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My headcanon: Visenya just had a lot of elder sibling energy, meaning very protective and slightly bullying towards both of them.

I think Aegons Conquest is once of those ideas that would work best as a 3 hour movie rather than a 3 season 30 episode series

If I was writing the show I would spend the entire first season on set up before Aegon's decision to invade and REALLY dig into the big players in Westeros, the regional conflicts and power politics of the pre-conquest kingdoms, and doing character development of Aegon, Visenya, Rhaenys and Orys. Id also show Aegon fighting in the alliance against Volantis to add some extra Dragon action and set up Balerion as the flying doom machine that he is. Then season two is the Dragon Trio wrecking the northern 6 kingdoms shit. Season three will be the struggle against Dorne and the efforts to unite the kingdoms, with lots of court politics and council meetings in the rapidly growing KL. You could go into the son's of the Dragon stuff as a season 4 or just end it with Aegon making peace with Dorne.

The thought of visenya bullying aegon while balerion cowers behind him will no longer leave my head😂😂

Visenya is going to be the character a lot of viewers thought Young Rhaenyra was going to turn into in HOTD

"Don't think about it too hard"... Well I wasn't thinking about it before, but *now* I'm think about it.

I want Aegon to be focused on fulfilling his destiny, Visenya to be focused on following the plan, and Rhaenys to be focused on enjoying the experience. Then, I want the friction to develop organically from their different affirmations to the same question. *Q:* "Why are you doing this?" *Aegon:* "Because it is my destiny." *Visenya:* "Because we are the only ones who can." *Rhaenys:* "Because Fire and Blood, Baby. You either get cooking or you get cooked."

Aegon and his sisters are such larger than life characters, I’d like to see Orys Baratheon be the Nic Carraway to Aegon’s Jay Gatsby - like he’s the actual POV character.

I want a maegor show so bad

I'd like it if they showed the Doom of Valyria as an intro like the War of the Last Alliance is shown in the LOTR trilogy.

The producers should study Better Call Saul, honestly. That show was a masterpiece in making an expected outcome highly entertaining

So excited to see Balerion, Meraxes and our young nana Vhagar so happy for this. My impressions (i could be wrong) of the 3 conquerors based on Fire and Blood are: 1. Aegon (Father Archetype): he is a character whose dream in seed form was implanted in Westeros and all the events of the original saga are linked to that by obvious reasons. Analytical, reserved, rational, thoughtful tactician, independent, responsible and above all I think he is a master of planning. He's definitely introverted but I wonder if he was someone inclined to Valyrian magick or until he had that dream. 2. Visenya (the warrior archetype): if Aegon is a master planner she for sure is the commander and she may be similar to Aegon but likes to adjust Aegon's strategy her way. She for sure is confident, sharp minded, hates feeling weak, highly critical, has a hard time trusting others except her Brother. I believe Aegon and Visenya had a lot of arguments. And she for sure wanted to take the seven kingdoms to be more than just Aegon's wife. She may compete with him constantly and bully him, she's better than him. 3. Rhaenys (the lover archetype): she is the younger sister, no responsibilities, sweet, kind, full of ideas and the best dragon rider (just as Rhaenys and Meleys). She probably was careless and the conquest grounded her in reality and pushed her to achieve something in her life, Aegon plays a big part in her becoming driven. She is the impulsive dragon rider and probably Visenya scolded her constantly.

My Wishes for The Conquest Show 1. Purple Eyes (it can't be that hard) 2. Colorful Dragons. I want colored flames that match the colored sclaes 3. Visenya and Rhaenys need to be the real main characters. Aegon is great, but he mostly plays the role of figurehead. His half-brother and his 2 sisters did most of the fun stuff. 4. Show off the other Kings and their Kingdoms. If you have 10 hours of screen time, the conquest would get repetitive if it was just Aegon point at a map, then burning it. 5. Don't stop when Aegon sits the Throne. It would be fine to end a season 1, but a lot of interesting stuff happens during Aegon's reign. His messy succession and the mess that follows leads into Jaehaerys I ruling which leads well into House of the Dragon. And a bonus, The Dance and it's fallout lead into Aegon IV's reign a fee decades later. A Blackfyre rebellion show (or movie) could connect the end of House to the start of Dunk and Egg. Its very ambitious ik, its way easier said than done, but with how detailed the 300-year timeline of the Targs rule is, i don't think it's impossible. There is a clear blueprint and HotD showed it's not afraid of time skips which could be used well.

Pleeeeeeeeeease let this show actually happen. This is the one spinoff I wanted.

I feel like its worth mentioning that Rhaenys and Visenya never have ONE dispute that the maesters feel is worth mentioning, despite writing in much detail about the Targaryen's civil disputes after. Also Visenya and Aegon actually became quite close after Rhaenys' death and they both torched Dorne three times over. Visenya became incredibly protective over Aegon and was rarely not seen by his side and is when she created the King's Guard. They only became distant after AEGON made peace with Dorne and there's nothing to suggest it wasn't Visenya who chose to seperate, unable to agree with the peace after the death of her sister. I feel like the fandom is very quick to say it was Aegon who had the most autonomy over the dynamic/relationship between the siblings, that what he said was law and he decided who he loved and who he didn't and when to seperate and when to be close. Ancient Valyrians did not have gender roles and the conqueorors were without Westerosi customs or culture. Visenya by all rights would be the one to call the shots and its Aegon and Rhaenys who'd have to follow her lead as the eldest sibling. There's nothing to suggest it was actually her that did not love Aegon, or that it was at least a mutual non-romantic relationship and simply that of two siblings.

I love that you see that Aegon and Rhaegar have that sort of parallel because I remember when first reading about Aegon in TWOIAF, the thought coming like 'It's almost like I've read about this guy before, wonder where...' And then Fire and Blood like confirms it for me. So I wonder if the show happens and we get more on Aegon, then that means we'll also get more glimpses of Rhaegar's character through him as well. But honestly, I'm just all for Balerion😍

I think this is an optimal show to have a lot of flashbacks. Cold opens could be used to show Aenar's departure from Valyria, the conquerors' childhoods, and other immediately relevant history. The show's era might lack for significant interpersonal drama, but the holes can be filled with lore or even parallel storylines in history.

I would love to see House gardener being a large part of it

Looking forward to seeing the fall of Black Harren and the Gardners and Durrendins, plus the whole weirwood arrows backstory.

0:55 Just wanted to point out that several male actors also did this, like Jacob Elordi, and it seems more Ike a call for the producers and casting directors’ attention.

Genuinely so excited for this. I’ve always wondered if Rhaenys died on impact or not. Hopefully they show us why Aegon flew to Dragonstone right after receiving the letter. I also hope they continue into the sons of the dragon. Then we’ll eventually see Rhaena, Jaehaerys and Alysanne. Might be the only time we get to see those three on tv. (Aside from Jaehaerys small cameo in HotD).

I think they'll lean into the ambiguity we've seen in House Of The Dragon so far. If Aegon presides over everything but we never really get to know his inner mind (as is the case in Fire And Blood) but instead see things from the viewpoint of his sisters and Orys, then that'll create a lot of mystery which, hopefully, would make up for knowing the final outcome of the conquest. Why did Aegon do what he did? And that's the heart of a series where we know the final outcome: why rather than how.

Praise Garth!!

"Was their sexual tension between Aegon and Torrhen? Why did Torrhen kneel? Don't think about it too *hard*" But what if I want to? 😄😁 What a masterful double entenderé, I kneel before y-- nvm

hope RR gets the part in the conquest musical at least

hc that visenya terrorized aegon as kids (sibling style) which explains everything. sources: i have an older sister.

I think the drama is making the Targaryens come across really scummy like the Lannisters but make them compelling just like the Lannisters. Also like House of the Dragon what we see on TV is what really happened. Crueler deaths, like the mad queen, that weren't necessary. Obviously the ending of the story is far more well-known amongst only show watchers unlike House of the dragon, but the histories are written by the victors so there can definitely be things about aegon's conquest that we truly did not know about After watching a bit more of this I didn't even consider that we actually get to see what Aegon was like. I think that's going to be the best part about this show honestly. I feel like probably over the period of him conquering everyone he'll probably become very sad or full of some regret that the way he has to bring the kingdom together to save humanity is by having to slaughter so many people. With the notes that him and King Hoar passed around, or maybe we'll see them. Talk face to face, I can see him wanting him dead since he's such a horrible person but at the same time pleading with him so he doesn't have to destroy something so magnificent, his castle, and burn everyone alive in it of course. Either way, I think this will actually might be the best part of the whole show. If it does get made of course. Now all they have to do is make Robert's rebellion, again. I know we already have all the information but still it's the in between stuff that is going to make a great.

Three seasons gives off Hobbit trilogy vibes to me. How about seasons 2 and 3 covering the ground between Aegon's Conquest and The Dance of Dragons?

I swear to the old gods and the new that you have the driest, most well procured humor within any these KZfaqs! PS, I just got a baby dragon... Well, ok, he's a baby mangrove monitor. But he might as well be a tiny wyvern! I have dubbed him Rhaegal.

I still don't like the idea of an Aegon's conquest show though this video does help some, like you said. Aegon is one of GRRM's few characters who straddles the line between being both humanized and mythological given his deeds and how little we know about his thoughts. I really like that about him. I do however, really want a Sons of the Dragon show. And a Blackfyre Rebellion show but I imagine that would be a looooong way out. I also don't like the theories about Aenys and/or Maegor not being Aegon's sons. Part of what makes Aegon so great is that he balances the soft heart and the tough heart that a good king needs. I think it's poetic that neither of his sons could live up to him because they each fell too far towards one side rather than have the balance of restraint and brutality. Similar to Ender's Game for those familiar with the background about him and his siblings. Jaehaery's having the balance is also part of what made him so great and makes perfect thematic sense for him coming to the throne after Aenys and Maegor.

I'd love to see Argella and Orrys having a grand love story like that of Erinyi and the first durrandon!

Almost died praising Garth..."like me...I believe I'm lost in several layers of character..." 🤣

I hope we get to see House Targaryen leave Valyria. I think seeing Valyria on screen would be amazing, highly unlikely but i still hope.

How long has Visenya been bullying Aegon? I would imagine that she's been strong arming him for a very long time, and that he has learned to live with it or pick his battles with her. I'm excited to see if they flesh out the Ironborn more. Getting to know some of the ruling houses/characters from the Conquest will absolutely serve to enhance the Westerosi backstory. Brandon Snow seems to be very religious, which will give us insight into the wierwood religion, which the main show didn't really provide. We might actually get some Dornish culture instead of what we got in the main series, aka just "the Dornish like to fuck." There is a fantastic opportunity here to make this a truthful telling by including one of the main characters of the series/world as a whole; magic, and to also show that war is never black and white. I'm excited for this!❤

I just want to see Pre-Doom Valerya on screen at some point, maybe as a flashback or as part of the beginning of the show, even if its just a brief glimpse that shows the events leading up to to the Targaryens landing in Westeros before getting into the Conquest.

I wonder how theyll portray what happened to Rhaenys and Meraxes in Dorne. And the letter that was sent to Aegon.

I love the way you do these 20-30 minute vids. Been watching for a year and a half. Good stuff my dude.

I have VERY high hopes for how the characters are written. I’m the most worried about Aegon and Visenya, both separately and interacting together. They don’t have a passionate love like Aegon and Rhaenys. It’s usually depicted as a marriage of duty and that’s it, but when Visenya cut Aegon’s cheek it felt like a protective older sister scolding her “idiot” younger brother and I love that dynamic. I mainly hope Visenya isn’t a one-dimensional hot villainess, Aegon isn’t a Marvel hero alpha male, and Rhaenys isn’t just eye candy tagging along for the ride. They all contributed and they are all nuanced characters. We deserve to see characters and not tired tropes.

I honestly think this would work better as a miniseries rather than a full show like Game of Thrones.

Thank you for using the word "regalia" vs. using the word "costumes" when talking about the world building. Im first nations, and people often end up calling cultural 'dress' as costumes rather than something more serious and rooted in culture & history. All peoples have their own special regalia. I love hearing the word used.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

A few more questions: 1) Casting of Ageon and his sisters - if Caucasian actors are cast, then how does House Velaryon (specifically Valaena Velaryon) factor into this? What they could show is Valaena's dad remarrying someone from House Otherys after Velaena's Targaryen mom passing away, and have that explain why the Velaryons generally possess more melanin in HoTD (just a thought). 2) Valyrian lemur theory - I posted this on one of your other videos, but I think the 3rd head of the dragon is effectively immortal *provided* the deceased dragon skull remains intact (which is why Aegon cooled his heels after Dorne offered to return the skull of Meraxes) and that the third head has the ability to observe its surroundings through a dragon skull AND possibly affect events in the physical world. 3) What Valyrian magic/technology is still at Aegon's disposal during his lifetime that no exists (so far as we know) in the GoT/HoTD timeline? We know that the last of the Valyrian pyromancers hid Aegon's song in the steel of the catspaw dagger prior to his death, and we can assume that they knew how to hatch dragon eggs. But what else? 4) Why so few Targs at the time of the conquest? The only other Targaryen descendant not directly tied to Aerion Targaryen that we know about from this time is a descendant of Gaemon (Aegon the Conqueror's great-great-great grandsire)Targaryen's youngest daughter (who married a petty lord) who makes an appearance at the Great Council of 101 AC. And for that matter, what about the dragonkeepers? Were they descendants of dragonkeepers Aenar brought over (presumably)? And finally 5) Is Aegon's prophecy tied to a specific Prince or Princess, or is Valyrian prophecy the common refrain or chorus in a song with multiple verses (meaning that ANY descendant of Aegon around during the Long Night could be a potential candidate for the prophecy)?

Your voice for Princess Meria reminded me of Yoda, which I think would also be a great casting choice. 😂

Rhaegars wig is an important part of the prophecy. I won’t be watching if they cut it from the show.

I think some of the drama can come from the relationship between Aegon and his bastard brother Orys. How much did he resent not being allowed to marry one of his half siblings and rule as four heads of the Dragon? It was House Baratheon that eventually topple the Targaryen dynasty. And why doesn’t he get a dragon? I think that could be a rich source of conflict.

Although I'm excited to see these epic battles, I'm more interested in seeing the heart in conflict. There HAS to be so much going on in the minds and behind the actions of the Targaryen siblings. Although highly unlikely, I'd love to see a great dramatic director, like Alejandro Gonzalez Inirritu (I know he's a film director)...but a real actors' director...to flesh out this world.

David, I need you to work with George and the people at HBO. My god you made me want this show NOW🔥

Rhaegar is like Posh Spice being interrupted on cam by a David 😁

I hope we will find out what is written in that letter Aegon received from Dorne after Rhaenys died. 🤔

I’ll gladly watch any show set in this world:) I hope it gets green lit

Fun times. Thanks for the video. Feel this will be a great season

Btw i am new to your channel but i have been completely hooked on your discussions about well, everything ASOIAF. i was revisiting the seriesand a friend encouraged me to check out the books and eventually i came to the world lore book and the empire of the dawn and THAT is my favorite thats what i typed in youtube to find your channel, im very glad i did, its cool to see a stoner buggin on out on the stuff we love, thats literally doing what you love and thats awesome bro. plus idk where your actually from but the streamer tag says VA and im from danville and its not everyday i see people rep VA on stream much love!!!

Thank you, David, what a treat in the middle of the week, and how exciting🎉🎉 you are so entertaining and charming, can’t wait for the Sunday stream

Oh, there once was a hero named Rhaegar the Boss, Who came flying from Valyria to old Westeros And the dragon did swagger and brandish his teeth, As he smote all the Dornish and made Starks go to knees But then he went quiet, did Rhaegar the Red When he met the half-centaur Lyanna, who said: "Oh, you poud and you lie and talk of prophecies Now I think it's high time that you put me in the marriage bed to bleed!" And so then came clashing and slashing of steel, As the brave lad Robert charched in full of zeal And the braggart named Rhaegar was no longer at court- When all of his rubies fell into The Fork Skål! :)

Great video David. Makes me excited for A.C. series even more. Thanks for your take :)

Aww I haven’t been here in a while!!! Great vid as always D!

As always, I love your work

Thanks Dave!

If I were writing the show, I would make Brandon Snow and Torrhen Stark look similar, and do the ole parent swap when talking with Aegon- so Aegon thinks he is talking to Brandon and could either figure it out as it progress or figures it out when he shows up to kneel- there's a lot you could do there- and the real Brandon could be doing schemes while they talk to try and figure out how to avoid a war and kneeling- just a lot of potential there I would think.

I hope a lot of the drama comes from the great houses in Westoros at the time , like the Storm King , Harren the black , Maybe see what it was like for Tully's and others in the river lands being under house Hors harsh rule etc.. Learn more and see into the lives of the people in Westoros at the time basically , stuff we haven't read

Oh the last battle whit Argelac a scene made for screen.

Aegon claiming Balerion: first scene before the opening titles! Would mirror/foreshadow the claiming of Westeros.

Im so frickin happy for this😂😂😂🎉

It would be interesting to see if they do anything showing the possibility of Aenys or Maegor not being the sons of Aegon. Jaehaerys and Alysanne’s daughter Alyssa’s physical description as having dirty blonde hair and one green eye is something to consider. Where’d that come from? Just saying.

After watching literally ALL your videos on repeat whilst having the flu in bed I still got excited for a new one! ❤

This has me really excited about it. Hopefully they use these ideas

Just seeing these characters on my screen is enough for me 😭

10:37 speaking of Signs and Portents: I've just listened to History of Westeros's episode on the Dornish Letter, and one aspect of the mystery is of course "why did Aegon immedately fly to Dragonstone?" I believe the letter is related to the prophecy in some way, perhaps the Dornish claiming that their GEotD bloodline will be necessary for the fight to come. Could it be that Aegon was presented with information that could be verified by finding a particular passage in Signs and Portents, which as an important Targ relic was stored on Dragonstone?

My idea: the basis of the show is an elderly Daenys is on her death bed, she is surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She wakes and starts telling them about a dragon dream she just had in which she tells them how their descendant will come to rule the entirety of Westeros. She then goes on to tell the story of the conquest. It also allows for the writers to slip in the Doom.

I want the conquest from the view of the conquered! That’s the drama, fighting dragons for your freedom and having to bend the knee to survive…

Exciting!

What if they do it like vikings? The show could span a few generations and run for several seasons

This just makes me think that they should've adapted Fire & Blood from the beginning and start with this. A sons of the Dragon show sounds interesting. Maybe they make it part of the conquest and the show continues until the crowning of Jaehaerys, the guy who finally got the kingdoms to settle down.

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It's so hard in this modern time to know what is real or totally made up. Did an AI make the article? Did the writer only have clicks in mind? It can be so frustrating! So thank you for cutting through the crap and bringing us the REAL news. Cheers brother

I havent gotten to the first question yet but I think the drama of the show will be (assuming its not a mini series) the failure to conquer Dorne, the tumultuous relationship of the siblings and if they do time jumps like hotd maybe even Maegor's rule

20:43 - just wanted to correct the art credit, this cool Torrhen Stark is by J Victor Garcia! Thank you for your thoughts, LmL!

I wish they wouldn’t call it “AEGON’s Conquest” though. I’m reminded of that Arya quote from GoT: “It was Rhaenys and Visenya too”. It makes me a little worried that it’ll just be all about how good Aegon is doing and Visenya and Rhaenys are basically arm candy and have it basically be a Marvel movie. I hope that’s not the official title of the series because they can do better if House of The Dragon and A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms is anything to go off of

This is my sister, this is my other sister. One is for warfare, the other's for fun

Praise up the garth 💚

Can't wait for the Doom of Valyria flashbacks. Getting giddy just thinking about it. Might have to praise Garth. For me, Aegon's Conquest has many parallels with the Roman conquest of Britain under Claudius. Long established contact, alliances with local kings, divide and conquer, ruthless destruction of enemies, post-conquest tolerance of local religions. Alas, though, no dragons.

Imagine being in an incestous polycule involving dragons… part of a family running away from apocalypse…and then still ending up in an existential crisis…while having to trust that family to save the world…

Thank you David for calling out these fake Snow videos!

We’ll get to see Balerion! Ooooh I so hope this happens!

I feel like a show that starts towards the end of Aegons life and ends with the crowing of Jahaerys would be a better show. With more source material and opportunity for character drama.

It’d be so cool to see Westeros before Targaryens ruled

Fab video 💖💖 can't wait for the Visenya Gecko video shout out 🤣🤣

In my opinion the perfect season one finale would be Harrenhall's fall. Then show the other kings starting to panic as a teaser for S2.

🎼🎵 Produced Content! 🎶 Always amazing! Well done well done!!!

They could do a montage of Maegor and Aenys growing up until Aegon dies or something. It would show their differences, not waste too much screen time and perhaps not feel as abrupt as the bigger time skips in HotD

I would love to see some more about the Iron Bank and Bravos in this series.

All three of them must have claimed their dragons. Vhagar was around 50 years old at the time of the Conquest, Meraxes was was bigger than Vhagar so probably older, and the tradition of placing an egg in the ceadle was started much later by Rhaena when she placed an egg into Jaehaerys's cradle.

It's so exciting to have all these shows unfold! And TWOW to look forward, also!

I just had an idea maybe, Aegon went to Oldtown to searh for information regarding the prophecy

It wouldn't be till near the end but, now that George has introduced the idea of Aegon's Prophecy through HotD, we should see Aegon grappling with the fact that he failed to fulfill his dream by not bringing Dorne into the fold. On top of the death of Rhaenys and the grief in that, have him recognize that his giant jigsaw puzzle of Westeros will always be missing a piece, both literally and symbolically through losing both Dorne and his sister. Does he own up to this failure, or does he make excuses for it and claim victory in his prophecy?

All great questions no doubt, but Question #2 is definitely the one that piques my interest the most. Besides the idea of seeing The Black Dread, of course. That goes without saying.

I just want to see Balerion in action

Random question. Who would win in a free for all war between the 7 kingdoms and the iron islands excluding magic? With the army sizes and military leaders just before the start of the war of 5 kings. No alliances allowed. I thought about this for hours on end trying to come up with a realistic scenario. Ex if the stormlands attack the the reach. Dorne will attack the stormlands in turn since it's less defended. Food for thought. All I can say with this for sure is that the riverlands will wave the white flag first

It would be really cool if they made this show an animated series

Maybe we get the birth of the grand maester conspiracy