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@@MACReact That new dragon is called seasmoke and the crab feeder could hardly walk so wouldn't be no match for Damon that's why there was no point showing the fight and he wasn't the main villan of the series that's Otto atm. The crab feeder was just on the stepstones ruining trade between essos and westeros. And there will be more time jumps in the first season because the actual war called the dance of the dragons is still over 20+ years away in the books and the war that lasts two years is where most of the story actually happens is between the families and dragons. The first season is literally just setting up the scene for the main story in future seasons.
Yeah the Crabfeeder was never going to be the villain of this show, think of him and the war of the stepstones more as a vehicle in the development of Daemon and strengthening of ties between Daemon and the Velaryons.. the best has yet to come..
^^^ this. I think that's why they didn't show the fight and daemon just came out with the body. It wasn't about THEM, it was about what it meant for Daemon to win that whole conflict.
@@markcruz359 hmm. Never see robb in action. Some said he's better than John. Also jaime vs robb would've good to see. That war is more important than this. But u know budget problems
@@Noone91875 Robb was a better military tactition than his brother Jon. Jon as a formidable one one one fighter was maybe 🤔 better than Rob. Before the Red Wedding 💒 Robb never lost a battle.
@@fortelewisandrew2426 hmm. I also think he's a better commander. His tactics surprise everyone. Also robb maybe better than John or maybe not in 1v1 . Though he's lucky to win fight against jaime. Jaime almost manage to kill him in 1v1 in starks v lannisters. But some northmen saved him. And jaime kills him but his sword struck in his skull. And robb manage to tame him. It will be treat to watch Roberts rebellion series. see fighting of ser barrister selby, ser aurthur dwane, jaime lannister and Robert Baratheon in their primes would be treat to watch.
the reason they didn't use caraxes in this fight if you think about it because he is big and red so crabfeeder would see it coming (he was keep looking up ) , but seasmoke ( laenor's dragon ) on the other hand is smaller and can hide in the clouds because of its color
Laenor's dragon's name was shown in the subtitles. It's Seasmoke. That's the only dragon that is kinda look like Daenerys' dragons. Maybe they are from same breed.
@@AL-fl4jk The mother of Dany's dragons hasn't properly been confirmed. But it would make sense if it was Vhagar. Drogon was massive by season 8, making him 6 years old and roughly the same size as Caraxes. Being the offspring of Vhagar would explain why he was as big as that, since Vhagar is gigantic.
Oh true! I forgot his dogs ate him lol. Although I think the pug is the only lap dog we've ever seen in the GoT universe. I can't think of any other small dogs.
@@MACReact For reference, pugs are a super old breed! They were bred 2000 years ago in China and came to Europe in the 1500s to be the lap dogs of nobility. There are paintings of queens (and some kings) with pugs in their laps!
@@LuxLoser Sure, but modern pugs with big eyes and flat noses as seen in the show are a fairly recent thing (google pug 1802). Not out of the question that they could have already been bred to be that way in Westeros however.
The king has seven Kingsguard members, there are others to protect him when Ser Criston follows Rhaenyra. One of Ser Criston's roles is as Rhaenyra's sworn shield, it's his job to follow her and keep her safe if she runs off. He also can't marry anyone because of his Kingsguard vows, they're celibate.
This is episode 3 of the first season, we have along way to go but a lot of people seem to want everything to happen immediately. This is the calm before the storm, a good set-up will benefit the story, believe.
Exactly this is all build up so that why there is so many time jumps. It’s annoying seeing everyone whinging about it but they’ll understand when we get to the war
I took a screen shot of the moment right when Caraxes started breathing fire because it made it look like his horns were glowing. I would have liked to have seen the fight as well, but considering the Crabfeeder was cut in half the way he was, I don't think it was much of a fight. lol.
There are three main kills in this episode. the king the princess and the prince. the king needs people to hold the stag for him for him to do the kill and even then he needs a second chance because that’s not who he is he’s not a person to kill he is a more peaceful person. the princess will kill only when she has to. when you see the stag come to her in the end she tells Cole not to kill it because there’s no need. Daemon shows strength by killing he put himself in harms way and took out many of the barbarians Pirates and the crab feeder.
Annoyingly when you analyse it Rhaenyra’s marriage to Aegon would’ve been strong. It would cease the proposals for her hand, they would both be close to home, her claim would be very hard to challenge and the lords would be more willing to accept her as Queen if the “rightful” king was going to be her king consort.
@@karenhall4645morally yes, politically no. marrying laena out of duty is better than marrying alicent out of lust and marrying aegon and rhaenyra out of duty would have prevented this entire conflict from happening lol
I’m completely invested in Daemon. He’s such a complicated cat. I follow him like I did Jon Snow. So far for me he’s the most interesting character on the show. I can’t wait to see what he does next!
Yes, he's very complicated and interesting, but please don't expect him to be the all-just all-heroic Jon Snow. Daemon can be evil as evil can be, or hero as hero can be. He's very gray and unpredictable. Loosen up the expectations... he's gonna do something hateable, then something uwu the next. He's very very very gray.
@@airwaters I fully expect him to get up to some evil stuff. I can’t wait. He’s showing just how complicated he is. I know he’s not like Jon Snow. I’m just following him already like I followed JS. Daemon has my undivided attention.
I never thought the Crabfeeder was going be a main villain. They tell us in the first 5 minutes of the first episode the only thing that could take down the Targaryians is themselves.
Rhaenyra can't marry Cole. He is a kingsguard, so they can't marry. I think Viserys knows the best thing for the realm is to name Aegon his heir, but he doesn't want to upset Rhaenyra. Viserys never seems to do what's best for the realm. 🤔
I understand the disappointment regarding Crabfeeder bcs honestly, they hyped him up last ep. As a book reader, even I thought they will flesh him out here because there is no information regarding Crabfeeder's backstory in the books. He was actually only mentioned in one paragraph and it said there Daemon beheaded him, that's it. But oh well it's no biggie guys there's more fights to come
@@jackhilton4285 I mean, they could. But the beginning of this show literally made it clear that the biggest threat to house Targaryen was themselves....don't know why everyone is looking for some big external threat to be the villain lol. It's obviously a show about in family conflict. A lot of that conflict just gets egged (ha) on but smaller outside factors.
@@jackhilton4285 The Triarchy, or the kingdom of the three daughters as it is known in westeros, is an alliance between the free cities of Lys, Myr and Tyrosh. They initially United to defend against Volantis/New Valyria, who attempted to reconquer essos after the fall of valyria. But, with the threat of volantis gone, they sought control of the stepstones to remove the pirate threat there, thus protecting their trade routes. But, once they conquered it under Craghas "The Crabfeeder" Drahar, they became greedy and sort to impose massive tariffs on all ships going through that region, which ruined many westerosi, pentoshi and braavosi merchants. Those sailors that tried to avoid the taxes were fed to the crabs.
Fun fact caraxes aka The Blood Wyrm ( Daemon's dragon) is actually deformed, hence the long neck. Thats also why he has the winged legs to help fly with that deformed body. Makes for cool design though
If Rhaenyra remains heir and becomes Queen she would still have more power than her husband. It was mentioned in this episode but Rhaenyra's husband would become King Consort as opposed to King so the power would be Rhaenyra's and her husband would essentially have the same power a Queen would normally have. So all decisions and the small council etc would answer to Rhaenyra.
Yes and no. There have been situations like this historically. Sometimes they work out like you say - e.g. Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II, whose husbands were not even formally Kings Consort, but rather Princes. Other times the King Consort ended up functioning more like a King Regnant even though his wife was formally Queen Regnant, not Queen Consort - e.g. William and Mary.
@@suptandarsaefulakbar1032 yes but if she were to be the ruling queen and marry outside of the family it would be more of a consort. The Targaryen line is the ruling line and that is why they do the incest lol.
@@RedFive03 Yeah but if she ended up sitting the iron throne and become ruling queen, her successor would be Jacaerys Velaryon. Wouldn't that mean taking the Targeryans out of power because a Velaryon would eventually sit the throne and every ruler after that would come from Jacaerys bloodline, thus making future kings to be Velaryons?
@@markhamstra1083 Yeah but if she ended up sitting the iron throne and become ruling queen, her successor would be Jacaerys Velaryon. Wouldn't that mean taking the Targeryans out of power because a Velaryon would eventually sit the throne and every ruler after that would come from Jacaerys bloodline, thus making future kings to be Velaryons?
It is a interesting conversation when it comes to the king... because the reality is that Viserys is a good person, specially for that period; but that's exactly what makes him a bad king... So it is interesting for us as viewer to root for him on things or criticize him about things that he "should" do out of love for his daughter, but those things in fact are BAD for the realm and bad decisions as king... You might not like that he tried to set her up with a Lannister or that he told her that he should marry, because you think he should be a "loving father", but the reality is that as king he should 100% make sure his heir gets into a favorable marriage with a strong house RIGHT AWAY, whether she likes it or not... Like we saw in their last conversation, Viserys is actually trying to help her, marriage and a strong suiter, is in Rhaenyra's best interest to fortify her position as heir; with support of her husband family (whichever it is) and with heirs that would prove that she has a line of succession and not problems in sight... That's the thing, the king is constantly divided between doing things that are good for the realm and things that suit different people's wishes, including his own and Rhaenyra's; for example, you guys liked that he stood by his decision of naming Rhaenyra heir, that's good of him as a father... As a ruler? We can see that the lords of the realm actually expect Viserys to name Aegon now that he is born, his male heir, we might not like it, but it is probably the best thing for him to do as king: Name Aegon as heir over Rhaenyra, the best thing for a sexist realm... It doesn't matter whether is right or wrong, whether she is more qualified or Aegon grows up to be better o worse; the lords of the realm WOULD 100% have a problem with Rhaenyra ruling over them and would 100% prefer for the king to name Aegon as successor, even if that makes him a "bad father" The fact of the matter is that Rhaenyra is, understandably so (up to a point) given what has happened with Alicent and her mother, acting like a teenage brat... She isn't doing anything to help herself and her status as heir... She is waiting for everything to be handed down to her and at the same time angry at the prospect that it could be taken away... She isn't making allies, attending to her duties as princess and heir, she isn't being pro active... Which I think is a realization that she got by the end of this episode with the boar and with her father's permission to seek out a suiter herself... She needs to do something to actually earn that position, more than others being a woman; look at Daemon, we can say a lot about his brutal ways and his pettiness 😂! but he is actually doing something to raise his standing in the realm... The whole reason why Daemon is even fighting this war and the reason why he wanted to end it without his brothers help, is that he wanted to show himself as king material, as a powerful and seasoned leader and commander.
NGL, I'm going to miss Paddy and Milly when they exit the show. Their acting has carried this show while Daemon has only appeared 10 minutes each in the last 2 episodes.
Paddy was fuckin stellar in ep3, definitely gonna be a bummer when he’s gone, Milly has been great too. At least with the time jump we get Olivia Cooke as Alicent and she is a fantastic actor. Curious to see how the older actress does for rhaenyra because I’ve never seen her in anything.
@@Noone91875 Elizabeth Olsen is fuckin stellar so I’d love to see her in this, if Wanda/scarlet witch is sidelined until a big return in the next set of avengers movies then I’d love to see her pop up in this show in the meantime. She a fuckin awesome actor so that would be a big win for this show. That being said nobody really reliable has reported the Olsen rumor so I’m not getting my hopes up, the site that originally reported it is actually pretty unreliable in general. Cavill I don’t think has any chance to show up, he’s already the star of an ongoing show which is very time consuming and there are a bunch of rumors that he’s met with marvel and might be joining the MCU. So I don’t think he’d be an option for any sort of prominent HOTD role. Olsen fuckin rules tho so I’d be hyped as fuck if she joined the Show, she’s a top tier actress with amazing screen presence.
@@puppetmaster8551 yep. Olsen literally stellar in Wandavision and multiverse of madness. She literally steals every shot she is in. Even against Benedict Cumberbatch. Benedict Cumberbatch is a top tier actor. But she even tops him . This rumor might be true as she even Audition for role of Daenerys. But i did not want Henry cavill to Join mcu. Because in recent days mcu just use big names for marketing purpose only. They keep wasting their potential. Just see what they did to bale. I'd rather watch him as gerald Or SUPERMAN and Aegon the conqueror would be treat to watch if they make series about aegon 1.
@@Noone91875 Henry Cavill as Aegon the conqueror - that would be a dream casting!! 😲😲 Ryan Condal, the writer and showrunner of HotD is also the script writer for the upcoming "Highlander" remake, which will star Henry Carvill, so they will work together. Maybe Condal can interest him... :)
Episode 3 ended with Craghas Drahar slain by Daemon Targaryen 108ac.. The Dance of The Dragons was 129-131ac That Dance does not start until King Viserys I dies in the year 129ac The Show is about the Targaryen Civil War, it was never about the War for The Stepstones..
Honestly I feel like every single time Viserys is on screen, we’re all going to expect something terrible to happen to him. We know how GoT was and Viserys could (and will) die at any moment.
There would be no fight between Daemon and the Crabfeeder. He is malnourished and screwed up with greyscale. He wouldn't last two seconds in a fight with Daemon Targaryen. That's why it cuts to afterwards. Also, Leanor Velaryon's dragon is called Seasmoke. He can ride one cause he is half Targaryen since his mother is cousin to Viserys nicknamed the queen who never was after the great council in 101 AC at Harrenhal when a thousand lords in the realm voted for the next ruler of Westeros.
The writers actually overpowered Crabfeeder by saying he's winning the war during the last 3 years. Whatever it took to make Daemon look more heroic and the underdog.
Yes. But it's kind of accurate to the books. But books doesn't elaborate this war. Show shows the conflict. Book only said that "There's was going on for years at stepstones against Crabfeeder ".
So it was 3 years between episode 2 and 3? Like Leanor in episode 1 look like maybe he was a year or two older then Leana and in episode 3 he looks 20 🤣🤣🤣
It was accurate in the books, they get it from there. The only reason they are losing is they are losing RESOURCES. They have no backup from the crown, and they only have the Velaryon forces. The Triarchy prepared themselves for dragon war, where they will just hide, like what Dorne did on Aegon's conquest. It's not "losing" like a bloodbath losing. It is more like their resources are declining.
They didn't show the fight between Daemon and Crabfeeder because there was no reason for it, Crabfeeder is a sick man with greyscale who went crazy, what was he going to do against Daemon and his Dark Sister sword?
The swords are from the Lord's and other people Aegon defeated or made bend the knee when he conquered Westeros. The swords are not from Valyria. Then Balerion forged the Iron Throne out of all the swords with his dragonfire.
@@MACReact I thought he'd be in it longer too, I was a bit conflicted when Daemon got him, it's nice we don't have to see that gross head/face any more but I thought his character was gonna become more sinister and ruthless
I’m binge watching your playlist now, I know I’m late but I miss the show lol To answer your question, they couldn’t do the “fire that Cersei did” because wildfire hadn’t been created yet. The pyromancers came up with them during the battle that got the mad king and rhaegar killed by Robert Baratheon.
She can’t marry Christen Cole. He’s in charge of the King’s Guard, remember? They are forbidden to marry. He mentioned it during there little boar hunt.
Ser Criston is a member of the Kingsguard but he's not in charge of them. The current Lord Commander is Ser Harrold Westerling. But yeah, you make a good point.
@@sam_c95 Ser Westerling is the guy on horseback who greeted Rhaenyra when she hopped off of Syrax in the beginning of episode one right? I stand corrected. Thanks for the update.
@@danos2544 Yep that's him. But in episode 1 Westerling wasn't Lord Commander at that time - he was Rhaenyra's sworn shield (which is why he was waiting for her to return from her flight). Ser Ryam Redwyne was Lord Commander in episode 1. We see him in scenes usually standing behind the king, I don't think he has any lines. Episode 2 opens with the small council discussing the death of Ser Ryam, the promotion of Westerling to Lord Commander, and the opening of a spot on the Kingsguard (and as Rhaenyra's sworn shield) which Ser Criston later takes. With all the time jumps there will be a lot of changes to the Kingsguard and the small council in season 1!
Crabfeeder was never going to be important. When I first saw him, I immediately thought Scarecrow in Batman Begins. Like Batman was going to have much trouble with him? 🤣
The War of the Stepstones is only meant to show how Daemon is as a warrior. It was NEVER the highlight nor it should be. It just needs to show us how Daemon will react to that kind of war. He can sacrifice himself, motivated by a prideful stamp of proving himself to his brother. He hates looking weak. Everything there is character building. It was just created in a battle form, but it was a CHARACTER MOMENT.
One of the best episode yet. Through out the show I think we see upwards of 10 dragons- honor dragon isnamed silver smoke on something like that. I think.
By the laws of succession and inheritance, there is only one ruler and it can only be passed down through bloodlines. There is no chance that whoever marries Rhaenyra - her King Consort - could become ruler by stealing it from her (unless whoever she marries has their own claim to the throne in their own right, e.g. baby Aegon if he were to marry Rhaenyra as Otto suggested, or Daemon which is an idea you guys came up with). While Aegon the Conqueror ruled alongside his sister-wives and Jaehaerys ruled alongside his sister-wife, there was never any question who was the sole ruler. Jaehaerys famously overruled Alysanne on a number of occasions as was his right as king (Alysanne being his Queen Consort).
If you notice in Rhaenyra's scene she has a face full of blood and at the end of the episode Daemon has a face full of blood too which considers that they both ended up with a face full of Blood What a coincidence 🤔 The Daemon hitting the messenger and a Game of Thrones reference in Game of Thrones Jon snow he asks why they don't use messengers than ravens so he responds that it's been a long time since People,Matt Smith is killing it as Daemon Targaryen The Daemon that he is very proud of he would never accept help from his brother daemon is not a bad person nor a good person he is a gray character, George Martin has said in several interviews that the daemon is neither good nor bad, he is a gray character and George Martin's favorite character is Daemon Targaryen, there are several interviews with the actor who plays Daemon who is Matt Smith, he also says several times in interviews that Daemon loves his family and that he would never do harm to his family and that Daemon he would give his life for viserys and for rhaenyra he loves his family and that sometimes they have their problems but he wouldn't hurt any of them and Matt Smith also said that the daemon doesn't want the throne he wants to show his worth to his brother and that he likes to fight and he likes attention that's what he wants from his brother that's why he does these things
i can't get why people doesn't get all the gestures Aliscent is doing through the series , i mean dude.. she's obviously going through some stress ( that's why she does that with his nails ) look her ayes and her face when she speak to rhaenyra or when she is with her dad ... the character is telling you " THIS GIRL IS NOT DOING WELL "
Black supporter spotted. Someone actually noticing nuance about a character doesn’t mean they support them. However, someone taking issue with someone else noticing that nuance definitely reveals something about that person. 😢
Nice reaction, Madison & Christian! Laenor's dragon is named Seasmoke & Ser Criston Cole can't marry Rhaenyra because of the vow of the Kingsguard... 😉
The war in the stepstones was more of a character and plot development the villain in this season is house Targaryen tbh, also the crab feeder looked sickly he would have been no match for daemon 1v1 imo. The new dragons name is Sea smoke rode by Laenor valerian, they used sea smoke because he blends in better with the clouds and smoke where as caraxes blended in better at night with the fire in the opening scene but would have been highly visible during the day.
It's more of blood i think. Because there will be lot of marriage and babies (heirs) in this story. So it's basically showing bloodline from aegon I to the current heir of the iron throne. I figure they'll add more as the season progress.
I didn’t read the books or anything but I feel like Rhaenyra marrying Laenor and house valerian supporting Raenyra and Daemon over viserys and Aegon, I also feel like the promise of viserys to not replace Rhaenyra with Aegon will be out of viserys control because he’s probably going to die soon. As far as Rhaenyra marrying sir cole he’s forbidden from marrying as a kings guard member it also wouldn’t help her politically if that’s something she cares about as heir to the throne.
Good prediction for someone who hasn’t read the books, it’ll be interesting to see what happens. Exactly right about the Kingsguard, they’ve similar vows to the nights watch. I don’t think many of them avoid going to the brothels but they wouldn’t be getting married. Also it’s not common for them to just leave like Barristan and The Hound, it’s usually a matter of serving till your death
Criston is a Kings guard. He cannot marry. Daemon is a married man. His wife was mentioned in episode 1 and 2. He’s not a option either at the moment. Daemon winning the war is great but didn’t win him the favors of lords. They are angry he went there against the Kings order in the first place. It did strengthened his relationship with the Velaryons.
Rhaenyra indeed has to marry in order for her to strengthen her position. What you are suggesting about Rhaenyra becoming queen, not getting married and later naming Aegon her heir is soemthing that has been done before in the case of Elizabeth I and her cousin's son King James I and VI. But the thing is, Otto and House Hightower will not allow such seeing how it is easily to break the vows made when the situation call for it. The only way for Otto and House Hightower to make sure their blood sits on the throne is to make sure Aegon becomes king. It also has something to do with pride and succession rules seeing how Westeros have always followed a male-preference semi-salic line of succession. Supporting Rhaenyra's claim would compromise the status of eldest male children with older sisters as heirs. Now, Rhaenyra must choose to marry aomwone who will strengthen her claim and position. Marrying Laenor Velaryon gives her both. Marrying Laenor will strengthen her claim because therenare still those who believe Princess Rhaenys should be the true queen namely lords from the Crownlands, Narrow Sea, Stormlands and The North. Like I mentioned before, Westerosi succession rules follow the male-preference semi-salic law of succession which means male children are ahead of their female siblings in succession but , that daughters are also ahead of their uncles in succession. Laenor being Rhaenys son would strengthen Rhaenyra's claim to the throne. Also, Leanor as the heir to the wealthiest and most powerful family in the realm woukd certainly provide Rhaenyra the muscle to flex her power if needed be. Ser Criston Cole is out of the question because Kingsguards have taken the vow of celibacy just like the Nights Watch, hence why Jaime was not named heir to Casterly Rock. Also, Rhaenyra marrying a low born man would offer nothing to her eiyher in strengthening her claim or her military power.
Wildfire, not dragonfire. It existed long before the Mad King. Aegon IV, in an effort to conquer Dorne, had wooden “dragons” constructed that would pump out wildfire. That was in 175 AC, more than 100 years before the death of the Mad King. Exactly how long before 175 the Alchemists Guild knew how to make wildfire is uncertain.
I think Corlyss is now going to push for Rhaenyra to marry Laenor and Viserys will go back on his word and make it happen. And YES I think Rhaenyra is going to get with Criston but then the drama will be because he’s kings guard and can’t get married…all these twists and turns 🤔
A kingsguard can’t get married also they didn’t show the daemon fight because there wasn’t one lol daemon is literally considered one of the best fighters in game of thrones lore. It was just as quick as you would think lol even in the books it was quick. Crab feeder was just built up to show you how scary daemon can be. Daemon would rather die than to get his brother help and to have him steal all his glory lol on the verge of winning and now he wants to help after 3 years?? Id be pissed as well.
Ser Criston Cole can't marry. As part of the Kingsguard vows, he had to give up the prospect of marriage, as well as any rights to inheriting any titles or land from House Cole.
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@@MACReact That new dragon is called seasmoke and the crab feeder could hardly walk so wouldn't be no match for Damon that's why there was no point showing the fight and he wasn't the main villan of the series that's Otto atm. The crab feeder was just on the stepstones ruining trade between essos and westeros. And there will be more time jumps in the first season because the actual war called the dance of the dragons is still over 20+ years away in the books and the war that lasts two years is where most of the story actually happens is between the families and dragons. The first season is literally just setting up the scene for the main story in future seasons.
Yeah the Crabfeeder was never going to be the villain of this show, think of him and the war of the stepstones more as a vehicle in the development of Daemon and strengthening of ties between Daemon and the Velaryons.. the best has yet to come..
^^^ this. I think that's why they didn't show the fight and daemon just came out with the body. It wasn't about THEM, it was about what it meant for Daemon to win that whole conflict.
Its kind of like how they never really showed the battles between the Lannisters and the Starks
@@markcruz359 hmm. Never see robb in action. Some said he's better than John.
Also jaime vs robb would've good to see.
That war is more important than this. But u know budget problems
@@Noone91875 Robb was a better military tactition than his brother Jon. Jon as a formidable one one one fighter was maybe 🤔 better than Rob. Before the Red Wedding 💒 Robb never lost a battle.
@@fortelewisandrew2426 hmm. I also think he's a better commander. His tactics surprise everyone. Also robb maybe better than John or maybe not in 1v1 .
Though he's lucky to win fight against jaime. Jaime almost manage to kill him in 1v1 in starks v lannisters. But some northmen saved him. And jaime kills him but his sword struck in his skull. And robb manage to tame him.
It will be treat to watch Roberts rebellion series.
see fighting of ser barrister selby, ser aurthur dwane, jaime lannister and Robert Baratheon in their primes would be treat to watch.
the reason they didn't use caraxes in this fight if you think about it because he is big and red so crabfeeder would see it coming (he was keep looking up ) , but seasmoke ( laenor's dragon ) on the other hand is smaller and can hide in the clouds because of its color
also...only one can mount Caraxes and he was the distraction , that was the point
Laenor's dragon's name was shown in the subtitles. It's Seasmoke. That's the only dragon that is kinda look like Daenerys' dragons. Maybe they are from same breed.
Seasmoke's mother is Dreamfire, the same mother of Daenerys dragons
@@itsthatgirl98_ so big bro of Drogon
I think it seems little smaller than previous ones we saw in HOTD. But still looks pretty clean
@@itsthatgirl98_ I thought Vhagar was the mother of those three?
@@AL-fl4jk The mother of Dany's dragons hasn't properly been confirmed. But it would make sense if it was Vhagar. Drogon was massive by season 8, making him 6 years old and roughly the same size as Caraxes. Being the offspring of Vhagar would explain why he was as big as that, since Vhagar is gigantic.
We did see several dogs in game of thrones. Remember Ramsay Bolton? He was a dog lover. Dogs loved him too 😅
Oh true! I forgot his dogs ate him lol. Although I think the pug is the only lap dog we've ever seen in the GoT universe. I can't think of any other small dogs.
@@MACReact yeah that is true. I think some rich ladies like Lady Lannister and her rich friends were into miniature dog breeding 😅
@@MACReact For reference, pugs are a super old breed! They were bred 2000 years ago in China and came to Europe in the 1500s to be the lap dogs of nobility. There are paintings of queens (and some kings) with pugs in their laps!
@@LuxLoser Sure, but modern pugs with big eyes and flat noses as seen in the show are a fairly recent thing (google pug 1802). Not out of the question that they could have already been bred to be that way in Westeros however.
@@nathanmay9397 yeah but I hear it's exceedingly difficult to get your hands on an 1802 pug lol
The king has seven Kingsguard members, there are others to protect him when Ser Criston follows Rhaenyra. One of Ser Criston's roles is as Rhaenyra's sworn shield, it's his job to follow her and keep her safe if she runs off. He also can't marry anyone because of his Kingsguard vows, they're celibate.
This is episode 3 of the first season, we have along way to go but a lot of people seem to want everything to happen immediately. This is the calm before the storm, a good set-up will benefit the story, believe.
I know it's crazy. We have covered so much ground in just 3 episodes and still got 7 more to go. Such a great start to the series.
Exactly this is all build up so that why there is so many time jumps. It’s annoying seeing everyone whinging about it but they’ll understand when we get to the war
The “Cole Guy” is in the Kingsguard , you seem to have forgotten they don’t marry
Good observation about the Sons of the Harpy mask. Since the Crab-feeder was a pirate, they said that he found the mask while plundering
I took a screen shot of the moment right when Caraxes started breathing fire because it made it look like his horns were glowing. I would have liked to have seen the fight as well, but considering the Crabfeeder was cut in half the way he was, I don't think it was much of a fight. lol.
Drahar was good at torturing but clearly wasn't good at fighting
@@itsby199 Yeah, he led from behind, and hid when there was danger. Like the crab he was!
There are three main kills in this episode. the king the princess and the prince. the king needs people to hold the stag for him for him to do the kill and even then he needs a second chance because that’s not who he is he’s not a person to kill he is a more peaceful person. the princess will kill only when she has to. when you see the stag come to her in the end she tells Cole not to kill it because there’s no need. Daemon shows strength by killing he put himself in harms way and took out many of the barbarians Pirates and the crab feeder.
Man yeah that's cool!
Targaryens with their own way
Daemon didn't say a word during that last part of the episode, just facial expressions, such a great actor!
Annoyingly when you analyse it Rhaenyra’s marriage to Aegon would’ve been strong. It would cease the proposals for her hand, they would both be close to home, her claim would be very hard to challenge and the lords would be more willing to accept her as Queen if the “rightful” king was going to be her king consort.
It would be a legitimate good idea if aegon wasn't a baby .
Marrying Aegon to Rhaenyra would have been as bad if not worse than Viserys marrying Laena.
@@karenhall4645morally yes, politically no. marrying laena out of duty is better than marrying alicent out of lust and marrying aegon and rhaenyra out of duty would have prevented this entire conflict from happening lol
Daemon is such a force in this episode, yet he only had like one line in the beginning lol. This man is holdin this show on his back.
I’m completely invested in Daemon. He’s such a complicated cat. I follow him like I did Jon Snow. So far for me he’s the most interesting character on the show. I can’t wait to see what he does next!
Same!
Yes, he's very complicated and interesting, but please don't expect him to be the all-just all-heroic Jon Snow. Daemon can be evil as evil can be, or hero as hero can be. He's very gray and unpredictable. Loosen up the expectations... he's gonna do something hateable, then something uwu the next. He's very very very gray.
@@airwaters I fully expect him to get up to some evil stuff. I can’t wait. He’s showing just how complicated he is. I know he’s not like Jon Snow. I’m just following him already like I followed JS. Daemon has my undivided attention.
“Oh no it’s a CGI boar!”
😂 I dunno that took me so off guard
It was a quite relatable comment. The CGI boar and harts were not very good.
@@markhamstra1083 yes the boar wasn’t great at all. That scene felt really off
I never thought the Crabfeeder was going be a main villain. They tell us in the first 5 minutes of the first episode the only thing that could take down the Targaryians is themselves.
Rhaenyra can't marry Cole. He is a kingsguard, so they can't marry.
I think Viserys knows the best thing for the realm is to name Aegon his heir, but he doesn't want to upset Rhaenyra. Viserys never seems to do what's best for the realm. 🤔
I understand the disappointment regarding Crabfeeder bcs honestly, they hyped him up last ep. As a book reader, even I thought they will flesh him out here because there is no information regarding Crabfeeder's backstory in the books. He was actually only mentioned in one paragraph and it said there Daemon beheaded him, that's it. But oh well it's no biggie guys there's more fights to come
So they're not gonna mention who supported him from free citys and who is the enemy in essos?
@@jackhilton4285 I mean, they could. But the beginning of this show literally made it clear that the biggest threat to house Targaryen was themselves....don't know why everyone is looking for some big external threat to be the villain lol. It's obviously a show about in family conflict. A lot of that conflict just gets egged (ha) on but smaller outside factors.
@@jackhilton4285 The Triarchy, or the kingdom of the three daughters as it is known in westeros, is an alliance between the free cities of Lys, Myr and Tyrosh. They initially United to defend against Volantis/New Valyria, who attempted to reconquer essos after the fall of valyria.
But, with the threat of volantis gone, they sought control of the stepstones to remove the pirate threat there, thus protecting their trade routes.
But, once they conquered it under Craghas "The Crabfeeder" Drahar, they became greedy and sort to impose massive tariffs on all ships going through that region, which ruined many westerosi, pentoshi and braavosi merchants. Those sailors that tried to avoid the taxes were fed to the crabs.
Fun fact caraxes aka The Blood Wyrm ( Daemon's dragon) is actually deformed, hence the long neck. Thats also why he has the winged legs to help fly with that deformed body. Makes for cool design though
If Rhaenyra remains heir and becomes Queen she would still have more power than her husband. It was mentioned in this episode but Rhaenyra's husband would become King Consort as opposed to King so the power would be Rhaenyra's and her husband would essentially have the same power a Queen would normally have. So all decisions and the small council etc would answer to Rhaenyra.
Yes and no. There have been situations like this historically. Sometimes they work out like you say - e.g. Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II, whose husbands were not even formally Kings Consort, but rather Princes. Other times the King Consort ended up functioning more like a King Regnant even though his wife was formally Queen Regnant, not Queen Consort - e.g. William and Mary.
But...I thought Targyean King and Queen ruled together like Aegon and his sisters wives ?
@@suptandarsaefulakbar1032 yes but if she were to be the ruling queen and marry outside of the family it would be more of a consort. The Targaryen line is the ruling line and that is why they do the incest lol.
@@RedFive03 Yeah but if she ended up sitting the iron throne and become ruling queen, her successor would be Jacaerys Velaryon. Wouldn't that mean taking the Targeryans out of power because a Velaryon would eventually sit the throne and every ruler after that would come from Jacaerys bloodline, thus making future kings to be Velaryons?
@@markhamstra1083 Yeah but if she ended up sitting the iron throne and become ruling queen, her successor would be Jacaerys Velaryon. Wouldn't that mean taking the Targeryans out of power because a Velaryon would eventually sit the throne and every ruler after that would come from Jacaerys bloodline, thus making future kings to be Velaryons?
It is a interesting conversation when it comes to the king... because the reality is that Viserys is a good person, specially for that period; but that's exactly what makes him a bad king... So it is interesting for us as viewer to root for him on things or criticize him about things that he "should" do out of love for his daughter, but those things in fact are BAD for the realm and bad decisions as king... You might not like that he tried to set her up with a Lannister or that he told her that he should marry, because you think he should be a "loving father", but the reality is that as king he should 100% make sure his heir gets into a favorable marriage with a strong house RIGHT AWAY, whether she likes it or not... Like we saw in their last conversation, Viserys is actually trying to help her, marriage and a strong suiter, is in Rhaenyra's best interest to fortify her position as heir; with support of her husband family (whichever it is) and with heirs that would prove that she has a line of succession and not problems in sight... That's the thing, the king is constantly divided between doing things that are good for the realm and things that suit different people's wishes, including his own and Rhaenyra's; for example, you guys liked that he stood by his decision of naming Rhaenyra heir, that's good of him as a father... As a ruler? We can see that the lords of the realm actually expect Viserys to name Aegon now that he is born, his male heir, we might not like it, but it is probably the best thing for him to do as king: Name Aegon as heir over Rhaenyra, the best thing for a sexist realm... It doesn't matter whether is right or wrong, whether she is more qualified or Aegon grows up to be better o worse; the lords of the realm WOULD 100% have a problem with Rhaenyra ruling over them and would 100% prefer for the king to name Aegon as successor, even if that makes him a "bad father"
The fact of the matter is that Rhaenyra is, understandably so (up to a point) given what has happened with Alicent and her mother, acting like a teenage brat... She isn't doing anything to help herself and her status as heir... She is waiting for everything to be handed down to her and at the same time angry at the prospect that it could be taken away... She isn't making allies, attending to her duties as princess and heir, she isn't being pro active... Which I think is a realization that she got by the end of this episode with the boar and with her father's permission to seek out a suiter herself... She needs to do something to actually earn that position, more than others being a woman; look at Daemon, we can say a lot about his brutal ways and his pettiness 😂! but he is actually doing something to raise his standing in the realm... The whole reason why Daemon is even fighting this war and the reason why he wanted to end it without his brothers help, is that he wanted to show himself as king material, as a powerful and seasoned leader and commander.
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hes not even a good person tho, he killed his wife bc he wanted a son and married his daughters childhood best friend who grew up beside her
Alt Shift X is definitely the guy to watch! It's almost nostalgic watching his videos again!😂
Yes we loved his original GoT videos! The new videos have been great too!
i can't believe people believed this crusty ass crab guy was gonna be the main antagonist.
Damn Sebastian and his cousins were about to be eating good before the dragon showed up
NGL, I'm going to miss Paddy and Milly when they exit the show. Their acting has carried this show while Daemon has only appeared 10 minutes each in the last 2 episodes.
Paddy was fuckin stellar in ep3, definitely gonna be a bummer when he’s gone, Milly has been great too. At least with the time jump we get Olivia Cooke as Alicent and she is a fantastic actor. Curious to see how the older actress does for rhaenyra because I’ve never seen her in anything.
Yes they're freaking phenomenal.
I heard rumours about olsen and henry cavill
@@Noone91875 Elizabeth Olsen is fuckin stellar so I’d love to see her in this, if Wanda/scarlet witch is sidelined until a big return in the next set of avengers movies then I’d love to see her pop up in this show in the meantime. She a fuckin awesome actor so that would be a big win for this show. That being said nobody really reliable has reported the Olsen rumor so I’m not getting my hopes up, the site that originally reported it is actually pretty unreliable in general. Cavill I don’t think has any chance to show up, he’s already the star of an ongoing show which is very time consuming and there are a bunch of rumors that he’s met with marvel and might be joining the MCU. So I don’t think he’d be an option for any sort of prominent HOTD role.
Olsen fuckin rules tho so I’d be hyped as fuck if she joined the
Show, she’s a top tier actress with amazing screen presence.
@@puppetmaster8551 yep. Olsen literally stellar in Wandavision and multiverse of madness.
She literally steals every shot she is in. Even against Benedict Cumberbatch. Benedict Cumberbatch is a top tier actor. But she even tops him . This rumor might be true as she even Audition for role of Daenerys. But i did not want Henry cavill to Join mcu. Because in recent days mcu just use big names for marketing purpose only. They keep wasting their potential.
Just see what they did to bale.
I'd rather watch him as gerald Or SUPERMAN and Aegon the conqueror would be treat to watch if they make series about aegon 1.
@@Noone91875 Henry Cavill as Aegon the conqueror - that would be a dream casting!! 😲😲
Ryan Condal, the writer and showrunner of HotD is also the script writer for the upcoming "Highlander" remake, which will star Henry Carvill, so they will work together. Maybe Condal can interest him... :)
I love how they did little foreshadowing on the last two episodes 👌
Episode 3 ended with Craghas Drahar slain by Daemon Targaryen 108ac.. The Dance of The Dragons was 129-131ac
That Dance does not start until King Viserys I dies in the year 129ac
The Show is about the Targaryen Civil War, it was never about the War for The Stepstones..
Fun note, the Lannister twins is played by the same actor. So the one scene with them side-by-side is VFX.
Yes and we’ve already seen him in game of thrones
Daemon: *"COME OUT, PRINCE DRAHAR! WHERE ARE YOU?! I WANT TO GIVE YOU CRABS!"*
I like Lord Strong. He's one of the few people on the king's council who is always honest with the king and isn't self serving.
Cole is part of the kingsguard, like the Night's Watch he can never marry or have a family.
Pugs are actually an ancient breed. Over 2000 years old.
Honestly I feel like every single time Viserys is on screen, we’re all going to expect something terrible to happen to him. We know how GoT was and Viserys could (and will) die at any moment.
The music when daemon is going to "surrrender" gave me westworld vibes
There are seven kings guard. Most are assigned to the king except the ones assigned to the other royal members.
Love your guys reactions!! Keep it up ✌️🔥
A pretty good prequel series I’d day
So far so good 👍
There would be no fight between Daemon and the Crabfeeder. He is malnourished and screwed up with greyscale. He wouldn't last two seconds in a fight with Daemon Targaryen. That's why it cuts to afterwards. Also, Leanor Velaryon's dragon is called Seasmoke. He can ride one cause he is half Targaryen since his mother is cousin to Viserys nicknamed the queen who never was after the great council in 101 AC at Harrenhal when a thousand lords in the realm voted for the next ruler of Westeros.
The writers actually overpowered Crabfeeder by saying he's winning the war during the last 3 years. Whatever it took to make Daemon look more heroic and the underdog.
Yes. But it's kind of accurate to the books. But books doesn't elaborate this war. Show shows the conflict.
Book only said that "There's was going on for years at stepstones against Crabfeeder ".
So it was 3 years between episode 2 and 3? Like Leanor in episode 1 look like maybe he was a year or two older then Leana and in episode 3 he looks 20 🤣🤣🤣
It was accurate in the books, they get it from there. The only reason they are losing is they are losing RESOURCES. They have no backup from the crown, and they only have the Velaryon forces. The Triarchy prepared themselves for dragon war, where they will just hide, like what Dorne did on Aegon's conquest. It's not "losing" like a bloodbath losing. It is more like their resources are declining.
You forgot Ramsey Boston’s dogs in GOT!!
They didn't show the fight between Daemon and Crabfeeder because there was no reason for it, Crabfeeder is a sick man with greyscale who went crazy, what was he going to do against Daemon and his Dark Sister sword?
The swords are from the Lord's and other people Aegon defeated or made bend the knee when he conquered Westeros. The swords are not from Valyria. Then Balerion forged the Iron Throne out of all the swords with his dragonfire.
How did people actually think Crabfeeder was gonna be villian of the season ? 😂. I'm not even a book reader and I knew.
Well I thought we'd at least hear him open his mouth before he got killed off lol, but so far every episode of this show has been surprising!
@@MACReact I thought he'd be in it longer too, I was a bit conflicted when Daemon got him, it's nice we don't have to see that gross head/face any more but I thought his character was gonna become more sinister and ruthless
@@barr790 dude doesn't even have 3 paragraphs in the books.
@@nikdik154 Oh shut up and bore off with your "books" I bet you're one of them who tries to spoil it for us all.
If the Crabfeeder was from Myr, you think he even understood what that poor guy was shouting at him in the beginning? Lol
11:16 knowledge is a curse
30:38 Seasmoke
btw laenor's (corlys' son) dragon is called seasmoke
I’m binge watching your playlist now, I know I’m late but I miss the show lol
To answer your question, they couldn’t do the “fire that Cersei did” because wildfire hadn’t been created yet. The pyromancers came up with them during the battle that got the mad king and rhaegar killed by Robert Baratheon.
That was awesome. Daemon, you beast.
P.S: I think the 2nd dragon this episode is SeaSmoke.
Yes it’s name is seasmoke. It’s a bit out of nowhere for people who don’t know the story
Laenor Velaryon rides his dragon called Seasmoke
She can’t marry Christen Cole. He’s in charge of the King’s Guard, remember? They are forbidden to marry. He mentioned it during there little boar hunt.
Ser Criston is a member of the Kingsguard but he's not in charge of them. The current Lord Commander is Ser Harrold Westerling. But yeah, you make a good point.
@@sam_c95 Ser Westerling is the guy on horseback who greeted Rhaenyra when she hopped off of Syrax in the beginning of episode one right? I stand corrected. Thanks for the update.
@@danos2544 Yep that's him. But in episode 1 Westerling wasn't Lord Commander at that time - he was Rhaenyra's sworn shield (which is why he was waiting for her to return from her flight). Ser Ryam Redwyne was Lord Commander in episode 1. We see him in scenes usually standing behind the king, I don't think he has any lines.
Episode 2 opens with the small council discussing the death of Ser Ryam, the promotion of Westerling to Lord Commander, and the opening of a spot on the Kingsguard (and as Rhaenyra's sworn shield) which Ser Criston later takes.
With all the time jumps there will be a lot of changes to the Kingsguard and the small council in season 1!
Crabfeeder was never going to be important. When I first saw him, I immediately thought Scarecrow in Batman Begins. Like Batman was going to have much trouble with him? 🤣
Exactly it’s more about Daemons character than anything.
The War of the Stepstones is only meant to show how Daemon is as a warrior. It was NEVER the highlight nor it should be. It just needs to show us how Daemon will react to that kind of war. He can sacrifice himself, motivated by a prideful stamp of proving himself to his brother. He hates looking weak. Everything there is character building. It was just created in a battle form, but it was a CHARACTER MOMENT.
One of the best episode yet. Through out the show I think we see upwards of 10 dragons- honor dragon isnamed silver smoke on something like that. I think.
By the laws of succession and inheritance, there is only one ruler and it can only be passed down through bloodlines. There is no chance that whoever marries Rhaenyra - her King Consort - could become ruler by stealing it from her (unless whoever she marries has their own claim to the throne in their own right, e.g. baby Aegon if he were to marry Rhaenyra as Otto suggested, or Daemon which is an idea you guys came up with).
While Aegon the Conqueror ruled alongside his sister-wives and Jaehaerys ruled alongside his sister-wife, there was never any question who was the sole ruler. Jaehaerys famously overruled Alysanne on a number of occasions as was his right as king (Alysanne being his Queen Consort).
If you notice in Rhaenyra's scene she has a face full of blood and at the end of the episode Daemon has a face full of blood too which considers that they both ended up with a face full of Blood What a coincidence 🤔
The Daemon hitting the messenger and a Game of Thrones reference in Game of Thrones Jon snow he asks why they don't use messengers than ravens so he responds that it's been a long time since People,Matt Smith is killing it as Daemon Targaryen
The Daemon that he is very proud of he would never accept help from his brother daemon is not a bad person nor a good person he is a gray character, George Martin has said in several interviews that the daemon is neither good nor bad, he is a gray character and George Martin's favorite character is Daemon Targaryen, there are several interviews with the actor who plays Daemon who is Matt Smith, he also says several times in interviews that Daemon loves his family and that he would never do harm to his family and that Daemon he would give his life for viserys and for rhaenyra he loves his family and that sometimes they have their problems but he wouldn't hurt any of them and Matt Smith also said that the daemon doesn't want the throne he wants to show his worth to his brother and that he likes to fight and he likes attention that's what he wants from his brother that's why he does these things
I think the point of them not showing the fight with the crab feeder was that it was not a fight. No match one on one
i can't get why people doesn't get all the gestures Aliscent is doing through the series , i mean dude.. she's obviously going through some stress ( that's why she does that with his nails ) look her ayes and her face when she speak to rhaenyra or when she is with her dad ... the character is telling you " THIS GIRL IS NOT DOING WELL "
Greens supporter spotted.
Black supporter spotted. Someone actually noticing nuance about a character doesn’t mean they support them. However, someone taking issue with someone else noticing that nuance definitely reveals something about that person. 😢
Nice reaction, Madison & Christian! Laenor's dragon is named Seasmoke & Ser Criston Cole can't marry Rhaenyra because of the vow of the Kingsguard... 😉
21:38 .nope she is not saying that...
I THINK The Coles are bannermen to the Dondarrions. I could be wrong, though.
The swords were forged into the throne during the conquest not the doom. And it’s not having any fungus etc.
Crabfeeder was nothing more than a plot device for Daemon's arc; hence, his lack of dialogue and his demise being made offscreen
There is no main villain in HOTD. Its all in fighting lol
Jaehaerys guy 1:11
There never was a fight between the Crab feeder and Daemon Targaryen. Daemon followed him into the cave and Butchered the crab effortlessly with rage.
Cole is a King's Guard, they are like the Night's Watch in they can't marry or have titles.
The war in the stepstones was more of a character and plot development the villain in this season is house Targaryen tbh, also the crab feeder looked sickly he would have been no match for daemon 1v1 imo.
The new dragons name is Sea smoke rode by Laenor valerian, they used sea smoke because he blends in better with the clouds and smoke where as caraxes blended in better at night with the fire in the opening scene but would have been highly visible during the day.
Daemon said almighty almighty light the fuse on my call thirty niner niner 14 cook these fools I repeat cook these fools
Laenors dragon is named Sea Smoke...
Caraxes is so brutal
He's the best Doctor Who by a mile too
Cole is a member of the kings guard. He took an oath not to marry. He is not an option for marriage.
The big bad of the season or the entire show in other words, are Targaryens themselves :)
The intro mean 2 thing, blood or lava(fire) in valeryan
It's more of blood i think. Because there will be lot of marriage and babies (heirs) in this story. So it's basically showing bloodline from aegon I to the current heir of the iron throne. I figure they'll add more as the season progress.
Where is the Targeryan flag that you guys have .. i think It would be great to hang it behind you
Don’t feel bad for the guy with the “clubfoot” trust me.
I didn’t read the books or anything but I feel like Rhaenyra marrying Laenor and house valerian supporting Raenyra and Daemon over viserys and Aegon, I also feel like the promise of viserys to not replace Rhaenyra with Aegon will be out of viserys control because he’s probably going to die soon.
As far as Rhaenyra marrying sir cole he’s forbidden from marrying as a kings guard member it also wouldn’t help her politically if that’s something she cares about as heir to the throne.
Good prediction for someone who hasn’t read the books, it’ll be interesting to see what happens.
Exactly right about the Kingsguard, they’ve similar vows to the nights watch. I don’t think many of them avoid going to the brothels but they wouldn’t be getting married. Also it’s not common for them to just leave like Barristan and The Hound, it’s usually a matter of serving till your death
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Go back and look and how sickly and physically weak the Crab Eater looked. That fight was never going to be an actual fight.
Viserys and Daemon's parents were brother and sister.
Criston is a Kings guard. He cannot marry.
Daemon is a married man. His wife was mentioned in episode 1 and 2. He’s not a option either at the moment.
Daemon winning the war is great but didn’t win him the favors of lords. They are angry he went there against the Kings order in the first place. It did strengthened his relationship with the Velaryons.
Laenor's dragons name is Seasmoke!
Wait a minute, his fingers were gone?
Daemon THE GOAT Targaryen 👑
they have 7 kings guards
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Rhaenyra indeed has to marry in order for her to strengthen her position. What you are suggesting about Rhaenyra becoming queen, not getting married and later naming Aegon her heir is soemthing that has been done before in the case of Elizabeth I and her cousin's son King James I and VI. But the thing is, Otto and House Hightower will not allow such seeing how it is easily to break the vows made when the situation call for it. The only way for Otto and House Hightower to make sure their blood sits on the throne is to make sure Aegon becomes king. It also has something to do with pride and succession rules seeing how Westeros have always followed a male-preference semi-salic line of succession. Supporting Rhaenyra's claim would compromise the status of eldest male children with older sisters as heirs.
Now, Rhaenyra must choose to marry aomwone who will strengthen her claim and position. Marrying Laenor Velaryon gives her both. Marrying Laenor will strengthen her claim because therenare still those who believe Princess Rhaenys should be the true queen namely lords from the Crownlands, Narrow Sea, Stormlands and The North. Like I mentioned before, Westerosi succession rules follow the male-preference semi-salic law of succession which means male children are ahead of their female siblings in succession but , that daughters are also ahead of their uncles in succession. Laenor being Rhaenys son would strengthen Rhaenyra's claim to the throne. Also, Leanor as the heir to the wealthiest and most powerful family in the realm woukd certainly provide Rhaenyra the muscle to flex her power if needed be.
Ser Criston Cole is out of the question because Kingsguards have taken the vow of celibacy just like the Nights Watch, hence why Jaime was not named heir to Casterly Rock. Also, Rhaenyra marrying a low born man would offer nothing to her eiyher in strengthening her claim or her military power.
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I love your HxH shirt. Did you guys react to that show?
No unfortunately we watched HxH way before we started youtube. It's my favorite anime of all time so I like to rep the shirt on the channel lol.
i feel sorry for alicent. shes trying to do the right thing yet still gets shit for it by the fandom
@Bla Bla then viserys is equally at fault for raising his sons improperly.
The dragonfire doesn't exist during this time. It was Daenerys' father, Aerys the mad king who had his pyromancers make that.
Wildfire, not dragonfire. It existed long before the Mad King. Aegon IV, in an effort to conquer Dorne, had wooden “dragons” constructed that would pump out wildfire. That was in 175 AC, more than 100 years before the death of the Mad King. Exactly how long before 175 the Alchemists Guild knew how to make wildfire is uncertain.
I think Corlyss is now going to push for Rhaenyra to marry Laenor and Viserys will go back on his word and make it happen. And YES I think Rhaenyra is going to get with Criston but then the drama will be because he’s kings guard and can’t get married…all these twists and turns 🤔
Great reaction! I hope that you retrieve the Umbrella Academy episodes. 😢
A kingsguard can’t get married also they didn’t show the daemon fight because there wasn’t one lol daemon is literally considered one of the best fighters in game of thrones lore. It was just as quick as you would think lol even in the books it was quick. Crab feeder was just built up to show you how scary daemon can be. Daemon would rather die than to get his brother help and to have him steal all his glory lol on the verge of winning and now he wants to help after 3 years?? Id be pissed as well.
She cant marry Ser Cole
Hes a member of the Kings Guard. As such, he cant take a wife or father children.
Ser Criston Cole can't marry. As part of the Kingsguard vows, he had to give up the prospect of marriage, as well as any rights to inheriting any titles or land from House Cole.
Rhaenyra can't marry Criston Cole even if she wants to; he's Kingsguard, his vows forbid marriage.
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3 years war before the crabfeeder die and the fight would be unfair dude was like sick, so no need to watch it.