House of the Dragon - Game of Thrones spinoff (SPOILERS)

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Anonymous wrote:Why did Criston Cole snap like that? He would have known Rhaenyra is a princess and he’s just a knight, so she’s not going to run away with him. And why is Alicent so bothered by Rhaenyra not telling her about her sleeping with Criston? She used to be Rhaenyra’s friend and sneakily married her father, the king?!

Because her dad lost his position after Rhaenyra denied it, making him look like a liar to get Aegon into power.

NP. I too don't understand why Allicent is so mad at Rhaenyra, and your explanation doesn't really make sense, because she DIDN'T have sex with Daemon, so Rhaenyra never lied to Allicent. She just didn't tell her "but oh yeah I banged my protector" -- understandable since that could get him killed.

In the interviews with the show creators after the episode, they did confirm that Allicent was simply angry that Rhaenyra hadn't told her the whole WHOLE truth, but that seems silly to me in context.

I don't understand how this isn't about her dad. He told the king the truth, Rhaenyra lied and denied the truth, and because the king believed her, she told Otto to leave, assuming he was a liar. Alicent found out that R was lying via Sir Criston's confession.

Remind me, how? Cristin didn't say anything about Daemon.

I think it’s just that her father was barking up the right tree, and he was dismissed as a liar.

He wasn’t dismissed for being a liar. He was dismissed because he was using the king to make his own power play for his house (grandson) to sit on iron throne. The king realized he’d been manipulated while grieving his first wife.

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Anonymous wrote:A whole lot happened in last night's episode, and not just the age up. For all my complaining about the Young Rhaenyra I am not convinced that older Rhaenya is a step up. She seems to have lost something along the way, but at least her clothes fit.

While I totally get the concern about Rhaenyra's children not being legitimate, I admit I am a little confused about the supposed premium placed on virtue. It just seems out of sync with the general vibe of the show. Allicent is the first to call for protection of virtue but she was seducing the King while he was grieving. And I find it REALLY hard to buy that Criston is just standing around serving as the King's guard with seemingly no consequences. And that Rhaenyra up and took up with another dark haired dude part of her guard and has been with him for many years. Like, she and Laenor never tried? Anyway, I think all of that is a bit of a mess, but I am fascinated with all the children.

Daemon's story is a bit sad. I kind of like that he took off to Pentos and peaced out from all the Westeros crap. His wife's end was very sad, but also weird. No one tried to stop her? Enough with the childbirth scenes, please.

Honestly, I am ready for the Laenor death and Rhaenyra/Daemon love story storyline here.

I mean, what were Laena’s options? Death by fire (I believe she alluded to a dragon rider’s death earlier in the episode), or being butchered alive like Queen Aemma? Pretty sure I would take the dragon death there, too.

I thought members of Houses T & V would be (dragon)fireproof a la Mother of Dragons in GOT.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t Rhaenyra and Laenor just have a few legitimate kids? It’s really not that hard.

This is what I am saying.

I think Rhaenyra alludes to this before she commands Leanor to go to Dragonstone with her. It’s also what was discussed on the beach. She should’ve commanded him to father (or at least try) her first child. I’m a little surprised GRRM and co didn’t take the opportunity to script an MFM sex scene or make allusions to it for the sake of producing a legitimate descendant of both T&V houses. 🤷‍♀️

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I like Rhaenyra but she is so unpredictable. One minute she’s rebellious and the other she’s meek. Daenerys wouldn’t tolerate the crap the likes of Criston and Alicent pull. She probably would have had them murdered somehow by now.

OT but adult Rhaenyra is stunning.

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Did anyone expect Laena’s death would result in her baby being saved? The baby would be unburnt and would be extricated safely from Laena’s ashes.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t Rhaenyra and Laenor just have a few legitimate kids? It’s really not that hard.

I think you hit the nail on the head- it was not that hard.

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Anonymous wrote:A whole lot happened in last night's episode, and not just the age up. For all my complaining about the Young Rhaenyra I am not convinced that older Rhaenya is a step up. She seems to have lost something along the way, but at least her clothes fit.

While I totally get the concern about Rhaenyra's children not being legitimate, I admit I am a little confused about the supposed premium placed on virtue. It just seems out of sync with the general vibe of the show. Allicent is the first to call for protection of virtue but she was seducing the King while he was grieving. And I find it REALLY hard to buy that Criston is just standing around serving as the King's guard with seemingly no consequences. And that Rhaenyra up and took up with another dark haired dude part of her guard and has been with him for many years. Like, she and Laenor never tried? Anyway, I think all of that is a bit of a mess, but I am fascinated with all the children.

Daemon's story is a bit sad. I kind of like that he took off to Pentos and peaced out from all the Westeros crap. His wife's end was very sad, but also weird. No one tried to stop her? Enough with the childbirth scenes, please.

Honestly, I am ready for the Laenor death and Rhaenyra/Daemon love story storyline here.

I mean, what were Laena’s options? Death by fire (I believe she alluded to a dragon rider’s death earlier in the episode), or being butchered alive like Queen Aemma? Pretty sure I would take the dragon death there, too.

I thought members of Houses T & V would be (dragon)fireproof a la Mother of Dragons in GOT.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone expect Laena’s death would result in her baby being saved? The baby would be unburnt and would be extricated safely from Laena’s ashes.

Definitely didn’t think she’d just be incinerated like that. Missed opportunity. Your idea would’ve been interesting to see played out.

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We had to get rid of her so the uncle and niece could marry. Right?

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Bad episode overall. This may be a new lesson that miniseries shouldn’t span decades and cast changes.

It’s like all the changed characters had a massive personality change plus all need Zoloft plus the castle is now a dungeon and all the fornification artwork is gone.

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Anonymous wrote:A whole lot happened in last night's episode, and not just the age up. For all my complaining about the Young Rhaenyra I am not convinced that older Rhaenya is a step up. She seems to have lost something along the way, but at least her clothes fit.

While I totally get the concern about Rhaenyra's children not being legitimate, I admit I am a little confused about the supposed premium placed on virtue. It just seems out of sync with the general vibe of the show. Allicent is the first to call for protection of virtue but she was seducing the King while he was grieving. And I find it REALLY hard to buy that Criston is just standing around serving as the King's guard with seemingly no consequences. And that Rhaenyra up and took up with another dark haired dude part of her guard and has been with him for many years. Like, she and Laenor never tried? Anyway, I think all of that is a bit of a mess, but I am fascinated with all the children.

Daemon's story is a bit sad. I kind of like that he took off to Pentos and peaced out from all the Westeros crap. His wife's end was very sad, but also weird. No one tried to stop her? Enough with the childbirth scenes, please.

Honestly, I am ready for the Laenor death and Rhaenyra/Daemon love story storyline here.

I mean, what were Laena’s options? Death by fire (I believe she alluded to a dragon rider’s death earlier in the episode), or being butchered alive like Queen Aemma? Pretty sure I would take the dragon death there, too.

I thought members of Houses T & V would be (dragon)fireproof a la Mother of Dragons in GOT.

No. I can’t remember exactly how it is spelled out in the source material for HotD (the book Fire and Blood), but the Targaryens can absolutely be burned. What happened with Daenerys was a one-off, attributed to some magic or destiny or something.

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Anyone feel a bit bad for the dragon who torched Laena? He seemed reluctant. I don’t know if dragons really have feelings like Toothless.

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Anonymous wrote:We had to get rid of her so the uncle and niece could marry. Right?

New R has no sex appeal. Shall see how/if they successfully change that.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this only going to be one stand alone season?

It looks like they are switching out the actress that plays Rhaenyra starting next week. So there will be a sizable time jump.

No it’s already been renewed for 2nd season.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone expect Laena’s death would result in her baby being saved? The baby would be unburnt and would be extricated safely from Laena’s ashes.

In the book she died (not by fire) after giving birth to a horribly deformed child. I really wonder if they are playing down the fact that incest has consequences. Apparently Viserys and Daemon’s mother and father were also brother/sister as were their grandparents, plus a few generations before that, the original Aegon married both his sisters. Plus Laena and Daemon were cousins. That’s a pretty big ick factor for me.