The Art of Riding Dragons | Behind the Scenes Season 2, Episode 7| House of the Dragon | HBO 

Omg yes!

I began to chuckle when I saw the Bronze Fury behind her, then SeaSmoke flying over and then her own coming up behind her! I then thought... "Aemond! you are going to have to fight harder than ever before!"

@@johnbernhardtsen3008 Baela and Jace somewhere far in the background with their little dragons too lol. "Hey! Don't forget us!"

​@@johnbernhardtsen3008 that was Silverwing not Seasmoke lol

I felt that Vermithor's size on that final shot was a bit...underwhelming.

When I saw the whole squad walk up to Dragonstone I knew there was going to be a lot of burning

Love Silverwing's graceful design.

She is the Queen of death staring and doing absolutely nothing.

@@theintunity the queen of wanting every advantage that comes with the iron throne while wanting none of the responsibilities. yaaaaaaaas!

You are so dam right dude. I'm not easyly impress. But still, i'm impress lol. She make the job like a true Queen. Féminine, charismatic... Dam girl

​@@theintunitylol wtf are you talking about, you want her to ride vermithors and go kaméhaméha the green? You better go look harry Potter or DBZ 😂

All we need is Night Fury in the house :)

i dont get it.. why did all the "candidates" have to stand in one pile? Better one at a time.. We have now and Rhaenyra have already seen with ser steffon darklyn that it is unwise to stand so close to each other

@@EnergiZeScuba It would've taken hours to do one at a time like that, and the dragon would've flown off from boredom like Seasmoke did. Easier to present them all and let the dragons choose themselves, i think

@@EnergiZeScuba Because they don't actually care for them, just need 1 to survive and claim the dragon lol

@@zigmatronik Bronze Fury in the house isn't enough? :D

He is called that because he is bronze and furios. Learned this from this BTS Video.

Seeing those scenes gave me faith that they'll get the Battle Above the God's Eye right

In this present day we may obtain a shadow of what these majestic beasts were like by means of CGI but I sincerely believe that in centuries long past these fearsome creatures were being seen firsthand and their existence being confirmed by those who were fortunate/unfortunate enough to live together with them in the very same world in which we still live today.

​@Ravenblack42 Dragons NEVER existed. Also this is not new, GoT did it before, The Hobbit did it before, other movies too...

yup love how they all have different personalittes aswell

crispy queen

Monarch

​@@chethankashyapp595 Yes, that's what a Queen is. Well done.

She is not dragon Queen lol Dany is that is her title they try so hard to do another Daenrys

@@queenxx1690 without Rhaenyra you would’ve even have your precious Dany lmao

I'm a professional fire eater and I'm WILDLY impressed by them.

Utmost respect

plenty of images to chose from for wallpapers!

Exactly loads of iconic shots

really? i think she‘s kinda weird looking very skeletal i love Moondancer most that green tigerstriped mohawk rascal

@@caruzo9631 She's got kind of a thin neck but she's gorgeous imo.

​@@caruzo9631 That more narrow skeletal look I think is what makes her look so good. Every dragon in this show looks amazing. They all look and sound so unique.

I like that shot too! Her colour and wings 😍

0ppp

No way! It's egg?

@@DiegoGoSanDiego It looked like it to me. Thats why Ulf was scared extra-shitless I think.

He didn’t break the egg

He didn’t break the egg watch it again. He broke a protective membrane

Yeah it's so great it's sort of tradition now of doing those 'oner' shots in this universe

They've done since GoT, but this season they're really making use of it in so many ways lol

😂😂 Logan said that

“It’s Morbin Time!!”

Ah, a dragon rider of refined tastes, I see. ❤️💛❤️💛

@@hellfish2309 that’s what daemon said to caraxes.

Not if your dragon is silverwing. He'll be like, ummm no sir, mama said can't use curse words in common tongue nor in high valyrian.

he was there to see it personally and ok’d too😉

he sounded really unimpressed haha

Symbolism, stuck in a stagnant place of disarray and abandonment. Winds of Winter in 2050 confirmed. 😅

@@ReuterL yeah, thought so too.

​@@ReuterLi bet he thought: "all i wanted was a accurately adapted version of my Story. Instead i got my face in a werwood tree."

Gotta wonder why Rhaena didn’t try to bond with Silverwing. She seemed less picky and not violent. Then again Vermithor probably needs to be distracted so to even try to approach Silverwing. And Seasmoke has nothing on old man Vermithor 😱 Seasmoke only burned two guys and left in a huff …. Vermithor burned, chomped, whacked and squashed.

@@walkrwalkr3622 I wonder if Rhaena acted like potential dragon riders did with other dragons--more assertive than Silverwing wanted. Vermithor is a BEAST. Lol.

​@@walkrwalkr3622I think all dragons have different taste and personalities. Silverwing might like a charming rider, while Rhaena is rather serious. Vermithor seemed to have liked Hugh's courage and anger... Seasmoke was probably just missing Leanor and went to the closest substitute (which might be an indication that Leanor is still alive and that when a rider renounce their claim to a dragon without dying the animal might only chose a new one that resembles said rider)

Cz

Same

There hasn't been a single conflict with any of the books so far. It all comes from a deeply flawed understanding of written historical evidence. The whole point of the show seems to be teaching people not to trust a single version of a story, that had been presented to them from a very specific point of view.

@@christiangwenner6384meleys escaping the dragon pit is the exception

@@christiangwenner6384 well no thats not exactly true. there is clearly a separate book canon and show canon. Sheepstealer is not in the Vale and claimed by Rhaena in the book canon (Sheepstealer instead stays on Dragonstone and is claimed by the dragonseed Nettles), neither is Alicent the same age as Rhaenyra. These are not the kinds of things that the histories would have gotten wrong, there would be ample evidence and records for these things

they're so brave and not given enough credits

I mean Vermithor was her grandfather's dragon, he probably knows her already and also Vermithor is said to be "tolerant" of humans. But let it be known, his tolerance has boundaries, he is not afraid to fuck shit up if you enrage him, something we'd see in later seasons hopefully.

@@odrysianngreat-grandfather btw

@@whoschach Yes because King Viserys was the son of Prince Baelon who was the son of King Jaeherys.

And it wasn't even in the script in the beginning. Emma came up with that idea and they put it in. Great actress. Smart on top.

Is it self righteous to fight for the kingdom she was promised by her father the king 🤔🧐🧐

@@geoffdb8118 Viserys wish was against the Westerosi customs, traditions and against legal precedent established by Westerosi lords during the Great Council, which placed him to the throne. Otto was absolutely right in saying that "history and precedent support Aegon's claim". Yes, it is self-rightousness. Team Black stands for royal absolutism, where king's wish is an absolute law no matter how outrageous it is. Team Green stands for monarchy bound by moral and cultural norms of the people it rules over.

@@Radonatorrthis is such an interesting take, I don’t think green are moral at all!

@@EllieDaisy Admittedly, Aemond and Aegon are definitely not moral. But everything Alicent did throught her entire life was in accordance with how she saw her moral duty - duty to her father and her family, duty to the House Hightower, duty to the Faith of the Seven. Even if she broke her moral codes several times, you can definitely see that she tries to act in a way she sees as moral. She is an honest believer in the Faith, it played a major role in her life. She even placed a gigantic symbol of the Faith inside Red Keep. House Hightower in general is very close to the Faith. They rule over Oldtown, which is the holy city and the major stronghold of the Faith in Westeros, kinda like Rome/Vatican is the seat of the Catholic Church. So on the symbolic level and in their political propaganda Team Green definitely stands for native Westerosi moral and cultural codes, in opposition to Team Black, who emphasize the Valyrian traditions of Targaryen conquerors and doesn't really care for Westerosi morality. Agnatic primogeniture as a rule of succession, that is the belief that sons must always inherit before daughters, is also one of the native Westerosi moral rules, supported by religious teachings of the Faith. Otto Hightower was very much aware of that.

her, her, she

You have some spelling mistakes

@@kev4tune dude Emma D’Arcy themself has come out and talked about their pronouns as an actor. Even Matt Smith has validated Emma D’Arcy’s pronouns. Emma D’arcy goes by they/them as their identifier. It’s literally on Google go look it up.

@@kev4tune No, I actually do not.

@@kev4tune dude, Emma D’Arcy themself has come out and talked about their pronouns as an actor. Matt Smith has also validated Emma Darcy’s pronouns as an actor. they go by they/them/their, look it up on Google.

It might very well be that it has nothing to do with blood at all. That might be nothing but ancient PR. Nobody knows. Much more likely, it's simply a question of character. Which might even be the whole idea at the show's core.

Let’s not assume the dragons gender

@@christiangwenner6384 oooooooo never thought of it that way. Nicely said! 😊

@@Shelbzz Thank you very much! I'm never quite sure how sure-footed I am in expressing myself in English, which is not my own language. But I actually think Martin's work is very much about challenging our entrenched notions of quasi-medieval religiosity, legality and politics, the danger of mixing the three and, not least, the latent racism that can underlie questions of succession. Or at least a form of classism. Rhaenyra is just beginning to realise this, while it shakes her son's world view, who clings to his blue-blooded superiority because he was not granted ‘white-haired supremacy’. The idea of divine chosenness also played a central role in the actual Middle Ages, on which GoT is ultimately based, which is why candidates for the throne always endeavoured to be consecrated as early as possible by the most respected archbishops. With sword and sceptre as insignia of worldly and spiritual power. The dragons unite both spheres. So how could a dragon rider not feel chosen? It is quite possible that it is this false sense of uniqueness that gives rise to the self-assurance that is the real attraction for dragons. Combined with an ‘after me, the deluge’ attitude, which certainly characterises most dragons. Finally, the specific form of self-confidence must also match the respective dragon. Rhaenyra's youthful impetuosity and curiosity, together with her subtle disposition, are reflected in Syrax, as is Daemon's cunning but also fighting strength in Caraxes. Hugh's ‘I'm not going to take it anymore’ attitude and the hard life he has led are fitting for a dragon with many years of hardened experience. The young Aemond also had this attitude, though not the age, and the feeling of being excluded. Much like a dragon who prefers to rest in the deep grass outside the castle walls. The nefariousness that Aemond acquired over the years may again be a sign that the influence is reciprocal. We can look forward to seeing Ulf and Silverwing. However, the flight over King's Landing points to a shared streak of playfulness, even though both are long out of childhood. Much remains to be discovered. And what a discovery it would be if GRRM's final message was that it's not the surname you're born with that should determine your extraordinary life, but the character you bring to the table. Enjoy the ride!

I felt Vermithor's personality took after Jaeherys' personality and 'soul' even if he didnt care much for his granddaughter he still wouldnt want her dead. It looked like Vermithor actually wanted to follow Rheanyra when she left and his head was tracing her.

Calm down, Game of Thrones was next level, this show is fun but GOT first 5 or so seasons were some of the best television of all time.

@@4evahodlingdoge226 Agreed, but this episode rivalled the absolute best of GOT, I think.

He is still the biggest kind on the block. It's just that now he faces a challange

his position of biggest kip on the block is certainly being challenged

That was one of my favorite parts cause they're essentially like you and your siblings bullshit is about destroy everything your ancestors created by handing out dragons to random folks who don't respect nor value the amount of power they will be granted.

Surely giving dragons to random people they don't know isn't going to bite them back in the ass right? Right!?

Is Silverwing Syrax’s mother?

@@walkrwalkr3622 basically no dragons have known parentage. But the show is certainly implying it Id say