Otto realizing that the purpose of the last 20 years of his life was wasted in pursuit of installing a villain is just marvelous

otto reading aegon for filth the entire episode was iconic and hilarious and as certified otto hater actually had me loving him this episode!

Daemon isn't team black out of love for Rhaenyra, he's team black out of hate for the greens.

Otto is REALLY foolish in one way tho- he really thought he as the grandad and Alicent as the mommy were gonna be able to control a 21 year old boy they put on the throne lol.

I was thinking Daemon being the husband of the Queen must be hard just like it was for Prince Philip. And then I remembered, “Oh yeah, Matt Smith was him, too.” So uh, pretty experienced actor in this regard, lol!

Otto was so tired of everyone. This man should be on a cruise ship to the Summer Isles.

The Otto scene was great. I like how he called Cole's plan a "prank'.

I think the biggest idiots are the people attacking the actors. Namely Fabien Frankel.

I didn’t know the word “Trifling” existed in HoTD times, but I’m glad it does cause Otto had me rolling!!!😂😂😂😂😂

You only talked about the brothel scene briefly, but something I noticed is (imho) the shape and feel/atmosphere of the brothel room with Aemond naked and curled up was that of a fetus in a womb. The room is very round, small, and snug; and he's literally in the fetal position. He has to outsource and literally pay for the feelings of maternal safety/comfort that he didn't get from Alicent. Freud would have a field day with Aemond (and Aegon).

Darth Larys is now canon.

Matt Smith's characters: it's difficult to be the queen's consort.

The part that killed me was Otto telling Aegon “don’t you think of your father?”. We often forget that yes his ambition and lust for power put Aegon on the throne, but he really did love Viserys like a brother. So then he has the bitter realization “he was right about you”, it just mirrors Rhaenrya’s realization with Daemon “you’re pathetic”. Fantastic episode in my opinion.

The look on Otto’s face when he’s told Criston Cole had taken action lololol

I absolutely love that Otto had the realization of “HUH, maybe Viserys was right to make Rhaenyra his heir. WHO KNEW?

“Instead he did the dragon lord equivalent of peeling out in his trans am” Love this analogy

Aemond is suffering from a severe Oedipus complex. Which explains all his odd behaviors

Is it just me, or did anyone else think of Michael Scott yelling "I declare bankruptcy!" when Argon was declaring war?

Dragons are better than souped up sports cars in most respects

When Otto said that he didn't want to hear about Alicent's sins I think that he was trying to say that they're already forgiven (judging by his voice & facial expression) but it just didn't come across the way he intended. He likely already knows about the affair from his reaction to Alicent & Criston being together in other scenes. Otto comes across to me as being an emotionally incompetent but loving family man.

Aegon forgets that the opinion of the smallfolk is a huge part of the war, especially the propaganda portion of the war. If you lose them, you’ve lost half of the war.

I gotta say I started this season rooting for no one in specific but now I feel like I’m liking Rhaenyra more and more each episode

Otto was on fire!!! 😂🔥💯

I didn't even think about the family dysfunction going that many generations. Its obvious now that you highlighted it, but my mind kept focusing on Alicent abd her kids that i didnt think about Otto's second son syndrome. Wow. I dont usually catch streams, but since I'm done with class for the weekend til next term and i caught the tail end of the last, i think I'm gonna come hang with you guys. It seemed like a fun time. Also subbed to Nettles and watched her roast last night while finishing my last assignment 😂. Love the community you guys formed and i share your videos often.

Daemon is a dark character but I will always see Larys and Criston Cole as much darker.

Haven’t watched the video yet- but I just wanted to say how happy I am to open KZfaq this morning and see a new David Lightbringer video!! Best Friday ever!

23:16 Emma is a damn fine actor. I loved their face of realization.

THANK YOU for defending Rhaenys not murdering the greens. I see this topic in my feeds almost daily and it annoys me to no end, so it’s refreshing to hear someone saying it was the right decision.

Rhaenyra was right. Viserys wasn’t scared of daemon. He couldn’t trust him.

The Targs have an issue with entitlement. That's what makes some of them so cruel & destructive. "It's mine, I want it." Should be their house motto. No concept of actually ruling & serving the realm. The show has introduced this idea that Aegon the first somehow knew of the upcoming Long Night & that was his motivation for invading Westeros. But if that's true, subsequent Targ rulers didn't get the memo. The knowledge was not passed down. Daemon, Criston & Aegon are all immature & hot headed & reactive with no ability to think 3 moves ahead & consider consequences. Having no empathy makes you blind to other's motives since all you can do is project your own id onto others & assume they think like you. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

I don't understand the "the queen who didn't" argument. She killed what - hundreds of people by breaking through the floor with her dragon? The woman killed more innocent people than Bundy, Dahmer and Gacy combined. How is that mature, or a sign of restraint? Also, her action of not killing team green could be seen as short-sighted. This is Westeros and everybody who had been at court must have known that a civil war was inevitable. Otto himself, a character you credited with foresight and restraint, said so. Both sides know what harm dragons do to civilians, when unleashed in war. Just look at the field of fire situation. Wouldn't it have been more merciful to kill a couple of nobles, when she should have known that full war would break out anyway? A civil war I might add, that can only be ended by eradicating one side, unless you want their offspring to start new rebellions. Look at the Blackfyre Rebellions for evidence. I fully agree with your assessment of Aegon. But I think that Daemon was right to call a war council. Ravens had to be sent, so team Black's Allies could be rallied. I don't understand why Rhaenyra is mad at him about that. He IS her second in command and she was in labour and she was in no condition to act at the time. I think it was her right as ruler to countermand his orders, but still, a good leader has to be able to rely on their subordinates.

Perfect timing for this!!! I needed a new video to watch 🤩 Thank you!

So we now know Daves' position on Darth Jar Jar theory that's a HOTD development i didn't see coming

Rhys & Paddy are such heavy hitters as actors. So glad they were on this show & no one is a cartoon villain or hero. Great psychological analysis LML. These characters are a Freudian wet dream 😂

Otto’s facial expressions this episode are going to be my new reaction memes. They had me ROLLING 😂

I gotta give you a thumbs up JUST for the Melniboné reference! Gods of my fathers, I haven't thought about Elric in YEARS, yet in one brief reference you brought back memories of Junior and Senior year of reading those novels. Thank you, David, for making me not feel like a freak anymore and proving that SOMEONE besides me has read them.

Bravo. I thoroughly agree with your assessment that one of Viserys' biggest mistakes was concentrating so much on Rhaenyra that he ignored his children with Alicent. Aegon and Aemond were ignored by both parents. Had they grown up with more parental involvement, they might have been better men.

Lmao! Dude, u be Psycho-analysing my entire lifestory! 😂😂😂 Great breakdown of the episode, very indepth n entertaining! 🎉

Keep up the great work David Beezy

I’m back to watch and give my thoughts! - episode 2 definitely had those key characters details we needed to see to understand why the next events take place the way they do. -it’s wild to acknowledge the point that Rhaenyra and Otto are the most level headed in the show at this point 😂 -Girl Nettles could’ve used the whole “Daemon being entirely immature-with dash points” thing in her roast the other night -people don’t learn from their mistakes when they constantly run from them. They learn by picking up the pieces. -Rhaenyra: *says one things to Daemon* Daemon: *freaks out due to his own self doubt and anxiety* -hot take: Alicent was more emotionally intelligent as a young girl (like the scene where her and Rhaenyra are in the temple talking lighting candles) than she is as an adult woman and mother -“How dare you build a Lego city” -Hot take 2: Rhaenys would’ve been a good queen, keeping Corlys in line ya know -Rhaenyra really saw through the bullshit in this episode. Like she really has enough going on and still had the backbone to put Daemon on blast and let him know she was sick of fixing him -I came into this show in season 1 wanting to love Daemon and be a real “stan” but every time we see him he’s doing something fucked up -Otto: “…his DIGnity…”🥴 -even after shitting on the council and Rhaenyra and marrying Alicent anyway, Viserys still feels guilty as hell about it and misses Aemma to the point of ignoring his children with Alicent -🎶Daemon 🎶knows 🎶best ❌ -Hot take 3: Daemon knew how much could go wrong with his little rat and cheese plan. The seed (idea) of offing baby J instead of Aemond may have already been there or it may have been planted when they ask him for a 2nd target, but I think the more he thought about it, the more he hoped something would go wrong. He hoped they’d have to go for their second target. -Hobart has been telling Otto what to do for his whole life. Then he came and helped Otto implode himself and get fired by giving him the hardest command of all “do your job” -Aegon thinks him being a King makes him more important than everyone in the realm. But actually being King makes him responsible for the welfare of the realm, but he only considers himself. -Hot take 4: if Helaena had just screamed one time, one time nice and good, things might’ve ended a little differently -Otto trying to be Tywin just can’t - so pumped for episode 3. I have no idea what to look forward to. Up till now I’ve basically known what big events will come up but I’m really in the dark with this one and I’m so psyched!!

You're the lightbringer as in bringing "light" to so many truths or angles into the Easter eggs I believe geniuses like Martin and King both do. Know their faithful readers or like minds will find all the truths or lore or patterns in their "worlds "!! Thank you.

the last thing I thought I was gunna see in one of your videos was a Darth Jar Jar reference, I love when my interests crossover in the most unexpected way😂

fffff… I’m 53 and I just got confirmation that I’m not mature. 😢

AAAAAHHH never been this early! I love your work David Lightbringer!!!

Love your content💕you really enrich the experience of this show for me!

Tangent: anyone else remember Rhys Ifans as Little Nicky's devil half brother?

Do you think Larys had the guards removed so Blood & Cheese could carry out their dark deeds unhindered? And since the eyebrows maid heard Helaena’s prophecy and saw Blood before disappearing- will Larys realize Helaena is a dragon dreamer and how will he use that?

I really enjoyed Otto's scenes in this episode - because he's at fault for his own problems. Aren't we all tbh? His scenes were hilarious. And pretty satisfying

You're right, Daemon and Aegon both seem to think they are surrounded by idiots and/or cowards and weaklings. Great video.

I actually felt kinda bad for Aemond in this episode. I don’t think he really meant to kill his nephew but he should have thought abt the consequences before he hopped on flying Godzilla to troll him. Cuz Vhagar gone stand on business every time and now we’re here. lol *sigh* “ill considered! Trifling!” 😂

Otto reaped what he sowed. He constantly undermined Viserys wishes, whether that was under the directive of his brother or not, this is what it got you. How could he watch Aegon grow and think he would be anywhere close to a good ruler?

This is becoming my favorite YT channel overall! 🔥

Your analyses of each episode are miles better than any other HOTD content...person (creator? maker?). You really break things down and (speaking for myself anyway) make the writers' and characters' decisions make sense

The new song absolutely SLAPS! Love it so much. Love the Hightower model too.

This is an absolutely brilliant video. I agree with your analysis 100%.

Rhaenyra needs to make Rhaenys her hand

22:58 Can we take a moment and appreciate the dubbing of "ClockWork Aemond"? 😂❤😂❤😂 Love it

Love your work as always

I didn't realize it was milk of the poppy. I thought it was regular milk to symbolize Aemond still being a child needing mothering. Did anybody else think that?

I support Daemon's rights. And his wrongs.

I'm more excited for the hand necklace than I know I should be.

DLB fan comments are the best comments! This is yet another of Dave's excellent expos on aspects of the human condition (in this case maturity) which resonates deeply. I'm also very much looking forward to the next Lore update on dragon dreams.

Just realized uncle Scar is a Lannister level evil.

Amazing video! 💚👏Great analysis

The Elric reference was so very on point

Really Great video! 👌😉

Otto Hightower after hand selecting the king and everyone surrounding him: "I'm surrounded by idiots."

So much praise for Rhanys not ending it in the Dragon Pit. I suppose the tens of thousands who died instead will be happy. That is probably the single worst moment of HotD...

I have a question: Blood dropped a torch and it focused on it rolling under a table while still being lit, I assumed that'd have some significance in Ep2. Why was that such a focal point of the scene?

Another great one! Thanks

Just dropping a comment for the algorithm! Thanks for the new vid!

I think Otto knows exactly what Alicent is up to with Krispy and said he doesn't want to hear about it because who would want to know that about their daughter.

Daemon is a textbook sociopath, while Aegon isn't. But he's getting there!

Epic video. Thanks David.

Now we’re talking… Praise Be!

Great video! Would definitely love to a video on George’s historical inspirations to the Dance specifically too. Otto is so Warwick the Kingmaker coded. I think the tv show is also showing the parallels in modern historians “revealing” the facts about The War of the Roses and how much the winners wrote history (lookin at you Billy Shakes)

The thing about Otto I constantly ponder is whether he actually thought Rhaenyra was unfit because she was a woman or if he just completely overestimated the misogyny in the realm, thinking that if a woman should sit the throne, regardless how fit she was, everybody would rise in rebellion the next day.

Excellent analysis DL.

But Rhaenys killed a bunch of people aka smallfolk when she burst out of the floor with her dragon 🤔 Truly a great person

great chatacter analysis, David!

My only problem with Rheanys is that she already massacred a stadium of people and then refused to kill them, i know its probability setup for the smallfolk, but man, thinking about it irks me

Great analysis as usual ❤

Good summary David.

"Aemond of Melnibone" okay that one got me dave well played.

Beautiful analysis

I was glad he figured out how much he messed up.

I like the new intro ❤

Perfect Rhaenyra thumbnail

The idea of getting away with crimes, especially kinslaying, is anathema to confessing & admitting it.

This episode made me respect Otto. I dont like him at all and i feel he is very much partially to blame for this whole war and family turmoil. But i respect him as a politician. Also something i think you overlooked about Otto's relationship with Aegon was his abuse of Aegon, i site the part of Laena's furneral episode, were we see him hitting a young drunk Aegon. So id say that part of why Aegon rejects Otto as an advisor is that he realized he is more powerful then him. But i also did love Otto's realization of Aegon's unfitness to the position

Glad I found your channel even if I have accidentally spoiled myself some from it 😅

I don’t think Sara Hess understands daemon and doesn’t want to

And Daemon does not need to pretend to be the greatest war commander in Westeros, he is that. He does not need to make fabbles about himself, it is already made by characters surrounding him, be it in his team or not. Daemon is a horrible person, but a great war asset and Rhaenyra will come to regret making him go

When I first heard the new Hightower music, I really liked it, but I was a little iffy on it becoming the new opening music. I gotta say I'm really diggin it tho 🗼

Daemon flouncing away had James Dean/James from Twin Peaks vibes, with him off sulking on his Harley Dragon. What you runnin' from Daemon? What you got? Frightening how much he reminds me of Boris Johnson. Aemond is such a droog, you got that spot on. "I'm singing in the Reynes". The highlight for me, though, was Otto's wtf has Cole done? face. Rhys Ifans is absolute wildfire in this show.

Otto's face tells all! lol

Happy mfn Friday to us ❤

Ashes are a symbol of sorrow.. let’s spill a bucketful..🌋

This was a very thoughtful analysis. Both action and inaction bear consequence, people! 😅

didnt like your new Hightower tune/ ident thing but its growing on me big time!!