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alicent realizing in real time that the system and status quo she helped to perpetuate and uphold all her life is now affecting her as well was priceless

your reaction to daemon's hallucination with his mom killed me😂😂

Jace and Baela have been KILLING IT

crazy how the smallfolks were eating rotten lemon while cole was using it to clean his sword

Aegon survived because of his Valyrian steel armor The steel was molded by dragon fire.....it could possibly withstand it. Also the only reason Aegon isn't drowning in infections is because valyrian steel is sterile. The steel might be cooked into his skin but it saved him He's only gonna be excruciating pain now tho

13:30 to 14:15 is probably the funniest reaction I’ve ever seen to the show, I went back so many times 😭😭😭

When they say "send a dragon for protection" they mean "send a dragon with their rider to protect us". They don't expect to be dragonriders themselves since it is the belief that only targerians can do that.

18:35 I don't know if she realizes it, but this is exactly the same position Rhaenyra has been enduring because of Alicent and the Greens. So, for her to propose that she herself be made regent just goes against what she and her father have been complaining about Rhaenyra being a woman unfit to be heir; that only first-born sons can. Now, this is biting her in the ass. But at least I'm glad that Larys brought this up.

The Lord of Harrenhal and Daemon’s interactions are underrated and I find them funny lol

I think Damon's and Viserys' bastard brother is (1). The Smithy with the sick daughter could be (2) look at his hair, Corlys' bastard son Adam (Lenore's dragon intrigued him on the beach while he was searching for crabs), and Seasmoke needs a new rider so he would be (3). This way his Brother Alyn can be the heir of Driftmark because he has always been on the ships - Alyn is Salt and Sea. He saved Corlys from drowning. Not to mention anyone else who could be around. I think they just need to have Valeryion blood to ride a dragon.

Daemon literally prefers to keep having freaky dreams and do side quests at Harrenhall than making up with his wife. Dude, come on. Time to wrap up this storyline 😂

i love the parallels/dichotomies between Alicent and Rhaenyra both in leadership and motherhood

I’m with Bryce on Aegon. The guy was doomed from the second he was born, that naturally was going to make him one of the best characters on the show. You don’t have to think he’s a good person to enjoy him, similar to Viserys, Corlys and Daemon who when it comes to women are just as terrible as Aegon.

Aegon is a survivor off spite alone mwahahahaha! I love Jace and Baela in this episode, they're my babies and I need to see more of them.

I am Team Black but Aegon is def an interesting character in the sense of how he is written and how that affects him as a ruler/personally and drives the storyline.

Bryce looking for more complexity in Aegon isn’t a bad thing though, I don’t know why Rob doesn’t seem to get this. He literally loves Daemon who killed his first wife with a rock and physically abused Rhaenyra. So why can’t people find Aegon interesting? None of them are good people but it’s fiction and they are engaging to watch.

“he kinda wants to be a good person” oh bryce that’s not….

I wish people would stop acting like Aegon is the one character in this show you aren’t allowed to find interesting. It’s a world of INSANELY gray characters, GRRM is kind of known for exactly that. Almost everyone in this show has done things we’d find COMPLETELY unforgivable in real life and it’s still completely fine to like them because they are fictional. Daemon is a fan favorite and he killed one wife by beating her head in with a rock, not to mention a whole bunch of other shit. In GOT people typically grow to love Jamie Lannister and the Hound and look at all the shit they did. It’s okay to find bad people interesting in fiction!!! And in Westeros most people are selfish and kinda bad? Just how it is. (This isn’t directed at the boys, just a general observation)

I understand where Bryce is coming from only because the Aegon actor is so incredible but besides that I agree with Rob. Aegon assaults women and is not necessarily trying to be a good person in that scene where he's addressing the townsfolk concerns as opposed to displaying his incompetence. He did not know how to be king so he just said what he thought people wanted to hear so no, I still think he's horrible. The performance the actor is giving is probably top 3 in the show for me though.

You guys reactions to the Damon scenes are just like mine lol what is going on there also I really thought argon was gone but he’s hanging in there great reaction guys

Bryce distracting himself with stories about dreams within dreams and deadly bat shit after watching Daemon attempt to crawl back into the womb is priceless.

*I’m not a book reader or a theory reader. so this isn’t a spoiler, just my own observation*…. I think the Drunk Bastard Uncle and Swole Legolas Blacksmith and Coralys’ Pouty Bastard son are about to be called on to ride some Dragons 🐉

I'm going to need Aegon to hurry up and heal so he can keep that fool away from Rhaenyra's throne.

Don’t Dragons only move on to new Riders when the old one dies? I think Dragons are bonded to one rider at a time.

31:51 🎵🎶I’m still alive but I’m barely breathing🎶🎵

Alicent isn’t pissed because she can’t manipulate Aemond, she’s scared of Aemond and she knows what he’s capable of and that he’s complicit in what happened to Aegon.

They are wasting Daemon this season, most likely because the writers didn't like he was a fan favorite. In truth, he's George's favorite historical Targaryen, because while he is grey and unpredictable, his loyalty to his family and the Targaryen dynasty is unquestioned. The real Daemon never planned to take the throne from Rhaenyra, he got the Riverlands for her very quickly, even before Rhaenys died. He was in Harrenhal already when Luke died, he didn't go because they fought, and Mysaria was the one who found Blood and Cheese at his request for a "son for a son" (never a mistake, he wanted to kill an heir of the usurper just as Aemond killed Rhaenyra's heir, Helaena was made to choose between her two sons). Nobody outside the greens gave a damn about what happened. If Rhaenyra had a problem with it, she got over real quick considering she was grieving her own children. Aemond was called kinslayer, not her. He murdered his nephew, a peace envoy, breaking guest law, while they were still negotiating terms. He was marked by it. It's his alias throughout the story. Aemond the kinslayer. Nobody liked him. Rhaenyra never sued for peace either. She said from the start: "Tell my half-brother I will have my throne or I will have his head." She said she would spare her half-siblings if they bend the knee, but that was wall, and over once her child was murdered. And it definitely wasn't an accident. Aemond followed Luke (who was unable to get away only because of the rain, as Arrax was faster than Vhagar), wanting revenge. There's a rumor he went after him because Maris Baratheon said she was glad he chose her sister because he was a coward, and Luke must have taken his balls, not only his eye. Aemond is a pathetic incel loser like his mentor, only works for himself and em prol of his obsessions: Lucerys, Rhaenyra, Daemon. As for Daemon and Alys: "Whatever her powers, it would seem Daemon Targaryen was immune to them, for little is heard of this supposed sorceress whilst the prince held Harrenhal." What was funny about that unnecessary scene with his mother was Alyssa Targaryen not only did not have silver hair (she had dirty blond and mismatched purple/green eyes, a distinctive look), but Daemon essentially never knew her. She died when he was 3. The show can't decide if he knew her or not. He had no idea who the woman was until she called him a son, to which he reacted with disgust. Alys said he never knew his mother (and how can't he tell it was Alys who planted the hallucination in his mind is another funny thing, she always mentions the things he "dreams" about). But in season 1, Viserys said Daemon was always their mother's favorite because he was a warrior. Again, he was 3 when she died.

Lol did yall miss the entire convo between baela and coryls. It was almost entirely about him being Hand

sorry bryce but aegon just wants to be adore by people, he doesnt care about them

26:15 the lords of the Riverlands are the Tully’s, but the leader of the house is too old and sick to rule

Isnt daemon also a predator, abuser wife killer? Isnt viserys a pedo and rapist? people love them. Aegon is one of the kist interesting characters wrtitten this season and theres no need to deny it just cs hes evil. Just this episode daemon ordered the rapes and murders of no matter how many women and children. This is the heart of grrm's work

Queen Dowager Pick Me got a well-deserved reality check.

They technically need Valayrian blood, as there were many families that rode dragons in old Valyria, not just the Targaryens. I think the Targaryen’s were the only family to survived the doom of Valryia though? Could be wrong.

Aegon wants attention so bad, from anyone really that is the reason he went to Rooks Rest, after his mother told him to do nothing and I think him wanting to give into the small folks demands shows his incompetence and also how he just want to be seen as a good king even though he really doesn't understand how the position works. He is basically an ignored kid who wants the smallest speck of attention. Even when he is obviously a bad person, the actor canake compelling scenes, like when he is crying for his son and when he calls for his mom this episode, but I think it is mainly that the actor is very charismatic and therefore makes you feel more positive towards aegon.

That's why they made Aegon a grapist on the show (show only btw), because if they didn't then he would be perceived as much a victim of his circumstances as Rhaenyra is, and we can't have that because the writers said they want the patriarchy to be the villain of the show. It is such a lazy way to assassinate a character. Rhaenyra is a woman, so they won't let her take the crown without a fight. Aegon is a man (first born) so they won't let him say no to the crown. Everything that has happened to him happened because of that damn throne through no fault of his own. It would have been a much more tragic and compelling story had the writers allowed for this to come through, but as it is, the audience only see Rhaenyra=good, Aegon=bad. No matter how much they try to humanize Aegon now, the audience cannot forgive a grapist, child abuser.

I agree with you Bryce, aegon does want to do good but he’s never been taught on how to rule. I feel bad for him as in he never stood a chance in life with alicent as his mother and Otto as his grandfather.

baela said her father was mad that meleys wouldn't accept him even though she was his mothers dragon. her father is daemon, not corlys. he is a sailor, he's always been of the sea.

You should react to My Lady Jane!!!! Very good and only 8 episodes

A dragon can have multiple riders in their lifetime but not at the same time while one rider still lives. Rhaena wouldn’t be able to ride a dragon that she has not claimed and that someone else has; it will only allow the rider they have bonded with to ride them.

ROB, you look like the actor that plays aegon. Tom Glynn-Carney

ok sorry for this long comment but, im with bryce. aegon is very interesting and full of nuance. like u can’t rly say he’s a good person, even the “benevolent” things he’s done thusfar have been mainly in pursuit of his own comforts. he wants to please the small folk because they were the first to show him praise/admiration. he wants to teach his son because he felt neglected by his own father. on top of that, he is a rapist, a murderer, and a truly terrible brother. but also, like. that’s what happens when you have ur son grow up with insane amounts of privilege, zero guidance, and a great pressure to claim his sister’s inheritance despite him not having any interest in the job. how else was he going to turn out?? people dismissing aegon as a person because he rapes and murders are, i think, missing 2 things. 1 is the WHY, why does he do those things, why does he think they are okay, why does his need for love/affirmation overwhelm his capability to empathize with others. and 2 is can he be redeemed- which, i guess, is the trickier question for people in general. can a rapist/murderer/narcissist be redeemed? and if they can be, should they be allowed to? super fun interesting questions that should be applied to real life. if you compare aegon to someone like joffrey, i think it’s easier to see how joffrey was likely irredeemable. he had plenty of love from his parents and never doubted his place as heir, but he delighted in cruelty. aegon has not been shown to be cruel in the same ways. his cruelty is a side effect of his narcissistic need for love(or creature comforts), and his narcissistic need for love is a side effect of being deprived of love and attention growing up. i mean people are a product of their environment, their actions and behaviors are learned. so where did he learn to bully aemond as a kid? i think sometimes people take these questions and discussions as an excuse for the things he did. and it’s like. okay if somebody is saying that one should not face justice for rape and murder, they are being too unserious. but there is more to aegon’s character than the theoretical justice that murderers and rapists face. which also opens a can of worms discussion about what kind of justice is worthy of a crime like rape or murder? i mean some people will argue that if someone commits rape, the only acceptable justice is their death. and i don’t know that they’re wrong. but if they are, what would qualify as justice? and if they can be, should a rapist be allowed redemption? like, idk, personally as a survivor of rape, i think it’s boring and unproductive to shut the conversation down at “is he a good or bad person.” rapists don’t come from a vacuum- and understanding how they come to be can potentially help us, as a society, find solutions or ways to diminish the risk factors. TLDR aegon is a fascinating character study. it’s ridiculous to suggest he is an innocent or virtuous person, but that’s not what makes him interesting. whats interesting is why he is the way he is and the question of could he have, or still, turn out differently if treated differently from how he was raised.

Your faces with the Daemon scenes is priceless, apparently in the book he was at Harrenhal a long time doing not much of anything.I wish Otto was still there to be honest! That man with the sick daughter with become a dragon rider.

dragons only can have one rider at a time. they don't get another until the one they have dies. so yeah someone would have had to go to the vale with the dragon and they do not have enough dragon riders to leave one there.

that Daemon and Alyssa targaryen scene was so weird and unnecessary. Daemon was only like 3 when his mother passed away.

i'm w bryce on this one, aegon's a certifiable dummy, but at his core the thing he vies for most is his mother's approval and affection. i wouldn't say he's a good person, but he's definitely not evil like everyone likes to write him off as. i stand w my failking

Not the little evil laugh about the lemon juice lmao Mind went straight to pain. Respect

"criston cole, cuz he's so handsome" oh bryce 😳

Ummmm.......Aegon is the definition of evil. He’s a predator. There’s no excuses for that kind of behavior.

13:11 Alyssa Targaryen 😍

11:28 “as opposed to a male queen” Oh, I’ve known plenty of male queens, honey. 😂💅🏻💃🏻

COOKED EGG 😂

Guys I think you are missing something that is right under you noses about the dragon riders

OMG, I laughed HYSTERICALLY at y'alls faces after finding out Daemon was ghost banging his mama. 😂😂

“He’s still alive but he’s barely breathing” sent me

2 bloodlines can ride dragons. We shall see!

Harrenhal is cursed and that curse is affecting Daemon

I don’t know why but “seeing him more because he’s handsome” was proper cute

I feel like you guys understood what this episode was. It feels like people haven’t watched game of thrones, cause most of the episodes after a big episode were slower and recovering from previous events. Everyone called this episode boring and I’m like, what did you think it would be? Another big battle. That not how tv really ever has been organized

The fact that Alyssa Targaryen is the one in his hallucinations is so nasty. His own mother. Alys Rivers is a crazy woman

Showing Meleys dead is such a stupid move. And it's disrespectful. Real Targaryens would never do this. Maegor the cruel didn't when he killed his nephew and his dragon. It's funny how at this point the writers do with Daemon essentially the opposite of the book. He already had the army up and ready way before Rhaenys died late in the year the war started (7 to 8 months after Viserys died). In the book, Rhaenyra doesn't even preside over the council a lot. Jace runs it. She is grieving her children. No one cared about B&C, not the council, not the Lords. Rhaenyra herself lost two children first because of them. The show barely mentions she had a stillbirth due to the usurpation. Her only daughter, Visenya. Rhaenyra was obsessed with Queen Visenya. They give hints about it in the show but I liked how she glared at Jace when he said she shouldn't use Visenya as an example. That's her idol. Jace and Luke were squires, so while not as strong as Daemon or Criston, he wouldn't be useless in battle. They stole this trait from them. Back in the North, Jace also trained and hunted with Cregan Stark for a while. They became like brothers and swore a blood oath. The Pact of Ice and Fire. Daemon already had the Freys and most of the Riverlands on lock after he got Harrenhal. The Tully Lord wanted Aegon, but he was dying and his grandson Elmo (cut from the show) was waiting it out. His sons, Kermit and Oscar, were big Rhaenyra loyalists. The Blackwoods were there for him at the start too and they took Stone Hedge from the Brackens months prior to Rhaenys' death. This hallucination plot is dragging. The book actually implies Alys and Daemon barely interacted. They made the Brackens look good. No wonder GRRM is mad. They are one of his "always in the wrong" houses. George has posted in his blog that dragons are NOT nomadic. They only move from their home if the rider does. This is one of the problems with changing the age. In the book, Rhaena and Joffrey go to the Vale. Joffrey is 12, so he has a dragon. Not a fully adult one, but big enough to protect. Here he is 6 and Aegon (who doesn't go to the Vale in the book, and this is important for later) is 4. Their dragons came with them. But even then, a 6yo dragon might not be huge but it's still a dragon. It can breathe fire. Remember the kids going to their dragons at the pit in s1? Vhagar had three riders before Aemond. Queen Visenya, Baelon the Brave (Daemon's father) and Laena. Dragons can have multiple riders in a lifetime (not at once), but they only move if the rider does. Otherwise they stay within Dragonstone or the Dragonpit, never venturing by themselves. The Dance is Viserys' fault. He knew Otto and Alicent wanted Aegon on the throne, and he still brought Otto back as Hand instead of making Rhaenyra his hand, because he didn't want to upset Alicent (theirs was a love marriage in the book). Also, Rhaenyra was not a warrior most likely by choice. Queen Visenya was a warrior and Alyssa Targaryen, Daemon's mom, knew how to fight with a sword. Rhaenyra was known to be an it girl princess. Beautiful and also dripping in silk, lace, and gems. Meal's lady is Elinda Massey. Rhaenyra's lady-in-waiting. Nobility herself. How does she know Aegon's rape victim considering she lived in Dragonstone for the last 6 years and Dyanna is 15? Who knows. Egg is the nickname of Aegon V only, due to his bald head. But Cooked Egg does applied to Aegon, although burned would be more accurate. How did Aegon survive? Plot armor. What he somehow become. Not somehow, dear. You did that. You made them hate their nephews. You allowed Aegon to bully Aemond as long as it wasn't in public. You said they were more important than Rhaenyra and she would kill them. It's your fault too. You created these monsters. And that includes Criston. Y'all are on the right track with the theory at the end. There have been two other characters shown with the same foreshadowing so far, try to remember. As for "those of our line who never ruled". They don't exist. Targaryens married Targaryens or Velaryons. The only examples outside of it so far: Rhaenyra's mom Queen Aemma Arryn, only daughter of Princess Daella Targaryen and Rodrik Arryn. She only had Rhaenyra. Dead end. Velaryons. They are implied to have Targaryen blood, considering the conquerors' mother, Valaena Velaryon, was the daughter of a Velaryon with a Targaryen mother. Baratheons. They come from Orys Baratheon, bastard brother of Aegon the conqueror, and Boremund Baratheon was also the son of Alyssa Velaryon. But Borros sided with Aegon. Daenys the dreamer had a daughter who married a petty lord. Bastards. Most Targaryen girls married back into the family and weren't married off to other houses outside the Valyrians, most likely because they didn't want the chance of other houses being able to claim dragons. Which is why Aemma married back into the Targaryens.

I don't why people don't sympathize with alicent, she also suffered but everyone just overlooked it and points out her mistakes only , never ever praise her. Everyone made mistakes but dare anyone called ou them like the best example is daemon itself

17:11 🤣🤣🤣

nah i think Rob got is really wrong if he thinks rhaneyra has been wanting to go to battle. She has been dreading and doing things to prevent a battle coz she knows tht will mean the fall of dragons, shes been fighting her council, jace, Daemon for it coz she knows its imp to secure the house of dragons lineage for the prophecy, thts why she went to kings landing to talk to Alicent even at the risk of her own life, to see if the war is preventable, thts why she saved the dragon eggs(danerys'). tht is the stark difference between Rhaneyra and Aegon actually, Aegon is the one whos been wanting war without any thought. Rhenys happened to be the only one who was on her side on the matter, but after returning from kings landing she's known its inevitable.

Zuff wya😭

What's worse, Bones and All or Aegon's bedridden scenes? Eating, or peeling burnt oozing flesh out of charred metal armor? Possibly nothing is worse than Sully face down in his undies 😆

I am so done with daemon's hallucinations pls ahahaha

Ooof I’m more worried about them finding the actual prophecy now that Aemond has the knife 💀 Edit: also Daemons mom died when he was 3 or 4? How the heck does he know what she looks like but also mommy issues lol

Nearly felt bad for the flame grilled usurper then they showed Dyanna who was assaulted by him and now has to work in that tavern assaulted by other randos and I wish Aemond finished the job. Cmon One Eye, I was rooting for you this ONE TIME🙄 Baela said “girl I don’t give a fuck about boats I ride a dragon and am betrothed to the next in line after our Queen find someone else to do it”😭

Life is the waking Dream after all..😉

Bryce that bat story was the best because it was over Daemons shit in Harrenhall we are all waiting to end xD

Rob looks like Aegon… or is it just me ??

I don’t think she’s there at all because you don’t see her walking away behind the man who approaches Daemon

I am team Rhaenyra all the way. I think her son, Jace, and Baela make a great team and for their ages are pretty smart. The plot with Daemon, however, is making this whole show cringe for me. I don't understand how this plot is doing anything for the storyline other than screwing it all up for the one person I like on the show.

Yall better put some respect on Jace

bf: ...wow this is interesting..i have never seen a literal MFer in my life....😭🤣

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Hiii, can you guys react to a Ghibli’s movie called My Neighbor Totoro please? It’s my favorite animation 🥺

i don't get why ppl understimate jace so much

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7:58 copying Daemon? He did grow up with him as a father figure.

The editing for this reaction was VERY SLOPPY AND MUFFLED either do better with editing this content or just don’t put it out So many other channels bigger and smaller than yours have much better edits of this episode And if they can do better we know you can do better SO DO BETTER

In 'the Rogue Prince,' it is mentioned that Laenor Velaryon had Targaryen blood on both sides, when discussing how suitable he would be as a husband for Rhaenyra Targaryen. This confirms Corlys as well as through their mother Princess Rhaenys, both have Targaryen blood. Therefore Corlys' bastards could potentially be dragon riders.