By the time Dany was born, there was no one left alive who knew how to make a dragon saddle. But I think even if they could figure it out, she probably felt she didn’t need one.
She might have not even known they were saddled, also. She always admitted that her knowledge of her family history was lacking, and the little she did know she learned from her brother Viserys who just bullshitted most of the time.
I feel like there’s something rly cool and divine about her riding without a saddle, it makes her connection with drogon more natural? If that makes sense??? But I love that.
You're spot on in your assessment of Daemon. He is a very complex, very "grey" character. George R.R. Martin has said that he both one of the most loved and most hated men in Westeros. A great character and Matt Smith does a fabulous portrayal of the many facets of him.
In the books, the Baratheons were one of the strongest supporters for Rhaenys' claim to the throne at the Great Council due to her mother being a Baratheon. As a matter of fact, in the books Rhaenys has black hair due to Baratheon genes being the equivalent of a genetic stampede (the Seed is Strong anyone?). I kind of wish they kept it like that here, or at least have her have streaks of Black in the Silver, but I understand the need to make it clear she's a Targaryen visually. Also.... "Promise me Ned." "Promise me Rhaneyra. Promise me."
Yes! Aemma Arryn is Viserys's cousin, Aemma's mother was Daella Targaryen who married Rodrick Arryn, Daella was one of the daughters of Jaehaerys and Alyssane, Viserys and Daemon's parents were Baelon and Alyssa were brothers and children of Jaehaerys and Alyssane.
Rhaenyra is 3/4 Targ because of her Arryn blood. Rhaenys is 1/2 Targ, 1/2 Baratheon, although the Baratheons are descended from Aegon's rumored bastard brother, so maybe that bumps her up to 2/3? Targ blood is the only dragon-riding blood left which is the reason for all the incest.
One important thing to remember about Daemon, Rhaenery and Viserys, no matter the appearances and motives, they really, deeply love each other, as family. Daemon loves Viserys, but he also has hobby of pissing his brother off and then winning him back.
I really like how thoughtful you are with each scene and with all the characters (like post-episode thoughts). It makes you stand out from other reactors of this show, so I just wanted to let you know so it doesn't seem like it goes unnoticed! Can't wait to see you react to the rest of the series
I seen the show 5 times now and still seeing the beginning hearing the dragons still tears me up a bit like the first time… peoples reactions get me too 😅😂 im very emotional when im invested in these characters..
I’m so excited for these reactions 🎉🎉🎉 YESSSS. One thing with this show- everyone’s a bad guy 😅 The paralleling between the birthing battle and the tournament … amazing writing
I started out this series also saying Rhaenyra would be my favourite character but there’s so many cool characters introduced and developed throughout the first season that I can’t choose anymore 😂 They’re all so great
@@tajaemartin2251 Thats bs, both teams are Targaryen. If green kids are mainly Hightowers then black kids are mainly Strong/bastards, or Rhaenyra is 'mainly Arryn'. Makes no sense. In fact, green kids have more Targ blood than t. black kids.
It's a Good TV show, it improves after episode 5 with the drama and all... hehe you already know the characters and what is happening so it gets smoother. The show was so good and such a hit, they are making a season 2 :) So no worries.
Otto knew the king was extremely vulnerable right after the funeral. Alicent is not a suitable consort for a King (daughter of a second son) so his only chance was to slip her in when the King could be emotionally manipulated.
i love that you’re reacting to this show!! it’s really good! also love your shirt, it lowkey made me cry every time i looked at it bc i kept thinking of dany and i’m still upset about how dirty her character was done 😭 anyways excited to see you watch the rest of the season!
OMG YESSS so glad you could finally upload the video. I was warching your videos the whole way through Game of Thrones and couldn’t be more excited for this!!!❤❤❤
Interestingly enough, in the book, the succession came down to Viserys and Rhaenys’s son. Direct quote from the book: “In the eyes of many, the Great Council of 101 AC thereby established an iron precedent on matters of succession: regardless of seniority, the Iron Throne of Westeros could not pass to a woman, nor through a woman to her male descendants.” It’s a subtle change making it between Viserys and Rhaenys herself but still noteworthy.
Also, technically, the title of Crown Prince had passed to Baelon when his brother died, and thence down to his eldest son, and if Jahaerys tried to retcon the succession by retro-disinheriting his son and grandson, the powder keg would have blown up in his face bc the succession of any house would be completely shredded.
The dark and handsome unknown common born Criston Cole, cutting a very Jon Snow-esque figure, unseats the Prince himself, then audaciously walks up to the princess to ask for her wreath, which she gladly indulges him, her best friend giggling beside her. Such an insignificant thing in the middle of all this tragic and impactful events : the king's wife and the heir's death, a new heir, a rogue prince. And yet...here it all begins.
Yesssss I’m a book reader so when I heard the very first rumors that HBO might do a successor show about The Dance I was already hyped. Now it’s been like three years and it’s finally here and more perfect than ever! I won’t spoil anything but I have complete faith in Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik as well as the rest of the cast and crew going off how well they’ve developed the show so far! 🤩
Yes, a good start! Of course we had the affirmation of Aemma's statement that the birthing bed is the womans battlefield; it was brutal! One trivial remark: I just finished watching the Australian show "Upright" and at first I didn't recognize her, but it was Milly Alcock / Rhynaera (she is Australian!) who played one of the twon main characters. It was just before House of the Dragon came out and it's also a show well worth to watch. Till next episode, Miya and all the best from the Netherlands!
Just an FYI, those people who Daemon punished with the Gold Cloaks were indeed criminals. The people of King's Landing called him (Daemon) Lord Flea Bottom whilst he called himself the Prince of the City because he spent so much time with them in the city and could pick out those of which were criminals and those who were not
New to your channel and subbed. I absolutely loved this show and I’m so happy to watch it along with you. I don’t think I’m giving anything away when I say you are going to be happy about each episode just getting better and better as the season rolls along. I can’t wait to get your opinion on Daemon!
I’m so excited for this I’ve been waiting for this since it dropped I love your vibe in these reactions so this will be fun!!🔥🔥Also I loved Daemon the second he was introduced he’s so damn cool and you can tell he rides for his family can’t wait for these vids!!
Dany and Rhaenyra are completely different characters, they only look a bit alike, but in personality they're almost opposites. I never understood why people compare those two.
@@frankvandorp2059 i agree wholeheartedly i just think bc theyre both targaryen and strong female characters ppl just associate them with each other and the love for dany carries over to nyra
Was waiting for you to react to this!! She wants to fly on a dragon with her *first love* and explore the world and eat cake with her first love. I want to cry 😢 The angst and the tragedy is why this ship works so well lol.
I liked the first episode too. I was so excited when I watched it. I'm so happy you're reacting to hotd. There are little differences between show and book but unlike game of thrones the book hotd is based on is unreliable because a maester wrote it. So it's up to the readers to guess where's the truth. Hotd is fun because it's like the showrunner's truth.
First I'm glad to see your reaction to this show. I haven't read the books but I'm familiar with the lore and by and large I liked many of the changes the show made from the source material. The casting was pretty much on point as well. I'm curious if by the end of the season whose side you'll be on.
Re: saddles. Dany was suppose to have one. The Show cut it. It was set up in book one and season one. Tyrion creating a saddle. Old Town also has details on dragon saddles. George Martin said she’d die without one. And show should have included it. She has not become full-on rider in the books yet. She’ll have a saddle. That’s why this was so cool. FINALLY Targaryen red and black clothing, ARMOR, and saddles and other true Targaryen stuff and thangs!
OOOO i loved HOTD !!! Can't wait to see your reactionsss! The terrible thing to me is that nobody asked Aemma's opinion, she died suffering and for nothing. All she did was fulfill her "role" as a woman and she died because of it... I feel that womanhood is a big theme in HOTD, it's really great
Well, her option was to be cut open in an attempt to save her baby, or die a slow, even more excruciating death. Her true loss of choice was her being impregnated yet again for a chance to produce an heir.
HOTD!! 18:08: I’m sure it’s a depiction of Old Valyria. The architecture looks very similar to Dragonstone. Maybe the Targaryens who landed there sculpted a keep that was an echo of their homeland.
Did you notice what characters musical theme was playing when viserys told rhaenyra about the prophecy? 👀 its not by mistake... And only one girlie was dubbed the breaker of chains. The series opens with homage to her. Dany is the prince that was promised confirmed? 🤔 she did wake dragons from stone and was reborn from salt and smoke. Thats my queen forever, Yuh!
Rhaenys mother was a baratheon. House velaryon which is one if the strongest houses of that period, house baratheon/the stormlands and the north supported her line to inherit the throne
@@andyrobin7196 actually that's not true. Yes she lost 20 to 1 but I don't think that it is only because she was a woman but also because viserys' father had previously been named heir. Hotd spoiler Rhaenyra was supported by more lords than Aegon was. So the whole talk about how a women could never rule without having most of the country against her is not really true.
I don't think it's stupid to want more of and to enjoy what we have of characters speaking Valyrian. It works especially well when they speak it with a more natural intonation, instead of forced intonation (like how _so_ many characters in other franchises speak Latin, ugh!). Language and culture are two-sides of the same coin of human experience. So, it enriches the immersion and expands our own psychological horizons.
This show hopefully will be better than GOT however i need more. I need that Jon Snow spinoff. I need a aegon the conqueror spinoff but not animated. I need a series on Aryas adventures west of westeros. Also, maybe include a sansa and bran series 😂😂 basically house stark
In which, the benevolent king Viserys choses to torture his dying wife in cold blood like a guinea pig, instead of getting over the obsessiom of having a male heir and letting her pass naturally and less painfully. Viserys, like a true nobleman of his time, cared more to save his precious heir instead of his living, breathing wife. When Daemon was saying in the Vale men like sheep bc they’re prettier and Viserys own wife was from the Vale… Viserys was just letting this man say anything fr.
Glad you’re finally starting hotd I didn’t watch season 8 of GOT with u, I promised myself I would never watch that season again lol nice disclaimer btw gotta be careful now a days
A lot of us missed this too, Viserys had to choose between saving the baby or letting it and the mother die as they were. Aemma was going to die no matter what. I think his grief is so heavy because of how she died.. he didn’t even explain to her. Glad you’re doing this show too!!
@@janeathome6643 I can’t imagine that kind of weight on my shoulders.. he’s such a kind hearted character too I probably would have had a hard time getting the words out too. On top of that she is the love of his life. I wish we would have had her for a couple more episodes though.. but perhaps it was better we not get too attached. Lol
“The idea that we control the dragons is an illusion” this brings a lot more depth into the entire GoT universe. And between the bonding between a dragon and a rider. It is said if you get cut by the throne you are unworthy… I would say naming Rhaenyra heir was the one decision that Viserys shouldn’t have done, even as kind of a king as he is- he didn’t consider the realm at all
I think the real problem is that Viserys never bother to change the law. He essentially said "Yes, this is the law but I want my daughter to be Queen so we are going to ignore that law just this one time." Did he *really* think that just his proclamation would be sufficient?? As a man Viserys was kind and honorable, but as a king he was short-sighted, indecisive, and...well..weak.
I forgot to say that Viserys was also very wise in many ways. The quote about controlling the dragons being an illusion is a perfect example. He understood what most did not - these are DRAGONS! They CHOOSE to follow the commands of men but at the end of the day they are DRAGONS and they will do whatever the hell they want. As Jorah told Daenerys in GoT season 3 or 4: "They are dragons, Khaleesi. They can never be tamed, not even by their mother."
LMFAO he did consider the realm. That was literally all Viserys ever cared about. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT HIM MENTIONING THE PROPHECY TO RHAENYRA. Like y’all love to misquote shit so much it make any ears bleed
Y’all are so sexist it’s laughable. No one in the realm rejected Rhaenyra’s besides those freaks who are literally so far up their own ass that they would never admit they were the actual ones who destroyed the realm with greed
I love the diversity in this one. People wanna talk crap but I think it works. Also everyone looks FANTASTIC. One of the main reasons I wanted to watch this show. The outfits and the hair (most of the time). ❤
Alot of people ( men specifically as the head of their house 🙂) supported rhaenys as heir even more supported Rhaenyra as the Queen against Aegon. Rhaenyra had men dying for her claim while she sat in her castles.
I'm still a huge Game of Thrones fan (despite season 8 😐). I've already finished House of the Dragon and absolutely loved it. We'll have to wait until 2024 for season 2 😞 Also, I'm doing the same thing with The Last of Us. Once all the episodes are out, I'll binge watch the series.
Tbh most westerosi nobles do not really fear or frown upon the idea of women ruling, more that women inherit on the same basis as men. They are still very sexist of course, so a female ruler would have to be on their best behavior much more than any male ruler would have to avoid rumors and infamy. But yhea Rhaenys had significant support, with the Velaryons and the Baratheons among some of them, Rhaenys is half Baratheon on her mothers side.
Honestly I liked this better than game of thrones because the two uncle and niece thing, they really actually loved eachother and that’s the best you can ask for when you have to marry blood. And Alice’s Dad is the knew/old little finger and he is disgusting. Also he is super hot, the same actor who played a doctor who!!! The hair and the attitude just makes him so gorgeous but yeah the scenes leading up to them being in love are heckins disgusting.
Yay!! I missed your reactions!! Love this show! After the 💩 show & bad writing of GOT we deserved this! Did you ever watch the season 8 pitch meeting? Too funny
They didn’t know where to cut the mother to not cut the baby, the often killed both or just didn’t know what was going on but acted like they did. they’d cut way to high and blame the woman for not being able to properly birth a baby so her family would lose a daughter, grandchild and their other daughters wouldn’t be able to be married off to easy.
The Alicent-Rhaenyra "lost friendship" aspect IS the central driving force of Hotd. It's what provides the show with its emotion, angst & tragedy. Anyone who do not understand this is because they are a petulant Targ Cultist for whom scoring Sports Team dunks is more important than the beauty of the story. They get mad that hotd dares to have substance and nuance instead of being their self-inserf silver queen warlord cosplay/targsryen apology show. How dare the antagonists are themselves victims and made of sympathetic flesh and blood instead of being one dimensional cartoonish mustache twirling doormat villains with no characterization, arc of screentime. The average targ cultist wanted a snow white girlboss warlord vs 65 year old evil stepmom Disney movie. Hotd gave them a greej tragedy like sophocles instead. Well, I guess it's tough luck for them.
@@MiyaElizabethReacts to have a whole week to digest and think about it and share the excitement with the rest of the world waiting for that next Sunday night to come around
I'll be honest with you and I never in a million years thought I'd say this, and this isn't just because of season 8 of Game of Thrones. I think house of the dragon is far BETTER than Game of Thrones. At least when comparing the 1st seasons of each. I'm fairly certain all 10 episodes of this 1st season made me cry at 1 point or another.
@@ScarlettM A rumor that will just be that, a rumor. If S8 needed to be done over, it would have already been done. The stupid petition to reboot S8 and boycott every HBO game of thrones project was just empty threats.
@@ianvera4299 "If S8 needed to be done over, it would have already been done" - I see no reason why this statement is correct. Are you basing it on any facts? And, believe it or not, rumors sometime end up to be the truth.
@@ScarlettM I could ask you the same thing, are there any real evidence that S8 will be redone? Unless I am mistaken, HBO has no plans of doing what you want. And, believe it or not, rumors are just rumors. Until you have proof, then what you said is just wrong;)
everybody should be black: and the writer knows it he pulls from old Europe history. why are these dragons in Yoruban culture then? ... like I cant. We are going to have the same issue like LITTLE MERMAID. and Jesus when its re-cast authentically. George R.R. Martin put all the "wildmen" inside the castle
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Episode 3 is now on Patreon for early access🐉💕
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By the time Dany was born, there was no one left alive who knew how to make a dragon saddle. But I think even if they could figure it out, she probably felt she didn’t need one.
😅
She might have not even known they were saddled, also. She always admitted that her knowledge of her family history was lacking, and the little she did know she learned from her brother Viserys who just bullshitted most of the time.
I feel like there’s something rly cool and divine about her riding without a saddle, it makes her connection with drogon more natural? If that makes sense??? But I love that.
Tyrion was good as saddle design :-p
Can't have been comfortable though all those spines on it's back.
Slide a forward or backward suddenly while flying and you get injured.
You're spot on in your assessment of Daemon. He is a very complex, very "grey" character. George R.R. Martin has said that he both one of the most loved and most hated men in Westeros. A great character and Matt Smith does a fabulous portrayal of the many facets of him.
Not spot on I mean he don’t want the throne
@@Caraxes_RoguePrince Details... details... 😉 I was thinking more in terms of the broad brush strokes.
In the books, the Baratheons were one of the strongest supporters for Rhaenys' claim to the throne at the Great Council due to her mother being a Baratheon. As a matter of fact, in the books Rhaenys has black hair due to Baratheon genes being the equivalent of a genetic stampede (the Seed is Strong anyone?). I kind of wish they kept it like that here, or at least have her have streaks of Black in the Silver, but I understand the need to make it clear she's a Targaryen visually.
Also....
"Promise me Ned."
"Promise me Rhaneyra. Promise me."
Also commonalities between Viserys and Aegon V (Egg) and Rhaegar.
"Daemon looks kinda yummy" i know that’s right
By the end of episode 3 my 16 yr old daughter in regards to Daemon " I guess I do like toxic masculinity after all". 🤣🤣
@@sallycriss353 Damn thats scary.
@@perseusveil9376 it is not that serious. She was joking around.
@@sallycriss353 You have to have a certain appreciation of it to enjoy the middle age themes of the show lol
Everybody back off he’s mine 😂
Yes! Aemma Arryn is Viserys's cousin, Aemma's mother was Daella Targaryen who married Rodrick Arryn, Daella was one of the daughters of Jaehaerys and Alyssane, Viserys and Daemon's parents were Baelon and Alyssa were brothers and children of Jaehaerys and Alyssane.
Rhaenyra is 3/4 Targ because of her Arryn blood. Rhaenys is 1/2 Targ, 1/2 Baratheon, although the Baratheons are descended from Aegon's rumored bastard brother, so maybe that bumps her up to 2/3? Targ blood is the only dragon-riding blood left which is the reason for all the incest.
One important thing to remember about Daemon, Rhaenery and Viserys, no matter the appearances and motives, they really, deeply love each other, as family. Daemon loves Viserys, but he also has hobby of pissing his brother off and then winning him back.
I really like how thoughtful you are with each scene and with all the characters (like post-episode thoughts). It makes you stand out from other reactors of this show, so I just wanted to let you know so it doesn't seem like it goes unnoticed! Can't wait to see you react to the rest of the series
I seen the show 5 times now and still seeing the beginning hearing the dragons still tears me up a bit like the first time… peoples reactions get me too 😅😂 im very emotional when im invested in these characters..
I’m so excited for these reactions 🎉🎉🎉 YESSSS. One thing with this show- everyone’s a bad guy 😅
The paralleling between the birthing battle and the tournament … amazing writing
I started out this series also saying Rhaenyra would be my favourite character but there’s so many cool characters introduced and developed throughout the first season that I can’t choose anymore 😂 They’re all so great
Aye fanny deserves a huge firm handshakes because riding drogon bareback is crazy impressive
You really have become a GOT scholar, love it. Btw I just noticed they did not call Dany queen but a princess
yasssss!!! I can't wait to see which team miya is by the end
Hopefully, she remains neutral.
Team black hopefully but if green or neutral support her opinion 1000%
@@tajaemartin2251 Why? That makes no sense, both sides are Targaryens, and neither side has any character that is anything like Dany.
lol she's gonna be team black, we all know that
@@tajaemartin2251 Thats bs, both teams are Targaryen. If green kids are mainly Hightowers then black kids are mainly Strong/bastards, or Rhaenyra is 'mainly Arryn'. Makes no sense. In fact, green kids have more Targ blood than t. black kids.
Daddy Daemon is toxic personified lmaoo
Hey Miya hope you and your family are all keeping well just gonna say one thing you are gonna absolutely LOVE this series!!!
Thank you 💕💕 we are! same to you :)
Ooooh girl, you are in for a RIDE! Let's GO!!!
I'm glad you enjoyed the first episode miya it only gets better.
It's a Good TV show, it improves after episode 5 with the drama and all... hehe you already know the characters and what is happening so it gets smoother. The show was so good and such a hit, they are making a season 2 :) So no worries.
Otto knew the king was extremely vulnerable right after the funeral. Alicent is not a suitable consort for a King (daughter of a second son) so his only chance was to slip her in when the King could be emotionally manipulated.
lol this episode learned me a nice word : "lickspittles"
i love that you’re reacting to this show!! it’s really good! also love your shirt, it lowkey made me cry every time i looked at it bc i kept thinking of dany and i’m still upset about how dirty her character was done 😭 anyways excited to see you watch the rest of the season!
OMG YESSS
so glad you could finally upload the video. I was warching your videos the whole way through Game of Thrones and couldn’t be more excited for this!!!❤❤❤
I squealed when I saw you posted!! So excited to watch with you ❤
when I tell u how fast I grabbed my soda and chips and clicked on this and. Sat down!!!!❤
So happy you're starting this series!
Interestingly enough, in the book, the succession came down to Viserys and Rhaenys’s son. Direct quote from the book: “In the eyes of many, the Great Council of 101 AC thereby established an iron precedent on matters of succession: regardless of seniority, the Iron Throne of Westeros could not pass to a woman, nor through a woman to her male descendants.”
It’s a subtle change making it between Viserys and Rhaenys herself but still noteworthy.
Also, technically, the title of Crown Prince had passed to Baelon when his brother died, and thence down to his eldest son, and if Jahaerys tried to retcon the succession by retro-disinheriting his son and grandson, the powder keg would have blown up in his face bc the succession of any house would be completely shredded.
The dark and handsome unknown common born Criston Cole, cutting a very Jon Snow-esque figure, unseats the Prince himself, then audaciously walks up to the princess to ask for her wreath, which she gladly indulges him, her best friend giggling beside her. Such an insignificant thing in the middle of all this tragic and impactful events : the king's wife and the heir's death, a new heir, a rogue prince. And yet...here it all begins.
YAAAS!!! Welcome. Excellent reaction! Enjoy!
Ohhh.. I was waiting for that! thanks for the reaction.
Hi Miya! Excited to see your thoughts on this show! Thanks for a great reaction to the first episode! ✨💖
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LETS GO!! 🔥🔥 Gonna love it Miya 😁
YESSS! Can’t wait for this! 💚
Yesssss I’m a book reader so when I heard the very first rumors that HBO might do a successor show about The Dance I was already hyped. Now it’s been like three years and it’s finally here and more perfect than ever! I won’t spoil anything but I have complete faith in Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik as well as the rest of the cast and crew going off how well they’ve developed the show so far! 🤩
First video of yours and i’m 2 minutes in and i’m already obsessed. love your vibe
Finally!! You published episode 1 of House of the Dragon!
This was a great season! Enjoy!!
Yasssss finally!!! So excited for this!!
The queen was Aemma Arryn. Also, Rhaenys was a daughter of a previous king, that's why it was stated she was robed.
Yes, a good start!
Of course we had the affirmation of Aemma's statement that the birthing bed is the womans battlefield; it was brutal!
One trivial remark: I just finished watching the Australian show "Upright" and at first I didn't recognize her, but it was Milly Alcock / Rhynaera (she is Australian!) who played one of the twon main characters. It was just before House of the Dragon came out and it's also a show well worth to watch.
Till next episode, Miya and all the best from the Netherlands!
omg i remember finding your channel when you were just starting got
thanks for sticking around 💖🥲
Just an FYI, those people who Daemon punished with the Gold Cloaks were indeed criminals. The people of King's Landing called him (Daemon) Lord Flea Bottom whilst he called himself the Prince of the City because he spent so much time with them in the city and could pick out those of which were criminals and those who were not
Yay 💜 been waiting for this!
New to your channel and subbed. I absolutely loved this show and I’m so happy to watch it along with you. I don’t think I’m giving anything away when I say you are going to be happy about each episode just getting better and better as the season rolls along. I can’t wait to get your opinion on Daemon!
I’m so excited for this I’ve been waiting for this since it dropped I love your vibe in these reactions so this will be fun!!🔥🔥Also I loved Daemon the second he was introduced he’s so damn cool and you can tell he rides for his family can’t wait for these vids!!
You’re my favorite reactor to watch this show with!
"Get some Rhythm Homie!" Hahaha!!!!
know Miya loved Dany so she'll prob love rhaenyra (as do i) but I reallyyy hope she understands alicent lol
same.
ditto
Same 😩
Dany and Rhaenyra are completely different characters, they only look a bit alike, but in personality they're almost opposites. I never understood why people compare those two.
@@frankvandorp2059 i agree wholeheartedly i just think bc theyre both targaryen and strong female characters ppl just associate them with each other and the love for dany carries over to nyra
Daemon is my favorite character. I’m ride or die Team Daemon.
Same
Yesssss. Can't wait to watch
I didnt think I would like this after watching GoT. But I loved it.
Was waiting for you to react to this!! She wants to fly on a dragon with her *first love* and explore the world and eat cake with her first love. I want to cry 😢 The angst and the tragedy is why this ship works so well lol.
I liked the first episode too. I was so excited when I watched it. I'm so happy you're reacting to hotd. There are little differences between show and book but unlike game of thrones the book hotd is based on is unreliable because a maester wrote it. So it's up to the readers to guess where's the truth. Hotd is fun because it's like the showrunner's truth.
First I'm glad to see your reaction to this show. I haven't read the books but I'm familiar with the lore and by and large I liked many of the changes the show made from the source material. The casting was pretty much on point as well. I'm curious if by the end of the season whose side you'll be on.
Re: saddles. Dany was suppose to have one. The Show cut it. It was set up in book one and season one. Tyrion creating a saddle. Old Town also has details on dragon saddles. George Martin said she’d die without one. And show should have included it. She has not become full-on rider in the books yet. She’ll have a saddle. That’s why this was so cool. FINALLY Targaryen red and black clothing, ARMOR, and saddles and other true Targaryen stuff and thangs!
OOOO i loved HOTD !!! Can't wait to see your reactionsss! The terrible thing to me is that nobody asked Aemma's opinion, she died suffering and for nothing. All she did was fulfill her "role" as a woman and she died because of it... I feel that womanhood is a big theme in HOTD, it's really great
Well, her option was to be cut open in an attempt to save her baby, or die a slow, even more excruciating death. Her true loss of choice was her being impregnated yet again for a chance to produce an heir.
HOTD!! 18:08: I’m sure it’s a depiction of Old Valyria. The architecture looks very similar to Dragonstone. Maybe the Targaryens who landed there sculpted a keep that was an echo of their homeland.
also thy say in the show its a depiction of Old Valyeria
Did you notice what characters musical theme was playing when viserys told rhaenyra about the prophecy? 👀 its not by mistake... And only one girlie was dubbed the breaker of chains. The series opens with homage to her. Dany is the prince that was promised confirmed? 🤔 she did wake dragons from stone and was reborn from salt and smoke. Thats my queen forever, Yuh!
Have a mancrush for Matt Smith since he was the 11th Doctor Who, charisma to burn
"I keep forgetting he has a wife." Hah, so does Daemon😂😂😂
Rhaenys mother was a baratheon. House velaryon which is one if the strongest houses of that period, house baratheon/the stormlands and the north supported her line to inherit the throne
but she still lost 20 to 1 against Viserys, the lords of the realm do not want a woman on the throne
@@andyrobin7196 actually that's not true. Yes she lost 20 to 1 but I don't think that it is only because she was a woman but also because viserys' father had previously been named heir.
Hotd spoiler
Rhaenyra was supported by more lords than Aegon was. So the whole talk about how a women could never rule without having most of the country against her is not really true.
I don't think it's stupid to want more of and to enjoy what we have of characters speaking Valyrian. It works especially well when they speak it with a more natural intonation, instead of forced intonation (like how _so_ many characters in other franchises speak Latin, ugh!). Language and culture are two-sides of the same coin of human experience. So, it enriches the immersion and expands our own psychological horizons.
YESSSS!!!!
Get ready season 2 is gonna be mental
YAYYY!!!
OMG YUHHHHH
Finallyyyyyyyy
This show hopefully will be better than GOT however i need more. I need that Jon Snow spinoff. I need a aegon the conqueror spinoff but not animated. I need a series on Aryas adventures west of westeros. Also, maybe include a sansa and bran series 😂😂 basically house stark
In which, the benevolent king Viserys choses to torture his dying wife in cold blood like a guinea pig, instead of getting over the obsessiom of having a male heir and letting her pass naturally and less painfully. Viserys, like a true nobleman of his time, cared more to save his precious heir instead of his living, breathing wife. When Daemon was saying in the Vale men like sheep bc they’re prettier and Viserys own wife was from the Vale… Viserys was just letting this man say anything fr.
YAAAAAYYYY
Glad you’re finally starting hotd I didn’t watch season 8 of GOT with u, I promised myself I would never watch that season again lol nice disclaimer btw gotta be careful now a days
Yay. Don't get spoiled.
LESSGOOOOOOOOO
Right back on that horse!
and that person of color casting wasnt no "woke" casting,man that dude can ACT!
-JUST WAIT!
Yaas!
I suscribed to see your reactions to HoTD
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A lot of us missed this too, Viserys had to choose between saving the baby or letting it and the mother die as they were. Aemma was going to die no matter what. I think his grief is so heavy because of how she died.. he didn’t even explain to her. Glad you’re doing this show too!!
I think he mistakenly thought he could convince her that she would survive (and couldn't bring himself to tell her that she was doomed).
@@janeathome6643 I can’t imagine that kind of weight on my shoulders.. he’s such a kind hearted character too I probably would have had a hard time getting the words out too. On top of that she is the love of his life. I wish we would have had her for a couple more episodes though.. but perhaps it was better we not get too attached. Lol
She was still gonna die tho
@@joasbenjamin6804 Correct, that’s what I meant by “Aemma was going to do no matter what”.
@@joasbenjamin6804 I wish we could have seen her for a couple more episodes tho.
“The idea that we control the dragons is an illusion” this brings a lot more depth into the entire GoT universe. And between the bonding between a dragon and a rider.
It is said if you get cut by the throne you are unworthy… I would say naming Rhaenyra heir was the one decision that Viserys shouldn’t have done, even as kind of a king as he is- he didn’t consider the realm at all
I think the real problem is that Viserys never bother to change the law. He essentially said "Yes, this is the law but I want my daughter to be Queen so we are going to ignore that law just this one time." Did he *really* think that just his proclamation would be sufficient?? As a man Viserys was kind and honorable, but as a king he was short-sighted, indecisive, and...well..weak.
I forgot to say that Viserys was also very wise in many ways. The quote about controlling the dragons being an illusion is a perfect example. He understood what most did not - these are DRAGONS! They CHOOSE to follow the commands of men but at the end of the day they are DRAGONS and they will do whatever the hell they want. As Jorah told Daenerys in GoT season 3 or 4: "They are dragons, Khaleesi. They can never be tamed, not even by their mother."
I agree. Viserys should have changed succession to avoid conflict. Rhaenyra would understand.
LMFAO he did consider the realm. That was literally all Viserys ever cared about. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT HIM MENTIONING THE PROPHECY TO RHAENYRA. Like y’all love to misquote shit so much it make any ears bleed
Y’all are so sexist it’s laughable. No one in the realm rejected Rhaenyra’s besides those freaks who are literally so far up their own ass that they would never admit they were the actual ones who destroyed the realm with greed
I love the diversity in this one. People wanna talk crap but I think it works. Also everyone looks FANTASTIC. One of the main reasons I wanted to watch this show. The outfits and the hair (most of the time). ❤
can we just imagine Henry Cavill in his witcher get up as Daemon...?! that wouldve been PERFECT....(swoon)
Alot of people ( men specifically as the head of their house 🙂) supported rhaenys as heir even more supported Rhaenyra as the Queen against Aegon. Rhaenyra had men dying for her claim while she sat in her castles.
I'm still a huge Game of Thrones fan (despite season 8 😐). I've already finished House of the Dragon and absolutely loved it. We'll have to wait until 2024 for season 2 😞
Also, I'm doing the same thing with The Last of Us. Once all the episodes are out, I'll binge watch the series.
So excited 🔥 🔥 if I saw Jon in the right in GoT, I had to also see the other side of this conflict as valid. It’s great
Milly Alcock carried the first five episodes
Tbh most westerosi nobles do not really fear or frown upon the idea of women ruling, more that women inherit on the same basis as men. They are still very sexist of course, so a female ruler would have to be on their best behavior much more than any male ruler would have to avoid rumors and infamy.
But yhea Rhaenys had significant support, with the Velaryons and the Baratheons among some of them, Rhaenys is half Baratheon on her mothers side.
Honestly I liked this better than game of thrones because the two uncle and niece thing, they really actually loved eachother and that’s the best you can ask for when you have to marry blood. And Alice’s Dad is the knew/old little finger and he is disgusting. Also he is super hot, the same actor who played a doctor who!!! The hair and the attitude just makes him so gorgeous but yeah the scenes leading up to them being in love are heckins disgusting.
The people whom the gold cloak punished were real criminals.
Oh okay, that’s good then 😭😂
Yay!! I missed your reactions!! Love this show! After the 💩 show & bad writing of GOT we deserved this! Did you ever watch the season 8 pitch meeting? Too funny
They didn’t know where to cut the mother to not cut the baby, the often killed both or just didn’t know what was going on but acted like they did. they’d cut way to high and blame the woman for not being able to properly birth a baby so her family would lose a daughter, grandchild and their other daughters wouldn’t be able to be married off to easy.
The Alicent-Rhaenyra "lost friendship" aspect IS the central driving force of Hotd. It's what provides the show with its emotion, angst & tragedy. Anyone who do not understand this is because they are a petulant Targ Cultist for whom scoring Sports Team dunks is more important than the beauty of the story. They get mad that hotd dares to have substance and nuance instead of being their self-inserf silver queen warlord cosplay/targsryen apology show. How dare the antagonists are themselves victims and made of sympathetic flesh and blood instead of being one dimensional cartoonish mustache twirling doormat villains with no characterization, arc of screentime. The average targ cultist wanted a snow white girlboss warlord vs 65 year old evil stepmom Disney movie. Hotd gave them a greej tragedy like sophocles instead. Well, I guess it's tough luck for them.
Oooohhh myy gosh!!! This iss not a DRILL!!
You ever gonna react to Season 2 of The Flash? Or that is long forgotten?
I honestly don’t know it a very long series
@@MiyaElizabethReacts theoretically, i mean today (8th february) is premiere of 9th season, but it is supossed to be a lot shorter than every other.
Well I’d still have another 8 to get through before the 9th season 😭
@@MiyaElizabethReacts 7 tbh BEFORE 9th, you already watched first season.
you are fucking stunning, great video
Shoulda done one a week like the rest of us
why
@@MiyaElizabethReacts to have a whole week to digest and think about it and share the excitement with the rest of the world waiting for that next Sunday night to come around
@@MiyaElizabethReacts There’s something to having weeks and months with characters to be invested in. Not just a couple of days
Thats okay , i don’t mind because i love binging anyways :)
Last comment I promise : Jon was the blood that had united everyone against the whites. Convincing even Dany.
Rhaenyras bloodline 🔥
And dany was the blood that rebirthrd dragons and saved the world with them. That bloodline go hard
I'll be honest with you and I never in a million years thought I'd say this, and this isn't just because of season 8 of Game of Thrones.
I think house of the dragon is far BETTER than Game of Thrones. At least when comparing the 1st seasons of each. I'm fairly certain all 10 episodes of this 1st season made me cry at 1 point or another.
Nah GOT S1 is better.
There are rumors that they will use this show to try to fix season 8 failure. Maybe we are looking at a rewritten ending for Game of Thrones.
What? This is a prequel to GOT continuity. There is nothing to fix, HOTD proves GOT was not ruined.
@@ianvera4299 It's a rumor. And there is plenty to fix in season 8 (actually it should be done over).
@@ScarlettM A rumor that will just be that, a rumor. If S8 needed to be done over, it would have already been done. The stupid petition to reboot S8 and boycott every HBO game of thrones project was just empty threats.
@@ianvera4299 "If S8 needed to be done over, it would have already been done" - I see no reason why this statement is correct. Are you basing it on any facts?
And, believe it or not, rumors sometime end up to be the truth.
@@ScarlettM I could ask you the same thing, are there any real evidence that S8 will be redone? Unless I am mistaken, HBO has no plans of doing what you want.
And, believe it or not, rumors are just rumors.
Until you have proof, then what you said is just wrong;)
everybody should be black: and the writer knows it he pulls from old Europe history.
why are these dragons in Yoruban culture then? ... like I cant. We are going to have the same issue like LITTLE MERMAID. and Jesus when its re-cast authentically.
George R.R. Martin put all the "wildmen" inside the castle
God I agree so much with your opinion on r*pists. Also sorry for the comment bomb I just found your channel and I am eating it up
Rhanerya is the person who spoke intro about house