you know what else is a choice. rhaenyra looking alicent hightower in the face and saying 'still you imagine you can have all you want'
the same alicent who had to surrender her body, her autonomy, her future, her dreams, the same alicent who got eaten up by the crown and spat back out after having 4 kids in 5 years, and got shown time and time again by viserys/house targaryen at large that none of those sacrifices mattered
alicent isn't the one who spent the last 20 years doing what she wanted and getting all she wanted and facing no consequences. like she demonstrably isn't