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IS ALYS RIVERS REALLY THERE?

I'm a bit worried Alicent is just gonna spend every episode having panic attacks as everyone she knows keeps dying around her

When Vhagar lit Aegon the conqueror's funeral pyre, he was holding Blackfyre, the sword was just a little darker when Maegor went to retrieve it. It would make sense that valyrian steel armor would also survive dragon fire.

to be fair, rhaenyra also kinda does nothing during this phase of the war in the book as well

They marketed this season as Alicent vs Rhaenyra, but both of them have been ineffectual wet blankets. I want to see them scheming and making moves.

We need more Lannister horse lore! Did Lan the Clever disguise himself as a pony to trick the Casterly's out of the home?? Maybe Gerion Lannister didn't get lost Valerya and he's somewhere in Essos running free as the steed of mighty Dothraki Khal.

Rhaenyra should've already been out for blood when the 2nd season started. That amazing ending scene of S1 seems pointless now.

I'd love a 10 episode season instead of only 8

For sure. They are also showing him almost incompetent, when I know many things that he got done, he did them with ease due to his reputation.

They say in the trailer that taming a dragon is like a death sentence if it fails. What children of nobles would risk their life to test the theory that half-targaryans can tame dragons? I think all the nobles will decline and the only ones willing will be the bastards. So something like promising Targaryan recognition will go more of a long way as incentive for a bastard, than a noble with prestige and money already.

i think the point is that she is not doing anything because she was literally not taught to be able to do anything cause her father was too busy dying to teach her anything about how to rule and no one has been to war especially her so how is she gonna know how to do anything

The Dragonseeds tied back to when Viserys said "The idea of only true Targaryen controls dragons is just an illusion." Jace was right about Valyrian history being written to glorified House Targaryen as the only dragonlords when in fact the Valyrian bloodline also runs within other houses/bastards. The Targaryen's incestual nature is part of gatekeeping controls of the dragons as only legitimize Targaryen's princes/princess are given dragon's eggs to place in their cradles, allowing them to learned and bond or claim dragons. Rhaenyra was also right about this plan being a mad thought because if other houses can also have dragons, the illusion of Targaryen being special and closer to gods would be gone. Therefore, the idea that only true Targaryen can sit the Iron Throne also lost in time.

I'm sure Jason Lannister is eager to meet the Bracken's. He probably has a lot of questions about their sigil.

You guys have really hit a stride recently. I'm loving all the content. Keep it up kings

I don't mind character work as long as it is moving the plot. Alicent's reaction to *suprise Pikachu face* being shot down by the misogynistic small council she helped raise was great character work, which will shape her going forward. In other places, its not enough character work: I'd love to hear a complete conversation between Aemond and Haelana in the throne room. Or way too much: Rhaynera wringing her hands episode on end and Daemon taking one too many micro doses on a trip that is completely butchering his character if not resolved. My biggest problem: they've done their setup beautifully. We obviously need some slower scenes, but I'd thought we'd cover a lot more ground. Like a battle every other episode. I do not know how they could feasibly afford to shove all the action in two seasons. They need to tighten up their pacing so we aren't getting slapped in the face so often with action on season 3 and 4, that it stops holding impact. I'm very happy not to be Ryan Condel for the next five years.

They are trying to follow the book and during this time, Daemon is sitting in Harrenhall. What can they do?

2:37 oi cross contamination spoilies

Im curious to see what they do with daemon and nettles relationship considering if they give rhaena nettles story what will happen with her and daemon?

i think the show is suffering from the fact that they got reduced from 10 episodes to 8 episodes so they can’t properly flesh out certain storylines and give certain characters more screen time. However it’s also boxed in at the same time because the book has certain characters doing things that kind of keep them doing a certain thing so they can’t flesh them out more than just there

Funny how people are surprised by Rhaenyra’s idleness … She does a lot more one screen than described in the book. They changed or invented some storyline to fulfill some blank narrative for her in the original story.

yah i was thinking that what Rhaenyra was doing all these time except sneaking into kings landing.

i actually really liked this episode

I can’t wait what they decide to do with Helanea - in the book she’s bat shit mad but right now in the show she’s detached and spacey, will she continue to be the dragon dreamer that isn’t listened to a la Greek Oracle will she be used as a stepping stone pawn for Amond?

Well during the war daemon spends a whole year at harranhall. The war was only just over 2 years overall.

Daemon has always taken L. The dude got disinherited 1st episode then 3rd episode he barely won a war he was loosing for 3 years, got kicked out of the vale, couldn’t marry Rhaenyra until another 10 years n in season 2 the man can even build n army while the greens took over the crown lands n have killed 2 dragons

Rhaenyra is the villian of this show, change my mind! #teamGreen

Nooo, merging Nettles with Rhaena is such a bad idea. Nettles’s story is way too complicated, and full of dragonlore that we don’t see a whole lot of, to combine with Rhaena’s. And incredibly disrespectful to say: Well we made a whole family black so we don’t really need this character, who’s already canonically black, and a MASSIVE fan favorite at that. And Nettles shows that there are more ways to claim a dragon then just running up and screaming “DOHAERAS” and “SOVES” SPOILERS: Nettles also disappears in the end after separating from Daemon (And maybe is the founder of the Burned Men in the Vale), because Rhaenyra is suspicious of their betrayal. Is Rhaena going to disappear at the end? Rhaenyra going to call for Rhaena’s head? Rhaena is also the VERY LAST dragon rider when her egg (That she never gives up on, and constantly prays over) finally hatches in the Vale. She names it Morning. Yeah Rhaena doesn’t have a whole lot to do but with all the time we’ve spent seeing Alicole and Alicent just in a tub that we didn’t need. There’s a lot of inventing they could have done for Rhaena. (And Jeyne, what’s she here for if she’s just gonna be upset over the size of dragons she’s got. They’re giving Jace and Baela way more to do than in the book (still not enough in my opinion) Rhaena should be visiting all the castles in the Vale to sure their support of something. She’s a Targaryen Princess (now that her father is King consort)

I’m a bit annoyed as someone who watches fan discussions, because we’ve constantly been told “okay this is gonna kick it off it’s gonna be nothin but crazy now cuz once shit goes down, it goes DOWN.” and this whole season has felt like people dragging their fucking feet. It’s honestly losin me here. I like the character moments but a lot of them are not done very well in this show. They’ve missed their chance to address the killing of small folk with Rhaenys’ death, like they didn’t even parade the head of Meleys around as the killer of small folk at Aegons coronation. So much is being left “ambiguous” it just feels like the writers are starting to use it as an excuse to not have to write more. I’m losing faith in this show when I needed to be gaining it after GoT and HotD season 1. They really need to tighten up season 3. There’s way too much in season 2 that’s starting to look like seasons 7&8.

I mean she wasn’t doing anything in the books either at this point, right?

What if everything at Harrenhaul is a dream after he drank that cup.

Rhaenyra is SO boring. It felt like she was crying in every scene for months. I literally couldn't care less about her or any of her allies at this point

Love the thumbnail

What annoys me is that they keep pushing this prophecy thing to move the plot, like in the book it’s very clear for every accounts that the main reason why the dance begin is power and greed. Daemon too bro they turn him into spoiled brat where in fact that he’s a best strategist of the blacks. Also rhaenys in books it’s lot more sense to her to stay to fight bcs she’s a stubborn like a Baratheon and experience dragon rider like targeryan and she never back down and why jace need to convince the frey where in fact daemon already negotiating the riverlands ?

There are filming 4 seasons.The title of this video is odd. How much do you think they can possibly fit in a 60 minute episode? They cover one character, people want them to cover another character. How are we able to go over these major events without annoying some one? The last half of the season is obviously tied into focusing on Rhaenyra more. Theyve been setting it up from a mile away.

Daemon flirting and courting Rhaenyra is not really an issue in the universe of the story, where their family marries brothers with sisters. It’s gross to us.

Agreeeed

Dameon is not the main character.

This episode was brutally bad. So many throw away scenes that will have no impact on the story. The season was already shortened to 8 episodes, it was disappointing for them to completely waste one of them.

They are stretching one book out way too much. Three seasons should be it. Two would have been better.

Well she didn't do anything in the book either. 🤷🤷

rhaenerya is such a mary sue atm, she can do no wrong and its so boring omg and making the aemond and aegon cartoonishly evil is dumb give us interesting grey characters and interesting arcs with a good story plz

Don't impose your modern metrosexual moralizing onto common medieval beliefs. Hail King Aegon, Second of His Name.