IT'S WARGING TIME

Truly one of the Matt Smith performances of all time.

I was really confused at the end when Rhaenerya (played by Emily Alcock) told her father Viserys, "This truly is a Game of Thrones: The House of the Dragon".

Fuck this joke getting old

This meme is so overused it became unfunny now

Yep, from history doccos I knew it was the husband's choice, not the woman's, whether to kill her to save the baby, and caesarean section was performed without anaesthetic. (Kinda handy for husbands who hated their wives, but that's off topic as Viserys clearly isn't that way at all, he just wants a stable kingdom and is a man of his society. His grief could be because he told them to kill her without giving her a choice). Anyhoo, I knew it happened. But to see it onscreen, even a quuck, sanitised version with a kind, loving husband and a swift operation, made me realise what actually happened to all of those women throughout history. Including Julius Caesar's mother.

@@TheAstroWitchLux I don’t think it’s quite that simple, history doesn’t ever paint a cohesive narrative for the sake of consistency, unless that is somehow the motivation for the actors in major or minor events. Also, I think there was a fair bit of nuance in the decision, like the King’s self-image, his perception of his worth. If a male heir isn’t what is needed, what of his legitimacy? His rule? Also, not being a medical professional, I still feel like Aemma surviving feels unlikely. The water was broken, the baby was in breach, the best I can think of is literally trying to somehow cut up the baby, and remove it piece by piece… which not only sounds absolutely messed up but also a horrible idea that would be unlikely to work. Other than that, both would probably die, actually, Aemma would likely have died either way. Technically speaking, it was that most logical choice if you were trying to save the most lives (more than zero in this case), it was just presented and conducted in a way that was horrible.

@@theperson8539 In medieval times they did exactly that if they wanted to save the women: usually bashing in the baby's skull. If they wanted to save the baby they did a c-section, which always killed the mother.

I felt the exact same way lol, that scene was absolutely brutal and made me understand Viserys a ton more

@@halfbloodprincess989 So, they delivered the baby and then cut open the skull? Keep in mind, this child was coming out leg first, and didn’t actually exit the womb. Also, do you have accounts for ‘Medieval’ times that prove this?

I’m so glad to see him in something good. The last thing I saw him in was Terminator Gensys !

Oh yeah. He nailed the smug, arrogant and vicious nature of Daemon, whilst keeping the character sympathetic enough for the audience to not outright despise him like Joffrey. I wager he's going to have a strong love/hate relationship with the fandom.

I thought he was good up until he was having sex and I just had to skip but I do that for most sex scenes

@@romulusnuma116 my brother in Christ, this is a story set in the ASOIAF world. Sex and nudity are a given.

@@romulusnuma116 Pretty sure Matt Smith hated those as much as I hope most people do

"Aegon also had a bizarre trip after eating some weird mushrooms where everything goes to shit, it's every kingdom for itself and we end up with an elective monarchy resulting in endless civil war. So now bringing a dragon beyond the wall or ringing a city's bells to surrender is a capital offense for some reason. He also banished the Maester who gave him the mushrooms to Naath where he shall meet a gruesome butterfly-related end. Bloke only got into the Citadel in the first place because his dad worked at the Iron Bank."

I thought the same thing. It was a clearly jab on the long night episode and frankly it was deserved.

Well GRRM (Who produced this) did say it is future ASOIAF book canon.

I mean not really, dragon dreams are often described to be inaccurate, and Viserys may have interpreted that a targaryen needs to be on the throne, but it only needed a targaryen to live to work

I feel like this show is more of a book adaptation than anything else. It feels like it doesn't give a shit about Thrones

@Ben Cooper he was in the episode lol

@Ben Cooper he's in it. The fact they gave him dreads makes it even more hilarious.

@Immortal Science of Hauntology it's that they gave the fkn blk guy dreads. Like ffs haha

@Ben CooperNot exactly sure what that has to do with praising an actor's performance or why this conversation is happening in my comment thread but you do you.

​@Ben Cooper He shows up. and so far he's a cool character

Still don’t understand why Otto wanted her to go to him

Cause of his daughter builds a relationship with the king it gives his family more power if your daughter is queen you can basically do anything

@@ianwiltamuth8822 As soon as he said it, I went "Yuck". I took it as "go seduce the King... maybe we'll get some more power out of this situation... especially since we just witnessed my son (and your brother) get smashed in the Tourney" And then when he said "Wear one of your mother's dresses." I went "Double YUCK".

The ending with caraxes left me with goosebumps. Such a unique look for him, this gigantic skinny lookin dragon. Can’t wait to see the rest of em

You mean the old one right ?

@@malcolmcarey6519 lmao 🤣 the shit is hilarious…ol loose neck ass dragon I don’t see him making it long

@@being2real943 the old what?

@@parkeydee what? Huh?

Recency bias

i am rewatching s1 and i felt that way too, the writing feels so much like got s1. It really does feel like stepping back in

@@Candy-md1uk this show is 20% the quality of season 1.

@@English_MoFo “Everyone’s a critic”

@@Candy-md1uk I was slapped by season 6 vibes in the worst ways

Paddy was very good in fact, the entire cast is stellar.

@@Nate-ho9tg, yep. Really sad that Milly Slcock and Emily Carey will stop being a part of the show later on in the season. Their chemistry’s really strong and they portray the characters so well. Hopefully Olivia Cooke and Emma D’Arcy do a great job as well

I liked Paddy but thought Matt Smith was a level above everyone else as an on screen presence.

this is true and i wish i'd known it before making this video

@@Glidus meh it still aged quite well

Theory Time!!!

we stan

Check out Sound of Metal, she’s incredible in that. The fact that Olivia is pretty much my biggest celebrity crush may sway my allegiance to the Greens…

I think that's having a huge effect that's made every one go mental and claim something mediocre, at best, was good

@@stupidhandles So the possibility that not everyone has the same taste as you didn't cross your (for want of a better word) mind? The first two words of your comment are a lie. You should try it, though.

@@TheSufferBrothers2 What he says is true, at least for me. The show is great but only compared to seasons 6 7 and 8. Compared to prime GoT, the show is fine at best. I wouldn't call it mediocre tho

I would give it a solid 7.5 it's nothing revolutionary but it is still above average. Definitely better than other fantasy shows out there like the Witcher. Probably also much better than the rings of power will be.

@@maxicornejo9675 you cant compare season 6 to season 7 though. Seasons 6 is got with more flaws than previous seasons but good moments and good costumes and many places. Season 7 is like a fan film with worse cgi shitty acting shitty dialog and Walmart costumes.

I mean there’s something to be said that the general premise of Westeros politics already elevates it from other shows as it’s much harder to write about. So even s8 while being bad is something hard to pull off well - hence why HOTD ep1 is not just a better piece of work but a great piece of work, as writing about Westeros required well crafted dialogue

What flaws? It's the first episode and it was pretty good.

@@DieEineMieze not many actually, maybe just a bad dragon cgi (especially funeral scene) but I think the episode was super cool. GoT is back!

I didn’t like it. I actually thought that rumor was a joke.

imo it felt like a YOU WATCHED GAME OF THRONES RITE? thing

@@postmanpalmer5898 right it felt so like hey remember are other show wink

@@alphariusomegon3965 I actually thought it was removing Season 8 from canon while foreshadowing the end of the books because his speech is absolutely not what happens in Season 8 of the show

Yes George confirmed it well before S8, there's a KZfaq video

ASOIF is such a rich world with many great opportunities to tell stories. I think we're all just happy to see Westeros again with writers who actually give a shit. Which we haven't had in a loooing while

I'm fine with the lore drop, although it has sent my mind whirling as to how that tidbit of information may have influenced each Targaryen monarch and the major events that occurred right up through Robert's Rebellion. Particularly Summerhall.

Yeah, at times it really does feel like many people seem to forget that there are still two books that have not been released. We can call anything we see in the shows (either GOT or HOTD) "fanservice" or "breaking the canon", but in the end, we have no way of knowing whether it was really just an asspull for fanservice, or something George actually had in mind but was planned to appear in one of the next two books. And personally, I've always felt that "the song of ice and fire", in the context in which Rhaegar says it in the books, was just some weird poetic-sounding bullshit he made up the moment Aegon was born in order to confuse Elia (and Daenerys). I've always thought it couldn't JUST be that, that there was more to it. "The song of ice and fire" being an actual Targaryen prophecy/dream that drove Aegon to conquer Westeros basically from one day to the other? An actual prophecy that drives Rhaegar's actions? Hell, an actual prophecy that MAY even have driven some other Targaryen kings and heirs to do the unthinkable out of some sort of desperation, like Aegon V at Summerhall? I can get behind that.

The feminism is gross. Wahhh men !!! I ride a fire breathing dragon and the people voted for a man but NOOOO I’m a WOMAN HERE ME ROAR

I don't think there was much more gore than in got, the birth scene was a bit hard to watch, but everything else wasn't that bad

@@alaaaxpruski6559 they cut a baby out of a woman in the first episode 💀 that is what I was referring to in my comment

More gore than GOT??? We must have watched different shows. The only new thing was the botched c section

@@afrobuddy4801 I was referring to the c-section scene in my comment 😅 it was over the top IMO, even for GOT

It’s going nowhere Roberts rebellion that’s where. I don’t see the point in a show that we already know how it all ends all dragons DEAD all Targaryen’s DEAD except for Danny and her brother. Seems like a waste of time

​@@being2real943 you could say that about every book adaptation

@@raymondlaspina7870 huh ? What are you talking about

@@being2real943 that the ending is already known. That's the case with every book adaptation

@@raymondlaspina7870 what other book adaption ? I don’t know what you mean

Pirate it bro

Soap2day my friend

Using pirated websites also allows you to watch it a day or two earlier than when it actually releases

@@aleemizcool3654 Really? Which ones?

i for some reason thought that TWOIAF was published in 2016 too lol

Being better than ANY episode of season 6 is a decently high bar. Winds of Winter and Battle of the Bastards are both pretty damn good episodes that stack up with your typical episode of season 1-4 imo.

Yea I assume he meant the ending of s6, but also s7 had a great battle in “The Spoils of War” “These fuckers are about to swamp us” “We can hold them off” *dragon roar*

@@sansonefabio8177 Only best part of S07 That and - *"I’ve noticed you staring at her good heart."*

@@daredevil6145 bruh such a marvel joke I hated that Ahhaha - best part is wall falling cliffhanger

It also isnt coming completely out of the blue. George has brought this theory up a bunch of times, and even some parts of ASOIAF strongly hints to this being the case. George directly brought up this theory at least two years ago too

Yes Team Black!!

Team Blacks forever 😌🖤🐉🔥

Still looked amazing. Harrenhal was beautiful

@@aleemizcool3654 Which is precisely why we should have seen more of it. 😅

@@Longshanks1690 Fair enough

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