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I loved that interaction b/w aegon and synfyre..... He's the only one that loves aegon unconditionally and that's seen in the last scene where despite being injured himself sunfyre is trying to cradle aegon. 💚

daemon gonna give harrenhal hotel a 0 star review

The bonds between dragons and thier riders in this show is truly amazing.

Sunfyre falling on his injured stomach to protect aegon was a great touch, despite his injury you can see him turning as he falls in 28:24 the bond between them is legendary

Sunfyre tried his best to save aegon,he cradles him at the end too 🥹 my heart

I feel so bad for Sunfyre. It almost made me cry hearing his horrific screams. He was a relatively young, inexperienced dragon and probably thought he was out for a little fun ride like a puppy when he saw Aegon but instead he had to go through that excruciating pain 💔

The moment I saw Meleys and Vhagar locking their claws together and spinning in the air, plunging down, I could only think "this is why they would call it the Dance of dragons". The entire sequence is so heartbreaking and yet so beautiful

Alicent "do you think simply wearing the crown imbues you with wisdom?" Did YOU think crowning him would make him responsible?? She spent his whole life forcing him to be heir but didn't bother even once to instruct him He didn't want to challenge Rhaenyra, he wanted to leave, he lost his son, he asked your advice, he was listening the council 90% of the time except ratcatchers - and now after 5 minutes of talking with you he starts drinking and leaves for suicide mission. Damn, I feel bad for Aegon.

In the book it was a 2v1, so both Vhagar and Sunfyre went against Meleys at the same time, but th eoutcome was the same. I must say I actually love both versions so much cause it's so tense. But what I really love the most is that in both the book and show, Rhaenys didn't flee but fought on! "Princess Rhaenys made no attempt to flee. With a glad cry and a crack of her whip, she turned Meleys toward the foe...Beloved daughter of Lady Jocelyn Baratheon and Prince Aemond Targaryen, faithful wife to Lord Corlys Velaryon, mother and grandmother, the Queen Who Never Was lived fearlessly, and died amidst blood and fire. She was fifty-five years old." - Fire & Blood 🔥🔥

Sunfyre is the only one Aegon has left. Aegon loved he son and with his passing is more broken than ever. His mother and the council all act like Aegon should be grateful for placing him on the throne but Aegon didn’t even want it. Now they’re all mad at him because he has autonomy and isn’t the perfect puppet.

the look between Meleys and Rhaenys before they died really broke me

In the books Aegon and Sunfyre had literally one of the closest bonds of all dragon riders who ever existed.. Poor boy, poor dragons don't deserves all this family drama

One thing that this show has done which GOT never did is actually make me care about the dragons, the designs, colouring, size difference, gender, personalities and rider relationships are so brilliant that they feel like characters in their own right and not just the living weapons they were in GOT. Massive credit to the writers, designers, VFX and whoever else is involved with that part of this show.

Cole raised Aegon. Thats why hes so devastated.

Also a note, Rooks Rest is the seat of House Staunton. Simon Staunton is on Rhaenyra’s Black Council. Last episode, when Baela reported saw Cole on the way to Rosby, Lord Staunton asked leave to prepare his keep. If Rhaenys didn’t confirm that Vhagar had been incapacitated from the fall, she would have left one of Rhaenyra’s ministers to Aemond’s mercy. Vassals pledge fealty and supply men to fight in return for their Lord’s protection. If Rhaenys had flown away, people like Ser Alfred Broome, would have used this to show the rest of the Black Council, that Rhaenyra’s words are cheap and they would be abandoned.

Eve Best (the actress who played Rhaenys) said she turned back due to her sense of duty like a samurai and a chance no matter how small to take down Vaghar.

On the behind the scenes of the episode, the screen writers said that Cole is so shaken by it all as he’s only ever seen battle between soldiers and not dragons but also reconciling that he was the one who started this war between the dragons now

I hope this will warm your hearts; In the books, when Stannis lays siege on King's Landing, there's a ship that he has in his fleet named after Rhaenys. Her legend lives on guys🥺

I think Criston was shaken up in the end because in a way I believe he’s cared for Alicent’s sons as his own. After all, he did take both Aegon and Aemond under his wing and taught them how to fight growing up. Even Helaena hid behind him at the coronation when Rhaenys attacked them. Of course apart of him is guilty for failing in his duties, but I also feel like he felt genuinely sad about Aegon possibly dying because he saw him as his son. If you look back at it, Cole has been more of a father towards Aegon and Aemond than Viserys ever was to them when he was alive.

The entire battle sequence was phenomenal. The build-up, the background music, the visual effects, the depiction of the relations between dragons and their riders, etc. every single aspect was so appealing and beautiful

Greens : (1) Aegon - rides Sunfyre (could both be dead) (2) Aemond - rides Vhagar (3) Helaena - rides Dreamfyre (tho expecting her to fight is probably unrealistic) (4) Daeron - rides Tessarion Jaehaera - bonded to Morghul - probably a hatchling, too small for anything Jaehaerys - bonded to Shrykos - probably a hatchling, too small for anything. But he's dead now Blacks : (1) Rhaenyra - rides Syrax (2) Daemon - rides Ceraxes (3) Rhaenys - rides Meleys (4) Jace - rides Vermax (5) Luke - rides Arrax (6) Joff - rides Tyraxes (Tyraxes is large enough to ride, but both boy and dragon are considered too young/small for actual combat) (*) Rhaena - no dragon, but should be an eligible rider (7) Bhaela - rides Moondancer (8) Aegon - bonded to Stormcloud - In the text, this is Aegon the younger's hatchling. If Tyraxes is too small to fight, almost certainly Stormcloud is too small, as well. Also Show-Aegon is WAYYYYY younger than book-Aegon at this point, so expecting any ridership / fighting from them is not realistic) Dragons on Dragonstone that have bonded in the past, but are presently riderless : (9) Seasmoke - most recently ridden by Laenor (10) Vermithor - most recently ridden by King Jahaerys (11) Silverwing - more recently ridden by Queen Alysanne Fully Wild dragons on Dragonstone, never bonded before, but Daemon is at least counting as available to them : (12) Sheepstealer (13) The Cannibal (14) Grey Ghost

I love how the episode is called "The red dragon and the gold" (which is the name of the book chapter) and both Meleys and Caraxes are red so its not immediately obvious to a non book reader who will be fighting. I really like how they show Daemon a lot in the beginning to make you think Cole is going for him but then he has different plans.

all of this for in the future the fuckin’ Bran become king 💀

Ppl are forgetting Rhaenys is a dragon riding soldier. Her running or retreating … Think of a actual soldier at war, A real soldier never runs away from battle win or lose, if they are going to lose they will inflict as much damage/casualties as possible before the outcome and she did that & died a Dragon Riders Death 😢 much respect ❤🫡 🔥🐉🖤

Everyone should have listened to Daemon all this passiveness led to this war

28:50 When Spartan said "Nah man..." voice trembling, teary-eyed...damn that shook me.

Cole is a good warrior and strategist

Alright let's analyse this in detail. To all those who keep saying "why doesn't Rhaenys just fly away?", please think of her options considering the fact that Vhagar is completely unscathed and hasn't just flown from Dragonstone to Rook's rest and so is also completely fresh when she joins the fight: 1: fly to dragonstone. Congrats, now you're leading Aemond and Vhagar towards your queen, granddaughter, husband and Rhaenyra's heir, all nicely congregated inside the dragonstone keep. Aemond and Cole planned this ambush knowing the black's thinking would be "Aemond/Vhagar won't leave King's landing", which would lure out a dragon for them to kill. It's a one-shot opportunity that they're not about to waste, so Aemond 100% is following Meylys to take her out. If Rhaenys turns back, she forces the fight with Vhagar to happen over dragonstone, because if she doesn't hold there Aemond is just going to incinerate the castle and everyone in it as well as the presumably present and riderless Vermax, Syrax and Moondancer. And if she fights him there it'll almost certainly be the same outcome as at Rook's rest with the other three riders only having a few minutes warning. That's not enough time to reach their dragons and get them into the sky. Even if they do, unless the four of them can coordinate perfectly, one decently aimed dracarys from Vhagar and Jace/Vermax and Baela/Moondancer are literally toast. If the stars align perfectly Rhaenys would probaly be fighting alongside Rhaenyra and Syrax for their lives, which is still incredibly dangerous for both of them. More likely Rhaenyra would lift off just as Rhaenys is being killed, at which point a slightly wounded Vhagar probably kills her and Syrax too, ending the war right there. Now maaaaybe you can make the argument that since Meylys is being described as the fastest dragon in the book that she'd have a slight head start between reaching dragonstone and Aemond catching up, and so could raise the alarm in time. But with how short the flight is to dragonstone, and the speeds displayed here on screen I'm skeptical whether that's show cannon, and if it is, how much leadtime it would be. In any case, flying to dragonstone risks her granddaughter and her betrothed (we all know Baela would not have hesitated a moment to help her, and Jace is equally eager to prove himself) and I really don't blame Rhaenys for not willing to risk watching those two die in front of her. The only way this doesn't hold up is if you really believe that under no circumstances would Aemond pursue, and I just don't buy that. He's not afraid of anyone besides Daemon who he knows is at Harrenhal, is not afraid of kinslying, is supremely self-confident, and wants the glory of winning a major battle if not the war. I'm sorry, he isn't letting Rhaenys get away once she shows up. No way in hell. 2: fly west towards Harrenhal. Caraxes/Daemon and Meylys/Rhanys is probably the one combo that Aemond wouldn't be confident facing on his own, so he'd probaly not pursue. However you might as well put up a big sign with an arrow pointing east saying "go ahead, have fun", since that's just giving Aemond clearance to fly to dragonstone and kill everyone there at his leizure, probably piecemeal, before Daemon can even be reched to call upon for help. And if you think that Syrx, Vermax and Moondancer can take Vhagar on their own (take some bites/score some hits sure, but actually kill her? yeah no), then I have a bridge in brooklyn to sell you. That's no real option either. 3: do as she did. Stand and fight were you are to defend the castle you came to defend, and do at least enough damage to Vhagar so that Aemond won't risk flying across the bay afterwards, and maybe, if you get lucky, try and take the greens trump card out in one fell swoop. If Vhagar goes down, so do the greens, it's that simple. It doesn't quite work, but she does do sizeable damage and forces him to the ground, before Aemond makes use of the smoke and the castle to burst out from below (ironically, the same tactic Rhaenys used against Aegon earlier on), taking her out. Still, that earlier skydance and fall didn't look pleasant for Vhagar, and since I suspect Aemond will be needed in King's landing now that Aegon is, uh... let's be friendly and say "no longer in a fit state to rule" to take care of that political mess, Rhaenys was ultimately succesful, even if it did cost her her life.

I think I'm like one of the few ppl who saw that Rhaenys felt some betrayal from Corlys because he hever told her about having another son. He was spending more time with him during the time she was mourning her kids deaths. So both Aegon and Rhaenys only have loyalty from their dragons.

Helaena has a dragon called Dreamfyre and the brother they mention in the show, Daeron (that we havent yet seen) has another dragon called Tessarion.

Why is everyone so negative about Rhaenyra's council and cheering whenever Rhaenys or another character shuts them down with some snarky comeback? They are completely right in everything they say. They needed to act weeks ago, and Rhaenyra and Rhaenys refused to do anything. If they had listened to their advice, Criston wouldn't have been able to conquer all those castles without any meaningful opposition. Even Baela had the chance to deal the greens a major blow by torching Criston, as that one councillor points out. "You do it on your dragon, ser" is not a clever comeback, the guy doesn't have a dragon, Baela does. And if she had used it, perhaps her grandma would still be alive now.

The Queen who should've been 😢 RIP Princess Rhaenys, you will be remembered as a badass grandma who didn't back, Dies in batlle with the highest honor and died a dragon rider's death just like Lady Laena, You will meet your daughter and grandson in the after life. 😔💔 Also, RIP to the finest, the fastest dragon The Red Queen Melys. That last look broke me. 💔💔😭

Also Rhaenys never knew that Laenor was still alive. It is very sad.

Aegon is such a well written character in the show, like you can't help but feel bad for the guy.. And when you think about it, he goes out to try and prove himself to show that he's not usless.. Kind of sad that he got absolutely crushed. And the show does the same for Amond, both these brothers can be truly awful but also very vulnerable.

31:35 well daemon suggested 2v1ing vhagar with caraxes and meleys if only queen rhae-rhae was not busy being peaceful after her son being chomped by grandma vhagar 37:55 Everyone now just agreeing with what daemon has been saying from start

Sunfyre is like the Golden retriever Meleys a German Sheperd and Vhagar is Cane Corso

Watching reactors slowly realise why there's no dragons left by the time of GOT is the best part of this series ahah.

11:41 that's actually how it's supposed to be done, so you can have a clean straight cut.

Vhagar and Meleys fighting each other is even more tragic because one generation before Laena and Rhaenys. They were ridden by Baleon and Alyssa, husband and wife.

Dreamfyre is Helaenas dragon, she rarely flies it tho.

Rhaenys was Meleys rider for 42 years......I can't believe we already lost Rhaenys 😭😭

You guys literally made me cry all over again when Rhaenys went back. I read the book so I knew this was happening but oh man it didn't soften the blow. Rhaenys and Meleys will forever be loved. She fought like a true Targaryen warrior.

Im loving Aegon.

Aegon was not being stupid, he was being brave. He knew he was outmatched, but the only alternative to attacking was to leave his men to burn.

Cole probably sees both of Alicent's kids as his. Remember he taught them how to fight since they were smaller while being mean to Rhaenyra's kids. And I think you're right about him being scared to face Alicent after seeing Aegon.

Incredible episode. Blown away. The look between Rhaenys and Meleys will forever haunt me. Rest now, Meleys The Red Queen and the Queen who should have been. ❤

It’s ok Spartan, brought tears to my eyes too. Poor Rhaenys, Meleys & Sunfyre.

For real, I think if aegon actually got the love and support he needed from his family he could be a decent king.

32:10 Criston Cole who has essentially fought his way up the ladder from commoner to lord, is much more worthy of life than some high born princess, you can’t convince me any other way.

The dragons killing each other is the worse thing ever. Vhagar was previously ridden by Baelon ( viserys and daemon’s father) and Marlys was ridden by Alyssa (their mother) , they were partners and the fact that Rhaenys got killed by her daughter’s beloved dragon I can’t 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Gotta love how Rhaenys flied as close to the ground as possible so that Vhagar could have the only possible scenario for a surprise attack. That was the experienced dragon rider, guys!

"Princess Rhaenys made no attempt to flee. With a glad cry and a crack of her whip, she turned Meleys toward the foe." ------ "Beloved daughter of Lady Jocelyn Baratheon and Prince Aemon Targaryen, faithful wife to Lord Corlys Velaryon, mother and grandmother, the Queen Who Never Was lived fearlessly, and died amidst blood and fire..." -- from the books

Long Live to Rhaenys Targaryen, The Queen Who Never Was (because ppl are stupid) who fights till the end as she was: a badass queen with her beloved Meleys 🖤🔥

Daemon was right in the beginning when he said caraxes and meleys can put vhagar down because meleys herself almost did but damn vhagar is too big even tho she’s old and slow. 😢 RIP to the Red Queen & The Queen who never was . Died like a real Targaryen. RESPECT to all the dragons! 🙏🏻 cant believe I had a panic attack over fake dragons dying lol… I am team black but i Kinda felt bad for aegon too because he never wanted to rule but he also wants to impress his family but has never been trained to be a king and the way alicent spoke to him is kinda painful to watch. I feel like aemond wants to kill aegon too oh boy! And sunfyre loved aegon more than his family loves him…. the look between meleys and rhaenys broke me as well 😢

Telling her son the story of Ice and Fire with the cutaways to different scenes was very well done. This show has a great director.

. And the actor confirmed Aemond didn't want to really embarrass Aegon at council meeting:" Aemond uses the language more lethally. The Council meeting is very much a public shaming, but switching to High Valyrian allows Aegon to save face, since only the two brothers understand it. It allows Aegon to recover."

Everyone do your due diligence and report any spoiler comments as spam, that includes any about Aegon’s fate. the book readers are getting beyond irritating

Remember why Rhaenys was there. She was there to protect a close ally of team black, she would and could never run away and leave Rhaenyras allies defenseless. If she runs away the other houses would call team black cowards and declare for team green. In her mind she had to finish the job.

Aegon amd Aemond are like Cole own sons, he technically raised them and trained them, that's why he felt broken and felt like he failed Aegon.

Rhaenys should have listened to Daemon back in episode 1 and take Aemond and Vhaegar out together. RIP The Queen Who Never Was and The Red Queen

Rhaenys keeps coming back because shes there to win the battle, to protect the rooks rest from greens. I think shes about to head off when she didnt see vhagar anywhere (notice how shes going towards the sea where the dragonstone is) but vhagar is such a giant sneaky lizard

I know we're sad and all but may I take this opportunity to mention that There has never been a bond btwn man and dragon like that of Aegon and Sunfyre 😂💚💚...btw I'm green but I loved Rhaenys

Say what you want about him but Cole is an amazing battle commander and strategist. I think some people give him way too much stick and not enough credit.

whatever you say COLE is the leader you need in battlefield. He is far better than DAEMON in battlefield

Yall didnt get that exchange between Aemond and Aegon at the small council meeting it was Aemond Disrespecting and humiliating his brother just as he did him at the brothel he not only showed him that he is incompetent when it comes to warfare and strategy but also outed him as dumb because he could never fully grasp High Velariayan thats why he struggled with his response he cant speak fluently and cant fully understand either so his response barely correlated to what Aemond asked him and the 2 other high intellectuals at the table noticed and could tell that is the Grand Maester and Larys Strong it was soooo gangsta and nasty from Aemond

I couldnt believe this end was real... I didnt wanted to... I wasn't ready... Im still not ready to loose her like that... I can't. She's my favorite character, damm you show!

11:40 that's because of the heavy armor he is wearing that restricts certain movements...That's a good detail...

1. I do think part of why Rhaenys stuck it out was her guilt. Daemon constantly berated her for not killing the Greens when she had the chance, and that led to giving Aemond the opportunity to kill Luke and the Greens to cause more issues. So she stuck it out this time to try and take them down even if it meant dying. 2. Alicent did counsel Aegon. She told him to do *nothing,* which _is_ what is needed of him right now. Aegon doesn't have any knowledge or training and regardless of why that is, he needs to simply listen and learn and observe, not throw around demands. He wants to be a part of things but he doesn't actually take time to learn. Not ONCE did he stop and ask "hey, WHY rook rest and not harrenhall?" Instead of throwing out history books why not read them? He's shown no interest in actually doing the work and Alicent shouldn't have to take blame for his laziness. Aemond is a second son with nothing to inherit so he knew he couldn't rely on anyone to give him any hand outs. Aegon wallowed and Aemond sought knowledge, and instead of trying to get on Aemonds level he just wants to jump over all the hurdles and be at the finish line, no sir. "Then why put him on the throne?" Because it's still a better choice in their eyes than putting Rhaenyra and Daemon. Aegon, if he bothers to actually seek their council instead of ignoring them (he ignored Otto, he ignored Larys, he ignored Alicent, etc), he could grow to be decent as king. But he's impulsive and he wants results now and to be important now, and that's not realistic. He has to _earn_ that, and he hasn't yet. She was harsh, but she's not wrong.

Yes, Helaena rides Dreamfyre which is one of the oldest dragons.

Coles reaction to Aegon possibly being dead is partly because Cole basically raised Aegon (and Aemond). Viserys never really cared about Aegon very much. Cole feels that he failed as a protector.

Apart from the dragon fight there were so many great character moments, like Aemond destroying Aegon at the small council meeting, and Jace calling Rhaenyra out for being a absentee queen who fails her duties. Criston being shown as a competent strategist and battle commander, who effectively tricked the black into losing a dragon, was nice, the guy didn't fail upwards, he's absolutely a force to be reckoned with. I just want to forget Rhaenys' dragon scene in episode 9 where she massacred all those smallfolk for no reason. She can be a voice for peace and restraint then without being a hypocrite, which makes her death as the first main character to fall in war all the more ironic and tragic.

Unpleasant Character Rule Number 1: "An Unpleasant character can't have clever plans." Number 2: "If an Unpleasant character has a clever plan, it's an evil and bad plan." And number 3: "An Unpleasant character can't feel sad that the man he raised as a son is badly injured"

Pudgey’s face during that moment… u represent all of us girl

There’s so much is these stories that people miss. I get it though because if you haven’t studied the books then it’s just a superficial story. Here’s an example: Remember when Alys Rivers says she a barn owl in human form well think back to the drawings of Helena which includes a pic of an owl beside a castle. There’s tons of these which really enrich the story.

Aegon never wanted to be king, and when he was forced to become one, he lost his son because of it, and when Alicent told him to do nothing, he said he'd rather die than do nothing, Aegon wasn't a coward, he had a bad family around him.

Team green baby. God I love Aemond!

I just noticed Aemond is slowly killing off his childhood bullies one by one.😭 And his own brother was the ring leader! I believe after Aegon mocked him the last episode, Aemond was like yup. Revenge time. But yeah, Aemond's always wanted the throne and this was his opportunity to take it. The Greens are having there own private civil war😂 They hate each other sooo much fr.

Cole has known Aegon all his life, he's been Alicent's sworn shield since Aegon was a toddler. He's the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. He's devastated that he wasn't able to protect or help Aegon at that time. And he knows how much this will hurt Alicent. Greens: Aegon and Sunfyre. (injured at the very least.) Aemond and Vhagar. Helaena and Dreamfyre. Daeron and Tessarion. Blacks: Rhaenyra and Syrax. Daemon and Caraxes. Jace and Vermax. Baela and Moondancer. Joffrey and Tyraxes. There are dragons too young for battle and eggs on both sides. Such as Aegon the Younger's Stormcloud. There are still 6 unclaimed dragons on Dragonstone including 3 that have never been ridden. Seasmoke, Vermithor, Silverwing, Grey Ghost, Sheepstealer and the Cannibal. In terms of size: Tier 1: Vhagar. Tier 2: Dreamfyre, Vermithor, Silverwing, the Cannibal. Tier 3: Syrax, Caraxes, Sheepstealer. Tier 4: Sunfyre, Vermax, Moondancer, Seasmoke. Tier 5: Tessarion, Grey Ghost, Tyraxes.

38:20 I don't think I ever disagreed with Pudgey this much. Sure, Rhaenys probably meant well, but she was not level headed, and did not know what had to be done. She kept trying to avoid a war that had already started, and refused to face the reality she lived in, and as a result the blacks lost crucial time and initiative. The other council members did know what had to be done, and had Rhaenys and Rhaenyra listened to them, Criston wouldn't have taken all those castles that easily, and wouldn't have been able to spring this trap for her. But Rhaenys kept shutting them down because she thought she knew better, even though the only plan she ever contributed was for Rhaenyra to go to Kings Landing and meet Alicent, which everyone could have seen was completely foolish.

Before she was claimed by Rhaenys, Meleys was the dragon of Viserys and Daemon's mother Alyssa and Vhagar was the dragon of Daemon and Viserys' father Baelon so Meleys and Vhagar were a couple which makes this even more sad.

Spartan getting emotional for rhaenys is so real

The looks when cole said "everything is foing according to plan" 😂😂😂

I will never understand what made everyone hate cole he is an amazing character he is a grey character he is nowhere near Ramsey or Cersei😏😏

Halaena does have a dragon, called dreamfyre, it was the one in the pit that almost burnt small young aegon. The unclaimed one you spoke about about is Vermithor, which was in the trailer standing behind rhaeneyra

i have suffered a lot for Sunfyre, the most beautiful dragon ever seen and I even feel a little sorry for Aegon too…

Cole practically raised Aemond and Aegon, he's known them since they were literally infants of course he's shaken by Aegon being completely incapacitated and possibly dead, not only is that his king but Aegon was also Cole's pupil not just Aemond.

“Princess Rhaenys made no attempt to flee. With a glad cry and a crack of her whip, she turned Meleys toward the foe.” - Fire & Blood. Rhaenys Targaryen and her dragon Meleys not backing down and bravely facing Vhagar. Princess Rhaenys could have escaped Ifs he wanted to. Meleys is faster than Vhagar and Caraxes. Rhaenys chose to stay because she saw and she knew she had the chance to injure Vhagar and somewhat incapacitate her and Aemond to fight in the future even at the expense of her and Meleys life.

I came here ASAP when I saw you posted!!😭😭😭

To Rhaenys and Meleys, I'd like to qoute one of my favorite songs: "For those about to rock . . . We salute you!"

*Men in the Black Council:* We need to act. No one is doing anything. (Reactors: "Boo!") *Corlys walks in:* We need to act. No one is doing anything. (Reactors: "You tell 'em, Corlys!")

Don't know if this is the reason but me and my husband thought that Aemond used fire also on aegon to close his dragons wounds so he won't bleed more but we could be wrong.

31:52: Well to be fair, Rhaenys probably still killed more innocent people than Cole with her massacre at the Dragonpit in episode 9.

I’m upset… my Queen that never was and my Red Queen… mighty and honourable and loyal till the end

I laugh everytime they say NOR instead of no 😂😂

Me: it’ll be cool seeing dragons fight Me after the dragons start fighting: nope (Sunfyre’s cries and Meleys death killed me )

I think what Alicent said to Aegon isn't necessarily her being shit as a mother but an actual reality check that needed to happen. Some children and people you can't just coddle and pat on the back they need to be talked to in a way that removes all delusion. And he has been like this since very young. His position as prince was a larger influence over Alicent's ability to mother him the correct way. This is the only way he can actually understand.

Meleys was simply outmatched by the monstrous Vhagar.

Rhaenys is one of the few characters who possesses the knowledge and comprehension of the impending chaos. She harbors a profound sense of guilt for not taking action to eliminate the Greens during Aegon's coronation. The Greens have already established their presence across the bay of Dragonstone. She recognizes the critical importance of prevailing in this battle, as defeat would result in their own demise. Daemon is absent, and Rhaenyra lacks a substantial army. It is imperative that the conflict concludes at this juncture, preventing further escalation into unimaginable horrors and calamities that could potentially annihilate the Crown, the people, and her own lineage.

I think Rhaenys kept going back because she carries immense guilt that she did not kill the Greens and prevent this war when she had the chance in the dragon pit. I think she was fully prepared to cause as much damage as possible or die trying