Game Of Thrones: Histories & Lore Season One (LIVE REACTION) + Board Prep for Season 2! 

I feel like you minimize a lot what happened to Viserys. He became violent because he lost his father, mother, brother, niece and nephew as a CHILD and was forced to run away to a foreign land, raise a sister he resented because her birth led to his mother's death, sell all he had left of his family and mother to survive and feed both himself and Dany, had to beg for scraps and escape assassination attempts ALL THE TIME. He had no one to raise him and curb his inherited mental illness and people hosted him and encouraged his behavior to easily manipulate him... The reason he took so much pride in being a Targaryen and blood of the dragon is because he had nothing left. So he clung to it desperately. Viserys is a tragic character, because he wasn't always this way. In the books, Dany says that he was kind, read her stories and protected her. But after selling their mother's crown he lost hope and went down a slippery slope. It doesn't absolve him from what he did to Dany, but it does show that he is a grey character, and had things gone differently, he could have been good and gotten the support he needed to remain so.

The seasons in Westeros can last for years. Most of the Stark children were born in the long summer. Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon have never experienced any other season.

Robert in his prime was the badass beast....but because you have seen in old drunk state you think of him as a joke but whatever he is saying is exactly what happened and is true .....and starks were always been the most honourable house .... that's why everybody loves house of starks

I WISH YOU BOTH GOOD FORTUNE IN THE WARS TO COME

There are no spoilers in House of the Dragon but a lot of the stuff in House of the Dragon hits so much harder when you know what happens in the future (Game of Thrones), Like "Oh your the ancestor of (blank)"

In my opinion, it would be better to film these like your normal reactions, not as a stream. You're getting spoiled this way on many things. Also, moderators would be the best course of action, and no interaction with the viewers, unless the comments are approved by the moderators. It would allow you to stay completely spoiler free, thus being surprised at more things, which makes for a better viewing experience.

"Ned" is a nickname for Edward, Edwin, Edmund in our world. Anything that starts with Ed, basically. I think people like to rhyme and shorten their friends' names. Say you have a friend named Sally. Sal, my pal, hey, gal, Sally talley, Sally valley. The next thing you know, Sally's nickname is Val, and then it spreads out and it's a common nickname for Sally. (I probably could have used Robert, William, Edward, but I made one up instead.) Richard--maybe the ch was pronounced like a k at one point. Margaret to Peggy is a little trickier.

1:27:50 Roberts Grandmother was a TARGARYEN . I know You find it Funny Bcoz you saw the Drunk & Fat King version of Robert Baratheon but that Dude was Called "THE DEMON " & "The Horned God" , Bcoz he stood 6 ft 6' in Height was so strong , Skilled & wore Horned Helmet .

It kind of is a big deal to think Elia's rape and murder and the murders of the children, Aegon (yes, another one) and Rhaenys (yes, another one) are okay. Saying it's okay because they were the products of incest is pretty dicey. Daenerys's parents were brother and sister (I mean, their family tree is a vine), but her older brother, Rhaegar, married a princess of Dorne. This generation would have married out of the Targaryens too, probably (although Daenerys' being Aegon's age is a little worrisome), but, in any case, they didn't deserve to be brutally murdered because they were products of incest. Ned didn't think so either, which is why he warned Cersei to leave. He believed Robert would kill the children (children you would think he'd loved, although, Robert, he really doesn't have much emotional depth), and Ned didn't want that to happen again. (To be clear, I'm not saying Robert killed the Targaryen children, but that he was happy they had already been disposed of--he almost certainly would have.) They could have sent the Targaryen children to foster in the North if they were worried about their not growing up to be loyal subjects. Killing Aerys and killing Elia and the children are separate issues.

Viserys : as my father readied himself to defend his throne until the bitter end, little did he know the horrors that awaited him and our family. Dude, mockingly : Hah! horrors lol Those horrors were real. In the Sack of King's Landing you find the age old "does the end justify the means" question, which forms a fundamental precept of ASOIAF. Those horrors shaped Ned Stark and therefore shaped the story itself.

the live chat needs moderation, there were some wild spoilers in there

God, I love Tywin's (Charles Dance) voice and cadence. He has such a commanding presence even in voice over. I also really enjoy the character in the show. He's smart, organized, cunning and ruthless. Just a great all around villain.

Really bad idea to have chat enabled for these, someone is going to ruin it

Glad you got through a livestream without too much spoilery, always dangerous, sometimes people can't help themselves.

You can kind of see how Viserys got the way he was. It is heartrending when Viserys begs Dany to help him.

these history and lore animated videos they did are SO AMAZING! honestly every fantasy show should have this

Jaime and Cersei are 31 in the beginning of the books but 36 at the beginning of the show. (The twins are born in 266 AC [After Conquest] in the books and 262 AC in the show. Aerys is killed by Jaime in 283 AC in the books and 281 AC on the show. So Jaime was 17 in the books and 19 in the show when he kills Aerys. He is the youngest man appointed to the Kingsguard in both and spent a lot of time guarding Aerys. Tywin doesn't understand any of his kids.

there are no got spoilers in house of the dragon except that being fire proof is not an all targaryen thing, but that is shown in Viserys her brother boiling with that gold pot crown.

There was stability during the Targaryen dynasty. It wasn't 300 years of burning people. Only the Mad King did that and even that was later in his reign. Before the Conquest, there was constant warring between the kingdoms before they were unified. It isn't a straightforward Robert and Ned were the good guys. They weren't. Robert was awful. Not everyone supported Robert either.

I love watching honest reactions. Nothing over the top. Love that you found GoT. My extended family met once a week to watch GoT. Brothers, sisters, Grandmothers and friends would make Pina Coladas and yell at the screen. Good times. Enjoy the fun.

I've read all the books, even the ones about the history of the world of Westeros. All books without exception. And I loved them so much. Don't worry, although the level of writing hasn't remained over the top in the last few seasons (it's easy to understand why: the last two books aren't out yet, so it's not easy to take a perfect direction with all the storylines that have been created throughout the story), there will be many episodes from the fifth season onwards that you will appreciate a lot, so my advice is not to be influenced by the comments, but simply to enjoy this adventure. Sorry for my not perfect English, but I'm not a native speaker.

The shirts are amazing! Maester Luwin is the Maester of Winterfell. He's the one who brought the news of Jon Arryn's death to Ned and Catelyn, and has been caring for Bran and Rickon while the Starks are away. Old Nan mentioned the Giant Spiders too when she was telling Bran that scary story while he was in bed. Yes, Pycelle is also a Maester. It is incredible that one man had this entire world in his head and that it's so completely fleshed out and not contradictory throughout its entire history. I certainly would have screwed something up in the lineage of one of the houses.

Like you both have noticed how the writing in the show portrays different perspectives of what the truth is, the timeline in GoT is so separated from its legends of Heroes and Magic as we are from our own legends of Atlantis and mythologies. Just like we all have our ideas of these myths, the people in Westeros do too, and they are usually perceived as primitive or childish perceptions of the world. The only difference is Westeros is beginning to manifest some of these legends once again, so parts of these stories within the story might be a bit exaggerated or real to some degree. Cheers guys. Loving your content so far :)

1:36:15 Eddard is a westerosi variation of our name Edward. The common nickname for someone called Edward is "Ned" in our world, so it makes sense that it is also for Eddard in Westeros.

hehe... Cersii and Jaimes mother was Tywins first cousin. Robert Baratheons grandmother was an inbred Targaryen as well.

Loras Tyrell is the one who beat the mountain and suckt Roberts brother renlys d later. In this scene he told him that he should be king. When Robert died both fled together

Young Jaime Lannister's actions that famous day will be quite the revelation in future episodes. Looking forward to those reactions

"You had so many kids and the one who wasn't became king" 😅

The Robert in the show is very different then one at the rebellion. He is 6 1/2 feet tall and an absolute unit. He's up there with the best warriors of his day. The biggest thing about Robert is that when he's focused he's a force of nature but he can become absent very quickly. Drinking, whoring, and hunting took prime importance over ruling, his marriage, and raising "his children". Robert at the end was just a beat down miserable man drowning in his own vices. Robert Addy was the perfect actor for him, his voice sounds commanding. I'm sure they will do a Robert's rebellion show on hbo. It'll be awesome

For reference, at the beginning of the story Ned, Cat, King Robert, Jaime and Cersei are all in their early 30s. Tyrion is in his mid 20s Robb and Jon are 16 and 14 Daenerys is 13. Maester Aemon is 101

robert and rhaegar having a delusional pedo-off is so funny in retrospect.

Sorry for "liveblogging" post-your livestream. I thought more people would comment, but it's kind of like this when I watch a video after its premiere too, although usually shorter, but this was a longer one.They said in the lore video that it was 4,000 who died. I edited to combine some of my million separate comments, but it's still a lot. Very interesting livestream!

A great theme in this series is Perspective. All events have multiple accounts, and sometime those accounts are wildly different. Sometimes one side will say someone was kidnapped by someone, while others will say they simply eloped together. It is to us to us to try to wade through the points of view, the stories and the facts.

Season 4 is definitely a fave 1 for a couple of reasons. Tyrion is the only character I didn’t go back and forth on, I loved him the whole way through!!!!

I get the picture that season 1 painted on Robert Baratheon.....but dont get it twisted...that man was called The Demon of The Trident for a reason! Young Robert is a top 5 fighter ever, The man was feared by all

"no king who had ever lived who didn't have to forfeit the lives of a few to protect the many" vs "reluctance to murder is not a weakness". This sums up the two conflicting philosophies of Robert and Ned. It's an argument for and against "end justifying the means". It's going to matter the whole series, but hey you can always ignore this cause you're too busy ranking the seasons you have not watched yet based on the bad-faith opinions of the ASOIAF echochamber.

so the ending in the books is probably gonna be very different than the show. because not only do the books have a lot of important plots and characters that just aren’t in the show so it’s gonna play out differently no matter what, george is still writing the ending and he’s said that the more he writes the books/ending, the more different it’s been from the show ending. there’s going to be some similar things but also don’t forget that the creators of the show (d&d) have made up certain parts of the show ending (they explicitly take credit) and with other parts of the show, george gave them a rough outline but not the actual full fleshed out plots. so i personally think the book ending is going to be very different. also s1-4 are definitely the golden years, s5-7 there’s a decline in quality that starts small and then gets bigger as the seasons go on, and the majority of s8 is disliked and considered just not good by everyone. even though the show just slowly declined until becoming a shit show lol, there’s still a lot of good moments in s5-8 so it not all bad but it’s definitely behind it’s glory days.

hodor being part giant is just something old gran said which is more unlikely then the more likely option when ser dunken the tall stopped by winter fell he hooked up with young granny and had hodors father

When he mentioned the ending of Dexter I felt that in My SOUL.

i always thought the winter and summer comes in unusual times because their planet is a different size and maybe spins differently sometimes but who knows?:D

Cool fact Dragons or flying dinosaurs were actually sea creatures first and evolved to become air-born and developed legs then wings due to natural disasters and evolution Another very known example are dolphins they developed natural sonar as well way more powerful than man made sonar all naturally.

How many Lannisters does it take to screw in a light bulb? None because you can't be related to a light bulb.

Aegon The Conqueror rode Balerion, the Black Dread, last living dragon to survive the Doom of Valirya, and one of the biggest dragons in the History of the World. Its fire was so potent, it once melted the stone of the biggest fortress in Westeros, with its lord and people inside. You have seen the skull of Balerion in the episode where Arya goes after the cat in the dungeons. The dragon skull she hides in is of Balerion.

You have to watch extended editions of LOTR, if Bridgette haven't seen it yet! :)

I only recently discovered this channel with horror movies, GOT, and Yellowjackets I’m going to be spending a lot of time here over the next few days.

Season 4 was the last great season. Season 5-6 had some good moments, but mostly spectacle. Seasons 7-8 took a header down a flight of steps and broke its neck. There were a few cool moments in the last two seasons, mostly just spectacle though.

Can’t wait for the pronunciation struggles to get exponentially worse as time goes on and we meet more characters (especially the characters from the Free Cities, etc) 😂

I must be in the minority here in the fandom! Idk why but I loved the night’s watch right away and everyone seems to annoyed by it

I hope you'll watch House of Dragon after you've watched ALL of the Game of Thrones. That's how all of us have watched it, that's how it was made. I don't think the spoilers for HoD are that major in GoT, if people didn't point them out, you probably wouldn't even notice them, since you currently don't even know which Targaryens are in HoD, or you would forget them before watching HoD. Also, watching two complex shows from the same fantasy universe with lots of characters and stories happening in different times might be confusing. Last, but definitely not least, *I think that watching HoD before finishing GoT would take A LOT away from the experience and excitement of watching Dany's dragons grow up and develop in GoT.* (My reasoning is below, some people might think the first sentence a bit spoilery, but I think it's a well known fact that will just hype you up for the show.) There are several full grown dragons in HoD from the very beginning of that show and HBO had a better budget for them, so the effects are better. Dany's dragons might seem lame in comparison, if you start watching HoD before finishing GoT. Also, it's fun to compare the looks and behavior of HoD dragons with GoT full grown dragons, which you won't be able to, if you start watching HoD when Dany's dragons are still babies/small.

Me being an hour in and finally reading their shirts😂😭

Ned is actually a common nickname for Eddard. Like how Nelly is a nickname for Eleanor. It's due to how in the past, people used to say "mine" instead of "my". So parents call their kids "mine Ed" or "mine El". Then it transitioned to when "my" was more used and people think the names are "my Ned" and "my Nel". Even the word apron was once "a napron" but due to change in language, it became an apron. At least that's what I read about. Idk how true it is but it makes sense.

daenerys was born during a giant storm at dragonstone,hence stormborn

I started late, and then the chat, of course, ended, so I will probably have more comments as this goes along (even if no one ever sees them, which I figure is par for the course).

The last season's bad name is a show thing, because George RR Martin hasn't finished the books (his books cover s1-5), and the show differs in many things (and BIG differences) from the book, mainly butchering interesting book plotlines, and in the books there are some important characters that do not appear in the show.

You guys have a habit of Talking exactly when Important information is being revealed 😅😂 55:25 I'm convinced you weren't listening after this question 😆

If you believe in the holy trinity, then that's a split personality issue, too. And yes, the Faith of the Seven are the "new gods."

May-ster is correct. And that is the man who teaches Bran.

Arcane and Avatar the Last Airbender! 🎉🎉🎉 Some of the best shows to react to!

In my opinion, the show stays pretty consistent all the way through. Its really half way through season 7 where the writing really starts to decline. Alot of immersion breaking WTF moments. But the writing is the only thing that plummets, everything else is still incredibly well done, the music, costumes, acting, film making; all stellar. I guess we can be grateful for that at least. And HOTD is showing a similar level of polish.

In my opinion, Season 6 is the last good season of the show.

Regarding 1:55:07 there is a Lannister parody to Roar by Katy Perry, but you can’t watch it until at least after season 5 I believe

Bran's actor pronounced Tyrell won't. It's just Tie-rell.

You're missing so much by not watching subtitles.

You know what I think the boys in the nights watch is a call out to Lotr. Sam=Sam Pyp=Pipen Grenn=Merry (sounds like grin something you do when you're merry)

"YOU" & "LOST" are my votes for reactions

Its not really george rr martins fault that they ran out of material so fast, They had about 10 seasons worth of material in the books , they cut out major plot lines, and erased major characters, Even then George was willing to give them some story beats that the showrunners could aim to hit for a total of 10-12 seasons, but the showrunners wanted to pick up a new star wars project, but they botched seasons 7-8 so bad that they weren't too hot in Hollywood and lost the star wars project, then they wanted to do a show about "What if the confederacy won" so they became like untouchables in Hollywood

Did they really not react to Jaime’s narration about how Rains of Castamere song came to be? :/

Winter is coming, issn't a warning for the winter. But a reminder for all that comes with it. So even if all is good and sunny, remember....winter is coming.

Yes vote for Ozark. Very few reactions to it out there, but it's a great show.

The fact so many people in the the stream's comments said seasons 5-8 were good is terrifying.

need more streams/long videos like this

It makes me laugh every time Cody laughs about the blood of the dragon. You can tell it tickles him to his core. And it gets funnier to him every time he hears it said. 😂 I also have to say that your channel is the best reaction commentary I watched. I have watched quite a few reactors and enjoyed most. But not always the commentary. It is apparent that you both "get it" the most, out of all of those. I throughly enjoy listening to your discussions and input. I think people that are book fans like the early seasons and disappointed with the later ones. In the books it's still early in the game of thrones. So many things that happen in the show can't happen in Winds because the storylines differs in so many ways.

Yeah watch house of the dragon soon before you finish game of thrones. After season 2 maybe. It’s always interesting to see the POV of people watching it who haven’t seen the show or in your case most of the show. There is no spoilers in house of the dragon. If you do 2 episodes a week, you will be finished in 5 weeks. If you do 3 episodes, you’ll be done in just over 3 weeks.

Ya, Pycelle is a hypocrite and liar. Perfect for kings landing.

Few things could be noticed beneath the stories told here. One could see as Tywin explicitly orders Mountain to kill remaining Targaryen kids and their mother Elia Martell of Dorne in a brutal way. And one could put two and two together and remember as offended he was when Targaryens refused to take his daughter as a spouse to Rhaegar and chose Elia Martell instead. One could also add another two to this equation remembering how Robert Baratheon was so easy on Tywin after what he did to Targaryen children and King's Landing inhabitants. As mentioned before Robert had a Targaryen in his ancestral tree supporting his claim to the throne as a partly Targaryen but those children would've had a better claim to it, so... That's probably also why he is so eager to finish off remaining Targaryens. And one would probably also make another point for Ned's honour mentioned a few times here. As you've noticed Cersei said that Ned could've just make a step and become a king himself but he did it by the book and supported Robert's claim (as Robert had a claim to the throne being somewhat Targaryen). Ned did it by the book again refusing to take the throne himself or give it to Renly when Robert died but supported Stannis Baratheon instead who has that right by law (he's the second Baratheon in line of succession so Renly has a weaker claim). He betrayed his honour on scaffold confessing to treason in order to save his daughters and here one could also remember small talk between Bran and maester Luwin in this season where Bran repeats Tullys words "Family, duty, honour. Family comes first."

I know I'm a little late to the party here, but I love your reactions! Try Outlander, not many reactors have done it and it's such a GOOD show! Diana Gabaldon, the author of the books it's based on, is good friends with GRR Martin.

Okay Ozark is amazing and The Last Kingdom is great!! ❤❤

I havent even watched these 22:22 ohh the Andals 23:14 ohHH KING OF THE ANDALS AND THE FIRST MEN okay 27:54 well yeah, they say the narrator each time lol

I do kind of wish they had gone back and re edited some of these. There is a common expression that I think might make season 8 go down better and that might make you look at certain things differently but I swear I don't think we hear it until season 7 although I believe it is the books whenever the family comes up (fate tosses a coin, I am trying to be non spoiler). And also, come on play the Rains of Castemere while Tywin talks about it, I personally have issue recognizing musical interludes. Having rewatched, it makes a certain episode better when you can.

Bridgerton would be cool and you definitely get views it has 2 seasons and a spinoff it’s a great historical type show

Concept: Game of Thrones remake--the era is the same, but everybody has a cell phone. I really want a prequel spinoff about Lann the Clever, who has several trickster legends about him. Maybe something like the Queen Charlotte miniseries, where they just tell that story and it's done. Beautiful stained-glass-looking artwork on the House Arryn one narrated by Catelyn. I read the books and don't feel sorry for the Mountain. I wonder what I'm missing there. Yes, Jon and Arya are perhaps the Starkiest Starks of all. You answered one of my questions--cool. You should do a reaction to Psycho, since you haven't seen it. Psycho II is good too, although not Hitchcock. My earlier comment about the Tyrells was that the name is pronounced differently in the Lore videos from on the show. Yes, watch Bridgerton! And then Queen Charlotte. You could even watch Queen Charlotte first and then Bridgerton; I think that would be interesting. Queen Charlotte is a prequel, and I think it would give a different perspective knowing things about some characters' backstories. Put it to a vote which should be first, maybe? I loved Interview with the Vampire too. I was going to suggest you rewatch/watch it together if B. hadn't seen it yet.

what is dead may never die

did he say Starks always been good? rapist Starks?

Loved this!!!

i read the books before i started the show and im so jealous/happy for you that you get to go in blind bc this is truly some of the best tv! -as for what you said about the ending its complicated for the show its not too bad of an ending but as a book reader its hard to enjoy much after s5/6 also its not necessarily just george rr martins fault there is a lot of stuff that the showrunners cut from the books and changed around and that caused a disagreement between them and george and he left the show around s4 and he told them a few of the things that would happen and then let them do the rest so it was just a bunch of things added up and the last season kinda falls off but overall i think youll love the show and you shouldnt let the people who say "the ending is shitty" discourage you or make you dread the later parts of the show!

I have to say, I know I’m a couple days late to the party but the whole HOTD spoiler thing is so stupid to me. You wouldn’t tell someone not to watch the Star Wars original trilogy because it has “spoilers for the prequels”. I would just watch them in release order (histories and lore to get some perspective wouldn’t hurt). Loving what you guys have been doing ❤

My suggestion would be not watch it until you are done... The end of episode 1 of HOTD has a kind of spoiler to GOT.

What we do in the Shadows! F Euphoria glorifies all kinds of bs

Am I the only one who miss Viserys 🤣🤣

The show started getting bad when it got rid of a lot of the magical aspects that are in books. people always Blame grrm and say the reason the show went bad was cause they ran out of the source material but the showrunners cut out so much of the books. the dorne arch was so good d&d ruined the books I don't think they even read the books you could see it just search it up.(d&d is a nick name for the two showrunners)

1:11:00. Tywin "this resulted in a difficulty finding an heir to Casterly Rock, but Aeres knew all that ..... so I resigned my position and returned to Casterly Rock WITH MY PREGNANT WIFE!!!! This isn't a spoiler, but the book hints at Aeres being Tyrian real father. Imagine Tyrian Targaryen flying one of the three dragons. Who knows if the books will ever be finished.

Have some respect for King Robert.

"everyone's gonna turn on us" Season 6 has some of the best episodes of the series and season 5 is thematicslky the darkest seasonm it's beautifully dark. The worst moments of GoT is better than the best moment of whatever greatly written show people put up in a pedestal. No wonder they won twice as many Emmys as Sopranoes and Breaking Bad combined won. But damn man, I love pre basing my opinions based on mob mentality.

House of The Dragon is a must Reaction. Great fu@/

DAMMIT MISSED IT

Season 5 to 7 is still extremely entertaining. 8 visually still ok episodes but Horrendous story/ plotlines

I would give my left toe for you guys to watch Lost! It's the perfect show for reactors, cliffhanger galore with twists and new mysteries every other scene .

Yes do house of dragans too

Omg your shirts 😂😂😂