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They literally asked Daemon what to do if they couldn't find Aemond. And Daemon smiled and it cuts away. Why does no one notice this????

Believing that Alicent actually wants peace is ridiculous, she is just justifying all the bad actions she encouraged for years, for her own self righteousness, now that the consequences are coming to roost. Alicent and Cole are incapable of taking any responsibility for the part they have played in provoking most, if not all the animosity, within the family. They are both obsessed with Rhaenyra and crucify her for the same thing Alicent and Cole are now doing. The hypocrisy is huge

I’m sure someone has already said this, but they asked Daemon what to do if they couldn’t find Aemond, and then Daemon stared at them before it cut away… The implication being that he probably told them to find a different son (the big guy also says a few things that imply there was more to the conversation after the camera cut away)

Emma D’Arcy was amazing in this episode and they only spoke one line of dialogue: “I want Aemond Targaryen!” 👏

Daemon did say a son for a son. Although Aemon could not be found so….

It was awesome seeing The Wall in the opening. Sweet nostalgia to Game of Thrones

Arrax is Syrax’s child that’s why she was also crying in that scene. So it’s two Mothers mourning their Children

“ That poor kid… I mean he probably would have grown up to be an a**hole…” 😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣💀💀💀💀💀

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The last thing cheese said to Daemon was “what do we do if we cant find him” then it cuts. Blood also said “Son for a son, he said” but that was not said in their convo scene so it makes me think Daemon orderd to kill any Son of theres if they could not locate Armond

In the books Blood&Cheese is much different. First off, Aemond is never mentioned to be the target, and Rhaenyra is not the one to incite the mission. Daemon sends Rhaenyra a letter from Harrenhal (in the books he is already there) that says- “An eye for an eye, a son for a son. Lucerys will be avenged”. B&C sneak into the Tower of the Hand, which is not guarded as heavily as Maegor’s Holdfast-where Aemond was-and they head for Alicent’s chambers, who was getting ready for bed (Criston and her are not a thing in the book). Helaena and her three children (Jaehaerys, Jaehaera, and Maelor, who was not present in the show version) were on the way for their nightly visit to Alicent. When they get there, they find Alicent tied to the bed and her bedmaid strangled. Blood bars the door and Cheese takes Maelor and tells Helaena to choose which son of hers will die. Helaena pleads that they kill her instead but they refuse, siting- “An eye for an eye, a son for a son. A wife is not a son.” Cheese tells her that if she does not choose then Blood will grape her daughter and they will kill everyone in the room. Eventually, Helaena chooses Maelor, her younger son. Maybe it was because she thought he would be too young to understand , or perhaps it was because the elder boy, Jaehaerys, was Aegon’s first born and heir. Cheese holds Maelor up and whispers to him- “You hear that, little one, your momma wants you dead”. Then, in one clean motion, Blood strikes of the older boys-Jaehaerys’s-head, and the two take off with it. When the guards finally burst through the door, they find Helaena grasping her son’s headless body to her, mad with grief. So yeah, Blood&Cheese is much more tame in the show.

The rat catcher asks "what if we can't find em" then we are to assume Daemon said something. Then cheese said "we need the head" and "son for a son is what he said" or something like that. So it seems clear this was Daemons plan B. They hurt Rheanyra by murdering her child, so now they get hurt the same. Alicent was the original one to say she wanted an eye for eye.

When Helaena said she feared the rats, she was talking about the rats in this comment section. Good lord.

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Herd of Sheep not Flock lol that shit always cracks me up when he says it leaning around otto

I have watched about 15 reactions so far and only 2 of them included the "What if we cant find Aemond" question and PAN to Daemon's face... that is the most important part of the interaction... but they all include "I know it better than my own cock" like that is what is important here.... There is a reason they keep saying "a son for a son"... Daemon had to tell them that.

I'm actually quite glad they're showing more humanity from Aegon. It seems like season 1 tried to make him a bit too unlikeable (his situation with the handmaiden wasn't in the book), so it's good that he seems to have a relationship with his children and wants to help the people

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They have renew Season 3 for HOUSE OF THE DRAGONS

Happy to see you reacting to this!😊 (but where were the reactors for Shogun?😢)

15:38 he lost an eye !nd gained the largest dragon! His words!

Robert, where did you get your Hackers T-shirt??? Love it!!

Where were the bloody guards!

Daemon wanted a 'son for a son'. When Cheese mentioned 'what if they cannot find Aemond', it is heavily implied that Daemon gave a secondary plan. It was a reason why Blood was against going after Helaena and not going after the kid.

How to train your dragon lol 😂

I'm leaving a like, but I'm waiting for the full episode watch along.. you guys rock.

I am sorry but Aemond did murder Lucerys. The moment he started to tease Lucerys with a dragon 100 times bigger than Arrax the dragons became agitated which led to Lucerys death. Peace died the moment after Lucerys death. Of all the greens I only like Helaena an her children so far I have nothing against them. I feel so bad for Helaena she lost her baby boy.

19:20. “He did say the eyepatch so I don’t know why they just thought one boy was good enough…” If you rewatch the scene with Daemon and “Cheese”, it cuts off before Daemon undoubtedly mentions that if they can’t find Aemond then taking the head of the future king will suffice. “A son for a son” didn’t have to specifically refer to Aemond. Yeah, as much as we all love Daemon the guy is evil.

I'd say the dog got off easy all things considered.

continued were it left off 8/10 👍

I'm really glad they didn't make Aegon Joffrey. He does not cause antipathy and I really feel sorry for him in my own way. And of course the murder scene was terrible, but at the same time strange. There was no mention of Aemond in the books; the order was to kill the child. Helaena chose the youngest son, but the killers laughed and killed the eldest (yes, the writers forgot that Aegon has three children).

The kid they killed was actually more valuable than Aemond since he was the heir to the throne. Ironically now Aemond is next in line until Aegon has another son.

I too WANT Aemond Targaryen. 🐯

I think Daemon doesn’t care which son at that point when they asked what if aemond is nowhere to be found. As long as they get a “son” killed. This was my reaction 🫣😳 the whole time I was hearing them cutting the head off

root and stem.. babies are not off limits.. LETS GO!!!

19:53 Does this complicate things? Or simplifies things? 🤔 I mean, now the way to the inevitable is clearer... ... ...

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1:55 HOD Opening: The tapestry of Targaryen history. Ancient valyrians practicing magic Daenys dream of the fall The fall of Valyria Aegon and his sisters flying over Westeros Harren the black Conquest of Harrenhal and the Field of Fire The North, The Riverlands and The Eyrie bending the knee without a fight House Targaryen established as the Rulers of Westeros The construction of the Red Keep The death of Maegor the Cruel King Jahaerys the Conciliator and Queen Alysanne Old King Jahaerys at the Great Council of Harrenhal (Viserys I nomination to the Thorne) The court of Viserys I split between Alicent and Rhaenyra Aegon II vs Rhaenyra I Lucerys death.

I feel like Haelena either goes "auto-pilot" and says or does something about her visions or she has no clue what it means. She immediately chose her son (and there was the weird hint of "what if he doesn't want to be king", who knows what she 'saw'). Now per the "book history" Spoilers but its in the wiki so its not SPOILERS: Haelena commits suicide after her son's death but I don't know when specifically during the war or before other characters deaths it happens. In the plot twisty nature of the show (going off the idea the book is the 'recorded history' so some things are exaggerated to toned down); does Sir Cole or her Mother kill Haelena because she knows that they're sleeping together? Whether its intentional or not, its said Haelena threw herself off one of the towers of the castle....maybe Sr Cole threw her off to keep his standing? Maybe Alicent and Haelena argue and Alicent accidentally pushes her daughter....we shall see...

I've heard that HBO actually toned it down . The child's murdering was worse in the book

Jesus do all reactors sign a contract to crack the same stupid jokes?

Alison should've stayed best friends with Rhaenyra, to be honest.

Emma and Harry broke me. I didn't expect much action in the first episode, so I'm cool. I've seen a lot of people complaining about the Blood and Cheese scene, but omg, that was horrible anyways.

You should find out how blood and cheese was in the books. 100x more gruesome

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That kid has a tiny neck but they were sawing for a while, jeez.

I must be the only one who thinks that Rhaenys’ comment about pitting Aemond if he ran into Rhaenyra as stupid. I know what she means but Daemon was just proposing TWO war veteran dragons in order to take down Vaegar, and she answers that Rhaenyra on Syrax, not a war dragon and much smaller somehow could?! I get that she doesn’t want to give too much importance to what Daemon wants but I feel that isolating Daemon and not at least give him the respect of listening to his proposals, (after all he is the one with experience in battle and war) is a mistake that pushes him to act even more careless.

The way I see it, they did what the Avengers couldnt. The found baby Thanos and ended Aegons line. Also its been war since the end of season 1.

Alicent: I want an eye for an eye Team black; hey hey, that's too far Rhenerya: i want a son for a son Team black : I mean she's got a point. It's a little helpless kid, but it's fair.

I'm so fucking pissed at how they changed the Helaena character in the show. It's two completely different people, one of the worst decisions ever. The scene was okay, but they're slipping, Season 2 is off to a mediocre start.

I'm curious if Haelena gave up the boy bc she despises Aegon. I'm wondering if she was SA'd to produce those kids. How he treated the help in last season. Who knows.

You guys should pay attention better during the show. I mean, come on guys........this isn't hard stuff. You don't have to be spoon-fed everything about the storyline.

do less drugs bruh

Use Red and Team black. Don't care at all about the Usurper, his mother or their traitor grandfather.

As deplorable as killing the child was, war was always inevitable. Alicent wanted Rhaenyra to bend the knee, which was never going to happen. Aegon usurped her throne. "To war, then." It's going to end poorly for everyone involved, but that's the whole point of the show and The Dance of the Dragons, in general. The murder of Lucerys by Aemond was the inciting incident, though, not the murder of Aegon's son. It's going to get real ugly real fast. 🩸& 🔥

I support the team that treats the smallfolk and poor folk the best. Team Green all the way.