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helaena's eyes when she saw what they were doing were so haunting my god, phia did an incredible job.

Just to clarify though - Cheese asked Daemon “what do we do if we can’t find aemond?” and we don’t see Daemon’s response but his smirk and Blood saying they were told “a son for a son” implies that Daemon told them to kill Aegon’s son as a plan B.

The Stark in the beginning is Cregan Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North. The sword he had is Ice, House Starks ancestral Valaryian sword. Its the same sword Ned had in GOT.

Rob after seeing Allicent getting munched - WHO’S IN THERE? I’m so dead I cackled

Two mothers were mourning their children's deaths on the beach. Luke's dragon was also Syrax's son. 🥲

“Who’s in there??!!” was an unexpectedly hilarious response 😂

They were able to walk past Aegon and his friends because no high born is paying attention to the help. It’s standard to ignore them.

Helena is definitely a character to pay attention to, she’s had 3 “prophecies” come true so far. People say she is a dreamer, similar to Aegon and his A Song of Ice and Fire prophecy with the Prince who was promised. In season 1 when Aemond is complaining that he hasn’t bonded with a dragon, in the background Helena says “he’ll have to close an eye”. And then as Bryce pointed out she warned them about the “beast beneath the floors” before Rhaenys rides Meleys back to the Blacks. And then sadly this episode it’s to beware of the rats, not the dragons.

Poor Helaena :( Criston was not watching her.

“So that they could sell fruit somewhere else or something”💀

Emma D’Arcy deserves an award for this episode alone, a phenomenal actor. Phia Saban who plays Helaena was amazing too, you could feel the fear and freeze response during that confrontation.

“Who’s in there?!” 😂

Helena’s eyes look like an old haunted painting

If you rewatch you’ll see Cheese in the background in the castle in a handful of scenes before he meets Daemon. He was a staff rat catcher.

a few little things bc i breathe asoiaf: - helaena is a dragon dreamer; she gets prophetic visions, as other targaryens have/do in the future (dany has them!) in s1, helaena muttered a few things that came true, such as "he'll have to close an eye" alluding to aemond when alicent told him he'd have a dragon one day, then later "there's a beast beneath the boards" meaning meleys during the coronation - after helaena wedded aegon, alicent obviously wasn't queen anymore; helaena moved into the rooms that the queen resides in, and alicent funnily enough moved into rhaenyra's old apartments. helaena changed all the decor of the queen's apartments, whereas alicent didn't even move any of the furniture, which i think was an interesting touch - aegon likely brought his son jaehaerys to the small council meetings because viserys never did that for him; aegon grew up not knowing the love of his parents, and was neglected by his own father. that becomes clear when he's sitting in court and has no idea how to do things: because he was never brought to small council meetings to learn. he doesn't want the same for his son - the dog is a terrier; terriers are excellent hunters, especially with vermin. he might have been a jack russell terrier, which were the breed of dogs parachuted into the trenches during wwi to hunt and kill the rats to keep soldiers and their supplies safe from disease

Not the dog 😭😭

There’s subtle foreshadowing in this episode with helaena, she mutters something when aegon comes in (supposedly “they only want the boy”) she’s actually also embroidered funeral shroud for her son as well. And when she says rats she looks over to her son’s bed. As a dreamer, we can assume she’s seen this, maybe multiple times, even if it’s in glimpses. She can’t tell whether it’s real or a dream when B&C actually happens and at the end she finally actually realised that they’ve “killed the boy.”

"this looks like the north" it's literally the Starks music theme.. xD Helena is not odd, she is a dreamer

The Queen looked straight at Damon when she said she wanted Aemond.

Blood & Cheese followed Daemond's instruction for "a son for a son." When they asked Daemond "what if we don't find him" we didn't hear his answer, only saw his eyes. I believe Daemon did that because he WANTS a war ASAP & disagrees w/Rhaeneyra, (who only asked for Aemond's head). This GUARANTEES war which is what he really wants. Rhaeneyra will be pissed. That's the way I see it.

I feel like plan B was an innocent life for an innocent life. The likely hood of them getting another chance to get into the castle was slim to none.

From the book: "Amidst the stews of Flea Bottom, Prince Daemon's gobetween found suitable instruments. One had been a serjeant in the city watch; big and brutal, he had lost his gold cloak for beating a wh*re to death whilst in a drunken rage. The other was a ratcatcher in the Red Keep. Their true names are lost to history. They are remembered as Blood and Cheese". That's why the subtitles said "Blood" and "Cheese" for them.

I’m actually so excited that you guys are doing this show on the channel I’m team black all the way what a start to the season can’t wait for more

Daemon is 1000% to blame!!! Even if we pretend he would be upset about the outcome, what a reckless, inept plan. Pure stupidity and vile!

Vhagar's wings are roughed up. She's 200 yrs old, she's been through some shit 😂

I didn't see another comment say this, but sorry if it's a repeat. In the book, Aegon has two sons and a daughter. When Blood and Cheese confront Helaena, they tell her to choose a son to die. She reluctantly chose the younger in order to save Aegon's heir, and they turn to the youngest and tell him that his mother wants him dead. Blood then cuts the head off of the oldest. I think they changed to a son and daughter instead to relieve Helaena of the guilt of picking which child was more important by making the boy the only option.

Hearing the Stark theme at the beginning hit me hard. I'm team Black but I was surprised by how much I liked Aegon in this episode.

If you remember in s1e6 Laenor named the smallest Strong Boy Joffrey (after his boyfriend that Cristion Cole killed at the wedding)

Team black all the way!!! Im so exicted this show back on its so freaking great

1:23 - RIP "Luke"! Jace is alive!

In the books Blood&Cheese is much different. First off, Aemond is never mentioned to be the target, and Rhaenyra is not the one to incite the mission. Daemon sends Rhaenyra a letter from Harrenhal (in the books he is already there) that says- “An eye for an eye, a son for a son. Lucerys will be avenged”. B&C sneak into the Tower of the Hand, which is not guarded as heavily as Maegor’s Holdfast-where Aemond was-and they head for Alicent’s chambers, who was getting ready for bed (Criston and her are not a thing in the book). Helaena and her three children (Jaehaerys, Jaehaera, and Maelor, who was not present in the show version) were on the way for their nightly visit to Alicent. When they get there, they find Alicent tied to the bed and her bedmaid strangled. Blood bars the door and Cheese takes Maelor and tells Helaena to choose which son of hers will die. Helaena pleads that they kill her instead but they refuse, siting- “An eye for an eye, a son for a son. A wife is not a son.” Cheese tells her that if she does not choose then Blood will grape her daughter and they will kill everyone in the room. Eventually, Helaena chooses Maelor, her younger son. Maybe it was because she thought he would be too young to understand , or perhaps it was because the elder boy, Jaehaerys, was Aegon’s first born and heir. Cheese holds Maelor up and whispers to him- “You hear that, little one, your momma wants you dead”. Then, in one clean motion, Blood strikes of the older boys-Jaehaerys’s-head, and the two take off with it. When the guards finally burst through the door, they find Helaena grasping her son’s headless body to her, mad with grief. So yeah, Blood&Cheese is much more tame in the show.

a few things I love about this episode: -Daemon learned something! Rhaenys told him that Rhaenyra might need some time to find acceptance that Luke is dead, so when Rhaenyra came back he just asked "did you find what you needed?" and not in a mean "can we finally stop crying and go to work now" way. It seemed like he understood Rhaenys and learned. -Rhaenyra is acting like Alicent. I kow most of us are team Black, but we still need to see the flaws in Rhaenyra, that's why the GoT world is so great. When Aemond lost an eye Alicent said "an eye for an eye", which Viserys obviously didn't like and Rhaenyra was like "finally everyone can see how fucked up you are". Now it's the other way around and Rhaenyra acts the same way, "a son for a son". I'm sure she didn't intend to have the young Jaehaerys' head, but still. Both aren't so far off from each other. -Jacaerys trying to do his duty and report to his Queen but as soon as his mother was close he leaned into her arms first. It's just a beautiful detail, kids do this all the time when they're stressed or scared. I loved that! -Aemond being like "I'm at fault for starting the war, when Alicent and the small council plotted to ignore Rhaenyra and put Aegon on the throne in the first place? Sure, it's my fault." And to be clear, Criston isn't bitchy because Rhaenyra friendzoned him. He's angry because Rhaenyra selfishly used her power because she was in the mood for sexy time. As Criston said, he doesn't come from a big house, he has nothing to his name but being part of the Kingsguard and Rhaenyra brought him in a fucked up situation without caring about the consequences. Criston being angry is understandable. He carries it too far though.

Just so y’all are aware, Halaena is a “Dreamer” lol. In Lore, some Targaryens have been said to have visions of the future. They’re called “Dragon Dreams”. Aenys Targaryen (The first dreamer, as I recall) foresaw the Doom of Valyria (the Targaryen homeland) and while her and her family escaped, most other Valyrian houses went extinct. This is why Targaryens are known today as the “ONLY” family of Dragon Riders. But with all that being said, Bryce it’s crazy that you mentioned what Halaena said in season 1 because that did in fact go with Meleys busting out of the floor, but I think it could also be about Blood and Cheese 🧐

3:18 the excitement at seeing winterfell again.. 😭 can relate

Quick info about Vhaegar's wings. She is battle WORN! Shes the most war experienced dragon currently. She didnt get to be the biggest bad in the sky without gaining some battle wounds. ❤

Team Black!

If Emma and Phia don’t win awards for this episode alone, I’m going to be so mad. You could feel their emotions without them speaking

Honestly, this "choose your team" thing is about choosing your favorite group of war criminals, and always has been. Like I get the kid killing is rough, but even before that, Rhaenys casually murdering dozens of people during Aegon's coronation (given he is not the rightful king, ok, by the laws of the land and succession was settled before his was born). Like ok, team "whatever", honestly, there are no good guys in this.

I hate how everyone is bitching about it not being one to one like it happened in the book, but people forget that this are still child actors and making it even more gruesome would do no good, not for them or the audience. Some people can only handle that much and the gnarly sounds were enough, while in the book it was a single clean cut.

Team Black too! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 🐲⚫🐴🐟⚫🦅 (Those are symbols of Rhaenyra from book - dragon for her and her children with Daemon, seahorse for her three eldest sons who are Velaryons and falcon for her mother's family.)

Omggg you guys are reacting I’m so exciteddd to watch with y’all 💕💕💕💕💗

Team black 🖤

Team Black all the way

So many good misdirects in that last scene. We think Aegon and his friends will notice them. Then the maid sees Blood setting the trap, we think she’ll get help. Then the torch rolls across the ground, we think that the place will burn down

YES am so excited to go thru this show with y’all. and it cracked me up that y’all clocked daemon’s cloak of mischief haha it always means trouble

Cregan Stark in the beginning is the lord of winterfell and warden of the north. He's also a straight up LEGEND ❤

Team green yeah!

The sword Cregan Stark is carrying at the beginning of the show is “Ice” the same sword we see Ned wield in GOT it is Valyrian steel sword of house Stark

You wondered how Daemon found out about Lucerys death, well like we heard in the show it was a Raven but that’s all we hear. In the books it is said that the watchers on the castles walls of storms end heard dragon shrieks drown out the thunder and then silence, so it’s possible them that sent the raven

Not watching hotd right now but leaving a like and a comment to support y’all. Keep up the great work!

I hope you dont feel offended rob but i think you Kind of Look like aegon or should i say his actor tom glynn-carney Sooo handsome 😅❤

I actually love that one of you just finished watching season 1 because he knew jorrey name and other things reactors forgot vs The regular watcher has seen it at least 5 times or plus watching the reaction channels

omggggg i've been thinking about requesting/asking you guys to react on hotd. i'm glad you guys finally started.

Aegon was very interesting

I’m not tryna compare the level of ptsd but not only did Helaena have to choose who should be killed she even had to watch it and see it happen with no power of being able to stop it from happening

loveeeeee that you guys are doing house of dragon

Bryce JUST watched season 1 and didn't have to endure the torture of waiting a year and a half!!! *clutches my pearls!

FYI "10 and 8" means 18 years old

I'm so happy!!!!! I wished you guys had done GOT but this is so fun! Can't wait!

I am excited you guys have added this to your schedule. I love all things GOT AND HOT-D. Looking forward to your reactions. 😊

That's Ice. House Stark's heirloom Valyrian steel. Also I think it's a greatsword.

I'm so excited y'all are reacting to HotD!!! :)

we had bridgerton, maxton hill and house of the dragon in one week? im so happy

Cregan is Lord of Winterfell. He and Jace bond and make the pact of ice and fire. He is a big Black loyalist. The sword is Ice, the Valyrian steel sword from House Stark. There’s a huge ass timeline issue in this scene. He says his father brought King Jaehaerys and Queen Alysanne to the wall. No. His father, Rickon Stark appeared in ep 1 swearing allegiance to Rhaenyra. The guy who showed the wall, Alaric, was most likely his great-grandfather. King Jaehaerys has been dead for over 35 years at this point. The wall trip happens even before Viserys and Daemon’s mother is born. They fuck up the timeline so bad multiple times in the show. Alysanne’s dragon, Silverwing, refused to cross the wall. Which a lot of people believe was George trolling the GOT writers who had Dany’s dragons crossing so easily. Laena doesn’t die like that in the book, she would never commit suicide. She dies trying to get to vhagar for a last ride as she loved flying, after the birth goes wrong and she knew she was dying. Daemon, who truly loved her, finds her and carries her body back, and seats vigil over her with Rhaenyra, who was very close to them both. Criston said he wouldn’t be Rhaenyra’s whore. Now he is Alicent’s. Lucerys took Aemonds eye because he was going to kill Jace with a rock and Aemond was never punished either. He cracked Jace’s head open and broke Luke’s nose too. He also wasn’t punished for committing treason by repeating what mommy told him. The little one is Joffrey, named after Laenor’s dead lover, who Criston killed. He is now heir to Driftmark in Luke’s place. Aegon and Viserys are her sons with Daemon, and they are not twins. They are important for the story too. People were pissed off for Alicent scene in the middle of the funeral. She is the one that instigate the hatred between her sons and Rhaenyra’s. Even kid Aemond said it had been a fair exchange, so you better believe his obsession was fed by “how dare that bastard take your eye” even though Jace and Luke are ahead in the line for the throne. The bastardy is just a rumor in the books. Rhaenys was supposed to have dark hair, because her mother as a Baratheon and Rhaenyra’s mom was a Arryn, her hair color is never described. Aemond “Lord Strong” jab is wrong, bc if they were confirmed bastards, they’d be called Waters, not Strong. The greens start the war in both accounts. Both diplomatically, a succession dispute, and the active war, as Aemond commits the worst sin, kinslayimg, and kills a peace envoy during negotiations. But the first blood was way back then, when Alicent asked Larys to get rid of the Hand, and he killed his father and brother (they try to say she didn’t know, but how else would Lyonel Strong stop being hand so her daddy could come back?) Once Aemond kills Luke, the books says the wars of ravens ended, and the war of fire and blood began. Blood and Cheese is a retribution common for the universe. Usually, when there’s wars, the victor takes the heir of their enemy hostage to keep them in line, otherwise the heir is killed. Kids do not have the same meaning in medieval times as today (parents loving their children more then just a mean of legacy begins after the Industrial Revolution, bc before it was common for them to die young, and people didn’t want to get attached.) In the book, is way heavier. Daemon tells Rhaenyra “An eye for an eye, a son for a son. Lucerys shall be avenged” in a letter and he asks Mysaria to hire assassins. She is the one who hires B&C. They keep Alicent hostage in her quarters until Helaena gets there with the kids, who are all awake. She has three, the twins, Jaehaerys and Jaehaera, and the younger one, Maelor. She offers herself, but they say they were asked for a son. Then they make her choose between the two. She chooses the youngest, but they kill the oldest and tell the other “your mama wants you dead”. Helaena goes crazy with guilt and grief. In the show, Maelor doesn’t exist.

team black 4ever they could NEVER make me hate rhaenyra like that’s my actual mother

I never saw alicent or cole as hypocrites. But showrunners did this at the cost of character assasination of both alicent and cole. They were so much more interesting when they were about their duty and vows. There's was no build up for this. It was just kind of thrown in your face without showing how they got there. It adds nothing to the plot but to take away from the brutality of the blood and cheese scene.

24:40 "I feel like we should not have left the Cheese guy by himself." You might even say... (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ...the Cheese stands alone?

Im thinking Ser Cristian Cole should have been guarding the queen.

4:59 Cregan Stark is carrying Ice, so he’s the lord in Winterfell. He took Jace to the wall to see it.

Lord Cregan Stark is carrying Ice Neds valerian sword. Tywin melts it down and turns it to two swords.

OMG 😱 you guys decided to react to this 😍🥹

so glad bryce said it lol i also thought cheese looks like robin williams 🤣

This is the infamous “Blood and Cheese” from the book!

Totally would have watched a solo reaction of you catching up on season one!

I thought the same exact thing!!! He looks like Robin Williams when he comes out of the jungle in Jumanji

The big ass sword of Lord Cregan Stark is the Valyrian Steel sword Ice. It’s been with the Starks for centuries. The same sword Ned had and got his head chopped off with + the one Tywin had melt into two different swords.

I don't know if you guys noticed but Alicent and Criston were fucking in Rhaenyra's old room 😆

The scene where Rhaeynra enters and says (the only line she has in this episode) “I want Aemond Targaryen” what CINEMA right there!! The music, the acting, everything 🎬 🔥

Emma Darcy's acting throughout this first episode was amazing. Literally didn't speak a word until towards the end, everything expressed through body language and facial expression. I cried seeing the emotion of a mother mourning her child. It was so devastatingly beautiful.

So glad you guys are reacting to this!!! Team black 🖤 🐉 🔥 🩸

luke’s dragon was also the child of rheyeras dragon, so in the scene on the beach it’s two mothers mourning the loss of their children

btw aarax was syraxs child so her dragon was mourning too when she found them on the beach 😢

“ she wouldn’t sell fruits or something” im dead but so true like how tf he just gonna say shit about honor and do that.

“that is a declaration of war if i’ve ever seen one” um sir the declaration of war was last season when aemond killed luke💀💀💀😭

I think the sword that Stark has is the same sword Ned will have later on

Yes 🎉❤ thank you

The most unprotected castle ever... the war could end here before even begin. This was so stupid I am still angry about it

"team black over here" instant like

Helaena is our autistic queen

Get eat episode! Can’t wait to see these reactions

So when she said ‘the rats’ she was spot on 🤯

Thanks to Rob and Bryce! 🐲

Sorry, I don't know if this has been asked already but will you be reacting to season 2 of Interview with the Vampire.

You guys should really try ‘The Last Kingdom’ it is one of the BEST series… and it has Aemond’s actor! 🖤🖤🖤

Criston wasn’t doing his job guarding the queen, too busy with the old Queen to do his job.

Cregan Stark is the Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, he wields Ice, Ned Stark's sword that Tywin Lannister melted.

Ser Crispy Cole was busy blowing out Alicent so he can’t guard the poor Queen.

back at it again with another MID reaction

I love the fact that they killed a kid and we actually saw it. In every movies and shows we never see it lol.