They TEASED us ‼️House of the Dragon 2x08 REACTION/COMMENTARY| "The Queen Who Ever Was"
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Rhaena: I may lost the babies, but I gained a dragon 😂
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I want to say Ewan playing Aemond is phenomenal. He let his eye fill with a tear, but at the right moment reined it back in to compose himself. WILD
Brynden Rivers aka Blood Raven A Targaryen Bastard confirming a theory that first stemmed from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books. u seeing his younger version the same guy we saw in GOT at his old age
We are probably going to meet him in A Kinght of the seven kingdoms spin-off series next year, too.
@@MayhapsYes I hope so, hes one of the main players in that book series. Honestly one of my favorite characters
As of rn, if Larys’ idea comes to life, Daeron would probably be Aegon’s heir.
What TF is compelling Rhaenyra to say fluffy, nice stuff like "You have much changed 😏" and "You speak as if from a distant dream" after Alicent literally just decided to sacrifice her whole family and her house. Dude, you just asked your childhood bestfriend to hand over the life of her son(s) and you're talking as if you two are high school besties who are now rekindling your friendship after some petty argument that only lasted two days. Even King Robert and Ned Stark displayed more tension, frustration, and regret in a similar matter. And that was over the sacrifice of a Direwolf, yet alone children! Why are people not seeing this?!?!
they really need to let this "friendship" die. It's gen illogical, unrealistic and immersion breaking at this point.
Glad you see how insane alicent’s decision making was at the end there.
Alicent forced Aegon to usurp Rhaenyra by telling him that Rhaenyra would kill him is she became the queen to secure her throne. He even said that he will not challenge her and was ready to leave Kings landing. Fast forward to now, Alicent is betraying him for the freedom of her and Helena. I mean... what was the point then?
Also, Aegon's son was killed brutally in his own castle. "A son for a son" did the writers forget about his murder?
People learn/change/etc.. I liked Alicents part in the scene better than Rhaenyra's high horse. It's like Sofie said: already her grandson was taken. Not only Alicents has changed, also Rhaemyra: she was about to unleash her dragons on Kings Landing.
SHE TAUGHT HER CHILDREN TO BETRAY FAMILY FROM A YOUNG AGE. There is no sympathy for that woman. Evil b* tch.
The writers might be more incompetent than D&D so don’t have your hopes too high for this last season or two.
also did they forget about the RIverland Lords? They should have knelt the moment she walked in, but somehow after several episodes of the RIverland lords expressing their hatred for Daemon and straight up telling him they would never serve him, that they were specifically swearing to Rhaenyra, all of a sudden they just stand there looking for Daemon and waiting to follow his lead?
I get the son for a son thing but technically Rhaenyra lost 2 children to the greens. Lucerys and the miscarriage of her daughter "Visenya" I think.
Harrenhall is where Rhaenys was denied the crown and earned the title the queen who never was. Same hall is filled with roars for rhaenyra❤️
Don’t worry, you’ll learn some more about the three eyed raven AKA Brynden Rivers when the Dunk & Egg series drops.
Aemond burned sharp point, a strong supporter of the black in fury which is a strategic play according to the showrunner, yet they did a terrible thing explaining it . He is right in wanting to halaena to fight and Alicent just sacrificed her entire family, she is a worse person than Aemond yet the writers are trying to make her sympathetic lmao?!?!
writers thought they were cooking with rhaenyra alicent scene, that whole scene was so damn stupid
This Rhaenicent fanfic bs needs to be stopped fr lol
Just as stupid as the phrase "cooking"....
@@mauratlantean3002 For real, this shit is Aegon vs Rhaenyra no Alicent vs Rhaenyra, if it is for Alicent we would stay out of series in no time. horrible Characterization of her
Finally... someone said it...
I know they want to give them more scenes together... but a good way would have been for alicent to be captured by rhanyeras ppl when she went on her vacation in the woods... she did not need to be in kingslanding to stop aemond from forcing halaena to fight... haleana could hv handled aemond on her own
Yes Haelena was connected to Damon
She says it to him
You can even see her lips kinda move and also her eyebrows
She was there with him
I knew you are my favorite reactor for a reason. You just summed up everything I felt about the episode.
Helaena just spoiled the biggest battle above God's Eye, where Aemond foughts with Daemon. Even in that battle Caraxes changes the sex from male to female to fight Vhagar!
Was anybody else like, "Is that Philosophy Tube?!"
14:25 I don't think so. Smallfolks aren't wildlings, especially if they lived in Kings Landing, so even without exposure to the court, , a small folk knows the lower their voices and their heads in precense of Royalty, Ulf knows it too, he he was braggin at tarvern but when Aegon shwed up there, he did as everyone else and showed respect, he didn't do that here and that's because he think high of himself since he became a Dragon Rider/
It’s both. Yes he knows better but not all of high court. But yes mainly he thinks he’s equal to everyone now or better cause a dragon rider. Way outta line and not funny goof but needs checked hard like jace did. But it didn’t take so daemon or rhaenyra to check him if does again.
Just say you're mad because he's not meat riding your favorite character 😂
@@mauratlantean3002 cause he’s not “meat riding” daemon. Why would he? That’s my fav character so what you said makes no sense. Gotta think sometimes buddy 🤣
@@GlennShookI was rather talking to the other person, but I think Daemon would have put Ulf in his place violently 😂 even if he became a little puss this season
@@mauratlantean3002 random! I'm meat rider for stating facts now?
Sofie, I think you'd love the books. And if you ever decide to read the main series, I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts on it!
There's also the "Dunk and Egg novellas", the first three collected in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", about 350 pages total. They can be read separately from the main series, and if you love Brienne, you'll love those novellas.
You're so insightful and compassionate, thank you ❤
Aegon will be back 👑
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Helaena is a dragon dreamer so the fact that the other magic in the world is the greenseers to the weirwood net aka the trees it's saying that Heaena as a dragon dreamer I'm assuming they're stating that the magics are similar so she's able to connect to the vision that Alice was showing him in the weirwood net in real time. Helaena is powerful
That's actually a really big lore problem: the two magics are not similar and cannot be more different. Also, you can't connect to the weirwood net without a weirwood, and there is none in King's Landing.
We literally saw the Weirwood tree multiple times in the red keep😂 have you not been paying attention?@@mimmo4762
@@mimmo4762 We've seen a weirwood in the Red Keep gardens. I don't know why they couldn't have Helaena interacting with it, if they had to shove her into Daemon's plotline.
@@Empxenu that was an oak resembling a weirwood tree. And even as an oak, that is a botanical error: Red Keep is a young fortress built no more than 150 years before, and there is no way that young on an oak was that big. Also, if it really was an heart tree, that is an an additional lore error: when the Andals invaded Westeros 6000 years prior, they brought the cult of the seven and destroyed every weirwood tree in the south, while only those in ancient castles survived: Red Keep didn't even existed at that time. And even if they somehow and somewhy planted a weirwood tree in Red Keep after its construction, Baelor I (who made the cult of the Seven the official religion of the reign) would have burned it 50 years before the events of the show.
So, it not like that you can't make things work, but errors keep piling up.
@@mimmo4762 Why would they show a tree resembling a weirwood if it wasn't intended to be? And your timeline is wrong - Baelor was born after the Dance. 50 years before the show was during the reign of Jaehaerys I.
Alicent character is utterly ruined. The show runners destroyed her just to feed into Rhaenicent bs.
The Gods Eye is a huge and significant lake in Westeros. It is deeply tied to the old magic of the land, like Harrenhal, and is the body of water that Rhaenyra and Addam are seen flying over in the following scene.
13:13 I was waiting for that, given your reaction history 😅
alicent went willing to betray aemond but was forced to betray aegon for the good of the realm, the idea is that once rhaenyra takes the throne the lords of the realm will bend the knee and dareon, criston, halaena, jaehera, otto and gwayne will be allowed to live.
haha the blacks are all fools. That shit is no gonna happen, Rhaenyra has to exterminate all of them as much as Aegon has to, to the blacks. if it is not them then any of their teams would do, that is how it was done in those times or you think Rhaenyra and the rest are living with human rights, a constitution and established laws or are good people? haha if you think they are good please dont answer,
The creature in the Godswood was a Green Man. They live on the Isle Of Faces in the Gods Eye, which is the lake next to Harrenhal. Almost nobody gets to see them since the Isle is magically protected and almost nobody gets to go there. The Isle is covered in weirwood trees and is the place where The Pact was signed, thousands of years ago, between the Children Of The Forest and the First Men. It will probably have an important role to play in the main GoT timeline when/if GRRM ever gets around to finishing the series.
The Three-Eyed-Crow that Daemon saw in his vision is probably Bryndon Rivers aka Bloodraven: he was born way after Deamon's time and has a long and fascinating history. He's the same Three-Eyed Crow who trained Bran in the main series.
Remember, Alicent didn't set out to give Aegon up to be executed, she tried to save him by cutting a deal whereby he'd bend the knee to Rhaenyra, but Rhaenyra, correctly, said that wasn't enough. Thousands of smallfolk have already died on the premise that which nobleman/noblewoman sits on the Iron Throne is a matter so important that it's worth it. It can't just end with a handshake and gentlemens' agreement to forget it all, because a) that dimishes the value of all the death and suffering, and b) it only sets The Realm up for a re-run 10 or 20 years later. Ironically, Rhaenyra has just proved all Alicent and Otto's earlier fears correct: she always would have had to kill Aegon sooner or later, even if it's taken her years to come to terms with it herself. Even if Aegon had never even tried to take the throne, the simple fact of his existence, and the belief amongst many that he should, by right and custom, have sat the throne instead of her, would mean that plots and treasons would swirl around him like flies around a honeypot, even if he never initiated them. As for Aemond, he is outside Alicent's control and both she and Rhaenyra know it, so what's the point them cutting a deal over him? Aemond's gonna Aemond whatever they agree.
This season was not only affected by HBO lopping two episodes off it late in the day, after it had been written for ten, but also by the writer's strike, which meant they couldn't amend dialogue and scripts on the fly as shooting progressed and opportunities arose or disappeared. This probably explains the bitty Rhaena-chasing-the-dragon sequences: they only had a small amount that was scripted, so they shot as much footage as they could within that limit and then stretched it out as far as they could in the edit. It probably also explains why it didn't end on a bit set-piece battle or action scene. It's no great spoiler to reveal that the next big battle is a sea battle in The Gullet: there's no way they could have squeezed the cost of extras, sets and CGI for that into this season when it had already been cut short for budgetary reasons.
Very good comment! I completely concur.
About the scene between Rhaenyra and Alicent: I think Alicent realized that there was no reasoning with Rhaenyra and she had to give up Aegon and Aemond and Daeron were beyond the control of Rhaenyra at that moment.
Yeah I loved the scene with Alicent and Rhaenyra. Alicent wanted to relinquish the responsibility of holding the throne by allowing a bloodless takeover, but Rhaenyra correctly laid out what the difference was between the previous offer and now. Too many arms have been declared and loss to just end it with words.
Aemond is a kinslayer. I think she knows he will meet a nasty end no matter what she does, but she tried to save Aegon and Halena.
That stark theme always pulls at the heart strings ❤
Easter Egg: The Weirwood at Harrenhal has a special face, that of the creator, George R.R. Martin... all hail!
The creature in the Godswood at Harrenhal was a Greenman. They are an ancient sacred order charged with protecting the Isle of Gaces in the Godseye lake.
In the visions Daemon had, we saw Ser Brynden Rivers, aka Bloodraven, bastard son of King Aegon IV, the man who would later become the Three-Eyed Raven and taught Bran Stark to succeed him as the Three-Eyed Raven. After Daemon, Bloodraven also wielded Dark Sister, one of the two Valyrian steel ancestral swords of House Targaryen. There is a not-so-popular, yet interesting, theory that Daemon and Bloodraven are the same person. We will see more of Bloodraven in HBO's new upcoming series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, but not until season 3 of that show, if they match 1 book to 1 season.
That show centers around a wandering Hedge Knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his loyal squire, Egg. "Egg" is short for Aegon, as in Targaryen, future King Aegon Targaryen, Fourth of his name. But only Dunk, Egg, and Egg's father know Egg's true identity. You may remember in Game of Thrones, when Maester Aemon was dying he was talking to his little brother, Egg, that's this Aegon.
We will also get to see a young Maester Aemon, and I am hoping we also get to see a young Lady Olenna Tyrell. I think that's who Maester Aemon was referring to when he told Sam he had once been in love.
On a side note, Ser Duncan the Tall is the grandfather of Hodor and great-grandfather of Brienne of Tarth.
So, while we may have to wait 2 years for another House of the Dragon, we won't have to wait 2 years for a new Westeros show. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms should premiere in early-ish 2025.
i dont think they are portraying it as a moral choice to execute aegon. i think they are trying to say it's a necessity. that the world would not acknowledge rhaenyra as the queen as long as the current king and the previous king's firstborn son is alive and can one day return and have the favour of people. but i agree that aemond and daeron being next in line pose a similar threat. i think it might be implied aemond would not be allowed to live either, not just because of his status but also because of him having vhagar. seems like what otto intimidated alicent with to push her into preparing her son to rule is coming to fruition, but it wouldn't have become such necessity if alicent didn't push aegon towards ruling. it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. and i think the show portrays alicent as a bad mother who made many mistakes. the black side isn't all nice and fluffy either but they could be portrayed more flawed for sure
This season was originally written to have 10 episodes. However, after all the episode scripts were done HBO's executives reduced the episode count to 8. Then shortly after the writers striked started. This season basically was written to have 10 episodes, hence the anticlimactic ending.
Sure but with the way the seasons was already I liked some but had a lot of issues I don't know if 2 more episodes would have automatically made things better
Thank you. I think first person to see and think that Helena was speaking in the vision right to daemon and they both knew it.
glad you got how weird the Alicent stuff is
Sofie the best 👍👌
Daemon saw Brynden Rivers "Bloodraven" a Targaryen bastard, the death of the dragons, his death, the red star bleeding, Daenerys eggs and Daenerys with her dragons
yeah... Helena, the spoiler queen, went a bit overboard. The God's Eye is a specific place, mentioned in previous episodes too, and you can easy find out where it is, but knowing it will be an even bigger spoiler, so your choice.
Actually, Targaryen's dragon dreams and green seers' visions belongs to completely different magic systems, so there is no reasons why Helena should have both: it's an enormous lore hole created by the show.
I'm sure there will be super satisfying pay offs... IN TWO YEARS
I loved the finale. Ser Simon Strong was the best. I've enjoyed your reactions to both seasons. I'm ready for season 3 now. #TEAMBLACK.
If the chapter is not especially good, we always have the music, the performances, Enma and Olivia are incredible and the shots, it is a pretty good chapter 8 but not a good final chapter, the forced cutting of the last two is too noticeable chapters. Of course, season 3 is going to start strong, I think we are going to regret wanting "something to happen"I guess they only talk about Eagon because it is clear to Eamond that he can die in battle.
👑 [22:06] "You are the *One* *True* *Reaction* *Queen* , SoFie. First of her name. Protector of the Plot Lines. Sworn enemy of spoilers. We are meant to serve; to Like and Subscribe, and Comment below." 🦵🗡 [33:10] Interesting that everyone believes there will _be_ a "next season". HBO just cut the two most important episodes of their most important series, for financial reasons. Will this get _better_ in the next year? 🔥💰💸💸💸🔥
[29:21] Might I humbly suggest, my Queen, that you revisit the final shots of Rhaenyra, surrounded, and weighted down by the scrolls of history, and Alicent, staring into the sunrise, seemingly unburdened...
I read a couple of articles that state yes they did cut this Season by 2 Episodes due to budget. The budget is a huge issue the estimated budget for The Battle of the Gullet that they basically Mic dropped in this Episode as they did Rhaenyra taking King's Landing each will cost an upwards of 30 million each. Which is why Season 3 was cut to 8 Episodes as is Season 4 the final Season according varies blogs and recent articles since the backlash of this Episode.
I mean nobody is safe right now in this economy honestly.. Its been in turmoil for almost 4 years for F sake!!!
Sofie, All the army and the men marching behind Rhaenyra to see victory, they are not fools.They are lords and knights. They would demand beheading of the enemy. Otherwise they would not respect her as a conqueror or a ruler. It's not that simple.😂😂😂 if it was revenge that Rhaenyra wanted, she would have asked for Aemond's head. But she is not looking fot Revenge. She has to ut an end to the person who usurped her throne and it has to be Aegon, bcoz he is the king.
You are kidding yourself if you think Rhaenyra or her council would not demand Aemonds head. In fact, the entire Green Council would be executed.
Yeah she understands that. The issue is Alicent selling her children to the enemy even though she was the one who practically made Aegon king. The mothers who would and did burn the entire world for the safety of their children like Cersei or Catelyn would not rest until they see Alicent's head on a spike after what she has done.
@@phelinx623 Alicent is a bi.tch and a terrible mother, I would have liked for cersei to hunt down that motherfucker.
I think Rhaenyra takes Aemond's death for granted. He will be killed in dragon battle during the war by her six dragons so there is no need to ask for his head. It's different when it comes to Aegon who was supposed to be in a chamber in King's landing when she takes the throne. It's also symbolic for the people, a sure sign of victory.
As for Daeron, I don't think she necessarily needs his head. He can be a hostage to make Oldtown cooperate or make peace with a marriage pact. In this war he is still an 'innocent'. Of course that's about to change as he is joining the war effort on his dragon.
@@freeloadingmf it doesn't matter if Daeron is innocent or not. As long as he is alive, he is a threat to Rhaenyra as he has a better claim than her.
@@sanalk1444 Not necessarily, he can't do anything without support. Like I said, they can take him hostage to ensure Oldtown and other Green Houses' compliance or he can be married to someone like Rhaena and promised Driftmark for peace. It's a tomorrow problem where death is not the only possible solution. Aegon NEEDS to die today. Hell, even Rhaenyra herself could marry him should Daemon die in battle or as a second husband. If she has a daughter, she could betroth him to her daughter. Daeron is on a different level as a problem than Aegon and Aemond in the headspace that the characters are currently in.
@@sanalk1444 Any idiot knows this, only the blacks dont get it, Rhaenyra has to kill all the greens, even Alicent and Helaena and if it is not her then any other from the blacks,
What? Aemond will die in the battle above God's Eye with Daemon. Daemon will jump from Caraxes and stick dark sister in his eye.
27:06 yepp, that is exactly the right face to make during this scene....
And well, just how Daeny "forgot about the iron fleet", Rhaenyra kind of forgot that she wanted Aemond and that she never before was a defender of the "a son for a son" situation 🤦♀
27:31 👏👏 Exactly. There is no way to understand that kind of writing.
Pretty sure Rhaenyra was against harming an innocent child in the greens. She was always onboard with killing Aemond after Luke. Plus she has noy choice but to kill Aegon now after all thats happened, the usurping, she clearly isn't happy about any of these choices she has to make now.
@@shannyd1that doesn’t matter. She doesn’t get the right to say “a son for a son” after Jaehaerys death. There is a reason why Blood&Cheese was enough of a revenge in the books. Because Daemon wanted the greens to feel and experience the same pain Rhaenyra and their family was going through after Luke’s murder. It’s bloody and shameless revenge. And no one from the blacks is said to have antagonized Daemon for it, let alone Rhaenyra.
@@vitaaeris Rhaenyra obviously does not bring the "son for a son" here as revenge. She clearly explained that now she *has* to kill Aegon, not that she *wants* to do it out of revenge. She clearly let the matter lie after Jaehaerys.
She is bringing it up to Alicent as an accurate description of the situation. By starting this conflict, Alicent brought the matter to this crux where their children have to die regardless of anyone's wishes.
These people will go to any lengths to defend Rhaenyra 🤣
Whether Aegon became king or not, she would have to kill him. If she didn't then Daemon would.
In a medieval society, you cannot allow people with a stronger claim than yours to live. We clearly saw how much she "loved" her brothers when she was asking for kid Aemond to be tortured for saying the truth right after he lost an eye.
Also I thought you people didn't rock with "an eye for an eye" philosophy, but now it's okay? Team black fans are the biggest hypocrites.
@@mauratlantean3002These team black writers are the worst of them all. The way things are going I’m convinced they might write Rhaenyra actually surviving the Dance simply because she’s their “fav”.☹️
Rhaenyra is going to think Alicent lied to her. This is a hot mess.
Good. I want those women to fight each other again. Not be best friends and make peace. For the time for bestie love has been far from over the moment Alicent put on that green dress.
So again the writers will fuel the conflict by "a misunderstanding" instead of just letting the characters be dark.
sofie love the reaction...ulf out of pocket...much love god bless..
26:26 exactly
God's Eye is the lake in Harrenhall
Corlys told her that his ship was now called The Queen who NNNNNever was! Apparently UA-cam must have a problem letting a title say the REAL WORD!! It makes zero sense but that is obviously why every reactor has to say the wrong word in their title!!!! 😉😉👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠❤❤
That's because it's the name of the episode you idiot.....
The end of this story was told in Game of Thrones in Game of Thrones season 3, episode 4, “And Now His Watch Is Ended,”
Aegon's about to do one of the greatest comebacks in the history of tv
not sure why anyone would cheer for that rapist
@@sashalorent_ Lol as if the other characters are so damn innocent. And Aegon isn't a rapist in the source material. They tried to make a villain out of him for the sake of whitewashing the blacks
@@phelinx623 the blacks are the good ones guys and the greens are just pure eviil hahahhahahahahahahaha, this is a black soap-opera
@@keinyihernandezu mad huh?
Yeah he just stays in hiding, and suddenly he wins. Amazing comeback.
Apperantly season 2 was supposed to be 10 episodes but last minute HBO made the call for a 8 episode season with all the writer strikes it was to late to make changes that’s why this didn’t feel like a season finale cause it wasn’t it was a regular episode 8 for a 10 episode season that got cut short
So. Episode was shot beautifully. But Like Aegon said “what’s the point then” They made the show Aemond vs everyone? Makes absolutely no sense. He’s strategically thinking on winning this war. The only one apparently.
They ruined Alicent for me finally and officially. The one thing she had was she stood for her family and for her children- even Cercei wouldn’t do what she did. She didn’t just give up Aegon, she gave up Aemond and Daeron to the sword. Horrible human as a mother. They contradicted her own character with season 1 not just the books.
And Rhaenyra- at first she says she would wish on a mother at what was done to Jahaerys because she lost her own son… and now she forgets the poor child and says “a son for a son” … w-what?
I have no idea why they deviate from the book.
Complete assasination of Alicent... not only she condemned her sons, father and lover, but countles people who swore to serve greens. Not just council and lords, but many many people, HER BROTHER too. The more you think the worse it gets. Dammit it's such a shame. We were RIGHT THERE MAN! 😮💨😖
Alicent has sacrificed her entire family for hers and Helaena's freedom.... All her 3 sons Aegon, Aemond and Daeron have to die for Rhaenyra to secure her claim
Right! Makes no sense.
Sacrificed❌
Betrayed ✅
Alicent started out trying to cut a deal whereby Aegon would bend the knee to Rhaenyra, but Rhaenyra, quite rightly, wasn't having it, and dropped a truth bomb on her: the ONLY way for Rhaenyra to be secure on the throne, after all this blood has been spilled, is if Aegon (and Aemond and Daeron) were dead. Alicent wasn't in any kind of bargaining position at that point: she'd already admitted that they were going to lose, so it was a choice between losing on Rhaenyra's terms (Aegon's head) or losing in battle without any terms. Saving Helaena was the only thing she could get out of the situation. They both knew that there was no point making deals about Aemond or Daeron, because they were outside Alicent's control anyway.
Of course, when Rhaenyra rolls up to Kings Landing to find Aegon fled, courtesy of Larys, she's going to assume that Alicent reneged on the deal, and that's not going to be pretty.
@MrHws5mp I like how you try to make light of Alicent's actions she has sacrificed all her sons her father her brother,cole while she is the main reason the throne was usurped ...and now she is trying to wash her sins by sacrificing her family for what her best friend😂over her blood
Not even Helaena will be free. She’ll be a hostage since she’s still a figurehead for the greens as their Queen. A consort maybe but still a Queen nonetheless.
Thank you for your amazing reactions and commentary!
The old Three Eyed Raven guy stuck in the tree in Game of Thrones is a Targaryen bastard named Brynden Rivers aka Blood Raven. You saw him as a young man in Daemon's vision
still makes no sense because in GOT he didn't have that mark nor was albino like in the books
I would love to see your reaction to HBO's "The Leftovers".
Ran for 3 seasons (28 episodes total). Created by Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta. Based on Perrotta's book.
2% of the world population (140 million people) disappear in the blink of an eye (An event they call the "Sudden Departure"). And the rest of humanity is left to grieve and wonder what happened; or why it happened.
Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon & Christopher Eccleston (Just to name a few) give some amazing performances.
Super underrated. Didn’t LOVE ending but was top notch. Especially first season. Bette yet would be Rome. Cut short only 2 seasons and STILL best show ever. And tons of GOT actors in it. Or deadwood or justified. All top notch shows she must watch.
@@GlennShookRome?! Pales in comparison to Spartacus..the bloodiest and dirtiest show ever (even GOT has nothing compared to it)
@@tribalcho don’t need to see is to know it won’t touch how perfect Rome is. Being dirty and bloody doesn’t make a show great. But def do need to watch it cause have heard good things before. But would shocked to core if even close to Rome.
Maybe Heleana is the 3 Eyed Raven? Yes the 3 Eyed Raven , Bloodraven, was a Targaryen, so through Bran, a Targaryen sits on the Iron Thron in the end😛 Brynden Rivers was a Targaryen Bastard , maybe he became the 3 Eyed Raven and planed evrything and used Bran to get to the Throne?🤣 We will see... I love the dragons in this season. they are so beautiful, unique and each of them has their own personality. I also loved the interactions between dragons and dragons with humans. The Tyland/ Lohar plot reminds me of Brienne/ Jamie side plot. Can not wait for season 3 so I finally bought the book and just started to read Fire and Blood☺ Next project is The Hedge Knight, so I will prepare myself and read the graphic novels, too! Greetings from Germany🥰
They should leave prophecy and stop reminding us about bad season 8 and focus on damn Dance of Dragons .This show problem is Alicent and Rhaenyra that they are center of dance not who it should be Rhaenyra and Aegon that is big problem .I love how you noticed that this show is sooo pro black that they paint them as good and just while it all should be grey ,not good fight evil but flawed family fighting each other in civil war it is sad they made it like this one side always right and just and the other is always wrong and evil it makes all story and characters more shallow
❤Even though Ned from game of thrones had better reasons to keep it to himself but no one thought it was odd because some people are ashamed especially if you married the queen that never was
33:00 yeah right
I keep hearing well they had to cut it to 8. Ok however this season could have been done in 8 imo. Harrenhall was fine for an episode or 2 but an entire season with some of the least subtle visions I've ever watchded. Did we really need to see the wall? Not really. Many scenes felt repetitive of characters talking about the same things over and over again. I don't know if adding 2 more episodes would have made anything any better
25:01 "I didn't expect this at all" - Yeah, because it makes NO effing sense. There is no point for Alicent to try to reason with Rhaenyra and everything going on is totally out of character. I wanted to scream at the screen while watching this. Yes, the acting is top notch, but the screenwriting is garbage.
Actually it does. She thought her father wanted it now knows it was a dumb mistake by her. She knows her sons are evil and Helena is innocent daughter and wants to save her and her own life and leave.
@@GlennShook Then she could just leave?! Apparently it is as easy as taking a horse carriage through the front door. I mean, she already had Larys at her feet, so she and Helaena could have have been sitting next to Aegon and just go away. There is no need at all for Alicent to row over to Dragonstone and ask Rhaenyra for permission.
And no, there is no way Alicent would be like "yes please, I'll open the gates and you get in and kill all my sons, perfect plan"
@@GlennShookDo us a favor and use birth control if you think Alicent makes sense
@@GlennShook Buddy, if you're looking at this show, these books, and these characters through a "These ones are evil, and these ones are not." lens, then you're not grasping the full story and depth it has to offer. First of all, Aegon is nowhere near Aemond in terms of darkness and crimes against the realm. Second, Aemond's ruthlessness and calculations aren't born entirely from evil. He is literally the smartest to see that for all the mistakes and poor decisions that were made thus far by EVERYBODY (including himself) he has to put an end to his family's opposition because he knows this is the only way to escape his fate. And not just his fate, but the fate of his brothers, his sister and her kids.
@@cos0 just because there are many “grey area” characters doesn’t mean there aren’t “evil” people. I completely understand how good the books, show and overall story are. Just because he knows his life’s in danger doesn’t mean burning a completely random and innocent place cause mad he’s losing is EVIL. Trying kill his brother and take his throne is EVIL. Killing Luke cause still mad he was teased as a kid is EVIL. It’s not complicated.
This last episode felt like a season 3 episode 1 episode and the one before could have been the finale
Basically it's just solidifying the fact that Daenerys was azir ahai the prince that was promised the prophecy on the blade of the Targaryen family
29:00 same 🔥
LEGACIES PLEASE LOVE
Sofie the best 👍
I abslutely hate Alicent.
Hate is not enough of a word for me, I loathe her😂😂😂😂😂
You and the scriptwriters.🤣
@@anhkriva5274 yep
Sofie I was waiting for you .🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
In defense of Alicent:
The Greens have as good as lost already at this point. 7 dragons to 2 is a decisive advantage. Maybe for some people it would be better to fight on to the bitter end no matter what, but surrendering in hopes of sparing as many lives as possible is more reasonable. Given everything that has happened this season, it makes sense to me that this is the path Alicent would take. She no longer has any conviction that the Greens were in the right in the first place, and even if she did, the current leader of the Greens tried to murder his brother and left him in a state in which she likely thinks death will be a mercy. (See what she recently asked Orwyle, "and what will he be if he survives?") Now Aemond is trying to force Helaena to fight for him while raining "ruin and death" on the realm's smallfolk both with his dragon and his political authority. Additionally, the last she saw of Rhaenyra, she was still searching desperately for a way to resolve the conflict peacefully; because of this, Alicent has every reason to believe that she will be as merciful to any Greens that surrender as is possible. She probably came to Dragonstone hoping against hope that this meant she could secure the safety of all of her children except Aemond, who is clearly a lost cause. She only seemed to accept that Aegon, at least, would have to die as well after Rhaenyra insisted upon it.
reaction series switched at birth
Word going around is that the budget was cut when the season had already been written to have 10 episodes so they had to move the stuff planned for the finale to season 3 and find a way to close with episode 8.
P. S. Thank you for your reactions, they are the best!
The reason Aegon didn't want the throne is worn out, because as soon as he had the crown on his head, he enjoyed it. Aegon is a rapist of children and had children fight each other. Both of Allicent's sons are equally bad, and it wasn't Allicent who made them so, but Cole and Otto. Allicent may not have had much love to give, but she was always careful to teach her children, right and wrong, that their children make human choices. Otto and Cole prevented that.
Yes this was horrible ending. truth be told last 4 episodes were bad exception with Vermithor and Hugh and Silverwing but everything else make no sense
No, *Aegon* is the problem with the throne takeover. Aemond is a powerful piece, but he is not the obstacle. Aegon is the *king* . He is crowned, he is anointed, he has the legal authority, he is the one *people see as the king* . Rhaenyra cannot take the throne without removing Aegon. And him abdicating under duress will not work. Such an action will not change the perception of the realm about his authority, it will not change the support of half the noble houses of him, it will guarantee the continuation of the war until only one claimant remains.
So Rhaenyra is completely correct. At this point there is no choice, she *must* kill Aegon. And the irony is that Alicent herself is responsible for steering the situation to this point. Aegon refusing the throne *before* his crowning would have let Rhaenyra leave him alone under the right circumstances. Now it is too late.
You are joking right ? Rhaenyra would kill Alicent sons even if they did not take throne they have silver hair they Targaryen they would be walking threat to her bastard heir Jace she try push on the throne should would have to get rid of them to put Jace on throne it doesn't matter if they took throe or not just like Cersei did she got rid of all bastards so Joffrey rule would be safe .Killing Aegon would only made Greens crown another son Aemond and then Daeron if needed killing Aegon alone would not help much they would nt magically start supporting Rhaenyra id she killed Aegon
@@queenxx1690 *Book* Rhaenyra absolutely would. *Show* Rhaenyra is a completely different beast as you should well know. So without an outright provocation she would easily have left them alone.
Bloody hell, she was dithering about fighting a war that already started for a *season* . And that after her *son died* . This Rheanyra would have tried working with Alicent for all she could to keep the peace if her throne had not been usurped. Hell, she was considering doing just that even *after* it was usurped in the show up until Luke's death.
Killing Aegon now *after* taking King's Landing and taking the throne does not allow the Greens to crown either Aemond or Daeron. They will not have the opportunity. Rhaenyra would be holding all the symbols of authority. Just like Aegon is doing now. And let's be honest, without Aegon, Alicent, Helaena, Otto there would not be the "Greens" anymore, just scattered remains of them.
@@hedinsee6830I would not call show Rhaenyra beast she is boring af and stupid and have character at all just like Alicent
Ulf is an offensive oa. And there is not a chance in hell, but that boy does not know how to react and respond in front of nobility that is not something common folk ever misunderstood, because it only took one time to not show respect to a noble for that noble to set that that common person straight, so you’re not going to convince me he just had bad manners no he was purposely being a dick
@@user-tf8lj3ci3b Aww commoners are not licking the boots of the entitled nobles 😢 Such a huge crime.
HBO truncated the episode order from 10 to 8 episodes AS filming BEGAN and it was too late to re-write it into an 8 episode season even if they wanted to, so they just filmed through episode 8 of 10. HBO shot itself in the foot, this isn't the writers' fault.
I wonder about the "didn't have enough time" thing. They got the news in ... March? Shooting started in May? I've written entire scripts from scratch in one month, they had two months to only rewrite. If I'm right about the approximate dates.
@@ShadowDogProduction shooting was in April, and it too EIGHT months to write Season 2 - one month isn't enough time to do anything on the scale of 8 episodes, particularly with the shadow of a writers' strike up ahead
@@thedragondemands5186 that's another thing, 8 months for a team of writers to write 10 scripts is VERY slow. That's about 3 pages a day. For a TEAM of writers. For comparison, the Breaking Bad writer's room wrote 13 scripts in 5 months for seasons 2-4. So I think this team is unusually slow for some reason.
@@ShadowDogProduction to get high quality
Except the characters still were not nearly as compelling, interesting, or well written as much of GOT so I'm not sure two more episodes would have changed that. Especially the female characters I think this season failed
Contrary to the belief of many the show doesn't favour the blacks and destroys every one of them. This whole "friendship" they invented between Alicent and Rhaenyra is finally hurting Alicent's character just like it did Rhaenyra. Both of these women are not passive in the books and this is what hotd thinks women should be like. "Men bad, women good" " men want war, women don't" Exactly why daemon is out here being written as an incompetent fool compared to his book counterpart. They reduced Jace into a pouting mess when he was the leader of the blacks when Luke died and Rhaenyra was incapacitated with grief. Turned Rhaenys into a bitter woman when she was the biggest supporter of Rhaenyra and took her feat of burning Aegon and gave it to Aemond. I am so angry how they destroyed every character at the expense of this non-existent friendship. Don't get me started on how many iconic team black characters were cut or reduced into a hater like what they did to lady jeyne arryn
I am Team Green, but I still agree with you that they made a mess out of all characters at this point. Still think they try to portray the Blacks as the "good" side, but at the expance of the characters making sense and archieving their parts they play in the books.
I couldn’t agree MORE. To add, the way they treated Laena Velaryon and butchered her relationship with Rhaenyra should be criminal. How they cut the only canon black girl from the book (Nettles) and just gave her story to someone else (Rhaena, all the while giving her so little screen time to develop her arc that it’s laughable). Erased queer women that were allies of the blacks. How they are spitting on Rhaenyra’s motherhood by still making her sympathetic to Alicent even though at this point they have been enemies for longer than they have ever been friends and there are kids DEAD from BOTH sides. It’s honestly exhausting. And then you have the writers say this is a “feminist” show because, and I quote “we even have female dragons”. God.
Jeyne Arryn was the biggest disappointment same with Sabitha Frey and Alysanne Blackwood “Black Aly” being completely erase
DAMN bro, it's that different from the books? I knew something was fishy when all I kept hearing before the show started and when it premiered was "Daemon, the Rogue Prince" or "Daemon, he's the most dangerous man, he's dark and unpredictable" and on top of that, that he is GRRM's FAVORITE CHARACTER apparently. So I'm over here like waiting for something remarkable, convincing, and intriguing. No, dude, the way people were hyping up this character, I was expecting Jaime Lannister (S1-S4) levels of characterization, but damn, as for now, I am disappointed. You probably have just convinced me to get the book so I can read it for what it is.
You really just picked the little parts that support your argument, and ignored everything else that clearly proves the show is biased towards team black, and more specifically Rhaenyra lol
I found your reaction to Ulf very curious this episode. Most people do not find him funny at all this episode and if they do they stop laughing by the dinner scene. Can't you see how much of a problem his attitude will be?
That combined with your confusion on why Rhaenyra needs to kill Aegon made for a real head-scratcher of a reaction.
when Rhaenyra says the history will paint you villain she was right every one started to hate Alicent after this episode and i thinks it is the writers intentions
Alicent has never been a good mother because she really doesn't how to be one, she was forced to play the queen by Otto and she forced her son upon the throne even though he was not ready for it or even trained him for this, and now she think she already lost her sons, Aemond and Aegon can't be controlled by her so they are gonna go to battle probably lose and die
She also has not been a mother to Dareon and she already said it was her lack of mothering that created Aegon and Aemond so she wants to distant herself from him so Dareon wouldn't become someone like Aegon and Aemond
So the only thing that she has not already lost is her daughter and she is the only one that she can save at this point
it does not mean you should like what she is doing but i thought this might make you understand her character
She can’t save Helaena either tho. Rhaenyra will have to take her as a hostage since people will see her as the usurper’s queen. It’s like with what happened to King Louis and Marie Antoinette.
Trash season lmaooo