House Of The Dragon 2x3 - The Burning Mill | Reaction! 

I think this season is actually 8 episodes which is why they are little longer sometimes.

The entire Targaryen dynasty was just about three hundred years long. So at this point in their history it is about 130 years since Aegon the Conqueror’s conquest of Westeros. Not a thousand years ago. I actually thought the opening scene was a good representation of how quickly something like angry words can spiral out of control. We see the young men arguing and then we immediately see the result of their feud. I know that there are times that television shows can be faulted for skipping over big events like that to save on budget. But in this case, I think it was appropriate. There will be plenty of big battles to come in this war.

"what was the point of that scene?" Aemond was exposed in a vulnerable condition by Aegon. He showed by walking out nude that he doesn't care about what people think, and he's not the same boy they bullied years ago

The Battle of the Burning Mill has no main characters involved so they decided just to show the result instead of the fight itself

Aegon’s conquest is over 100 years before the events of the show, not a thousand. Surprisingly recent, compared to the Starks ruling the North for millennia.

You’ve seen Oldtown in Game of Thrones. It’s where the Citadel is located. Sam went there in season 6 to train as a maester. Oldtown is home to the Hightowers. It’s the oldest (hence the name), largest, and and richest city in Westeros. And as Gwayne stated in this episode, it took him three months of travel to get from Oldtown to King’s Landing. To give you some historical scale, the city of King’s Landing is very young compared to Oldtown. The Targaryens only erected Kings Landing about 130 years ago, and it’s been the capital of the faith for even shorter than that. Oldtown is still really seen as the crown jewel city on the continent, where a lot of old money and influence still is.

It may be a coincidence, but Pentos is where Daenerys was given her old, "fossilized" eggs.

"Oh now you have the interest of the smallfok in mind" Mysaria chose to use her leverage as the White Worm to try and end the child pit fighting last season... her whole character has been her pushing back against the highborn actions that see people like her used as pawns and murdered. Almost all of her scenes have her complaining about Daemon and the Hightowers playing the game of thrones.

Criston Cole's haircut is what we would call "gagong gupit" in the Philippines

God every time i watch that Alicent and Rhaenyra scene it gets better and better. Soooo simple yet soooo complex. The score, the acting - the rotating overhead shot, Rhaenyra tiny smirk at the end despite a sort of end to her relationship with Alicent, she now knows 100% that she IS the rightful heir, and Viserys believed in her till the end. So good

Oldtown to Kingslanding took Alicents brother 3 monts by horse (maybe with inn breaks) so no, it's not close

Mysaria did care about the small folk last season. If you remember she traded Aegon to Otto for his promise to abolish the child fighting rings.

What is it with the Baela has nobody shit? Her mom died, true enough but atleast she was awesome till the end. Her dad ignores her now but she was always Daemons favorite daughter. Her grandma is one of the coolest ladies in history and she was raised by her. She has a Dragon. She is betrothed to Jace and he actually listens to her and loves her. She is in Rhaenyra's small circle, and until right now she has always had her sister. I would argue she has the best support system in the show!

My gut is telling me that the scene with Aegon realizing how undisciplined his knights are and then looking at himself in the mirror is him reflecting on the thought that maybe his lax attitude and rule might have played a part in his sons death. I'm expecting a major change in how he rules moving forward.

Criston Cole is such a fun character, and the actor is killing it!

As detail oriented as both of y’all are not remembering how caraxes sounds different from the rest of the dragons is interesting lol

The reason the kids at the beginning so easily went to war has less to do with the targaryens than you think. They are the Blackwoods and the. brackens. Two ancient houses who have been finding excuses to kill each other for thousands of years

38:02 fun fact on sleepworking: The actor who plays King Aegon is the singer of a small band called "Sleep Walking Animals"

1:48 You seem confused. Arryk was the one who relieved Ser Lorent at the door saying he was restless. He then just waited a few minutes before going in to kill Rhaenyra. Erryk then burst in a few seconds later after being alerted by Mysaria.

The Ramsey edit lmao

Old Town is a different city. Several months ride away.

Oldtown is on the opposite coast. It is the oldest and, besides King's Landing, the largest and richest city in Westeros. It is home to both the Citadel of the maesters and the faith of the seven, hence the Hightowers' great influence.

The episode was fantastic

Old Towm is built on the mouth of a major river on the south west coast of Westeros. thats a 3 month trip. It used to be the capital of Westeros before the Dragon Lords built Kings Landing.

Cole thinks he getting harrenhal🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aegon’s conquest was 130 years before the current story.

Old Towne is a separate city, where the Citadel is. Also, the Hightowers are the most important family there.

I feel like if Larys hadn't told Aegon about that 'whisper' rumour (about Alicent and Aemond wanting to rule in his absence when he flys out to meet Cole) then maybe Aegon wouldn't have been so eager later on to embarrass him in the brothel in front of his knights.

Sending the eggs, baby dragons and little kids to Pentos is the plan later but first they are heading to the Vale because they promised Lady Jane a dragon to defend the Eryie during the war in exchange for troops. The plan is to write to the prince of Pentos and get permission before Rhaena can take them there

"THE COW" HAHAHA me

This season is 8 episodes, not 10. Aegon burned harrenhal 130 years ago, not 1000 (not trying to sound sassy, just adding these in as i watch along so theyre brief) "Guess we didnt have budget for a proper fight" the battle of the burning mill is only significant as being the first true battle of the war, it was very insignificant except for the casualty number. Showing the battle would take an entire episode of characters weve never seen before who all die immediately and neither of the main warring sides gain advantage :)

Guys it’s 8 episodes in this season.

Not my favourite episode by far, but there were a few things a really loved, like Simon Strong. I think it was a great decision to cut the battle between the Blackwood and Brackens - both because we viewers had little personal stakes in it, and because the brutal cut to the aftermath show how quickly conflicts can escalate. It's more thematically fitting for the episode, where there is a last attempt to avoid all out war; the aftermath, the burned and corpe-ridden countryside, that will be the outcome of war. I also enjoy the possible symbolism of the mill, a structure that goes round and round and round in circles - when did it begin in it's cycle? The Blackwoods and Brackens can't agree when and why their conflict started, and soon people will argue over when the Dance began. But does it really matter?

Oldtown is waaaay south in the reach. Months away on horseback. It is actually the southernmost city in Westeros and the second largest one at that. Cleaner and neater than Kingslanding too.

Kingslanding is like newyork ish and oldtown is huston in terms of spots on the map

Rhaenyra did get through to alicent... There just as nothing she can do... She now knows she was wrong... Did you hear her choke on "the conqueror"?

Actually luke was first blood in the war

Old Town is a port city Southwest of King's Landing. You remember The Citadel from GoT where Sam went to study? That's in Old Town.

Oldtown is 3 months away from King's Landing by horse. Alicent's brother even says he spent 3 months to get there and found Otto no longer as hand of the king. KL is in the east part of the map, and Oldtown is in the west. It is the land of the Hightowers and where maesters go to study. It's where Sam went to study and found sir Jorah, who went there to find a cure for his greyscale.

Did Hera wear a green dress to do Team Green vs Team Black? 🤣 A for Effort.

Try checking out a map of The Crownlands (region around King's Landing) Much of the battles in this season should take place there.

aegon was 130 years ago before this show not 1000. also the brackens are the worst. one of the past agressions they did to the blackwoods was poisoning their weirwood tree. the blackwoods were once kings in the north thousands of years ago, but were pushed to the riverlands by the starks. they are the only house outside the north that still follow the old gods. in the books the three eyed raven was a targaryen-blackwood bastard, and he had a legendary rivalry with his half brother who was a bracken-targaryen bastard.

Oldtown is where Sam and Gilly go to the Citedal in GOT

Old Town is in the far west south of high garden

20:10 I took that more as “I forgive you for making me marry my asshole brother and making me queen”.

22:39: No, this episode has all been about feeling vulnerable, exposed and weak. Aemond comes to the brothel to be with that woman to be vulnerable and feel intimacy with the woman he’s chosen. Aegon is realizing he’s vulnerable and weak. A fraud of a king and he’s trying to deal with that feeling. Rhaenyra is trying to be vulnerable with alicent while also removing any weaknesses from her side that the greens could twist to their advantage. Namely her kids.

The sept of baelor doesnt exist yet

Spoiler for next episode below!!!! 17:40 "they're gonna end in tragedy" 😂😂

The dragon keepers and guards as a unit were created by King Jahaerys the Conciliator. I’d love to see a show about him and Alysanne and maybe it would go into that too.

Oldtown is far away from Kingslanding. It is its own city southwest of Kingslanding. It would take someone months to travel between both cities by horse.

oh and oldtown is a seperate place in the reach, its where the citadel is

Wow! Did not even know you had another channel. We are avid watchers for your Star Wars content. Curious, who is Hera? I’ve gone back and watch some old reactions but have not seen an introduction. We will be adding these reactions to our watch list.

I think the point of that scene is to set up Aemond doing something later, I haven’t read the book, but he just humiliated him. I wouldn’t be surprised if Aemond leaves Kings Landing with Vhagar.

32:10: Exactly. It’s not her fault for misinterpreting

“what was the point of that scene?” ....are you kidding around..? The point is to show that Aemonds cousins really weren’t the instigator in the teasing and tearing down of his ego is his older brother Aegon. That seemed the final straw between them...

Oldtown is almost the very southish east of the continent where the Hightowers hail from. It is in the Reach which is governed but the Tyrell’s. We see Sam from the original Game of Thrones go there to study to be a Maester. It is where most of the knowledge of history lives. Also when Rhaenyra snook into Kings Landing it is just a sept and or a church of the 7. As the Sept Of Balor has not been built yet because Balor has not been born.

The most important thing about this episode, to me, is the fact that Alicent was so defiant about what she suddenly learned. Too defiant. That strikes me as the catalyst for her eventual ultimate guilt. She will do something to help Rhaenyra in a later episode.

You mention the blackwood that petitioned to marry rhaenyra. He actually died during that battle and is mentioned in the small council meeting they say something like samwell blackwood was slain. The boy at the beginning was named as davos blackwood in the subtitles and was his son apparently. Alot of people thought that this was bloody ben based on the casting but at the moment it is very vague on if it was or not. I assume not since I've heard he wasn't really an important figure until after this battle

23:03 - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I refuse to believe that the, "it's teeny-tiny" that followed Aemond's brothel scene was not purposeful!

Episode 4 is the halfway point

Much love for my hero Jahaerys 💛 💛 💛 💛 💛 💛

Brackens are dead, strategic Blackwood victory 💪💪💪🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

Google westeros map and you'll see all the cities. It helped me out

That dang chromakey lol

15:32: Ugh idk why it’s so funny to weird.

She was supposed to "stay high and do not engage". Smh...

You watch this. How the hell do you like the the simple storytelling that is new star Wars.