hi i worked for 22 hours straight to get this video out in time and then it was taken down completely with a (false) copyright claim. i spent all day today encoding and uploading just to get a working version, and even now i'm not sure this will stay up. so if you see anyone being all like "OH FINALLY JEEZ WHAT TOOK SO LONG" please laugh at them. if you want to stay more closely informed on this kind of thing, you could follow me on twitter (@NotGlidus) or join the discord server ( discord.gg/glidus ) or sit in the bushes outside my house (don't) i probably don't need to say how heavily this kind of thing impacts the long-term performance of a video (reuploads tend to have sad, pathetic lives) so RIP this one. (edit: this video is doing so well?? weird.) thanks for watching, and thanks much to my patrons. the cumulative safety net they pledge means that this sort of thing doesn't ruin me. the channel has been growing at an unprecedented rate which is pretty neat you could say. let's just cross our fingers (or toes if that's more your thing) and hope that HBO is done trying to destroy videos that... praise their work. good going heebo.

Aegon grew up faster in one episode than Gilly's baby did on GOT

Most disappointing thing about the episode: no “Making the 8” conversation. Was this even a hunt??

This glidus video is a great callback to last week when there also was a glidus video.

Missed opportunity to play “How old is this baby” Bring back Momma Glidus.

"The Gods have yet to make a Glidus that gets taken down by copyright strike, your grace."

HBO be getting a little feisty with their copyright restrictions

"I have a dragon, therefore, fuck you!" I wish I could solve my public relations like this.

Daemon nearly beating the messenger to death because he didn’t want Viserys’ help in taking the Stepstones and felt he’d be robbed of the honour of doing it himself is the most “little brother” thing that has ever been put on screen. 🤣 And more than that, the characterisation of him in that sequence was fantastic as it was all done without a single word; you get that he is ruthless, passionate, bold, reckless, bloodthirsty and above all determined to prove himself just from his actions alone. It’s brilliant character writing, even if he did go into that battle wearing his strongest plot armour lol, but I’m willing to let that slide.

I have a genuine phobia of crabs. I have cried every time we've seen a crab on screen thus far. I have had to stop the episodes to take a walk. Daemon is my new hero for killing the CrabFeeder and I love him more than ever. Great video!

Paddy Considine’s performance this episode actually moved me to tears. The way he talks about his grief, his loss and the doubt in his dream, and by extension, himself, was heartbreaking. This episode is fantastic and probably my favorite so far.

So glad to see this back up! Can’t keep Lord Glimbo down!

I love the eastern style hats on the crab feeders men. Showing they're not from Westeros but further east. Costuming has been great for storytelling here.

"Did you hear that, Gael?" "Oh no, probably not"😂😂😂

The little half smile that Viserys uses to dismiss Jason Lannister was absolute fc*king GOLD. Just give Paddy the Emmy.

Love the progressively more wrong names for Criston, Kyle actually made me laugh out loud

A lot of people don't actually know that the narrow sea is made almost completely of amnesia water. This is the reason the crabfeeder kind of forgot that you don't need to send the whole ass army to kill one dude. Aside from that, phenomenal episode, looking forward to the 4th bliss take

I'd like to formally request that we make "Play it again" from the Godswood scene a meme format. "Play it again" "Is my princess quite sure she wouldn't like to hear something else?" "She would not. Play it again." *cracks knuckles* "Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and hurt you."

31:10 patiently waiting for "The Rogue Prince" in every episode, always gets me haha

'You're standing on my neck' -Rhaenyra in the wheelhouse and also that guy that got stomped by Ceraxes

6:01 not Viserys being the one to start Aegon on his downward spiral by giving him wine at 3 years old

Hopefully this offsets the lost cpm due to re-upload a bit. Keep up the great work. you're very entertaining!

I love the new Velaryon sea horse. Mostly because at first glance it looks like a goat fish and I can be all like "ooh shit, here comes House Capricorn"

I would love to see a lone, fully-armoured knight with just a sword try and run down and kill a deer. Let's see how that turns out 😅😅😅

I definitely think there's something to Ser Criston being present for the White Hart as well. One could call that Hart a Kingmaker, of sorts? Maybe that's where he feels he derives the right to crown he who is the Second of His Name.

Seasmoke picking people up and dropping them is a detail from the Return of the King movie, with the Nazgul/fell beasts. Neat little homage, I recognized the shot immediately. :)

Okay, my defense of the "before the Targaryens took over" line regarding the hart is that he isn't saying that the deer itself was necessarily significant to the ruling faction, but stating that these days it's the Dragon that's the premier symbol of royalty, emphasizing the massive impact that the arrival of dragons and those who bonded with them left a deeply engrained mark on Westeros to the point where centuries of tradition are so easily forgotten (also to appease the Targs and make them feel special). So yeah, sorry about rambling, but I actually quite like that line and the implications that it has, at least in my interpretation!

You are crushing it Glidus, really enjoying this blisstake series

I would like to recommend either "Holding Out For A Hero" or "I Will Survive" for Glombus song intro

Welp learned my lesson, watching it immediately.

Looking forward to the episode 4 Blisstake. The episode that finally feels like Game of Thrones to me, rather than a standard (yet high quality) fantasy series. Daemon's suicide run this episode was siiiick though. Easily my favorite character so far. I can't get enough of his swagger walk.

When Glidus said “I think I’m in love… with Caraxes” -- I felt that

The Crusader Kings reference got me laughing more than it should🤣

I am once again recommending "Heat of the Moment" for an intro. But mostly I'm so glad this is back up!

It's a neat small detail that twins run in the lannisters

Also, "Crispin" from episode 3 is even funnier when you realize that one of the editors is named Crispin.

Not only did the dragon scream in pain, he also lifted his wing to shield Daemon when the Prince lifted his own arm.

12:18 I didn’t skip this part when I rewatched the video. I’m no fookin’ kneeler.

My favourite part of the episode had to be the contrast between how Viserys and Rhaenyra dealt with the stags, which are established as symbolic of royalty and the throne. Viserys has his stag captured by others and dragged to him, he barely has any control over the situation and simply has to act how he is bade because that’s how he feels as king. He feared Balerion because dragons symbolise power and, at his core, Viserys is a man afraid of power thrust into a position he was not ready for. And even at the one task he was meant to do, he screws it up and needs two thrusts to kill the stag. It wasn’t quite as miserable a performance as Theon’s butchery of Rodrick Cassel’s death in S2 of GOT, but you can clearly see that he does not feel comfortable with the role he’s been thrust into by his society. This is emphasised even more by the fact that everyone around him claps for him, as if to reassure him that he did the right thing when everyone knows that it was wrong to watch, much like Viserys’ reign. And even then, the colour of the stag is important as Viserys was promised a white stag much like a young Viserys was promised a great reign like his grandfather Jaehaerys, but the reality was much more disappointing. The stag was not weak, but it was not exceptional either. Rhaenyra, by contrast, is the one who witnessed the white stag, the symbol of royalty, and what’s more important is that she saw it alone, only she and Criston know that it was there because that’s so informative of her character. Despite no one believing in her, as they wouldn’t believe her if she claimed she saw the stag, she doesn’t need them to know. The portent of this symbol was meant for her and her alone, as it was to reassure her that she has the future and it doesn’t matter if everyone knows it or not. Likewise, the fact that she chose to let the stag go is so important because she rejected the role that her society would have imposed upon her, she chose a different path and chose a different way than what had been imposed on Viserys with everyone watching him. This message was laid with so much important symbolism that we will come back to look on in hindsight with a much different light.

"And to complete the teenage girl experience she's being eyed off by a man twice her age sorry if that's too real." Chapeau, Glidus.

4:37 Tyland:Daemon has driven the men hard Glidus:No need to make us jealous I looolled 😂😂😂😂

"they've spotted a Crusader Kings event". Lost it. 😂

the font size joke actually made me laugh out-loud

That one line about getting stared at by the decades older man was too close to home. I accept your apology. Love the content ❤️ great laughs and so entertaining

"...and the stag, sure as fuck, isn't into it." 😂😂😂

You’ve reignited my love for ASOIAF and I can’t thank you enough. I think you’ve earned your own blisstake

Glad to see you got it up in the end, Glimbert! Cheers, love your stuff!

BRAVO!! Cheers to your persistence Glidus and chairs to getting Crispus’ name wrong every time! 🤣 These bliss takes are insightful, creative and mildly not annoying! My vote for intro music is “Puff the Magic Dragon” - clearly a Vhagar reference!!

Man I'm pretty sure I've watched every one of your videos 5 times. You're just so effortlessly funny and I also love how much you know about music. As an orchestra kid it adds another level of enjoyment whenever you talk about the soundtrack

The theme bit was hilarious, thank you for breaking the rules of 3 AND STILL GOING

I love this evil twin of Alt-Shift X, i just found this channel a week ago and binge watched every pisstake. Keep up the amazing work!

Yay! Thank you, Glidus! Your hard work paid off. I love your enthusiasm!!!

"he is allowed to do star wars" sounds so adorable

I don't want to like Viserys but Paddy is such a brilliant actor and is nailing every scene he's in I can't help but adore him??? This whole episode is brilliant. Loved it.

this is like my 4th time rewatching these

I love the Steve Irwin dream you’ve had and that very few outside of Australia will truly understand having that kind of childhood memory!

Not to be an absolute wanker but it’s so nice to hear a KZfaqr I have enjoyed for so long, mention the problems around not having the right genitals and not care if their followers complain about them saying so. Makes me enjoy the channel even more, thanks for being a deece bloke.

All Hail Second of His Name Blisstake | House of the Dragon Episode 3, Second of his name

King in the Takes! So glad to see this back, it got struck in the middle of my watch.

Came for Lannister Taco Tuesday, stayed for the hunting pug.

28:20 actually the archers only need to aim in his general direction, because they are a lot of archers. If you think back to the napoleonic wars, the infantry didn't actually aim at their targets, rather they aimed in their direction and because they were a literal wall of guns some bullets were bound to hit. Same principle applies here. The archers don't have to aim individually, bacause they have a numerical advantage (a higher probability to hit).

Glad it's out of copyright jail, Glidus! Dropping another suggestion for the banger covers. 'St Elmo's Fire'. (Hmm I wonder why, it just seemed to fit)

The peacocks were actually probably part of the local fauna on the set since they filmed it in Lokrum island in Croatia which is full of peacocks.

Yay it's back up! And every new name you give Crispy Coleslaw just makes me happy.

They mentioned having dragons in the plural during the war council, that was enough of a signal for me. Also, I'm just going to say it -- I would have preferred to have seen a few arrows deflect or even bounce off of Daemons *plate* armor (and maybe a helmet. I know, actors' faces; that's why this is a parenthatical.)

Larys Strong reminds me of V from Devil May Cry 5 and it excites me to learn that he's going to be important in the story going forward.

18:35 that's the moment I hear Tywin's "You would be a fool to think he's the most powerful man in Westeros"

I love what you said about the themes of ep 3. Watching you Glidus, makes me somehow find more enjoyment from my favorite dragon show.

Hearing Glidus say "BOOK!" in so many different happy little ways was heart-warming. Also I too remember the Steve Irwin cougar poo moment- one of the American specials, I think it was an episode all about Rattlesnakes. Love me Glidus Love me HoT D Love me Hunts 'Ate d&d 'Ate subvertin me expectations Simple as

We’re back baeybe! I must tell everyone, I have been charged with a royal task to collect the legendary Steve Irwin Cougar Poop clip. I’m actually positive that the threat of me finding this legendary clip as what made HBO panic and take down this video.

Best thumbnail change in the history of KZfaq

Bro, I just found you channel today and it's a goldmine. That relationship betw and choosing font size is one of the funniest things on youtube. you earned your likes and subscribe

omfg having a breakdown of a episode with humor is something I never expected, I love u GLidus LMAO A NEW SUB Here HAHAHAH

Woah a theme! Its like a book report or something

Glidus I was waiting all week for your review and I do it every week. Thanks for not rushing it and making it quality!

HBO told me to give you this

No one’s gonna talk about how shark are not smooth? They literally have small teeth-like thingies all over their body called dermal scales Edit: My bad i was thinking of whales

Episode 4 was absolutely the best so far, really looking foreward to that. However my one gripe is that they didn't change the intro music despite Glidus specifically requesting it

Thanks for posting this. I discovered your channel through Tepid D and I have been loving your stuff.

this is, by far, the best video you've put out absolutely incredible stuff - attention to detail, humour, transitions.

“You alright?” “Yes, yes of course. What shouldn’t be right?” He stuttered. “You didn’t answer.” “Why are you here?” Daeron asked in return. “Aegon, Helaena and I plan to go riding early tomorrow morn. Are you game?” Despite all of their differences, flying was the one thing that was beloved by all the four siblings. So Daeron agreed obviously, at least on Tessarion’s back he could measure himself with his brothers and even occasionally win. “What are you reading?” Aemond sat next to him and took the book out of his hand. “Mayhaps you would do better as a maester than a knight. The Citadel would surely welcome another Vaegon Targaryen.” Daeron shrugged, “I don’t have the patience. And neither the willpower for celibacy.” That made his brother laugh, he threw his head back and had his mouth wide open to clear the view of his many white teeth. He smiled little and laughed less and most of it was loaded with ridicule and mockery. Yet this time he was truly joyful. “Have you ever laid with a woman before? Mayhaps I shall take you to a brothel with me.” “I respectfully decline, brother.” Daeron avoided looking into his eye. “I have no taste for whores.” “You cannot judge what you have never touched. I know of establishments that cater for every need. Perhaps you would enjoy a whore without teats but with other parts instead?” His voice was devout of any mockery and his pitch rose at the end of his sentence. It made Daeron’s heart beat incredibly fast. His face shot up and he met his brother's gaze, there was something reassuring in it. “Do you think I didn’t know?” Aemond asked carefully. “You always have your eyes on the pretty knights and never seemed to care whenever father or grandfather wanted to introduce you to a lady maid. Also, the squires talk. They do it often and quite derogatory, but they are also right most of the time.” Daeron did not know what to say, he was terribly ashamed but paralyzed also. Unable to move and to escape his brother's gaze, he kept looking into his burning eyes of amethyst and sapphire. “So is it the truth?” Aemond asked. “You hate me, don’t you? Your weakling brother who would rather swallow a sword than wield it.” Daeron laughed cruelly. “Why should I hate you? You are my brother and I love you above anything else. People tell us to be abnormal simply for wedding brother to sister, but we are valyrians and we shall do what we think proper.” Aemond put his hand on Daeron’s shoulder and it grounded the young prince a bit.

You can really extend this whole "second son" thing to ASOIAF. In general, "second" sons play a bigger role than first. Ned was a second son. Jon is Rhaegar's second son and believed to be Ned's second biological son, albeit illegitimate Bran is Ned's actual second biological son, and is his second legitimate son Stannis is a second son Tyrion is a second son - Jaime actually has a big role, but Tyrion was a POV character first Sansa is Ned's second biological child, and if the show has any merit will end up as his actual heir. Meanwhile, the first sons: Brandon Stark - killed before the first book Robb Stark - never a POV character, killed in the second book Robert Baratheon - killed in first book.

House Duran Durans sigal is a Hungry Wolf in a Ordinary World with a blue field.

I love the editing and narration of this video! Made me laugh / snort!

HotDamn, these are really the best weekly reviews on KZfaq, thanks so much for all the work!

So happy you were able to reupload this. To the seven hells with whoever struck this down for copyright

Glad you got this one worked out and I loved it as always!

Ok. Your video breakdowns are way too good to be taking this long to get out!! We need episode 4!

Just like making him subservient to his older brother, Otto suggesting that Rhaenyra marries little Aegon is such a great addition. It shows that while he's certainly ambitious and callous, he's no Littlefinger or Tywin. He doesn't want the Realm to burn just so he can get what he wants. He knows that having Rhaenyra marry little Aegon would solve so many future problems.

Actually think it would’ve made the most sense for Lyonel Strong to mention Laenor being a dragon rider.

I've watched this through 3 times now. It's such a fun video to listen to

Second (of his name) time's the charm

i love the consistent replacements of cristons name they're so hilarious

So glad this was reupload! I was looking forward to the one from yesterday but HBO were HBO -ing.

if glidus says it, so it must be. sharks are smooth CONFIRMED

Now that you mentioned Duran Duran, I guess you have to sing "the wild boys" for the next opening credits... or I will charge an army of pirates alone, and without my helmet.

You may flutter over Ceraxes with your rose-tinted goggles all you like but when you lay your eyes upon Meleys the Red Queen you will know what a beautyful dragon is supposed to look like.

Enjoying every second of your hotd reviews!! Keep up the good work 😊

14:26 Can't wait to play "How old is this baby!?"

All hail Glinders, First of His Name and Glider of Buses. May His will Bliss or Piss our takes, for the betterment of all out days.