Answering Dani’s questions: Dark Sister is Daemon’s sword, it’s Valyrian steel. That’s the same material the necklace he gave to Rhaenyra is made out of. It’s also the same metal that can kill White Walkers. The Crab Feeder is an enemy ship captain attacking Corlys’ men in the Stepstones. He got his name due to his gruesome methods. You’ll see more later. The throne isn’t poisoned, or is it? It’s more a symbolic thing. Aegon (the first Targaryen to conquer Westeros, a century before this) made sure to make the throne extremely uncomfortable, with swords jutting out every which way. It’s the most dangerous seat in the land and he wanted to emphasize that. Viserys is getting cut because he sits on it wrong (notice how Daemon was leaning when he sat on it instead).
Something Ive always thought is that Daemons line of “we all mourn in our own ways” might not even be a lie, and that “The heir for a day” was actually taken out of context and spun by Otto to be an insult. It could have been that was Daemons own little way of honouring his baby nephew. He is a weird dude and makes some weird decisions. But family is very important to him.
Lmao stfu, daemon never tried to defend himself when his brother asked him about that. You daemon fans girls will do anything to suck his dick. L team black
@@krayzy932 Lmao stfu, his men DID not demand it, he told his men to shut off the others having sx. He did not look sad, he was literally having a small smirk and smile.
Bronn: "Me and the lads rounded up all the known criminals." Tyrion: "For... questioning?" At this point, King's Landing's crime rate was very high and everyone knew who someone who did something. Prince Daemon's Gold Cloaks kept a record of everyone accused of various crimes (rape, theft, murder) and rounded them up. And no... not for questioning.
at the same time stamp: while Margaery Tyrell is not a direct descendant of Alicent, Margaery is a Hightower on her mother's side (she's alive in the books, the TV series stupidly cut her out)
Well not really. It’s supposed to be bullshit superstition, which George was commenting on. Only for fans who’ve never read the books to think it was serious.
@@masamoto-sama8992 yeah it was the speech he had before his brother banished him that made me realise he is actually a good guy, sure he is a wild lose cannon but has a good heart for family
Dragon flies past the Red Keep. Sweeping shots of King's Landing. Camera travels through King's Landing. Another shot of the grandeur of the Red Keep. "Wait is this Westeros or Essos?"
People comment this every show and they never turn it up 🥲 fml it’d be nice to actually hear the moments they’re reacting to for when we jus have the video playing in the background
@@kurtthevillain6012 I feel you, I’m gonna stop watching them too. I watched RT TV react to house of the dragon and I was laughing my ass off, gonna stick with them
Daemon gave her a necklace made of Valyrian steel referencing Rhanerya having a piece of their “heritage” like Dark Sister (which Daemon currently owns). Just a thoughtful gift from her loving Uncle 😉😂
So the technology is actually better here than in Game of Thrones. The showrunners talked about this, as this was the height of the empire, everything was better here than later. There are also real world examples of this, such as Rome, and how after the fall of Rome, technology actually regressed.
Daemon doesn't want the throne, he wants his brother's love and approval. Daemon was 16 years old when the council was deciding who would sit the throne, Viserys or Rhaenys. Daemon raised an army of Hedge Knights and Sellswords to protect his brother's claim should anyone challenge it. Does he want power? Yes, but not necessarily individual power. He wants power for the family. He wants to restore power and reputation to the name Targaryen. Is he a dick? Yeah, often, but, like so many George R.R. Martin characters, he's also a good guy quite often, too.
19:37, the Starks date back even further than written (Westerosi) history if you can believe it. Their House lore says they go back about 10 000 years by the start of Game of Thrones and that the first King in The North, Brandon Stark, helped build the Wall, fought the Wights alongside the Children of The Forest and established The Night's Watch so they're one of the oldest Houses in Westeros
why daemon punishing criminals got y’all thinking he would kill his brother? Lol but since y’all seen scene that I guess you think he just this outrageous guy that would do that but I can’t wait to see if you guys opinions change about him. Targaryens is knownto be good looking in the books (despite how you may feel the actor looks 🤔) and is loved by the small folk and parities with them which isn’t normal for a royal (they even call him prince of the city because of it)so yes daemon and his group would know the criminals just like Otto said plus they were literal criminals that wasn’t being unpunished until daemon came.Also incest had nothing to do with the deaths or anything even daemon and viserys grandparents and parents was siblings most of the Targaryens you will ever see and the most of the ones you seen previously was born from incest it’s a tradition for them. There’s is no record of a Targaryen ever sleeping with they own child so yea maybe don’t try to think about stuff too much if you don’t know the lore? Just because it’s a incest house don’t mean they sleep with they own kids 🤣. I also recommend you guys watch the end of the episodes where the writers and actors explain more of the scenes in the episode it’s like 3 minutes total.
Daemon doesn't have description in the books. He's said to be tall, lean and dashing. That's not a description of his appearance. And Matt is all that.
@@nikdik154 well Targaryens are known for their looks lol and daemon is no different. I shoulda said Targaryens are known to be good looking so that’s my bad. I will change it.
@@MMAisTHEbestSPORT08 that clearly doesn't make him ugly. Stop clowning on RU-vid and call actors ugly who are more successful and better looking than your whole family combined
The Targaryens are from a race called Valyrians (just like the Velaryons who are the black silver haired people) from Valyria. Valyria is destroyed and the Targaryens are the last dragonriders. They conquered the Seven Kingdoms and unified them and have been its rulers for over a century at this point. Incest is normal for Valyrians to maintain the dragonriding blood but they would never marry child to parent/grandparent. The Targaryens are never struggled to have children due to incest.
Год назад
When Aegon I Targaryen, aka “Aegon the conqueror” or “Aegon the dragon” took over Westeros he did so wielding the Valyrian steel sword Blackfyre and riding the dragon Balerion “the black dread” together with his two sister-wifes: Visenya, who wielded the Valyrian steel sword “dark sister” riding Vhagar and Rhaenys (same name as “the queen who never was”) who rode Meraxes (Rhaenys prob had a sword, but not a named one). You saw Balerion’s skull (he was HUGE) when Viserys was talking to Rhaenyra in the dungeon. Viserys also had the sword Blackfyre when he sat on the throne banishing Daemon. And you saw Daemon swinging Dark Sister around. Arya in game of thrones mentioned Visenya, Vhagar and Dark Sister pretty early on. And they also mentioned in this episode “Daemon would be as bad of a king like Maegor (the cruel), or worse”. Maegor was Visenyas son and let’s just say he wasn’t a very good king…
@@TheJerbol I agree. They absolutely have their audio on the quieter end of what I've seen on other channels... I guess they have a better safe than sorry mentality. 🤷♀️
@@AnxietyRat it's a very bad decision in my opinion because I enjoy their reactions but I just can't watch anymore if they are literally this quiet it's just strange because there's large segments that I literally can't hear the words being spoken. There's gotta be a middle ground here or just shorten the reactions to less than 10 min of screen time.
Les gooooooooooooo Edit: nvm they’re gonna frustrate the shit out of me aren’t they. The first scene was in Harrenhal naming the heir to the iron throne and king of the seven kingdoms and the next scene they ask if they’re in Westeros yet 🤦🏼♂️
The two most considers successor at the Great Council were actually Viserys and Laenor, Rhanes son. Laenor however was just a bit of 7, had no wife, heirs or Dragon. Videos was 23, married, a child on the way and rode Balerion the Black Dread.
I think that in the book Fire & Blood it wasn't Rhaenys Targaryen vs. Viserys Targaryen at the Great Council, but Laenor Velaryon (Rhaenys's son) vs. Viserys Targaryen.
It was Rhaenys v Viserys. One of the arguments for Rhaenys was that she already had a male heir and she was the first child of the first born. Viserys was the first child of the second born but he was male and his dad was heir when he died.
@@technicoloredzebra he or she is right, they ruled out Rhaenys as an option early on, in the end the decision was between Viserys and Laenor, Viserys being heir to the king's second son, and Laenor being the sole male of the king's eldest son's bloodline.
I would recommend watching an episode breakdown video after you finish each episode. It would help flesh out who's who and how they are related to each other. There are a number of channels that do this. For instance, I found "New Rockstars" to be helpful in decoding some of the more obscure stuff.
Fun fact Daemon Targaryen is George R. R. Martin's favorite Targaryen, he is the author of game of thrones books. Plus Dark Sister is the name of the Valyrian steel sword that Daemon wields.
Holy assumptions lol maybe you guys should watch some lore videos and slow down a tad with the judging of things at this rate you won't like anyone in the show 😂
The entire point of the series is that they're all people, terrible, good and everything in-between. The point that GRRM was trying to make is that patriarchal societies and their monarchies push people to engage in very problematic stuff
by the way not all Targaryens are born of incest Aemma's reason for failed pregnancy is not because of incest her parents werent even related but yes there is a lot of incest otherwise!
Most of the action does occur on the continent of Westeros. This is the city of King's Landing, the castle is the Red Keep (there are certain areas within it where the royal family live, such as Maegor's Holdfast). The dragons are kept at the Dragonpit, a huge domed building atop Rhaenys' Hill (some distance from the Red Keep).
What about your daughter? what about her? Has Daemon shown any signs of hurting her? Their whole conversation has been lovey dovey so far lol. What about her? So you just making shit up now without him doing anything? Yes, he is reckless and impulsive but what about Rhaenyra that Daemon did so bad? He even said to her: Your father needs you, more than he ever has. Talks throughout the whole season and is baselessly naive about something he has not even done. FFS
the king cutting himself not because daemon put something it because he doesnt fit to sit there it just foreshadowing that daemon was right the council eating him up
She wants to fly on a dragon with her first love and explore the world and eat cake with her first love. I want to cry 😢 The angst and the tragedy is why this ship works so well lmao
He grows on you after you get most of the way through the season. I don’t understand anyone that likes him immediately and I still don’t like him much by the end of the season.
There's dozens of us, dozens!! Tbf, I don't really hate him, but he's definitely not a character that anyone should admire or justify, he's the Rogue Prince for a reason.
@@MS-bk7we there are many other lineages with strong first men blood, and many of them are "purer" since, as a large house, starks have to marry nobility from all over to maintain alliances
Nope, just the oldest humans in Westeros, and it's not exclusive to the Starks, most Northern houses and some riverland houses (like House Strong and House Blackwood) descend from the First Men too.
The Alicent-Rhaenyra "lost friendship" aspect IS the central driving force of Hotd. It's what provides the show with its emotion, angst & tragedy. Anyone who do not understand this is because they are a petulant Targ Cultist for whom scoring Sports Team dunks is more important than the beauty of the story. They get mad that hotd dares to have substance and nuance instead of being their self-inserf silver queen warlord cosplay/targsryen apology show. How dare the antagonists are themselves victims and made of sympathetic flesh and blood instead of being one dimensional cartoonish mustache twirling doormat villains with no characterization, arc of screentime. The average targ cultist wanted a snow white girlboss warlord vs 65 year old evil stepmom Disney movie. Hotd gave them a greej tragedy like sophocles instead. I guess it's going to be tough luck for all the Disney brained Daenerys self inserts.
Guys the dragons with riders belong to the chosen rider no longer to just house Targaryen so daemon can’t take his dragon if he wants cause no one else can ride it till he dies and he rides ones of the most fiercest dragons in history caraxes known as “ the blood wyrm”
Take one of the dragons? Lmao. He is literally The Rogue Prince, Daemon Targaryen. He does not need to take it, he owns that dragon. He is a Targaryen and they all own dragons. It's not taking when it is yours.
King Jaehaerys had 2 sons. Aemon and Baelon. Aemon died having only a daughter, Rhaenys. Jaehaerys named Baelon as heir. Baelon died leaving behind 2 sons, Viserys and Daemon. The King elected to form a Great Council to choose an heir. By 20 to 1 the lords chose Viserys. For many this established an ironclad precedent, whereby a daughter could only inherit if there were no legitimate males available. Viserys named Rhaenyra heir, and forced the Lords of Westeros to acknowledge her rights to the throne. The Targaryens have 2 Valyrian Steel swords (Like Ned Stark's Ice, or Longclaw wielded by Jon Snow.) Blackfyre is always wielded by the King. Dark Sister is often given to the most capable Targaryen warrior. Visenya Targaryen, Aemon the Dragonknight, Brynden Bloodraven have all wielded the sword.
Daemon loses on purpose because he had bet against himself... that's why he gets distracted and leaves space for Criston Cole to attack him from behind.
The dark and handsome unknown common born Criston Cole, cutting a very Jon Snow-esque figure, unseats the Prince himself, then audaciously walks up to the princess to ask for her wreath, which she gladly indulges him, her best friend giggling beside her. Such an insignificant thing in the middle of all this tragic and impactful events : the king's wife and the heir's death, a new heir, a rogue prince. And yet...here it all begins.
Otto was practically trying to get his daughter a date with the the best suitor imaginable. Not many other lords can say they’ve done the same. Yea the thing with the dress was sad but the dresses can’t stay catching dust forever
ngl Viserys is probably my favorite character throughout both TV series, closesly followed by Ned Stark, they're just... SO COOL AND NICE and dedicated and LOYAL. it's heartbreaking to see their chapters end.
You have just been introduced to the most interesting and charismatic character on the show - Daemon Targaryan. He is absolutely mesmerizing. Viscerys is another very interesting character as well. I can't wait to see y'alls reaction to this whole season. It's so good.
In which, the benevolent king Viserys choses to torture his dying wife in cold blood like a guinea pig, instead of getting over the obsessiom of having a male heir and letting her pass naturally and less painfully. Viserys, like a true nobleman of his time, cared more to save his precious little heir instead of his living, breathing wife.
Such a bad take simply because it lacks all context of the situation. It's either they both die or maybe his son lives. Any father at any time ever makes the same choice. It doesn't matter if he was right, it matters here because at that moment for good reason he believes he has only one choice here to save his child. There is no other circumstance ever that he makes even close to the same decision. Idk how you watch this episode and come away with that take.
@@davidpitts5851 In that case I would've given her a painless death first and then try to pry the baby out immediately. It's chance of survival would've been very low, but it would've been a risk worth taking in order to not make her suffer this much. Viserys was guilt-laden for the rest of his life for what happened to Aemma, so he himself probably didn't forgive himself for the decision he made.
Otto Hightower, Rhaenrya's biggest supporter in the small council. Salute to this man for suggesting Rhaenyra be made the king's heir, breaking all traditions! We love an ally 🥲
I know Daemon looks like a villain but he actually loves deeply his family (Viserys and Rhaenyra) he wouldn't murderer them just to take the Iron throne
@@paulelroy6650 Isn't it so strange how something so basic as caring about your family redeems anything you do in the eyes of so many people? I do not understand the way peoples minds work. If anything you should be judged more on the way you treat random people who you have no responsibility for.
Targaryens came from a place cald valyria. They came to westeros after valyria hit by a doom( it was a volvanic explosion if i remember correctly). Westeros was a thing before they came. There were 7 kingdoms and aegon conquered them( except dorne, they were taken later) and united them.
Incest has nothing to do with it, they have never been affected by incest, incest basically does nothing to them and they also never get sick, Targaryens are different from the people of Westeros. Targaryens' pregnancies are also different, the fetuses start with dragon characteristics and become human until the end of the pregnancy. Basically it's as if they were Gods, people who came from another world, because they have connections with dragons, fetuses start with dragonic characteristics, etc...
That dragon pregnancy is not confirmed in any source material, but it is a valid theory. Also worth noting its only when they start to dilute their blood that madness actually starts occurring.
@@alastorcorvus Which books talks about the mental and phyiscal decay of the Targaryens? Fire and Blood lmao? ASOIAF? Dunk and Egg? Pre-Dance at least they are primarily very healthy and there are much less "madness", and we do not have Fire and Blood 2 which is the book that would chronicle the periods were there were the most signs of mental and physical decay, but we do not have that yet. Would love if you could refer me to where this decay is so obvious in the books, I have read them all, so if I missed something I would love to have it pointed out.
They definitely affected by the incest. I mean this is also the (fantasy) world where genetic work very differently than ours. So the damage of inbreeding probably not exactly the "same" as the real world, for example : poor health, stillbirths, prone to insanity, etc. Now, some might argue those "dragon-like" state of the pregnancy also can be considered as deformity because of targaryen's incest.
The only other show I've been overly awaiting since "The Boys", is "The House of Dragons" you girls are going to fucking love this show, I'll wager that statement on the reputation of my (.01% rating)💯🌚💯🤔🧐🤫💯😎🌷💯😎🌹💯😎🥀💯😇😇😇😇😇
Is the audio so low to avoid copyright? At least make the rest of the audio lower as well so people can turn it up on their own, as it is now I have to alternate between turning it up and turning it down because you talking is 100 times louder than the audio of the show.
As with Game of Thrones, you love characters, then you hate those characters, then back to living them. Y'all are in for an Adventure! I liked House Of The Dragon more than Game Of Thrones. Only slightly, though
