations causing and perpetuate the Dance of the Dragons .
Why Alicent & Criston Cole’s Relationship Continues At The End Of House Of The Dragon Season 2, Episode 2
Alicent & Criston Cole Use Each Other As Outlets For Their Volatile Emotions
The end ofHouse of the Dragonseason 2 , installment 2 , shows Alicent turning her back to her weeping son to come back to her chambers and have sexuality with Ser Criston Cole . Before doing so , she slaps Cole and tug him multiple clip . It seemed like the pair had reach rock bottom at the oddment of sequence 1 when Helaena walked in on themduring the Blood & Cheese incident . Throughout most of sequence 2 , Alicent and Cole keep things Red Keep professional , with Cole wait alfresco as she bathes , suggest that they ’ve halted their family relationship .
Alicent clearly has wrath toward Cole for appeal to Aegon ’s violent side and indirectly having Otto removed
However , the episode ’s termination has deduction for both fictional character , peculiarly after Cole ’s spectacular decisions and advancement to Hand of the King . Alicent clearly has anger toward Cole for appealing to Aegon ’s wild side and indirectly receive Otto remove , and she pick out it out on him with violence . But they ’re alsoboth improbably emotional and do n’t have proper vent for it , so they use each other . While it seems like Alicent and Cole have some actual tenderness for one another , much of their kinship comes from their own needs and insecurity .
House of the Dragon ’s Queen Alicent Hightower , 2d married woman to King Viserys , bear him children who are central players in the Dance of the Dragons .
House Of The Dragon Season 2, Episode 2 Makes Alicent & Cole’s Relationship Even More Toxic
Alicent Ignores Her Crying Son To Go Be With Criston Cole
Criston Cole was alreadyHouse of the Dragon’smost hate grapheme , so anything he ’s take with is bound to be check as toxic . Now , with Alicent turning away from her crying youngster to be with him , there ’s an element of cruelty on her end . There ’s a red dynamic to their relationshipthat come from their unfiltered emotions , andHouse of the Dragonindicates that matters are n’t run to get good between them .
Taking place about 172 years before the case ofGame of Thrones , House of the Dragontells the tale of the rising of the Targaryens , the only family of dragonlords to live the Doom of Valyria . The pop HBO spinoff show first star Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower before they were replaced by Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke , who play the older versions of the characters . Also starring in the serial is Matt Smith ( Prince Daemon Targaryen ) and Paddy Considine as Rhaenyra ’s father , King Viserys Targaryen .
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Taking place about 172 years before the events ofGame of Thrones,House of the Dragontells the tale of the rise of the Targaryens, the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria. The popular HBO spinoff show first starred Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower before they were replaced by Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke, who play the older versions of the characters. Also starring in the series is Matt Smith (Prince Daemon Targaryen) and Paddy Considine as Rhaenyra’s father, King Viserys Targaryen.
