The actresses who play older Alicient & Rhynaera were cast first and then they found younger actresses that resembled them. The next 4 episodes are so good and fairly dramatic with some incredible acting
@@morpheusjones4753when she burned Kahl drogo after he died along with her baby, and placed her dragons eggs on the pyre she was unknowingly casting bloodmagic. So it gave her a connection to the dragons as they came to life in the eggs and gave her abilities. Targeryans have natural dragon like abilities since old Valeria when the blood mages bound the dragons blood to their lines and made them dragon riders. But no they are not fire proof, they are heat resistant though.
@@morpheusjones4753 As noted by others, the hatching of the eggs on Drogo's pyre was blood magic, and that magic was what protected her from the flames. She had a high tolerance for heat (as shown with several earlier scenes with the scalding bathwater and dragon eggs heated on the coals), but she's not naturally fireproof.
@@morpheusjones4753shes unknowingly using blood magic in those situations, using the witch and khals as sacrifices. Dany gets burned in the books. Shes not an exception.
Targaryens can be burned, that was a one time thing in the book with Daenerys because of the magic during that ritual. She quite literally brought dragons back after so many years, like in the book her hair was burned off. In the series, they changed it to where she was always immune to fire, I can't remember for sure but I think it was a one time event in the book.
I love that Viserys is one step ahead of Alicent in this episode, made sure he was there when he knew she called for the baby. I believe he absolutely knows they aren’t Laenor’s and doesn’t care.
@@4884nat People talk about Rhaenyra like she committed a heinous crime... she literally just slept with a man she loves. I hate how some fans of the show have the same views as the medieval time period of this world. Like she literally did nothing wrong. And Viserys knew that and didn't want to kill/banish his daughter just for having a consensual, loving relationship with someone
@@sen.m7832she did nothing wrong but tried to have basatrds inherit the throne. In a modern place that would not be a problem both her and laenor had a agreement but this is westeros. So it is a crime that's why its hidden and why Harwin would be executed if found out.
Viserys pretty much sees all. Regarding Rhaenyra, he wants her to be happy, and is more than willing to allow her the freedom she wants as long as she maintains the pretense that her children are offspring of the royal pairing. He assumes that as long as he also maintains the pretense, everyone else will simply fall in line. He's a bit delusional on this count.
I love the actress who played Laena, she did such a good job for the few scenes she appeared in. Her death is both tragic and impactful for Daemon's storyline and his future journey within the overall plot of the show.
22:40 it's true she only wears green now especially for public events, etc. and if you notice her children also wear green, which is uncommon because once a woman marries, she's mean to wear her husband's house colors and in the earlier episodes Alicent did begin wearing red/black but ever since Rhaenyra's wedding it's been only green
Regarding the actress change: I was concerned, after the stellar job that Milly did in the role of Rhaenyra, that she would be a tough act to follow, but Emma hit the ground running and absolutely owns the role going forward. I doubt that even an "aged up" Milly would have been anywhere near that convincing in the birth scene. As is usually the case in these "Game of Thrones" universe shows, the casting and acting is spot-on.
I initially found the change of actresses jarring, but I've grown accustomed to the new ones and they are phenomenal actresses - they also end up playing mothers of (young) adult children (although Rhaenyra still has some young ones), which would've been stretching credulity for the ones we started with.
Halaena the sister is a dreamer, but no one pays attention to her because she's weird. She's like Luna Lovegood. Also Targaryens are fire resistant but not 100% fire proof
Targaryens are not fireproof! Daenerys was a special case. Also, the actor change was very necessary. Them looking the same from ages 14-30 would have made no sense.
"TARGARYENS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO FIRE! The birth of Dany's dragons was unique, magical, wonderous, a miracle. She is called The Unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived. But her brother sure as hell wasn't immune to that molten gold." (GRRM) The number of Targaryens who burned to death is uncountable.
Yes, although dragon gender is weird and not fully explained (nor it is understood by characters within the world). Generally if a dragon is confirmed to have laid eggs, it's referred to as female, if not - it's referred to as male. Vhagar has laid eggs in the past.
@@100hellcaretaker That's right. And Septon Barth, who according to George Martin got a lot right about dragons, asserted that dragons were sex-changers, able to both inseminate and lay eggs if necessary.
Larys "Clubfoot" Strong makes Littlefinger and Varys look like amateurs. He has no problem being a kin slayer and get his hands dirty. Vhagar is the oldest, largest dragon at this time. She makes Dany's dragons look tiny. Vhagar was around when Aegon the Conquer conquered Westros. That was the dragon his sister/wife rode, Visenya
Dragon was the “second coming of Balerion” and at 9 years old (end of show) was already almost half vhagars size. Definitely made the other two who were a little smaller look tiny tho. Canonically i believe all the dragons should be larger than what we see on screen
I don’t know if this was said, but the older actresses were selected first. Then they began their search for the younger versions of Alicent & Rheynera
You should always listen carefully and remember what Helena has to say. Tagaryan are not fireproof. But there are exceptions like Dany was. Her brother was not fireproof either.
You do understand the world this is in and what happened in the premiere? That baby did not make it. More likely outcome is both die. Even the Poor Fellows are murderers and those are the most devout type. Plus Daemon and Laena are cousins.
@@LaCheeserie that's just an excuse. She didn't know that would happen. The show just wanted a "cool" scene. This show has a lot of these idiotic scenes, that make no sense. People just eat it up like jokers.
It wasn’t until 2 month back that it clicked for me that alotnof conjecture about rhaenyras sons were the lack of laenors SKIN colour 😂 I was too focused on the hair type 🤦🏼♂️
It's made more apparent in the show because of the hair color... in the books, Rhaenys had black hair with a silver streak (due to her half-Baratheon parentage), so in the books there would have been plausible deniability on the dark hair. Not so much with the silver-haired Rhaenys.
@@DecSteele was it digital or contacts? And yes I would have loved to see it. Also I think Velaryons being black is not a stretch. Honestly doesn’t even mean entire house and line is black. As a sailing house they travelled east and some commingling there could easily result in a branch being black. I have cousins that no one would think have a black mother, who herself is fair skin.
The hair thing itself is weak. Like the Goat show, there is a major plot with that as evidence. In the books the stronger evidence is the boys’ noses and eyes, along with hair. Noses were key though as they had noses like Ser Harwin.
this story is just a heartbreaking one and the core of it comes down to sexism, Alicent represents the woman who did what she was told and expected to do growing up, falling a victim of the sexist system that has been put in place. While Rhaenyra was always the more free-spirit who was more likely to rebel against the unfair system. This becomes more clear as it goes on, it's really like the foundation of everything that has happened and happens.
The worst casting change is the Aegon one. The Aegon we get in this episode looks like an entirely different human in the end of the season, and into next season.
Aegon in this episode looks like he's on the way to growing into a lean, 6'4 gigachad with a square jaw. But the Aegon we get in the end is short and frumpy. WTF happened...
Though married Rhaenyra has produced bastards and due to their appearance it's glaringly obvious for anyone. Everyone knows the princess is a cheater. And yet when Alicent points out the most obvious truth, Rhaenyra tries to gaslight her so much.
@@kimcottingham8043 How is she specifically at this point, without spoilers to upcoming episodes, a hypocrite? And Alicent is a victim of marital rape. No child of hers came to be by sex she truly consented to; she only endured.
@@alberxenos a nurse taking a baby who is having medical issues away for treatment is different than your healthy baby being taken away to a a crazy b1tch who hates you and sees your baby as being threats to her sons, and could 'accidentally' drop it or something.
