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They're not cousins, he is Rhaenyra's uncle.

I read on how Milly Alcock who got the part to play this new princess/queen is a struggling actor living in her moms attic, and how she was in such disbelief that she was picked. She said she was waiting every day for them to change their mind and until she was there and filming she thought she'd be fired. Made me root for her a lot, and I think it plays well with her part as Rhaenyra is also having to undertake this big thing she wasn't ready for.

Daemon Targaryen aka the Rogue Prince was my favorite character from the book, and WOW !!! Matt Smith really hit it out of the park with his portrayal of the character. I knew Matt would do well base on what I saw in the trailers, but lord his acting of the character has been perfection in my eyes.

Technically, in jousting, it is not illegal to strike the horse of the opponent, but it is seen as deeply dishonorable. In case you couldn't tell however, Daemon Targaryan does not care if others view him as dishonorable.

Targaryens are not immune to fire. Nor is Daenerys an exception. They´re resistant to heat, like when Dany takes the bath in GOT ep 1 and the maid says it´s scolding hot. D&D fucked it up (somehow) and made Dany outright immune to fire when it was only a one time thing involving death magic.

When she said, “I love GOT. All 7 season of it” 🤣🤣🤣 what a roast 🔥🔥🔥

I’ve been pregnant 4 times. 2 were C-sections 1 was EXTREMELY horrific The birth scene was easier for me to watch than Sansa being råped. Especially since that never happened to HER in the book, it happened to Jane Poole. D&D did things for shock value, this birth scene was carefully crafted and the midwives in this scene are actual Midwives that were there to consult on the scene and to make it all the more real. I appreciate and applaud Miguel and Ryan and everyone involved in this episode. Great reaction guys. ❤️

How could “sacrifice one or lose both” be taken any other way? Back then, there wasn’t really any way they could kill the baby and save Aemma

Henry I, King of England, was the youngest child of William the Conqueror. He (Henry) inherited the throne and the Duchy of Normandy from his older brother around 1100. Henry had one surviving legitimate child, Mathilde (also known as Maud), the widow of the Emperor (also named) Henry. She was just 14 when she was crowned Empress in Rome. Upon completing the coronations, she stayed in Italy to mind the Empire's Italian holdings while her husband, Emperor Henry, returned to Germany to provide the same service to the rest of the Empire. Unsurprisingly, neither Henry fathered a child upon her. Following Emperor Henry's death, King Henry called his daughter (now 23) to court in Normandy. Mathilde, now known as Empress Mathilde, was presented to King Henry's court and vassals as King Henry's successor. Everyone was required to provide oaths to accept and support Mathilde in her succession to the throne. The swearing of the oaths was less than popular among the nobility. Big Surprise! In order to strengthen Normandy's position to the south against France, Empress Mathilde was married off to Geoffrey, Comte d'Anjou. Upon King Henry's death in 1135, Mathilde's cousin Stephen, count of Blois (directly east of Anjou and south of Normandy), traveled to England and assumed the throne. A couple years later, Mathilde and her half brother Robert (born on the wrong side of the blanket) invaded England to take the throne that was promised her. This was the start of what would later be called "The Anarchies" that saw England torn to shreds by years of a dynastic struggle between two cousins, Empress Mathilde and King Stephen. Naturally, the situation led to various nobles trying enlarge their respective holdings, etc. When Stephen finally shuffled off this mortal coil around 1150, he was succeeded by Mathilde's eldest (unsurprisingly) named Henry. Normandy was held by Geoffrey of Anjou, Stephen had agreed to depriving his own son of his expected inheritance, and everyone was very confused because Stephen's wife and Queen was also named Mathilde. Really, I know you guys joke about having to keep track of all the names you encounter in WOT and GOT/House of Dragons... but try to keep the Henries and Mathildes straight in this little story is enough for me. Henry II (son of Empress Mathilde and Geoffrey of Anjou) has been described as one of the greatest kings in England's history. He was the first Angevin, aka Plantagenet, king and his direct descendants would hold the English for nearly 350 years, until the defeat of Richard III at the Bosworth Field at the hands of Henry (what else?) Tudor. Wonder where GRRM came up with the idea of a King trying to foist a daughter as his heir upon a pack of reluctant vassals? I think a reaction/analysis video on Mondays would be a good idea. However, do we not have a date for next Monday for Book Club? - sj

Claroos, bless you for comforting your husband during this trying time.

Claroos is right, there's no way the mother could live when the baby's in breach It was either let them both die, or try to extract the baby. There's no way to save the mother

i got so emotional during that last scene. the way they said about how Aegon foresaw the long night and he called it a song of ice (Jon) and fire (Daenerys). they were azor ahai from the beginning. a spit on D&D's face. also rhaenyra's nomination... the way i imagined Dany's 🥺

10:56 her facial expression seeing Daemon in his dragon armor is the best!!!!! Is basically how every fan thought as well!!!!!!

The maester says you can save the baby or loose them both. If they give her enough milk of the poppy to kill the baby, how are they gonna get the baby out without killing her. They had already said that they could get the baby out cause it was sideways. I think our modern sensibilities makes us think that they have that option to save either one.

You mentioned about dragon extinction, actually this is the era where the house is at the height of its power, where dragons flew around. And this show is all about why dragons became extinct.

Clarus, Lysa wasnt born a Vale woman, she was a Tully from the Riverlands first, but good catch. ^^

I appreciated your emphasis on the birth scene in your discussion. And I noticed that when they first began the birth scene you said this is where the real battle is. I think that was such an important aspect of this first episode. Queen Aemma tells Rhaenyra that the birthing bed is a woman’s battlefield in the scene they had between the two of them. And the back-and-forth between the joust and the birthing scene was contrasting the two scenarios which both had such violent results in this instance, and reinforced what the queen had told her daughter. I also really liked how you appreciated the use of the prophecy in connecting the story with Game of Thrones. I agree that they are doing it in a classy manner.

I had doubts before the release but after watching the premiere, I'm totally hyped for more. This show has so much potential with the direct support from GRRM himself.

How can you say they (Rhaenyra and Daemon) are cousins when she called him uncle in the very same scene. Pay some attention lol

I've seen a read going round regarding the dream which I like: It's not about the show, that diverged from the plan. It's about the books where that's absolutely still on the cards. HotD low-key not styling itself as a game of thrones prequel, it's an ASOIAF prequel

Thw Rogue Prince is my second favourite character during this time with the Queen Who Never Was taking the first spot. Really hyped to see her on screen ...

To clarify the rules of jousting are defined by those holding the joust, and targeting the steed is rarely considered off limits, Daemon doing so in a way that did not just kill the horse is actually more merciful than just targeting its throat. Also an additional stage of combat on foot was not uncommon.

They stated during the scene that they had given the wife a large portion of Milk of the Poppy already and giving her any more drugs would put the babies life at risk. Even in modern times, you cannot knock the woman out without causing severe risk to both lives, or they would do this regularly. The Maester is also stating that the "choice" is either 1. The baby might survive or 2. The wife and baby both die. She was "breaching", the baby was turned sideways. Women can and do die from that even today, and also lose the child in the process. The wife was almost certainly going to die regardless.

Hey I know I'm late to comment on this video. I just watched it this weekend. I just wanted to say the labor scene is the most relatable thing I have ever seen on television. My wife had complications at the end of her labor resulting in both her and my son ending up in the ICU. They are both well now but It was the scariest moment of my life. Luckily the staff was amazing and had everything under control. But holy shit did that give me PTSD moments. Hospitals are amazing nowadays.

For me, it feels like the dream being passed exclusively to the heir, and possibly getting lost because of later succession crisis, is the cause for so many of the events in ASOIAF/GOT. The Targaryens eventually losing their dragons over the centuries feeds into Rhaenyra's point about them being just like everyone else without them. They lost their real power, messy successions lost the prophecy, and perhaps Rhaegar discovering it again, but not fully understanding it, led him to do something as stupid as taking Lyanna Stark, igniting a war. Maybe dragon dreams about this prophecy drove Aerys mad.

In a medieval breech birth that isn't working (like this one at this point), I believe the mother is very unlikely to survive. I think his choice was either A) extremely high probability of both dying if the baby wasn't turned (and they hadn't been able to turn it so far) or B) certain death for the mother of an attempted c-section with a much higher probability of the baby surviving. If the baby dies in her womb, that's not any better for her likely survival, either. The expected survival probability of the two of them combined was definitely higher with option B, the cost is that you go from a extremely small probability of the breech birth suddenly working to no chance for the mother. Never say never on having kids guys (I have 2). Things are better today but still scary as hell, but very little makes your life more worthwhile.

Yes there will be a timejump forward. Olivia Cook plays adult Alicent and Emma d'Arcy plays adult Rhaenyra. Also, the mother would most probably die either way. The choice was either mother and baby both die, or they could try to save the baby and hope the mother doesn't bleed out (but she most definitely would).

"I had a crazy dream last night. I NAMED IT THE SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. Yep, I name my dreams."

Gotta say to you guys, theres a million and one GOT reaction channels and u both are in my top 2! Thank you for knowing what you're talking about, and not boring the hell out of me! Gonna be an amazing season!!!!

It's important to remember that other than highborn houses, life expectancy in medieval times and GoT sort of things was short. So while it's only been 172 years, that's many generations. So much quicker for things such as the ice king, dragons and etc to fall into legend or myth.

The book this was based on had many issues with births and various Targaryen children. It’s a different take on the world. I think they tried to show the difficulties in trying to get heirs, more so than GOT stories. The fact that the senseless tournament fighting was happening at the same time and that people were more shocked with the birth scene really tells you they hit the mark.

For me Shireen's death in GOT is the hardest/worst thing in the series. I have watched this birth scene many times and although it is tough, I can watch it. I've only watched Shireen's death once and won't watch it again. The prophecy was about a danger coming from the north and was obviously referring to the white walkers (not Cersei). It's more than likely that the Mad King knew about it and so did Rhaegar, but both died during Robert's Rebellion. Khaleesi never knew of any prophecy, Arya killed the Knight King, not a Targaryen. And Cersei was sitting on the Iron Throne when the white walkers were defeated. The prophecy was not accurate at all. Although Jon and Daenerys played a role, a Targaryen did not fulfill the prophecy.

This was an episode of television

"There's gonna be some articles written tomorrow." Indeed.

I love that he's equating cersei to this ancient magical threat to humanity lmao like, the night king and homegirl cersei are on the same level jfjdhf anyway, aegon's dream is canon (aka from Martin himself), but the part about it being passed on to each heir is show only

I would totally tune in for a Monday livestream recap :)

Love the touch of the King putting his hand on the dagger... or I should say THE dagger Arya uses for the prophecy he is talking of.

min 28:55 No, haha It was either save the baby or loose them both. So the mother was going to die anyway as the baby was stuck... so the only way out for the baby is cutting the mother open and if you cut her, then she dies guaranteed. If you dont do anything, they both die haha.

Targaryens are not immune to fire. Dani was a special case. Most of the Targaryen's died out because of a huge fire at Harrenhal

This episode was fantastic!!! I'm so excited for next week!!! this is a great start for the series!!!!

Whoever did the casting for this needs a raise.

Very great reaction and analysis, and yes, as we get further into the season, I would like to see another video with further analysis and commentary about themes and characters, and I'd like to see more comparisons between this series and the original.

The Maester said we can save the child or lose both.

Uncle and Niece actually

I see those tears nerdy- good man. That’s the correct response, tears are absolutely the correct response. Good man

Nerdy Nightly, you both are fun to watch & have excellent chemistry! 💜 I especially enjoy your shocked reactions in the "didn't see that coming" scenes, and I must add, how stunningly beautiful Clarus truly is!! MERRY CHRISTMAS & look forward to seeing more of you during HoTD S2!!🤗

Thanks for a great reaction video, and I liked the outro best. I think so far your attitude going into HotD was the most positive, or at least the most open/least biased I've seen, which made for a better experience to me. I'm looking forward to both Episode 2 and your reaction.

You guys definitely need to do full reactions for your Patreon

Daemon Targaryen. For some he was a _hero_ For other...the darkest of villains.

She was already maxed on how much milk of the poppy they could give her without killing her or the baby think of medival times and they didnt have anesthesia

The handed down info about ASOIF was lost to time. Dany did know anything about this prophecy! She didn't believe in White walkers...she had to be convinced by John. She was never the heir...she didnt have a chance to learn. Visereys may have known... her brother...but I doubt it. It was a clever way to tie it together...I'm betting it's a GRRM gem!

Hey guys! So over save one or both die dilemma, he was talking about saving the baby. The meister did say that it was a new procedure and they would have no way of stopping the bleeding so it was kinda a given she would die if they did the C Section...Thanks for the review. I'm so happy we are back to GOT again.💕

I hope they explain how Sam started a book with the same name at the end of season 8. The wise choice is to forget about that season altogether or use the money from this show to redo that season a few years from now.

This was the best pilot episode of a show I have seen, maybe since the Boys s1? Def better than anything on Disney+

9:29 Lisa Arryn is actually a Tully, she's not really from the Vale, she's from Riverrun

I also accepted the 8th season. I was upset about it but I accepted it. I still watched the series several times. This was a great first episode.

I think the easiest way to think about "Oh but Dany didn't wasn't on the iron throne when she defeated the whitewalkers" is that either Ageon I brought his own biases to the prophecy and interpreted it the way he wanted to OR that the translation has been slightly changed through the generations ie. maybe the original prophecy was that the Targs must lead against the white walkers but newer generations interpret "lead" as sitting on the iron throne.

you're just like me when i was watching the episode !!!! Tears in my eyes and everything

The plural of Westerosi is Westerosi Targaryens are heat resistant, not fireproof - unless they are in the midst of performing some powerful magic, like Dany when she hatched her dragons. All other instances were fabrications of the original show, while this show seems to veer much closer to the source material. Several Targaryens have died by fire. In fact, it's kind of a theme. Blood and Fire.

I'd like your definition of spoilers for this show. Even if you haven't read Fire and Blood a lot of the information in this series is pretty common knowledge if you have read through Dance with Dragons. They even had an animated short almost 10 years ago from the show where Viserys tells this entire story as bonus content. But all the same I don't want to ruin anything you may have forgotten or not paid attention to

Matt Smith is fucking perfect as Daemon.

Loved your reaction, lookign forward to seeing the future reactions of the upcoming episodes

*_Season 2 has been officially renewed. We are not prepared for what's to come_*

In my opinion the dream was about JON I mean he was the leader who warned everyone about the night king and his army, so he was the mind behind everything, a real targaryen, literally Aegon. A son(g) of ice and fire.

When I saw this episode in full, I remember the Maester telling Viserys that Queen Aemma would die no matter what they did; they could not save her.

So funny that you talked about blood lines before you saw the second episode 😂 the new intro is the blood lines….

Totally agree with loving every season of GoT even the final season because the worse season of GoT is better than most shows best season! HoTD is just continuing the tradition of greatness 👏👏

In jousting, a rider who has been knocked off their horse is allowed to invoke hand to hand combat. But there is a risk, either they yield, or die. So it could be literally a fight to the death. Many chose death over yielding to their opponent.

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Daenarys did not know the prophecy...Vyseris was the heir that wouldve known, and he wouldve never mentioned it to Daenarys because he never wouldve expected her to be on the iron throne. also, i agree with Clarus...the threat is from the north. Cersei was not the threat that is being referenced in this prophecy. love you both! sorry i'm so late catching up on hotd reactions

I agree with you, I also enjoyed Game of Thrones including up to the first half of Season 8. This was a great first episode!

Ok omg girl that outfit is amazing!

OK I kind of love that the guy I don’t know your name so I apologize had tears in his eyes at the funeral. I was a little surprised that you didn’t however got to give props to your man for having emotions that was kind of nice to see.

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6:25 When people remembered why Game of Thrones was so shocking when it was released!!!!!

You nailed in the discussion

They do say if your scared of public speaking picture everyone naked lol

21:42 omg! tears in your eyes. I feel it ☺

I think Dany doesn’t know the prophecy. Aerys would’ve only told Rhaegar (as the heir), who then dies, and Viserys is not with Aerys in Kings Landing so there’s no chance for him to learn it before the king is killed by Jaime. Also the dagger King Viserys has on his belt looks familiar 😉

Fantastic Episode‼️👑🔥 THE KING IS BACK Cool fact episode 2 will introduce the show intro 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I'm sorry if i'm being too forward or weird in a sense but she is GORGEOUS i just have to say it. I can't stop looking at her she looks like a superhero and she reminds me a lot of jean grey. Ps. I'm gay but i really needed to appreciate her beauty.

I also like how they tied the shows together. I also like your thought about Aegon's dream and how it becomes ingrained into the Targaryen bloodline. I agree with Clarus that Dany didn't know. I find it highly unlikely that the Mad King got a chance to pass it on to Viserys or Dany. It's possible that the older son knew (Rhaegar?), but not the younger kids. But, that intangible drive surely got passed down. Like you said there was more to Dany's drive to the throne than just that she thought she had the rightful claim to it. I was kind of meh going into this opener, but now I'm excited to see more!

Great Premier! I'll be here for the Monday morning show. Yall aren't gonna be able to talk about Rings of Power less than two days a week.

So, I am finally caught up on HoTD...I appreciate you're reactions to the birth scene...definitely gives me a different perspective.

..and to think there were some people complaining that there wouldn't be as much violence/sex as GoT. That birth scene was brutal. One hell of a first episode lol

Great start to a really good story. I was trying to put my finger on what is missing from what made GOT so good and the only thing I can come up with is there is no real Tyrion Lannister type character, at least so far. The fact that I already know what happens also alters the viewing for me as well, but not nessacarily in a bad way, just different.

Love this reaction I hope it gets more views ❤️

I loooove when you reference wheel of time in your other videos. It’s correct.

If you could show her a dragon you could win her but you could also win the whole web.

I got into the books because of the show, in fact I was a straight HBO fan boy back in the Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood days. I used to tell people HBO wasn't television it was an experience.. which was a commercial they had, but I agreed whole heartily and wanted to do my part to spread the message... as well as that HBO had made Sundays sacred for me... I mean, really I'd argue all the great television we get today is because of HBO, they were the first to do shortened seasons with much more quality put into them as apposed to like 30 episode seasons with "TV production" quality. We forget how television used to be because everyone has copied HBO's format for television, who were doing it for decades before anyone else was and I would still argue do it better than anyone else. Well, maybe that's no longer fair to say since they haven't had the best show on television since season 7 of GOT.. what I will say is while their ceiling might not be higher than everyone else's anymore, I'd still argue their floor definitely still is... They're still the one network I assume anything they make will be of at least a certain quality, even if a different network has a show or two better than anything HBO currently has. Anyway, sorry for the long set up but hopefully that conveys how big an HBO fan I was long before and during GOT, which I still consider the first six or seven seasons to be the best television ever! That's saying something since Ive always had HBO and seen everything they've done, like The Sopranos.. and including The Wire... which I never thought a show would equal! I had never heard of the books until the show, and began reading A Clash of Kings (second book) following the first season since waiting a year to find out if Arya and Sansa we're going to be okay following Ned's beheading felt way to long to bear! Anyway, that's how much I loved the show, which everything in the show came from the books up until the still not written Winds of Winter. The best seasons of the show by far are the ones written by Martin, but more than that the books are just so much richer than the show is. And as I said, the first seven seasons were my favorite television show ever, certainly the first six.. but books filled with as much great shit as the song of ice and fire books are you just can't include it all into a television show... I get his style of writing being hard to follow, that's true, but as you get a bit more accustomed to it I promise the books are so much richer, and that as great as the show is the books are even greater!

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this show made me so happy, but sad at the same time knowing the ending of game of thrones...

9:32 Lisa Arryn is Hoster Tully's daughter. She's from the Riverlands.

Lysa Aryan was from Riverlands she married into The Vale

There was no possible way the mother could have survived. Think about it

Love the all 7 seasons beautiful sarcasm

Monday live streams would be awesome!

yes there is a jump forward

Nerdy, that's exactly how i understood that scene...it was pick one, or lose both and it was his choice which one to save. he couldve picked the baby or the mother.

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