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So you may not have noticed because they did not mention it but over the timeskip the old Maester died, this is big because a lot of people speculate that there is a Maester conspiracy. With this conspiracy it was believed that the old Maester was responsible for slowly killing off Viserys. If you remember in the last episode the new Maester who took the old Maesters place was trying to suggest alternative methods of healing for Viserys but the old Maester kept insisting they stick with the leaches which really wasn't helping with Viserys condition. So it is believed that after the old Maester died and the new one took his place and started trying new methods of healing, it resulted it Viserys surviving for a longer period of time.

Fun fact: Rhaenyra and Laenor not having kids was an actual concern of royal council when Viserys I betrothed them (due to Laneor's reputation), the Grandmaester Mellos (the one who was using leeches to heal the king) dismissed this by saying: "What of it? I'm not fond of fish but when it's served, I eat it"

It's so sad watching these kids together...how young, how happy they were 😢. In another world they could’ve been the best of friends. It’s surreal watching Aegon so carefree, so unbothered. Knowing the path he will walk.

“You couldn’t even get her off! Get outta here!” Savage 😩🤣💀

Not all Targaryens have white hair even if their father has white hair. Jon Snow's dad had white hair and he still had black hair.

Dragonstone is where the Targaryen heirs live, that's where she's supposed to live it's just that Rhaenyra doesn't want to leave her father alone, she knows that the moment she leaves alicent will turn the entire court against her

There are deleted scenes of Daemon comforting his two girls and hugging them. I hate that they cut that scene. There are pictures floating around social media. As for Rhaenyra being mean to Laenor, they were supposed to do their duty, have an heir as agreed on the beach, but you see that’s not what happened. So either he didn’t sleep with her or he is and he’s shooting blanks. And why is it all on Rhaenyra like she is all alone in making babies with Laenor. From the comments in the hall leaving showing the baby to Alicent, it seems Laenor hasn’t been doing his duty for the last ten years. He has to play his part too. No one is putting any blame on Laenor, why is it all in Rhaenyra? So Rhaenyra was supposed to wait around for ten years either not having sex or trying to have sex with Laenor?

Dragonstone is the seat of the crowned heir to the throne. Rhaenyra going there is claiming her rights. It most certainly isn’t her giving it up.

Rhenerya isn't giving up her position dragonstone is the place the hier to the throne is supposed to be till the king dies and then they ascend the throne rhenerya was supposed to be there since she got married the only reason she didn't was to prevent allicaent from manipulating visarys as laenor explained , she's leaving because things have gotten to bad for her so she's going to regroup and prepare from potential war for the throne.

I have seen GOT, but I have never read the books. I also never read the books for this series. So I could be wrong, but Alicent seems like she wants to believe that she is honorable and stands for decency, rules, laws, and traditions. But she just ends up looking like a hypocrite. There is no honor keeping Ser Criston as her personal Kings guard after he defiled the princess and killed someone in a jealous rage. Where was her concern for decency when she caught Aegon masturbating out the window? She walked in like she seen him do this plenty of times, and she doesnt even bring it up. Now she knows she is directly involved in the killing of the Hand of the king and his son, but I bet she wont confess to that.

Alicent's really out here setting her son up for failure and all because of Otto's teachings. I know you were saying that Alicent wasn't wrong. However, Rhaenyra has done nothing in the series to make me think she would take out her little brothers to consolidate power. What's actually going to make Aegon a target is Alicent making Aegon fear Rhaenyra and believe that he should be rightful king.

Reminder that the kids may be similar in age but the blonde ones (by Alicent) are the brunette (by Rhaenyera) kids' uncles and aunt, because the three blonde kids (boy, girl, boy) are Viserys' kids and therefore Rhaenyera's half siblings.

Rhaenyra messing around while Daemon was out there pounding out caramel babies. Daemon knew what was up 😂

I have to disagree Rhaenyra wasn’t being cruel or even mean to Laenor. They made a deal when they were on the beach and he’s been slacking on his side of it. He knows those kids are not his but he has taken them as his own they call him dad and they have his name. The same way that he uses their marriage as a shield to protect his reputation and do whatever he wants to do she needs him to shield her and their agreement. But I do think she could have picked a lover with at least blonde hair 😂😂 Hope you guys stay safe!

As fucked up as it is, Larys killing his brother and father is pretty smart from a scheming perspective. Not only did he get the queen wrapped up in his scheme, so that she can't snitch and also "owes" him one, but he also removed everyone else ahead of him who's an heir to house Strong. I'm assuming he'll inherit Harrenhal after this.

The lives of her children are at great risk. She needed her husband to stay to help protect them. That’s why she ultimately ordered him to stay.

Vicerys asked if the baby would survive. Daemon asked if his wife would survive. Book readers have said that Daemon was a very good Dad but they seem to be down playing that in the show.

Remember when Marge Tyrell told Renly Baratheon... "Would you like me to call my brother in to help? He can get you started." The Queen of Thorns granddaughter was smart and a real one. Sad she didn't make it out of the sept. Rhae needed to be smart about her business. You are right.

we needed more of harwin 😔 when he saw the fire he went first to his father, such a strong man

The king is Turning a blind eye because of his love for his daughter trying to keep the peace in his own house like he did the realm ...but Stevie wonder Consider those aren’t laenors kids. Ser harwin strong got some strong ass genes.

All the kids are only half Targaryen, technically.

Fun fact: There's a picture floating around of a deleted scene where Daemon comforts his daughters after Laena's death. Fans are kinda mad because that scene would have depicted Daemon's softer side, him being a good father to his girls. They deleted it for some reason and we got what we got.

Targaryen children are usually given dragon eggs in their cradles, but there's a fairly high death rate for the eggs. When the eggs don't hatch (they turn cold if the embryos die inside), either the kids get a new egg, or they wait until they're older and claim a mature dragon rather than try again with an egg. Daemon's Caraxes was a mature dragon who he claimed after Caraxes' last rider, Daemon's uncle Aemon, died. Rhaenyra was the youngest Targaryen known to have ridden a dragon, claiming and riding her dragon, Syrax, when the princess was seven years old. Dreamfyre, who was claimed by Alicent's daughter Helaena (when Helaena is around 12 years of age) was born over a century before and might be the mother of Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion (Daenerys' dragons).

I live for your Pre-Discussions, especially when you give credit to the actors. I also love Paddy Considine's (King Viserys' actor) potrayal of his character. And of course Matt Smith's Daemon is just *chef's kiss*. No wonder Daemon is George RR Martin's favorite Targaryen.

You guys do know that Alicent feeding that Rhaenyrae will kills her kids is really setting up the potential for them to actually die in the first place

The look on y'all faces when u realised just how much Alicent changed. "Sooner or later you'll make one that looks like you"😂😂😂

Sir Cole be like: You didn't want me to be your shiny knight? then I'm gonna be a fcking death knight. He taunted that dude and everything went down with 1 move LMFAO

Honestly, your channel is one of the only ones I really look forward to. You really go into the content and y'all really pay attention to the details. Not like other reaction channels who are obviously just watching it for views. Kudos to y'all 👍🏼

Tbf it would be possible for the kids to have black hair because their grandmother (Laenor's mom) is half Baratheon. And let's not forget that the Baratheon's seed is strong

I don't see how people can get ser Harwin and ser Criston mixed up. Criston always wears white

"If you're daddy is a Targaryen you get white hair..." Jon Snow. That's not how that works.

Thanks for a review, guys! You are fun! I love how invested and emotional you are!

Rhaenyra’s going to Dragonstone, same as Daemon did, and she’s gathering her allies and “swords” there. She’s preparing for war.

Rhaenyra's kids and Joffrey Baratheon's situation are completely different. Robert Baratheon was the king and Joffrey didn't have any Baratheon blood but Rhaenyra's kids are half Targaryens just like Allicent's kids, it's just unfortunate they didn't get the white hair

Rhaenyra wasn't being cruel to be cruel. Laenor has accepted those children as his own and he's not stepping up. She has allowed him to do as he pleases. She doesn't judge him, but when their kids are being threatened and she's walking the halls bleeding to show her child to the Queen who is taunting them, yeah. He needs to step up.

the swap to the wig halfway through! 🤣

Love the content and discussions. You ALL are rare reactors that really get this story. Thanks. New subscriber here!

The hug at the end killed me dead 😭 💀 🤣 I feel ya!

Rhaenyra was heavily influenced by DT, He told her that once married that she could do whatever she wanted. The thing is though that was in reference to if she married HIM. As DT woulda been clappin those cheeks, Leuna (I believe that's it) hints that she's not the ideal wife that DT wanted because he wanted Rheanyra.

Notice how Daemon ask if the mother will survive vs Viserys asking if the boy will live? At the same time, Daemon was not able to make a decision while Viserys made a hard one.

I agree, as ridiculous as the concept of awards shows is, I really want Paddy Considine to get recognition for his work on the show. Biggest surprise of the show.

She's 30. The actress playing Rhaenyra

Also the Lynoll never told Harwin to be intimate with Rhaenyra. He made that choice on his own.

THe king out here looking like the crypt keeper

Rhaenyra and Leanor had agreed that they would have an open marriage, she is not cheating, they know about each other’s lovers.

Jon's dad was a targ and mom was a stark and he came out with black curly hair

Pay close attention to what Helena says and it's very important, I wish they had shown us more about Harwin and Laena that watching the series for the agent feels more pain when the characters die, so when I see the two characters die I was sad for the death of the two but not to the point of crying for them two characters, you know, I think the writers didn't want to show too much of the two characters for a simple reason and because they probably don't think it's important to the story When Laena says she wants her husband back what she got married is true because the daemon is depressed and just realizing he just stays at home and reading a book and not sleeping well the daemon is Depressed he misses Viserys and Rhaenyra only he doesn't want to see them the daemon we know he doesn't and so The daemon had spoken no with his head but still Laena died and sad I prefer what they did in the series than the book in the book she loses the baby then she gets depressed then one night she Deciding to go to her dragon but on the way she falls down the stairs and dies so I prefer it in the series and more emotional because we see her connection with the dragon,Daemon loved his wife so much that he made a no sign, he loves her and his daughters only the Writers didn' t show more in the book fire and blood wing that he loves his daughters and his wife more Unfortunately the Screenwriters Prefer not to show had two deleted scenes one and the daemon hugging his daughters already the other deleted scene and the daemon sending his daughters to the bedroom because they They were seeing their mother in the room trying to have the baby this is the reason why the daemon doesn't arrive at the time of Helena's death to prevent her from killing herself. A curiosity for those who have watched Doctor Who, this actor who plays Aegon he is the son of David Tennant, he is David he has worked with Matt both have been Doctor Who and now Matt is working with the son of David Tennant I recommend you watch Doctor Who it's very good it has 13 seasons if I'm not mistaken I think you'll like the series if you watch it someday

John Snow had a Targaryen father and Stark mother and his hair was black so I don't think having a father with silver hair/white hair matters.

The look she was giving y’all when you all were talking about Daemon’s kids matching. Hilarious

rhaenyra's not even wrong when she's said laenor has barely done his duties. her agreement with them was that they do their duties and once it's done they play with whoever they please, but he didn't do his duty, she had to get pregnant from another man, while he's been going god knows where living his life...and now when rumors are stirring and her children are in trouble, he wants to run off into war at the stepstones, right after his wife just gave birth and is vulnerable. he's immature and doesn't know his priorities, he's a good dad considering he considers her children as his own, but if that were truly the case he should protect them...the real war is inside the castle...which is why rhaenyra being the good mum prioritizes her children's safety, makes pleads to alicent and when refused, dips to dragonstone. not to mention part of the reason why rhaenyra slept with ser harwin and is getting scrutanized for it is bc she's keeping ser laenor's secret...she's also being very kind bc she ultimately listens to laenor and dips kings landing and lets him bring his lover...also rhaenyra is very forward i'll admit at the small council but part of why she sits like that is bc her body is weak and she is still recovering from labour.

I guess I understand why they removed all possibilities for doubt from the show, just to make the whole thing completely obvious, but, Rhaenys in the books has black hair, I kind of wish they had kept it that way.

As far as why Alicent's children have silvergold hair and Rhaenyra's don't... honestly it is mostly just bad luck, and maybe Harwin having strong genes, like Robert Baratheon. Father vs mother doesn't matter. In the books, Rhaenys has black hair because of her Baratheon mother. Further along in history there are actually a fair few Targaryens without silvergold hair, mainly due to Targaryen men marrying non-Targaryen women. One of the greatest and most legendary Targaryens of all time was Baelor Breakspear - pitch black hair. He would have been King, but his honor got him killed too young. All of Westeros wept at his passing.

Harwin never cat called her, he simply smiled at her when she was walking by covered in blood.

Adorkable: Couldn't even get her off. Director & RockLee: What did she Saaaayyyyy 🤣🤣🤣

THANK YOU... King viserys isn't a bad guy, he's actually one of the only pure people (morally) in this whole show. He's surrounded by people tryna fuck his realm up .. and the actor, paddy Constantine, is CRUSHING it. Put some respek on his name.. Matt Smith and the two girls get all the attention... Without viserys, and the actors performance, none of this makes Sense... I had to go back and give props to rocklee cuz I spoke too soon

In the book it says that Rhaenyra left her husband Laenor with his lover and went into the arms of Ser Harwin Strong.

50:27 😂 This is why I watch y’all. You guys keep it 100% all the time. Spitting facts and keeping it real. Plus you guys are damn perceptive compared to a LOT of other reactors. Some people were doubting Harwin was the dad until that scene where he left.

GOOD MORROW BOTH SIR KNIGHTS OF THE REALM & TO YOU MY QUEEN. I WISH YOU ALL GOOD FORTUNE IN THE WARS TO COME.

Daemon wasn't going to have Laena cut open. You see him shake his head no.

watching all these through in a playlist having a great time thanks alot man even the reviews, also that shirt is fucking HARD bro is it your merch? where can i get it, keep up the great work!!

Yall crack me up with your logistics. Remember Margaery Tyrell did that trying to seduce Renly. She suggested 'having help.' Also. Absolutely no spoiler, but here's a quote from GRRMS The World of Ice & Fire. "Yet there was one problem: at the age of nine-and-ten, Laenor preferred the company of squires of his own age, and was said never to have known a woman intimately, nor to have any bastards. But to this, Grand Maester Mellos was said to have remarked, “What of it? I am not fond of fish, but when fish is served, I eat it."

Looks aside, old rhaenyra actress is only 8 years older than the young one. 30 to 22

Leanor can’t leave. He would be in trouble too if they accuse all of them of trying to get a bastard on the throne. I can understand he is tired but this is what being in charge of a Kingdom means. Their lives are at stake and the peace of the realm is also at stake.

It has nothing to do with the dads being Targaryen Jon Snows dad was the Targaryen in the books the thing that made Kat hated Jon so much more was that his coloring made him look more like Ned than she her. So the King’s denial isn’t completely baseless but it doesn’t highlight a small mistake from the writers since Emma has brown hair in the books that would have given Rhyn a bit more of a shield

46:35 hahahahahhaha! god damn, i never thought of it that way! Damn good comparison!

There is a deleted scene of Daemon comforting their kids and I truly kinda dislike them for cutting it out.

Larys Strong also killed own father, the Hand of the King. That position is now vacant. That is why Larys told Alicent to call her father, so Otto can become the Hand again.

Dragonstone is the castle the Targaryens lived in prior to conquering the realm. Now that they rule, the heir of the throne is name prince or princess of Dragonstone and that is were they live until they ascend the throne.

Also, as to why all the kids don’t have a dragon…Rhaenyra’s dragon is the only one that’s had a recent clutch of eggs (she offers one in the deal she tries to broker with Alicent at the small council meeting) so she is able to give them out or not give them out. So that’s one way someone can get a dragon. Or you can try and bond with a dragon that no longer has a rider. Aegon II and Leana got their dragons that way.

Alicent in the books was 10 years older than Rhaenyra and they were not friends.

Everyone needs credit but also just because we see the Blacks pov doesn’t mean they’re any better than the others lol this entire story is full villains

I think you guys were the only reactors that were on the side of Alicent lol. I was with her at first but she looked pretty villainous in this episode. Now probably Otto is gonna be the new Hand of the King. So she is gonna be with Otto, Cole and Larys, three big villains pissing in her ear. And she is already obsessed with her children. That's the Birth of another Cersei, I think. Bad influences for Aegon as well. He's gonna be Joffrey with the skills of Jaime. Scary combo.

Adorkable was dropping the HAMMER in this episode with some of her lines.

Viserys is not a bad person, therefore not a bad King, but he is weak. He gets manipulated easily and never prioritizes taking care of arising issues in the Kingdom and in his family. That is why Daemon wanted to be his hand, to help him rule and to protect him from the likes of Otto. The only thing he was firm about was making Rhaenyra heir. I think he did it because he truly loved his first wife, Rhaenyra is his favorite child, he understands that losing the claim would put her life in danger, and he had passed the prophecy to her already, which kind of seal the deal. Unfortunately, he wasn’t firm enough with his wife and he allowed her to poison their children against Rhaenyra.

great reaction!

Reading comments always makes me laugh because I and those who read the books already know how everything is going to go and the speculations are just hilarious

LOL "Carbon monoxide??" I don't know why that was so funny to me.

Nasty was crazy on Review 😂 Loving it. Actress that plays older Rhaenyra is miss Emma D'Arcy and she is 30 fyi.

It was never NEVER shown or discussed that Alicent wasn’t pure. We saw her building a relationship with the King to position herself to be chosen to marry but that’s it. People make that their head cannon but her like Catelyn and Sansa were simply playing their roles in this hyper-patriarchal society.

Poor lional, the man is probably terrified every time he stands next to the king, praying Viserys won’t notice his part in the gene pool

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24:07 it´s more like Vhagar is gigantic the second biggest dragon to ever lived in Westeros

No you didn't go get the wig back!! lolol

39:27 damn she stone cold 🥶🤣

Targaryens don't just get dragons they're presented with dragons and it has to bond with them what's happening is that kid hasn't being able to bond with any of the dragons they've showed him

Rhynaera was playing dirty but she has three children to think of. Not just herself.

I don't think Alicent cheated on the King. She is a loyal wife regardless her feeling to her husband. She is jealous (probably angry as well) of Rhaenyra freedom that sleeping with other people even when she already married. Plus now it's about survivor of her sons as she fear Rhaenyra will kill all of them to ensure her claim for the throne

Rheneryas sons are call jacahryas the oldest you were rooting for named after the previous king before visarys and lucharys .

With the way Alicent insults Rhaenyra indirectly and to King Viserys about her promiscuity, there's absolutely NO WAY she would invalidate her whole moral high ground by committing the same act......at least not now. Maybe later on she has a moment of weakness, but right now she's no hypocrite.

Yeah I will say when they made the agreement as the younger actors, I assumed they would have a kid together first to create an heir and do their duty to the realm. Then once that was done they could “eat however they see fit”. Yeah you had to have one platinum haired black kid first. That is just piss poor planning.

the reason why some targareyan kids dont have a dragon as kids as their egg didnt hatch most of them dont so they have to claim a dragon that does not have a rider like aemond did

Alicent being mean to Rhaenyra’s kids, calling them plain, hello!! Alicent is plain looking too, she doesn’t look Targaryen. 🙄🙄🙄

Literally every reactor ever : Alicent you mad ya trifling self had to lay under that old musty kang while my boo Rhae Rhae was having a hot gurl summer!! Slay!! Don't be hatin cuz ya man got trash D! Ser Crispin ya stank azz still mad over a one night stand 10yrs ago? Boy bye!! 👋 As much as I think the Ser InceI jokes have always been hilarious and it's a trip watching it catch on in the mainstream, I do wonder how many people truly understand the concept of "not transplanting 21st century sensibilities on a medieval knight". The world in which Criston lives he has done the honorable thing. But ngl the memes are def hilarious. Men when you say no once gifs 😂. Gets rejected & starts a coup before it was cool 😂. Someone tweeted "dude would be a menace if they had podcasts" & I spat out water thinking Criston on Fresh and Fit 😂

Bruh these Kingsguard useless af. They let Criston beat Joffrey to death but then come to his rescue when Harwin beats his face in lmao.

I don't think "trying" is not the problem between Rhaenyra and Laenor. As he said in Ep. 5, "It's not because of lack of trying". It seems it is just purely coincedental or it is also possible that Laenor is sterile. Also, it doesn't really matter whether Rhaenyra actually had a silver haired child. Alicent can still claim illegitimacy simply because of Laenor's sexuality. Remember, Cole knows his true preferences. As what Viserys said in episode 4, "Truth does not matter, only perception." Alicent only needs to imply a perception of illegitimacy about Rhaenyra's children, and who the real father is does not matter anymore.

Yeah the actors are extremely solid. Truth be told, part of the praise should go to the scenario, dialogs and the supporting team allowing the actors to express themselves so much. The king is indeed excellent. Watching a reaction video, during one of his scenes, I made to myself the remark that this was on a completely different leage compared to rings of power acting wise.

No no, Rhaenyra was right. Her and Sir Laenor's deal was that they would perform their marital duties (aka bear children) and then seek pleasure elsewhere. She didn't bear Laenor's kids either bc he couldn't perform or bc he is infertile, so the least he can do is present a strong front in claiming her kids as his in order to protect them. She kept her side of the deal, he kinda didn't, so now she was rightfully asking him to step up, and only ordered him to do so when he refused, making excuses. I love Laenor, but he wasn't in the right here.

I'm gonna guess that season 1 will end with Viserys death.