Aegon barely able to speak Valyrian is hilarious

The scenes between Aegon & Sunfyre and Rhaenys & Meleys made me cry honestly. The way Sunfyre was protecting Aegon and the way Meleys looked back at Rhaenys as she died broke me.

What type of message would rhaenys be sending to the other houses that have sworn to rhaenyra by abandoning them in the middle of a battle??? What's the essence of swearing to a queen that'll just abandon her subjects because the battle got tough???

aegon and sunfyre... that's just a lost boy and his golden retriever

Making GamGam Vhagar participate in a war is elder abuse

If you pay attention, Sunfyre turned around before the fall to land on his stomach exactly to protect Aegon :) Sunfyre really loves him and even cradled him when they were on the ground.

Dragon Blood smokes and boils. When a dragon is wounded, smokes and black boiling blood comes out with gusts of fire. 'Dragon`s, are fire made flesh' George R. R. Martin.

And they released this episode on the birthday of Rhaenys too!!! She was born on the 7th moon of the 7th month. HBO you are sick!!

I’m more sad for the dragons. Sunfyre was maimed 😢

Somebody on Twitter said they can't respect Aemond because he was camping 😂

Comparing Aegon to Joffrey is wild. Joffrey did as he pleased and abused his power as a king, and he actually wanted to be King. Aegon never asked for this he actually wanted to flee and was dragged to be king. Acknowledging that he has no say in the matter he at least tried to do good, as an inexperienced, unloved man, he tried what he could. The guy got his son murdered in the most hideous way, he was used, manipulated and disrespected by his Mother, grandfather and now his brother... Where's the Joffrey? I'm not saying that Aegon is a saint, far from it. But comparing him to Joffrey is crazy. The way Alicent spoke to him this episode was horrendous, which made him join the fight so he can prove himself.

Daemon was also kind of right before…Both him and Rhaenys could have taken Vhagar and Aemond, especially with their experiences…

Brig slapped McKay's leg so hard that his finger broke. I can confirm.

"Princess Rhaenys made no attempt to flee. With a glad cry and a crack of her whip, she turned Meleys to her enemies." - Fire & Blood (Im fuckin cryin bros) RIP to the Red Queen, and The Queen Who SHOULDVE Been.

Alicent "do you think simply wearing the crown imbues you with wisdom?" Did YOU think crowning him would make him responsible?? She spent his whole life forcing him to be heir but didn't bother even once to instruct him He didn't want to challenge Rhaenyra, he wanted to leave, he lost his son, he asked your advice, he was listening the council 90% of the time except ratcatchers - and now after 5 minutes of talking with you he starts drinking and leaves for suicide mission. Damn, I feel bad for Aegon.

The dragon blood is boiling hot, they essentially had pounds of boiling water poured on them. Not necessarily confirmed to be acidic.

Sunfire nudging on aegon's chest like a puppy while his rider is about to fly him to death😢 rip sunfire

Rhaynera's line where she says, " Either i win my claim or die" is a nice throwback to Cersei telling Ned Stark, " When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die!"

I cried watching the episode and then cried again with this reaction. Meleys looking at Rhaenys as she died just hurt my heart. Seeing Meleys being able to injure Vhagar, solidified what a beast she was. Rhaenys as well, I'm definitely upset that her and Meleys died, but at least they went out fighting together. Pretty big loss for Team Black though, since they showed how truly valuable both of them were to the war in this episode. Watching the dragons fight, I had to stand up, I was too nervous. It was both awesome and anxiety inducing to watch. I felt bad for poor Sunfyre, even though he's Aegon's dragon. I'm sure this is just the first of many dragon fights to come, so I'll get to experience more conflicted feelings.

Rhaenys returned because regardless of the ambush, the order from her queen and the original intention was to secure rooks rest and stop criston cole's advance. she could've easily fled on several occasions but that would mean effectively giving up the crownlands and maybe the war at this point, so se took her chances and decided to fight. she already beat aegon and she saw how ruthless aemond was, so in a sense dhe was hoping she could end the whole war for rhaenyra here once and for all,. In a sense she knew the danger she was in so you could say she was effectively commiting suicide, but she also knew what fleeing would mean for rhaenyras war effort, so she stayed and fought... say what you wil about rhaenys but if she was the queen she seemed the kind to take on the battle herself rather than send people to do the fighting for her, something we see in rhaenyra too, which is why she stands by her

i felt sooo bad for Sunfire poor thing was thinking he was going for a ride around the city or something rhaenys talked to her dragon and she knew she is going to fight while Aegon was playing with his dragon then Fuking Aemond let him go alone to the fight i hope he makes it alive 😥

Omg the idea of Joffrey with a dragon is horrifying 😂😂😂

I’m guessing Aemond and vhaegar used the smoke from all the fire to conceal themselves and got behind the castle to await the queen that never was.

There are very few characters worthy of tears at their deaths, Princess Rhaenys is one of them. The Queen Who Should Have Been. Props to Eve Best for making Rhaenys so epic

I don''t understand how Vhagar keeps sneak attacking other dragons with considering how big she is. Probably due to battle experience

Great reaction guys. Proud to say I was part of this battle, took weeks to film so it’s awesome to finally get to see how it looks in the final cut. So worth the hard work, long days and discomfort, i think at the final count i died about 20 times 😂.

"I hope Rhaenys has a GOATED moment this season" You spoke too soon 😥😥😥

Rhaenys didn’t flee because Vhagar would eventually catch up. Fighting was her only chance

Aegon and Sunfyre has one of the best dragon and rider bonds, their arc starts now.

SHOUT OUT TO RHAENYS. YOU WERE THE BEST❤

Imo the reason Rhaenys got back is to kill Aemond, not Vhagar. She knew that she can't kill the dragon and that she'll die, but if she managed to kill Aemond then the Greens would have basically no dragons. That said, yes, Meleys was the black's largest dragon (its previous rider was Daemon's mother), now the title goes to Caraxes. However the largest dragon now is probably Vermithor, who is on Dragonstone but that doesn't have a rider yet

I'm depressed after this episode, my Rhaenys 😭

Mannnn Rhaenys is so doom the moment she volunteered, but it's still such a bummer to watch. She's my one true queen.🥲 Aemond burning his brother is a long time coming, but it's still scary to watch. He seems surprised and scared by Luke's death, now he's just satisfied. Once you're a kin killer, the next one is easier I guess.

The blacks still have Vermithor the 2nd largest dragon only after Vhagar. Currently he has no rider, but he’s nested on dragon stone. We saw Daemon singing to him last season son.

This is the third time in the history of Westeros that dragons fought each other, the second was when Aemond killed Luke, so Vhagar has seen more dragon vs dragon combat than any other dragon

I love how she outplayed Aegon so bad! She charged at him and baited him into shooting fire first. That blocked their vision so she dived down and attacked from beneath them. The fight was effectivly over at the point. Without Vaghars interference she would have won with no difficulty!

Poor Aegon can't catch a fucking break

Alicent: "do nothing" Brig: "like Robert" Robert's Rebellion: "am I a joke to you?"

Damn, Alan Taylor can DIRECT Dramatic action.

Aegon isn't Joffrey.

In the books it is said, that dragons blood is boiling hot, rather then acidic. So the blood, that falls on those soldiers from Sunfyre, actually burned them.

Rhaenys keeps fighting Aemond because she knows this is one of the best to almost only chances they'll have to take Aemond and Vhagar off the board (since Daemon hasn't even sent ravens---Daemon & Caraxes are the only others with enough experience to take Aemond head-on since Rhaenyra is queen and should not join the battle), or to at least wound Aemond and Vhagar enough that they aren't on the battle lines for a while, even if that kills her. Rhaenys feels there's a chance of one of those things happening because Meleys and her have battle experience, definitely evident when she banks during Vhagar's fire attack (when Aegon doesn't even think much less know to do that) and she & Meleys don't crash into the battlefield when Aemond & Vhagar do. Aemond and Vhagar are both too cunning, so Rhaenys knows it's a huge gamble, but the ever so slight chance she could succeed and what that would mean for the Blacks---that Rhaenyra would win the war---motivates Rhaenys to seal her own fate.

I HOPE THIS CHANNEL HAS MODERATORS TO DELETE SPOILERS!! I can’t stand you fans/stans who can’t help yourselves to put spoilers! Like you literally sit there and type out a spoiler and click submit! You’re ruining the show for others not helping or whatever you tell yourself!! Let people enjoy the surprise of the story!!

Sunfyre didn't deserve this 😞 He's most likely been trapped in the dragon pit ever since Aegon became King, and he probably thought they were just flying out for fun. It was painful to hear his cries.

Meleys looking at Rhaenys as she s dying absolutely killed me. So devasted about the turn of events in this episode even though we knew it was just a matter of time. ughhh really liked her!!

Poor Sunfyre. He was so pretty but got destroyed after we met him.

Dragons blood is hot as their fire

Sunfyre ain't dying until the targussy desert

sunfyre is a beautiful golden dragon, WHAT AN EPISODE

Rhaenys was COOKIN bro if vhagar wasn’t so damn huge she would’ve solo‘d

All hail the queen that never was!! 🔥🔥

The fact that this is showcased on tv- impressive. They’re getting every award next year

Well caraxes and meleys are the best dragons of the blacks but in the books the battle was different than this and it was said that if vahgar was alone, meleys would have a chance against her (also in the books meleys burned aegon not vahgar)

I just get so freaking emotional watching this episode and cried a lot 💔💔💔

It’s been said that aside from Caraxes, Meleys was the only dragon capable of taking out Vhagar, in a 1v1. She just unfortunately got jumped at the end there. She was the quickest dragon alive by far.

Aemond and Criston, the GOATS

"And Aegon's worst fears of Aemond's betrayal have come true"

They gotta put that Minato order out on Vhagar!! RUN ON SIGHT!!🔥🤣

y'all passed the vibe check, love to see people who understand the show the way you guys seem to

In GOT I genuinely cared what happened to those characters and liked them quite a bit. Because they actually took the time to show some lighter, more humorous, or more sympathetic moments with the characters in GOT. Really making people like them because we saw them as humans beyond the political dramas. Where as HOTD is 100% serious all the time, super bleak, goes at a pretty quick pace only really covering the political drama and action to push the story forward. And I think the characters sort of suffer for it. Not that the show isn’t incredible or that the actors aren’t doing a great job. They are killin’ it. But I find it tough to truly actually like any of the characters because they all sort of suck as people. Some more than others of course. But I don’t think a single character has grabbed ahold of the audience making them fall in love with them and root for them even when they are doing questionable things. Look at GOT we had Jon, Daenyrs, Arya, Tyrion, Sansa, The Hound, Brienne, Pod, Tormund, Varys, Sametc. SO MANY ICONIC characters with tons of fans who were genuinely invested in them and cared about what happened to them. And even though HOTD shines in the political drama aspect and is an incredible show. I just don’t know if it is quite on GOT’s level because it doesn’t ever add those extra layers that causes viewers to get attached and genuinely care for said characters if that makes any sense. LOL. Just to be clear I do love the show and think it is great. I do wish they would spend a little more time telling us why we should even care about these characters.

Vhagar when Aemond told her to wait🙄🥱😔

The glasses guy said “what if alicent gets pregnant,” last episode to the guy with the mustang hat and HE WAS RIGHT!

I saw this comment on another reaction video but it sums it up perfectly: Even if Rhaenys fled, Vhagar would've followed because no way in hell was Aemond letting her leave. If Rhaenys fled to Dragonstone, Aemond and Vhagar would've arrived too soon for the others to escape and they all die. If Rhaenys fled to join up with Daemond, Aemond would've had clear passage to dragonstone where he would kill everyone there. The only hope of winning the war for the blacks was if Rhaenys put enough damage into Vhagar so that she is out of commission. Even better, if Rhaenys could kill the old and slow Vhagar and her inexperienced rider using Meleys, who was battle hardened and faster. Rhaenys did everything she could.

that " we're off to battle again old girl " tore me, the queen who never was showed us who the real queen is

17:30 yeah i think aemon was hoping aegon would die so he could be king

Based on this episode, there are at least 3 more definitions of "cooked" that I have to add to my vocabulary.

they’ve been calling Daemond “my prince” because traditionally the husband of a ruling Queen is only raised to princedom. A king is seen as always above a queen so Daemon is effectively placing himself as at least co-ruler by titling himself as “grace”

aemond being unharmed after the fall and aegin still not dying is plot armor for the greens

I'm really glad they made Cole more like his book counterpart. The Kingmaker is the best fighter of his time and an excellent commander.

I knew this was coming but I still wasn't prepared.. 😭💔

I was like “forget about the bloody books Rhanys, Just go home!” Hahha

Aemond said you think you gon laugh at me while I’m trying to get my rocks off and ask for my help?? BET😂

Just so you guys know, that Blackwood speaking with Daemon after her drank from Alys's potion, is Willem Blackwood, the kid that presented himself to Rhaenyra last season, the same kid that slayed one of the Brackens, quite the glow up lol Cannon, of course he's going to make some questionable decisions, he's Aegon. Rhaenys knew what she was doing but then, freaking Grandma Vahgar had to come into play......Rhaenys, you Queen of everything you! Every time Meleys looked back at her, she knew she was in it, she knew what she had to do. The connection between dragon & rider....amazing! You both will be missed.....

“He is such a menace” cracked me up

The plan was to draw out a dragon from Rhaenyra’s side, Criston and Aemond have already been talking about this plan they knew attacking Rooks Rest, which is right across the bay from Dragon Stone would make her come to defend it. They knew there was going to be a dragon there. they didn’t know which one, so they got Vhagar to hide and do a surprise attack but Aegon shows up, so Aemond doesn’t do anything at first. Thats why Cole looks confused cuz Aegon coming wasnt in the plan

Doing a full under circle is Meleys move. She intentionally locked claws with Vhagar to claw at her chest.

Rhaenys and Meleys fought valiantly. She was the Blacks' biggest dragon at the time, but just wait until Vermithor (who is about as big as Vhagar) comes into the picture alongside Caraxes, Seasmoke, and hopefully Sheepstealer.

Cole is so cool I don’t understand the hate he gets

Na yall my favorite reactors. Dudes are super intuitive and appreciative of the details. Dragons are definitely nukes

"I hope Rhaenys has a goated moment this season." "I wonder what's gonna happen with Aegon this season..." Carter read the manga, confirmed.

Your reaction was so good guys, got me hyped up even though I knew what was about to come

4:13 “I hope Rhaenys had a GOATed moment this season” *finger on the monkey’s paw curls*

This is the first reaction from your channel I’ve watched and I love it. Keep it up. Can’t wait for the next episode.

RIP Jack, the Gek who never mentioned😂💀 Seriuosly, where is he?

Fellas: a strange but pretty lady offers you a mysterious drink in a spooky castle late at night. Do you chug?

McKay is really into this. I haven’t heard him speak so much

Masterclass in cinematography and sound design in this episode, fr

This was one of the best episodes in HoTD!! 🔥. I’m still in shock. I could wait for a reaction to this ep. You guys are good with posting fast! 🙌🏾 ❤️‍🔥

The way I saw it Rhaenys is tired of running and being looked down upon by men. She was ordered to defend Rooks Rest and she did it with her life. She's a warrior and a dragon raider and if she is to go down she'll go down in flames and she'll wreak havoc. She is also a mother who has lost both her children, she has accepted death long time ago.

That mysterious witch at Harrenhal is thought to be seen (many fans are making comparissons) on Game of Thrones, introducing herself as a pristess of the the god of light -just like Melissandre- but I think you haven't made it that far into GOT. I can't remember which season, but I do remember she serves Daenerys as well.

Dragon blood isnt acidic but it is boiling hot, it would be like being hit with lava in a sense. "Black blood was flowing from the wound where the spear had pierced him, smoking where it dripped onto the scorched sands. He is fire made flesh, she thought, and so am I. Daenerys Targaryen vaulted onto the dragon's back, seized the spear, and ripped it out. The point was half-melted, the iron red-hot, glowing." So dragon blood can melt iron so just imagine what it does to flesh.

aemond and his damn sneak attacks 😭

The thought of the dragons fighting was better than actually seeing it. It sucks watching sunfyre get hurt :/

17:38 "cole is being epic man" thats the moment when I subscribed, there are just too much hate for cole .

RHAENYS WAS HANDS DOWN THE BEST CHARACTER!!!!!

“The song of ice and fire” “We don’t even know what it means yet” Everyone who’s seen game of thrones: 🌚🌝

Rhaenys pudo haber escapado, pero tras las heridas de su dragón y sabiendo que no hay otro dragón capaz de enfrentar a Vhagar, luchó hasta el final. Reina.

Glad this dropped before Beryl cuts my wifi 🙏🏽 i can drown in peace now

Don’t give up! Rhaenys HAD to be the one to start it….she had pushed the blacks back so much they had to get some leveling ground. She was advising Rhaenyra I’m sure she felt some responsibility. But now BECAUSE of her death and the manner of it she has protected the Rook. This in turn will help to get their other allies and Daemon’s heads out of their asses. She redeemed herself because she could have ended it before it began. She died a Queen though. Her death just changed the game. BTW, she was trying to push Corlys to name a successor as well because she KNEW that he is gonna be setting out to avenge her, leaving Driftmark Throne vulnerable.

"he might make some questionable decisions here" I laughed so hard