Yikes...

@@PeterHSPeter , honestly didn't see that coming given the channel's ethos.

I really enjoy this channel, but even for what I have to assume was a generous check, shilling for something like this on here feels kinda gross. 😕

So did HBO sponsor this video on the sly?

Classy

Lol, me too!

Same 😭

Just wait for Blood and Cheese

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I think I am too 😢😢😭😭

True

Sums it up nice. Although Visyers should have change the law so woman could inherited on the same grounds as men. But they just want his daughter as the heir just special extra for them and not the rest. He was to indesive in that descion as it will lead to war.

This is a great summary

Very true. One thing I would add: In the letter of the law, Alicent and Aegon were usurpers. Gives Rhaenyra a sympathetic angle, at least at the start.

@@kjellduteweert9262 if he did nothing would have changed, it would have just made things worse.

You're right. But I'm pretty sure the trailer is purposely misleading people who haven't read the book.

They want the trailer to mislead people .

@@louisamay9615 Oh okay, so this video (I don't follow this channel usually) is based only on the trailer. Cool cool. :)

She literally said in the video that the war is about Aegon II and Rhaenyra.

These are spoilers. Audience has to learn that. And won’t until late in the season.

Mushroom

Egg

I mean it’s only episode three I’m pretty sure we’re going to get a character like that soon

@@deancapewell8927 brother, Egg isn’t even born for another 70 years after all the time jumps. You’re like 4-5 generations off

@@nicholassmieleski9710 what about tomato?

I hope so too but all the character look changes breaks a lot already and doesnt respect the books lore and previously described characters

@@slenderfoxx3797 yes that’s true. I was also excited about the Velaryons and after I saw the appearance of the characters I just accepted it 😅 we will see in one month…

Has it been established in any articles that they’re making Rhaenyra and Alicent childhood friends? If so, that’s one detail I’m already annoyed with. What’s so hard to get right? They had an initially good mother daughter relationship that soured because Alicent wanted Aegon to be the heir and Rhaenyra resented that. No childhood friendship.

@@chelseavalyria yeah idk how they're going to explain it all lol...and even if they do its still cringe they did this solely to "add diversity". The showrunners said so themselves lol...at least they arent trying to gaslight us by lying. Like many do. They also changed that one slave girl from Lyse who becomes Daemons closest confident. They just hate valyrians lol.

It likely doesn’t, blackwashing established characters and proceeds to promote the show by criticizing GOT for being “ A bunch of white people.” George RR himself explained why GOT didn’t blackwash but the current show runners decided not to respect his opinion

i completely agree, I'm curious if the first season will have the same direction/feeling as season 8 smh

I don't even know if I'm going to watch HOtD until the first reviews are out because of s8. Man, can't believe how much disgust I still hold for S8

Really? I liked season 8 but yes low expectations is always the best way to go into GRRM’s stories

So I'm not the only person with trust issues from got. I'll watch when I know a finale is out of the show, thar viewers are in support of.

@@corneliahanimann2173 not even a little bit. I feel like every conversation about this series is predicated on “trust issues were developed”

Yeah me too

I mean it literally is. They mainly went off book well before the books even ran out. So it's mainly just fanfic with a few broadstrokes thrown in from what GRRM told them and what they decided to use, which considering established book canon, probably wasn't a lot of things, which is why so much of what happens in the later seasons makes zero sense from established content, possible foreshadowing, and characterization and character themes in the books. So yeah, basically consider everything post S4 non-canon. :P

Lol ironically the truth is the show became most beloved from season 4 onwards

Seasons 5 and 6 we're great what you mean

I’ll gaslight myself into thinking the final season didn’t happen

That's what the trailer wants you to think.I like their method,those who haven't read the books will go in expecting a war between R and D ,but will be shocked by the end.

Well you are talking the year 129. This show starts in the year 101. From that 30 year span… you can’t give episode 10 away. The story starts much earlier. The true war is built this season, before Aegon even emerges. Daemon and Viserys. Rhaenyra and Criston Cole. Rhaenyra and Alicent. And Rhaenyra and Daemon. And everything Otto. And Alicent. He’s the big piece. So… have to start with the first episode, which will center around Heir of the Dragon. And that’s unborn baby, Rhaenyra, and Daemon. Then move forward.

You’re unintentionally spoiling the plot

I actually wonder how Martin tackled those political angles. I know he was pretty left leaning when he was younger I wonder how that colours his work

Loved this whole comment!

Your comment is genius

Well spoken, good ser!

I am afraid toxic feminists won't bother looking into your working assumption, no matter how good is portrayed and they will start calling the series mysogenistic. They want to see flawless women who get into positions of power by burning "evil" men alive, and they rule the kingdom better than any man could...

@@constantinetranos2225 Well as you said, anything less than matriarchal fawning over every female character won't please those revanchist sexists. I'd like to think that most people are not as far gone as they are and that as a result, HotD won't play to their gallery that much. Other than that, they can sit and stew in their own venomous juices.

How about you watch it and you judge it for yourself rather than hearing others opinions

@@pusakalye. can't be bothered to get invested the same way I did last time, to then feel like I wasted my time. Watching a youtube review takes 10 minutes, watching a show takes seveeal hours. It is also the reason why I haven't watched the live-action version of Mulan. Feel pretty good about my strategy. I love watching critics too, so that checks out

@@corneliahanimann2173 You're of course allowed to do whatever you want. But to be fair to the showrunner of this show, he has been best friends with GRRM for a long time, and was a fan of the books long before the show was even a concept. So, if nothing else, he will try his absolute best and not get tired of doing it midway through. It will also probably be a shorter show, 4-5 seasons to tell the story properly, as opposed to the needed 10-12 season Game of Thrones needed.

@@jamesgarretson2922 I very much appreciate your input, I did not look too deep into who was making the show or whether GRRM was going to be involved. This is for the same reason why I don't immediately want to jump onto this show, and that is a decision I made from experience with my own personality. I'm an all or nothing type of person, I am a nerd and either I will research every detail to something I have a fascination for, or I will not care at all about it. GOT has taught me a lesson in how I tend to waste my time like that. It's a different thing when the time invested eventually leads you down a journey where you at least have a good time doing it and still can look back at that experience thinking-that this has become an important part of who you are as a person through a certain phase in my life. I had these experiences with a few shows, like with Gravity Falls. I only heard that the show was good, after it was finished, so there is no harm in nerding out and looking too deep into the puzzles and everything, but with GoT, revisiting older episodes is just so empty, it frustrates me more than it gives me a good time. This is not to say that I think everyone should have my attitude towards a show, not everyone will react like me and I understand that my attitude might come off as ignorant to some, but it's really just a level of self awareness that I'm putting to use. I think it's great for everyone that is still open and enthusiastic about this show, that's beautiful, and you guys can keep me posted a few seasons in, if this is worth a shot.

Hello! I think you should give this show a try since GOT was ruined because 1) they had to rush the ending when they clearly should've had at least 3-4 more seasons 2) they had no idea what to do with the finale. But for HotD, the ending of the story is already written&sealed by GRRM and it's not as long or complicated as GOT. the only thing the showrunner must do is to adapt the story properly and fill in the gaps well on the topics open to interpretation (since this is a history book, not a novel) and so far, they are doing amazing!

I think they are deviating the audience from the main plot. I don't remember very well but I think that in the books he was sent away because they were afraid he might manipulate Rhaenyra when she was young, but he was very clear on where the power was to reside, he took it as duty really.

Highly recommend grabbing the Fire & Blood audiobook. You get another 130 years of stories just as an interesting, some bits even more so, and the audiobook is easy to just pop on while you’re going about your day.

The character is as only good as it’s writer.

@@uilliamunknown4844 And both just kept on getting worse...

@@shara-v6074 Well GRRM has more or less said show Daenerys is not book Daenerys and they’re fates are different

@@uilliamunknown4844 Yeah they're completely different characters

@@uilliamunknown4844 Exactly. Most of the things Dany did in the show, like the decisions she made and her actual characterization is not book Dany. Completely different characters. It's not even comparable.

That's the point , imagine the other houses ... alive and well for thousands of years , then these blonde purple eyed freaks come out of nowhere kick everyone's behind and make them bend the knee and kiss their butts for 300 years . Must've hurt really ....

Eagon 2 is the one true king

@@kaloyanmanchev6613 First, it's spelled "Aegon" and second. He is a ursurper, how can you be the "true" king, if you weren't named as an heir and you got your crown via treachery of your own sister just because mummy brainwashed you into thinking she will kill you. He got his crown by betrayal and cowardice. Rhaenyra fought for what was hers by right, only to be betrayed by her own knights. while Aegon got everything served on a silver plate just because the council didn't like the concept of a woman at the throne. Was Aegon a king? Somewhat. Was he a true rightful king? Absolutely not

*Alicent...but the rest of your statement is correct

@@swiggyhunter4682 thanks 👍

He was against her inheriting because legally it should have been him. After he ultimately lost that spot to Aegon he sided with Rhaenyra. Meanwhile he did develop a relationship with Rhaenyra and sided with her. It will be interesting to finally get a clear reason for the shift.

She wasn't evil, she gave them 3 chances and was refused 3 times despite her superior forces and dragons. If she were evil she would have burned everything the moment she arrived. And yes Westeros needs a Targaryen ruler, they're the only ones ever able to do it successfully. (Robert had Targaryen blood and used it as part justification for his rebellion)

It was just a horrible ending all together. Dany was presented as a ray of hope against all odds, while the world in GoT in general was gritty in earlier seasons (which is what fans loved about the show). The show became less gritty and unpredictable in the later seasons (plot armor, cool one liners and cheesy fanservice) so they decided to kill the character of Dany to make up for these failures and bring back the "grittiness" and surprise while making Bran the "ray of hope". In the end, they achieved neither and left a very questionable message - women who grasp for power are conspired against and punished by the men they trust (which is presented as the right thing to do)... and in the end, the same men will replace her with incompetent, morally bankrupt and corrupt men (like Bronn becoming Master of the Coin because he likes money and was loyal to Tyrion).

@@georgeprchal3924 she lost her mind and killed countless civilians she went hiroshima on kings landing

@@kingofnara well when the show up ends it's own lore for a stupidly simplistic ending then yeah those things happen.

“Very much looking forward to a redo with new Targaryen princess heir” uhh you in for a unpleasant surprise then

"You know nothin' Jon Snow!" Jon: You thought a windmill was a castle. We South of the wall now lady, it's you who don't know shit Jack!

Thank you that toss a coin nonsense is just tv show propaganda the targaryens do not have a history of being crazy no more then any other noble family.

Yup. They were definitely paid by HBO for this video.

I can't help but laugh because the Tully's during the Dance of Dragons were named Grover Tully, Elmo Tully, and Kermit Tully! LOL. Honestly I hope they pop up with the same names. :P

Well westeros is a combination of 7kingdoms not just one ......its way more easier to maintain power in the north compared to westeros

All of Westeros pre-Targaeryan conquest is retarded and makes no sense. How in tf would a single would a family be able to rule any piece of land for 5,000 straight years.

​@andre dalionall that + they were flashy + their reign is comparatively recent and therefore more well-documented

They basically conquered and ruled an entire continent not just a region like the Starks

The North only ruled the North. The Targaryens ruled everything including the North and Dorne, neither of which had ever been conquered before hand.

This and I want to see the Dragon fights.

Team Eagon

Well, HBO needs to make money. Besides, GOT became famous not because of the books but because of the show so

@@johndinobuff583 The ending of the show killed the whole build up of what should have been an epic ending. A 3 year wait for the worst ending ever. Ultimate fail

Well that’s never gonna happen. But, at least they shouldn’t be able to fuck this up since the story is already written.

Stop blogging about New York football teams, neither one is good enough for that.

If it were me, I'd start the show off with Bran dying, then Jon has to actually start making moves to be king, because the realm needs him.

Sadly

I think either the trailers are trying to throw audiences off, OR for the first season, half-season, Daemon and Rhaenyra are going to be at odds, but ultimately come together to fight Aegon

Daemon literally left enraged for Dragonstone with his mistress because King Viserys had named Rhaenyra the heir. That's not just "a bit salty". Dude also resigned from his post as the Lord Commander of the City Watch over that.

@@simonduran9376 That's true, but i don't think that's enough to call him a "rival"

@@wyatt6403 I just hope they don't make too many seasons, you know? Just enough to cover the book

Yes 🤗

Which one do you mean? Rhaenyra or Rhaenys? 😂

also them saying multiple names incorrectly -_-

The writing for season 2 has already begun. If they continue to follow the book there could be at least 3 seasons but we will see

Only if they redo the finale and White Walker King Stannis leads his army of ice zombies to victory and personally drowns bran the broken in a shallow pond.

Facts

Bingo. After GoT ended, my partner and I made a pact that we wouldn't watch any new shows until they were over and done with, to be sure we won't ever waste our time and emotional investment like that again.

Because she was reading the story of the Targaryens to Ser Davos

The greens supported Aegon II, Aegon III is Rhanerya’s son with Prince Daemon and will be the king after Aegon II’s death

If only he would hurry up and finish it

This show isn’t being written by D&D, and it’s story is already finished, so I think it has way more potential

@@wyatt6403 It definitely does have more potential. Most of the people involved in the creative process were not involved in GOT. Miguel Sapochnik and Ramin Djawdi are the exceptions. GRRM also has more creative control (he had none with GOT), and even the head honcho's at HBO are different people entirely. Not to mention they have a real writer's room that consists of more than 3 people. All these things made me change my mind about watching as I was really adamant about not doing so at the beginning when they announced the show.