House of the Dragon - Reaction - S1E8 - The Lord of the Tides 

The Aegon he is talking about is neither his son nor his grandson, it's Aegon the Conqueror who is the one who had the dream and prophecy. He indeed thought he was talking to Rhaenyra, reassuring her of his decision

I don’t know if you guys noticed, but Aemond got mad and made that toast because the cooks had placed a roasted pig in front of him and Lucerys chuckled at him in reference to the whole “Pink Dread” prank they played on him as children.

The Hand of the King is permitted to sit on the iron throne when the king is unable to. The hand becomes acting king in their stead. Remember Ned Stark sat on the iron throne in season 1 and held court while Robert Baratheon was out hunting.

“I don't give a shit about tourneys. Nephews, have you come to train? Final tribute. To the health of my nephews: Jace, Luke, and Joffrey. Each of them handsome, wise... strong. Come! Let us drain our cups to these three Strong boys!” -Aemond Targaryen. Aemond has some of the most wicked lines. Since can appreciate a good antagonist, certainty hope you can appreciate Aemond. His one my favorite characters in ASOIAF.

The make up for Viserys progressing illness was amazing, but Paddy Considine really acted the hell out of that scene...I got chills.

15:29 Come on guys. Alicent gave her a bag of money to go away. 18:36 Why on earth would she kill her own Dad? He's the only reason she's still heir. 20:32 I have no idea why people think it's a big deal for Otto to sit on the Throne. Ned Stark did the same thing when he was Hand of the King in GoT season 1.

11:25, 22:34 I think they named 1 of their kids Aegon not as an insult but instead because of Aegon the Conquerer being such a figure important to them and their history. There have been quite a few Aegons over the years.

Aemond took a big punch to the face and shoved someone to the ground with one hand without spilling a drop of wine

Bro it’s been 8 episodes and y’all still not over the incest lol its literally what this family is known for

Otto sits on the throne because he speaks for / acts as the King in the petitions while Viserys is uncapable to. He cannot do that if the King is present though, not at all.

she's not poisoning the maid girl, its the same tea the maesters brought rhaenyra after her night of fooling around, the medieval plan b

Margerys mom was a Hightower, her dad a Tyrell. So papa Tyrell married a Hightower. So Margery is related to Hightowers but yeah she is a Tyrell. Hightowers are still around in GOT, they are Lords of Oldtown, which we see in season 6 when Sam and Gilly go to Oldtown to join the Maesters guild, which is located in Oldtown.

If you watch closely to Daemon & Aemond's reactions to each other scenes, there's a mutual respect there. Also Aemond's name is just Daemon's name with the D moved from the front to the back. They are mirrors of each other: second sons, rogue princes, black and green.

Aemond is both Daemon’s prime rival and foil in so many ways. And a very worth one at that in my opinion. I can’t wait for more reactions from him. So far he seems to bring out very passionate ones😅.

Paddy Considine essentially playing a number of different 'versions' of Viserys with the disease progression in one season, he really nailed the role.

Margaery's mother is Alerie Hightower, so she is related to the Hightowers.

Apparently the scene where he dropped his crown and was picked up by his brother and helped up the stairs was improvised and wasn't scripted.

7:52 Laenor named his "son" Joffrey after his lover Joffrey Lonmouth, who was brutally killed by Ser Criston Cole in E05.

Vaemond is a liar: the standard inheritance law in Westeros is male-preference primogeniture...which is still "primogeniture". The books explicitly say that a lord's daughter inherits ahead of his younger brother -- thus Laena was always ahead of Vaemond in line of succession. IN TURN, Laena's daughters inherit before her own uncle. By all rights, even IF Rhaenyra's sons are bastards, then BAELA is the heir to Driftmark, and she knows it. "Primogeniture" means inheritance goes until a lord's entire bloodline is extinguished, even through granddaughters. Rhaenys of course got pushed aside because the Great Council voted "uh...royal inheritance should be different!"

Viserys, THE GOAT! It was a crime that Paddy was not nominated for awards for his performance, it just goes to show how political the industry is, totally sad...he deserved it.

It is true Viserys, thought he was talking to Rhaeynera. He only confided the prophesy of the song of ice and fire to her early in the season as it is only passed down to the targaryn rulers. If you recall the prophesy told of a great evil threat that would descend from the north and threaten the realm. A Targaryn named Aegon would be the one who would unite the realm to fend of the great threat in the north...the prophesy of course would come true about 125 years later... (as best as i can recall)

Tywin Lannister and Ned Stark also sat on the thron when they were Hand of the King

Just to confuse you even more, there's now 3 people called Aegon. There's Aegon the Conqueror, who had the dream about the White Walkers and passed down the tale through the line of Kings to Viserys (His great, great grandson.) Then there's Alicent and Viserys' eldest son. (Aegon the Elder,) and Rhaenyra's 4th son (who is also) Daemon's 1st (Aegon the Younger.) Don't be too hard on yourself for making mistakes about how everyone is related to one another. The Targaryen family tree is incredibly messy.

( If you haven’t finished Game of Thrones, don’t read this)Aegon is a really common name to the Targaryen‘s, because everybody wanted their son to be the conqueror and the prince that was promised, but if you finish Game of Thrones, you find out in the later seasons, that John Snow‘s real name is Aegon Targaryen, because he is the Prince that was promised to fight against the darkness ( knight king)

Never forget the Alicent and Viserys have another son (with a dragon) that was like never mentioned

Daemon seemed amused at aemond, like he got a new toy to play with. Daemon is not a good person but my god he is so charismatic

It makes no sense to poison the king. If he dies, Rhaenyra gets the throne. As long as he's alive, Otto as hand gets to rule in his name. They are giving him milk of the poppy to keep him sedated.

They already discussed aegon marrying helaena in the last episode remember the targaryens have married outside of their house through generations just for alliance but also still keep the tradition of marrying cousins or siblings within the family so they can keep their Valeryan blood pure and their dragons , also alicent didn’t kill dyana she felt bad and she knew that in those times women don’t get justice so the best thing she could do was fire her while compensating to make sure shes not pregnant by the prince other wise it’s death for her ugh she deserved better 😢💔 you can see the difference of motherhood with alicent and rhaenrya for instance rhaenrya had her boys later in life through love and trust which is why she’s so loving with them also her children in order is : Jace , Luke , Joffrey, aegon , visery’s and another one on the way. Alicent who was a child bride to visery’s that was forced to have her children through duty and young age didn’t know how to be a mother but that doesn’t mean she does not love them any less even though aegon keeps doing disgusting things and she has no choice but cover up for him even though his behavior is no excuse which is why alicent hugs on her daughter since she felt bad in that scene cause she had to marry her crazy ass brother which she has children with too , alicent’s children in order is : Aegon , helaena , Aemond and apparently alicent and visery’s actually have 4 children together which they never showed through out the show and his name is daeron who’s the 4th child , also helaena is a sweet heart and she’s the only one who doesn’t really wear green like the rest of her family does , yes alicent has been driven duty her whole life so of course she gets the misunderstanding with visery’s about the prophecy that’s only secretly shared with targaryens and will now push for her son aegon to be king! And Rest In Peace visery’s even though I kinda blame for some things but he was a decent king tho, he could’ve done things better otherwise this family drama shit wouldn’t really be happening but I also blame otto too.🤦🏾‍♀️😭💀😬

Aemond the goat is here

Rhaenyra always trying to reach out and apologize after she already gotten what she wants from her dad ...if I was Alicent I'd be fuming😂😂😂

Aemond did not take her dragon

It is easy to remember the second son of Alicent’s name, it is Daemon with the D in back and it is pronounced the same. Viserys was continuing his conversation where Rhaenyra asked if he believed Aegon the Conqueror’s dream. This is obviously not a conversation he had with Alicent. He also didn’t mention naming Aegon as heir. Rhaenys had no choice one Viserys walked into the chamber. What was she going to do? Challenge the king’s authority? She had to side with Rhaenyra.

20:33 In the absence of th King, the Hand rules, hence why Otto is sitting on the Iron Throne. When King Robert was sick, as his Hand, Ned ruled, and sat the Iron Throne. Only the King and the Hand are allowed to sit on it.

Milk of the poppy… poppyseed…. Opiate.. Cmon guys put 2 and 2 together. It’s like morphine.

Besides the King the only one alaud to sit on the Iron Throne was the hand of the king, on GOT we saw Ned Stark sitting there when Robert was on his hunt.

Margaery is a Tyrell, but her mother is a Hightower.

Rhaenyra has not not visited Viserys for 6 years who's on his deathbed but has the Audacity to demand him and belittle him for the problems which is 100% her fault , talk about being spoilt lol .

The moment King Viserys enters the Hall and defending his "only child". Always gives me goosebumps even i've watched it many times. Also when Daemond helping Viserys to sit in the iron throne.😢 Viserys, Rhaenyra And Daemon love for each other. 🥺

these three need to watch a Targaryan family tree explanation video because its frustrating to watch them confuse all the Aegons. lmao. There is Aegon the Conqueror, who is the 1st of his name. He isnt in this show because its before. He's the one Viserys is actually talking about. The OG Aegon, he is the one who had visions, the dreams about a song of ice and fire, he passed it onto his heirs and them over to their until Vicerys. All the other Aegons that came after was named after him, including the 2 in the show and Jon Snow in Game of Thrones... who is the ACTUAL "prince that was promised." Jon Snows real name is Aegon Targaryan as well. Also Viserys NEVER named anyone else his heir other than his daughter. He had one true love and considered her his only "real" child.

Why do you guys still think Aemond “stole” Vhagar? There’s only one way to claim a dragon and it isn’t by parentage 😬 Most of the dragons you see weren’t inherited by direct offspring.. Caraxes, Meleys, and although unseen, Balerion all passed down to different relatives because they claimed them not because their parents were previous riders

22:37 these brief seconds where Viserys looks at Rhaenyra were so powerful, I always get emotional in the moment where she was being cornered, her father came to help, even in the condition he was in

Aemond goat status

Daemon is the best character in the show

I am so mad, Rhaenyra herself left the capital and for all these years neither she nor Daemon even thought of visiting the sick aging Viserys. Did they realize that Viserys would be left alone with the Hightowers and they would rule? This is as obvious as the origin of the "strong" boys. And when it smelled fried and the inheritance of the child began to float away through their fingers, the relatives suddenly suddenly remembered the king and hurried to the capital where, oh, surprisingly, someone was engaged in politics all this time. Alicent is not Mother Teresa, nevertheless she took care of Viserys. Even on the last night of his life, she was by his side. The old man didn't have half of his face! He was just a walking corpse. It's amazing that he somehow managed to survive all these years on poppy milk. Without him, he would have given his soul to the seven much earlier from the pain shock..

2:43 Juse like Samwell's family (House Tarly), The Hightowers are vassals of the Tyrells. Like the Boltons, Karstarsks, and the Reeds are vassals of House Stark. Both the Hightowers and the Tyrells are from the kingdom/region of The Reach. The Tyrell's seat is Highgarden, and House Hightower's seat is Oldtown, which is where Samwell went to study.

Ned as Hand sat on the throne. Tywin as Hand sat on the throne. Of course Otto as Hand should sit the throne.

Vaemond was right, it would suck to see someone with no actual relation to you or your family stealing your family home and titles.

The tea that Alicent gave Dyana was Moon tea. It is a “Plan B” but the tea only works if it’s brewed right. If not, you can die from it. So yes, in a way, Alicent is trying to give her a “way out” from having a child.

33:47 this was such a beautiful moment 😭 what a great episode, what a great character Viserys was RIP

Lebron's younger son is taller than his oldest.

all these characters are so morally grey, especially Daemon, like you want to love or hate these people completely but each one of them has a good and bad quality too themselves and in this series especially so far, we get to see how the villains become villains, and unlike in game of thrones the reasons that we get shown on screen are somewhat very legitimate reasons for why someone turned bad or evil. for Aemond it was bullying, for Aegon it was neglect and abandonment and so many other things the parents could have done better on, it makes you sorta sympathize with them and for me makes me really wish they could have had that extra love or extra attention, bc they for sure would have turned out better, if it wasn't for their parents and their other adult figures they looked up to

Bruh ... Otto as hand has authority over the queen (while the king is still alive). How do you not know that? 🤦‍♀️😆

So no one corrected them on the whole stealing dragon thing?

The second Viserys shows up and that whole scene is one of my favorite tv moments ever. I love it so much

Ok this one is my favorite episode. Hi Dimple!

One other point I needed to address for ya Margery is related to the High tower her mother is Alerie Hightower who married Mace Tyrell! So yeah Margery is 1/2 High Tower !

21:22 Now THAT is an entrance. Not some drug addle old man but the King in his right mind with all his wits.

The tears I shed this episode maaaan

The point of Targaryens marrying each other, is to keep their (dragon) blood as pure as possible. The dragons will only bond humans with Targaryen blood.

Evan Mitchell who plays Aemond is 26. Tom Glynn-Carney who plays Aegon is 28.

Visarys was undeserving of Alicent's love and devotion.

The 1st to have the name Aegon was Aegon the conqueror. Alicent and Viserys son is the 2nd to be named Aegon. Rhaenyra and Daemon's son is the third.

The hand of king is there to assist the king, oppose the king and sometimes act as king when king is unavailable. So, Otto can sit the throne under some circumstances.

0:49 Ah yes, Alicent's second son, A-a-ron :))

But the reason you thought Margery was a Hightower is because the tyrels are from high garden!!! So you were close 🥳

14:58 “Oh He Has A Wife” Yeah, You Girls Don’t Remember In The Last Episode That He Was Betrothed To His Sister? And That’s Why His Lil Brother Was Saying He Wishes It Was Him, That He Would Do His Duty

I need episode 9 today ladies!! 😭

"Off with his Head!" (Next second) Schick! A Real Smooth Shave! 😅🤣👏🤣😅

The Targaryens marry brothers and sisters so much to keep bloodlines pure because the dragons are the source of their power and if they mix with other house those house could have kids that can ride dragons too so the Targaryens are trying to keep the mix of bloodlines down as much as possible so they don't lose "control" of the dragon power in the country.

Daemon and Viserys had a 3rd brother who died early named Aegon. Daemon probably named his two sons after his brothers.

The Aegon that had the dream of Fire And Ice is Aegon The Conqueror. The Aegon that Viserys is saying is the one is not his son or his grandson. It is the One that "Knows Nothing"!

It's not poisen, It's moontea and it prevents pregnancy.

I understand the Aegon confusion, there are just too many of them lol

George RR Martin said in a interview that he recycles the names in the show because in times of old England every king was named after each other (King Richard, Charles,Henry etc)

"Is she going to kill her dad?" ... what the hell?? :)) Anyway, the Hand of the King sits the throne in the king's absence. Ned Stark did the exact same thing in S1 of GOT

5:39 The king will have your tongue for that

Looks like Rhaenyra and her brother got some things in common.

Family tree? Its a family wreath!

Guys come on...8 episodes in we are still confused 😢

Viserys was talking about Aegon the Conqueror's (the one who united the Seven Kingdoms) dream, he prophecised the song of ice and fire, aka the events of the OG Game of Thrones

viserys is a well written and acted instance of a horrible father and king, who deceives himself that he is well meaning, but really isn't. he is well meaning only to his daughter, to others, including his children by alicent, alicent herself, and his subjects, he is opposite of well meaning . he is a horrible father, husband and king. foreseeable consequences of his actions prove that clearly. show did well to ensure vaemond went on saying what he said instead of backing down, even though he knew there wont be a good outcome for him. he for one is not taking injustice of entitled tyrants passively. and this is an instance where making his house black fits rather well. scene is full of various subtextual nuances and allusions. aemond started only after luke served him a pig. also prophecy can be misleading. that prophecy was probably made intentionally to destroy targs and dragons.

The recaps are lowkey my favorite 😂

so the show is really showing aegon in a villinous light and whitewashing rhaenyra massively. he wasnt a rapist in the book and rhaenyra in books gave order for vaemonds execution to daemon,, who tracked vaemond down killed him and rhaenyra feed his corpse to syrax. mind you book vaemond did not even put forth any petition neither did he called her whore. he just complained about her bastard kids inheriting to his brother nd some relatives in private, then vaemonds kids and relatives came to court to complain about it to king viserys and he had all of their tongues removed.

He says only child because he loved her the most from he's first wife and true love that's why he said my only child Alicent's children were bred because there were too few targaryens and now there are too many

Squelching cracks me up.. But stranger things is the king of (Squelching*)

For the Strongs Boys!!!

Ya'll I love ya but the confusion over the basic lore stuff is killing me!! 😭💀

Aw you guys missed the 'greet our guests in a manner that befits their station' from Otto, while Rhaenyra and Daemon receive no greeting at all. Shows how corrupted the council is already that they say this openly about the heir.

I could watch these three react to any type of drama I'm really enjoying these reactions. It's almost like they are some other noble family sitting back watching and gossiping and it's so good

you guys need an actual nerd there with you to keep track of the nen types & dragons.

you guy miss alot of stuff

Fave reactors

Is Sam the only one with a brain? Lol jfc

The RePack, make it happen, it's honestly not a bad name lol. Great reaction as always, y'all are one of the few joys that's a part my schedule!

Guys I love your reaction to this series but the volume of the show is too low. Maybe turned up just a little.

Right or wrong. You dont get to call the princess a whore, especially at court, in front of her father, and husband.

jace have 15 years and luke has 14 aemond has 20 and aegon 22

I honestly think the prophecy was talking about Jon Snow especially since he’s obviously called aegon and says ‘u are the one’ and Alicent says prince aegon thinking it’s her son but could be a hint it’s actually Jon since technically he’s a prince and he’s named aegon

😍Dani🥰

Viserys said aegon, right? But its aegon are jon snow, your real name