during the season 1 she also connected the dots during the scene where ned was reading the book about westeros royal families...she is a pure detective.
@@deusveritasest56 Actually I was wondering another thing...do you think there's some kind of connection between Ben&Glory?🤔I've been wondering for a while,but I'm still not sure... Jokes aside,Sofie's reaction to Dawn was the *BEST* reaction to Dawn *EVER!* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣She was so adorable,keeping sending the scene back hoping it would change something!!😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
It's almost as if she secretly watched this season before, it's awfull suspicious considering in earlier seasons she wasn't working out quite a few far more obvious things lol.
Ultimately what she wanted and who she loved didn't really matter as much as the advantage that a Stark-Baratheon- Arryn Alliance bound in Marriage would have brought. And everyone just assumed that Lyanna would carry out her responsibility.
And people only ever talk about Rhaegar with admiration. He was even a good singer. Oh jeez, this teenage girl and this singing prince have gone off together... Clearly she has been kidnapped, the only explanation.
@@awesimo4684 this singing prince with a father prone to setting his court on fire, and the Nobility of Westeros tend to assume children are like their fathers and it took a lot for Rhaegar to convince the Nobility to give him the benefit of the doubt. The Stark's knowing the least about Rhaegar due the North's isolation from southern politics, and Aerys responding to Brandons accusation with imprisonment and his father's arrival with atrocity, and then trying to have Robert and Ned executed before they even heard about Lyanna
I love how well she’s caught on and invested in this show. She didn’t just watch episodes along her journey and just didn’t think about the show once the camera was off. She went ahead and learned the history and lore which is multiple hours of her time. You can tell she really enjoys the GOT world. One of my favorite top 5 favorite GOT journeys glad I came along for the ride
Sofie, I just want to say, you are perhaps the most observant reactor I’ve seen. It is so enjoyable to see everything click into place in your mind, and you always seem to remember past conversations by characters. Sure I remember those things too but I’ve seen the series multiple times plus read the books. I love your reactions 😊
reliving this story through her eyes is really interesting and fascinating! plus shes quite smart and observant and her memory is basically non Obliviated ;) which makes for a sharp and acute observer!
He said "beautiful, noble Rhaegar Targaryen left her [Elia] for another woman"...which has an even more passive tone if you think about it... Dorne knew what was going on, otherwise Rhaegar wouldn't have been able to leave her in Dorne in the the Tower of Joy... (Though, I think the Tower of Joy was on land belonging to the Dayne family?) Regardless, let's a hell of a move to hide your "mistress" in your wife's family's kingdom if you didn't have your wife's approval / blessing in some capacity... I think any hard feelings from the Martells is because Rhaegar didn't do enough to keep Elia and the children safe, while Lyanna and the child were far away from the fighting protected by 3 Kingsguard - including Arthur Dayne, the legendary Sword of the Morning.
It is so satisfying seeing everyone who had been scattered around in their separate plots being gathered together. Jon, Tormund, Jorah, Gendry, Davos, The Hound, The Brotherhood ... it really is The Dream Team of badassery 😎
@@dmp1520 lol no.. the wight hunt plan was so nonsensical that it killed the immersion of the series, and made the final act of the show hard to buy into.
@@starsimvidz oh i know... i was being sarcastic paraphrasing those 2 geniuses's famous line of " creatively it made sense to us because we wanted it to happen " ... before the hunt, Jaime and several other things were already being very nonsensical...
"house glover will stand behind house stark as we have for a thousand yerars and i will fight besides john snow, the king in the north". that lasted like 2 weeks
I love how you caught the hint about Jon not being a bastard. I'm ashamed to say I didn't get it the first time I watched the episode. I think I watched an analysis of the episode before I realized.
I loved you figuring out the stuff about John. You asked the right questions that are still a mystery even in the books. We don't have Rhaegar's or Lyanna's perspective and motivations and both were really complicated characters. Especially Rhaeghar and his relationship with prophecy which isn't explored in the show.
In season one the Rhaegar-Lyanna-Story is only told from Robert's point of View. He just wanted to believe that Lyanna could not love another men. That would have hurt His pride.
Wow! Best reaction to this video ever! An well done to the editor for leaving so much 'Thinking Time' in the final cut - really shows each penny dropping as Sophie works it all out like Sherlock Holmes! It' like everything that went on in my head when I first watched it - I was going over it for days over and over. The fact that Sam has so little regard for the revelation due to lack of context just makes it that much more awesome. Well done Sophie for not only a great reaction, but for such insight and recollection of all the facts, and taking the time to fully digest the implications! Bravo!
If someone had told you a few seasons back that Jon Snow, The Hound, Ser Jorah, a wildling and Robert's bastard son would go on a trip beyond the wall together - would you have believed it? 😂
Someone has been paying attention. Well done! You are one of the few. (If you were a hell of a writer - what secrets, plots and misunderstandings would you work out for this kind of story …?) These are the words you required: “… Maynard says here that he issued an annulment for Prince “Raggar” and remarried him to someone else at the same time in a secret ceremony in Dorne.” No more, no less. Very nice X-files touch, by the way! 15:15 - 20:15. Plain intelligence and logic. That moment is from now on probably my favourite moment of all GoT reactions. And I have seen A LOT!
I was in a group when I watched this episode the 1st time. I felt proud because it was the only time I ever made an entire group of people say "oh my God you're probably right!" When Drogon flew down and came up to Jon I said "Aww.....thats SO cool. Drogon knows who he is for sure, he just ran up to Jon like a puppy excited to see the kids home from school."
Love Gendry having his weapon the same one Robert had through the rebellion. The edit on the marriage part 😂 I love it. The amount of hints on Rhaegars kind nature that many didn’t catch is normal :)
Dany respects and is attracted to Jon because he isn't instantly simping on her like almost every other young man who meets her. He's staying on point and is noble to his cause and people. She's not used to someone being like that and she is attracted and intrigued.
A lot of people forget it’s Sams job to transcribe all those books he probably read that and just didn’t have the context to fit it into the larger puzzle
Anytime you have a "why would they do that?" moment from here on out, just remember.. These later seasons have completely different writers. (meaning not George) You will have to get to know these "characters" all over again because they are new people basically.
The Rebellion wasnt about Lyanna - that was the lie Robert liked to tell himself to look noble and heroic. Neds loyalty was pulled in the middle - his best friend who was more than brother and his beloved sister, her babe who now was Targaryan Heir. Ned knows full well what Robert was like.
Well, to be fair, Targaryens are from Valyria. They are invaders from the beginning. And even without that fact, in Lord Tarly's perspective, they rebelled against the Mad King and made the Baratheons the royal family. So to his POV, the Targaryens no longer have ties to the throne.
But the Targs had lived in Westeros for 400 years by the time they were overthrown: over 100 years as Lords of Dragonstone followed by 300 years as the Royal Family. C'mon, can you still really call them immigrants? No one except the Children of the Forest were native to Westeros. The First Men and the Andals and everyone listed in the titles of the ruler of Westeros all migrated or immigrated over. As for Randall Tarly, he and his armies fought **for**the Targaryens in the Rebellion. He was one of the Targ's best generals and won battles for them. This is one of those times where Dan and Dave's writing reeeeeeally didn't make sense post- books. (And it once again shows that they really only bothered to read and know the first 3-ish books...)
The plan to go north to bring a wight back is the first major plotline written by D&D, not from the book or from GRRM's advice. Incidentally, it's also a stupid plotline.
17:17 "How can it be just a rumor? A lot of people died because of it" War propaganda is very powerful and very real. It still goes on in the real world to this day. You would be absolutely gobsmacked to learn about some of the real life rumors you still believe.
Bend the knee or die is what any true ruler says. Cersei blew a whole temple and had bastard sons with her twin and then but the bastards on the throne. If you are gonna compare Dany with someone horrible compare her to Ramsey.
Except so did the Andals before them? The Targaryans have married into Westeros families for centuries, so no he didnt have a point. Danys line in particular has many ties across Westeros 🤷🏻♀️
The Tarlys have blood ties to the First Men. Even though the Tarlys took on the Faith of the Seven(Andals), the Tarlys could look at the Targaryens as foreign if they wanna be petty 😂.
@@gypsysoul.But before the Targaryens there was no such thing as the seven kingdoms. The Targaryens founded a united Westeros and kept it for 300 years.
House Tarly will likely be passed on too Sam's sister, rather than himself. He still fortfeited all rights of inheritence when he joined the Nights Watch and now training to be a Maester. OR it will pass on to Sam Jr, Gilly's son. Sams mother is a very understanding, kind and loving person. I imagine she wouldnt care if Sam Jr became the new Lord of House Tarly. That would be so nice!
House Baratheon was founded by the bastard half-brother of Aegon the Conqueror, so Robert had some claims to the throne. Robert said it was Ned choice not to be the king in his place, but I'm not certain of what would had truly happened if Ned really sat on the throne first. The rebellion started for interests, and because the Mad King pissed off a lot of people. Lyanna was certainly kidnapped... from the point of view of lords who considered women properties of their respective houses. About the violence, it was probably a rumor started by Robert - he was so obsessed that maybe he believed it himself - to slander Rhaegar's, the heir's, excellent reputation.
Robert was a douchebag who didn't want to believe that there's a woman who doesn't want him. It's likely that Lyanna even wrote him that she loves Rhaegar.
@@iliboxic7586 to be honest, I can't say Rhaegar was much better. He already had a beautiful, gentle wife and two children. I think his decision was purely dictated by him believing the prophecy of the song of ice and fire instead of love. But it's unknown what he found out, and we'll probably never know.
@@mimmo4762 Nobody knows what kind of a person Elia really was. It's possible that she even had an affair with the mad king and it's nearly sure that Rhaegar never loved her.
@@iliboxic7586 no, you're mixing characters. That was Tywin's wife. We have sufficient description of Elia Martel, and everyone talks positively about her. And yes, maybe there was never romantic love between them, but there exists a little thing called "responsibility".
@@mimmo4762 It was simple Rheagar needed 3 sons to fulfill his drag dream and Elia couldnt provide more sons. One of those dreams was the promise of the song of ice and fire that refers to a child from the Starks and the Targaryens a promise once made to lord Cregan Stark from Jacaerys Targaryen.
Reactions often feel like a genre of watching dumb people being dumb, but there are a few of you I count on to actually figure stuff out. Good job on the Rhayegar story 👍
My Dear,yor thinking was exactly correct,like mine and all everyone else,but remember what you was saying about Sir Arthur Dane,Rhaegar didn't take his best warrior to a battle but send him to protect tower with pitch he kidnap and rape 🤔
Not only does Jon being Rhaegar's trueborn son give him a claim to the Throne, but, according to the rules of primogeniture, it makes Jon senior to Dany in the Targaryen line of succession, and thus the legitimate Targaryen pretender. As far as Lyanna goes: She really did not want to marry Robert. I believe in the books there's mention of Lyanna having confided in her brother Brandon, after their father Rickard had betrothed her to Robert, that she particularly did not want to marry Robert because he was a womanizing drunk. Lyanna and Rhaegar fell for each other at Harrenhal. Lyanna fell for Rhaegar when he sang at the feast. Rhaegar fell for Lyanna when Aerys tasked him with finding out who the knight of the laughing tree was and Rhaegar discovered it was Lyanna. So, Lyanna fell in love with Rhaegar's gentle soul, and Rhaegar fell in love with Lyanna's strong personality and sense of justice. However, their love was still quite forbidden, as Rhaegar was still married to Elia and Lyanna was betrothed to Robert when they fell for each other, so Rhaegar procured a quick annulment of his marriage to Elia and Rhaegar and Lyanna proceded to elope without telling anyone. Brandon Stark had assumed that Rhaegar had kidnapped his sister, so he went down to King's Landing with a hot head to demand that Aerys bring Rhaegar to justice for the abduction. Aerys, who himself was not aware of the elopement, was suddenly faced with an angry noble demanding his son's head. Aerys interpreted this as a threat, and threatening the heir apparent to the Throne is very much high treason, so things snowballed from there. Aerys demanded that Rickard Stark appear in King's Landing to answer for his son's treason. When Rickard appeared, Aerys had Rickard and Brandon killed, but even this wasn't the real spark that set off the rebellion. What really set off the rebellion is what Aerys did next: He sent a raven to Jon Arryn demanding that he turn over his wards, Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon. Knowing how that would turn out, Jon Arryn decided instead to raise the Knights of the Vale in rebellion while allowing Ned and Robert to slip away and raise the Northern and Stormlander armies in turn. Then Ned married Cat Tully, at which point Hoster Tully joined the rebellion as well, leaving a situation where the Vale, the North, the Stormlands, and the Trident formed a coalition fighting to overthrow Aerys, while the Reach and Dorne remained loyal, and the Westerlands sat on the fence until Tywin Lannister could judge who the winner was going to be. Then Rhaegar was killed in battle while leading the royal army at the Battle of the Trident, and Lyanna died on her childbed after giving birth to Jon. Really a tragic story.
the fact that the writers had Tyrion Lannister, the smartest character in the series, come up with the dumbest most nonsensical plan in the entire show... was the jump the shark moment for me for this series. I had nitpicks, but until (and including) 7x04, this was the greatest show ever made.
I love your productive silences, why didn't Rhaegar leave his father emeritus? Why didn't they tell the Starks that the kidnapping was a lie from Littlefinger? Rhaegar fulfilled the prophecy by marrying Lyanna and having Jon but many details are missing
Baelish to Varys: "The realm. Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies, a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie.".
travel time has always been inconsistent but in this episode Davos travels from Dragonstone to King's Landing, back to Dragonstone and then all the way up to the wall, each time in one quick cut without even a single shot of the actual travelling. The whole storyline about Arya and Sansa bickering at Winterfell and the whole storyline about getting a wight to show Cersei are both really really dumb.
Remember when the witch told cersei that she would have three kids? 😬 By the time tommen died, she already beleived what the witch had told her was true, and thats why she wasnt upset. So either shes lying to Jamie, or shes pregnant and knows that it wont survive (remember that she had ”a black haired beauty ” with Robert). But since qyburn was there, i think shes actually pregnant
Good ep. Some scenes felt slow but I do like how things are coming together and where storylines are going. GENDRY IS ALIVE GENDRY IS ALIVE. I love him. I loved his interaction with Davos. Davos is hilarious. He is so fun to watch, what a great character. I also enjoyed the Jon and Gendry scene. And now they are with the hound too? I love how people come together on this show! Jorah and Dany reuniting was sweet. I am a tad worried about Dany and getting too power hungry. She has been acting a bit off. But I think she is a good balance between doing what she needs to do and keeping the peace. At least for now. She gave those men a choice to live or die and they chose wrong. That's not really on her imo. She has a war to fight. She can't just let the enemy go. Innocent people are still being protected. They were not innocent. Also, Dany not wanting Jon to go and saying she's grown fond of him? Cute. I didn't care for the Sansa and Arya drama but Sansa is acting suspicious to me. I worry about her. I am always team Arya. I knew that Little Finger was going to manipulate the situation. Sam is the best. I love how logical he is. I am glad he left because his SL was sort of boring . I want him to be back with the gang. Glad Bronne and Jamie survived. Glad Jaime told Cersei about Olenna. And EW at her being pregnant. Whyyyyy. Why is the show torturing me with this J/C thing? It makes me hate Jamie tbh. I did enjoy the Tyrion and Jaime interaction too and glad Jaime didn't hurt him.
I know it's already been said by many critics, content creators from ASOIAF channels and so on... but I HATE how the writters trapped Daenerys and framed her in a totally unrealistic way (by Game of thrones standards). Aegon the Conqueror did exactly what Daenerys just did to the Tarlys this episode, his modus operandi was: offer the chance to surrender and if they refused he burned them alive. Harrenhal is that twisted cursed castle because Aegon burned King Harren and his entire family and servents alive insed it when He refused to bend the knee, he and his sisters annihilated the entire family of the Gardener King in the field of fire, He Burned down most of the dornish cities when the Martells Killed his Sister Rhaenys. When met with insubordination and refusal to surrender he resorted to violence, this is war after all. Does anyone called Him "The Mad king" for it? The writters placed Daenerys in a no-win situation: If she listens to her advisors she loses, if she doesn't she loses and of branded unreasonable (or crazy). Yes she has the blood of the Dragon, she is capable of extreme violence, but it was always used to stop even worst kinds of violence, such as slavory and to protect the weak. And the final to seasons the showrunners decided to assassinate her whole character and go with "Woman do be acting crazy sometimes right?", gosh, it was ridiculous.
You can say it louder..., but not more clearly, I can't stand the phrase "I could already see it coming." Bravo for Daenerys DD couldn't handle her, The Best Series, whose ending should not be recorded
I think that Lyanna was not the only reason for Robert's rebellion, all of Westeros was already tired of Aerys and his madness, to that is added the death of Ned's brother and father. I think the strongest reason for the rebellion was that Aerys ordered the death of Ned and Robert when they had done nothing, it was fight or die and Robert chose to fight. It also doesn't make sense what Randyll Tarly said about Daenerys, about her being a foreigner, it doesn't make sense, Daenerys was born in Dragonstone (Westeros), did Randyll forget that Targaryens were strictly forbidden in Westeros after Roberth won? What did he expect Viserys and Daenerys to do? That they would stay in Westeros when they put a price on their heads?
I think that he meant that Daenerys doesn't know anything about Westeros, nor have any real attachment to that place. For everyone, she us just a foreigber.
Randyll Tarly :Tell about your sister whatever you want but she was born in Westeros . So was Daenerys EXACTLY STUPIDITY OR WRITING IN THIS SEASONS THEY FORGOT
How is it that Jorah is still walking around and not a headless rotting corpse or pile of ashes? He betrayed Dani, so she banished him. He returned with Tyrion and was all set to be executed, but was banished AGAIN. So he returns. AGAIN, and Dani has a change of heart because Jorah now has greyscale, so she sends him off to miraculously find treatment. Given how she treats others, Jorah should've died long ago.
Moderator's note: Ah, the slow reveal. So satisfying! That could only happen because you did not spoil her. Keep it up for a little longer. Thank you.
...and by NOT watching R+L=J. Love this!
Of cause one of the best when even not THE best reaction i ever seen.
Season 1 - "too many characters, I'll never remember their names"
Season 7 - recalls every name and connects dots like freaking Sherlock.
LMAOO
The only thing able to defeat her was Dawn Summers. ;"-D 😵🤯
during the season 1 she also connected the dots during the scene where ned was reading the book about westeros royal families...she is a pure detective.
@@Nicamon Yeah Dawn always existed i did not understand her reaction in Buffy season 5 ^^
@@deusveritasest56 Actually I was wondering another thing...do you think there's some kind of connection between Ben&Glory?🤔I've been wondering for a while,but I'm still not sure...
Jokes aside,Sofie's reaction to Dawn was the *BEST* reaction to Dawn *EVER!* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣She was so adorable,keeping sending the scene back hoping it would change something!!😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Watching the gears turn in your head while you processed the marriage annulment was great 😆
Watching her reaction to the reveal to Dani is going to be spectacular.
@@jeffburnham6611 Come on mate, really?
@@jeffburnham6611 Delete your comment, the rules about spoiling are very clear and you are breaking them.
Wow, amazing that Sophie figured all that out from the conversation between Gilly and Sam. I had no idea what was going on when I was here. 👍💯
Sophie means wisdom
@EYNugget Actually we get our first clue when Drogo is smelling John and allows him to touch him. Has to be Targaryen blood, right.
@@stevenhopwood8195 not really. blood is in his veins as a bastard too. Dragons don't smell weddings
@@TheInvoker78doesn’t change the fact Jon ain’t no bastard.
It's almost as if she secretly watched this season before, it's awfull suspicious considering in earlier seasons she wasn't working out quite a few far more obvious things lol.
You're one of the most observant and sharp GOT reactors, love your vids
Sophie and Don't trust Hannah catch everything 😊
The biggest clue to me was not that Robert was obsessively in love with Lyanna but that NOBODY ever mentions how she loved him back.
Ultimately what she wanted and who she loved didn't really matter as much as the advantage that a Stark-Baratheon- Arryn Alliance bound in Marriage would have brought.
And everyone just assumed that Lyanna would carry out her responsibility.
And people only ever talk about Rhaegar with admiration. He was even a good singer. Oh jeez, this teenage girl and this singing prince have gone off together... Clearly she has been kidnapped, the only explanation.
@@awesimo4684 this singing prince with a father prone to setting his court on fire, and the Nobility of Westeros tend to assume children are like their fathers and it took a lot for Rhaegar to convince the Nobility to give him the benefit of the doubt.
The Stark's knowing the least about Rhaegar due the North's isolation from southern politics, and Aerys responding to Brandons accusation with imprisonment and his father's arrival with atrocity, and then trying to have Robert and Ned executed before they even heard about Lyanna
There's also no mention of Lyanna loving Rhaegar, except for that one scene where she excepts the wreath at Tourney of Harrenhal.
I don't recall a mention of her loving Bobby either.
I love how well she’s caught on and invested in this show. She didn’t just watch episodes along her journey and just didn’t think about the show once the camera was off. She went ahead and learned the history and lore which is multiple hours of her time. You can tell she really enjoys the GOT world. One of my favorite top 5 favorite GOT journeys glad I came along for the ride
"Do you know what the realm is? ...a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie." - Petyr Baelish
Sofie, I just want to say, you are perhaps the most observant reactor I’ve seen. It is so enjoyable to see everything click into place in your mind, and you always seem to remember past conversations by characters. Sure I remember those things too but I’ve seen the series multiple times plus read the books. I love your reactions 😊
reliving this story through her eyes is really interesting and fascinating! plus shes quite smart and observant and her memory is basically non Obliviated ;) which makes for a sharp and acute observer!
Remember what Oberyn said to Tyrion... "Rhaegar chose another woman..."
He said "beautiful, noble Rhaegar Targaryen left her [Elia] for another woman"...which has an even more passive tone if you think about it...
Dorne knew what was going on, otherwise Rhaegar wouldn't have been able to leave her in Dorne in the the Tower of Joy...
(Though, I think the Tower of Joy was on land belonging to the Dayne family?)
Regardless, let's a hell of a move to hide your "mistress" in your wife's family's kingdom if you didn't have your wife's approval / blessing in some capacity...
I think any hard feelings from the Martells is because Rhaegar didn't do enough to keep Elia and the children safe, while Lyanna and the child were far away from the fighting protected by 3 Kingsguard - including Arthur Dayne, the legendary Sword of the Morning.
@@jcompton8507 But according to the show Lyanna wasnt a mistress. She was chosen by Rheagar and she chose him too.
It is so satisfying seeing everyone who had been scattered around in their separate plots being gathered together. Jon, Tormund, Jorah, Gendry, Davos, The Hound, The Brotherhood ... it really is The Dream Team of badassery 😎
Arya and Brienne should be there for the definitive team
except its all around a plan that makes zero sense
@@starsimvidz creatively it made sense because, it happened.
@@dmp1520 lol no.. the wight hunt plan was so nonsensical that it killed the immersion of the series, and made the final act of the show hard to buy into.
@@starsimvidz oh i know... i was being sarcastic paraphrasing those 2 geniuses's famous line of " creatively it made sense to us because we wanted it to happen " ... before the hunt, Jaime and several other things were already being very nonsensical...
"house glover will stand behind house stark as we have for a thousand yerars and i will fight besides john snow, the king in the north". that lasted like 2 weeks
I love how you caught the hint about Jon not being a bastard. I'm ashamed to say I didn't get it the first time I watched the episode. I think I watched an analysis of the episode before I realized.
I'm impressed by how well you kept track of the plot and of Jon's identity.
I laugh everytime you called him "MiddleFinger" 😂😂
Jon, Tormund, Beric, Thoros, Jorah and Gendry: *Yay, we're gonna save the world!*
The Hound: *I hate you all...I wanna go home!*
I loved you figuring out the stuff about John. You asked the right questions that are still a mystery even in the books. We don't have Rhaegar's or Lyanna's perspective and motivations and both were really complicated characters. Especially Rhaeghar and his relationship with prophecy which isn't explored in the show.
In season one the Rhaegar-Lyanna-Story is only told from Robert's point of View. He just wanted to believe that Lyanna could not love another men. That would have hurt His pride.
Wow! Best reaction to this video ever! An well done to the editor for leaving so much 'Thinking Time' in the final cut - really shows each penny dropping as Sophie works it all out like Sherlock Holmes! It' like everything that went on in my head when I first watched it - I was going over it for days over and over. The fact that Sam has so little regard for the revelation due to lack of context just makes it that much more awesome. Well done Sophie for not only a great reaction, but for such insight and recollection of all the facts, and taking the time to fully digest the implications! Bravo!
The moment Sofie think and realise the answer herself is precious. I can watch 1hour long of that and still happy.
the use of Xfiles music was hilariously done haha.
@@dmp1520 that's also true😁
It's crazy that the map table @ 07:00 basically has LED lighting in it and none of them know it
I appreciate your interpersonal understanding. That’s been an issue for me. And exposing the callbacks so easily. Very good job young lady.
That was classic seeing you put that together! Bravo!
loved watching you piece it together :)
I know, right? An amazing reaction and fun to watch!
Sofie is just brilliant. I watched lots of reactors and Sofie can put together clues like nobody else.
If someone had told you a few seasons back that Jon Snow, The Hound, Ser Jorah, a wildling and Robert's bastard son would go on a trip beyond the wall together - would you have believed it? 😂
Someone has been paying attention. Well done! You are one of the few.
(If you were a hell of a writer - what secrets, plots and misunderstandings would you work out for this kind of story …?)
These are the words you required: “… Maynard says here that he issued an annulment for Prince “Raggar” and remarried him to someone else at the same time in a secret ceremony in Dorne.” No more, no less.
Very nice X-files touch, by the way! 15:15 - 20:15. Plain intelligence and logic. That moment is from now on probably my favourite moment of all GoT reactions. And I have seen A LOT!
I was in a group when I watched this episode the 1st time. I felt proud because it was the only time I ever made an entire group of people say "oh my God you're probably right!"
When Drogon flew down and came up to Jon I said "Aww.....thats SO cool. Drogon knows who he is for sure, he just ran up to Jon like a puppy excited to see the kids home from school."
Love Gendry having his weapon the same one Robert had through the rebellion.
The edit on the marriage part 😂 I love it. The amount of hints on Rhaegars kind nature that many didn’t catch is normal :)
I swear Sofie you are psychic ! You figure things out quickly ; when I watched series originally it took me forever to piece things together.
Love your videos. Can’t believe how you figured everything out, I missed it on my first watch, your as smart as you are beautiful.
I love Gendry swings a hammer like his Father did
Yes Yes Yes, Jon's parents were legit. The nobody was sumbody
The x files music killed me. Man that gilly scene went right over my head when I watched it
Dany respects and is attracted to Jon because he isn't instantly simping on her like almost every other young man who meets her. He's staying on point and is noble to his cause and people. She's not used to someone being like that and she is attracted and intrigued.
A hammer like his dad 😢 this evil show makes me so sentimental
A lot of people forget it’s Sams job to transcribe all those books he probably read that and just didn’t have the context to fit it into the larger puzzle
Anytime you have a "why would they do that?" moment from here on out, just remember.. These later seasons have completely different writers. (meaning not George) You will have to get to know these "characters" all over again because they are new people basically.
jaime has been lobotomised and lost his balls and sense of rediscovery and redemption... such a cute puppy for cercei... its painfull to watch...
The Rebellion wasnt about Lyanna - that was the lie Robert liked to tell himself to look noble and heroic. Neds loyalty was pulled in the middle - his best friend who was more than brother and his beloved sister, her babe who now was Targaryan Heir. Ned knows full well what Robert was like.
Ned's father and brother weren't brutally tortured and murdered, I guess.
Well, to be fair, Targaryens are from Valyria. They are invaders from the beginning. And even without that fact, in Lord Tarly's perspective, they rebelled against the Mad King and made the Baratheons the royal family. So to his POV, the Targaryens no longer have ties to the throne.
But the Targs had lived in Westeros for 400 years by the time they were overthrown: over 100 years as Lords of Dragonstone followed by 300 years as the Royal Family.
C'mon, can you still really call them immigrants? No one except the Children of the Forest were native to Westeros. The First Men and the Andals and everyone listed in the titles of the ruler of Westeros all migrated or immigrated over.
As for Randall Tarly, he and his armies fought **for**the Targaryens in the Rebellion. He was one of the Targ's best generals and won battles for them.
This is one of those times where Dan and Dave's writing reeeeeeally didn't make sense post- books. (And it once again shows that they really only bothered to read and know the first 3-ish books...)
@@jcompton8507 The Targaryens founded the 7 kingdoms without them the realm went back to infighting. The realm is the Targaryens.
I’m honestly amazed at how much you absorb in…. Like, I needed everything practically spelled out to me to get it 😂
Ad Cersei: very good assessment, the plan to convince her is quite dumb ;)
Ad Rheagar: you're a genius, very few catch that :)
The plan to go north to bring a wight back is the first major plotline written by D&D, not from the book or from GRRM's advice.
Incidentally, it's also a stupid plotline.
@@Raminagrobisfr stupid but epic to see.
@@deusveritasest56 The name of the show from now on.
The Westeros version of the A Team had me cackling 😂
same 😂😂😂
Lyanna Stark is GOT's Helen of Troy.❤
Your reactions are so wholesome. I love it. I'm starting from season 1 episode 1 with you now. Fantastic 👌
she has the best reaction f this show ever
17:17 "How can it be just a rumor? A lot of people died because of it" War propaganda is very powerful and very real. It still goes on in the real world to this day. You would be absolutely gobsmacked to learn about some of the real life rumors you still believe.
This is quite a potential turn of events from Jon lying dead in the snow at Castle Black, isn't it?
Roberts rebellion wasnt against Raegar - it was against mad king
and reager -reaper its only one of many reasons wich made rebellion so widespreaded
You killed it my lady . Awesome reaction. Keep the train rolling 😊
Cersei wasn't pregnant. It was a like used to manipulate Jamie.
This girl is real GOT fan y’all ❤
You had me worried for a moment about the marriage annulment. I thought you totally zoned out.
Dany was born in Westeros and some of Randyll's line just don't make sense. They could have just changed the lines a bit and it would have been fine.
"I'm not like Cersei"
"Bend the knee or die"
...Ah yes, logic.
Bend the knee or die is what any true ruler says.
Cersei blew a whole temple and had bastard sons with her twin and then but the bastards on the throne. If you are gonna compare Dany with someone horrible compare her to Ramsey.
Oh please do 2 episodes ... Can't wait a whole week 😬
Technically the Targaryens were originally foreign conquerors so in a way he is right when he says that she has to ties to Westeros.
Except so did the Andals before them? The Targaryans have married into Westeros families for centuries, so no he didnt have a point. Danys line in particular has many ties across Westeros 🤷🏻♀️
The Tarlys have blood ties to the First Men. Even though the Tarlys took on the Faith of the Seven(Andals), the Tarlys could look at the Targaryens as foreign if they wanna be petty 😂.
@@gypsysoul.But before the Targaryens there was no such thing as the seven kingdoms. The Targaryens founded a united Westeros and kept it for 300 years.
House Tarly will likely be passed on too Sam's sister, rather than himself. He still fortfeited all rights of inheritence when he joined the Nights Watch and now training to be a Maester. OR it will pass on to Sam Jr, Gilly's son. Sams mother is a very understanding, kind and loving person. I imagine she wouldnt care if Sam Jr became the new Lord of House Tarly. That would be so nice!
House Baratheon was founded by the bastard half-brother of Aegon the Conqueror, so Robert had some claims to the throne. Robert said it was Ned choice not to be the king in his place, but I'm not certain of what would had truly happened if Ned really sat on the throne first. The rebellion started for interests, and because the Mad King pissed off a lot of people. Lyanna was certainly kidnapped... from the point of view of lords who considered women properties of their respective houses. About the violence, it was probably a rumor started by Robert - he was so obsessed that maybe he believed it himself - to slander Rhaegar's, the heir's, excellent reputation.
Robert was a douchebag who didn't want to believe that there's a woman who doesn't want him. It's likely that Lyanna even wrote him that she loves Rhaegar.
@@iliboxic7586 to be honest, I can't say Rhaegar was much better. He already had a beautiful, gentle wife and two children. I think his decision was purely dictated by him believing the prophecy of the song of ice and fire instead of love. But it's unknown what he found out, and we'll probably never know.
@@mimmo4762 Nobody knows what kind of a person Elia really was. It's possible that she even had an affair with the mad king and it's nearly sure that Rhaegar never loved her.
@@iliboxic7586 no, you're mixing characters. That was Tywin's wife. We have sufficient description of Elia Martel, and everyone talks positively about her. And yes, maybe there was never romantic love between them, but there exists a little thing called "responsibility".
@@mimmo4762 It was simple Rheagar needed 3 sons to fulfill his drag dream and Elia couldnt provide more sons. One of those dreams was the promise of the song of ice and fire that refers to a child from the Starks and the Targaryens a promise once made to lord Cregan Stark from Jacaerys Targaryen.
The victor writes the tale and the perished shall be the villain. Suspected it since the first episode that he is her son.
15:16 NOT THE X-FILES THEME 😂😂😂
Girl ♡♡
Reactions often feel like a genre of watching dumb people being dumb, but there are a few of you I count on to actually figure stuff out. Good job on the Rhayegar story 👍
Lyanna was kidnapped yes but she was never reaped you are right saying that it was a nasty rumour ❤
Loved the use of X-Files music. The truth is out there indeed. 🙂
My Dear,yor thinking was exactly correct,like mine and all everyone else,but remember what you was saying about Sir Arthur Dane,Rhaegar didn't take his best warrior to a battle but send him to protect tower with pitch he kidnap and rape 🤔
Sofie be so slow 😂😂😂😂😂.... ❤
Now aren't you glad you stayed with it? Lol😂
Not only does Jon being Rhaegar's trueborn son give him a claim to the Throne, but, according to the rules of primogeniture, it makes Jon senior to Dany in the Targaryen line of succession, and thus the legitimate Targaryen pretender.
As far as Lyanna goes: She really did not want to marry Robert. I believe in the books there's mention of Lyanna having confided in her brother Brandon, after their father Rickard had betrothed her to Robert, that she particularly did not want to marry Robert because he was a womanizing drunk.
Lyanna and Rhaegar fell for each other at Harrenhal. Lyanna fell for Rhaegar when he sang at the feast. Rhaegar fell for Lyanna when Aerys tasked him with finding out who the knight of the laughing tree was and Rhaegar discovered it was Lyanna. So, Lyanna fell in love with Rhaegar's gentle soul, and Rhaegar fell in love with Lyanna's strong personality and sense of justice. However, their love was still quite forbidden, as Rhaegar was still married to Elia and Lyanna was betrothed to Robert when they fell for each other, so Rhaegar procured a quick annulment of his marriage to Elia and Rhaegar and Lyanna proceded to elope without telling anyone.
Brandon Stark had assumed that Rhaegar had kidnapped his sister, so he went down to King's Landing with a hot head to demand that Aerys bring Rhaegar to justice for the abduction. Aerys, who himself was not aware of the elopement, was suddenly faced with an angry noble demanding his son's head. Aerys interpreted this as a threat, and threatening the heir apparent to the Throne is very much high treason, so things snowballed from there.
Aerys demanded that Rickard Stark appear in King's Landing to answer for his son's treason. When Rickard appeared, Aerys had Rickard and Brandon killed, but even this wasn't the real spark that set off the rebellion. What really set off the rebellion is what Aerys did next: He sent a raven to Jon Arryn demanding that he turn over his wards, Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon.
Knowing how that would turn out, Jon Arryn decided instead to raise the Knights of the Vale in rebellion while allowing Ned and Robert to slip away and raise the Northern and Stormlander armies in turn. Then Ned married Cat Tully, at which point Hoster Tully joined the rebellion as well, leaving a situation where the Vale, the North, the Stormlands, and the Trident formed a coalition fighting to overthrow Aerys, while the Reach and Dorne remained loyal, and the Westerlands sat on the fence until Tywin Lannister could judge who the winner was going to be.
Then Rhaegar was killed in battle while leading the royal army at the Battle of the Trident, and Lyanna died on her childbed after giving birth to Jon. Really a tragic story.
I've never seen anyone more dedicated to the friend-zone than Ser Jorah 😂
the fact that the writers had Tyrion Lannister, the smartest character in the series, come up with the dumbest most nonsensical plan in the entire show... was the jump the shark moment for me for this series. I had nitpicks, but until (and including) 7x04, this was the greatest show ever made.
this always gave me the fellowship of the rings vibes
The one guard at 11:57 is the dude who played Ned Stark... at the stage play.
Great catch, great reaction!
I love your productive silences, why didn't Rhaegar leave his father emeritus? Why didn't they tell the Starks that the kidnapping was a lie from Littlefinger? Rhaegar fulfilled the prophecy by marrying Lyanna and having Jon but many details are missing
Baelish to Varys: "The realm. Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies, a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie.".
The X-Files music cracked me up. Hilarious.
travel time has always been inconsistent but in this episode Davos travels from Dragonstone to King's Landing, back to Dragonstone and then all the way up to the wall, each time in one quick cut without even a single shot of the actual travelling.
The whole storyline about Arya and Sansa bickering at Winterfell and the whole storyline about getting a wight to show Cersei are both really really dumb.
👋👋👋👋👋👋Sofie- you are very smart!
292,000 and counting!
Remember when the witch told cersei that she would have three kids? 😬 By the time tommen died, she already beleived what the witch had told her was true, and thats why she wasnt upset. So either shes lying to Jamie, or shes pregnant and knows that it wont survive (remember that she had ”a black haired beauty ” with Robert). But since qyburn was there, i think shes actually pregnant
Sweet Summerchild, next Episode , your not ready for it...
very good sofie when u were figuring it out i remembered ur reaction 2 the very first episode u come a long way sofie
8:07 Sofie Reaction 😍😍
The Westeros' version of the A Team.. I like it. ODA Westeros.
Amazing Sophie. You are very sharp.
Now would be the best time to watch the R+L=J video i think
Good ep. Some scenes felt slow but I do like how things are coming together and where storylines are going.
GENDRY IS ALIVE GENDRY IS ALIVE. I love him. I loved his interaction with Davos. Davos is hilarious. He is so fun to watch, what a great character. I also enjoyed the Jon and Gendry scene. And now they are with the hound too? I love how people come together on this show!
Jorah and Dany reuniting was sweet. I am a tad worried about Dany and getting too power hungry. She has been acting a bit off. But I think she is a good balance between doing what she needs to do and keeping the peace. At least for now. She gave those men a choice to live or die and they chose wrong. That's not really on her imo. She has a war to fight. She can't just let the enemy go. Innocent people are still being protected. They were not innocent. Also, Dany not wanting Jon to go and saying she's grown fond of him? Cute.
I didn't care for the Sansa and Arya drama but Sansa is acting suspicious to me. I worry about her. I am always team Arya. I knew that Little Finger was going to manipulate the situation.
Sam is the best. I love how logical he is. I am glad he left because his SL was sort of boring . I want him to be back with the gang.
Glad Bronne and Jamie survived. Glad Jaime told Cersei about Olenna. And EW at her being pregnant. Whyyyyy. Why is the show torturing me with this J/C thing? It makes me hate Jamie tbh. I did enjoy the Tyrion and Jaime interaction too and glad Jaime didn't hurt him.
next episode " Hail TO THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN "
"The Suicide Squad".
Bronn makes Phelps look like a bad swimmer
Wow I just realized Tyrion is the one who came up with this plan and basically ends causing the wall to fall and Viserion to die. D&D ruined him
I know it's already been said by many critics, content creators from ASOIAF channels and so on... but I HATE how the writters trapped Daenerys and framed her in a totally unrealistic way (by Game of thrones standards). Aegon the Conqueror did exactly what Daenerys just did to the Tarlys this episode, his modus operandi was: offer the chance to surrender and if they refused he burned them alive. Harrenhal is that twisted cursed castle because Aegon burned King Harren and his entire family and servents alive insed it when He refused to bend the knee, he and his sisters annihilated the entire family of the Gardener King in the field of fire, He Burned down most of the dornish cities when the Martells Killed his Sister Rhaenys. When met with insubordination and refusal to surrender he resorted to violence, this is war after all. Does anyone called Him "The Mad king" for it? The writters placed Daenerys in a no-win situation: If she listens to her advisors she loses, if she doesn't she loses and of branded unreasonable (or crazy). Yes she has the blood of the Dragon, she is capable of extreme violence, but it was always used to stop even worst kinds of violence, such as slavory and to protect the weak. And the final to seasons the showrunners decided to assassinate her whole character and go with "Woman do be acting crazy sometimes right?", gosh, it was ridiculous.
You can say it louder..., but not more clearly, I can't stand the phrase "I could already see it coming." Bravo for Daenerys DD couldn't handle her, The Best Series, whose ending should not be recorded
R+L=J is going to be satisfying
I said it and I'll say it again: you're incredibly sharp and smart.
X-Files, slow push-in, great editing.
jon is not because the mad king name viserys heir when rhaegal dead so daenerys is the real heir
Aces!!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
⚜️ Dragons sense a great deal.
I think that Lyanna was not the only reason for Robert's rebellion, all of Westeros was already tired of Aerys and his madness, to that is added the death of Ned's brother and father. I think the strongest reason for the rebellion was that Aerys ordered the death of Ned and Robert when they had done nothing, it was fight or die and Robert chose to fight.
It also doesn't make sense what Randyll Tarly said about Daenerys, about her being a foreigner, it doesn't make sense, Daenerys was born in Dragonstone (Westeros), did Randyll forget that Targaryens were strictly forbidden in Westeros after Roberth won? What did he expect Viserys and Daenerys to do? That they would stay in Westeros when they put a price on their heads?
I think that he meant that Daenerys doesn't know anything about Westeros, nor have any real attachment to that place. For everyone, she us just a foreigber.
Randyll Tarly :Tell about your sister whatever you want but she was born in Westeros .
So was Daenerys
EXACTLY STUPIDITY OR WRITING IN THIS SEASONS THEY FORGOT
@@TheReDeeMeR1988 The guy is 90 years old he probably bended the knee to the mad king so he wouldnt burn.
How is it that Jorah is still walking around and not a headless rotting corpse or pile of ashes? He betrayed Dani, so she banished him. He returned with Tyrion and was all set to be executed, but was banished AGAIN. So he returns. AGAIN, and Dani has a change of heart because Jorah now has greyscale, so she sends him off to miraculously find treatment. Given how she treats others, Jorah should've died long ago.
I always say Sofie is the smartest reactor...
I feel so cheated that I couldn’t pause the show to figure things out. Silly me had to go and watch the show week to week…silly bastard.