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I think Joffrey meant well when he approached Criston. Less blackmail and more "Bro we're both fucking the royal couple. How cool is that? Anyway, please don't snitch on me or I'll snitch on you." but Criston, already stressed and mentally unwell took it as a threat and caved his skull in.

If you go back to episode 1 it was Otto who suggested Rhaenyra to be named heir over daemon. He then sent Alicent to get close to the king knowing Viserys would have to remarry and would most likely choose his daughter. Alicent would bare a son and then he would be named heir, however, Otto did not take into account that this would be the one thing he couldn’t manipulate the king into doing. He miscalculated how much Viserys loved his first wife and daughter. Otto is full of bullshit because he set Rhaenyra up for alllll this shit, because between going against Daemon or Rhaenyra for the throne he believed Rhaenyra would be the easiest to get rid of. He played his stupid games and won stupid prizes.

cristen cole literally had a free pass to be the queen of the realms side piece and said “but my white cloak” 😭

I personally think part of the reason that the king sped up the wedding was to prevent any possibility of Daemon even attempting to marry Rhaenyra. The King definately believes that there's something happening between Daemon and his daughter, he's obviously seen how she is around him & he wouldn't have sent that tea if he didn't think something was going on. And I mean, he did say he wants to marry her and now that his wife is dead there's nothing stopping him and Viserys seemed like he knew Daemon has something to do with lady Rhea's death.

I think it's VERY clear maester mellos is working for Otto, refused the other maester using his own herbs instead using leaches bc it "brings comfort" despite the king dying. News of the tea also somehow leaked

Everyone stopped and stared at the queen because she was wearing green, the color of her house. If you notice in previous episodes she wore red/blk for house T.

People say Otto has a point telling alicent that rhaenyra will have to kill her sons!!like bruh you pushed your daughter to seduce the king & forcing her to marry him to have your blood on the throne, you decide that war happens and rhaenyra will kill her sons just as he decides that daemon isn't fit for the throne constantly disrespecting her & talking shit about him behind his back like a craven he is.. Like.. He has no right to the prince like that, drives wedge between the 2 brothers, when that rumor about daemon & rhaenyra got to him he didn't do his job like people say,he got so excited to tell the king so that he might banish daemon again he didn't think clearly that this will backfire at himself for spying on the princess & got banished bcs of it..

I just realized that Criston must’ve seen Rhaynera and Daemon. His eyes were glued on her all night. Might’ve been another thing to push him over the edge.

Otto literally set it up to get his family on the throne. He didn’t realize anything no one was going to challenge Rhaenrya with Velaryons in the fold unless daemon decided to go to war which he proved the only people he’s shown any kind of respect for are Targaryens and Velaryons.

Valyrian steel is not named after the Velaryons. The names sound similar, but the Valyrians are the race of the people from Valyria, like the Targaryens. In the books the Velaryons look just like Targaryens because they're both Valyrian, but the Velaryons did not make or invent Valyrian steel, thats an ancient thing from Valyria which likely requires blood magic to make.

laenor's cry was sad af

I legit thought Viserys was dead in the bathtub, it was so cinematic with the clouds as he closed his eyes and slumped. The Velaryon family ate with that entrance.

People who worry too much about their honor, usually have none. Criston it's a clear example of that.

Cole hitting Daemon from behind during the tournament in episode 1 is symbolic by the way. It shows what he is about to do to the main house Targaryen.

This episode is the villain Cole origin story lol

Episode Should've been Titled "👑Thy Side Piece🐉"

How can a character with such a presence? Daemon Targaryen, wherever he goes he's the highlight! what character

King Viserys looked like he was about to have a heart attack when he saw Rhaenyra and Daemon with each other.

The Queens entrance was a moment because for one she arrived late to the party which is not okay and 2 wearing green honoring her banner man Highertower.

The real gag is Crispy Cole was just a side piece and not the real paramour because we all know Rhaenyra actually loves Daemon.

I don't know if anybody's mentioned this yet but they didn't make Valyrian steel. Their house name is "Velaryon", both the Velaryon and Targaryen families are "Valyrian" referring to where they originated from which is Valyria. This is why it's such a big deal that they marry into each other since Valyria was the home of all the dragonlords before it was destroyed.

This isn't the start of them losing the throne. We know they still have the throne for another 170 years. Otto orchestrated their entire mess. He manipulated the king to name Rhaenyra heir knowing he was going to try to get his daughter married to Viserys. Viserys however refused to change the heir and Viserys then tried to discredit Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra beat him at his own game by getting rid of him. Alicent is a massive hypocrite as she was sneaking around with her best friend's dad. Criston just proved he has no honour or self control. Rhaenyra dodged a bullet.

I don't think Rhaenyra thought that situation with Ser Criston through. She's thinking like Daemon, that she can do her duties and still do what she wants. When in reality that never works, she's not thinking in Ser Criston position. Even thought she probably wouldn't end in a mess and her being young, but her actions might have consequences. And Ser Criston did like her in someway, but I really think he wanted to marry for make up his honor. And the Alicent and Rhaenyra was doom from the start the day Alicent married the king. The truce they made last episode wasn't going to last. Now all hell is going to break loose. BTW, the king isn't dead, he's still alive in the next trailer episode.

See criston is such a corn 😂😂

Bro Rob understands all the subtle cues and I love it lmao

i laughed so much when the guys were clowning on crispin for not wanting to be a side piece xD

I'm crying at y'all thinking the king was dead and that was a funeral.

Rob forgets that it was Otto’s idea to name Rhaenyra as heir in the first place. So any war that results from that is his fault. First he convinced the King to name Rhaenyra as heir, then he forced his daughter to marry the king and have his children... So if her children are in danger, it’s his fault.

Rob and Wellz yall so team green 💀 or at least before the very end. most of the ep talm bout “alicent gone make aegon king let’s goo” “rhaenyra move sloppy like jada” “she lied I get why she mad” “how could criston say no when it’s the PRINCESS she ruined his honor she wasn’t considerate” 1. aegon bout to be a joffrey pt 2 so this ain’t no “let’s gooo” 🤣 you’ll see soon 2. robbie, rhaenyra wanted to choose who she wanted to lose her V to, which ain’t a bad thing? instead of it being forced w someone she doesn’t care for like alicent was with viserys she wanted her own agency. not every woman wants to follow societies bs rules, and it’s not her fault alicent conformed to those rules/the patriarchy, it’s so sexist to think she can’t do so like other men in the show have casual sex, women too even with high titles. daenerys had two side pieces as princess and as (was soon to be in S8) queen, cersei secretly had sex at night w her younger cousin etc. Men and women in power have had casual sex and nothing happened to them bc they kept it lowkey. This mf just ratted their secret out in .001 seconds, folding immediately w barely any questioning 😴 just ratted her out bc he can’t think before he acts and let the guilt talk for him. 3. she may not have told alicent that she lost her maidenhood but did alicent make it a safe space for her to open up? No 😂 she acted incredibly judgmental and disgusted by her and daemon, mocked her family’s inbreeding, and didn’t make rhaenyra even feel COMFORTABLE to open up about any man she might’ve been with. That was not a supportive friend and I wouldn’t have felt comfortable to share it either w her “friend” standing on a pedestal w her old school misogynistic morals and values (yet she f*cked rhaenyra’s dad behind her back for 6 months) if she would’ve been more chill maybe nyra woulda told her. she do t go no right to be crying shaking and throwing up over another womens sex life esp “but- she lied to me about not being a virgin” that ain’t no good reason to become somebody’s enemy 🤣 pettiness reason for a war between royals within the same family EVER. like..let’s think about that uncalled for anger for a second..bc her friend ain’t tell her who she had s*x with 💀 weird as hell. If I was rhaenyra I would tell her to stop fretting over MY sex life, go raise ya kids meemaw. 4. Simple, it was HIS choice, he put his cloak down, no matter how fire the targussy may be he a grown man messing w a 18 yr old, have some self control. he ain’t even a virgin and didn’t know how to control himself, he folded real easily under 5 seconds of seduction. let this grown man carry an L for expecting way too much from a young women, the crown and future queen whom he knows has been searching for a noble man to marry for her father and the realm. he was most definitely a “munch” who was acting sprung and selfish for the sake of “his” honor. couldn’t just be her side piece and be chill could he..just had to spaz out after ONE night. boy bye. it wasn’t alicents business to where she had to act so disgusted by it it’s not like she did get pregnant before she got married so really it wasn’t that deep but she made it that deep to use that as a reason to turn on her since her father was already manipulating her too, that’s what solidified her position against her, that she lost her V and lied about it so since she’s a liar “I should raise her younger brother to usurp her so that she doesn’t kill them”💀 As if rhaenyra would EVER want to hurt them. yes war will come, but it’s bc of alicent raising her children to hate rhaenyras side of the family and the targaryens that causes the blood feud. she’s fighting to keep the patriarchy when rhaenyra and viserys are the more progressive ones wanting a queen to rule for the first time. I ain’t defending alicent for repping a sexist society, that’s boring and it’s the same old thing. Even the white stag found her, as in the gods even believe she is the right ruler, the white stag didn’t show up for aegon on his birthday it appeared to her. so despite what men want, the gods knew better than to believe in aegon. and we’ll soon see why once we meet aegon 😮‍💨 it’s going to be bad.

Alicent has also lost her mind. She was flirting with Rhaenyra’s dad for months without telling her and was upset that Rhaenyra was mad about it. Rhaenyra bangs one guy and Alicent takes it like a personal attack.

Yoooo y'all got me in tears ... yall done killed the king like seven times during the episode..... lol he still alive in the trailer for next week and its set ten years in the future.... he got good insurance

Valyrian Steel was made in Valyria, the kingdom that the Targayens ruled before the Doom. House Valeryon are from Valyria like the Targaryens.

He hit Laenor which should means he’s dead.

I really liked the bit where Otto gave Alicent a hug after he dropped the Truth N T on her. It shows he really does love her despite also using her as a pawn.

The ending montage was my favorite moment so far. Give me the aesthetics of the red hue of the weirdwood tree glowing in twilight, give me the flickering lights, give me the gloomy ambience of a GoT wedding with an equally gloomy soundtrack & hook it to my veins! The slightly overlooked heartfelt exchange Otto & Alicent had at the beginning was the most significant moment of the episode imo. Otto’s not wrong. You either hope for Rhaenyra’s mercy in the future or you act now. It's the Tywin Jaime "we can establish a dynasty that last a thousand years" moment for the show. The events at the wedding sets up the first chess pieces for Dance of Dragons. This is the episode where the Greens come into their own. *Rhaenyra and Laenor were exchanging wedding vows, but it was Alicent and Criston who were getting “married”*

Poor Visery’s blood pressure so high he bleeding through the nose

Rob is so great in these reactions

Otto got booted because of his manipulations and putting Alicent closer to the king, Rhaenyra just opened Viserys' eyes. Rhaenyra is not at fault here.

Rob comparing Viserys's run as King to Kakashi's run as Hokage is hilarious lmaooo

What’s y’all favorite color black.... or green Cole out here catching feelings... city boys we took a L on this one

This episode was fight night for side pieces! 🤣

Without a doubt this show is the best show on 📺 by several miles !! And as a book reader I'm happy the runner's actually showcase the strength of sir Harwin Strong aka breakbones 💪💯

I think you misunderstood something there, Valaryian steel doesn't come from House Velaryon, it's from Old Valarya, the runied City of Essos, once the capital of the great Empire. It's the ancestrial home of House Targaryen, Velaryon and Celtigar. Valaryan and Velaryon may sound similar but one is a city, the other is a Household.

Wait till yall see Vhagar!!

A room full of straight men who weren’t homophobic or awkward with Laenor’s gay scene. Thank you! I had to subscribe!

I love the Velaryons. I think they're the most likeable family in this series so far. I liked the disrespect Corlys showed Viserys by not greeting him outside. Viserys dissed Corlys in Ep 1 & 2.

Loved your reaction at the Daemyra scene, guys :D

I always love when Intellectual Rob comes out of the woodworks

21:57 Jerry: "wow velaryon steel was made by a black man" 🤣

its mad how Rob is the smartest one when it comes to this show

Amazing discussion at the end too, this is the best type of episode because it fosters that type of discussion and speculation.

They kind of rushed this episode. Because in the book during the Eight days of Tournament they were supposed to get after their marriage. Joffrey gets killed by Ser Criston during a jousting tourney, not at the wedding. But Criston becomes the sworn Shield of Alicent Hightower afterwards and Harwin Strong becomes Rhaenyra’s.

The smell of dragon scare the horse

I really don't know why Criston wilded out on Joffrey, guy was just saying "lets keep this a secret" lol

Love Alicent, and great reactions and thoughts here Good input on Otto, and more aswell! You brought up things hadnt considered.. Was awesome to hear the discussions Will be great to follow along

I'm at the part with Rhaenyra and Laenor and it's hilarious the way y'all interpreted that "goose and duck" conversation 😂😂😂😂😂

The way they keep predicting Viserys' death lol and talking over the scene with Allicent's entrance 🤣🤣

Viserys : What will be my legacy High Value Sigma Reactor : A biach! You weak sauce! Moist azz boa! Imagine a just king who exercises restraint while having absolute power, a king aware of his limitations & conscientious enough to not push fate like the rest of his insane cursed family. Viserys was the only one worth sympathizing with.

Daemon and Rhaenyra are totally chaotic and liberal characters, 😍😍

Lmao ser criston a munch

Yall are saying Otto is right about the realm not accepting Rhaenyra as Queen but that's only because Otto is the one fostering all of this dissent about it. He could be doing the opposite by encouraging people to accept Rhaenyra and he would likely be successful. Remember, it was Otto who suggested to Viserys that he name Rhaenyra as heir in the first place and he got people to support him in that suggestion which, in combination with Daemon pissing off Viserys, is what ultimately contributed greatly to Viserys naming her his heir to begin with. Secondly, I think it's highly unlikely Rhaenyra would have Alicents children killed. If she truly wanted that, she could have gone all Cersei Lannister and colluded with one of the Lords that swore fealty to her as the heir to have Aegon killed in his crib or something. That being said, while I believe Rhaenyra never would have killed Alicents kids....Daemon definitely would have lmaooooo. And lmao Cole is trippin bigtime, imagine thinking your dick game is good enough for me to give up my entire inheritance, my dragon and everything lmaoooo. Clown. Joffery was messy asf tryna threaten him tho lmao

The two dragons were Seasmoke (Laenor's dragon) and Melyes (the Red Queen - Rhaenys's dragon). Mom and son rode in on their dragons.

Rob was on fire this reaction 😭

I was waiting for this reaction!

Love from baltimore pat, you rocking the O’s cap

Y’all too funny bro nbs 😂😂. W reaction

As for alicent I can sympathize with her I know she is being pushed by her father into this but she is not reasonable for holding grudge against rhaenyra, that was dramatic of her, rhaenyra half lied & half told the truth, & alicent doesn't know that rhaenyra indirectly told her father take Otto away but even if she did she shouldn't blame rhaenyra neither viserys, I mean what does she expect? If someone is spying on you & waiting every moment to find a fault in you & make your father stripe away crown princess title from you to make his own grandson inherit the throne. It's Otto's own fault for being a sneaky bitch he is always & what he said wasn't the truth. And rhaenyra won't have to kill alicent's sons as long as they don't stand against her and most lords have sworn loyalty already & they don't dare to stand against her with 10 dragons under their control? So alicent you don't have good reasons to be against rhaenyra & hold grudge against her.. Being angry with her for half lying to her while she first went to get near his father starting the first night of her mother's funeral 🙄

Paddy Considine, the actor that plays King Viscerys, confirmed in an interview that his character has leprosy.

Best episode yet. Alicent and Otto scene was the highlight. But the tension at the wedding and how it was shot was amazing. I can’t wait till their kids start fighting. That’s when things get crazy. This is just the beginning of the blood fest and scheming.

Criston was trying to make sure both Laenor’s & Rhaenyra’s secrets stayed secrets.

Apparently in the books, Larys (the guy who told Alicent about the tea) is basically a better version of Varys and Peter Baelish. He basically makes them look like amateurs.

The funniest part of this reaction is y’all calling the princess ice spice and ser Criston a munch. 💀 lol

Lmao bro they really thought they were talking about food

I really liked the debate. That was passionate to hear you.

Alicent Hightower stole the episode with her badass entrance 💯🔥🔥🔥

My boy gotta drink a monster or a redbull. He stays falling asleep.

Rob with a rare W understanding Cole lmao that's crazy

25:30 the bearer of the Scarlett letter 😂

21:50 Rob funny as hell raising his fist💀

Otto made Rhanerya heir due to his hatred of Dameon. He then pimped his daughter out to get her married to the king. He deserves what he got. Viserys never should have gone to Drift mark. He should have summoned Corlys and Rhaneys to court. One more way to show his weakness. If I'm king/queen and I pull up and you're not out to greet me properly, bye.

19:25 Rob stay taking shots at wellz’s favorite anime characters😂😭

Love the matching pants. My hometown bmore orioles colors.

FYI, @RTTV the actor that is playing the King said that he has leprosy so it's not greyscale.

Rob been on point tbh

Alicent basically declared war when she came in wearing all green

lol that nigga Criston a munch!? "U thought i was feelin u?"

Otto Hightower makes me sick, telling his daughter that Rhaenyra will put his grandkids to the sword, well she wouldn't if he wouldn't try to install them on the throne AND it was Otto Hightower's idea for Viserys to name Rhaenyra the heir but then he decided to pump his daughter out to the King to give him heirs and now he sees that Viserys never intended on removing Rhaenyra as heir just because he got married and had a son which angers Otto Hightower.

King Visarys: "This is why we can't do/have nice things." All he wants is for the family to get along & be together.

I’m tryna be more than a munch 😂😂😂😂😂 Pat wild bruh lol

It sucks that Laenor had to see the man who killed the person he loved in cold blood for no good reason go unpunished every single day after that. Shit would have driven me crazy.

I really thought criston was gonna bag the queen and rhaenyra when the queen called criston

Fun fact: Ser Criston's beating Joffrey was unscripted. The actor just got PTSD flashbacks of the original series' Joffrey and started beating the crap out of the other character with the same name and it was caught on camera. The beating was so severe and brutal they couldn't continue filming so they had to roll with the take and write it in to the story.

Evan has the best commentary ❤

Y’all are funny as shit. We need that ep 6!

Why did Cole even CONFESS?? kiss and Tell much. Lol

Rob is so fucking weird man. I just don't get how his thought process works. He does not realize Lyonel Strong was actually the one who referred Rhaenyra to marry Laenor, but since he said 'where is lord corlys, why did he not come to greet the king' at Driftmark, Rob is just hating every word Lyonel speaks even though he is a good hand. So fucking weird, maybe it's to do with Lyonel asking where Corlys is since he is black. The show does not dwell on that, but Rob can't get his head out of it. Such one dimensional personality.

The horse smelled dragon near deamon that's why fell

Bad employees get fired. Not gonna blame Rhaneyra for pointing out to the boss that the coworkers ain’t being team players

Alicent one of my favorite characters tbh 😭