I love that we were all like "I want dragon battles!" and then when we get the dragon battles we're all like "nooooo" lol

@SpiralSine6

20 күн бұрын

I’ve said it before, but it was at this moment everyone learned that dragon battles are more like dog fights than tank duels. They aren’t just machines, they’re living animals who are all related to each other just as much as the Targaryens are.

@danilodesouza6461

20 күн бұрын

​@@SpiralSine6, right? I felt really bad when the fight started because it reminded me of every dog fight I had to get in the middle of to stop it. Meleys look just before death broke my heart

@fortelewisandrew2426

20 күн бұрын

That's how it is in real life. Namely, when it comes to war, not knowing the harsh and brutal realities of it all. From property damage to loss of life, the trauma is unbearable yet palpable. We see it now in the Ukraine and in Palestine, which affects us all as decent human beings.

@donnaraphael9350

20 күн бұрын

I’m more into the magic/dragons/politics of everything, but I learned from GOT that I can’t stand or handle the dragons getting hurt. (Couldn’t stop crying when Viseryon and Rhaegal were hurt or died) I was so distraught over watching them fight. Men turned to ash? Limbs cut off? Beheadings? Whatever! It’s just what happens in war. Dragon (even one I barely know) gets a boo boo? “OH MY GOD HOW DARE THEY! I can’t! My baby!”

@neonoires

19 күн бұрын

Lmao that was literally me. I was like “wow I’m ready to see carnage” and then when I found out Rooks Nest was happening in this episode I was like “oh no!”

Greens, Blacks and the viewers are so divided but we unite at one thing: Aegon is a cat. 🤣

@yetibeardson1168

20 күн бұрын

A very, very singed cat.

26:37 This is why it is called the "Dance of Dragons." Dragons fight like Eagles. Lock talons, spin, and breathe fire while ripping and shredding with the claws of the free foot.

@Eclipsed_Embers

20 күн бұрын

I... feel like one of those things is something that Eagles definitely don't do but besides that, yeah, apparently they actually studied how birds of prey fight in order to figure out how to animate the dragons fighting

@shestewa6581

20 күн бұрын

@@Eclipsed_Embers What do you mean? Here in Scotland where our official national animal is the UNICORN, our Eagles absolutely breathe fire. Yep.

@beefjezos2713

19 күн бұрын

I mean….they fight however GRRM says they fight….what are you even saying lol.

@KopherDNB

10 күн бұрын

watch eagles fights then ​@@Eclipsed_Embers

Quick correction Vhagar is a female dragon not a male. She’s the oldest living Dragon at the time around 180 years old!

@StayFractalesque

21 күн бұрын

..totally assumed her gender.. smdh..

@DarthKay093

21 күн бұрын

Yeah. She’s called the Queen of the dragons for a reason

@stanleylee8581

21 күн бұрын

Quick correction, it’s "she-dragon" not female dragon.

@Savage-nv6wr

21 күн бұрын

Who tf cares about a dragon's pronouns 😂😂

@awesomem1050

21 күн бұрын

@@Savage-nv6wr No one really it’s not relevant it’s just frustrating lore wise when someone is making a simple mistake you can correct. I’m just letting them know it’s a she dragon🤷‍♂️

If Rhaenys just crippled Vhagar enough to stop her from flying the greens would've lost their star player. She made the choice to go out trying. It's a valid play to be honest.

@cl4-tpgaming

21 күн бұрын

Plus she knows that if she doesn’t try, her grandchildren will be next

@retrograde9053

21 күн бұрын

Either seriously injure Vhagar or lock on Aemond to kill or dismount him mid air. Still confused tho on how Aemond held onto Vhagar when they fell. His grip is something else.

@Jamiiemac

21 күн бұрын

If she ran all of Rhaneyras followers woulda turned coat as they can’t rely on her for protection. At least rhaneys gave all she could

@lucasbelmonte2832

21 күн бұрын

@@retrograde9053 Because the saddles have chains and straps to keep the riders in place.

@retrograde9053

20 күн бұрын

@@lucasbelmonte2832 except Aemond (and Aegon) didn't use one the way Rhaenys did. They are just sitting on their saddles without any chains or bindings. Aemond was also seen halfway standing up multiple times during the battle sequence. He is purely only relying on his grip and upper body strength which is questionable considering his physique. I mean we feel the car's inertia when the car suddenly brakes even with seatbelts on. What more with Vhagar falling to the ground or even during their talon lock?

I loved when she strapped herself onto Meleys. She basically said if you go down I’m going with you ❤❤❤ ugh that last look they gave eachother gutted me. Great reaction guys ❤

@AzkuulaKtaktu

20 күн бұрын

I kinda hated that. Like why was she not buckled in before?

@SerianoBuenoJunior

20 күн бұрын

@@AzkuulaKtaktu I think it was just an extra strap because soon after that she tried to attack Vhagar from below while flying upside down (probably to claw at her belly).

@Melodicroger

20 күн бұрын

@@SerianoBuenoJunioryep, the director said was for that tactic 100%

“When you suddenly become the king of Westeros but you have ADHD” is crazy 💀

Kudos to the actors and crew and effects artists that brought this episode to life!

Rhaenys wanted what is called a dragon riders death

@itsthatgirl98_

20 күн бұрын

"I wont leave Meleys"

@patrickevans9604

20 күн бұрын

Rip to the queen who never was and the red queen. Both were awesome in that final fight and went out together

Rhaenys was not allowed to flee. She was the only defense for the castle, the only chance. And she was here on behalf of the queen. If Rhaenys had abandoned the castle, it would have looked really bad for Rhaenyra. Rhaenys went to her death with pride and courage. And Meleys still did a lot of damage. She decimated Criston's army and injured Vhagar considerably. Meleys was a fighter! Thank you for your reaction!!

@Eclipsed_Embers

20 күн бұрын

@@TheYksuH there's also the fact that Meleys had a genuine chance against Vhagar (I would say roughly similar odds to Caraxes). If she just won that one battle she would basically win the entire war by taking out Aegon, Aemond (who is currently Aegon's heir), Vhagar, and Cole

@keinyihernandez

20 күн бұрын

@@Eclipsed_Embers I am green and yes, Melys could have defeated Vaghar and Aemond if she would have attacked differently, for example in open field only and with the distance, for that reason Aemond is such an idiot, he doesnt have many dragons at his side and is fucking around trying to kill the dragons of his side, he couldnt even defeat Daemon, how the hell is he going to defeat the rest of the blacks alone, the fuucker doesnt work for a king is too shycopath and cruel, Aegon arrived at the most incredible and perfect time for they both kill Melys easily and leave out of there almost ok but The big idiot betrayed him, it could have easily turn out to be so bad for Aemond coz it was just enough to kill him for the greens to lose vaghar, Aemond will have what is coming for him, I hope Aegon hits back somehow

@pietervangorp267

9 күн бұрын

​​@@Eclipsed_EmbersI have to disagree. She is maybe about the size of Caraxes, but probably smaller. Caraxes is half the size of Vhagar. Spoilers ahead! Even when Caraxes fights Vhagar it is only a matter of time before Caraxes loses. This prompts Daemon to kill Aemond by leaping of his dragon with his sword. Caraxes does the same and almost suicide bombs Vhagar prompting all four to die. Meleys is told to have grown lazy in the books. She also doesn't have battle experience. Caraxes is still fit and has battle experience and still struggled against Vhagar. In my mind there is no way Meleys could ever win. The books however I think, state that against Vhagar alone she might have stood a chance, but against Vhagar and Sunfyre together she would always lose.

That look meleys gives back to Rhaenys, all i could imagine was that she was telepathically telling rhaenys "it was an honor getting to dance with you my Queen" just before her life is ended.

@byronabrahams871

20 күн бұрын

Beautifully put.

Greens have: Vhagar - Aemond. Dreamfyre - Helaena (she essentially never rides and she certainly doesn't fight). Tessarion - Daeron (yes, the elusive Daeron). Tessarion is young, but already reached fighting size. Sunfyre - Aegon (out of commission now). Blacks have: Caraxes - Daemon. Syrax - Rhaenyra. Vermax - Jacaerys (young dragon, just reached fighting size). Moondancer - Baela (very young). Blacks also have access to potential dragons: Seasmoke - only if Laenor died already, which, considering Seasmoke's disquiet, is likely. Vermithor - king Jaehaerys's old mount. Silverwing - queen Alysanne's old mount. And 3 wild dragons: Sheepstealer, Cannibal, Grey Ghost.

@keinyihernandez

20 күн бұрын

Sunfyre is still too young but with the difference that his growth is anormal, it was said he was going to reach the size of Belaryon the black

@movsss

20 күн бұрын

I think they’e going to make Tessarion either the same size as Arrax and Moondancer or a little bit smaller.

@hedinsee6830

20 күн бұрын

@@movsss You probably mean Vermax. Yes, Tessarion essentially should be equal to Vermax, they are the same age. Moondancer is a bit younger and smaller than the two.

@movsss

20 күн бұрын

@@hedinsee6830 your right. I always switch them cause of the sameness of the name

@pietervangorp267

9 күн бұрын

​@@hedinsee6830in the books it is said Tessarion is more alike the size of Seasmoke. At least that is what awoiaf says. And they are pretty accurate.

I have read all of these books and knew what to expect. But I'm with you.The sound of dragons screaming was horrifying

Fun fact: Grover and Oscar Tully are named after Muppets. In Fire and Blood, this era also has a Kermit and Elmo Tully.

This is why I always felt uncomfortable when y’all said you wanted to get to dragon action. Me knowing what’s coming, for me it’s like, no we don’t.

Of course Daemon knows what Aemond looks like. The visions are both prophetic and they dredge up subconscious ideas and desires. This one underlines the parallels between the two.

When so many people are getting upset and crying after seeing the dragons get injured and die you just know the people responsible for creating them did a really great job.

I'm 100% with Hera. I cried like a baby watching this with you guys. RIP to that beautiful creature 😭💔

Alicents brother was literally sounding the charge he's not dead

Fun fact: vhagar is actually a female dragon. And sunfyre survived with a broken wing and ribs according to the book at least.

@danno1375

20 күн бұрын

Survived but is crippled and basically never flies again

Heart wrenching that Sunfyre is the only one that truly loves Aegon.

Ser Cole's actor is GREAT! If you hate the character, then the actor was GREAT!

Yes, the reason for all the off screen battles is because, unlike game of thrones, there are 2 sides to this war and there are so many battles that would take up an entire episode. If we saw all battles on screen we would be an episode behind from the burning mill and 3 episodes further behind from rosby, Stokeworth and duskendale. Rooks rest would have to be episode 7 or 8

@woodswitch

20 күн бұрын

Absolutely. With so many battles they are not going to spend their budget to show a battle, like Burning Mill, where the audience is not invested in the characters involved

12:32 - No it isn't and neither did she cause this, that would imply the entire situation depended on her. You guys vastly overestimate Alicent's influence on things if you genuinely think she 's was a deciding factor in all this. Let's say she didn't mistake Viserys words and didn't say he changed his minds, would that in any way have prevented this entire situation? No, because as was made obvious after Viserys died, Otto and the small council had been plotting, without Alicent's knowledge mind you, to put Aegon on the throne. So what would her not saying he changed his mind have actually changed? Nothing really, the coup would have occured and Aegon would have been crowned and Otto and the others would likely just come up with a story of Viserys changing his will regardless. The most it would have changed would be Alicent not actively assisting but the end result would have remained and the events that start the war would have occured. Alicent was stating the plain truth, Viserys intentions died with him, she wasn't sweeping anything under the rug as you said, cause their was nothing to sweep under, she's merely understanding the truth for herself and this point, things were always going to go like this, regardless of what either her or Viserys wanted.

Team green has 4 dragon currently, sunfyre survived, the other 3 is vhagar, dreamfyre, tessarion. 4 hightower siblings have 4 dragons

@etc8217

21 күн бұрын

Team green basically have 3 dragons during the dance

@nikitasingh0412

21 күн бұрын

targtowers*

@rexibhazoboa7097

20 күн бұрын

@@nikitasingh0412 Targtowers and Strong boysss.

@danno1375

20 күн бұрын

Sunfyre survived but is basically useless for most of the dance afterwards and haelena doesnt fight on dreamfyre so they have 2 dragons at best for alot of the dance

@etc8217

20 күн бұрын

@@danno1375 sunfyre and aegon literally had a whole arc after they heal lol

Criston Cole is many things but this entire episode proves how good of a military commander and tactician he is - but your bias against the character makes you ignore one of his positive traits as a warrior. And to say he doesn't have a soul is ridiculous - look at the pain and horror on his face when he sees Aegon's body, it's almost the face of a father who hates himself for having failed to protect his son. There's complexity with Cole that so many people ignore. In almost every seen characters are pointing out how much of a threat his army is becoming. He's taken down multiple castles, tripled the size of his army, boosted support for the Greens in the crownlands AND now one of the best dragons/dragon riders is dead, a huge loss for the Black faction. Even when Aegon undermined his plans, he improvised and used the King's presence to hype up the army and now they've taken Rook's Rest.

@AzkuulaKtaktu

20 күн бұрын

But we don't LIKE him and therefore he's ineffectual.

@KyleKatarnChannel

20 күн бұрын

Criston Cole is many things but being a real person is not one of them. I think its perfectly acceptable to trash talk a fictional character on a tv show

@AzkuulaKtaktu

20 күн бұрын

There's trash talking, and then there's being a blindered audience.

@itsthatgirl98_

20 күн бұрын

He will die in Butcher's Ball

@andilezulu292

20 күн бұрын

@@itsthatgirl98_ Oh yeah, and I look forward to it. It's a good and poetic death for his character, like many deaths in the book.

Aegon is the older of the boys at 20ish, Aemond is supposed to be 16ish. The actors are just older and it shows. And team green has the other son of alicent and the old king who’s not been seen yet but has been mentioned.

@lynnraven6101

21 күн бұрын

I believe Aegon and Aemond are 3 years apart so Aegon’s around 19-20 while Aemond’s 16-17.

@seda6968

21 күн бұрын

Aemond is 18+ confirmed now because he had a full nude scene, cant legally have a character below that age.

@lynnraven6101

21 күн бұрын

@@seda6968 The actor is 27… But the character is not.

@seda6968

21 күн бұрын

@@lynnraven6101 Im saying you cant have a fictional character under 18.

@lynnraven6101

21 күн бұрын

@@seda6968 It doesn’t align with the timeline for Aemond to be 18. 16 years pass since Rhaenyra’s wedding to Laenor and he wasn’t even born at the time. If we wanna stretch it as far as we possibly can, he’d be 17, but not 18. The showrunners either messed up with the timeline or he just isn’t 18, idk.

You guys weren't listening daemonds bed is made of werewood trees the whole castle is built upon a chopped down Grove of them

Vhagar broke meleys leg in the grapple, then tried to drag her down go the ground. Vhagar knew meleys wouldn't be able to take flight again with a broken leg, luckily Meleys was able to stay airborne. Meleys never really stood a chance in a 1v1 with vhagar.

@retrograde9053

21 күн бұрын

Meleys appears to target her opponent dragon's abdominal area, as seen in her battles against Sunfyre and Vhagar. I love how swiftly she turned upside down to lock talons and ultimately avoid Vhagar's fatal bite. Despite the odds, Meleys and Rhaenys had a slight chance to injure Vhagar, which might explain why Rhaenys chose to turn back. Or Rhaenys's goal could have been to kill Aemond or somehow dismount him from Vhagar. It intrigued me tho how Aemond managed to stay mounted on Vhagar after they fell; without any straps, he was solely relying on his grip.

@SE-gs6gd

20 күн бұрын

@@retrograde9053in this case you have to go for the rider ……

@danno1375

20 күн бұрын

Thats not true at all even the book acknowledges that Meleys is a swifter dragon with a more experienced rider and if not already having to engage sunfyre beforehand would have stood a chance.

@bmaxime8771

19 күн бұрын

tell me you didnt read the book without telling me xD

Why everyone keep saying Alicent and Ser Cole are liars? What have they lied about? The characters are written for you not to like to some degree but really what have they lied about? Everything Alicent has done she's believed was true at the time from her perspective. The audience has the luxury of seeing both sides at the same time.

The two of you were in sync this episode and reacting with so much gusto. Bravo!

Cole sent all the former rahnera loyalists into battle first what a dick move

You are wrong. Size does not equal success. Caraxes killed Vhagar in the books. Meleys was holding her own until Vhagar snuck on her. If you watch the scene, Meleys died of a sneak attack.

There's a beautiful little detail, where the actor who plays Aemond says he took the inspiration for the way he moves from Michael Myers in the Halloween movies. It's robotic, awkward... but menacing.

If Helaena was a warrior like Rhaenys Team Black would be in trouble. Dreamfyre is probably the 3rd biggest dragon. Vermithor I think is slightly bigger (the one Daemon sang too in season 1) and he is currently unclaimed. So they would have the two biggest claimed dragons and the story would be totally different.

@acdragonrider

20 күн бұрын

VERMITHOR is Jahaerys’s dragon. Nicknamed The Bronze Fury. Definitely one of the strongest and most battle tested ones after Vhagar. Caraxes was Jahaerys’s firstborn’s dragon. Prince Aemon. I could honestly see him giving Vhagar a far tougher fight. Caraxes is a good one too. (No spoilers). Princess Rhaena, Jahaerys’ older sister rode Dreamfyre. Helaena owns her now Tessarion is Prince Daeron’s.

I hope people finally realize Cole isn't a moron

Team Black: 1. Syrax with Rhaenyra 2. Caraxes with Daemon 3. Vermax with Jace 4. Moondancer with Baela There are also other dragons on Dragonstone, which are unclaimed - so in order to fight, they need a rider and 3 wild dragons which need to be tamed. These are: 1. Vermithor 2. Seasmoke 3. Silverwing And the wild dragons: 1. Sheepstealer 2. Cannibal 3. Grey Ghost The Greens have: 1. Vhagar with Aemond 2. Sunfyre with Aegon - Sunfyre survived the fight with a broken wing and ribs - he will have to heal for a while but can still fight in a few months 3. Dreamfyre with Heleana (neither of them are fighters though) 4. Tessarion with Daeron

Loved this reaction haha! I feel like you both are really getting into House of the Dragon even more this season! Its delightful

The Greens still have Dreamfyre, Tessarion, Vhaegar, and Sunfyre (he lives)

@etc8217

21 күн бұрын

No team green will only have 3 dragons during the dance

@jademonolith

21 күн бұрын

@@etc8217 not really. they'll have a couple of more actually

@etc8217

21 күн бұрын

@@jademonolith thats not tell daeron gets the dragon seeds to switch im talking about rn before rooks rest and the rest of the season.

@SE-gs6gd

20 күн бұрын

@@jademonolithwell they will get some turn coats but pretty much all of them get killed

Otto and the small council were going to crown Aegon anyway, this becomes explicit in episode 9. Alicent's mistake did not interfere in anything, other than becoming her motivation in accepting their plans.

In terms of experience, if we're adopting medieval values, a lot of soldiers back then were 16-18. It was actually very unusual for a fighting person to be Rhaenys' age. For example in real history Henry V of England started commanding forces when he was 14, went to battle at 17 and invaded France at 22. And that's because they started studying war and fighting at even younger ages.

@rexibhazoboa7097

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, Aegon (19) and Aemond (15) are the expected ages.

@keinyihernandez

20 күн бұрын

In westeros the boys go to war at 12.

Cole and Aemond planned it perfectly. They'll lure a dragon out and Vhagar would take care of that. Unfortunately, Aegon felt that he needed to prove himself. Cole has done nothing but win since he left King's Landing. And here too. He got the castle and got Rhaenys and Meleys out of the equation.

Myles and Princess Rhaenys was together for 42 years.That is pretty long time for dragon and rider.

@AzkuulaKtaktu

20 күн бұрын

Myles?

@user-ju8jb7tk5x

20 күн бұрын

@@AzkuulaKtaktu Yes,why?

@AzkuulaKtaktu

20 күн бұрын

@@user-ju8jb7tk5x Meleys

@askyeyv7039

20 күн бұрын

@@user-ju8jb7tk5x meleys, some people can't forgive if you misspell any character name in the show

@user-ju8jb7tk5x

20 күн бұрын

@@askyeyv7039 My apologies i didn't know that is a grave mistake 😂.How many dragons are named like her.I shall say The Red Queen then.

Sunfyre has never been in a war or conflict only about 20 years old, for all he knew; they were going out for a walk, or I guess fly

1st here and i had to sub because this girl on cam is crying for a dragon, how touching😍

FYI Ser Gwayne (Alicent's brother) was the one commanding the royal army to storm the castle just as Cole woke up

The dance of dragon has begun

Meleys & Vhagar are both female dragons. And Helaena has a dragon but I honestly don’t see her flying into battle.

The brother was the one that lead the charge.

The Greens have Helaena's dragon, Aemond's dragon Vhagar, Aegon has Sunfyre and Daeron (which we havent seen just mentioned in the show) has a dragon. Then the babies of Aegon and Helaena have 2 small dragons too. So Greens have 5 and the blacks (taking out the unclaimed ones) have 6 now after Rhaenys and Meley's dearh (the dragons of Rhaenyra, Daemon, Jace, Baela, Joffrey and Aegon the small kid)

@penguin50279

20 күн бұрын

except helaena’s dragon doesn’t fight in the war at all, sunfyre is still heavily injured, tesserion is months away (we won’t see him or his dragon this season) and in the show jaehaera doesn’t have a dragon (that we’ve seen) and aegon doesn’t have any more kids. so right now they’re down to one useful dragon.

Hi guys! Wanted to add a few things on dragon loyalty, previous experience with dragon battles and dragon counts, that I think you guys missed on this reaction. NO SPOILERS, promise. First off, dragon loyalty. A dragon is loyal to its bonded rider, we all know that. But the tragedy is that they face a unique challenge when their current riders make them go against their previous dragon-friend. For example, in this episode, Vhagar and Meleys fight to death without hesitation based on their respective riders' commands. However, if you go back some time, Vhagar was ridden by Baelon (Vicerys' father) and Meleys was ridden by the love of his life, Alyssa (Vicerys' mother). So, these dragons have ridden together for many, many years. There had to have been a bond between them as well. Which makes this fight ever more tragic. But the thought is that when dragons were created in Old Valyria out of Blood Magic, they were never created with the intention of potentially fighting one another. They were made to fight and destroy others without dragons so that the Valyrians could be the "dragon lords". They used their dragons to burn down cities in the east, recruit slaves and increase their power and wealth, all the way to conquering Westeros. I think GRRM thought of dragons as working police dogs. If their partner dies in the line of duty, they can be claimed by another handler and continue to do their job as told, respectfully and loyally. But what happens if a new officer that has claimed a dog then goes rogue and sets the dog against another offer's dog? Would the dog choose command over bond to a fellow dog/officer? I guess no one really thought about that with dragons :) Just like how Sir Erryk says to Daemon -- "we were brought into the kingsguard pretty young and swore to protect the royal family. What were we to do when they go against each other?" Which takes me to my second point, experience with dragon battles. The straight-forward answer here is no one has any experience fighting another dragon whatsoever, because dragons have never fought each other before the dance of the dragons. Vhagar is very experienced with many battles under her belt and has had experienced riders as well, like Visenya (during Aegon's conquest), Baelon and now Aemond. But none of those battles were against another dragon. Meyles has been to a few small skirmishes and one battle in Dorne with Alyssa. But that's it. Rhaenys is a very experienced rider, in fact, she was with Meyles for 42 frikkin' years, but has never been to any battle. So, when we talk about dragon and rider combo, it is more of the intensity, attitude and bravery of the rider that makes a dragon react in the same manner, more so than previous battle experience. Because as I said, most of the dragons have ever fought in a battle, let alone fought another dragon. And that's what makes characters like Aemond, Rhaenys and Daemon so dangerous. Well, RIP Rhaenys, one of my favorite characters in the books/show 😢 Ok last thing, about dragon count ... leaving out the ones that are in the book by now but not in the show to avoid any potential spoilers. *BATTLE READY* Greens: Vhagar (largest), Dreamfyre (larger than sunfyre), Sunfyre (severely injured, possibly dead?) Blacks: Meyles (RIP), Caraxes (waiting aimlessly for Daemon to stop tripping), Syrax, Vermax, Moondancer, Arrax (RIP) *SENT AWAY AND/OR WAY TOO SMALL TO CARRY A RIDER* Greens: Shrykos (Of Prince Jaehaerys', RIP), Morghul (of Princess Jaehaera's) Blacks: Stormcloud (Little Prince Aegon), Tyraxes (Prince Joffery), 4 eggs *UNCLAIMED/WILD* Cannibal (rumored to be even larger than Baleion), Vermithor (technically, 2nd largest after Vhagar), Sheepstealer, Grey Ghost, Silverwing (Alysanne's), Seasmoke (Laenor's) And finally, awesome reactions! Keep up the good work :)

I was so ready to see this battle but then I suddenly wasn’t ready to see this battle lmao. I cried so hard even though I knew it was coming. I feel bad for Sunfyre too, he was so pretty.

09:20 That's actually quite an accurate way of beheading someone with a short sword to ensure a clean cut - the blade alone wouldn't have enough weight to go through bone if body weight wasn't applied. The attention to detail on this show is phenomenal, just as how they mimicked bird of prey fights for the dragon battles.

Dragons in the books are described as having “smoking wounds” during battle. Love the touch that the blood itself is hot because I don’t think that specifically is mentioned, but that dude who looked up and got his face melted by DRAGONS BLOOD, how metal is that!!!😂

@SpiralSine6

20 күн бұрын

idk man, that has to be one of the worst fates in this battle. You’re just some random dude trying not to be shot with an arrow and not be burned well-done, and then you just get doused in boiling hot dragon blood.

@SE-gs6gd

20 күн бұрын

@@SpiralSine6and then probably stepped on and crushed

9:25 Criticizing the way an actor moves irl is quite insane lol.

I like to think that as Rhaenys saw Meleys' life fade out of her eyes she thought "so this is what Viserys and Luke felt", a part of the Queen who never was dying even before she hit the ground. Before the Dance, only three dragonriders outlived their dragons: two of them likely by mere moments (Meraxes was killed in the first war for Dorne and their rider Rhaenys, wife of Aegon the conqueror, likely died in the fall; Quicksilver and his rider Aegon the uncrowned fought against Maegor on Balerion), and the third was Viserys, who watched Balerion die slowly and painfully from old age and wounds he sustained in his and Aerea's disastrous flight to ruins of Valyria

Is the dude on Rhaenyra's council that doesn't respect women the cop with the accent from Bridesmaids?

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. Credits to meleys for doing her best. 😢 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 eventho he has never been trained to be a king…and the way alicent spoke to him is kinda painful to watch plus his beother wanting to kill him. 😥 And sunfyre loved aegon more than his family loves him…. the look between meleys and rhaenys broke me as well 😢

23:23 Criston Cole is not afraid of war, don't be ridiculous.

Vhagar is a SHE dragon btw 🫢

"When you play the Game of Thrones, You win or you Die. There is no middle ground" - Cersei Lannister.

Sunfyre was a beautiful dragon with gleaming gold scales and pale pink wing membranes. In the sunlight his scales shone like beaten gold. - Fire and Blood

@EliTecapture-ru3vw

20 күн бұрын

Supposedly Otto picked the dragon for Aegon as it was supposed to be the best looking dragon

@roflorei

20 күн бұрын

⁠@@EliTecapture-ru3vwdragons choose their rider. Sunfyre hatched in aegons cradle and they bonded and grew up together

@ieatdiamonds2446

20 күн бұрын

@@rofloreiOut of Allicent’s children, only Daeron had his cradle egg hatch. Sunfyre was born on Dragonstone.

@rexibhazoboa7097

20 күн бұрын

@@roflorei No. Aegon and Sunfyre found and bonded with each other when they were both very young.

@roflorei

20 күн бұрын

@@ieatdiamonds2446 you’re right! Must have mixed it up 😭

Daemon is at harrenhal because queen rhae needs the riverlands on her side..

Aegon is older than Aemond (hence why he is king). He is supposed to be very early 20s while Aemond is supposed to be around 18-20. They have also mentioned several times this season that Alicent has a third son named Daeron that is living in Oldtown. And he has a dragon that is near fighting age.

@lynnraven6101

21 күн бұрын

Aemond cannot feasibly be older than 18. By Rhaenyra’s wedding, he wasn’t even born, and only 16 years have passed since then. 17, perhaps, with the months that are going by. Aegon is at most 21 and Aemond 18, but more realistically they’re 19/20 and 16/17.

@MalamuteX

20 күн бұрын

@@lynnraven6101 in the books, Aegon II(The Usurper) is 22 when he takes the throne. Aemond is 19. But the show seems to have slightly different ages. Like Alicent is like 10 years older than Rhaenyra, but they aged Alicent down.

@lynnraven6101

20 күн бұрын

@@MalamuteX Yes, I’m referring to the show timeline. I haven’t read the book, but I know that Rhaenyra and Aegon are 10 years apart in Fire and Blood, whole they’re 15 years apart in HoTD. That would make Aegon around 20 and Rhaenyra around 35 in the show, is what I meant :)

VERMITHOR is Jahaerys’s dragon. Nicknamed The Bronze Fury. Definitely one of the strongest and most battle tested ones after Vhagar. Caraxes was Jahaerys’s firstborn’s dragon. Prince Aemon. I could honestly see him giving Vhagar a far tougher fight. Caraxes is a good one too. (No spoilers). Princess Rhaena, Jahaerys’ older sister rode Dreamfyre. Helaena owns her now Tessarion is Prince Daeron’s.

*DRAGON COUNT* - Episode 5 onwards *Greens:* Aemond - Vhagar Halaena - Dreamfyre Daeron (4th child we haven't seen) - Tessarion (Young dragon, just big enough to battle) Aegon - Sunfyre (Seemingly out of commission) *Blacks:* Daemon - Caraxes Rheanyra - Syrax Jace - Vermax Baela - Moondancer Joffrey - Tyraxes (baby dragon) *Wild & Untamed dragons on Dragonstone:* Vermithor (Second largest dragon) Silverwing Sheepstealer Grey Ghost Cannibal Stormcloud (baby dragon) Seasmoke (bonded to Laenor who has abandoned him)

Correction on the ages. Aegon is the oldest child = 19 Halaena = 17 Aemond = 15 The actors just look way older. They are all teenagers.

As a Major game of thrones fan the more I watch the house of the dragon the more I fill it's the superior show.....

Since you asked: Team Green _Vhagar_ rider is Aemond, _Dreamfyre_ rider is Helena _Tessarion_ , rider is Dearon (younger bro of Aegon /Aemond/Helena) _Shrykos_ hatchling dragon belonged to Jahareys, _Morghul_ , hatchling dragon belongs to Jahaera Team Black _Syrax_ rider Rhanerya, _Vermax_ rider Jacareys, _Moondancer_ rider Baela, _Ceraxes_ rider Deamon (stuck in cutscenes from his sidequests), Unclaimed dragons on DS _Vermithor_ formerly bonded to King Jahaerys, _Silverwing_ formerly bonded to Good Queen Alysaane, _Seasmoke_ formerly bonded to Leanor Velaryon Wild adult dragons _Cannibal_ _Grey Ghost_ _Sheepstealer_ Regarding the Meleys va Vhagar fight- Rhaenys fastened herself to the saddle b/c she was planning to fly inverted, she wanted to make sure she wouldn't be unseated. Meyles flipped upsidedown, grabbed Vhagar's leg, and forced the larger dragon into that death spiral. Meyles used her own momentum to to position Vhagar so she would slam into the ground-you can see her let go of Vhagars leg just before Vhagar eats it. Basically They PITT maneuvered the largest living dragon, who is a damn Kaiju, out of the sky. That's DAMN impressive flying and shows what an experienced dragon/rider can accomplish together as a team.

I think the reason Aegon is so upset about not being listened to is because as Corlys once said "History doesn't remember blood, it remembers names." If he sits back and does nothing all everyone will speak about is how great Cole was in battle and how formidable Ameond was on Vhagar - just like they were saying at the council meeting before he left. He will be forgotten in history if he cannot make a notable contribution. I actually felt bad for him. He didn't want this, he never did. They never even trained him secretly to do the job correctly if they wanted him to have it. And now they belittle him for not knowing enough. He only started wanting to be King during the coronation because the people applauded and praised him, something he never got at home from his family. Alicent is a terrible mother. She didn't even comfort him when his son died and now when she actually speaks to him it is only to make him feel useless and worthless. I know people say that is because she got that from her father but that's not true because other people can go through those same experiences and choose to be much better as parents than their own parents were to them. Simply because they understand how bad it made them feel growing up in a household like that - they overcompensate for it. She is cruel because she wants to be nothing more.

Greens also has Daeron’s dragon Tessarion. Blacks’ only remaining adult dragon at Dragonstone with Caraxes away is Syrax. The rest are juveniles, riderless or wild.

They showed Laenor's dragon, Seasmoke, in the previous two episodes and Mysaria's comment, "Maybe he's lonely.", makes me think either Laenor returns or the dragon gets a new rider. There's also that giant unclaimed dragon, Vermithor, we saw Daemon singing to last season. That dragon is bigger than Melys.

“My rider….” -Meleys “My Dragon…” -Rhaenys 😭😭😭

"50 small dragons can probably take Vhagar!!!" 😂😂😂 Now I want to see that!!! Like a swarm of bees attacking an eagle! lol

31:09 Aegon survived but was left with broken ribs, a broken pelvis and the armor fused into the skin.

Team Green🐉: Aemond has Vhagar and she a lady! She's basically a massive flying komodo dragon. Helaena has Dreamfyre who we havent seen yet. Daeron (a younger brother to Aegon, Aemond and Helaena who we haven't seen yet) has Tessarion. Team black🐉: Rhaenyra has Syrax. Daemon has Caraxes. Baela has Moondancer. Jacearys has Vermax. Then they have: Seasmoke who is now unclaimed. I hoped Rhaena would have claimed him so she could have stayed and helped but I think it's good that she was sent away with the 4 dragon eggs and the smaller dragons Tyraxes and Storm cloud. She will get a dragon later. Vermithor is that big dragon Daemon sang to in Dragonmont on Dragonstone. RIP 🐲 & 🐲riders: Lucerys & Arrax. Rhaenys & Meleys. Then there's other unclaimed/wild dragons as well and they might show them later in the show.

Aemond wasn’t going to kill Aegon, he was just sheathing his sword.

Queen Helena has dragon, "Dreamfyre". Don't forget Rhayenera has those 3 or 4 wild dragons living at Dragons tone. One of them is "Cannable" who eats other dragons..laterally. He has also eaten other Targaryens who tried to ride him. Vermithor is the one Daeman tried to tame last season. He is almost as big as Vhagar.

Aegon is the one that flew over Aemond. That’s why he said, IDIOT. HE KNEW IT WAS HIS BROTHER.

Young Rhaenyra picking Criston as kingsguard, was her worst decision. Criston isn't a politician, he's always come off as a commander. Aegon naming Criston a steel fist as hand was absolutely on the money, because he's very tactically capable.

13:20 You have to remember that prophetic dreams usually have more than one meaning - well, dreams in general but that's beside the point. It could also mean that Aemond was dead right on his assessment that Daemon sees him as a big threat, so Daemon might see him as an equal, which in turn could mean several things but I'd say mostly an equal opposing force.

How are you hating on Aemond? The guy has been tormented his whole life lol. Edit: Aegon isn’t dead

dont get how people hate cole more than daemon. Cole is an angel compared to him

Dragons on Team Green: Vhagar: Ridden by Aemond, she is the largest dragon alive. First ridden by Visenya, the Conqueror's sister-wife. She was part of the Conquest, and the attempt to conquer Dorne, and by far the most experienced war dragon. Dreamfyre: Ridden by Helaena, first ridden by the Conqueror's granddaughter Rhaena. Widely travelled, but never used for war. Sunfyre: First ridden by Aegon "The Second", said to be the most beautiful dragon ever. Never used for war. Status currently unknown, but certainly deeply injured at least. Tessarion: Called "The Blue Queen", the smalleat dragon on Team Green, ridden by the youngest child of Alicent, Daeron, who was fostered at Old Town. Never been to war. Dragons on Team Black: Meleys: "The Red Queen", ridden by Rhaenys "The Queen Who Never Was", first ridden by Viserys and Daemon's mother, Alyssa. Possibly the largest of the Black's dragons, died at Rook's Rest. Caraxes: Ridden by Daemon "The Rogue Prince", currently the undisputed largest ridden of Team Black, proving that Daemon stays loyal. Called "The Blood Wyrm", first ridden by Rhaenys' father Aemon. Experienced war dragon. Syrax: Ridden by Queen Rhaenyra, never been to war. Vermax: Small, ridden by Jacaerys Velaryon, never been to war. Moondancer: Ridden by Baela, just big enough to ride. Arrax: Ridden by Lucerys Velaryon, killed by Vhagar along with his rider. Tyraxes: Claimed by Joffrey Velaryon, likely not large enough to ride. Stormcloud: Hatchling belonging to Aegon "The Younger" Unclaimed tame dragons, on Dragonstone: Vermithor: "The Bronze Fury", largest unridden tame dragon, first ridden by Jaehaerys "The Conciliator". Seen in season 1, where Daemon sings to him, possibly to make him less wild for a new rider. Never used for war. Silverwing: Ridden by Jaehaerys's sister-wife Alysanne "Good Queen Alysanne". Never used for war. Unclaimed wild dragons, never ridden, all on Dragonstone: The Cannibal Grey Ghost Sheepstealer Uncertain, on Driftmark/Dragonstone: Seasmoke: First ridden by Laenor Velaryon, it is unknown if Laenor is alive or dead at this point. If he still lives, Seasmoke will not take another rider. If only considering currently claimed dragons that can be used, then we have Vhagar (Green) in her own category, behemoth. Caraxes (Black) and Dreamfyre (Green) are closer in size, with Dreamfyre probably being larger. Syrax (Black) is somewhat in her own class as well. Sunfyre (Green), Vermax (Black), Moondancer (Black) and Tessarion (Green) are approximate in size, possibly in that order (perhaps with Tessarion and Moondancer switched). Caraxes could possibly put up a fight against Vhagar, but there would have to be luck on Caraxes side. If Dreamfyre goes to war as well, then Team Black is quite out-weighed, despite having more dragons. They have unclaimed dragons, but can they find potential riders who can be trusted with a dragon?

The blacks also have a very large dragon Vermithor is almost as big as Vhagar

@nersii4689

21 күн бұрын

And they also have the dragon Laenor (seasmoke) which is also quite large

The hightower dude did survive the dragon part of the fight. He is the one you hear yelling to storm inside the castle right before cole starts moving towards aegons location.

I haven't read the books, but from what I've seen in show Team Green has another dragon. Remember there's another son that lives in Old Town. He's the smart one getting raised by the elders

always love yalls reactions, thank you!~ not sure if you're going to finish the season out, ill be here for whatever yall do though!~

Just think of this: If a character like Rhaenys’ death is this dramatic, wait until we get to the main ones.

As far as battle scenes, I will take battles with stakes and meaning as opposed to just spectacle…I appreciate the show’s perspective that a dragon war is utter devastation

Alicent's advice for Aegon to do nothing is very telling. He was elevated for one purpose, to play the role of puppet to Otto, the council, and Alicent. It is interesting that she is finally admitting that her father and his allies did do all this to usurp the throne, and highjack the Targaryen dynasty. The dragonlords and the dragons under the control of lesser ambitious men.

dude forgot the season 1 with the battles against the crab feeder " finally a battle after a season and a half " such bad faith xD

It's crazy to think that Balerion the dread was quite a bit bigger than Vhagar is, can't wait to eventually see him in live action

Sir Ross Gellar, lol oops I mean Christian Cole walking all big and bad in his armor 😂

She couldn’t leave she promised to protect those people , THE ONLY WAY HE COULD HAVE KILLED THE QUEEN WHO NEVWR WAS BY SNEAKING HER , her direct mission was like if I’m gonna go out lemme do as much damage as possible ❤ so brave HER AND MELEYES FOUGHT LIKE 2 bad ass queens

I don't need to see every minor fight with people we don't know as long as the major fights with main characters is on point.

Dragon sizes matters to a certIan extent but the rider’s experience and the dragon’s ferocity and youth also matters.that is what we will see in the future without spoiling anything!!!

The special effects department essentially studied how bird's of prey like eagles, fight each other for dominance. They grab each other in midair essentially looking like a dance while scratching and clawing each other until one or both of them slams into the ground. Pretty cool to see them animate the dragon fighting very similarly.

so Vahgar is the biggest, Vermithor is a closest in size, Meleys and Caraxes are next in size but Vermithor is still much bigger then those two, Syrax and Sea-smock are next and the are around 2/3 the size of Meleys and Caraxes, then everyone else's dragons are ether smaller then Syrax and Sea-smock but are still fly able and can fight or too small to fly and can't fight, but as it stands now The Blacks have Vermithor: The Bronzes Fury (but is not claim yet), Caraxes: The Blood Worm, Syrax, Sea-smock (but is not claim yet), Jace's Dragon, Damon's daughter's dragon, and another one of Rhaenyra's son's dragon, meanwhile The Greens now just have Vahgar: The Conqueror Dragon, because Sun-Fire is not going to get back in the fight if he is even alive, Dream-Fire is The Dragon-dreamer Queen's dragon and she's definitely not going into battle so The Greens only have one big, big, big dragon against The Blacks one big, big dragon, one big dragon, two medium dragons, and three small dragons Vahgar can only do so much she just had a fairish fight against one dragon who had to fight two which tells me that Amond was not confident to one v one Meleys he let Sun-Fire weaken Meleys and trap her before joining the fight and taking the advantage. that against a dragon that might be able to kill Vahgar, what a about a dragon that can kill Vahgar Vermithor what is Amond going to against that he doesn't have any other dragon friends to use as bait anymore so what then? while yes this is a Green military victory, but it's also a black victory their enemy's leader is at beast dead at worst permanently incapacitated, and they only have one dragon to both defend their (Greens) castles, and too attack theirs (Blacks) so I would say The Blacks are in a really good place right now if they play their cards right (keep in mind there are no Green Dragons at King's landing right now)

She couldn’t leave she promised to protect those people , THE ONLY WAY HE COULD HAVE KILLED THE QUEEN WHO NEVWR WAS BY SNEAKING HER , HE IS TO BIG TO BE SNEAKING SOMEBODY , her direct mission was like if I’m gonna go out lemme do as much damage as possible ❤ so brave HER AND MELEYES FOUGHT LIKE 2 bad ass queens