Larys Makes Alicent Complicit in Violence
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THEORY ASSESSMENT
The episode directly shows Larys making extreme offers and Alicent retaining him despite visible discomfort, which supports the structural dynamic the theory describes, though the show does not yet confirm that Larys is consciously manufacturing her dependency rather than expressing genuine if extreme loyalty.
STORY CONTEXT
He killed his own family, speaks in riddles, and always seems three steps ahead, so what does Larys actually want? This thread hunts for his endgame, debating whether he's a chaos agent, a secret Targaryen loyalist, or playing a game only he understands.
WHY THIS MATTERS
If Larys is engineering Alicent's dependency rather than simply serving her, the show is building toward a moment where she discovers she cannot control what she has allowed to grow beside her. It reframes the Green faction's internal politics as a trap Alicent is walking into, not a coalition she is building.
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