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Omg, mind absolutely blown 🤯 I LOVE those little details!

That’s so true actually!!!

I will have to see it to believe it! He seems so inexperienced.

I think I was in shock lol

It was because he was sad about his brother and he knew no matter what they trust that he was the loyal twin over the traitor so he was dead either way

Yeah Ikr. I have a twin brother. I know. I hope I was not the only one who cried watching that scene, at least those who have a twin brother understand.💔

Yes I realized that soon after! From the far away shot I thought rhaenyra was halaena at first!!

Too many Aegons

@@MugShotzReacts yeah they called them Aegon and Viserys so that you didn't get confused about which family they belonged to. Oh, wait...

yea idk y people use that book like it’s exactly what happens

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@@MugShotzReacts Awesome, love you guys lol 😁

I thought it was fantastically executed! I was definitely on the edge of my seat!

I always remembered it that Arryk was with Alicent and Aegon. The A-holes.

@@liamdamon And that’s my favorite way to remember it now 😂

Yes I realized soon afterwards!! I couldn’t tell that it was Rhaenyra from the first far away shot!

the spoilers 🤢

That was actually so funny!!

I was wondering about that!!!

Oh that’s true!!

Jamie was not a Lord Commander at that time, he was promoted only after Joffrey took the throne and Barristan Selmy was fired.

@@anhkriva5274 Oh you know that, that’s very true! For so long in the series Jamie is Lord Commander I totally forgot there’s a time when he isn’t Lord Commander.. either way point still stands cause Cole is Hand now 🤷🏻‍♂️

It’s not implied he did lol plus he denies it flat out

@Caraxes_RoguePrince it is implied because we, the audience viewers, didn't see him say those words 'A Son for a Son' to cheese. Just the lingering face of Deamon looking at cheese after he asked, 'What if we can't find him?' That look with no words and just moved to the next scene was implication. The show runners wanted the audience to have a 'did he say or didn't say' approach type of feeling but blood remindin' cheese of deamon's words was confirmation to those paying attention. That he, in fact, told them to. We just didn't see him say it. so in episode 2, he can have "plausible deniability" when questioned by Rheanyra because we didn't see him say it, but Rheanyra doesn't believe deamon because she knows him also Deamon passing blame at Rheanys and Ser Erryk for not taking advantage of certian opportunities during the course of episode 1 is also a hint in itself because Now an opportunity presents itself and deamon takes advantage of it. He also said to rheanys in Episode 1, 'if you went ahead and killed Aegon, his line would have been extinguished' and used the words 'Son for a Son' as well So in Deamon's mind killin' Jearherys does just that. Killing his only boy makes Aegon have no successor and makes him look weak. In turn, it causes a psychological break to make the enemy move erratically, not strategically.

@@Raskullbx nah a son for a son clearly meant in response to aemond imo plus daemon flats out denies it…daemon tried to take advantage sure that’s not the point we talking of he ordered the death of a child specifically and I just don’t think he did

@Caraxes_RoguePrince Of course, he is going to flat out deny it, and he is going to keep denying it. Who are the people really going to believe? a prince's word or some small folk commoners that said it was him. Blood & cheese are scapegoats to deamon. we talking about a man that killed his own wife in secret in the hopes of possibly gaining her fortune and the ability to take on a new wife. He was even questioned by her own cousin during the green wedding and practically denied it then. Viserys even looked suspicious about it. because he knows his brother far too well, but nobody could prove it. So if deamon is capable of doin' that. You think killin' a child that is not his and has no emotional ties to is beneath deamon targaryen?.. he not picky on who's son it is Rheanyra might be, but deamon is not. All he sees it greens vs blacks, Us vs Them. So deamon pulled a denzel. if for whatever reason you can't get aemond 'He leaving here with something'

Totally!

Well in the show they may need to change it up as leanoror is still alive the show won't do it but I'd love to see leanor come back as ser adam of hull.

That’s what I guessed! 🤩

That scene was way too on the nose, talk about making it obvious, not subtle in the slightest, especially after the conversation with Alyn earlier on in the episode which itself was not exactly subtle

@@Penddraig7 If you know, you know. To the average viewer, there's no way they'd guess that. There's no precedent for it in any show material so far. Most people from what I've seen have thought it was Moondancer.

@@michaelhenry3234 and yet I am proof they would, I am the average viewer, I have not read any of the books or source material, I have only watched Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon like any other “average viewer” and I don’t go on social media and talk about it, I don’t watch the behind the scenes or after show stuff, I literally just consume the episodes themselves and watch reactors react to the episodes and they have no knowledge of outside of the tv shows either. It obviously wasn’t Moondancer because there was no rider and Moondancer is Baela’s dragon and besides, which dragon it was is irrelevant, it was a riderless dragon and therefore having a random scene which does not tie in to anything else in which a random character we only got introduced to earlier in the episode is on a beach and a riderless dragon flies overhead and that is literally all that happens in the scene, they might as well have had subtitles telling you what is going to happen in the future it was that obvious, it wasn’t subtle in the slightest and then add that to to earlier scene with Addam and Alyn and the on the nose conversation they had, they literally spelled it out for the viewer, it’s hardly rocket science. I get in today’s entertainment everything is spelled out for the audience, the exposition levels are off the charts but most people are capable of getting the message without the need of exposition and most audiences hate exposition because it’s essentially the writers saying the audience is too stupid to understand so they have to spell it out for them and that is just projection. This instance wasn’t exposition but it was still obvious what they were implying by the scenes we were shown. The only random scene that had no explanation, so I am going to assume we will get some context in a later episode, is the part with the thief leading up to the reveal of the hanging rat catchers, they gave no information about him they just gave a cold introduction to him and so implying he is someone we are going to see more about in the future and if I had to guess maybe something to do with Hugh, he wasn’t connected to the rat catchers, the others in the scene clearly were and were grieving over a loved one who was obviously one of those wrongfully hanged, so it makes no sense for him to be part of that scene unless he plays a part later, again, this is good writing, it’s not Rings of Power for example

That’s true!

bro he can just recollect the events what happened in the past few days or months and can easily convince everyone at Rheanyra's court that he is Errik himself. He ended his life because of the twin bond he had with his brother, and a life knowing he killed his own brother is far too sad for him to live. Both Arryk and Erryk are symbols of loyalty, obviously had to take sides, but their spirit towards serving the king/queen is undoubtedly genuine.

@@maximumpotential3796literally this! I keep seeing people give the excuse that they wouldn’t be able to tell, but surely he could recall events/conversations that only he would know. It was purely grief from killing his brother.

Just ask him about something that happened recently on Dragonstone

It's the grief and shame. Honorable men forced to do a terrible duty. A family torn asunder by war.

Oooo!! I completely forgot about that!!

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That’s a very good point! I think that it’s conceivable that he would be that angry without the alcohol too though? Maybe why it’s not immediately obvious ☺️

@@MugShotzReacts true. He definitely needed an outlet for his rage. Plus, I think he had a lot of resentment for that model in particular because his father spent hours alone working on it and not spending time with his children with Alicent. And it was a constant reminder of that on full display in his new bedroom.

I did notice that!

Yes, she asks for him to become her sworn shield right after he murders Joffrey, Laenor’s lover. This guy is decidedly failing up. He gets a promotion every time he f***s up at his job.

interesting take!!

Oh! Lots of people are saying Seasmoke!

Fair enough 🤣

@Bled420 There's also the other guy with silver in his hair who was at the rat catcher's hanging scene. The one without a beard. IMDB shows that his character is named Ulf.

@@liamdamon Ulf the White?! Omg that’s huge! Thats so excited to explore more!

Oregano 🤣🤣

@@MugShotzReacts it’s hop actually 😄 and the way Helaena looks at it, you might wonder if she is not seeing King’s Landing future destruction and its streets covered in ashes…

To be fair, the writing didn’t leave much in the way of mystery, the Hull brothers was not subtle at all and was confirmed by the very random scene on the beach which was so out of place it made the whole scene on the nose and the Hugh scene was less obvious but with it in the same episode they are not exactly winning on the subtlety front and I say that as someone who hasn’t read the book or any other the source material which eludes to the events this show is based on

@@Penddraig7we even catch a glimpse of Ulf! He’s among the people staring at the hanged ratcatchers. They are putting these characters on our radar and giving them a bit of a backstory.

Yaasss!! I would love this!! And maybe Rheanys as hand of the Queen. Girl Power 💥

*Arryk was sent to kill Rhaenyra.....

@nielgregory108 You are confused as the director intended 😄 Errick, who is faithful to Rhaenyra, killed Arrick, sent by Cole. Errick felt horrible after killing his brother and commits suicide. ‘Forgive me’ is for both Rhaenyra (his own brother attacked his queen) and Arryck, whom he loved yet was compelled to slaughter. He calls Rhaenyra ‘Your Grace’ (= my queen). It’s our clue he prevailed.

This is because they have to compress 30 years of history into 20. With so many kids around, some of whom have roles to play in the future, it’s hard to remain consistent with ages vs timelines. So they cut out Maelor at this point of the story. Also, Daeron, the 4th child of Viserys and Alicent has not appeared yet but is mentioned in this episode. He’s growing up in Oldtown, with his Hightower uncle.

Love your take!!

In the moment I think I was just in shock at the whole scene!!

I think he was 😶

Not Fire & Blood just GOT!

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Frozen strawberries in sangria!

@@MugShotzReacts fiuuuu !!! my Italian heart is safe 🤣

no she isn't rhaenrya is a fraud pretender who makes others fight her war while she eats cake and hides tell aegon the warrior king defeats her💚.

@@etcjr24 Rhaenyra est l’héritière désigné par le roi. Que ça plaise ou non c’est la loi du roi Viserys et c’est pour cela qu’ils ont tous attendu qu’ils meurt pour montrer leur vrai visage et l’attaquer.

Curious that there was no one else really around though? Just the 1 maid?

@@MugShotzReactsNot sure if it’s just a theory or from the book but I heard someone say Cole had dismissed the other guards so he wouldn’t get caught with Alicent. I dunno. It’s not said it in the show. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@MugShotzReacts Cole is supposed to be the sworn shield of the Queen. He should have transferred from Alicent to Helaena or at the very least appoint a new sworn shield among the Kingsguards he commands to look after Helaena. He sucks at his job. Too busy banging the Dowager Queen + only one brain cell, entirely dedicated to hating Rhaenyra. Also it is possible that following Larys purge, many servants and simple guards are not yet replaced.

@@kristenlynn5458but Helaena’s bedroom is far from Alicent’s. It’s not even on the same floor. I don’t think it’s necessary to dismiss the guards in the upper floor in a different tower so that he won’t get caught