The Long Night is over, Fire and Blood will reign. Join us live as we breakdown and review the second episode of HBO’s new series House of the Dragon. Episode Five of House of the Dragon will air on Sunday, September 18th. Join us Monday nights at 8:30pm for our live House of the Dragon after show.
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Show tried to make the Greens seem more sympathetic but I hate them even more now. Cristen was sidepiece and he killed Joffrey cause Rhaenrya didn't wanna leace her legacy behind. Trash. How can Alicent be mad about Rhaenrya's loe whem she kept her "meetings" with her father a secret for 6 months?😠😠 Lol I shouldn't be this mad. 😂😂 It's just a show.
the strings on vhagar is rope to help her mount climb on her, like for ships to help a crew get on or something like that, thats how i see it
I don't know how they can get a saddle on Vhagar an how does Laena get onto Vhagar I always remember Danny getting on Drogon with his wing
I don't understand, if they're best friends why would you think Rhaynera would ever kill your children but you'd want to kill hers. Shouldn't you know your bff.
It should not be a color wedding. Not white or green! It's the #RatWedding 🐀
Think I'm the only person that noticed Rhaenyra's symbol in the intro has a new line of blood flowing from it aka her first child is already conceived. I think this confirms she didn't drink that tea and her first son is the child of Cole.
so daemon make he's wife fall and then he stapd on her and then smash her head with a rock that's beyond evil why the writer go that way with daemon character that's just too much give me Jeffrey vibes
Eh, Dameon is cool but he's actually trash 😂
Omg the daemon hate is everywhere but not here the girls even like when daemon stept on her 🤣 ❤️🤣
Alicent is jealous that Rhaynera gets to do what she wants.
The first CGI shot of Meleys and SeaSmoke wasn't great so I get that vfx for Vhagar is very difficult. I have accepted that we won't get the loving relationship between Rhaenrya Laena and Daemon. They are gonna siper condense it. We won't even get the fun dragon rides where they race each other to Dragonstone and Driftmark.😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔 (plus rhae is confirmed straight so our Throuple dreams are dead)
Lol why is a lady always missing or not showing their faces 😭😭 missed the ghost of highhart today aka Alesha
Great work as always ladies. Love the insight, great content ♥️
Thnk you so much ladies for breaking down this episode
Everybody likes Daemon the wife murderer, impotent, paedophile unlce…😂😂😂
Referring to the Twitter quote that Alicent being jealous of Rhaenyra is true because one of the writers for HOTD came on the official GOT podcast yesterday and said Alicent has always been jealous of Rhaenyra this super cool, dragon riding, posh, beautiful princess who gets to do whatever she wants and Alicent is just another lady trying to get her life. I agree on it. Also am I the only one find greens to be out dated leeches lol maybe just me! I couldn’t stand Alicent from day one! You could see her jealousy pouring out even the scene between Rhaenyra and her mum. Also Alicent sneaking into King’s chambers during mourning was a political move! Rhaenyra sleeping with Criston was for love/lust maybe bit of fun. I love when religious queen gets all political when she’s the one who has been breaking all the rules from day one ! Light the way lol 😂 Alicent needs to take her own answers to advice and practice
I have a quick suggestion for this big time jump, we can see a young rhaenyra holding a baby in her arms like what we saw on the trailer with adult rhaenyra.
That club foot MF is exactly like maester pycelle acting feeble and shiz
Btw Joffrey spanked Criston on the back that probably escalated a bad situation into a whole another level 😂 I saw it on a different review video and I went back to check and it’s true 😂
It's the past so they were more common.
I thought Viserys said rhaenyra’s children can be named Velaryon but when her heir takes the throne they will rule has a Targaryen. Not that they will be Velaryons but their children will be Targaryens. That’s kind of a given if they rule as a Targaryen.
Damon can’t finish, hence no heirs
"Keep that shit locked up" 😅😅😅😅
Heeey ladies! So glad to finally be able to watch this livestream. Puerto Rico has been without power or water since hurricane Fiona, but I was finally able to watch the latest episode yesterday and it was AMAZING! One of the best episodes I have ever seen! Love you guys and here’s to episode 6 and beyond 😂♥️🖤
Historically if you pulled what Criston pulled 99% likelihood the king would just straight up kill you. Life without parole in the dungeon at the very least
I would say Alicents anger comes from 40% resentmen and jealousy 30% being lied to one more time 20% believing her father statements 10% her judgmental religious upbringing
Oh my God, sir, Kristen Cole got rejected. And didn’t even wait to spill the beans to Alicent, and then he threw her under the bus and made it seem like she made him do it.Smh he was saying no on episode4 while taking his boots. And I really think, sir Laura’s strong. Will kill his father and his brother. I think he will do this to become the air os his house.
Ser Crispin Cole has bitchassness tendencies!!!
I called it 'The White Wedding'
I think Crispen lol, didn’t like the power dynamic. I think he was rankled because her station was above him. Otherwise he wouldn’t see himself as a whore. He thinks making her his wife will put her station below him. So he can fuck right off I think.
Okay, normally I'm all for him being a chaotic dick but Daemon pissed me off so much this episode. This cowardly fucker just straight up abandoned his niece in the middle of a brawl! I already wanted to rip his throat out after he left her in a brothel last episode but this has my blood boiling. The man better show some growth in future episodes/seasons or I'm going to be cheering for Aemond when the time comes.
Daemon's shortcomings aside, I'm loving everything they're giving us so far. I have to say I'm not into most of the costumes – they're fine but I feel like there needs to be more richness, especially in this era. Maybe they spent most of the costume budget on Rhaenyra's episode 1 finale dress, who knows. Other than that, all praise to Emily and Milly, they're so talented and I wish them both well.
HarwinHive over here as well
Genuinely sad next episode jumps so far ahead. I’ve been impatiently waiting years to see their relationship unfold and we’re barely getting that. Fuck Crispin Cole, I’m here for breakbones
I posted this on another channel yesterday but I wanted to get some opinions….
So I just realized something that broke my heart about Laena and Vhagar….we don't know how, where or when she mounted Vhagar but I know why, and it's not just because Vhagar is the biggest and most powerful dragon left in Westeros…during her vist with Viserys in the garden she mentioned that the spice traders hear Vhagar's song all the time and then Laena says that "it's a sad thing" and so Viserys tells her "even dragons get lonely sometimes!" SO basically Laena sought out Vhagar because she felt sorry for her 😭 Vhagar is too big for the dragon pit so she can't be with the other dragons, she has no rider, both her siblings are gone and so she sits on the coast of the Narrow Sea and cries all day…she's frickin lonely dude 😭 and so Laena went and found her so she didn't have to be all alone anymore!! Oh my heart I love Laena even more now🐲🔥😭
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I hated what Daemon did to Rhea
It kills me that Alicent would never love Viserys like Aemma did. And yet Alicent gets to have what Aemma couldn't. I feel bad for Vyseris but he made the biggest of mistakes by sacrificing Aemma.
Will we see house Dayne in this series?
Another great episode, ladies! I love to hear your discussions and your perspectives on this lore. I do have a food for thought question. So…do you think Rhaenyra would have said 'no' to her crown and legacy, if Alicent was the one asking her to give it up and ran away together? I mean, assuming Alicent didn't marry Viserys and was not currently the Queen. I just wondered if Rhaenyra would've had a different answer if her bestie was the one asking her to give her everything, instead of Criston.
Y’all be having me rollin! I’m glad y’all mention that the Velaryon bastards. I wonder if Rhaenys was cool with it because they knew Laenor wasn’t about to produce any children and they wanted to keep the line alive
Nope
The Rat Wedding
"Coming in with that green shit on…"
I am soo I love with y'all!
Laena was so beautiful this episode, I can’t wait to see her riding Vhagar 😍🤤🔥
Larys Strong gives off Little-BitchFingers & Maester Parcell vibes, makes me wanna kick his cane 🙄
Daemon Targaryen giving strong Daemon Salvator vibes. I was almost expecting him to say hello brother when he walked in to the room😅
I just feel bad for Viserys Biden and his eagle claws for hands . No one respects him
Going from Freefolk Brain “unforgivable error!!…something something…female director!!” to rational brain “it’s quite logical that Criston slipped away in all the shock & chaos before anyone got to their senses, then he came under Queen's protection, so they'll only have to explain why Viserys sided with his own wife". A weak, unhealthy king, bedridden when we next see him, was manipulated by his assertive wife?! Gee how will they pull that off!! This was way more impactful than another repetitive jousting death. Criston's breakdown followed a logical path for a prideful medieval knight who takes his honor & vows as seriously as his chastity. Even better was Alicent's rage buildup with Otto's wise words, news about the tea & Cole's confession that let her know who was responsible for her dad's banishment. Daemon serving as a wedding red herring was great. The suspense building all thru the wedding climaxing with the beautiful dark montage, Ramin Djawadi score & the visual storytelling of Rhaeynra-Alicent's crossroads moment…the best thing they've done so far. Ofc "Daemon so badass like my heroes walter white, joker & bane" brainrots who need to be spoonfed everything won't get it. Frankly if anyone is confused on how a montage works cause Alicent was in two places or why they'll hurriedly marry after what happened, they don't need to insult their intelligence watching HOTD. Themes & symbolism should always be prioritized over dry right-brain logistical pedantry.
There was no murder at rhaegar and lyannas wedding because nobody was invited lol