House of the Dragon - 1x5 "We Light the Way" REACTION!!!
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Dayna's expressions are so appropriate to each scene. Love it!
20:10 remember Jeyne Arryn: ruler of the Vale in her own right, and Rhaenyra’s cousin on her mother’s side. They mention her again this season and she’ll be a major character in season 2
Good to know. Very interesting who this will conclude.
12:54 the last kingsguard who broke his vow of chastity, about 40 years before this, was indeed gelded and tortured. Criston hopes that by confessing he might be granted the mercy of a quick death.
I read up on that Kingsguard. I would have been terrified to be in Criston position.
And sent to the Wall.
14:30 Laenor rides Seasmoke (named for his grey color) - his mother Rhaenys rides Meleys, who is bigger, older, and red. They call her “the Red Queen” because she has this row of long spikes in the back of her head splayed out so they look like a crown
I love the design of the dragon in this show.
@@reactuniversity5277 they’ll each have different designs
Can’t wait to see how they handle the others. So far so good!!🙌🏾
22:40 funny you mention that: the Corlys actor explained in an interview that they filmed a slightly longer bit, that Corlys is so embarrassed that Laenor is weeping over his dead love in front of everyone that he eventually walks over and physically drags him to his feet, shoves/drags him to the front of the room, and essentially says “screw it! We’ll do it live! No more distractions, no seven days of feasting, get the priest and we’ll marry them right here and now!” - actor thinks they cut it because they feared it made Corlys too unsympathetic
“We’ll do it live” will never get old. Hahahahahahaha!
Daemon doesn't get an army. Lady Jeyne controls the knights of the Vale. He inherits money and a castle.
After further investigation I realized that Daemon was just threatening him if he kept pushing the issue since that guy wanted to inherit the land himself. Daemon seemed fine not inheriting anything as long as he was free from that “ bronze b**th”. He got what he wanted.
@@reactuniversity5277 he also not so subtly reminded him he has a dragon... That is why he can just fly to the Vale.
Sure did. 😎
13:36 Orwyle: “maybe we should try giving him…medicine?”
Mellos: (scoffs) “the big leech farms don’t pay me bribes _not_ to prescribe leeches for everything”
In my view sir criston loves Reynera, and that justifies his oath breaking. But she picks the kingdom over him. He gave up the only thing to his name, his honor, for her. And now it means nothing, jeoffrey kind of mocks it when he talks about their secret. And that pushes him way over the edge.
You have a point.
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“An arranged marriage? But Laenor is not _attracted_ to Rhaenyra!”
“Look, marriage is politics, he doesn’t have to love her: it will renew the Targaryen-Velaryon alliance”
“No, I mean…you know…”
What times to live in with arranged marriages. 😵
That's a shotgun wedding. The festivities have been cancelled.
Everybody go home!! lol!!
Always love seeing your guys' insight into the episode, and with such great humor. Can hardly wait for the next ones, even better episodes to come!
Heh, Laenor had a nosebleed from the fight, but i like your 'sniffing the hanky' reaction.
LMAO!!!! It was interesting that he would do that in front of everyone. Thank God!!! 🤣😂
Viserys said to Daemon, "You already have a wife", and Daemon thought, "Not for long." Now he's single, potentially for Rhaenyra.
I’m still shocked my guy did that to his wife. I get why he did it. What a shame. 😵
18:34 this is the first time we’ve ever seen “Dance” as an art form in this franchise. Books aren’t a visual medium so they can’t really describe them, and they just didn’t come up in the narrative in Game of Thrones (corresponding book sections didn’t have dance scenes). So director Clare Kilner talked in behind the scenes videos that this episode confronted them with the question, “what the heck do dance styles look like in this fantasy world?” -they had to revise it multiple times. Have you ever seen that show “the Tudors”? Lot of medieval ball dances in that - but it’s based on real life so we have records of what those were like.
That’s very true. I was curious how they were going to handle this scene. And yes. I’ve seen “Tudors”. Decent show.
I thought HOTD handled the dancing very well. How do think they handled it?
@@reactuniversity5277 …it looks just slightly “different” enough…without being TOO different. That we recognize it as an alternate world’s version of “formal ballroom dancing” but doesn’t look quite like ours.
New to your channel. I absolutely enjoyed y’alls reactions to this episode. Tbf Daemon’s wife goaded him into killing her. She was paralyzed and didn’t want to live paralyzed. Otto is looking out for Otto only. He wants his blood on the throne because then Otto would be the real power. He’s not loyal to anyone but his own needs. New to your channel and I look forward to watching more episodes with y’all!
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The book is written that way but the scripts for the show aren’t
For sure. Thanks for hanging out with us today. Means a lot.
16:03 First cousin marriage isn’t considered incest in Westeros ( even before the Targaryens) - Tywin married his first cousin, and Ned Stark’s parents were first cousins. And this isn’t even a first cousin marriage: Viserys and Rhaenys are first cousins, thus Laenor is Rhaenyra’s second cousin.
Interesting! Couldn’t imagine marrying a first cousin. 🤮
@@reactuniversity5277 back in The day there were only so many families in the village
That’s true! Lol
Laenor will not be king. Marrying the queen doesn't make you king. It makes you king consort. Like Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip.
You right! You right! King in name only for sure.
@@reactuniversity5277 not even in name. Listen to what they said when they announced him. It is important because you can't inherit the crown through marriage. That is why Cersei taking the throne after Tommen was so egregious.
I agree with ya. He can’t inherit the crown. He’s title as King was in name but that’s it. When I said “In name only” was to convey he don’t get any ruling power like the queen does. Al’s could have that wrong as well. lol.
@@reactuniversity5277 his title isn't "king". That's my point.
In British royalty, the wife of a king is called a queen consort, but the husband of a queen is called a prince consort, not a king consort. In Westeros its king consort.
That was just Daemon's divorce rock.
🤣
9:15…there’s actually hints in the book that Rhaenyra experimented with her cousin Laena, as it’s said “she grew fond and more than fond” of her….but this was cut for time from the show. But all her known love affairs are with men. I don’t think that’s the mixed metaphor she was using though.
Interesting! I got to read these books. Sounds spicy 😎
@@reactuniversity5277 Mushroom is a liar. The court jester who wrote a tell-all book.
Isn’t it based off of two different people’s narrative? Mushroom and a Mester?
@@reactuniversity5277 three - Mushroom the jester; Septon Eustace the pro-Alicent source; and Maester Munkun the pro-Rhaenyra source
Daemon never got Runestone. Lady Jeyne sent him packing. Big Olenna Tyrell vibes. And Daemon knows they can't afford to lose the Vale over an inheritance he doesn't need.
I hope he didn't lose that support from them. Just finished watching ep.10 for our Patreon members and MY GAWD!! 💀
NO Coryls isn't a dragon rider, he's VELARYON. Only Rhaenys and her kids can bond with Dragons because of their Targaryen blood.
That’s right!
“I hesitate to say this, but maybe we should be careful what we mention about Laenor in front of Vhagar. She is from an older generation: should would not understand”
That’s for sure.
@@reactuniversity5277also might not want to bring up the Dornish in front of her. Look, I don’t agree with everything she says but it’s not like we can just cancel her.
I prefer the book version were Cole killed Joffrey during the wedding tournament. He also broke Ser Harwin's collar bone.
Whoa! I really need to read these books.
@@reactuniversity5277 just one book so far. George hasn't written part 2 yet. This series is based on 2 chapters from the first book.
That’s right. Do you think he’ll write another one before finished “A song of ice and fire”?
@@reactuniversity5277 probably but I wished he'd focus on one thing. He still needs to write 2 ASOIAF books, the 2nd Fire and Blood, and several Dunk and Egg novellas.
Of course Rhaenyra was serious, it's ALWAYS BEEN DAEMON for her. Same for Daemon.
Seem so. Thanks for chilling with us today. Hope you liked our reaction.
So when Ned agreed to let Sansa marry Joffrey, how was that better than Otto having his daughter marry Viserys?
People get mad at Otto, but he is no worse than anyone else who seeks a marriage alliance. Hell, Corlys tried to marry off his 12 year old...
#facts. Corlys trying to marry off his 12 daughters is down right problematic. However, I do get the times. That is something you have to take into account during these alliances. As for Otto, I personally don’t like him because he wants to his family to have power vs Ned who was quite OK with “bearing his head in the snow” as King Robert so eloquently, put it. Hahahaha!
@@reactuniversity5277 except Ned did accept power. And he used it to declare war on the Lannisters...
True! true!
Could just say Laenor’s boyfriend instead of “pillow biter” perhaps?!!… pretty poor term of phrase it’s not 1980… that aside, your reactions are still STRONG 💪
I thought “pillow biter” was a term George RR Martian came up with. One of our Patreon members informed me that he did not. Nor was the term “pillow biter” was in the books. It was a UK slang. Which cheapens the word for me since it’s not apart of the GOT universe.
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@@reactuniversity5277 thanks for your reply 😊 it just triggered me since years ago my son in high school copped the same abuse from his peers for not being a macho type (he’s now happily married with two kids😊). Regardless, just like the colour of your skin, sexual orientation isn’t a choice. I mean why would you choose to be ostracised by the many? I’ll still hang about here all good 👍
Fans are actually really annoyed that Benioff and Weiss introduced referring to homosexuals as “pillow biters” that’s not in the books, and is actually very modern 20th century British slang. They don’t use that slang again in House of the Dragon ( though of course “gay” is also a modern slang term) - basically it sounded like people in Westeros calling each other “dude” - only worse because it’s specific British modern slang, like “chav” or “kilo”
I thought George RR Martin was trying to be clever with the term “pillow biters”. That know make sense that they wouldn’t use that term in the books.
Make sense.
@@reactuniversity5277ultimately Benioff and Weiss are flippant fratboys who don’t give a shit
You are assuming Westeros is medieval Earth. It isn't. It's a fictional world. So how do you know how people talked in a world someone made up?