i just hope aemond had fun if you're wondering why schwift didn't react to my kermit voice it's because he's heard it too much and he's sick of it lol there's a spoilery sort of thing down here okay hi i know there are other cases of dragons dying before riders. but consider a) those haven't happened yet lol. i know i didn't say it but i was thinking about cases before Rhaenys. and b) those riders' souls seem to have taken quite the toll after the dragons died too, no?

Are we not gonna talk about that INSANE Kermit impression?

Everytime all the people ask me “did you see Glidus and Schwifty’s 22 hour Jon Snow video?” I only reply “I am ahorse”

11:23 bro busting out a 9.5/10 Kermit out of nowhere is phenomenal

Interesting note is that daemon couldn’t hear her until she stepped *off* of the throne

Theory: the actual reason Simon Strong accepted Daemon’s takeover so gladly is so Alys has somebody new to terrorize and finally leaves his family alone

The scene where Aemond speaks in High Valyrian to Aegon reminds me of when Schwift started speaking Latin to humiliate Glidus in front of their friends, except Aegon and Aemond didn't bang afterwards.

Aegon's "I had them removed, I didn' burn them" hit so hard for me. He doesn't want to destroy his father's legacy, even though he assumes Allicent would think so. He just doesn't care about it. He understands that other people might want to keep it around, so he has the books moved out of his bedroom. And then Allicent absolutely wrecks what was his self-image of being a ruler that was different, but not disregarding the previous, and he decides to just do what he wants; destroy. First victim, that pitcher of wine.

that Podrick's face is what I imagine Glidus looks like

11:25 The stealth perfect Kermit impression is something unexpected yet entirely expected from Glimbus

I never want the dragons to fight again that was the most painful thing I’ve ever seen, poor Sunfyre he was just a baby

Oh thank god. It felt weird washing the dishes yesterday without hearing you guys, I wont do it again

I think Daemon is like Aegon in one way. He craves attention, not power. He acts out so people pay attention to him, but when he achieves authority, he gives it up.

I just love how Daemon "doesn't wanna be felled by poison peas," but this sketchy paste is fine 😅😅😅😅😅

Aegon commanding Sunfyre in common reminded me of Dany commanding Drogon in Dothraki, which I quite liked! Establishes that not just Valyrian can be used for communicating, which makes sense with mystical dragon bonding stuff. (Next step is Sunfyre talking like Smaug for season 3)

I cried for Sunfyre the most 😭 he was just a happy sky puppy

I've been camping on Glidus' channel for 31hours refreshing waiting for this.

Aegon and aemond's little high valyrian moment is peak bilingual child, the understanding but the being unable to get out a sentence in the right order. Rhaenyra grew up with two Targaryen parents so she speaks hv like a first language whereas her siblings had a hightower mum and an absent dad so of course they would have difficulty. It makes aemond being fluent all the more impressive because he's clearly worked at it. That's my bilingual 2 cents anyway

it's lore accurate that golden retriever sunfyre was the first dragon to learn Common solely because Aegon couldnt speak Valyrian

Otto saying "insolent pup" for the sound board

Aemond has completed his anime villain arc and is now going to be an enduring terror for everyone else

That sneaky little stealth dragon Vhagar strikes again

Lots of otto hightower lines could make the soundboard. “Coupling”, “cleave to rhaenyra and pray for her mercy”, “good” at helaena’s lil speech, almost any line in his tirade at aegon & criston. Rhys Ifans going crazy on the mic

The fact that Rhaenys's headpiece in her final appearance looks like a crown was such a wonderful touch. The Queen that Never Was 😭🫡 you will be missed. *chants* weirwood paste. weirdwood paste

Alys Rivers is an anagram for “Larys I Serv” meaning the old gods were bad at spelling.

Milky Alcock with the crown on looks so funny because of the way it comes all the way down to cover her ears

"Hey bro wanna help me go look for thr king?" *disintegrates* "Damn bro. Whatever. My hairs not that bad"

They translated Rhaenyra’s high Valyrian from the beginning of Daemon’s dream: “It’s been said that Targaryens are closer to gods than men… In my eyes, you were a god. Daemon Targaryen. The Prince of the City. The Lord of Flea Bottom. I was an innocent. You exploited me and abandoned me. You sullied my name at court. You empowered my rivals. You tried to make my ruin. You put me on that throne. And you love me and you hate me for it. You created me, Daemon. Yet you are now set on destroying me. All because your brother loved me more than he did you. This is what you always wanted, is it not?” P.S. Alt+SchwiftyX & Glimbus are undisputed royalty

For the soundboard: "the gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power your grace" with a hip hop beat behind it

Gliston Gole, you will have your comeuppance soon. Schwift sends his regards.

Can’t believe Alt didn’t acknowledge that top tier Kermit impression lol

I for one appreciate how moon tea is only served in a special citadel branded moon tea cup™ (I think you can only get them at the Game Of Thrones museum in Northern Ireland)

All Rhaenys was missing was an anime-style inner monologue before turning to face Vhagar.

10:49 I really liked the acting of little Oscar. His stunned face as he hears Daemon, the look of "WTF did he actually just say that" and or "please help me I am very uncomfortable" at Simon as he is processing what he just heard. This was such a fun scene in a fun episode.

I was amazed by the detail they added by making Sunfyres blood seemingly burn the soldiers as he tried to escape and was bleeding everywhere.

I love how Aegon being the inexperienced dumbus that he is, opens up with a fire attack, screwing up his visibility and letting Rhaenys/Meleys take him on off guard.

That one scene with Aegon and Sunfyre... Sunfyre loves Aegon even when no one else does T___T

I find the audience reactions to the first dance fascinating. Almost everyone agrees that once the dragons danced, they realized how awful war is. Added with the fall of Rook’s Rest, we’ve reached the final point of no return. Dragon fought dragon and now the realm will burn. For weeks now, people were dragging the show for being “slow”, “boring”, and a lot of talking. In a sense, I was in the same boat. While I loved the dialogue and character moments, I was excited for battles and for the first dragon fight. But now that it happened, I wish we could go back to simpler times. When the biggest issue in the world was who Rhaenyra would marry. Or even the times when the biggest issue was how Rhaenyra would be treated when Viserys’s son is born (given he lived). War is hell, and violence is often alluring. It can be cathartic, but in the end, is it worth it?

Clearly the 3 other dragons that Jon is going to ride at once are going to fuse together making the blue eyes ultimate dragon

Something I realized about the changing of the tapestry is that they only show images that are shown from the views of the public. So episode five will have an updated tapestry of the Dragon battle since it was such a public thing that a lot of people saw

It literally doesn’t matter if Alicent misunderstood Viserys about the prophecy- the rest of the green council was already conspiring to crown Aegon, and they would have done it with or without Alicent’s compliance. If she had rolled up to the green council after Viserys’ death in support of Rhaenyra’s ascension, they would have laughed her out of the room. Her ‘whoopsie’ had an effect on her interpersonal relationships immensely more than on any politics.

Oh thank God life will be worth living for another hour or so

I believe Rhaenys thought, 'the enemy king is down, if I go down it is a favorable exchange for us still, If I down Vhagar I will be the baddest ever so fuck it, all in, Valhalla awaits!'

Schwidus strikes again. Or is it Glifty.

Aemond pulling Daemon moves while the actual Daemon is trapped in a haunted house while high on some wacky potion is hilarious to me.

I mean as soon as the camera turns to Aemond, it looks more like he is already putting his sword away before Cole even shouts his name, so he'd rather have Aegon live with his pain than him dying straight away

Finally, we have achieved Daemond. Also maybe the reason Larys is so weird is what if he was conceived in the weirwood bed while his brother wasn’t? That, combined with growing up there

I knew what was coming and I was still not emotionally prepared for it. Rhaenys really proved she deserved to be Queen

my submissions for the soundboard, in no particular order: "he's a twat" - young Aegon getting told off for bullying young Aemond "thought as much" - Crispin after getting beaten to a pulp by Harwin "where's the bloody maester!" - illiterate borros baratheon receiving Rhaenyra's note more to come besties x dragun time is the best time ❤

When Milly Rhaenyra says Daemon made her, I believe she is referring to her title because she will forever be known as Rhaenyra the Cruel. And he knows that’s his fault. I feel that ties in with the previous weeks episode when Milly Rhaenyra chides him for leaving her to clean up the mess as she sews Jahaerys’ head back on.

IM TAKING MY HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL HONEY, GLUCOSE JUST POSTED AN HOUR LONG RAMBLE ABOUT THE DRAGON SHOW

The way they had kept saying "Aemond is so loyal" throughout the season, it was really giving season 8 "The crypts are safe"

I paused my 24 hour long "The Fake Jon Snow" video (only available on nebula and patreon) to be here 😡

it's so funny that GoT was scared of dream sequences when Sopranos, a substantially less dorky show, was addicted to them.

Sunfyre: "In old Valyria, snoot boop you"

The soundboard NEEDS to have “and WHAT…. Has ser Criston done?”

Quite embarrassing how many times I checked the channel for an episode this week 😅

You put away the Alys R and Larys anagram but it legitimately spooks me out now

We do actually see Gwaine after the dragon battle. It looks like he took up the command after Crispy fell and he is leading the rest of the Army through the hole in the castle walls that Meleys left. You can hear/see him right as Crispy is first getting back up at the very end.

I think the scene where a young Rhaenyra says Viserys loved her more is a reflection of Daemon's subconscious insecurity and that he confused Viserys not being able to trust Daemon with how much he loved Daemon, as the older version of Rhaenyra explained to him in the previous episode.

The way Alicent drops the statue of the dragon and the wing breaks off is very similar to how Meleys bites Sunfyre's wing which makes sense because Alicent's incredibly cruel words to Aegon are the trigger to what drives him to fly out to battle

At this point i am convinced Larys is a horse and this is why he cant walk on 2 legs properly

"Inaccurate Anachronism" is going to be my prog metal band's next album

Daemonds chaos is caused by a clash between his internal struggle with wanting power, his loyalty to his family and his house but ultimately being a 2nd son in a world where the 2nd son doesnt get to wield that power. Its really wonderful mix of frustration. His final moment before death is the culmination of all three, and he symbolically sacrifices himself (another 2nd son) in the effort while fulfilling his duty to his family in war.

YES! Glimbo posted about the dragoniest episode of the dragon show, finally I'll know which lizard is the most valid. (Jk its noodleneck obviously)

When Rhaenys turned back rather than fleeing to dragonstone, I thought she was recalling Daemon's comments about her inaction in the dragon pit, and that's what pushed her to attack Vhagar despite the odds being stacked against her

I actually felt like I didn’t need to hear Rhaenys say why she would turn around to fight Vhagar. She was so against this war from the beginning, it made sense to me that she may prefer to be the first casualty so she doesn’t have to see any more of her family die. In the same way, her “off to battle again old girl” felt more like she understood that the Targaryens continue this cycle of violence, riding their dragons for conquest at seemingly every opportunity. It felt like she wanted to end her and Melys participation in the cycle of violence, either by dying or defeating Aemond, rather than survive just to see and participate in more bloodshed. Especially in a world that ultimately views her and her dragon as tools to be wielded at their expense.

I've never wanted a video to come out so badly. RIP red dino puppy... long live the Iguana Mama.

The real Song of Ice and Fire probably is the beautiful friendship and chemistry of ASX and Glidus.

9:48 Glidus making the same stupid “stokeworthed” joke the same time as I said it out loud makes me think one day I can talk about dragons for thousands of people too

there was some controversy regarding Vhagar being able to camouflage in the woods but I kinda disagree. It's a lizard so it's able to blend in with the environment and we don't know how far away it is from Rook's Rest, it could be a bit of a flight away hiding behind a hill or something. Not the most practical thing ever but I don't think it's that much of a stretch. Hiding behind the castle is a different story tho

Do the guys making this show even know what they’re doing? Why are we STILL getting Daemon’s visions in Harrenhal? We already got one last episode! I mean, did they learn NOTHING from the lesson of Kinvara? You have one scene - *ONE* scene - that implies there’s some spooky stuff going on and then you literally never mention it ever again! I mean, _come on._ At the rate they’re going, they might keep doing this! It might be very important to Daemon’s character, he might even have one of those character arc thingies. He might even have - 🤢🤢🤢 - a _theme,_ gods forbid.

Daemon and Radagon of the Golden Order are the coolest King Consorts in pop culture. Also, do we want to agree that Sunfyre intentionally acted as a shock absorber to save Aegon from smashing into the ground.

Videos were posted in the days following the episode, your grace

So you're telling me Daemon hears the High Valyrian version of Charlie Browns mom.

I really want "THE RATCATCHERS!!" on the sound board

Alt shift x is the gateway drug to Glidus

Can we talk about how Daemon has been in a horror movie for the past 2 episodes? 😂

For the record, I *have* watched the 22h Jon Snow video. Multiple times. (I put it on before I go to bed to have a consistent white noise)

48:50 I believe Rhaenys' decision not to flee was not foolish. She had already decimated the battlefield and endured a fierce clash with Sunfyre and Aegon, sustaining significant damage. The odds of escaping Vhagar were slim, and her choice to repeatedly turn back was made with great difficulty. However, my main gripe with the dragon battles is the lack of emphasis on speed and agility. It often comes down to "I'm bigger than you, so you die," which is quite simplistic. Another issue is the conservative portrayal of the dragons. For instance, Sunfyre is supposed to be stunningly beautiful with golden fire, yet in the show, he's just another dragon with a gold tint. This change diminishes the irony of Aegon's character; he truly could have been 'that guy,' but due to poor decision making, poor parenting and malicious schemes, he has fallen far short of his potential.

37:40 Lionel was such a real dude even the ghosts of harrenhall were like nah, he’s chill, we lead him alone

Aemonds sapphire eye is a magical eye that allows him to see Vhagar as it seems nobody else can see Vhagar. That explains how Vhagar is able to sneak up and surprise attack everyone

Otto's "Feckless!" needs to be on that soundboard for sure.

I'm REALLY hoping that Daemon's next dream will have Vizzy T in it. if Paddy shows up is going to be awesome

Part of me wonders if Vhagar’s cruel personality is rubbing off on Aemond, since it’s said a dragon bond goes both ways. It would explain Aenond’s drastic personality shift after claiming her

HotD has some really funny lines like " fuck you we should have sent our dragons" season 1 had "sheathe that steel you twats" odd phrases for a fantasy world

Every dragon rider: Has a custom made saddle with a lot of hooks and leather stripes so he/she can fly safely in all circumstances. Aemond: Yeah Imma just put this old net on Vhagar's back so I can grab it if I fall. Genious really.

Holy fuck I cannot wait to hear you two talk about the continuation of the Harrenhal plot and the fact that the show is leaning HARD into weirwood stuff. I love these vids just about as much as the episodes themselves.

I think if those damn maesters didn't poison Meleys, the red queen would've lived

I think Alicent leaving the bottle of Moon Tea out for Larys to see isn't a case of her just being dumb and not putting it away in time. I think it's more like she simply doesn't care anymore? She seems to have very quickly become jaded to everything after the reveal with Rhaenyra last episode, and I think this is kinda her way of saying to Larys "I don't give a shit about your blackmail now, there's no going back anyway." Larys even tries to kinda probe Alicent a few times, asking her if she's worried about Criston and implying he knows she might be pregnant, and she just kinda shrugs him off and stares off into space, where previously she would look guilty and uncomfortable whenever he was around. The conversation they have after that plays into this I think, about how any significance of Viserys's wishes died with him, and that now there will be war no matter what in which the victor will decide the truth. Alicent is at a point where no matter what she does there will be war and thousands will die. Does she really care about any blackmail Larys might have? The secret of Lyonel's and Harwin's death would hurt Larys more than her, and if he outs her affair with Criston (to who, first of all? Her son the King, who she has no regard for at all, or the Hand, who she is having the affair with?) publicly he'd be hurting the Greens as a whole, which is bad for Larys too since he's already hitched his wagon to them. The worst possible outcome for anyone here is Criston being disgraced and executed for breaking his oath, and Alicent barely seems to care about his well-being at all.

As loathe as I am to defend Aegon, pertaining to his relationship with Alicent, she was a pretty horrendous mom to him even before Diana. The only kid she ever really seemed to try for at all was Aemond

I like how Daemon's visions feel very similar to Jamie Lannister's in the book, and are also caused by him sleeping on top of weirwood.

Rook's rest is personally one of my favourite battles in game of thrones universe because its the first (good) dragon vs dragon battle we've seen, so the scene had to do a lot of heavy lifting in terms of establishing mechanics. The first act of the battle has Rhaenys coming in to blow away Cole's army and then Aegon shows up. Meleys claws at Sunfyre's chest and smoke comes out. I interpreted that as specifically incapacitating sunfyre's ability to breath fire, as when sunfyre swoops down to recover from Meley's attack, black liquid like oil spills out of sunfyres chest and not red if it were blood. And after Vhagar burned sunfyre and it was crashing down into the forest, we can see it spin around so that sunfyre doesn't land ontop of Aegon as if trying to save its rider's life. Second act of the battle has Rhaenys realising it was a trap after Vhagar shows up. I interpreted it as if Rhaenys runs back to dragonstone, Vhagar just follows her from rook's rest and obliterates the blacks instantly. So she turns to fight. She hooks herself onto her dragon saddle which is great establishment for when (SPOILERS) jumps onto (SPOILERS) and (SPOILERS) (SPOILERS) in the (SPOILERS). Meleys comes back and then does the same to Vhagar to try to disable it's fire breathing, and we can see it at least somewhat worked when they were death spiralling down and Vhagar had black smoke also coming out of its chest. Third act is admittedly a bit wonky. I choose to believe its because Rhaenys and meleys did everything they can and one or both were fatally injured, so like Laena chose to go out a dragon rider's death, or maybe she felt like giving the greens something to parade around will buy the blacks some time to get their shit together. Idk, this glue smells amazing. Rip the baddest bitch in the seven kingdoms. Great video as always GLaDOS and Schwalamander

We 100% need a BEEEEEESBury on that soundboard

I don't really understand all the confusion behind the decision to send one dragon to Rook's Rest. Rhaenyra is the queen so going to battle is not a real option. They made it clear back in season one that risking an heir to the throne is basically never an option, removing the option to send Jace without even mentioning the fact that Rhaenyra just recently lost a son on dragonback. Baela's dragon is barely of fighting age so sending Moondancer to fight against even the potential of ANY green dragon is insanity. Daemon and his dragon are currently incapacitated at Harrenhall. That leaves one dragonrider who happens to have a powerful large dragon. Now, let's consider Rhaenyra's thought process when deciding weather or not to send dragons to Rook's Rest. She understands that Rook's Rest has very few strategic advantages. It's mostly morale that is being fought for. Sending and potentially losing all your dragonriders for Rook's Rest would likely be considered one of the worst strategic options available. Sending no dragons and LOSING Rook's Rest would be SIGNIFICANTLY better. On top of this fact, she knows and understands the green thought process as she adapts the same in respect to dragons and their riders. Sending Aegon is not an option as he is the king. Sending Aemond who is currently the heir to the throne is not an option. Sending Helaena the queen is not an option. No dragons were used in the taking of Rosby, Stokeworth or Duskendale. It is VERY reasonable to assume that no dragons will be used at Rook's Rest. That is why Aemond and Cole's trap works. My complaint is why wouldn't Rhaenys leave the moment she saw Vhagar? Meleys is the fastest dragon and she has two different options to get reinforcement or retreat to safety. She can fly to Hallenhall to get Daemon who wouldn't even ask questions to join her or she can fly back to Dragonstone to retreat. In my opinion, flying back to dragonstone is the clear best option here. The only thing I can think of is she just wants to injure Vhagar, which I assume she accomplishes, but at the same time her death severely cripples any chance of ambushing Vhagar in the future as now the only current available threat to Vhagar is Caraxes.

48:15 I think Rhaenys was thinking, either I, the most battle tested (somehow, do war crimes count as war? I think they do.) dragon rider with one of the largest dragons on our side, takes out Vhaegar somehow, or else my grandchildren will have to face Vhaegar, so I gotta at least try my best or die trying.

It’s a bit embarrassing when Daenerys who has been in exile her entire life speaks high Valyrian perfectly and yet the Targaryen king of the seven kingdoms doesn’t speak it well at all.

I can't believe Glikgligus and Schwischwe said "Its dragonin' time" and then dragoned all over us.

Soundboard suggestions: The Rogue Prince music "It's a big chair made of sword" *Caraxes noises* An Aemond "hmm" "I do not wish to hear it." Viserys shouting "AEGON!" Laenor saying "breasts" (From when he comes into Rhaenyra's chambers, drunk, with Carl (Karl? whatever) "The Pink Dread!" "A terrible lack of respect" (Harwin to baby Joff) Any of a number of Aegon lines from Season 2 Any of Otto's ranting lines Criston saying "whore" Otto saying "whore" Beesbury saying "treason" or something, we just gotta have some bee representation Maybe a blood or cheese line

11:44 One of Theodore Roosevelt's sons was called Kermit Roosevelt. He served in both World Wars.