House of the Dragon S2E02 Explained

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@AltShiftX 3 месяца назад

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@fplgregfrost 3 месяца назад

Get Swifty!

@marcovaldiviezo2588 3 месяца назад

@shinsenshogun900 3 месяца назад

AltShiftX: Is exhibiting a realm and families divided and harmed beyond forgiveness Also AltShiftX: denounces his twin brother

@Fartucus 3 месяца назад

Raised by wolves was executed by hbo. Can you please give season 2 the proper send off it deserves.

@vinogr00nko93 3 месяца назад

can't believe you're still promoting this rapscallion Alt Schwift X and the traitor Glidus, shame, shame, shame

@markmikolay9019 3 месяца назад

RIP Viserys' warhammer models

@madprophetus 3 месяца назад

This is how the kingdoms got into such deep debt with Braavos.

@frangelycomagz 3 месяца назад

@@madprophetusBraavos is GW irl

@Morfe02 3 месяца назад

RIP Viserys Lego model of Valyria

@madprophetus 3 месяца назад

@@frangelycomagz I agree - except that Braavos is more likely to keep its promises and deliver quality product.

@jlshel42 3 месяца назад

When asked to comment, Henry Cavill only wept

@dvvesgrst3667 3 месяца назад

1:42 get out of the way Tyrek Horsepeople, Criston Cole is a Bed Confirmed

@dr.embersfield1551 3 месяца назад

He was last seen abed.

@michellecgb 3 месяца назад

I disagree on two things so far: 1) I don’t think Daemon wanted to choke Rhaenyra again. I think he wanted to touch her and she recoiled because of the trauma. I saw a flash of regret on his face when he sees her reaction, not that it matters much, but I don’t think he wanted to choke her. He can’t believe she doesn’t trust that he’s on her side, he cares about her not trusting him, but who can blame her. 2) I don’t think Rhaenyra sent Baela because she doesn’t care if something happens to her. She sent her because she trusts Baela will keep her distance and not do anything rash or put herself in danger. Jace is grieving and I believe that if he ran into Aemond or his dragon, if he saw any opportunity to hurt the greens, he would, no matter how ill-advised. He would 1000% react emotionally.

@hal-fi8mo 3 месяца назад

Both of these are what I saw too when I watched the scenes.

@BlackQback 3 месяца назад

He definitively didn't want to choke her, I agree. He touched her face. To be fair, Rhaenyra reverted to a spoilt teenager and took her anger over bad PR on Daemon. When married people argue and fight, they often say things they don't mean, and I don't see what the big deal about that fight is, except that a queen should know better, especially if she needs to prove herself... and what did she do? Pushed the person most loyal to her away. If anything, in that moment she demonstrated that she doesn't care about Daemon's feelings, but mostly about what he can do for her. If she didn't, in all those years, notice how sensitive Daemon was about his brother and how much he craved his approval, then ser Crispin was right about her at least once - "selfish c**t", though not in the way _he_ meant it.

@S.D._777_ 3 месяца назад

Yep, I agree with everything you wrote. She did tell Baela to keep her distance, and even though they haven't shown us yet, Baela is a proficient dragon rider. So, as long as she keeps her distance, she should be fine.

@melissaharris3389 3 месяца назад

Matt Smith was _sooo_ good in that scene I want to roll around in his performance like Scrooge McDuck in a pile of gold coins!😂

@davisampaio5131 3 месяца назад

Idea for a future video: every time that the events of the Dance of the Dragons was mentioned in the main series

@ahumanother 2 месяца назад

The sketched portrait of Daeron looks like a young Anakin.

@wickswoodard1318 3 месяца назад

Cannot believe you missed the chance to say “it’s not easy being green” in a Kermit voice

@jables9229 3 месяца назад

The son of Grover Tully? We haven’t seen him yet.

@pacoramon9468 3 месяца назад

George has to create more content so this guy doesn't starve.

@EvanMonroe 3 месяца назад

Regarding the Arryk vs Erryk fight, in spite of it all my forever head cannon is that Arryk was the last man standing. Just imagine Rhaenyra wrongfully assuming he was Erryk just because he referred to her as "your grace" and beginning to let her guard down. Even with her potentially dead to rights, Arryk accepts that she should have been queen and takes his life out of the shame of killing his brother rather than dying to fulfill the orders to his Lord Commander. There's one layer of tragedy in Erryk being the last man standing and being so guilt ridden by killing his brother. But I think it hits even harder if it was actually Arryk and that he chose take his life rather than finishing the job when he still had the chance.

@FlyWithMe_666 3 месяца назад

Erryk vs Arryk is clearly foreshadowing how Shift vs Schwift will go down in a live stream someday. Glidus is the death of love.

@HisameArtwork 3 месяца назад

for sure. it won't end well. anyway I'm taking bets. Place your bets right here! Get is quick!!

@basang32 3 месяца назад

@@HisameArtwork 3 coppers on Schwift, may his hand strike true

@Premoguys 3 месяца назад

this somehow implies that shift has any similarity to schwift while everyone with eyes, ears and overall general basic sense can attest to the opposite

@VictorIV0310 3 месяца назад

What if Schwift is Shift in the same way Radagon is Marika?

@ihatepower4580 3 месяца назад

@@VictorIV0310 blasphemy

@whoiskwanda 3 месяца назад

Criston Cole continuing to fail upwards is actually insane.

@B463L 3 месяца назад

He's the hero the greens want, but not the one they need. It'd be best to have Kingsguard who don't rail the King's mom, but Alicent wants him to rail her. It'd be best to have Kingsguard who aren't stoked for war, but Aegon and Aemond both want someone stoked for war.

@timmybee3669 3 месяца назад

Kind of like real life…

@MatthewTheWanderer 3 месяца назад

Yes, that's exactly how I would describe him!

@mmmk6793 3 месяца назад

ikr .. how do ppl keep dying on his watch and not only does he not get fired, he gets promoted like?????

@ronibigbangnicole 3 месяца назад

Accurate tho lmao😂

@CabooseAhNotMyFault 3 месяца назад

I'm convinced that Alt Shift X is obligated to say that "human heart in conflict with itself"-stuff at least once in every video or otherwise GERRRM will haunt him

@KungFuKenobi 3 месяца назад

He's just projecting his own character development onto others that he himself is facing between his identities of shift and shwift. Will he choose the path of honorable deep analysis? Or will he choose the memes?

@marcosbaeza5908 3 месяца назад

That burrito had magical powers, he is now under a spell

@ThaGodPrizzy 3 месяца назад

Alt Shwift X is forcing him to say it at knifepoint

@bub6010 3 месяца назад

It’s GRRM who tf uses a E and 3 Rs wtf?

@Ajbolt89 3 месяца назад

Pretty sure it's just a fun phonetic spelling of how people often shorten GRRM. Like, how Swift and Glidus and Schwift often pronounce it in their live stream type vids.

@rbkishere 3 месяца назад

" harwin was nice but he is dead " it's funny that we can say this for so many characters in the show.

@ThwipThwipBoom 3 месяца назад

I can only think of one good character who lived in the GoT universe, and that was Hot Pie. Bro made the right call leaving Arya and becoming a humble baker.

@rbkishere 3 месяца назад

@@ThwipThwipBoom what i like about him is that he knew he isn't a warrior. so he followed what he was good at and that ended up saving his life.

@dallesamllhals9161 3 месяца назад

@@ThwipThwipBoomHodor?

@balabanasireti 3 месяца назад

@@dallesamllhals9161 Well, he died

@kingkiller5325 3 месяца назад

@@ThwipThwipBoomTyrions Squire was a truly good and loyal person in GoT.

@Glidus 3 месяца назад

"Traitors and villains! I'll kill them all!" - Alt Schwift X when he learned Glidus is working with Alt Shift X

@AugustRx 3 месяца назад

Oh my god just kiss already

@Jarx246 3 месяца назад

I cant believe he would do this

@jigglebiggle2799 3 месяца назад

@@AugustRxyou think glidus is the top or the bottom?

@basang32 3 месяца назад

We need the whole story on ao3, with bastards and all. Including the unexpected GERRM cameo. There's good money in it, I tell you

@Glidus 3 месяца назад

@@jigglebiggle2799 please don't, this is excessively weird.

@maddysund 3 месяца назад

The acting for this episode legitimately took me back to peak GoT.

@thebusthatcouldntslowdown3612 3 месяца назад

Aegon crying over his dead son really got me. The actor is almost making me sympathetic to the character

@zharriott2010 3 месяца назад

100%. It was top tier

@mmmk6793 3 месяца назад

tru i especially liked him begging his mother to help him oppose otto’s funeral idea. he is an interesting actor

@Buorgenhaeren 3 месяца назад

Bro this ep was just a scuffed cleganebowl with 0 hype and buildup

@a.m.pietroschek1972 3 месяца назад

Yep! It is why I belong to those who OK being creative on the book canon. We love the characters we see, not only the ones written in those lengthy books.

@pdxoneway 3 месяца назад

Personally Alt Shift X is my favorite channel for hotd breakdowns/talks. He's got a great voice and seems to have the best takes on the subject. It's well worth the wait. Plus we get the after party show on Sundays. Appreciate your work

@ThwipThwipBoom 3 месяца назад

I respect that he takes his time making the video to be sure he catches everything. Most of the other channels who do breakdowns of this show rush out their vids as fast as possible.

@taylorfitness10 3 месяца назад

Agreed

@BananaMystic 3 месяца назад

Add to this no future episode/book spoilers!

@johnstajduhar9617 3 месяца назад

He's a damn sight better than that villain Alt Schwift X, who is nothing but a cheap hacky knockoff.

@MatthewTheWanderer 3 месяца назад

@@ThwipThwipBoom And he still gets it done fairly quickly (less than a week after the episode first airs)!

@awesomehpt8938 3 месяца назад

Press F to pay respects to cheese dog and Viserys’ Lego set

@sit-insforsithis1568 3 месяца назад

Cheese dog is dead ?

@awesomehpt8938 3 месяца назад

@@sit-insforsithis1568 cheese dog is now a masterless stray dog

@ronibigbangnicole 3 месяца назад

Justice for Cheese Dog

@mlmichel98 3 месяца назад

I have never seen anyone ever kick a dog. That kick was clean. (I watch MMA). I was snapped back to reality that there are some people out there. Always heard about it but I have never seen it.

@Ahi_tuna_ 3 месяца назад

@nau5134 3 месяца назад

Aegon has 99 problems but a ratcatcher ain't one

@guyfawkes9792 3 месяца назад

Fucking underrated

@ramdom__ 2 месяца назад

bar

@DzTr 2 месяца назад

To the top, ser 😂 👏👏👏

@I_am_a_cat_ Месяц назад

He's gonna have a rat problem now

@vcetutorialshub8599 3 месяца назад

The scene between Rhaenyra and daemon felt like OG game of thrones, I really hope the rest of the season matches this episode

@susannaharnhart4910 3 месяца назад

I think this scene (and honestly most others with Daemon) really resonates people who’ve experienced DV. She’s trying so hard to communicate clearly and he responds by intimidating her….

@srccde 3 месяца назад

@@susannaharnhart4910 I don't think Rhaenery was intimidated. She was simply shocked by the level of cruelty displayed by him. She's still the Queen.

@abudgie6909 3 месяца назад

@@srccdeDaemon is still her uncle. He's assaulted her before so it's totally reasonable for her to be somewhat scared.

@hrc66 3 месяца назад

And the scene between Otto and Aegon!!

@vcetutorialshub8599 3 месяца назад

@@hrc66 never gone from hating a character to loving them that quickly

@satevo462 3 месяца назад

Criston Cole is a true monster. With each passing episode I despise him more and more. But this episode might have been him at his very worst. An utter coward with NO honor whatsoever.

@RobertRichter-vh4jb 3 месяца назад

I agree but wouldn’t say coward

@MaaaatDaaamon 3 месяца назад

@@RobertRichter-vh4jb Guy's a real rapscallion.

@WhiteBoyTariq 3 месяца назад

I feel like the Criston Cole hate is so unproportinate

@travisdunlap4526 3 месяца назад

every episode my gf prays for his death:)

@teongreen5254 2 месяца назад

How is he a monster but not the queen controlling him? He wanted to kill himself several times but he was stopped by the queen.

@FlyWithMe_666 3 месяца назад

I learned so much more about our history through this show than in 12 years in school! Didn’t know all that dragon stuff.

@corneliuspildershmidt 3 месяца назад

Lmao

@gametheorymedia 3 месяца назад

Child: "It's okay, mom--I know all about Incest; I saw it on TV." Father: "There, ya see? It's okay--he saw it on the television!" :P

@OlYables 3 месяца назад

When reading the histories of the Targaryen and other legends and scribing from a completely fictional world, I wonder if I’d be better served reading ACTUAL history: but no dragons yet in the War of the Roses.

@gametheorymedia 3 месяца назад

@@OlYables I have no doubt that many of GRRM's readers have been, however slowly but surely, nudged toward reading Actual History, as a result of their ASOIAF exposure! :)

@tabkatoro 3 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂

@etantife 3 месяца назад

Aegon smashing his father's model was extremely symbolic: A disregard for the efforts of those who came before him. His father painstakingly committed hours to build it, and it's a strong parallel to the same energy he put into keeping his family and realm together. And a willingness to destroy and act without thinking.

@ariejohnson1944 3 месяца назад

Viserys didn't try to keep the realm together. He ignores the brewing succession crisis when there were many good solutions, marry aegon to rhaenyra, name aegon heir, don't remarry. But what does the king do? Plays with Legos while tensions brew in his court and the few times he bothers to address the issue he just screams at them to love each other.

@play_history 3 месяца назад

The friend I was watching alongside online had this exchange, "You see he's destroying his father's legacy, get it?" "Symbolism!"

@Ch50304 3 месяца назад

That is a good point.

@prettymsmary 3 месяца назад

All great points! It’s very deep. Especially when you think about how much time he put into it .. what if he did the same for Aegon..put time in with him….even if it wasn’t meant for him to be king. Aegon tried to do this with his son as young as he was. So sad.

@phantasosxgames8488 3 месяца назад

@@ariejohnson1944 exactly. Viserys is a "good king" because the few crazy Targaryen Kings did such absurd stuffs , that been a mediocre king that coated into the success of a genius king as Jahaerys I is enough to be considered so.

@kramttonnis6405 3 месяца назад

This episode felt like a Shakespearean tragedy. The acting and language was melodramatic, like Otto chewing out Aegon, there was scheming and spying, like Cole sending Arryk to kill Rhaenyra. Tragedy with the twins fighting, and an overall feeling of loss and despair by the end. It was brilliant

@lolilol5346 3 месяца назад

Too many plotholes for me to enjoy . Like Cole being promoted makes absolutely 0 sense .

@cianboy97 3 месяца назад

@@lolilol5346aegon is an idiot

@_KHG 3 месяца назад

@@lolilol5346thats not a plot hole it’s just suspension of disbelief which because aegon is young and dumb and angry i think it makes sense

@kramttonnis6405 3 месяца назад

@@lolilol5346 there were kingsguards made hand of the king in the past, and also it’s not a plot hole, just an irrational decision made by a boy king who just wants war

@lolilol5346 3 месяца назад

@@_KHG it dosnt , cole is the reason his son is dead , it was his job to make sure he is safe . Would you promote the guy who didnt do his job and got your son killed ? I dont think so

@Shane.Dennnis 3 месяца назад

“It's the story of the fight between Rhaenyra Targaryen and her half-brother Aegon for control of the Seven Kingdoms. Both of them thought they belonged on the Iron Throne. When people started declaring for one of them or the other, their fight divided the kingdom in two. Brothers fought brothers.” -Princess Shireen (rip)

@TaeSunWoo 3 месяца назад

I love how HBO’s like ‘Erryk won’ and then a good chunk of internet is like ‘well check on your editors because frame by frame it looks look Arryk did’ Meanwhile I was looking like Rhaenyra while watching the fight

@vinogr00nko93 3 месяца назад

Emma D'arcy absolutely serving while being panicked does that to ya

@ronibigbangnicole 3 месяца назад

RIGHT?!?! Good sirs there are SWORDS flying about, I don't CARE! Get me OUTTA here!!!

@nahum3557 3 месяца назад

I thought Arryk won because the first person to fall is the person with the leg wound, which appears to be Erryk

@vinogr00nko93 3 месяца назад

@@nahum3557 both brothers had their legs wounded during the fight, everything else points to Erryk winning

@nahum3557 3 месяца назад

@@vinogr00nko93 Seems an interesting choice to make the choreography/editing confusing when the story points to Erryk winning \(0.0)/

@mac.a.r0nny 3 месяца назад

I can't express how thankful I am knowing I still have a soul after the dead prince's head didn't detached from the body and fell on the mud when the carriage got stuck.

@xChaosFlower 3 месяца назад

You didn't see the stitches on his neck in the close-up shot?

@kikataye6293 2 месяца назад

@@xChaosFlowerThat’s exactly why we were all glad that it didn’t detach 😩😩

@cody7210 2 месяца назад

@@xChaosFlower they definitely wanted you to think the stitches would fail. I imagine it did and they cut it out.

@kseni_vely 2 месяца назад

I closed my eyes and generally was watching through my fingers in horror because the anxiety was overwhelming 😅

@alisaurus4224 21 день назад

I absolutely thought that was going to happen

@luzcalderon7808 3 месяца назад

I've said it somewhere else, but the scene between Rhaenyra and Daemon is so well acted and so well written, it trule was like watching my own parents fight because of how real it felt. A+ to everyone involved in that scene.

@cvox607 3 месяца назад

That "brilliant" nearly took me 😂

@ronibigbangnicole 3 месяца назад

I laughed SO hard, he was so genuine and thought Christon ate that 😅

@sweettt321 3 месяца назад

I said, "Genius, Aegon." outloud when watching it

@evanwenger9821 3 месяца назад

RIP Freud you would’ve loved HOTD

@tadeojablonski105 2 месяца назад

this aged like fine wine after one of Daemon's dreams

@joshthomasmoorenew 3 месяца назад

6:20 It like Otto says later in the episode Aegon is rash and lashing out, where as if he stopped and thought for a second he could have used Blood to ID cheese and then he could have just strung the two killers up and no-one would have hated him.

@isthatakingfisher2931 3 месяца назад

If Kin slaying is such a big deal, why does Aemond get a free pass?

@youngveteran6368 3 месяца назад

I think he still has the reputation in universe, it’s just that well……. Why would the closest people to him call him that? We never heard Jaime called kingslayer (in a demeaning manner) by anyone close to him. Besides who is dumb enough to call PRINCE AEMOND A KINSLAYER TO HIS FACE??? might be the last words you ever uttered 😂

@clownpendotfart 3 месяца назад

I guess he could try blaming the dragon.

@boarfaceswinejaw4516 2 месяца назад

i dont think the commoners are nessecarily as aware of it. for all they know Luke, if they knew about him at all, just straight up disappeared.

@mhmdmasry8012 2 месяца назад

Ye only Alic and Otto offscreen blaming but commoners did nothing, bad writing

@leek5682 3 месяца назад

Baela: where is dad going? Rhaenyra: to the store for sheep milk

@mrloadinggame 3 месяца назад

We know George told you and Glidus that winds of winter is ready, you don't need to break the confidentiality contract to let us know, just blink twice and we will know. ; |

@andrewb2156 3 месяца назад

100%

@frankvandorp2059 3 месяца назад

Glidus is not available for comment, he is frantically searching for good recipes containing paper and ink for some reason.

@sandeshvantveen 3 месяца назад

This is becoming my new Sunday routine.

@gametheorymedia 3 месяца назад

Right? My rock-solid wifi connection, my ragged hunk of salted, jerked beef, and my 'I Drink, and I Know Things' pint-glass; ahhhhhhhhh :D

@Hammerage1 3 месяца назад

If I remember correctly in one of the Q&A-videoes you said: "We'll try to get this episode out quicker" "It won't be a 45 min video" Well, both are technically correct :)

@louisroy4911 3 месяца назад

I was thinking the same thing..! Small steps 😂

@davidintrabartolo5887 3 месяца назад

Daemon's silent smirk at the Black council meeting is a work of art.

@kseni_vely 2 месяца назад

Once again he was Daemon "it wasn't me" Targaryen 😂

@SvenSinclairMusic 2 месяца назад

They say, whenever a Tagaryan is born GRRM toss a coin if he calls him Aemon or Aegon.

@levykatzman842 3 месяца назад

I love how you don't just discuss the HOTD lore, but also the emotional and philosophical motivations of the characters.

@myrkvdr 3 месяца назад

This episode was top-tier acting, from the whole cast. Rhaenyra and Damon's argument, Otto in disbelief at how wrong he was for choosing Aegon, the twins heartbreaking fate; also, Phia is stunning as Halaena. A nice parallel scene in this episode was Daemon telling Rhaenyra she was not "chosen" for what she believes while Otto tells Aegon the same thing. Obviously, Rhaenyra was not chosen on a whim (she knows about a song of ice and fire)- but the way each episode presents us just how similar of a situation Rhaenyra and Aegon are in, is brilliant. Doomed siblings, perhaps.

@gametheorymedia 3 месяца назад

Otto, finally just UNLOADING on Aegon, BOTH barrels, without any fear of reprisal, even with Cole standing right there (sure, he got fired for it--but still, man!) An episode just action-packed with Awesome. :O

@Alexwright12 Месяц назад

honestly the last point about the parallels between Rhaenyra and Aegon has become more true as the season has gone on. they both do stupid, impulsive things with terrible consequences. Rhaenyra's doomed meeting with Alicent and her desperately attempting to find 'peace' and refusing to fully commit the Dragons helping to get Rhaenys Killed and Aegon drunkenly going to Rooks Rest and getting himself crippled in the process. They're both ignored and subverted by their councils, both have strained relationships with their spouses and they both begin to embody the targaryen ideal of 'fire and blood' alot more. Aegon being fully willing to murder 99 innocents to kill 1 criminal and Rhaenyra sacrificing the dragonseeds to Vermithor knowing that while the vast majority would die, one would likely make it out

@usamabhanbhro6482 3 месяца назад

Otto was the best character in this show. Really likeable and had a aura like tywin. And his outburst in S2 was genuine and felt like it.

@thenickfoxx 3 месяца назад

"Was"? He's still going to be around. Sorry, maybe I looked too far into that lol.

@ExtraVictory 3 месяца назад

Otto is without a doubt the goat & the realm waa lucky to be ruled by him for the 3 decades he held the office of hand

@usamabhanbhro6482 3 месяца назад

@@thenickfoxx he's in his end game now. Few episodes give or take.

@usamabhanbhro6482 3 месяца назад

@@ExtraVictory definitely. He steered the realm and he's like varys a bit Working for the realm. Surrounded by fools and foes

@geoffreyfyfe2248 3 месяца назад

No "was." He'll be around until a certain someone shows up in King's Landing.

@jdelray 3 месяца назад

I can't tell you how nice it is to have you back, it has been a long 2 years my friend. I was starting to get ancy "why is this guy not putting out any HotD videos?" but it feels so good to be back deep into HotD, can't wait for tonight.

@MatthewTheWanderer 3 месяца назад

If Daemon was "pushing 40" way back when Rhaenyra was still a teenager in season 1, then that would mean he's in his 60s now, lol. That seems unlikely to me.

@cmd7930 3 месяца назад

Daemon was like 24/25 in season 1 before time jump

@MatthewTheWanderer 3 месяца назад

@@cmd7930 Yes, that makes a LOT more sense!

@jres1995 3 месяца назад

In the novel, Daemon is born in 81 AC and Rhaenerya was born 97 AC. The brothel incident happens in 111 AC when Rhaenyra is 14 and Daemon is 30. Then they get married in 120 AC when Rhaenyra is 23 and Daemon is 39.

@MatthewTheWanderer 3 месяца назад

@@jres1995 Awesome! Thanks for the info!

@jables9229 3 месяца назад

In book, he’s 49 at the end of the war. He might be 2-3 years younger in show because the events of 126-129AC seem to happen together

@SoranotRoxas 3 месяца назад

*Can we just all appreciate how great the acting was in this episode? The cinematography was also really good. Absolutely phenomenal* 👏 💯

@willyoscarlehman3223 3 месяца назад

You should have mentioned that for many years before the death of Viserys Rhaenyra was named the realm's delight so Otto had played the recent death of the heir perfectly politically by naming her the cruel during the funeral ceremony

@darthJ9 3 месяца назад

Rhys Ilfans' performance was just breathtaking, I dont think we're going to see him again for a while but boy did he leave a lasting impact. "His...dignity" just crushed me, he really loved and respected Viserys like a brother, just one that he had to help and guide. There's just something so universal about a grandfather giving an idiot grandson a proper telling off that cant help but put a smile on my face. This is peak Thrones

@audreyyyhappened6831 3 месяца назад

Also if anyone's interested, YiTi sounds like 'Yidi' in Mandarin, it means other world or different place.

@elifdurmus8243 3 месяца назад

wow, so interesting! Thanks!!

@soufian2733 3 месяца назад

I interpreted Mysaria’s neck scar as being from Daemon abusing her. He’s choked Rhaenyra at least once before so it was an added realisation for her that he treats other women the same

@itsmeaubree 3 месяца назад

Just before Rhaenyra asks about the scar, Mysaria says she would've been better off staying a whore. I figured it was from a slave collar she was forced to wear and Rhaenyra was basically just saying "really bro?" in her own way

@akarsh704 3 месяца назад

I don't think choking would cause that kinda scar. Pretty sure it's not from daemon. It looks like someone cut her throat or something

@myrkvdr 3 месяца назад

I don't think her scar has been there long. If it were from Daemon, he would have done it in an unseen interaction after she arrived in Dragonstone to question her or convince her of talking.

@akarsh704 3 месяца назад

@@myrkvdr it's there when she was talking to Otto in last season.

@tabulldog2743 3 месяца назад

I agree with this take, thought the exact same thing.

@Zachattack1212 3 месяца назад

It's always a better day when Alt Swift post a new video

@derdennis5850 2 месяца назад

9:02 Isn't the heraldry of House Broome a Silver Helmet of which a spring of Broom (A yellow Flower) comes out on a chequered field of green and black (Also interresting on maybe Alfred's loyalty dunno?) Because I recall that House Broom and Broome are the same house. Cuz in the German version his Name is Ser Alfred Ginster (literarly meaning Broom) and even in the German books there is only one House Broome / Ginster. And looking closely in Ser Alfred you can see a tiny little Helmet crested on his robes.

@vigilantvigilante2582 3 месяца назад

“The irony that a great knight has to get their cloak dirty.” A great line fitting for episodes like these

@lego_droid1396 3 месяца назад

See you next week mysterious youtuber with a very sexy voice.

@JimJonesKoolaid 3 месяца назад

Baby wake up, Alt Shift X dropped a video at 3AM

@NKJonSnow 3 месяца назад

Otto cooked so much in this episode this was easily the best episode of Hot D and I wonder if they will have Helaena give birth again to Maleor I don’t know if they should do that.

@arrasectum 3 месяца назад

Tom is slowly taking the spotlight this season and I love it. He vividly captures the internalized rage, trauma and conflict within Aegon's character so well that he always hooks my attention in every scene he's in. I especially love how Aegon is using his position as king to compensate for his inner conflicts. Treating Jaeherys with love and familiarizing him with politics to make him experience things he never had. Trying to be fair and generous to the commonfolk to not only receive praise which he only seldom experienced, but to also convince himself that he's on a path of redemption despite the abhorrent shit he did. Exerting power over Otto and Alicent since he always felt submissive and powerless towards them and etc. It's the coping mechanism he desperately needed but didn't want nor deserve.

@ttrestle 3 месяца назад

Episode one I got angry when the dog was kicked. Episode two I got angry when that Warhammer model was destroyed!

@Rvargasg2 3 месяца назад

So can we all agree Daemon's goal was not to get revenge, but to eventually put Ser Pounce in power 100-ish years in the future?

@JJJ854 3 месяца назад

It feels so good to be excited for a ASOIAF mini series again. Cannot wait for Dunk and Egg 🎉

@ricardocastro6320 3 месяца назад

I have a different take on the Mysaria interaction with Rhaenyra. I believe she’s talking about the inequality between the small folk and the Highborn/noble class of Westeros not the feminist view of not being accepted by men.

@T00_SHADY 3 месяца назад

I love your work Shift. I don’t know who this Alt Swift X guy is but your content is way better. The brothers dance made me cry at the end. That scene was so powerful. I knew no matter who won, they both loose. I believe it was the other twin that killed his brother and knew he made a horrible mistake which is why he said “My queen, forgive me” and falls on his sword. The leg wound was telling! No matter who won even if it was the right twin. He would have had to “done himself in” to keep his dead brothers honor in tact. I was watching that scene really close. I think we all had it backwards… for now.

@FilmsOfGreatness23 3 месяца назад

Thought I was going to bed late at 4:30 AM, looks like it'll be more like 5:10 now

@jeffuryyy 3 месяца назад

I feel like Erryk killed himself since he realizes that Rhaenyra will never be able to trust him again, since she will always wonder if it's truly Erryk that survived, or if it was Arryk

@johnny_thunder_3024 3 месяца назад

You know that would've been too dark for the audience probably but when I was watching that scene I wholeheartedly expected that, just after he wins the fight, Rhaenyra will immediately order the other kingsguard present to kill him because of being unable to understand who that really is, Erryk or Arryk

@Oliver_Evans9 2 месяца назад

Haven’t read the book, but what they’re doing with Criston is just insane never saw it coming. I think because he looks a bit like Jon Snow that’s the sort of character I was expecting 😅

@EvanSol919 3 месяца назад

Aemond - Daemon senpai noticed me! 😃

@melissaharris3389 3 месяца назад

YES!😂😂😂😂 That was my exact thought!

@SacredDaturaa 3 месяца назад

34:10 It's only just occured to me that this scene is also a mirror of that season 1 scene with Alicent and Aegon where Aegon asks if his dad loved him and Alicent calls him an idiot. Alicent meant it affectionately but you can see Aegon getting disheartened by that response.

@randomchannel9473 3 месяца назад

Based on all the stills with Alicent and Helena running, it seemed like there would be a riot at Jaehaerys' funeral. I assumed that if Arryk's dirty cloak wasn't from protecting them during the riot, it would have been because he helped dislodge the cart from the muddy puddle. Either ways, his cloak was dirty precisely because he was doing his duty which is the craziest part of Criston's projection.

@FiberZ31 3 месяца назад

Videos are very well done, and really helps to understand everything. Great job.

@Sam-hj5ok 3 месяца назад

Just like what @pdxoneway said, one thing I love about alt shift x is that after every point or every explanation is made, he poses a question to the viewer to come up with their own answer instead of imposing one on us. This makes the show and the videos even more interesting to watch.

@Caio_Myguel 3 месяца назад

I loved the clearly special treatment you've given to Ser Erryk and Ser Arryk, they deserved. Their tragic death was heartbreaking. It's at least good to know they've been immortalized in songs and tales.

@adamsky3907 3 месяца назад

The best GOT/HOTD channel. Well down dude ❤

@davisampaio5131 3 месяца назад

Funny that Aemond killing Lucerys (kinslaying) doesn't seem to impact the greens capability to make allies. It isn't even mentioned.. but if "Rhaenyra" does it...

@Wveth 3 месяца назад

Remember the Greens control the propaganda. Aemond's 'friend' in the brothel may be the only commoner who knows his involvement with Luc's death.

@DominionSorcerer 3 месяца назад

It's the difference between someone being killed on dragon back and someone else being assassinated in their bed.

@gyrozeppeli933 3 месяца назад

@@DominionSorcerer Luke was 14 and his dragon was literally slighly more than horse-sized. Aemond attacked him riding freaking Vhagar, one of the Conqueror's dragons and the biggest one in the current HOTD timeline. In the books, the consequences were clearly shown, Aemond was pronounced the Kinslayer, and even Otto and Alicent were terrified by his actions and its implications.

@primaryone3468 3 месяца назад

@DominionSorcerer Well, I also think a big thing is that the Greens consider Luc to be a "bastard" and therefore not legitimate kin. This is touched upon a little more in the book.

@DominionSorcerer 3 месяца назад

@@primaryone3468 in the book Aemond is far and wide considered to be a kinslayer, even just after he killed Aemond because according to one version of the story he deliberately went to kill Luke where in others it's accident as the show depicted. Regardless of whether or not Luke is a bastard, he's still Aemond's nephew and that makes them kin and they would have beenseen as such by everyone in Westeros even if Luke had been an illegitimate bastard named Waters.

@Keith-n2p 2 месяца назад

The Targaryen’s recycling names is so real. Every generation in my family has a John, Carlson, and Keith. It gets confusing at reunions. It would be fun to have my family call me “Keith the younger” instead of “little Keith”

@ferran273 3 месяца назад

15:28 I really appreciate those few but perfectly placed moments of comedy in your videos. This, the parkour part on The Real Jon Snow and " and then something terrible happened" from the Blackfyre video are my favourites.

@SapphireSolstice67 3 месяца назад

1:39 you say “abed” means “in bed”. Does that imply “ahorse” means “in horse”.

@yingkouzen 2 месяца назад

I love the 🎬 scenes of small folks reacting to the impending war and their character development. It gives the audience a chance to empathise with the side characters and to build feelings for them ❤

@kylegerbrandt 3 месяца назад

Couldnt "a son for a son" also be AEGON? He's Alicent's son, like Aemond. It would make more sense in the context of ending the war before it starts. He maybe thought Blood and Cheese would understand, or just would take whatever 'sons' head they find that was 'close enough'

@samiam2088 2 месяца назад

I have no idea what Daemon was thinking sending two low born idiots to assassinate one of the kingdoms best warriors who wields a nuke. Moreover, there is no way they would have gotten within a stone's throw of the king, babies were the only targets they ever could have achieved.

@TifffanyTaylor 2 месяца назад

Dude says "Blood & Cheese" like its the title of the next book. 😂 & then with a serious tone he continues to call the series HOT-D 🔥 🤣

@wafflingmean4477 2 месяца назад

While obviously Rhaenyra loves Jace more than Baela, there's also the tactical factor. The dragons are recognisable. Baela is a lower priority target for the Greens than Jace. So if the Greens spot a dragon, they're a lot more likely to chase down Vermax than they are to chase down Moondancer. Therefore Baela's kind of safer than Jace would be in close proximity to King's Landing. Same with Rhaenys (although that's also in part due to having a huge dragon).

@angxl2023 3 месяца назад

I didn't even notice Helena weaving the shroud... Somehow she always knew the fate of them all

@BHuang92 3 месяца назад

There are some subtle foreshadowing in the episode. Amon holding up a coin over his eye hints his eventual demise. Rhaenyra giving a toy dragon to young Viserys does foreshadow later on Viserys does not get a dragon.

@benitoflores8531 3 месяца назад

One of the best episodes in the whole Ice and Fire world. Superb story telling and acting. The direction and cinematography in these series are frequently mind blowing. Equally fantastic are the weekly summaries by Altshift X. Thanks and cheers.

@JustAnotherAccount8 3 месяца назад

If only Glidus and GRRM had your work ethic

@rahuldhargalkar 3 месяца назад

Hey, I've heard of Glidus. What's their significance?

@zamalamahama4894 3 месяца назад

@@rahuldhargalkarreally good asoiaf/hotd youtuber, frequently streams with alt shift X

@TaeSunWoo 3 месяца назад

Tbf they’ve gotten Glidus to do the right-after-episode analysis with them every week so progress

@rahuldhargalkar 3 месяца назад

@@zamalamahama4894 thank you!

@whisperfect 2 месяца назад

The revelation of Helaena's prophecy at 31:37 about the goose was a jaw drop moment. Your detective work and rich analysis of each episode is exemplary. Great job as always.

@defiantaichi 3 месяца назад

I dont understand why theres a whole section of fans who think alicent is not like first season. Her personality is the same Getting worse with time infact She used to hit aegon even as a teen, and dismissed aemond when he would say he was bullied. For her, her kids getting insulted was a matter of ego, always. And not her feeling angry out of love. Even when aemond's eye is out, or when he gets vhaegar, alicent is more hellbent on revenge and scared about aemond outing her for calling the kids strongs Only person she seems to have affection for is helaena. And i do think partly is she feels some synpathy towards her as she was also forced to marry someone and have his kids to give the kingdom heirs. Also, her being SA'ed by her husband, of course her disdain towards her kids is very natural

@melissaharris3389 3 месяца назад

Yes, I do believe Alicent has displaced and projected all her distain and contempt for both Visarys and her father onto her children, specifically her sons. I think you're right that she feels sympathy for Healena as she has done the same thing to her daughter that was done to her.

@taytayqueen7024 3 месяца назад

Rhaenyra playing with her kiddos was a happy break. The kiddos in this show have been crazy cute. 🥰 Broke my heart thinking of baby Aegons future

@johnniiee146 3 месяца назад

The portrayal of blood is so jarringly pathetic following capture. I mean pitiful behavior is be expected of someone capable of something so cowardly but at the same time the imposition itself is rather bold so it makes sense for him to not be so petrified but defiant to start and quickly broken.

@Napkinatorz 3 месяца назад

Right? Where did that "Fuck the hightowers!" energy go when Aegon was in front of him?

@johnniiee146 3 месяца назад

@@ColeBresnehen true. true. it's not like they've could've added a line of exposition or a more brutalized look to arrive legitimately at that irony. I guess that's why writers call it character mutation instead of character development 🙄

@hillbillypowpow 3 месяца назад

@@johnniiee146what the fuck are you talking about?

@johnniiee146 3 месяца назад

@@hillbillypowpow Well golly gee hillbilly how to explain.. its juss like when cleetus sees bubba spitting fire one day bout jebediah and is about as sweet as a songbird bout him the next, makes a feller want to know what jebediah done did to the ol hoss 'tween one day and the next, darn tootin!

@badkarma52 3 месяца назад

There isn't a channel on this site that does better breakdowns of any series, anywhere. Thanks for all you do.

@OcarinaSapphr- 3 месяца назад

There was another Aegon & Viserys - Jaehaerys' older brothers -- naming conventions: causing trouble since time immemorial...

@aretoadish 3 месяца назад

If I were Arryk, I would have defected to Rhaenyra as soon as I got on the island

@SomeStaleBread 3 месяца назад

Thank you for fulfilling my autistic need to have everything I like over-explained to me I absolutely love your analysis and channel

@PiotrDzialak 3 месяца назад

Rhaenyra has not ordered the murder of Jaeherys, but she is politically responsible for his death. What I found surprising and well-filmed is the emptiness inside the Red Keep. The quarters were completely deserted, which created an ambience, but also poses questions about Larys' involvement.

@gallows_knight2983 3 месяца назад

I think people being confused about who won the Erryk/Arryk fight makes sense because the other people in the room should feel this way as well. And my first thought when Erryk killed himself after was that he had to bc no one would fully trust that he was Erryk so they would have to imprison him or kill him anyway

@michellecgb 3 месяца назад

I find it hilarious that Rhaenyra is everything Otto wants a ruler to be, but he can’t see that because she’s a woman, he resents that she humiliated him when she was a teen, and his ambition to get *his* family on the throne and glory for *his* name.

@cmd7930 3 месяца назад

They whitewash Rhaenyra too much while in the books she is more flawed.

@killerwal4387 3 месяца назад

@@cmd7930 They were talking about the dhow, though. I also dont see how thats too much. Shes the main character, look st GoT, they did it even more. You cant dislike Tyrion, yet he is absolutely being whitewashed. With her, she has very obvious flaws and is kind of an asshole, I dont see where the "too much" applies.

@clownpendotfart 3 месяца назад

Otto is responsible for Rhaenyra being named heir. He pushed Viserys to do that to keep Daemon off the throne. But once Rhaenyra married Daemon, he then has to oppose the two of them.

@eagle_and_the_dragon 2 месяца назад

I don't think Aegon and Joffrey saying "I am the King/Am I the King?" Is quite comparable. Both are just as entitled, both were delivered to the throne without time to consider it, but Aegon had just lost his Son. Grief is clearly a potent theme of GoT/HotD. In this episode. His rage, his questioning "Am I the King?" as if to suggest that this act should not have been possible, how he exacts his vengeance on the killer (both the rat catchers, and the attempt against Rhaenyra), and how he masks his grief by shaming his brother (and to a wider extent by visiting the brothel at all). Joffrey acted entirely selfishly, and Tywin was right to put him in his place. The same cannot quite be said of Aegon.

@theshackledgamer799 3 месяца назад

I related hard to Aegon's grief. As someone who has been through a similar situation, his grief in the second to last scene felt real.

@rajyavardhansingh4491 Месяц назад

Hmmm

@laurenanderson61 3 месяца назад

Anyone else find themselves feeling sorry for Blood?

@乳滑 3 месяца назад

a bit

@anjelica948 Месяц назад

Uh, no. He cut off a child’s head for money. And its not like he used a sword to make a clean cut. He sawed off a little boy’s head with a small knife. That takes a level of evil that cannot be forgiven. He could have taken the up front payment and just disappeared. Nobody had a knife at his neck forcing him to do such a horrible thing.

@Sondergirl1610 3 месяца назад

That thumbnail "this is gonna ruin the tour"

@RahRan123 3 месяца назад

99 problems but a rat catcher ain't one...

@carlrood4457 3 месяца назад

Rhaenyra didn't give the order, but she is ultimately responsible. As Star Trek likes to say, "The captain is responsible for the actions of her crew." It was enacted by her nominal subordinate in her name. Perhaps Viserys' greatest flaw is he understood this too well. He knew he was responsible and it led to indecisiveness.

@courtneycherry5582 3 месяца назад

Okay but hear me out. What if Rhaenyra offers King Amon Damon's head for what he did to jaehaerys. Because you're right technically she is responsible, so her saying" I had no part of this I'm not the Kin slayer Damon is." Might be a good start to negotiate peace with the greens. I don't think the show will go in that direction but it would be interesting.

@dragansnyder2786 3 месяца назад

@@courtneycherry5582I'm just going to say this now, that's not happening, she is still trying to get some use out of him, and she definitely won't kill him (based on how he dies in the book)

@chucha307 3 месяца назад

I look forward to your videos every week as much as I look forward to the episodes in the series!!🍿

@TheHellyeahmen 3 месяца назад

saying "Aegon is happy to kill innocent" is just wrong He's never shown to be happy about it and he prolly did it just because he wasn't thinking straight. I'm not saying it's a good excuse but it makes much more sense than Aegon being happy about the murders

@midsizesedan7620 3 месяца назад

A few more episodes 😂

@Coffeebean1985 3 месяца назад

Excuses are excuses, doesn't matter whether good or not.

@TheHellyeahmen 3 месяца назад

@@Coffeebean1985 actually it does. Killing in self defence for example is a good excuse and killing while drunk isn't

@GrinMonister 3 месяца назад

He enjoyed watching children fight to death in a pit. He's definitely not above killing innocent people and, at least, being unbothered by it.

@tyf.5111 3 месяца назад

It is a turn of phrase... the saying doesn't literally mean Aegon was happy while killing innocents, it means that he killed innocents with zero hesitation or second thought, which IS true.