The entire Targaryen dynasty was just about three hundred years long. So at this point in their history it is about 130 years since Aegon the Conqueror’s conquest of Westeros. Not a thousand years ago. I actually thought the opening scene was a good representation of how quickly something like angry words can spiral out of control. We see the young men arguing and then we immediately see the result of their feud. I know that there are times that television shows can be faulted for skipping over big events like that to save on budget. But in this case, I think it was appropriate. There will be plenty of big battles to come in this war.

I think this season is actually 8 episodes which is why they are little longer sometimes.

Oldtown to Kingslanding took Alicents brother 3 monts by horse (maybe with inn breaks) so no, it's not close

Aegon’s conquest was 130 years before the current story.

Aegon’s conquest is over 100 years before the events of the show, not a thousand. Surprisingly recent, compared to the Starks ruling the North for millennia.

The Battle of the Burning Mill has no main characters involved so they decided just to show the result instead of the fight itself

What is it with the Baela has nobody shit? Her mom died, true enough but atleast she was awesome till the end. Her dad ignores her now but she was always Daemons favorite daughter. Her grandma is one of the coolest ladies in history and she was raised by her. She has a Dragon. She is betrothed to Jace and he actually listens to her and loves her. She is in Rhaenyra's small circle, and until right now she has always had her sister. I would argue she has the best support system in the show!

This season is 8 episodes, not 10.

As detail oriented as both of y’all are not remembering how caraxes sounds different from the rest of the dragons is interesting lol

The reason the kids at the beginning so easily went to war has less to do with the targaryens than you think. They are the Blackwoods and the. brackens. Two ancient houses who have been finding excuses to kill each other for thousands of years

"what was the point of that scene?"

You’ve seen Oldtown in Game of Thrones. It’s where the Citadel is located. Sam went there in season 6 to train as a maester. Oldtown is home to the Hightowers. It’s the oldest (hence the name), largest, and and richest city in Westeros. And as Gwayne stated in this episode, it took him three months of travel to get from Oldtown to King’s Landing.

It may be a coincidence, but Pentos is where Daenerys was given her old, "fossilized" eggs.

"Oh now you have the interest of the smallfok in mind"

Criston Cole's haircut is what we would call "gagong gupit" in the Philippines

God every time i watch that Alicent and Rhaenyra scene it gets better and better. Soooo simple yet soooo complex. The score, the acting - the rotating overhead shot, Rhaenyra tiny smirk at the end despite a sort of end to her relationship with Alicent, she now knows 100% that she IS the rightful heir, and Viserys believed in her till the end.

Mysaria did care about the small folk last season. If you remember she traded Aegon to Otto for his promise to abolish the child fighting rings.

My gut is telling me that the scene with Aegon realizing how undisciplined his knights are and then looking at himself in the mirror is him reflecting on the thought that maybe his lax attitude and rule might have played a part in his sons death. I'm expecting a major change in how he rules moving forward.

Criston Cole is such a fun character, and the actor is killing it!

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