House of the Dragon S1E04 Explained 

: There was a Frey and a Mudd in the line of suitors. 2. dragon fire might have affected deamon dick. in the books female targs coundn't have kids after their dragon used fire needed to wait awhile for kids. 3. yea the tea might be very affecting her health later in her life like lysa was a beauty in her childhood. 4. there was a asian guy with daemon men in ep3 that kept going back to his face 3-4 times so he'might still be mel relative but he could be also her spy too... very rare for us to see asians in got universe he'd the third we see

@@stupidminotaur9735 You reckon riding a dragon cooks mens' balls so they become infertile? Amazing theory, love it, confirmed.

@@AltShiftX this guy can find the true meaning in any text

Maybe Daemon wanted Rhaenyra spotted so Otto would confront Viserys knowing that he wouldn’t believe him and instead would see it as Otto being ambitious and finally realize what Otto is. Part of this is from love for his brother and part for his hatred for Otto.

Funny thing is there is a bastard of the bracken says legendary during the black fire rebellions Blood Raven

Thanks mate!

@@AltShiftX Do a video on wimpy kid

They're like 2nd parts of the episodes to me.

@@AltShiftX Yep absolutely you are the best. The fact that you take nearly a week to do them, in comparison to some other channels shows how much time, effort and thought goes into them.

Likewise I watch like 3 different breakdowns 😂😂

Well he's been loving the whole show from episode 1 as well as most other people so I'mg glad he's been saying good stuff about GoT related for while now. Which I'm very glad that he has because it's a fantastic show!

@@Gadget-Walkmen I swear you wrote all these words and somehow didn’t say anything

@@Skiivin I swear I DID say something but you actually have to understanding what’s plainly said right there which your not doing. Just stop with your nonsense here.

@@Gadget-Walkmen no you just said what the original comment said with more words and worse grammar lol, added nothing

@@bommy6307 LOL Not even close, there is no “nO” at all from you as you just don’t see what’s there. But great job at not being able to read what’s clearly there at all. Nice going slick as I’ve added by saying on WHY he’s been saying good things about GoT related stuff, which you clearly ignored here. This “aDdEd nOtHinG” nonsense is just a response from someone who can’t see what’s been said. But keep on believing your nonsensical notions, it’s not gonna get you anywhere but go on.

Lol 😂

Saturday mornings are exciting again because of ASX.

So... first?? 😄

This brought balance to the force!

I guess daemon knows that viserys has a very low opinion about him. So whatever he says, viserys will always doubt him. Might as well play along and be done with it.

He wants Viserys to think that he "ruined" Rhaenyra, so that would be reasonable to marry them in order to legitimise their affair.

It makes sense for him to want Viserys to think Rhaenyra has been "sullied" so he'd be more inclined to agree for Daemon to marry her

He doesn't wake up and choose chaos. He has it on default

@@lockedin6699 🤣 facts

" show the young men are ready for war" The random moments of violence are also set up in such a way as to showcase old rivalries - showing that the realm isn't actually at peace, the dragons are just a veneer

There were rats inside the skull of a dead dragon when Rhaenyra passes by at the secret passage. So the rat showing up on Viserys' bed would mean he'll die soon. ... or that the rat has sensed that Viserys has started to rot away so he already booked a reservation.

@@jmcartoons7281 “Why are you so concerned about my succession? My health is fine.” “Your grace, you’re so sick the castle rodent population has begun to gamble on who will get which bits they’ll get of your corpse.” “…Maybe we should hire more rat catchers. Can’t see the harm in that.”

Made me properly guffaw

Either way I think because Alicent lied first she shouldn’t expect Rhaenyra to be truthful.

@@mr.clymate7489 it's not about that here, who lied first doesn't matter, what matters is their dissolving trust, that was built throughout their childhood, crumbling like a sand castle.

Half-truths ...

Raineera lying is not a sin, because she is being cornered and sexually harassed and her only way to get out of this abuse is to lie. And it's none of anyone's business who she has sex with except maybe her dad, the King. Why is everyone in the show obsessed with her sex life. Bunch of predators and addicts. Who cares what those psychos think Raineera, You do you! I would just be like yo get a life addict nobody wants you

or better yet, don't. erase yo self addict

That juxtaposition is clearly intended within this episode, but there's another interesting connection. Rhaenrya's line that the smallfolk's opinions are "of no consequence" also seems to evoke Dany's line in the final season that "they (the other people) don't get to chose". Considering how that worked out for Dany, that's not a good (reverse) precedent.

Especially given what happens as a result of not caring for the smallfolk's opinions later on.

@@Wolfeson28 they deserve it they are so annoying idc

Great insight!

Interesting

That makes sense but I still feel that people are weirdly harsh on Viserys. He is indecisive and makes mistakes, but at the same time he is the best king out all we've seen in GoT so far. His personal life is a turmoil but the kingdoms have been calm during his reign...

Just like real life. Two people can be right without either one being wrong. The world is a grey place and truth often depends on perspective

@@Yung_potentate joffrey has entered the chat

team green for the win!

It's good writing but fans don't care most of the time. If their theories are proven wrong they get toxic. Just look at Preston Jacobs

@@Yung_potentate it is truly naive to think that, neither are ^protectors

Like that fucking hack alt schwift x who has a livestream after each episode

@@atem4652 dude a little bit aggro, no?

Haha. Ruined the entire comment with the last word. Alt shift cheese.

Who would you support in a civil war between the blue faction Alt Shift X and the green faction Alt Scwift X

@@atem4652 fr, what a poser

Yeah it's barely getting started and there's already so much to discuss

@@AltShiftX That's my big concern now that the time jump will reduce the series, as the 2 young actresses playing these parts have got better and better as they have gone along.

Yeah, the show is definitely moving at a faster pace than GoT did, which at times seemed to move at a snail's pace.

@@didinx8417 Have faith, every single one of the cast has nailed it so far and the older actresses were cast first. I'm sure they will be even better.

@@mattm7798 It will slow down once season 2 hits. It's just that the first act of the story takes place over such a longer period of time, the actual war is only 2 years, similar to the asoiaf timeline. This is kind of the equivalent of if GoT started right after Robert's Rebellion was done. With younger actors playing Ned, Robert, Cersei etc, and with the next generation the Stark children, Cersei's children having not been born yet. Then we get a time skip mid season to get to the point where the show actually started. That would seem fast faced too initially.

Exactly

GRRM is a big fan of Monthy Python. He even has a reference to "I fart in your general direction" in ASOIAF.

ha!! great comment

"one day lad, all this will be yours... what the curtains?"

"I'd rather just SING-" "Stop that, stop that! You're not going into a song while I'm here"

Made even funnier by the lack of hot D, Daemon has a floppy noodle and, given the state of the rest of him, Viserys' is probably necrotic. Sir Cripin is really holding down the fort for now.

Hot Dees Nuts Cuz the entire royal family is cooked of their ballsacks from having seats out of iron and dragonscales

@@jackcade8790 Well you know what they say about men with big trucks, probably applies to men with big dragons.

Yeah! I thought the exact same thing. And she checked to make sure he was the one that didn't die after she heard someone get stabbed. One glance confirmed that he was fine, then she continued leaving. I think if the Bracken guy killed the Blackwood, she would have gotten mad or had some other reaction.

yeah me too

I got that impression as well, also, from the ice n fire wiki, that blackwood boy is Samwell blackwood, a supporter of the blacks during the dance :)

I couldn’t agree more. I read it the same way.

Exactly what I thought

Yeah, possibly neither Otto or Viserys sent the tea. It could have been a test by the Maesters to get that knowledge.

Exactly, in DoD they use this device to blame Margaery.

I suppose she could smash the bottle after drinking it and claim she did that without drinking

She will keep the child by attributing the pregnancy to her new husband

I think everyone already believes the rumor. She should probably just drink it to be safe.

Didn't understand

Pushing rope? Wdym

@@AlexGordonMaoist Limp dick energy.

@@AlexGordonMaoist ​ @Rajyavardhan Singh from simple googling: ​ If you're “pushing rope,” it means that you're completing an arduous task that has no purpose other than to cause frustration. Ropes are for pulling, not pushing, so pushing a rope is non-productive and serves no purpose

@@kristis Damn kids these days..

There was no sexual failure. Daemon returned to King's Landing after being declared a king himself by earning the title. He was a war hero, the definition of masculinity in their world.. He voluntarily offered his crown and his enemy's weapon to Viserys and the throne. Fb He was in good standing, so if the operation of his dick was linked to his political power it should have been in full working order. He choose not to fuck. His plan was never to fuck but to make Rhaenyra want him more, for her to see him in a more sexually permissive context. It was classic seduction,. TRIGGER WARNING especially for grommers. Child sexual abusers often show them porn or have conversations about enjoying sex long before they ever touch their victims. They want them to connect the abuser with sex or sexual pleasure to ready them for the first experience. I believe that the showrunners wanted to avoid that conversation and went with the easy explanation to comfort the wider audience. Given the insane public discourse around LGBT grooming going on it's excusable to not want to be on record laying that out.. And they will be forever tarnished by "Dany Kind Of Forgot". Anyone who knows how CSA works would know exactly what was happening though. We saw that it worked because as soon as she saw another person she likely had been viewing sexually for a while (she asked about his sexual experience in the previous episode) she offered her herself to. By removing Daemon's necklace she was indicating that she believed she had bonded with Criston, as she would have done with Daemon if he had gone throughwith it. It was a matter of who got there first. Both were linked to sex and passion (C&R killed the boar together) in her mind. But given the dangers of being found out fucking either of them her pleasure could turn into resentment for the position it would put her in. Being able to safely say he did not fuck her Daemon could free himself of her possible resentment. It looks as if that's the direction of her relationship with Criston (and possibly Daemonfor setting her up). Daemon is impulsive but also calculating. He had a plan and followed it.

Good points. It makes me feel a little bit odd, though, that we're going to eventually see a scene of him climaxing, and we're all just sitting here waiting for it haha. There's going to be semen all over the place.

@@made-line7627 That last sentence was a terribly off putting way to end that comment

@@willster2967 Semen over here, semen over there, semen rocking everywhere

@@boonsaplenty3924 Alright I’ve changed my mind, I’m completely on board with a climactic semen explosion of a scene for daemons character growth. You truly have a way with words sir

Thanks so much!

Same here.

Excellent Channel , the reviews and analogies are PHD pure genius

Unfortunately I think it's pretty clear she's referring to the Bracken -- she laughs at the Bracken's joke as she says it

I thought she was talking about Blackwood too. She made a gesture towards him.

Yeah I agree. I thought she liked that he was sticking up for himself

@@AltShiftX I disagree, she was smiling while the Blackwood boy was speaking and it seemed to me like she thought he was cute and admired his courage in coming forward and speaking in front of all of the other lords despite the comments from the Bracken and everyone laughing at him. She also was looking at the Blackwood, not the Bracken, while saying 'I could learn to like that one'.

Yes she was talking about the blacwood boy while laughing at brakens joke.

omg it's hu tao

Are we all just going to sit here and ignore that he's her uncle?! Are we normalizing that now?! It was gross enough to have those two siblings doing it and even procreating on the main show.

@@selmahare damn another pearl clutcher that can't differentiate between fiction and real life

@@selmahare you do realize you're watching a fantasy series about dragons? Incestuous relations are normal for that family line. People are shipping their chemistry. Grow up.

The showrunners did state that what happens here is blatant abuse - the whole "he's trying to shock her". The fact that she looked very childish in the entire scene (the boy attire, her absence of make-up, versus Alicent who wears some and looks older), all of that is supposed to show us her youth and make us (and Daemon) very incomfortable with what's going on. She's only 18 and he basically groomed her to like him, years before that - the whole necklace thing, defying her in Dragonstone...He stops because he knows that what he is doing is wrong, he's the adult and should know better.

@@bellona6356 also, incestuous relationships, though "normal" for this family line, are very wrong and shamed in Westeros. They are the reason every one in two Targaryens turns mad. In the end, incest and its consequences is what drives Westeros into chaos.

Yeah, it was a scene most guys can relate to. He obviously had feelings for Rhanera, but also was honorable about his role(and being lifted above born station in life). Unfortunately, he is a likable character which probably means he'll die tragically as is the GoT way lol

@@mattm7798 and how does that make it relatable to "most guys"?

@@rapstyle2006 you could go deep with that one. Banging bosses/coworkers maybe? Or more generally mixing business with pleasure, given how Princess gave Ser Cole the opportunity of a lifetime.

It was the worst one so far to be honest. The dialoges were rather boring and the the fairytale story with criston was so much less interesting than a potential sexual relationship.between daemon and Raeynera.

Same, the story in this episode is more complex, episode 4 and 1 are my favorite

Agreed. I didn’t like the Rhaenyra actor at first, but now I think she’s splendid. Alicent is great, too.

What do you mean miss? Are they not in it for the long haul?

@@bartimaeus44 it seems like the rest of the season (s ) will focus on the present time and developing conflict of the Dance of The Dragons. No more time jumps. Therefore we aren't likely to see young Rhaenerya and young Alicent.

@@oss8298 Probably the show runners wanted to use some house sigils that viewers of GoT would recognise.

And I have the suspicion that the only reason they sent a tween boy to court Rhaenyra was because they heard that the Brackens were sending one of their own. I love the Blackwoods but I wouldn't discard the possibility that they even told this boy to don't take any shit from the Brackens and even trained him to kill them at the slightest provocation.

😅

It’s his son Borros who does that future thing, but good joke

@@logancarlile8895 it was sarcasm. he was making a joke

He better. Next time it might be much worse

Yeah clubfoot has potential to be a useful information asset given that he can’t fight, also last episode showed him sitting with the highborn ladies listening in on their conversations

We definitely will. He's an integral piece of the pie.

yep the actress herself said "she would never chose Cole over daemon" take that what you will

Yeah idk if the actor acted well so he showed he was coerced by power dynamics Or if he acted bad and it added that feel during the whole sexscene

Agree 100%. The writers have framed Daemon and Rhaenyra as parallels to each other. Viserys even points this out in ep 2. They're clearly meant for each other. Cole is just there as a fun distraction for Rhaenyra, as a way for her to explore her sexuality and power. And he is definitely not going to be happy to find out that what could potentially end his life was just a fun game for her. While Daemon has convinced her that, as a Targ, she can do whatever she wants with no consequences, I think Criston will prove to her this is far from the truth.

AND you are super funny!

Exactly this!

I thought Rhaenyra was speaking about the older one, the Bracken boy.

@@7Nebulae7 It doesnt make much sense to me here. In this context her remark is more fitting to the Blackwood than to the Bracken (why would anybody like a Bracken..?)

I forget what the exact line from the show was, but Rhaenys is Boremund Baratheon's niece through her mother, and also his (half?) great-niece through her father (Prince Aemon, first son of Jaehaerys I). I don't know, maybe for Targaryens it's just easier to stick with "cousin" as a catch-all for anyone outside of their immediate family considering how many cross-connections their family tree has. 🤷‍♂🤣

@Anna Firmen And it follows how all the warriors have little battle-hardened, life-and-death experience. It's likely that folks with an inferiority complex could become much better warriors than the cocky ones merely because they trained a heck of a lot more.

@@tondajenej3449 I don't have a clue about the book lore concerning those two houses. It was just the impression I got from the scene, nothing more.

that kinda makes me upset ngl

I thought all of season 1 would cast them. The older versions of there characters coming in next season? At least I think all the main characters we have seen have been contracted for X amount of episodes….

I think we will see them again, but in flashbacks.