it’s all extremely unfortunate and bad. Laenor did also have the choice to not marry anyone and give up his claim. If you want to stay in and benefit from this fucked up patriarchal feudal society this is the price noble’s pay for that. They can’t have it both ways
s1 alicent would have clawed rhaenyra's eye out and walked to the black cells with her head held high at the mere suggestion that she should go kill her own son i can tell you that much
