The Real Politics Behind House of the Dragon | Season 1 Analysis

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  • Опубліковано 18 тра 2024
  • Season 1 of House of the Dragon is an incursion into the politics of Westeros at the height of Targaryen power. In this video, we'll break down some plotlines and compare them with real-world events.
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    📚CHAPTERS
    00:00 Politics of Westeros
    00:35 Historic Inspiration
    03:24 The Politics of Marriage
    07:55 Soft & Hard Power
    11:56 Religion
    14:48 Recap
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  • @guihuppe
    @guihuppe  Рік тому +16

    💚We reached 300 subscribers today!! Thank you!!
    💬I love reading your comments and chatting with you!
    🐉Full HotD Playlist: bit.ly/3AoAsVj
    🫶Hope to see you on the channel soon!

    • @princevesperal
      @princevesperal Рік тому +1

      Ça fait plaisir de voir l'essor d'un youtuber Canadien-français! Ne serait-ce que pour ta prononciation d'Étienne de Blois et Isabelle de Valois!

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому +2

      Il faut bien représenter notre langue, même en anglais ✨

    • @anthonywarren9885
      @anthonywarren9885 Рік тому

      His name is William Rufus. Not whatever name you were using.

  • @faisalkamal4319
    @faisalkamal4319 Рік тому +100

    Hapsburg jaw because mommy says it's a strong jaw for a strong boy

    • @jjgandthatsenough
      @jjgandthatsenough Рік тому +12

      OVERSIMPLIFIED LOL😂😂😂😂😂

    • @lindenshepherd6085
      @lindenshepherd6085 Рік тому +6

      Tis a sign of power that the king needs a servant to chew his food, of course!

  • @metisellada2632
    @metisellada2632 Рік тому +58

    I love this!
    This is the main reason I got interested in HOTD and its universe. You get to think, theorize and "scheme" all the while relating things to real life happenings. It poses questions about power, morals, religion and even psychology without you having to worry about the moral repercussions because no one is actually getting hurt.
    Love the video, great work!

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому +2

      Thanks!!

    • @HK-gm8pe
      @HK-gm8pe Рік тому +2

      everybody is thinking weather they are team black or green, mostly black but I think that we actually should think probably about the small folk...innocent people who suffer and die while rich and powerful fight for what is rightfully theirs...

    • @metisellada2632
      @metisellada2632 Рік тому

      @@HK-gm8pe Is it "rightfully" theirs tho? I like to look at it in a morally-grey lense, if not a completely black one. I am kind of sick of the good-guy-who-has-to-do-bad-things narrative I want to see how far a person with too much power can go to get what they want and not necessarily deserve. But at the same time HOTD shows us a more humane interpretation of people in power, because people are choosing sides and liking characters! Idk, I might be looking too deep into it...

  • @tasha7726
    @tasha7726 Рік тому +9

    Another UA-camr pointed out another reason for Targaryen incestuous marriages. To keep all the dragon riders in the family. Jaehaerys and Alysanne had thirteen children, imagine if they had made marriage pacts with some of the top houses in Westeros and their children had had children. They could have had dragon riders in Lannisport, in the Riverlands, in the North, etc. A Targaryen civil war could have started a lot sooner.

  • @randomgirl2282
    @randomgirl2282 Рік тому +35

    This video is amazing and a great dissection of HOTD. I feel like despite politics being such an integral part of ASOIAF and its adaptations, it’s often quickly forgotten and an underrated discussion topic so I’m really glad to see a video like this.

  • @lindenshepherd6085
    @lindenshepherd6085 Рік тому +15

    I love your use of history here, since GRRM draws so much from early English history! It's also nice getting to see the "she-wolves" Matilda and Isabelle getting some attention outside of obscure BBC documentaries!

  • @lindenshepherd6085
    @lindenshepherd6085 Рік тому +17

    Also, something I don't hear often in regards to the looks of Alicent's children and the Hightower gene pool: the Hightowers actually have Valyrian traits, namely silver and light golden hair. It would be easier for Alicent's children to look Valyrian than any children Rhaenyra had with Harwin, since she already has similar phenotypical genes to the Targaryens.

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 Рік тому +3

      Facts, House Hightower may be related to ancient Dragonlords of the "Great Empire of the Dawn"
      And I though her OG hair style was supposed to be blonde as well, but the later concept art of her being a Brunette stuck more I guess.

  • @krissy9570
    @krissy9570 Рік тому +8

    I can’t believe you have less than 500 subscribers, the quality of these videos is STUNNING! You’re going to blow up any day. Thanks for the superior HotD content 🧡

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому +1

      😊 Aaw thank you! The channel is growing fast - I'm happy with all the support!

  • @monquezkj
    @monquezkj Рік тому +5

    You need more subs because this was amazing man , please keep making these vids

  • @annarobertson7209
    @annarobertson7209 Рік тому +6

    Your videos are great! They're easy to follow, and the visuals also help a lot. I appreciate the comparisons between HOTD and things currently happening in the world, because it gives a lot of perspective into both things.

  • @themoondeer1545
    @themoondeer1545 Рік тому +5

    You're great and this was a great video! ❤️😊

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому +2

      Aaaaw thank you! And thanks for chatting with us during the premiere - it was a lot of fun!!

  • @Euph0rical
    @Euph0rical Рік тому +2

    Happy to have found your channel! Loving HOTD and the breakdowns you provide are great! 😊👍

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому

      Aaaaw thanks for your feedback! ☺️

  • @lordzod6611
    @lordzod6611 Рік тому +1

    Top Job man, really good thought provoking content.

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому

      Hey! Thank you so much!! 🎉

  • @QDFOfficial
    @QDFOfficial Рік тому +5

    Lol thank you for providing me content to watch while i wait to begin making thanksgiving day!

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому +2

      Ha ha! I hope you enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

  • @thyagosaints
    @thyagosaints Рік тому

    Well done man,great job, congrats. 🇧🇷

  • @philosophynerdlady
    @philosophynerdlady Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the video!
    For English speakers - the man who challenged Matilda's claim to the English throne was called "Stephen" in English.
    Stephen was the third son of Adele/Adela of Normandy. Both his birth order and the fact that he was claiming the throne through his mother's side should have weakened his claim; but men didn't want a woman on the throne, so they were fine with it. In HOTD a direct parallel would be Daeron being crowned over Aegon.

  • @Chen-xs9js
    @Chen-xs9js Рік тому +1

    Really interesting!! Great content

  • @ryankirkpatrick8489
    @ryankirkpatrick8489 Рік тому +3

    Really well made video :)

  • @tonydelat2322
    @tonydelat2322 6 днів тому

    Can't wait for your HOTD S2 content

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  6 днів тому

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ToyKennections
    @ToyKennections Рік тому +2

    Watched this in advance of the next video drop. You're closing in on 1k subscribers Gui!

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому

      Yaaay! It's happening 🎉

  • @jackyoh971
    @jackyoh971 Рік тому +2

    Great quality video you made here...

  • @levampblaze6312
    @levampblaze6312 Рік тому +2

    Great video

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! I hope to see you again soon on the channel!

  • @thejava.witchiswhispering
    @thejava.witchiswhispering Рік тому +14

    That the thumbnail is shaded in more green than red should be all you need to know about the politics behind HoTD. Great symbolism, its the whole ass reason I clicked 👌

  • @subtleube
    @subtleube Рік тому +1

    awesome video!

  • @lollypop2310
    @lollypop2310 Рік тому

    I love your videos. New subbie !❤

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому

      Aaaw thank you Michelle 😊

  • @ntany1
    @ntany1 Рік тому

    I like the irl examples you provide in contrast with HotD.

  • @davidbranson1367
    @davidbranson1367 Рік тому +24

    The 90% of internet is team black, I love to see another greenchad here.

    • @alexm8859
      @alexm8859 Рік тому +3

      Facts the Greens have swayed me over this season. Fire and Blood’s perspective of them was verrryy different though.

    • @geopoliticsnerd213
      @geopoliticsnerd213 Рік тому

      yuck , i wouldn't have any problem with the green if they weren't religious zealots and usurpers...

    • @ThomasFoolery8
      @ThomasFoolery8 Рік тому +5

      The internet is mostly gen Z woke feminists that’s why. Team black is about feminism. They’re liberals. Team green is about honor and tradition. They’re conservatives.

    • @epicLEKLE
      @epicLEKLE Рік тому +2

      @@ThomasFoolery8 What’s the honor in usurping the named heir to the throne? Most of the honorable houses supports rhaenyra such as the starks, tullys and arryns. What a shitty take

    • @hawkins347
      @hawkins347 Рік тому +5

      @@ThomasFoolery8 That might've meant something if the writers actually understood what feminism is, which they don't. Feminism isn't women = good and men = bad. Just because Rhaenyra is a woman who wants a position of power, doesn't make her any more feminist than, say, Margaret Thatcher. What has Rhaenyra done for other women the entire season? That's right, nothing.

  • @immortan-valkyrie90
    @immortan-valkyrie90 Рік тому +1

    Love your analysis. That Florida ad ugh a good reminder why my state sucks.

  • @SorceressWitch
    @SorceressWitch Рік тому +1

    A better comparison for the incest is the Egyptians who married brother and sisters. Habsburgs was other relatives that don't make the family tree look as confusing as the Ptolemaic dynasty for example.

  • @Astro-uc1pi
    @Astro-uc1pi Рік тому +3

    Your french is great btw, where are you from?👀

    • @guihuppe
      @guihuppe  Рік тому +2

      ha ha thanks - French is my 1st language - I'm Canadian 🇨🇦

  • @faisalkamal4319
    @faisalkamal4319 Рік тому +3

    Yep grrm is a historic nerd

  • @iliaponomarev1624
    @iliaponomarev1624 Рік тому +11

    > Targaryens secretly thought of themselves as closer to gods
    Well, not that secretly, Doctrine of Targaryen Exceptionalism was pretty public.

  • @Emory_OrginalG_Tate
    @Emory_OrginalG_Tate Рік тому +2

    Are you French Canadian?

  • @LordMazafeff
    @LordMazafeff Рік тому +2

    Viserys, good man, bad King.

    • @mochalotte4702
      @mochalotte4702 6 місяців тому

      Debatable if he was a good man either since he neglected his children from his second marriage and called rhaenyra his “only child” and allowed her to be spoiled and entitled and get away with actions that are considered crimes in Westeros simply because he loved his first wife more. No wonder the green kids are messed up and bitter and hate rhaenyra for receiving the love they never got.

  • @shawnredmond8402
    @shawnredmond8402 Рік тому +9

    Otto is the real goat. Daemon is straight MCU cringe

    • @themoondeer1545
      @themoondeer1545 Рік тому +7

      Otto has big balls. I mean he went two times to dragonstone without a dragon on his side and at least one one the opposing side. True Alpha.

    • @Zephur0s
      @Zephur0s Рік тому +1

      The "Daemyra" legions will be onto you soon

    • @targaryen7029
      @targaryen7029 Рік тому +1

      Tyland Lannister >>>>>> Otto the virgin. Chad Tyland survives the Dance and did wonderfull for the greens, while Otto will die soon.

    • @shawnredmond8402
      @shawnredmond8402 Рік тому +1

      @@targaryen7029 Yeah ofc. Tyland is a gigachad. He was the main reason for maegor with teat's downfall. He's a honorary green so ofc I'm with him. As for Otto lets be real he failed cause of Aegon's impulsiveness. His strategy of caution was the right move. But Aegon decided to go with Criston who messed everything up even more.

    • @MI-vc9lp
      @MI-vc9lp 2 місяці тому

      I'm a Black supporter but I really enjoy Otto's character. His welding of political power is masterful.

  • @langa197
    @langa197 Рік тому

    Great video