alicent said the same thing to otto when she was a teenager then he was (to alicent) proven correct. aegon says this and then witnesses driftmark, which from his pov is his brother getting his eye cut out and rhaenyra turning the room on his mother for it. it’s a cycle
these characters are not omniscient like the audience. stop applying your biases and try, at least attempt, to see the events unfold in other characters points of views
@fem1cent
Esp with the “sharply questioned” thing. Ofc they’re gonna believe their lives are at risk once Rhaenyra succeeds when she literally asked for Aemond to be tortured.