The Red Dragon and the Gold | House of the Dragon S2 Ep 4 Reaction 

Dragons clash!

everyone plotting acts of war and daemon is in he’s own horror movie 😭

That wasn't a suicide mission, neither Rhaenyra or her council were expecting to have a dragon battle on Rooks Rest, that was Cole's plan, it was a trap

Daemon over there playing Luigi’s Mansion while all Hell breaks loose is KILLING me 💀😭

Aegon: Is friendly fire on? Aemond: Lemme check

Yall got it wrong. Cole and Aemonds plan was to let them send a dragon and attack it with Vhagar. Aegon was not supposed to be there. It was a trap. But Aemond used it as an opportunity to kill two dragons with one stone. Rhaenyra did not think Rhaenys was going to die she just didn’t want to send her closest advisor

The way Sunfyre shielded Aegon to protect him from the fall 💔

Aegon might not be as fluent in high Valyrian as his brother, but he somehow managed to teach Sunfyre good old English instead 😹

Alicent is such a terrible mom bro lmao. Why did she think telling him to do nothing was a good idea? She could've used that as a perfect opportunity to really change Aegon for the better after clearly not being in his life prior to him becoming king.

The generational trauma of how Otto treats Alicent like a pawn passing onto how Alicent treats Aegon like a pawn goes a bit insane

Everyone else is in House of the Dragon and Daemon is in Silent Hill 😭

I’m no better than an addict the way I’ve been fiending for this video 😭

I feel like y’all missed it but the conversation between Aemond & Aegon during the council meeting WAS meant to embarrass Aegon…because he can’t speak High Valyrian lol. It wasn’t Aegon just wanting war - he literally couldn’t respond back in HV because he can’t speak it fluently (which Aemond knew.) I DO think Aegon can understand it for the most part though. Aemond wanted to embarrass Aegon by demonstrating to the council their “Targaryen ruler/the eldest son” can’t even speak the language the Targaryen’s are known for.

I just realized, with the two omens. The first omen when Alicent dropped the dragon, it broke off a wing, yet it was intact. Signifying Aegon’s dragon. At the end it was still alive, barely, with Aegon TBD. The second omen is with Rhaenys. When Aegon tipped over the dragon jug, it shattered completely, signifying Rhaenys and Meleys’ death.

The bond between Aegon and Sunfyre is so profound. He doesn't even speak to his dragon in High Valeriyan, but Sunfyre understands. Also protecting him in Vaghars DRACARYS and from the fall.

Dragons battling over the coast, secret love children rising in status, and discussions on what it means to rule. Meanwhile Daemon is tripping balls with a witch and encouraging a kid to smother his grandpa

The sad thing about the dragons is that meleys and vhagar were daemon and Viserys parent's dragon, the dragons were very close, flied together Many time they have a bond and now they're tearing each other apart, and on top of that vhagar was her daughter dragon, and they k!lled her on her birthday

The dragon riders can’t just abandon the houses that are fighting for them because a scarier dragon shows up. Rhaenyra did not know Rhaenys was going to die. The look was simple concern for going into battle because of course.

Rhaenys chose to stay because of Rhaenyra's situation. The little support she has needs her dragons to defend them. Rhaenys knows this. She represents the queen as one of her dragonriders so she can't flee. "If the Queen flees at the first sign of trouble, why should we support her against these overwhelming odds?" Also, as Aemond said, Rook's Rest is vital since the Blacks losing it cuts Dragonstone off from Westeros. The blacks must defend it. Lastly, Meleys is the Blacks best dragon. She's the most capable of harming Vhagar. Aegon & Aemond falling would be a huge victory despite the risk. Rhaenys knew this and bravely fought.

I feel really bad for Aegon. He was an insufferable frat boy, but, he did not want to be king and even admitted that he was not fit. After they made him king they made fun of him for being bad at it and got his son killed. When he was crying over the death of his son, his mother walked away and ended up with Cole.

12:13 had me dead, the synchronised 'WHAAAAAAT?" 🤣

"king consort" would be daemons technical title so still "your grace" same reason you would normally call the queen as such

Rhaenys and her dragon 🐉 meleys will always be remembered. Rest in peace the queen who never was.

Everyone fighting for their lives and Daemon is stuck in the Resident Evil house💀

Poor Aegon. Didn't want to become king, didn't want any of this shit, but the hightower putted him on the throne cause they're fucking idiots and now he gets trashed by everyone (included his mother and brother) and almost dies

Guys, Rhaenyra would NEVER have sent Rhaenys if she knew Aegon's army would send out a dragon like Vhagar to the battlefield since he usually protects Kings Landing lol. She didn't want to send Jace because he's literally inexperienced and also she didn't want to lose another son so quickly to war. She was completely confident in Rhaenys. NOBODY expected Aemond to show up, nor did they expect Aegon to show up. Losing a dragon is a MASSIVE loss for either side.

I like that this show actually shows that it takes a long time to get from place to place. The passage of time is really felt. You can also see who's dragons are battle tested and who isn't. Meleys has really good strategy when fighting. Not the biggest but this claws and talons are super sharp.

I don't get where you guys are getting Rhaenyra and co thinking Rhaenys was going on a suicide mission. It's pretty clear that no one expected the Greens to give up their strongest defence of King's Landing and send them to a little castle battle.

Gotta say, Aegon's an asshole, but he doesn't deserve half, well maybe 40% of the treatment he received from his council and family, especially Alicent. He really was trying his best to be a good king

The little nudge Sunfyre did to Aegon was so cute😭😭😭.

Three dragons fighting in the air is something you watch from a DISTANCE and not right below them!

Rhaenyra didn't know the Greens would have sent a dragon. Her initial idea was to go herself. They all expect the Greens to keep their dragons at Kingslanding to protect themselves. It's why Aemond and Cole's plan is kinda ingenious. The whole attack on Rooks Rest is to lure a dragon out of Dragonstone, painting a massive target on Cole and the main Green Army. Only for Aemond and his tactical nuke of a dragon to annihilate any dragon sent by the Blacks.

My dad often falls asleep whenever we watch shit together but this episode was the first time he asked to rewatch a part because he missed the dragon fight

Alicent like "YOU SHOULD LEARN FROM ME" meanwhile she aint even showing up to the meetings.

one of the things I've really liked is the bonds between these targaryans and their dragons. Specifically the scene of Aegon preparing with Sunfyre, like even Aegon has an otherworldly relationship with this living nuke. Really cool and gives him a little credit because at the end of the day he IS one of them.

That fire breathing 747 is surprisingly stealthy

I’m team black all the way, but I feel the most sorry for Aegon. People say he craves power when really he just wants love. The few times we see him truly happy is with his son, and now that his boy is dead we see that only his dragon Sunfyre fills that role. Alicent and the other green members act like Aegon owes them some huge favor and that he should be greatful, but he didn’t want that role, he screamed he didn’t want to be king. And now they all belittle him because he isn’t the perfect puppet. Aegon feels way too deeply and he drinks to numb himself from his front emotions. Alicent said literally the worst words to him when he asked for help. It was sad too when he just told her that he just moved the books and not had them destroyed, she really is a terrible mother.

"on the CASTLE?? The thing we were trying to PROTECT??!" 🤣🤣🤣 You guys are killing me

Man I was more sad about these dragons suffering than these crazy ass Targaryens beefing

bruh lupa and roshi w their hive mind once again @12:13 😂

"apologies to all our geriatric subscribers" LMAOAOAOAOA I CANT

I don’t think that rhaenys declared herself dead, but she knew that she had to biggest dragon and was the best rider, she had the best chance to take out vhagar, and also it was her mission to make sure that they didn’t take the castle.

You guys always have great reactions but kudos to you guys for being one of the few reactors to actually understand Aegon's character & motivate regarding wanting to proof himself.

Did ya'll peep that Aemond spoke better high valyrian than Aegon did? Aemond been ready to prove himself true king since day 1.

Aegon tried to literally tried to learn from Alicent in that scene, and all she did was demean him.

Rhaenys was not going back a second time, when she turned Meleys around, they were heading back towards Dragonstone, which was across the water. That's why Aemond and Vhagar hid there.

Jace just Mewing entire War

I think Rhaenys wasn't going to leave without trying her damn hardest to kill (or at the very least severely wound) Vahagar. She knows that as long as Vahagar lives, the Blacks have no chance of winning the war against the Greens. Even if they all end up dead in the end, one house might go out "victoriously" and Rhaenys had made up her mind that it would be them. I also think that with her family separated (Corlys off to sea again, Baela at risk of being shot out of the sky at any moment, and Rhaena sent away to Pentos) there wasn't much left keeping her in Dragonstone. She fought bravely and admirably until the very end, and with all of her past years of warring behind her both she and Meleys may finally rest. ❤

The scenes of aemond talking in high valyrian to his brother was to show us that aegon doesn't speak it and can say just few words which means he's unfit to be a Targaryen king, and he's more of a Hightower , he doesn't Care about his Targaryen blood or history

One of the best dragon fights ever made

Wow y'all are good, It didn't clcik in my head that the dragon imagery being destroyed was foreshadowing. The one Alicent drops symbolizes Sunfyre being wounded and the dragon glassware that Aegon knocked over symbolizes Meleys dying. I didn't catch that the first time I watched this episode! Like, I knew who was going to die this episode because I'm familiar with the source material, like as soon as they mentioned Rooks Rest, I knew, oh yeah, they're going to die here. I just didn't catch the foreshadowing in those specific scenes.

26:29 had me bout to tear up and 5 seconds after it I was like “man f this cool mf anime villain” he looked too cold flying away from his treachery 😂

I feel like Daemon demanding to be called “your grace” isn’t treason cause you generally would call a queen “your grace” in this world afaik and a king consort is basically that

Daemon out here doing side quests before finishing up the main storyline

Alicent was ice-cold with Aegon, literally pushed him over the edge.

29:54 Aegon didn't left when they were talking about the battle he left when they were talking about other business. Nobody knew about the plan except Aemond and Cole not even council so Yes they moved without telling him.

Respect Sir Cole the strongest swordsman in the show 🤫

calling himself King isn't exactly wrong if you look in the perspective correctly. Alicent was called Queen and Your Grance while being married to Viserys. So was Cersei and Margery in GoT.

Good call on the dragon omens, guys! I didn't think to put that together.

Aegon and Rhaenys having a little moment with their dragons begore they flew out, it made my heart melt

Daemon is King Consort and in this worlds custom he is entitled to be called Your Grace as a Queen Consort would be

Rhaenys had to defend Rook's Rest. It was mentioned that it was an important mainland area for Dragonstone/Team Black but I also think that she kept going to try to injure/kill Vhagar to give Team Black an advantage in the war to come. She stayed longer to confirm the kill and mission. She said it herself that her dragon has battle experience and the largest they had... but she went in knowing it was a battle to the death. I still wish they survived. Her and her dragon exchanging last looks hurt so much 😭 Fucking granny Vhagar with her sneak attacks and the plan to draw out a team black dragon worked. Theres so many things we could pick at on lack of planning and patience for both sides but the point of this fight was to show how devastating dragon war is.

25:52 At first I didn’t understand why she kept turning back but I think that’s exactly why. It was war and at that moment Rhaenys wasn’t a princess, she was a soldier. Her mission/duty was to protect the castle and do as much damage to the enemy as she could, no matter what. Plus taking Vhagar out was wayyy too important. Who knows when or if Daemon would return? Rhaenys had to keep trying right then and there. Besides, Meleys was doing extremely well in the battle. She absolutely obliterated Sunfyre and won that first 1v1 with Vhagar. She still had a fairly decent chance to do some serious damage. I think the outcome would’ve been very different if Aemond didn’t go for that sneak attack. The situation was extremely complex but I think that’s the core of it. She had to keep fighting no matter what. Rhaenys was my favorite character in the show and Meleys was my favorite dragon and the coolest looking one imo. I wish they had retreated, but I understand why they didn’t. Rip Rhaenys the queen who should have been.

Daemon fighting evil spririts, and becoming a ghost buster WHILST the dragons have a civil war! 😆

Everybody is dying - all three of them just laughing their asssssss of... classic!

How does Aemond large ass grandma dragon keeps being able to sneak up on them.. CMON IT GIANT!

Not gonna lie… episode fucked me up I knew she was gonna die soon… but they way the dragon kept looking back like a dog and the weight just hit man

Daemon fighting evil spirits and becoming a ghost buster, WHILST there a dragon civil war! 😂

Rhaanyra did not know Rhaenys was going to die because nobody knew that Criston had a trap laid out for them, Rhaenyra just wanted to handle things swiftly using one of the dragons but was caught lacking

youu guys caught the dragons dropping omens more than even easter egg channels did! they only even mentioned the model, but the two different dragons signified the 2 falling from the sky

No one knew about the plan (Vhagar ambush) except for Aemond and Cole, not even the council. Aegon was pushed to go because of the way Alicent has been treating him. He never wanted to be king and he Expressed it many times , he even said he's not fit to rule. Yet they dragged him and made him King without even guiding him properly nor training him to rule. So I don't really blame Aegon for feeling frustrated especially when everyone is making him feel Insignificant, they just want him to sit and do nothing while they manipulate everything... I feel bad for him

I feel disgusting for even saying this but I kinda feel bad for Aegon. On one hand he actually seems to want to rule, we can tell from how he acted with the small folk. But everyone around him just sees him as a pawn and some dumb useless kid. Which he is. But no one actually cares enough to teach him how to rule. They just wanna use him

Daemon's side quest isn't that wasteful because he already knows the Riverlands are key to winning the war since the Lannisters (and Westerlands) and Hightowers (and The Reach) are on the side of the greens. Harrenhal is the largest castle so he's trying to have another stronghold. In the first episode this season Alicent thought that Aegon would kind of get over being king but since his son was killed, Aegon has been acting irrationally (in her eyes) so she is lashing out on him. The plan was always to kind of make Aegon a puppet until he got some sense but when he fired Otto that's when he got her pubes all tinged.

28:11 Aegon survived but was left with broken ribs, a broken pelvis and the armor fused into the skin.

I didn't know Lupa was churchy 😂 Vagar's size brought him to the foot of the cross! 😂🤣 24:37

Translation of what Rhaenyra said to Daemon It’s been said that Targaryens are closer to gods than men… In my eyes, you were a god. Daemon Targaryen. The Prince of the City. The Lord of Flea Bottom. I was an innocent. You exploited me and abandoned me. You sullied my name at court. You empowered my rivals. You tried to make my ruin. You put me on that throne. And you love me and you hate me for it. You created me, Daemon. Yet you are now set on destroying me. All because your brother loved me more than he did you. This is what you always wanted, is it not?”

Ya'll didn't catch it...Aemond at the end had his sword out cuz he was gonna finish AEGON...He now has his own agenda now😈😈

Daemon is King Consort (husband of the Queen ruler) so yes, he should be called Your Grace if you accept Rhaenyra as queen.

That episode reeked of Death since the opening

I don't think Rhaenys intended to die, she just knew that if a dragon has to go, it makes sense to be her. Rhaenyra is the Queen, Jace is her heir and Rhaenys knows that she would never risk another son. She knows that she's the best option, they wouldn't sacrifice one of the best allies and one of the biggest dragons for nothing. My guess for why Rhaenys turns around knowing she'll prob die is because she'd take even a small chance of ending the war here. She's been behind Rhaenyra's pushes for peace. She's willing to put her life on the line for a shot at killing Vhagar (her dragon did do a bit of damage after all!) or a more likely way of winning would be to kill Aemond. She takes the chance, knew it was curtains the second she sees Vhagar, but tries her best because theres just the smallest chance she can draw or at least seriously damage Vhagar for her team

Homeboy Blackwood that Daemon is talking to at 13:40 is the young Blackwood kid that killed the Bracken dude infront of young Rhaenyra back in the day

Omggg Lupa still with the Otto quote “This prank?” 🤣

16:00 I dunno why, but I lost it at "Is anywhere out here?"😂😂. Top tier Dad jokes as always 👏🏻

Dragons falling and exploding makes so much sense because they got organs full of fire

Lol Sheera we get it you like rhaenyra you don't have to make up plot points😂

Shera is giving Rhaenyra way too much credit. Cole baited them and they bit hard. Rhaenyra did not know that Rhanys will die, she wasn’t expecting a dragon fight.

Stop saying Aemond can't control his dragon...HE CAN...The incident with Luke was a moment of weakness😂

A true soldier never abandons their post, even when the odds are against them.

3:12 The thing about the title: "Your Grace" can also be used to address the consort of a reigning monarch. For example, Daemon Targaryen should technically be called "Your Grace" since he is the king consort, married to Rhaenyra, the Queen. However, in modern monarchies, this practice is not commonly followed. For instance, in the United Kingdom, Prince Philip was not called King because the title of King is considered higher than that of Queen. But he was still addressed as "Your Grace" because he was also a duke.😅 Or better " Your Royal Highness"

Notice how even with a torn up stomach, Sunfyre chooses to land in his belly to protect Aegon those two are ride or die for eachtoher

Not YaBoyRoshi with the "Black Job"???!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

3:10 why would it be treason? The husband of a queen is a king. They even add the consort to make clear who the ruler is.

Rhaenyra gotta switch out of mommy mode and be the queen. There was nothing preventing her from sending both Rhaenys and Jace; Daemon said in episode 1 that one dragon is not enough for Vhagar. It's war time now, you don't have enough dragonriders to keep people sidelined because they "lack experience."

No, Rhaenyra did not expect Rhaenys to die. If anything she knew Rhaenys and Meleys are battle tested and if anyone was going to survive a dragon fight it would be her. That's why she actually told her son he lacked experience she was truthful with that, if he had experience, she would have let him go. She came to the conclusion that it's war or death, sparing her son from battle is not on her mind, she sent the babies away, if she wanted to spare him, she would have forced him to leave too.

I love how attentive you guys are with the symbolism and stuff, I didn't even notice the connections.

PPPPPPPTTTTTTTTT I was not prepared for 24:59 yalls editor is crazy and he deserves every penny.

“Seismic toss”😂😂😂 just imagine charizard against vhaegar

when Daemon made plans and was ready to go war , everyone stays lazy when everyone started war , Daemon starts his Silent Hill 2 speedrun

I love how the girl on the left is the only reactor I've seen who understands that rhaenys needed to do as much damage as possible

That spit fight cut caught me off guard and I can't stop laughing.