good job /s

[alley_skywalker]

So. Rhaenyra does something brash and kind of irresponsible (though understandable – she’s young, she wants to have fun, etc) which could have very serious consequences for her reputation, and ultimately be a political hazard.

 Otto – is told about her actions and informs Viserys (in private) which, regardless of his self-interest, is a reasonable and astute thing to do, as this is a train the crown should get in front of. (Note that it’s unclear that Otto is specifically spying on Rhaenyra. More likely he’s spying on Daemon, given his sources. And anyway, he likely has informants in general who bring him information of interest.)

 Rhaenyra – confronted by her (former?) friend/someone who seems concerned about her, lies and manipulates to get out of it, going so far as to invoke her mother’s memory. (Again, understandable that she’d want/need to defend herself from the consequences and she can’t trust that Alicent won’t tell Viserys.) When confronted by her father, manages to mostly get out of it without lying because he doesn’t ask, and instead of just taking that as a victory, emotionally manipulates her father into getting revenge on a man who hasn’t, in fact, done anything but his duty in this situation.

 Viserys – has confirmation from Daemon that at least something untoward happened (and given the moon tea, clearly he doesn’t fully believe Alicent’s defense), so he knows the information Otto received wasn’t baseless and admits to Alicent that Rhaenyra has some fault Immediately allows his daughter to manipulate him into weird paranoia, blames Otto for his own desire for Alicent, lowkey accuses him of murdering Prince Balon (?????), and strips him of his office for………Telling him about compromising information that it behooves him to know that Viserys also knows is at least in significant part true?? Because Otto might be biased/have self-interests, even though Viserys just told his own heir that everyone at court is? And that he MIGHT do something to undermine Viserys/Rhaenyra, which at this point is based on……what, exactly? A teenager’s tantrum that she got caught doing something she shouldn’t have been?

 I have no particularly warm feelings for Otto, but he just got screwed for nothing just because Viserys is an easily manipulated idiot, who apparently doesn’t consider his own children who aren’t Rhaenyra his own blood, but only ever someone else’s.