Second of His Name & King Of The Narrow Sea [HOTD 1x3 1x4] HOUSE OF THE DRAGON REACTION [1x3 1x4] 

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that little boy and the dude who were fighting were a bracken and a blackwood, who are mortal enemies, and have been fighting as long as anyone could remember

Otto doesn’t run the little birds, the white worm does. The kid that was sent to tell Otto is the same kid that went to the “White Worm” when Daemon was recovering from his hangover

calling aegon the second of his name is 100% treason lol

“Burst belly” is a fancy, Medieval version of appendicitis, a guaranteed death sentence in such times. Otto didn’t poison him. Viserys was merely pointing out that Otto’s lucky to be where he is in society-a second son of a minor house that’s Westeros’s top diplomat. Ser Otto is complex, no doubt. Did y’all realize that Ser Otto is portrayed by Ryhse Ifans? The same guy who was Looney Luna’s dad and Little Nicky’s brother?! 😂

Otto the Hand, is a Hightower, the house that rules Oldtown. The symbol of the Citadel is their house's coat of arms. The older lady, Lady Redwyne in episode 3 that Rhaenyra was talking to is a decedent of Olenna Tyrell, her maiden name is Redwyne. Seasmoke is the dragon that Laenor Velaryon rode

About the credits: you see the whole Targaryen history unfold from Aegon the Conqueror until… now. The buildings are the exact same as the model of Old Valyria Viserys is working at in his bedroom. It creates a 3D Targaryen family tree for about 100 years. The quadrants represent kings and queens. The blood running is all the bloodlines connecting them. When a quadrant fills up with blood, it means that the person is dead. Each person is represented by a symbol (their crown or something else, like the sigil of house Arryn for Aemma, Viserys’ first wife or her Valyrian steel necklace pendant for Rhaenyra). Cool detail: Rhaenys, one of Aegon the Conqueror’s sisters/wives of died in battle in Dorne along with her dragon Meraxes. Her symbol is thus her dragon’s skull, pierced by a scorpion bolt. You have a really cool detailed explanation of the credits at the beginning of Alt-Shit-X’s video for HOTD season 1 episode 2. Check his channel if you don’t know it already, it’s great. He makes a detailed analysis of each HOTD episode. There is also a ton of content on GOT and the ASOIAF books.

"Daemon is like 'make Targaryens great again' kind of guy" i loved that😂😂

King Robert's hunt in S1 was GRRM's biggest pet peeve because for budgetary reasons it was like 5 guys when it ought to have been a couple hundred. At least this time they had enough money to do it right!

Mrs. October: "behead his ass" Mr. October: "what? no."😶 Mrs. October is just after blood

Otto wears the sigil of the High Tower because that tower resides in the city his family controls

Mr. October putting so much faith in Otto Hightower is quite precious.... you have become a Sweet Summer Child all over again. 🤣

Lots of brothers because younger ones are technically also second of his name (surname). Daemon, Vaemond, and Otto are all second sons. Otto’s older brother is that dude that kept shouting “hail Aegon, second of his name” which is technically a treason because you only get that title if you’re king.

Targaryen’s aren’t immune to fire.. Dany was just special.

House Hightower is the most powerful house in the Reach, and located in Oldtown, where the Citadel is.😊

"he was just a step stone" 😂

Hi, guys. The other dragon rider was Ser Leanor Velaryon (Son of Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targeryan) and his Dragon, Seasmoke.

"hart" is basically another word for stag

Along with the jousting tournament, this hunt really shows the difference between when Robert was king vs the height of the Targaryens.(besides budget differences) Everything was so much grand and extravagant.

Brackens and Blackwoods, a rivalry as old as time

My man said “Hammer time!” 😂

King Maegor Targaryen build about 50 tunnels under the Red Keep, for the Royal family to escape in times of war and not everyone in the family knows, that why Rhaenyra didn't know about that passage in her room.

Otto is an amazing character and incredibly well written throughout the whole season, he is a huge part of why house of the dragon is such a perfect show in my opinion. Viserys is up there too. The acting pairs with the writing incredibly well. Good writing with great acting is all we ever wanted after all. We need more shows with such perfectly written characters that's for sure !!

The rhoynar were another group of people that settled in westeros, particularly in dorne

I think you did get onto something with the dreamers / prophecy Targs being even more dangerous. Its only hinted in the series (Both GoT and HotD). In the books its way more clear that Danny was a dreamer / prophecy Targ. She had "dragon dreams". It was those dreams who set her up to be so all about the Iron Throne and conquering everyone. So a lot of her "I am the one who knows whats best for everyone" does come from the fact she thinks she has some higher power linked to her. She thinks she is like a "chosen one". One can only imagine how her interactions with Melisandre will look like in the books if they ever will exist. Its quite likely someone like Melisandre and her "the prince that was promissed" will deeply fuel Danny who already has dreams and prophecy going around her.

Ned Stark never changed out of his northern clothes as hand of the king.

" just go in the cave bro" 😂 They arent beyong the wall😂

George R.R. Martin said he always had an issue with how Robert Baratheon's hunt was portrayed in Game of Thrones. He got to do it right in House of the Dragon.

There is a concept during these times call Targaryen Exceptionalism. It means that incest is bad except when the Targaryens are involved. During the time of Aegon the Conqueror this idea is the only reason that the Realm could come to terms with the ways of the Targayens.

I loved Viserys for his love and loyalty to Rhaenyra.

Daemon was gone 4 years he changed a lot, matured a little and realized how much he missed his family

A hart is a male red deer, synonymous with stag and used in contrast to the female hind; its use may now be considered mostly poetic or archaic. :) I didn't know it either before this show.

I wonder did you two notice that King Viserys 2 fingers was missing in this episode? 😂

Trivia of the Rhoynar: The Queen who led the Rhoynar across the sea from Essos to Dorne was Nymeria, after whom Arya named her dire wolf. Unlike the patriarchal Andals, the Rhoynar accepted Queens & ruling Ladies of different provinces.

I hope you guys can apreciate that Alicent while she did marry Viserys she only did it on the command of her father she always stood up for Rhaenyra, she tries to do for Rhaenyra what she never had a choice in her own life. As described by Rhaenyra imprisonned in a castle and squeeze out heirs. Alicent is a lonely girl who deserves more pity and simpathy that she gets, she told viserys to help daemon even though her father didnt want to help them and she never mentioned talked about the succesion, and defended rhaenyra to viserys when they cuestioned her virtue.

A stray word is a good way to start a war between the Blackwoods and the Brackens lol

Rhaenyra is 18 in e3. 14 in e1, then in e2 6 months had gone by and Viserys mentions she's 15. Then e3 a whole 3 years have passed and she's 18.😊

It is rumored that, "It was from that day, that a message is sent through Ravens!" Because Daemon hit the messenger...

I believe Aemma was part Targarian, part Aaryn from thf vale.

Laenor is riding seasmoke, he has Targaryen blood from his mother Rhaenys, the queen who never was

Aegon I Targaryen aka "The Conqueror" was born on Dragonstone along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys. Their ancestors fled Valyria because of the Doom. Aegon conquered Westeros and united them into 6 Kingdoms (Dorne refused to bend the knee at the time which is why House Martell's moto is "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.") Aegon rode the biggest dragon, Balerion "The Black Dread." Visenya rode Vhagar, the second biggest dragon and carried a Valyrian steel sword into battle that she called "Dark Sister". And Rhaenys rode Meraxes. I know you guys didn't ask for the entire history, but I'm a bit of a nerd. 😂 The man riding the dragon at the battle was Ser Laenor Velaryon. He is Lord Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys' (the Queen who never was) son and his dragon is Seasmoke.

"Burst belly" is generally regarded as a burst appendix.

The Rhoynar are the Dornish, they sailed from Essos near the river Rhoyne and settled in Dorne, intermarrying amongst the natives and united that kingdom.

1:26:58 The dagger that killed the Night King.

The intro, I'm 💀 😂😂😂

Just a little background on the hunt: they are hunting in the kingswood. only the king is allowed to kill animals in the kingswood. that's why they cornered the stag and why the king had to deliver the final blow. These hunts are quite normal and in the events of game of thrones Robert Baratheon was known to enjoy the hunts and do them often. The reason that in that first season with robert they were just walking around with a small group was actually a budget one. the scene was ment to be a large grand hunt similar to what you see here but most of the horse budget was already spent and cutting that scene was an easy way to save money. Keep in mind that this was the very first season so the big money wasnt really there just yet. Also note the significance of rheanyra killing the boar in this third episode. Only the king is allowed to make kills in the kingswood so there is a certain political implication here. Hope that clarifies some of the stuff around the hunt

The Mrs October was on one today *boyyy* 😂😂

Mrs October “awwwing” for Aegon and Larys.

Yaaaaas you guys are on a roll ❤❤

lmao "behead his ass" "noooo"

Targaryen tension is a fantastic term lol. Especially for what's going on there. I love how much you guys interpret immediately. Probably the only reactors I've seen not be confused as to why Alicent confronted Rhaenyra and why everyone was up in arms.

Remember dameon thinks viserys is weak and having a weak person help him win would make him lookweakand he wanted to prove himself

The Rhoynar refers to the inhabitants Dorne who migrated there from the Rhoyne river in Essos. The Valyrians conquered their civilization and a Rhoynar queen named Nameria (Arya's Direwolfs name) sent the rest of her people on a thousand ships to search for a new homeland. They landed on Dorne and she married one of the Martels.

My dude said H-O-W-R-E 😂

Something that isn't super obvious is that Vicerys had a sense of relief when the stag they caught wasn't the White Hart. Otto kept saying that it was a sign from the gods that it appeared on Aegon's bday. It would have reinforced his doubts on whether he had made a mistake making Rhaenyra heir.

The opening credits with the theme shows the bloodline of house targaryen and their blood of old valyria coursing thru their veins. The bloodline is flowing through king viserys's model structure that is seen in his bedchambers. Starting with 'the doom of old valyria' in essos. Each cog has a sigil / crest that represents a member of house targaryen in bloodline / family tree order. Whenever a sigil is covered in blood, it means that the person it represents has passed. If the sigil is visible, it means that targaryen that the sigil represents is still with us in the series.

You guys didn’t recognise the dagger it was the one that was used to try and kill Brandon in Game of Thrones

🦀🦀🦞🦞Crab People! Crab People ! This Episode always makes me think of South Park

viserys and daemon's behavior at the luncheon gives us a glimpse of their probable relationship growing up. viserys is absolutely giddy (at alicent's expense) that his brother's come back a winner. the "cool kid/black sheep" of the family often has this effect on the more straight-laced and responsible (and envious) siblings. sadly viserys had to learn that he's still not exempt from his brother's perpetual scheming.

the roynar is the ethnicity that lives in dorne, oddly enough in hotd dorne is not part of the 7 kingdoms but they mention it anyways, while in game of thrones it is part of the 7 kingdoms but they dont mention it

Daemon is seeing to it that they are seen.

Mr October: "A two year old baby make a better king than a girl" - bahaha perfectly summed up. Mrs October: "He looks like Pycelle, but he acts like Littlefinger" - 10/10 for sure! So many quoteable quotes. 💖 Also, Mrs October lookin straight up gorgeous, as always. Loving re-watching this series with you folks.

Friendly tip for Mr. October: it's "mischievous", not "mischievious".

Great one guys ❤

59:22 always kills me 😂

16:00 a lot of that actually was just budget at the time but it was meant to be what this one is like

A whIte Hart is a male dear with Leucism, a condition that effects the pigment of the fur. They where used in Heraldry(what are called sigils in Game of thrones) though often as a personal badge and not as part of the actually coat of arms( aka sigil). Kings Richard II of England used a white hart with a chain around its neck as a personal badge. Henry V used a white swan. Edward IV used a Sun in Splendor and a white falcon with a chain on its foot. Also his family used a white rose. Richard III used some of the same as Edward IV(his older brothet) but also famously a white boar. Henry VII and Henry VII used the Tudor rose(a combination of the a white rose of House of York with the red rose of the House of Lancaster) and famously a Red Dragon(for this heritage in Wales). Also every heir to the English throne since 1346, (titled the Prince of Wales) has used three white ostrich feathers on a black background as a personal badge. The story behind why is fascinasting. At the battle of Crecy between England and france, King John of Bohemia, who was blind and was a ally of the French lead a charge against the English knights lead by the 16 year old heir to England, Prince Edward of Woodstock. The Czech king died but Prince Edward was so impressed with the bravery of the Blind king he adopted King John's personal badge and motto( "Ich dien" WHICH translates from German to English as "I serve" ) as his own every Prince of Wales from Edward to the current Prince William has used it.

There are a couple of scenes i csnt wait for them to see lol

Like a bishop on a chest board lol

Otto is little finger!!! How can you not see that ..

I like Vyseris , with his flaws, and I think Paddy Considine did an excellent job portraing him!

I think daemon doesn't really know what he's going to do until he does it

33:56 The Rhoynar are essentially the Dornish. The Rhoyne is the name of the River in Dorne. Its akin to the Nile in scale etc.

Matt Smith NEVER disappoints. He is such a good actor. To me, he will always be the Doctor. You guys should give Doctor Who a watch. Also. So many people seem to miss this. Rhaenera told Alicent she hadn't slept with Daemon. Which was true. Alicent assumed from that that Rhaenera didn't sleep with ANYONE. Hence the 'she swore to me that she remains a maiden' line. No, Rhae never said that. She said 'DAEMON never touched me'. Side note, she didn't mean that literally, she meant that he didn't sleep with her. If I made out with a boy as a teenager but not slept with in him and my parents found out, I would've used the same terminology.

Visarys should have wed leana. He could have waited until she was 16 if he wanted. He's the king.

1:23:38 what’s a HOWRE lol

In Robert's Hunt in season 1 they did not have the budget for a royal hunt...George RR Martin has said that was his least favorite scene in the whole show because its supposed to be extravagant

You guys have great comments

the order of kings until viserys is aegon, aenys, maegor and then jaehaerys, the into just shows their bloodline and some related ones but only the lines of those who matter continue and they end at rhaenyra

39:03 Laenor Velaryons dragon is Seasmoke, a he-dragon

34:50 “The victory that has thus far evaded US” us is why Daemon did that since Viserys worded it as in he had a part in that war when he did nothing for three years

Thats Laenor Velaryron riding Seasmoke. laenor is the son of Coryls Velayron and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. Laena the little girl who they wanted the King to marry in the earlier ep is his sister. His mother was also called the Queen who never was is the older first cousin of King Viserys and Prince Daemon. Rhaenys herself is a dragon rider as she rides Meleys, a red Dragon nicknamed the Red Queen. Interestingly Meleys was the Dragon of Alyssa targsryen, mother of King Viserys and Daemon and Daemons Dragon Caraxes was the Dragon of Aemon, Rhaenys father. So Daemon rides a dragon his uncle rose and Rhaenys her aunts.

The king would never behead Daemon, he’s the Prince his brother.

HOWRE 😂😂😂😂

The Rhoynar are the ancestors of some of the people in Dorne. They fled potential slavery to the Valyrians and crossed to Westeros in ancient times. They where lead by a woman Nymeria(who Arya names here Direwolf after). Nymeria married Mors Martell the Lord of sunpsear and their descendants are the Martells you know From Game of thrones(Oberyn, Doran, Tyatane and the sand snakes, as well Rhaegsrs first wife Elia) Westeros had three waves of human settlement. Before that the intelligent species where the children of the Forrest and the giants. then the first men came. The first men in Game of thrones are represented by the Northerners (like the Starks, boltons, mormonts), the free folk, the Mountain Clans in the Vale, The Iron born(who are First men but have their own religion), and a few houses in the South such as the Royces in the vale, the Blackwoods and Brackens in the Riverlands. Then came the Andals. The Andals invaded, brought the faith of the seven and tried to convert or kill the first men. They where defeated by King Theon Stark and that's why the North kept its religion but in the South almost every house except a few like the Blackwoods either intermarried or converted to the faith. The Abdals brought the concept of knights with them. The Rhoynar came after fleein wars in Essos

Bravo.

Watching them watch this knowing where it ends up is hilarious. Almost as good as watching people watch the first 3 seasons of GOT for the first time

Robert went hunting every weekend, aint nobody got time for that.

THAT DRAGON IS Sea Smoke and being ridden by Lennon Valarian. That is who Lord Strong told Viserius that Raynera should marry.

When Rhaenyra got found out and the news reached Otto Hightower, I don’t blame him for reporting it to the king, because it would be betraying his oath not to tell him at this juncture. The circumstances surrounding it makes it unfortunate because it casts both Otto AND Rhaenyra in a negative light. I think the news really hurt Viserys on a deep level, enough for him to actually consider disinheriting Rhaenyra altogether. I believe the only reason he doesn’t is because he harbors doubts about the Hightowers, too. In the end, he chooses Rhaenyra over Otto, but this time he has the leverage to force the issue of marrying Rhaenyra to the Velaryon heir. Rhaenyra for her part is only happy to cooperate in taking the punishment for an imagined offense rather than calling attention to the real one. And she was able to get Otto Hightower out of King’s Landing in the bargain. I thought at first it was hard to know what Daemon is thinking because his actions seemed so contrary. He lures his niece into the city and eventually takes her to a brothel, but when the opportunity arises to go all the way, he begs off and leaves her. But when Viserys confronts him about spoiling her virtue, he not only claims credit for the act but tries to use it as an excuse to get the king to allow him to marry her. I think three things are true about him: 1) He hasn’t given up his ambitions for the throne, 2) He’s fully convinced Targaryen rule is threatened by a weakened, diluted bloodline and (though he won’t say it) a weak king, 3) He has romantic feelings for Rhaenyra. But this time Daemon went too far, crossing a line that Viserys would almost certainly never forgive.

You MUST REACT to honest trailers game of thrones 😂🎉

you point out the difference between Robert's hunt and Viserys, but its largely due to budget limits for Game of Thrones season 1 (like the iron throne being not as expanded as it is in house of dragons)

Otto was removed for plotting on putting his grandson on the throne.

those archerswere over 75 yds away shooting at a running target. they dont have have modern day bows or scopes. yes they could miss alot

Funcle Daemon, you HAD to see that coming (no pun intended).

😂Alicent a little too concerned with Rhaenyra’s kitty,😺disguised as concern, she can barely hide her anger and jealousy.

Rhoynar = Basically the guys from dorne lol

Y’all should just watch a video about all the kings in order

34:00 The Rhoynar are the ethnicity the Dornish people are

A "burst belly" is appendicitis. They don't have modern medicine like we do, so it would usually be fatal.