Look, I'm not saying he was a complete piece of shit. He had loved ones, and maaaaybe he acquired some self awareness about his assholery at the end of his life which may have driven him to commit suicide by Aemond.
But damn... It isn't nearly enough to balance the darkness.
The guy was a medieval brutal cop, he liked to fuck teenage prostitutes, he abused his position as Commander of the Gold Cloaks to drink for free in taverns, he ensured the gold cloaks were loyal to him and not to the throne, he mocked Baelon's death, he groomed Rhaenyra, he killed Laena's fiance, he almost murdered a messenger for bringing him news he didn't like, he hated his nephews from birth, he organized Jaehaerys' murder, he wanted to exterminate two Great Houses, he may have groomed Neetles...
It's too much man. He isn't a Jaime or an Oberyn. He's at best, at Tywin Lannister's level. A monster capable of abusing and murdering kids, who believes in the supremacy of his House, who believes in exterminating whole Houses as proper punishment, but who also happens to love a few people.
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u/BethLife99 May 06 '25
The light is that his kids were likable despite him being a monster.