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1. How's one to know? by Anonymous

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   11 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Alicent Hightower/Daemon Targaryen
   • Alicent Hightower
   • Daemon Targaryen
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Viserys I Targaryen
   • Otto Hightower
   • Gwayne Hightower
   • Harwin Strong
   • Criston Cole
   • House of the Dragon (TV) Ensemble
   • House Velaryon Characters (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • POV Alicent Hightower
   • Omega Alicent Hightower
   • Alicent Hightower and Viserys I Targaryen Never Married
   • Repressed Alicent Hightower
   • Alicent Hightower Needs a Hug
   • Alicent Hightower is a Mess
   • Alicent Hightower Has a Praise Kink
   • Daemon Targaryen Bashing
   • Daemon Targaryen is a Menace
   • Daemon Targaryen is a Little Shit
   • Daemon Targaryen Being an Asshole
   • Daemon Targaryen is Bad at Feelings
   • Daemon Targaryen Being Daemon Targaryen
   • Minor Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Minor Harwin Strong/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Otto Hightower Being an Asshole
   • Bad Parent Otto Hightower
   • Warning: Otto Hightower
   • Bad Parent Viserys I Targaryen
   • Viserys I Targaryen Bashing
   • Dead Rhea Royce
   • Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
   • Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
   • Mostly bcoz i don't know shit about the alpha and beta and omega customs
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen Being a Brat
   • Targaryen shit happening bcoz these incestuous aliens are INSANE
   • Rhaenyra lowkey acting out but she's 15 and everything sucks so we're going to let her
   • The hotd timeline sucks. Nothing makes sense in it age wise or years passed wise
   • Nobody is mistaking your guilt for some great sacrifice.
   • Want to state there is no AI. I just like em dashes as they make things fun and eh
   • 15 year old Alicent can and WILL throw hands for Gwayne and Rhaenyra
   • Also. Also. Both daemon and Alicent have weird feelings towards Rhaenyra.
   • English isn't my first langauge

   Summary

   What if Otto had sent Alicent to Daemon instead of Viserys?
   Daemon, who for a moment is still the heir and who killed Rhea much earlier in the timeline.

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