34:25 omg I'm cracking up lmao. Anna is truly a sweet summer child, its gonna be glorious to watch her reactions to the things that go on in the seven kingdoms :D
Also something I noticed during this episode is that we didn't hear daemon say the heir for a day comment, only that otto told the king that he had said it.
@@arwenlostlorn6569 Daemon might have made the comment in a regretful or respectful tone of voice. But Daemon's choice to go hang out in a brothel with his carousing Gold Cloaks and his girlfriend while his brother and niece mourned the loss of Aemma and the baby was really horribly insulting.
The writing at the beginning was absolutely necessary because many people thought this show was set around the Mad King (Daenerys' father) or Aegon the Conqueror. This made it clear this timeline is nowhere near Daenerys' time. Also, Queen Aemma was always going to die. Saving her wasn't an option. It was either save baby or let both die.
That's not how the maester put it... he gave the king the option to save the queen or the baby. Not that it was really a choice, he's the king, the political decision was obvious.
@@Bayard1503 - he didn't give the option to save the Queen. It was either save the baby or leave it to the gods and let both potentially die. Aemma was not surviving a breached baby birth.
@@icechoc The Master also "or leave it to the gods". A breech baby is not automatically a death sentence. There are several maneuvers and techniques that are performed by health care professionals or like the Measter says, it really could just resolve naturally with time except the situation grows worse the longer it goes on which is what makes it a gamble.
@Bhlack Bishop in that time period with their medical knowledge it was a death sentence. Why would he "leave it with the Gods" when both could potentially die.
@@deluxorian Like i said breech pregnancies can resolve itself naturally given time. Our ancestors and animals in the wild seemed to get by without hospitals for millions of years. When he says "leave it with the gods", he means let's wait and see. And you're right, they could both die or they could both live hence why it's a gamble but with a "c-section", at least one is guaranteed (👀) to live.
39:25 I don’t know if anyone else said this and the video is a few months old now, but the show writers confirmed that what the maester was basically telling the king was that either they can save the baby, or they both will die. The queen would have died either way, one would have just been a less brutal death…
Anna not seeing GoT yet is like sitting on a goldmine lol. The amount of new subscribers and added members to their patreon would SKYROCKET lol. Idk when she should watch/react to it, but that would be a great reaction series for them.
Dark sister is one of two Valyrian steel swords of House Targaryen. It was wielded by Visenya during the conquest. The last known wielder was Brynden Rivers aka the Three eyed Raven. King Viserys has Aegon the Conqueror's sword, Blackfyre.
I’d be a little careful in these comments unlike the song of ice and fire which isn’t finished the book this show is based on is so spoilers can happen.
I love how perceptive you guys are. Such great insights. Incredible reaction. I have read Fire and Blood ( don't worry no spoilers ) and I am very excited by what I am seeing so far. Please wait until after season one of House of the Dragon to show Anna Game of Thrones. I am loving her fresh reactions, hopefully this show won't be too much for her.
You guys have to have Anna react to Game of Thrones. Not only will your subscribers go through the roof, it would be awesome to see her progress from a sweet summer child to a……. I forgot what they call the opposite
Ben you remind me SO much of this guy I went to college with named Danny. Super kind guy who always had positive energy. Also look very similar. If I didn't know any better I'd think he had a long lost brother!
A Valerian Steel sword named, Dark Sister... That's nearly as awesome as your idea of possibly watching Game of Thrones after this. I would 1000% enjoy watching your guys reaction for that.
Better than season 1? Season 1-4 were some of the best TV of all history. If HotD keeps this quality it will be at least way better than S5 to S8, but better than S1? Only of they pull out a miracle.
Man, I'm loving the contrast between the GoT veteran and the newbie. There is def a part of me that wants Anna to catch up the originally Game of Thrones.
First loved the preamble but the quality of your audio voice over is very very tinny/hollow. Can barely see the HOTD playing during the reaction. But you guys are great together ❤️ 💜
Ooh! Interesting perspective! One who has and one who hasn’t seen the HBO version. Assuming y’all haven’t read the books, as well? Just curious. I’m looking forward to this! Please do GoT, as well, please. Hell, why not do both? You got another subscriber!
Oh freaking yes!!! I was hopeless that you wouldn't watch it or that it would be only Ben watching it w/o Anna and I didn't know if I would like that hahaha but hey! Maybe Anna could try to watch GoT and catch up on her own.
This is GRRM, you won't guess the alliances and conflict from the first episodes, maybe not even from the first season.... Also look up for conspiracies, hidden players. For example, was the pregnancy really unsalvageable?? I don't think Mellos did anything but this is the type of maneuver that happens in this universe.
Sian Brooke knocked it out of the god damn park this episode. Watching Aemma’s medieval c-section was horrifying, all thanks to her amazing acting. And her scenes beforehand with her daughter and her husband just added to the terror and tragedy.
Hey guys. Is something wrong with the mic? The sound is really hollow, like the mic is not turned on and the sound from the monitor went down. Usually your content is very good, but for this HotD reaction it is not. Please fix!!!!
i will let y’all know in case you forgot, there are lots of spoilers in game of thrones, the books and the show, for things this show will be covering. just a warning bc i know of some people being really upset about that
Late to the party, but I never get why all the reactors say that Viserys sacrificed his wife at the end. The doctor clearly said the choice was save the baby or have them both die.
You don’t. It’s based on a completely separate book. It takes in the same world as GoT but almost two centuries before it. The events of this story are sometimes referenced in Game of Thrones but you don’t need to know Game of Thrones’ story to understand the Dance of the Dragons
You dont. But a lot of words will be used without giving the context that watching GOT would give. I think watching got before this would only work as making you either like the show more, or dislike it more.
Not really. You need to look at the maps of this world, but we all had to do the same when we started GOT. So look at a map of Westeros to see the 8-9 kingdoms inside it and the house that rules each of them. That is probably enough, most of the action in this series takes place around the capital King's Landing.
It's the most watched show on HBO Max at the moment. Forget what you hear, that show will forever be addictive no mayyer how it ended and this show is pulling everyone back.
I do like your combo going into this, but i really hope you can do something about your audio as its impossible to hear anything from the show. And i wish you would not have your micr in the middle of the screen. It would also be good if you would make it more visable so we could se what your reacting to. Just a friendly suggestion.
