Oh Alicole nation we are hurting right now.
Take heart. I knew in my bones at the end of last season that bias and ineptitude would ruin this for us, so as soon as S1 ended I started writing and didn’t stop. You want Alicole slow burn? Pining and Step-Dadding and relying on each other in these awful circumstances? Well earned romantic smut with a ton of emotional buildup? Alicent with political agency, green kids with their dragons and a proper coronation for Aegon and Helaena? Daeron the Daring and 'Brokenbones' and 'Maegor with Teats' and everything else they took from us?
I have a legit romance novel on my hands. It started as one-shots but I began filling in the blanks and couldn't stop and now it's 140k words and counting, 30 chapters, the doc is 400+ pages! I write and illustrate for a living, so like, it ain't bad. And it's all for you guys. The crew of our sad little ship!
It's nowhere near finished but I wanted to share a little hope in our dark times after last night. Was 'I did not give you leave to speak my name' seriously the last thing she says to him!? wtf! Not on my watch.