He's A TROLL?!? | House Of The Dragon Ep 2x6 Reaction & Review | HBO Max & Crave
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Here is a summary of all the dragons:
Vermithor, Silverwing and Seasmoke are the unclaimed dragons at Dragonstone and Seasmoke now has a new rider.
Syrax is Rhaenera's Moondancer is Baela's and Vermax is Jaecarys dragon, which are also at Dragonstone.
Caraxes is Daemons dragon, both are at Harrenhal.
At Kings Landing are Aemonds Vhagar and Helaena's Dreamfyre.
Aegons Sunfyre is wounded but recovering at Rooks Rest.
In Oldtown, Daeron has the blue dragon Tessarion.
Stormcloud and Tyraxes are with Rhaena and the kids at the Eyrie in the Vale
There are also 3 wild dragons: Sheepstealer, Grey Ghost and the Cannibal. Both Grey Ghost and the Cannibal are on Dragonstone and Sheepstealer is the big wild dragon that is feeding on sheeps in the Vale.
Arrax and Meyles are the dead dragons at this point.
Imagine if you put that energy into entrepreneurship, learning to code, real estate, or the stock market..
@@jamesw7072 😆😂😂
@@jamesw7072 Or even practicing any sport.
@@jamesw7072 lowkey that was what i thought for a split second 💀💀💀💀
I thought Cole said that it took Sunfyre a long time to die? I'll have to rewatch, I was so sure it was dead and I found it weird because of the book
I love how Alys said she's an owl, she hears things in the wind, then an owl comes to her. A warg into a bonded owl?
Warg or not, she's definitely a hoot.
So she can't be an owl if she has a pet owl that also may not be a barn owl but a screeching owl
What if the owl is warging her? Lol
The lesbian scene you are thinking about in A Storm of Swords did not include Missandei. It was Daenerys with her Dothraki handmaiden Irri. Irri is roughly the same age as Daenerys.
Came here to say that. GoT kinda get rid of her dothraki handmaidens and just kept Missandei because she was aged up anyway but for some reason didn't keep Dany's sex scenes with another woman.
I was about say cause I swear missandei and dany had like a mother daughter relationship in the books
@@bethelberhaneexactly
@@bethelberhane Right. In the books, Missandei was just a child, about 10 years old.
Dany was in the mood and irri was up to the task. For Dany it was clearly experimental iirc.
Addam didn't claim Seasmoke, Seasmoke claimed him😭😭
Dragon Distribution System at work.
Course its his brothers former dragon
@@dubsonly Because Seasmoke likes him*
Seasmoke is that girl you crushed on in high school who got bored waiting for you to ask her to prom.
Seasmoke was cool until the knight said something like “I’ve done it” (tamed a dragon) which seemed to change Seasmoke’s demeanor right before he let the fire loose. Like SS didn’t appreciate that hubris?
I feel Seasmoke wanted a bond like he had with Laenor. Laenor adored Seasmoke and treated him as a war buddy, his best friend he could feel completely free with rather than an animal to dominate. Ser Steffon approached Seasmoke as something he needed to conquer for his queen. It could be Steffon's hubris in thinking he'd won, but it could also be that in the crucial moment where Steffon should have been completely focused on bonding with his new dragon he only thought of his bond to Rhaenyra. Not only did he not love Seasmoke, he didn't even _care_ about him. He saw him as a tool to use, a weapon of war and nothing else.
Thus Seasmoke went to find his own rider, a guy he'd been sniffing around for years who was playful, competitive and sensitive like Laenor. Not some staid, humourless, all-about-the-duty knight, but someone who would return Seasmoke's devotion and be fun to hang out with. And Seasmoke made sure he had Addam's _full_ focus and attention for their bonding! XD
He celebrated too early, should've just immediately hopped on the saddle
Yeah. “You didn’t do a goddamn thing except for what I allowed you to. NEXT!”
@tablesalt2628 It's not about hesitancy - Addam was doing his best to run away. Seasmoke either didn't like the hubris or he was intentionally trying to lure Steffon away from the Dragonkeepers.
In the books, Daenerys did not have a sexual relationship with missandai. She was involved with Irri, an adult slave
"I'm a barn owl trapped in the body of a human" *proceeds to rock up with a barn owl*
Hiya, birdwatcher here! That isn't actually a barn owl, it's a tawny owl
@@PootPootMagoot ah no! let down by my lack of bird knowledge!
@@hushRD haha no worries, they really missed an opportunity by not picking a barn owl tbh!
This episode was phenomenal, I don't know what people are talking about online. Steffon and Seasmoke, Aemond and Aegon, Aegon and Larys, the Riot, Seasmoke and Addam, even Alicent and Gwayne! So many fantastic character scenes.
14:50 Seasmoke giving real random housecat energy
Daenerys is 16 (born on 284) during Dance (fifth book, year 300) and Missandei is 11. But I don't think Daenerys has any sexual scene with Missandei (not that I remember and I probably would remember cause that would be outrageous.). The one Daenerys ocasionally has sex with is her dothraki servant Irri who is also 16/17 (born on 283/284). Daenerys does feel guilty about it though.
Right, I definitely don’t remember anything sexual between Daenerys and Missandei, however there was something between Daenerys and one of her other hand maidens.
I'm so glad Freddie Fox got this role of Gwayne!
Dude is consistently awesome in everything so I'm happy more people are getting to enjoy it.
Check out "year of the rabbit" if you wanna see him kill it in a more comedic role
Seasmoke to Addam is a mix of: *You're being adopted, Please do not resist & GET IN LOOSER WE'RE GOING SHOPPING!*
The best part.
“I like you, please cooperate!”
I believe that the fact that Alicent did not choose to be a mother, but was forced to, resulted in her being a bad mother. In episodes 3 and 4 of the first season you can see what an unhappy teenage mother she was. This is another contrary parallel between her and Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra chose to have children with a man she wanted, Alicent was forced.
Not to mention Alicent was raising them under fear of the threat to their lives
Rhaenyra was equally forced to have children. She had to produce heirs for the throne AND Driftmark. The difference is that she was able to choose the father of those kids, unlike Alicent.
43:00 Alyn of Hull (port city the ships are built) is the bald one, while Addam of Hull is the current dragonrider of Seasmoke.
Seasmoke certainly appears to be a "cheeky" one. Like that whole scene with Darklyn queensguard, how he was like "yeah, sure, here is a saddle, right, cmon, chop chop, aww you're dragonrider now, you've done it, dude" before burning him alive. And then went "you're going to bring me dragonrider? nah, screw this, I'm going to get myself one on my own"
I know people sort of disliked Daemon's story in Harrenhal, but I love everything about it. It is some weird sh*t dream sequences, it is exploration of Daemon's character and his exploration of his character (and not just presentation as sort of badass dragonrider), his better understanding of himself and how the world works in general (what rulership and decision making on your own is).
I tend to think Darklyn functioned as a blood magic sacrifice to Seasmoke (since Ser Steffon has a trace of dragonblood), priming Addam to be able to claim Seasmoke despite his dragonblood being better than Steffon's but still not full Targaryen. House Targaryen has forgotten a lot of their ancient blood magic, but those like Daenarys did it accidently, which is why she survived Drogo's pyre without burning. There might be more examples of accidental blood magic in GOT and HOTD.
I'm curious about the burning dragonkeeper slicing his throat with the dragonglass dagger. Was that just to end his horrific suffering or was it a deliberate act of self-sacrifice for blood magic? There's a theory that the dragons' hatching and bonding are only made possible by sacrifice-powered blood magic managed by the dragonkeepers. By cutting his own throat with dragonglass the keeper may have been feeding the blood magic in hopes his death would hatch out a new dragon. That might explain why he did it so slowly and with such gravitas rather than the panicked flailing one might expect if he was merely ending his misery.
Now that's a cool theory.
So far I have seen just about every reactor hate the greens, but are very protective of Queen Helaena at the same time. It shows how likable and interesting they’ve made her character.
I feel it's that she's just done nothing annoying or shitty and has only been shit on. Her character is almost non-existent, it's her situation that is what people feel bad for.
Its not that hard when you have 5 minutes of screen time and 2 minutes of it was your child being beheaded in front of you. Ofcourse the characters we've had more time with have more time to make us hate them.
Dude got profiled by a dragon.
Hugh Hammer is that guy's name. The one in the bar scene is Ulf White, which, as he mentioned in a previous episode that he's the son of a bastard brother of Daemon and Viserys. Daeron apparently has a dragon already
Valeryons and targaryens in old valayria intermarried all the time as said by Corlyis in s1ep2 when proposing marriage. And as young layna said in her speech to viserys
They only started to intermary affter the doom when the Targs realized that there where no other surviving valeryan households with that (chimeric/slave /blood-magic) bond to dragons.
I mean why would one of the 40 dragon bonded households mary semi successful merchants like the valaryons if not out of desperation.
@@oga-booga Thats true until the doom. But the doom of Valyria happens 114 years before Aegon the Conqueror was born so the Targaryens and Velaryons already intermarried one century before they went to conquer Westeros. In fact Aegon, Visenya and Rhaenys mother was Valaena Velaryon. Some Targaryen women up in the family tree between Aenar and Aegon the Conqueror married into the Velaryons as well.
So Corlys has some distant Targaryen ancestor in him.
I mean... Velaryons and Targaryens have intermarried so much at this point that there's no real difference between the two by now.
its really more about valyrian blood than any specific of 3 surviving valyrain houses (targaryen velaryon and celtigar) as long as you're valyrian you have a shot
@@methuselahh_ As long as you have the blood of one of the 40 families who rode dragons, you have a shot. House Velaryon was not part of those 40 families, although it's possible Corlys' great-great-grandfather (Daemon Velaryon) was half-Targaryen himself.
@@zaja2418 yea targaryens and velaryons were intermarrying for a while before the conquest
@@methuselahh_that's a lie even Corlys already said it in S1 Velaryons are seafarers not dragonriders. To be a dragon rider you musy have blood from someone ( a descendant) that were dragonriders in Valyria.
@@lgt.jne3 evidentially that’s not true since addam is a dragon rider in the book and the show
Bruh they are teasing Daeron so hard I can't.. Wouldn't be surprised if they actually show him by the end of episode 8 in an post credit scene together with Tessarion, Otto and Ormund in Oldtown 😬(Yeah i know they didn't even cast the actor for him yet but maybe HBO really fooled us all this time)
Seasmoke has a type lol, he wasn't about to let a fuckin DARKLYN ride him
Perhaps he is like me and he prefers chocolate lol speaking of sea smoke of course, although his last rider was light chocolate compared to Adam, but same preference lol
I think it's Daenerys and Irri who have a sexual relationship in the books, not her and Missandei (who she does have a very close platonic bond with). But I could be totally mistaken, and that's just wishful thinking?
That's correct! Missandei in the book is about 10-11, so their relationship is more like a sibling thing and it's very sweet. Irri and Dany are physically intimate but there's no romance to it - Irri offers to do it and it doesn't come off as coercive in any way or have a weird power imbalance thing, it's more like Dany got stressed and lonely and Irri was like "I mean, I can help with that if you want?" and it just became an every-now-and-then kind of casual thing.
You're correct. Dany gets the Ick about it b/c she feels like it's an abuse of her own power, so she doesn't summon her handmaid to her bed again. Book Messandi is an actual child..think under 10 YO. Cersei also has a relationship with overtones of if not outright violence/coercion with a bedmaid named Taena.
Yeah it's with Irri, though that relationship is really fucked up.
@@SaiyanSerenityV Yup yup, important to note _Dany_ is the one who felt conflicted, so she didn't continue. Irri felt honored to help out her Khalssei.
It is the same spot rhaenyra got cut you’re right! Alicent and Rhaenyra are always connected in some way.
If Gwaine had gone with his father to live in King’s Landing when he was a young man, instead of his sister Alicent, then Otto would have been scheming to marry him to Rhaenyra!
"fire cannot kill a dragon" needs to be let go omg. that was a show invention by d&d.
I shed a tear every time I hear ut
There’s a difference between being a Valyrian and being a Dragon Lord, the only surviving Dragon Lords are the Targaryens whilst many other Valyrians still exist like the Velaryons, Celtigar, and possibly the Daynes
Pretty sure the Daynes originally come from the Great Empire of the Dawn, but so do most ancient Valyrian houses, so there's likely a connection in that sense, them having a common ancestor
House Dayne is definitely not a Valyrian house. They claim to be descendents of the First Men and have been in Westeros for thousands of years.
Daynes are 100% not a Valyrian House. They have Valyrian blood during GOT era because Targaryens married Daynes after Dorne got into the Realm.
You don’t need Targaryen blood to claim a dragon you need the blood of old Valyria, Targaryens chose to claim dragons in Valyria that doesn’t mean that Valaryons couldn’t they chose not to, Steve Toussaint Corlys and Abubakar Salim have both spoken about the lineage of house valaryon and what they have maid canon between the books and the show and Ryan J. Condal the show creator confirmed it in an interview for HuffPost.
@NapolianDynamite-lr4hg You need more than having Valyrian blood, you need to have recent ancestry from a Dragonlord house, and the only surviving Dragonlord house are tge Targaryens. It is the pragmatic reason why the Targaryens practice incest
I really appreciate y'alls take on the kiss. A lot of the fandom is either shocked, perving out, or complaining. It's SO nice to hear people who get the intimacy of the moment.
Stormcloud looks so cute I absolutely love his relationship and devotion to little aegon he saved his life it’s just horrible how aegon was known to hate dragons yet he forgets his own dragon sacrificed his life to protect him.
Book-Aegon was horribly traumatized; I can't really blame him. It's a wonder that he managed to function at all, much less make decisions, be a king, etc. As far as we know, he didn't harm any dragons, but he could not stand to have any near him. However, in the TV show, that may not happen; little Stormcloud is not large enough to save little Aegon's life; and little Aegon is not old enough to ride a dragon on his own; so he might share his younger brother Viserys' fate, unless Baela and Moondancer (or Baela on Sheepstealer) intervene.
Stormcloud is wayyyyyy too small in show, he wouldn't be able to save Aegon. I think they're gonna change how young Aegon was left traumatized by all these events.
The sons are Alyn (the one Corlys likes) & Addam (the dragon one).
Edit is me correcting this.
Some book facts below (no spoilers for after the equivalent time in the books).
With Corlys being a Velaryon and the Blood of old Valyria.
Aegon the Conqueror's mother was Valaena Velaryon who's own mother was a Targ, it's not known if said Targ mother married the Lord of House Velaryon meaning the rest of their line have Targ blood is not known but it would make sense which would mean there is a good chance of
Interestingly (though this would not affect Corlys’ illegitimate kids getting dragons) there have been other Targ/Velaryon matches notably on the show Rhaenys and Corlys, before that there was Jaehaerys I and Alysanne's mother was a Velaryon she married Aneys I who was the son of Aegon the Conqueror and Rhaneys and then married Rogar Baratheon (their daughter then married her nephew Jaherys' son Aemon and they are Rhaenys' parents).
Other way around :)
Alyn is the older one, favoured by Corlys.
Addam is the black-haired who is claimed by Seasmoke.
@@sabrinaschmitt9267 Ah I can't believe I got that wrong, made a point to check it and everything. Thanks for pointing it out I've corrected it now.
I really like that Alyn is like Corylss he is salt and sea and how Adam is fire and blood. Yet they both are Valerian blood
Yes, not just aegon the conq's. They were intermarrying before the doom as well. The velaryon children from targ marriage were not given eggs, but they definitely can ride dragons
Remember in GoT Jaime was the lion of Lannister. That is the animal that represents their house just like Sansa and Arya had wolves
For some scenes they added hairpieces to Olivia's hair to make it more voluminous. She stated so herself in an interview even before season 1. She joked about it with Rhys Ivans.
Alys's Owl could be a warg that died and went into an owl before. I like Alyn and Addam and I hope Corlys realizes he needs them both regardless of their Bastardy. The dragon in the veil is either Sheepstealer or The Cannibal.
When it comes to that scene with Halena mentioning how the bug no longer sings, If you notice, those look like little bird cages. Which brings me back to last season when Rahniese is having the discussion with Alicent about how shes a "Bird in a cage" and only wants to make a window in the walls of her prison.... Alicent no longer has ANY control. That window is now shut therefore the caged bird no longer sings. Represented by the fact she is dressing and behaving like the old caged bird she once was and now is again. Just a thought.
“He’s a troll!” 😂😂 I couldn’t stop laughing. Too funny!
Okay so I actually checked this, and Corlys has an unknown mother and grandmother (either must have been a Targaryen or of recent Targaryen descent) which means that since Addam got claimed by Seasmoke, both Robbert Baratheon as well as any of his bastards could have claimed a dragon had they been arround.
This has been eddited thanks to @Zaja2418 for pointing something out to me.
You are talking about the books or the show? There is no evidence whatsover in the books that Corlys had a Targaryen grandmother. In fact, there is no Targaryen lady avaliable during this time period who could have been his grandmother.
@@zaja2418 Yeah I looked a bit deeper and you are correct. Though show wise it is really confusing, since Corlys must have Targaryen blood in him for Addam to claim Seasmoke, but as far as I can see not even his grandmother's grandmother was a Targaryen. I do know that he has an unknown mother as well as an unknown grandmother. So I asumed his grandmother must have been a Targaryen.
@@edwinvanooijen7749 To be fair, mate, it's possible (although not confirmed) that Daemon Velaryon (Corlys' great-great-grandfather) was the brother of Valaena Velaryon, who not only was the mother of Aegon the Conqueror, but also half-Targaryen herself.
So there you have it: it's possible, although unconfirmed, that Corlys is the great-great-great-grandson of a Targaryen lady who married a Velaryon lord.
Cheers.
I love how dragons pick their riders like how cats pick their owners.
There used to be many noble houses of Old Valyria, and the Targaryen, Velaryons, and Celtigars (the old man whom Rhaenyra slapped is a Celtigar) were all such noble houses. But only 40 families were dragonriding families, and the Targaryens are the last of the dragonriding families. So it's possible that the Velaryons have some ancestor who was from one of the other dragonriding families, but not all Valyrians can ride dragons.
Seasmoke chose a new rider who shared blood with Laenor after being abandoned for many years. There's no reason to think Laenor is dead. Idc what the books say. Seasmoke making that decision instead of being claimed is enough for me.
I kind of love how Rhaenyra is always seen finding physical comfort with people every time she feels abandoned by Daemon. She gets with Criston after Daemon leaves her in the brothel, with Harwin after Daemon leaves her at her wedding (and she later blames him for it on his face), and now with Mysaria after she feels abandoned by him all over again. There's a pattern to it. Mysaria is similar to that too, the way she tells Rhaneyra exactly what she wanted/needed to hear: she was complaining about Daemon refusing to be "possessed by her" and Mysaria immediately follows up by "submitting" to her, calling her the rightful queen. It's the exact same thing she does with Daemon in episode 1 at the brothel, when he was sulking about the succession and Mysaria tells him "you're Daemon Targaryen, rider of Caraxes and wielder of Dark Sister, the king cannot replace you". There's an interesting dynamic that ties all these three characters together, I'd say.
Great catch! That’s why I am surprised that everyone focused on kiss but no one suspicious about Mysaria’s motives. For last episodes she says everything queen wants to hear. She found a soft spot there. See what will come out of this.
That's a good catch. Not to mention Mysaria mentioned the story of her father and then started kissing Rhaenyra who tried to comfort her.
@@Tooba-K123 if they don’t develop it in got first seasons way because all women should be good I will be disappointed.
How Jace helps his mother escape from Seasmoke's fire, he is such a good son
Seasmoke is the only character who just gets shit done no hesitation Haha
I think Seasmoke chose Addam because he’s Laenor’s half brother and can sense it. He misses him bond.
I’m glad yall noticed that Seasmoke flies over Spicetown because he’s been checking out Addam for a minute now. Remember he flew passed Addam in a previous episode
4:25 only blood of 40 family and Targaryen's are the only ones who survived the doom so not all Valyrians can claim dragon in fact GRRM himself in an interview had been asked did regular Valyrians (Velaryons, Celtigars and other thousands of noble houses and slaves etc) practice incest and GRRM answered no he said regular people of Valyria didnt had reason to practice incest
The showrunners wanted to make 10 episodes but it was the high ups CEO who cut it off to 8 episodes for whatever reason (I suspect it was financial but who knows).
It's rumoured to have been done to they can squeeze more seasons out of the material.
Clarus is 100% right. Seasmoke is a troll. you can see it in his facial expression that he was f'ing with Ser Steffon. He already knew, that he wanted Addam as rider. Which makes sense since Addam is the half brother of his former rider. The connection to Addam must feel very familiar to him. I believe Seasmoke realized, that they where going to "force" him to bond with another person, so he took matters in his own hands/talons/claws, said: "FU. I am going to get who I like!"
No, just for historical context when Rhaenyra was cut with the dagger that was on driftmark that was not at Kings Landing like this situation on, though it was the same arm and the same area of the forearm
Velaryons themselves are not dragon riders. Their family was not one of dragonlords in old Valyria. But at this point in time they married so many Targaryens that the blood of the dragon runs in their veins as well (Corlys own mother was sister to King Jahaerys)
24:49 I kinda don’t like how people make fun of or laugh at Alicent “failure” as a mother she was a 15 year old girl force by her own father to marry a much older man and birth his children and no one cared to ask her if that’s what she wanted, of course she is not going to be the best and most nurturing mother considering the circumstances of how and why her children were conceived but I believe she loves them she just doesn’t know how to show them affection
The Valaryons are a cadet branch of the Targaryan house, so Valaryons are Targaryans
Also, there are 3 dragons that are loose somewhere. Sheep-stealer, The Cannibal, and another one. One of them, I think Sheep-Stealer, is the one in the Vale
You don’t need Targaryen Blood to claim a dragon if you’re Valyrian and have Valyrian blood you can claim a dragon, before the doom of Valyria dragon riders were referred to as the blood of Velyria the only reason people associate Targaryens directly with dragons is because they wore the first to leave Valyria with dragons after the doom, Corleys married in to the family with Rhaenys and doesn’t have any direct Targaryen ancestors nether do Alyn or Adam, Steve Toussaint Corly and Abubakar Salim Alyn have both spoken about it, it was also confirmed in an interview by the show creator Ryan J. Condal.
This is a stupid retcon. If this were true, half of essos could claim a dragon.
You can litteraly just sail a ship over pic up 100 of the millions of people with valeryan ancestors and bam dragon rider.
This removes all the mystic coolnes of the 40 dragon owning houses.
@@oga-booga Well no LOL because living in Valyria doesn’t give you the blood of old Velyria there were lots of family’s who lived in old Valyria before the doom, that doesn’t mean they have the blood of old Valyria lol
@@oga-booga You don’t need Targaryen blood to claim a dragon you need the blood of old Valyria, Targaryens chose to claim dragons in Valyria that doesn’t mean that Valaryons couldn’t they chose not to, Steve Toussaint Corlys and Abubakar Salim have both spoken about the lineage of house valaryon and what they have maid canon between the books and the show and Ryan J. Condal the show creator confirmed it in an interview for HuffPost.
The blood of old Valyria is what gives the traits of white hair, pale skin and purple eyes in the books Targaryens have the blood of old Valyria and Velaryons are referred to as most mythical so they inbred to keep the traits in there line.
Living in or being from Valyria doesn’t mean you have the blood of old Valyria so no not every family in Valyria befor the doom could claim a dragon but the blood of old Valyria is what gives the Targaryens the power to claim dragons not the other way around.
Velaryons were also included in Targaryen breeding and it’s also said in the book that the only house they consistently had relations with were house Velaryon because the traits came from them.
It’s also confirmed by the show creator and is why they specifically chose house velaryon to diversify, changing the thing that maid them so unique from purple eyes and white hair to dark skin and pale hair.
@@oga-booga lol Valyrian blood mages are literally the ones that created, bonded there blood with, tamed and rid dragons it also the reason the only language dragons understand is HIGH VALYRIAN 🥴haha
Seasmoke is NOT a big fan of consent.
Starting to think Alicent and Rhaenyra might've had something when they were younger
Rhaenyra was definitely attracted to Alicent. I don't know if it was mutual, Alicent probably didn't even realize. But I mean, Rhaenyra didn't want to marry a man, and she felt betrayed when Alicent married her father
@@Lightning_Lance Funny, I read it the other way around -- starting with the scene of them reading in the garden in s1e1, I thought Alicent had unrequited love for Rhaenyra. Basically R was just being a free spirit, but it was enough to snare A's heart ... who tried very hard to ignore her feelings, and eventually repressed them into jealousy and hatred.
@IgnisKhan I agree, I got that vibe as well. I think Alicent is the super religious type, that in our modern world would react in horror to her own feelings and repress them until they destroy her from the inside out. As opposed to the more sensible religious who still feel that being gay is a sin, those people acknowledge the feelings but consider them a weakness to be overcome. Alicent is a holier than thou type and should've been a septa. She would've been into the walk of shame given to Cersei.
Alyn is the older, with the shaved head and Addam is the younger. Both are easily my favorite characters in The Dance Of Dragons, even IF Alyn Velaryon canonically gets a LOT more glory about two generations after the Dance.
*WOAH NERDY* it’s definitely Daenerys and her handmaid Irri. She’s the one who teaches her how to “ride” in Season 1.
I honestly think with as much time as Rhaenyra has on dragon stone, unable to actually fight, and outside of the meetings, they occasionally have she should be having her best swordsman teach her how to use that sword because she might just need it. I never understood why girls were not taught how to defend themselves now there have been some stories that I’ve read where they were especially if they had multiple brothers, and it was an only girl they were taught how to use blades however, this apparently did not occur to the viceresy to train this girl, so somebody should
Rhaenyra knew she would be heir from a young age. I wonder why she herself did not want to be trained. I'm sure they would listen to the princess if she ordered it.
Velaryons and Targaryens are both blood of old Valyria. Besides this, the two houses intermarried alottt before and after the conquest. The blood of the two houses are so mixed they're virtually the same lol. Aegon I Targaryen's own mother was a Velaryon. So it's totally makes sense Corlys' sons can ride dragons.
I can imagine you could see this as making up for the lesbian scenes we missed out in the GoT tv-show between Danaerys and her handmaiden Irri.
Also in the GoT tv-show we didn’t get to see the scenes between Cersei and her companion Taena Merryweather, because they cut her out of the story.
Daenerys adn Missandei don't have sex in the books, is a Dothraki servant, Missandei is 9😅
I love the fact that sea smoke says 30:54 hell no I’m picking my own rider. He has been stalking Adam for like weeks we’ve seen him fly over him on the beach multiple times now he’s just decided he’s claiming Adam no matter what.
In the books, Lainore died at driftmark. It wasn’t a set up like the show. Now that we have sea smoke claiming Adam, we can assume laenor died overseas where he went. It was much clearer in the books than it is in the show. But since you can’t claim a dragon that has a rider we have to assume. Somehow he died overseas, even though we didn’t see it on the show.
There is several targaryens that have either silver gold or black hair. In the books princess rhenys had black hair. And to answer ur question about corlys. Yes it is only people who have targaryen blood no matter how little in order to claim a dragon. The targaryens and velaryons wed eachother for almost 100 years before the conquest so corlys definitely has a tiny bit of targaryen in him. They are both corlys son
It's funny how Viserys gets 0 blame for Aegon and Aemond
Well he half dead most of his life with them but also it's not like he's actively teaching his kids to hate Rhaes kids so obviously Vis is out of the equation in this one since we're only talking about the active parent.
I love how Daemon is just tripping off mushrooms in Harrenhal all season lol
Both of the brothers, Alan and Adam are corylss sons one has the silver hair one does not and considering they are black black I am assuming their mother was black hence Adam having dark hair that’s not that unusual in mixed relationships
It's Alyn and Addam Hull. The only person who can legitimise those two is the queen.
On your theory about the dragonseeds and Targaryen hair colour.
Keep in mind Viserys and Daemon's parents were brother and sister (Prince Baelon the Brave and Princess Alyssa Targaryen). Rhaenyra's parents were first cousins (her mother was half Targaryen). Hence why they have pure silver hair.
Only Targaryens can ride dragons. You have to be Valyrian AND have dragonriding blood. The Taragryens are not the last Valyrians (the Velaryons and another house called the Celtigars are also Valyrians. Essos is also filled with people who descend from the Valyrians). However, the Targaryens are the last dragonriders. So anyone who rides are dragon has to have Targaryen blood.
The Velaryons and Targaryen families have intermarried for generations so the Velaryons do have Targaryen blood in their ancestry in quite a few generations. One such case is with Laenor and Laena who were Rhaenys' children.
The fact Addam was able to claim Seasmoke means Corlys has Targaryen blood through some ancestor too.
You are the smartest guy so far who figured out the consequences of giving your dragon to a passersby.
Reneyra will learn that the hardest way.
Is it just me or does anyone else think that Seasmoke looks a lot like Drogon?
You're not alone in that lol
Dany had a relationship not with Missandai, but Iri! Her partner when she was with kal drogo and the kalassar
Daemon is getting his therapy (against his will) AS HE SHOULD!
As a book reader I just want to share some info about the ‘inconsistencies’ you’ve noticed in the Targaryen blonde hair, and I apologise if someone’s already mentioned this, but in the books it’s mentioned that there are degrees to how blonde Valyrians’ hair can get. I’m pretty sure George R R Martin mentions that the tones can range from silvery gold to platinum blonde, so that’s actually a detail I picked up on too when watching this series and I really appreciated how that lines up with the source material. Some wigs look ‘creamier’ and have an almost warm, golden tint to the blonde, while others look closer to a true white colour. So if that’s something you’ve also noticed Nerdy, I’m pretty sure it’s intentional!
when your gay fake dad dies not too long after your real not dad so your ambiguous mom marries her uncle and her unclehusband becomes your unclefather but your ambiguous mom and fake grandmother betroth you to your cousin so your unclefather now becomes your future unclefather-in-law who runs away to star in a Silent Hill x Luigi's Mansion crossover and your previously ambiguous mother turns out to actually be your bi mom who makes your future unclefather-in-law's ex-fiance your new bi step-mother...I'd serve face and walk away too girl
Also, Mysaria gives Rhaenyra something she's always wanted and she shares it with her right before they kiss: she sees past Rhaenyra's being a woman. Rhae has a complicated relationship with being a woman and she says she wanted to be a man so Mysaria saying she looks good with a sword and when she doubts herself she gives the same affirmation we'd hear given to male-leaning characters "You're just tired. get some rest. let others (or the women) handle this for you." THAT endears Rhaenyra to Mysaria.
For Mysaria, not having to offer her body, the thing her father took as if it were his when she was a child (taking away her ability to have children if she wished) and every time afterwards she had to give up to survive, means the world. When Rhaenyra asks her about her scar in episode 2 and Mysaria doesn't give her an answer but Rhaenyra still lets her go, she allows Mysaria the opportunity and choice to stay of her own volition. When Rhaenyra comes to her with complaints about her council, she's sort of playing the traditional role of Rhaenyra's wife and by actually allowing Mysaria to not kiss her in that breath they take, there's consent for both parties. Rhaenyra married to her uncle who groomed her as a teenager (and her cousin) and Mysaria who was sexually assaulted as a child and became a sex worker to survive.
They share an intimacy that neither has had especially as an adult. Rhaenyra can explore "masculine" interests she has freely without fear of ridicule or mockery, while Mysaria can "be of consequence" and play wife without giving up her body
They better not make us wait 2 more yrs for a new season, they will lose ppl if that continues.
Alys Rivers has become one of my favorite characters, she's so oddly arrogant and mysterious. The very first time I saw her, she just walks in, glaring at everybody while they are all bending the knee to Daemon. She treats Daemon Targaryen like he's a wayward child and walks around like she owns Harrenhal Castle. No one ever confronts her about anything, plus she can control owls. Is Alys Rivers even her real name, who or what is she, in reality?
Season 3 wont take 2 and half years to come out. This third season wont take as long, the showrunners have said so because the storyline is cleared now after 2 season and many scenes have been shot for the third season as well as the sets etc. They are already writting the plot now. We will have it for Spring 2026 most likely.
I don't think Seasmoke was a troll.
I think it was willing but then he said he'd done it and Seasmoke was like "Wait, WTF you haven't even got close to me you arrogant fool!"
I dont think there is anything sexual between Missandei and Daenerys in the books? They have a more platonic relationship if anything
No, it was between Dany and her maid Irri.
Show watchers: Oh cool Rhaena is gonna bond a dragon!
Book readers: [Heavily redacted expletive filled rant]
I believe that the blood of Old Valyria can (not always but sometimes) enable a dragon bond, not just Targaryen, but I am not 100% certain. There might be Targaryen blood in the Velaryon family tree; but I have not found any specific mention of it. There is definitely Targaryen blood in House Targaryen, and not just from Princess Rhaenys.
Aegons mother was a Velaryon
Yes there's definitely Targ and Velaryon marriage between them before Corlys and Rhaenys
@@lgt.jne3 What is the source of the Targaryen blood in Corlys' Velaryon lineage? It hasn't yet been specified as far as I know. We know that Aegon the Conqueror's mother was a Velaryon, that does not necessarily make Corlys part Targaryen.
@@gailf1617 Corlys's mother and grandmother are both not known right?
Targaryens are the only dragonlord family in current time. But velaryons indeed got Targaryen blood from the very first beginning. Rhaenys is not the first targaryen who married in. It's very uncommon for a velaryon to claim a dragon but not Impossible. And in the books the mother of alyn and adam claims laenor being the father.
Raina does not get any of her immediate families . The dragon she is talking about at the vale is called sheep stealer, which is a diversion of the book that a lot of book readers are not gonna like. I personally like the change although I don’t know how they’re going to deal with the later storylines that involve her father but we’ll see what happens. I think she completely deserves her own damn dragon.
2:56 Nerdy: but I think the frizziness is poverty.
Hugh: You try getting hair products through a blockade 🤣🤣🤣
It is implied that Rhaenyra and Laena (her former sister in law) had a sexual relationship. By the way, it was not with Missandei Daenerys had a thing, it was with one of her servants since her time with Drogo. Missandei is more like a younger sister to Daenerys
FYI : Any Valyrian can ride a dragon but only 40 houses (the leading houses of the freehold were dragon lords) So Targs - Velarions and Celtigar the 3 surviving houses from the doom can all ride dragons. But only the targs owned dragons and dragon eggs because they are the only dragon lord surviving house the two others were seafaring houses and they stayed that way.
"any Valyrian" that's not really true only Valyrians that have Dragonriders blood can ride one
Not any Valyrian can ride a dragon. There were 40 dragonlord families in Old Valyria. Only they could ride dragons. The only surviving dragonlord family is Targaryen.
@@lgt.jne3 Dragonriders were dragon riders because they owned eggs it's a matter of property not genetic characteristic. It's like rich people are rich people because they have gold. Give gold to the poor he'll become rich.
@@govinddas7876 Here is the misconception. The 40 dragonlords were dragonlords because they owned dragon eggs not because there is something special about them. Valyria is inspired of Rome. And the council of the forty was like the house of the Senat. Every free Roman citizen can be a member but not everyone was. The number of seats was limited.
Corlys Velaryon kept on blabing in season 1 about how the blood of old Valyria was going to enrich the blood of Viserys family (when he was pushing the marriage with his daughter) he wasn't talking about Targ legitimacy they have no legitimacy over westeros (they are foreign conquerors) he was talking about valyrian blood and what it can do for his household (dragon riding)
People keep saying it's too slow and I disagree. The best seasons of GoT were a slow burn and this is no different. Much prefer they slow down and explore the many different relationships like they have done.
I really love how there is build up to plot lines that will only have their pay off in later seasons
velaryons and targaryens have inter married for generations at this point in lore, So Corlys and any of his direct descendance could ride dragons
Daemon's arc has been my favorite part of the season. The Weirwood dreams and Alys are a delight. Daemon isn't doing what people want him to be doing, so they complain. Chill, he'll be acting like a badass eventually. Let him have some damn character development first. He needs it.
Seasmoke smelling that Velaryon blood in Addam. Lmao Corlys you ARE the father. 😂
Otto at an all-inclusive 😭
stopppp i thought of hamilton when corlys said that too 😭😭😭
Everyone in the castle can see Alys, but they never look her in the eye or talk to her because they are all afraid of her. She pretty much owns Harrenhal Castle.
I think Sheepstealer is the wild dragon in the Vale where Rhaena is. Also, weren't there like 30 dragon riding families in Valeyria before the fall and the Velaryons were among them? I thought over time their dragon eggs failed to hatch and they failed at claiming wild dragons so their blood ties to dragons gradually just dwindled.
In fire and blood Rhaenyra and Laena are rumored to have a sexual relationship and Rhaenyra is bisexual which I’ve always gotten the vibe especially when her and Alicent were kids I felt like Rhaenyra had a crush on Alicent
Actually, in the books, Raynece had brunette hair because her mother is Baratheon. I don’t know why they changed it, but apparently they decided to change it in the show.
To be fair, George himself has retconned Rhaenys' hair colour from Targaryen silver in The Princess and the Queen to Baratheon black in Fire and Blood. I guess they wanted her to have the Targaryen look in the show to make Rhaenyra's kids stand out more.
Loved your reactions in this episode, it was mines too, I found that this episode was interesting, can't wait to see Seasmoke's rider Addam having a conversation with Rheanyra
Awe, I kind of liked the hotel room background.
Poor Darklyn… Seasmoke got a type 😂