I hate this comparison. There is so much more that you can do with a dragon than there is that you can do with a nuke. You can destroy a city with a nuke. Once. Then you do not have the nuke anymore. But you can mow down a city and then still have the dragon afterwards (if you are smart and do not give your dragon to unworthy bastards, and yourself do not forget about certain fleets).

​@@u.v.s.5583You're looking to much into the comment. It's just a joke comparison.

She "was like" -- speak english.

​@@u.v.s.5583bro had the most useless yap session 💀

@@elmoblatch9787learn some more languages, bro, then we will talk.

I rewatch just that part a few times whenever I see this clip.

You can see Danaerys shift her eyes slightly to the side, too, leading the viewer to follow her gaze

Pretty freaking awesome!😊

I didn't notice that

WOAW , what a detail !!!

Such a mommy’s boy!

"Mama, can I eat them?"😂

“Come on Mom let’s do this!”

I always said he’s like “sup mom, who are these losers”

I just see a green screen set of stairs

Yet he is still a pup compared to the adult dragons in HotD. Vaghar would eat him alive similar to Aarax at his size here

@@kevinboudreaux7860 but not season 8 drogon if size is considered from show drogon is 4 largest dragon beside balerion vhagar vermithor he can kill vhagar be he has bulk body and he is faster than any dragon in westeros

@@prasad9417 yes because the show exaggerated drogon’s size. HOTD dragons were depicted as how they were in the books, meanwhile D&D just wanted a shock factor since a tiny dragon is not very much impressive to watch in the last seasons. You are basically comparing a canon vs showfic version of them.

@@kevinboudreaux7860 Drogon is way much larger than Arrex in this scene. He is the size of Syrex here. Vhagar may not find it easy to snatch Drodon like he did to Arrex.

Which is exactly why I have almost written off the last 2 seasons. The only scene I can even POSSIBLY justify is Baelish's trial scene

Everyone deserved better than season 8 :(

The showrunners were scum who ruined GOT on purpose. May they never do a series again.

Well at least the Epic Rap Battles were right, Martin is a hack compared to Tolkien.

Season 8 was rushed, that's all that can be said about it. All her character development was laid out well beforehand.

@@JB-yb4wn Tolkien was a scholar, Martin is an amateur throwing bits and pieces throughout history together without any understanding why they happened when they happened how they happened.

Yeah, like a random jabroni like you could have even come through up to season 8... much less finished it any better. Best keep perspective before running your mouth.

Damn right, hopefully they just remake it according to GRR Martin's remaining books lol

Haven't watched it yet, I'm scared because I keep hearing how it was a terrible ending..

100 percent correct. It’s like Michelangelo spending years painting the Sistine Chapel getting it near perfection and then deciding throwing buckets of black paint over everything the last couple of days ruining all that hard hard work. The most disappointing television ending every for me.

@@internettroll7604 I disagree. Michelangelo ruining the sixtine chapel with buckets of black paint would be a better ending than what they did with GoT.

Tyrion unchained both of them

Tyrion freed them.

@@glorialange6446 YEAH AN IN THE END HAD HER KILLED....traitor he is

Soooo... you didn't watch the show...

Lmao y’all just make up your own headcanon to glaze Dany 😂😂😂

Yea, but also did not have white walkers, although they were written off horrendously bad. Her ancestors had one kingdom out of 7 before, too.

No one had ever made the Dothraki cross the Narrow Sea or Dracarys’d the Night King. That’s Daenerys for you!

Actually there is another person who has took the lead with 3 dragons and one of those dragons was even bound to another rider...Daemon Targaryan! (In the books anyways). In Fire and blood its said that he flew on dragonback with caraxes and lead 2 other dragons in the oppiste direction than his wife at the time who was laena Valyrian. Laena was the rider of Vhagar who was the oldest and biggest dragon at this time (which we saw can be hard to command). They didn't do that in the show but maybe they'll incorporate it at some point bc we saw him singing to the dragon vermithor and he was researching old Valyria in one of the episodes, maybe he picked up some techneques.

@@XLilHydraX seeing daemon with 3 dragons him riding caraxes while vermithor amd silverwing flies along would be insane

@@XLilHydraX see by 1

That's how a man should treat every lady.

"Dragons are more intelligent than men... According to some Maesters"

excellent direction..

Lol. Nice.

That's a good one always love the sound that plays right before they breathe fire

Mr. President, the launching code? "DR4CARys"

@@accoladenft lol good one

Oh i didn't see that until now

And the Unsullied giving Drogon some space. Like they were slowly backing up in a disciplinary way like in the army🔥🔥🔥

I always thought I was the only one who noticed that to the point I thought that maybe it wasn’t what I thought. The entrance to the dragon pit was fantastic. The roar, then the reveal and the way he lowers his wing like an elevator to let her down… and that little almost chirping sound he makes only with her.

Oh please

I can't help but wonder about those two rows of spines that run,uninterrupted,down the length of Drogons back.

wyvern ;). Smaug was "true" dragon (despite the fact that in movies they've chosen wyvern, which is one of bigger mistakes imho) . still, sure does leave impression doesnt it? :P

@@ApocGuy right, weren't true dragons

you understand this is fantasy right?

Mother of Dragons. She is an awesome character.

"Guys. If only you knew how terribly sorry I am." - For what you did? "No, for what I am about to do to you and your army."

Until the Snow falls.

😤 HOTD was a slow blurry mess with no intelligent dialogue or character whatsoever. Very unworthy.

Freaking facts! She took bad assery to a whole new level. She would’ve been such a good queen if s8 didn’t ruin her character.

But she knew little about dragon-riding although she did it well bareback. Her ancestors used uniquely made chairs to ride the dragons.

@@treehouse2902 the bigger they got, some rider's had the option to be chained to the saddles. Balerion, Meraxes, and Vhagar were huge.

And let’s not forget no one among her ancestors had more than one let alone three dragons 🔥

But she couldn't have children

@@dzonbrodi514 I know she always said that but who told her she could never have children? I feel like she was so traumatized by losing her and Drogo’s son that she felt it would never happen again but it’s not like she tried. Maybe she could have if she was sitting safe and secure as queen of Essos without the stress of war and a consort by her side

But she had a "consort". She had that mercenary-lover with blue beard and mustache she constantly slept with and never get pregnant (we don't even bring up miscarriages from the possible stress for pregnancy itself never happened again after that incident with the witch)

@@BroodyRubywhen she made the sacrifice of exchanging her unborn child to bring back her husband. The witch basically said that she wouldn’t have children

@@dzonbrodi514as tyrion said, there are other ways to establish succession like the nights watch with the lord commander. Or establish her own heir.

I've got no idea how you could cling to hard dragonscales bouncing with huge amplitudes and speeds with iron thighs. It should not work. Strong arms to hold on tight on a spike is probably a more realistic way to somehow stay attached to such a beast. Should, however, the movement of the dragon's back be only slightly more bouncy than that of a horse, then you definitely do not need iron thighs to stay on, only balance and impeccable structural stability of your riding posture.

Hmmm thighs

Probably from all that horseback riding

Especially when he got so big! One of the main reasons for the saddles is for when the dragons get big. Trying to ride on them bareback is impossible. It’s literally just a wide flat expanse and you’d be doing the splits and other contortions if you tried to hold on. So they basically secure a seat on top of the dragon with ropes and reigns (side note, how did Dany control/communicate to Drogon without them?) but yeah. I assume that the reason they saddle them early is to get them used to it from an early age for when they’re older and it’s definitely needed. That plus it must just be much more comfortable to sit on a padded seat than a super solid dragon back.

in the books when she rides him for the first time and he takes her away from meereen it said her thighs were bloody at first she thought it was her monthly thing since her thighs had healed and then she saw the rips in her skirt had been ripped and her hands damaged which is why once she starts riding him you see her wearing her pants/skirt outfits and wraps or gloves on her hands. dragon scales hurt. also she didnt know enough history to know how to make a dragon saddle nor did she have access to one since all the old history had been lost.

This dragon looks still better than the ones in House of dragons

The writers and showrunners butchered it all. The directors, producers, and actors did what they could with what they had.

A thousand curses on those two idiot writers.

Agreed

​@@queenxx1690 I think so too

She has more control over her three hand raised dragons than any rider from HOD on one. Because those Targaryens let grooms and stable hands raise theirs. That had to be taught how to talk to them

@@rowenestewart4933 An exeption would be Daemon and Caraxes as simular level of cominucation and bonding is seen with them. Likely to them being the same "person" as different species. Even they can't top Dany tho

Very cool details that is easy to miss. Maybe besides Daemon no other Targeryan has a stronger bond with their dragon

and the way drogon circles his head around her as if he's protecting her as she ascends

@@rowenestewart4933 the lack of control in HOTD is just another case of terrible writing. Everything happening is accidental and bc the Targs can't control their own dragons, which they have ridden for years. Hell, just to bond with them as quickly as possible, dragon eggs had been laid into the cradle of the babes. But noooo, in HOTD, no Targaryen has agency over what's happening, its all accidental because they can't control their dragons. All of it just "oopsie" moments.

at least, it looks like a dragon version of the superhero landing. it's not perfect but looks as badass as it can.

Omg that's so funny because it's so true🤣

Drogon has perfect timing. He always knows how to make an entrance.

Wow! Thanks for pointing that out. I never noticed that and I must have watched this scene dozens of times. Makes me wonder what else I’ve missed. Guess I’ll just have to watch the whole thing again.

@@georgeleinberger8670 I didnt notice that up til this comment too. I was rewatching and I was like, wow.

Wow...

What is a "bad a bit" look?

@@lancer525 bad azz biotch

@@lancer525 The one on her face when Drogon hops down next to her, I presume.

maybe he hadn't seen a full grown dragon attacking mere humans.

She is so powerful in this scene!

@@georgeleinberger8670 IKR? Back when GoT 's writing was phenomenal!

she even point's to where he is to land too lol.

it's at 1:19

Oh shiii

I mean her show counterpart getting killed made sense at that point because she had gone crazy with power, the issue is that she went from liberator to crazy in like two episodes. Her arc took a hard turn that was way too forced. The books are quite different from the show too my knowledge, some of the characters are also quite different (I heard book Tyrion is far less likeable). I have no clue how Danys arc works in the books but I have heard that it is different (especially towards the end as the show ended but the books are still ongoing).

@@Captain_Matias_Torres she became the exact thing she fought to free others from…a tyrannical leader. She was warned by many close advisors this could happen. She shouldn’t have razed the city at the end. Kill Cersei, sure, but the people did not deserve that slaughter. Tyrion was right to remove himself from his position and to try to save Jamie.

@@brucehanna9473 I don't disagree, I think the arc is dumb and forced. She near 180s in only a few episodes

@@Captain_Matias_Torres it was abrupt. I think it was about contracts. Key figures probably wanted out.

Actually she was always the psycho murdering bitch. There were small hints shared across the seasons, e.g. no emotions when her brother is killed or hanging the masters as the road signs or killing the masters to free the slaves etc. She always felt her way was the right one and all else were wrong.

I took it more as Drogon saying to the guy who was yapping "THINK I'M STILL THE SIZE OF A DOG, BITCH?!"

Yeah yeah yeah She's not thinking strategically - she actually doesn't give a fuck - she's got 3 DRAGON' see X3 DRAGONS You don't need tactical awareness with fricking dragons - all you do is tear arse

@@sugarsaint NO - She uses the ships she didn't burn!!!!!!!

And those three dragons need freaking forever to destroy a single ship. But, you see, she wasn't mad then. When she went mad, Drogon alone suddenly was able to one-shot Euron's fleet and blow up King's Landing's walls and towers and whatnot. 10/10 level up, especially considering that Balerion needed forever just to melt the towers of Harrenhall and he was several times the size of Drogon. Aegon wasn't mad though. Only the dragons of the mad can blow up thick castle walls. 🤓

@@sugarsaint which is why all three of them survived to a ripe old age, yes?

@@sporeceress1465 if it makes you feel better DUNCE that just about right. This is a mythical tale made for TV the women jumps on the back of a dragon I repeat a DRAGON and sets out to demonstrate her unrivalled power Vs whoever and you all think she's a fucking field marshall with a tactical plan 🤣 The plan is DRAGONS you absolutely blunt tools NO MORE NO LESSS imbecile

Less gangsta and more like the GOT version of an executive committee of smug yuppies.

YuttrzWwww Wwwz 😊

😭😭Massacred the series

"The Ramseys"? Ramsey is his first name, the family name is Bolton.

@@TV-ge3uj yes, you are correct and i didn't even realise I'd made that mistake. Corrected now

The writers must have been super high or some shit 😂

The smallest of Aegon's three could have covered all three Danny's boys with a single wing, but that's insignificant.

@@u.v.s.5583 true but they were also older, Daeny's dragons are still quite young at this point in the story. Yet Drogon still impresses with his size and since no one else in the realm has dragons but her, it doesn't matter how small they are, they're going to make people shit their pants lol

They got famous for "adapting" - read, "copying word for word except when he told them it would be better to change some parts a little" - GRRM's writing, then as soon as he couldn't carry them on his back and let them bask in his glory, they tried to parley their undeserved hype into a Star Wars deal and a big dumb Look at How Edgy We Are the-Confederates-did-nothing-wrong story that both got torched as soon as the moneylenders realized how hopelessly amateur they always were without a real author to provide them content to take credit for. It's a tragedy GRRM protected the delusion that they were ever good at anything as long as he accidentally did.

@P A somebody killed everyone you ever care about... Wouldn't you be mad and go through everything to cut their heads off???

You do realize it was always the writers intention for chapter 1 to have her go mad like her father and need to be put down. The problem was they rushed the story arc so badly just so the directors could direct a movie that ended up being cancelled anyway that we never got the build up we needed to believe her final fall from grace.

Instead of them doing a fan service cause there were so many good fan theories that were valid they were hungry for Disney money they ended it quickly.

100% agree. It was as if the entire production team - especially the writers - were too busy doing their jobs that nobody actually WATCHED the show and how it came across on the screen.

The sound is good, but you need to be on the dragon to really feel it.

An example and warning to always beware of who you get to be runners of shows like this. A cautionary tale.

It’s like the Star Wars sequel trilogy all over again 😂 I don’t consider the sequel trilogy canon, and I don’t consider seasons 7 and 8 of GOT canon :P

absolutely not.

agreed! recently watched last christmas. she is able to look and perform sooooo many different roles. sister said she was amazing on west end as well. does not even get close to the praise she deserves! icon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He (Tyrion) has been reading books about dragons since childhood, dreaming of showing to his own family what it means and how erroneous their ways of handling said Tyrion have been. He most definitely does not realize it in this scene.

Amazing things happen when you buy your own hype

Maybe after the series is over and they show that they did not mess it up I will watch and enjoy it. I hope that the way it goes. But after the way GOT ended I will not get invested in one of their shows again until I know the payoff is worth it.

@@internettroll7604 imo they already did mess it up in the very first season. In Fire and Blood, it was depicted that the Dance of the Dragons was a culmination of greed, vengefulness and viciousness. In HOTD it is depicted as a culmination of oopsies, misunderstandings and misinterpretations. The Targaryens have seemingly no agency in their actions, it's ridiculous. Alicent misunderstood Viserys on his deathbed, Aemond just wanted to scare Lucerys but it was a prickly Vhagar who killed him and Arrax, so it wasn't really Aemond's fault, it was just a prank gone bad...and I could go on. It feels like a joke to me and takes away from the cruelty between the Blacks and the Greens even before the Dance truly began. HOTD depicts the bloodiest period of the Targaryen reign and the beginning of the end of the dynasty as a bunch of accidents.

@@Truthaehnchen Aegon would have been crowned even if Alicent didn't misunderstand Viserys. The small council had already planned to overthrow Rhaenyra for a long time. The dance was gonna happen either way

Just wait for the fights they will out shine this significantly

HOTD is awful so far. Not even anywhere close to GoT. Shouldnt have GoT on it, its embarrassing.

Arya getting her revenge on the freys and looking walder Frey in the eyes while he bleeds out, has my vote for best GOT scene

@@thabulls420 great scene but when I saw this live and saw how much Drogon had grown coupled to the expression on his face when he jumps down next to his mum eyeballing the slavers like "you don't even understand" is just majestic. I believe this scene and others built around the story of Daenerys is what lead to GOT downfall. She is undoubtedly the queen of the Iron Throne. Writing in the usual "plot twist" damned the whole series to hell. They even have a sub series of her ancestors trying in vein to make a mends

You’re wrong, it’s one of the greatest moments in the history of the seven kingdoms and the lands beyond.

Settle down

Dany hatching the eggs. It had something more mystical to it in the books but in the show, it was also a top tier moment and definitely my favourite.

😂

What if the white walkers are coming? There is a damn reason why dragon herald comets appear in high fantasy settings.

Ship singular

But no one ever said Daenerys couldn't control the dragons (except Jorah in Season 4). What you're referring to is actually Varys and Tyrion advising Daenerys against using the dragons to take King's Landing because innocent people would die. There's a big difference between targetting a specific ship in an armada where there are only military personnel onboard and attacking a city with millions of civilians tightly crammed into it.

This is also ignoring the fact that many of the soldiers used by Astapor and Yunkai were slave soldiers, as in people forced to do their master's bidding, essentially just innocent men following orders. So while the show may not have directly shown us casualities it's hard to believe there was no collateral damage throughout her reign as she hopped from city to city conquering and literally pillaging across all of Slaver's Bay. It's a shame we didn't get to see what happens to Meereen after she left it in charge of a bunch of literal mercenaries.

Yeah, taking King's Landing wouldn't require the dragons to level it and burn all the civilians. Just mass your army outside range of the city, use Drogon to put a 100-m wide hole in the wall, charge your army into the city unopposed in the ensuing chaos, and use the smaller dragons to wipe out any concentrations of defensive troops that develop. The remaining defenders will flee to the citadel, but that's just a trap. Did the writers never read any military history, or LotR?

Yeah, at this point Danny was not really pissed, only slightly annoyed.