Helena is carrying the greens in likability

Slight correction: There was one Hightower on Game of Thrones - Gerold Hightower (served on the Kingsguard for Aerys II Targaryen)- who was killed by Ned Stark outside the Tower of Joy in Dorne.

@h.j.grande1194

19 күн бұрын

Margaery and Loras's mom is also a Hightower. Direct descendant of Rhaena Targ, doughter of Daemon. Add : Sir Jorah's ex wife was also a Hightower. He described her just looks like Danny.

@markgross6006

18 күн бұрын

@@h.j.grande1194 The only issue I see with the Rhaena thing is that she and Garmund Hightower has six daughters, so presumably those daughters would have married out of House Hightower.

@h.j.grande1194

18 күн бұрын

@@markgross6006 true, and I dont think anywhere in the books also mention that she was direct descendant of on of Rhaena's doughters, or that was just fan theory anyway. But even if we have to believe that, along down the line of their next generation technically still can married back to the Hightowers. And there are other houses other than the Targs who practice cousin to cousin marriage such as the Lannisters and the Starks, maybe the Hightowers practice it as well even with their cousin in a diferent houses. Sorry for my broken english.

@markgross6006

17 күн бұрын

@@h.j.grande1194 I’m going to up the ante and make a speculation that will support your theory about House Tyrell even better: When Harlen Tyrell surrendered Highgarden to Aegon the Conqueror, Aegon exercised the Right of First Night with Harlen’s new bride (possibly at her initiation) and sired a bastard on her he immediately legitimatized as Theo Tyrell. So House Tyrell basically slept their way to the top of the Reach and have a Drop of the Dragon in them to boot. How else could the former stewards of Highgarden become Lords Paramount over House Hightower and the Faith of the Seven if not for being Aegon’s descendants?

@bebopnola

8 күн бұрын

They weren’t completely left out. Just mostly.

also the targaryens are motivated by prophecy and magic the hightowers are more set in traditional knowledge and science plus theres theories the maesters were behind the destruction of old valyria so the hightowers vs targaryens is a beef thats existed over a thousand years since its really science vs magic

They killed their king, made former stewards their overlord, they upended their city as being the most important on the continent, and warred against the Faith of the Seven.

@kap2652

20 күн бұрын

Tyrell

such a good explanation of the characters motivations! sooooo excited for s2

It's almost as if these two Houses are a perfect foil for each other. 😂

This family drama kinda reminds me of the strife between House Lannister and House Baratheon involving the Starks in between except in this show will heavily focus on the Hightowers and House Targaryen in a similar fashion

“Oh, Seven hells!” 😂😂 gets me every time!

Absolutely brilliant fucking analysis, mad kudos. I can't wait to watch the rest of your back-catalogue!

How is allicent against incest when she allowed her son to marry his younger sister?

@afcshahid

16 күн бұрын

She probably allowed for it to strengthen Aegon’s claim to the throne. Aegon and Helena would have pure targaryen children which people would get behind. Perhaps she forgot her faith for this

@Alejojojo6

12 күн бұрын

Her sons are Targaryens, not Hightowers since they are the sons of Viserys. You inherit your house through your father. Most likely, it was Viserys idea and since they are under the doctrine of exceptionalism, they were allowed in a way. After all, no family would be good enough for them or it would be hard to find one to marry the future king. It would also strenghten the claim by marryng them together as a right to rule. Still, she allowed Aemond to be betrothed with a Baratheon.

@alexandria1204

10 күн бұрын

She used her kids as pawns. The hightowers are very hypocritical. They will use whatever they can to prove their point! Being that the “queen” is incompetent, and that agone should rule and that the realm will never except a queen. they know they’re hypocritical, but they’ll never admit that. They will use whatever they can to gain power. And it ends up backfiring. Otto knows what he’s doing is wrong. He also knows that he’s hypocritical. He doesn’t care, he has second son syndrome. And he wants the power even though it cost so much.

Good video explaining a lot to me about family

One thing I don’t understand is the Hightowers obviously don’t like incest. But then have their offspring of Alicent and Viserys(Aegon and Helaena )marry and have kids?????

@rmellrobinson821

13 күн бұрын

This video has alot of incorrect information in it

@jaquanpowell4605

7 күн бұрын

Hypocrites that’s why. The new Hightowers are power obsessed that’s why they forgo their religion for power.

@jamiemohan2049

5 күн бұрын

I'd imagine Alicent had little say on who her kids married. They were Hightowers through maternal descent, not actual Hightowers. Alicents kids are Targaryens, they marry who their father wishes and are raised like Targaryens with their values and customs, not hightower ones. There is no way show Alicent actually wanted them to marry. They also maintain the inbreeding for dragons. Maybe they had to inbreed as they were already half hightower, so their bloodline couldn't afford to be more diluted.

@sophiawilson8696

2 күн бұрын

Cousins marry are acceptable and something Uncle and Niece can marry for properties. Starks had once Uncle and Niece marry. Also Ned and Bejen and Brandon's were cousins.

Great video guys! Looking forward to HotD season 2 and more recap videos!!!

Thank you for this video Ryan love learning more about powerhouse in westeros aside fr om Lannister, tyrell , and martel it great you highlight how their actions differ from house of targaryan,and how that led to their postion in main series ,and in HotD because it tend to focus on less political strategies that overlook these flaw that influence the story.

Holy crap was that a deep dive! Shout outs to Brianna McLarty for this super detailed analysis 💯💯 It's always a joy for me to watch a show and enjoy it at a surface level, then come back here and enjoy it for a second time with analysis.

Thank you that was very enjoyable.

This is why Daemon is by far my favorite character, he calls out the Hightowers directly to their face what they are. Parasites

@ElChris816

19 күн бұрын

Exactly. Daemon gives zero shits and can back up everything he says. For House Black!!!

@SilkBuckets

19 күн бұрын

Your grace

@LordSaull

19 күн бұрын

I like him but let’s not act like he didn’t just murder his wife in cold blood

@Magdalena8008s

19 күн бұрын

​@@LordSaulloh, he's a monster. No question. We all acknowledge this. But doesn't change the fact he's a badass.

@DanLanningPRTeam

19 күн бұрын

Hightowers represent the vast majority of Andals in Westeros. Targaryens are foreign conquerors.

2:42 Because having dragons in Westeros was like having nuclear weapons in our world. 🤯

@Tarnished-bn5gq

19 күн бұрын

More like napalm or white phosphorus carpet combers.

Dude the script for this was beautiful

Great video, but I have to call out the missed opportunity in cutting to the scene from Caddyshack, where they yell doodie

Excellent overview

@ScreenCrush you guys should make a video on what are the 7 gods of the Faith, always entertained and love your videos and explanations.

The duty applies to men too. They dont get to choose which woman they marry for the most part. Usually their marriage is prearranged and the bride is chosen for them by their father. At least the first wife. Like Edmure tully had to marry a Frey even though he didnt want to (He got lucky to have a pretty one but perfectly could have gone wrong and had to marry an ugly one). So its not just women. When you are at the top of society you have all benefits except the right to marry who you want and the constant that you have to do what is best for the house over what's best just for you.

8:08 Rhaenyra clearly didn’t want to marry Laenor, but she did her duty! Come on keep it real!

Great video 🙌

Love this breakdown

Eagerly hoping for a recap video catching us up since it’s been two years @-@

Nice. More house of the dragon videos please

great breakdown

Brianna Mclarty did an INCREDIBLE JOB !! (I had a feeling a women wrote this) ❤️❤️

So amazing.

Hightowers do not hate Targaryen Gerold Hightower was lord commander of the kingsguard. And Hightowers was loyal to mad king Aerys In Robert’s rebellion.

George RR Martin was inspired by one of England's civil wars when he was writing HOTD: Matilda's civil war aka the Anarchy, where Princess Matilda and her children fought against her brother and his children for the English throne.

@pckrichards7980

18 күн бұрын

He was actually her cousin, but yeah. That’s the gist of it!

@olafharoldsonnii4713

8 күн бұрын

War of roses

Can’t wait 🐉🐉🐉

Awesome

The Hightowers can’t be any worse than the Lannisters i’ve already watched enough GOT to hate the Lannisters as for the Hightowers being the villains im not sure how i feel about em but i can’t wait for S2 HOTD

@gonzommz1739

19 күн бұрын

Hightowers are not villiains... Targaryens are.

Wow, my head is spinning!

This video is so incredibly beautiful and well made. This is a masterclass, a thesis on the dynamics between the Hightowers and Targaryens. The difference in how the westerosi and valeryan cultures encompass women w non gendered linguistic breakdown was 🤯 ❤

Will you do a breakdown of the new Alien: Romulus trailer. It’s looks soooo good

I love how alicent is written she is so relatable,and compelling character.

The Hightowers are my favorites

Make more videos about hotd

lol… great review! More script errors than we’re used to, but still a great job

Team Black Baby

@jollygoodfellow3957

20 күн бұрын

Woah black baby bamalam

People supporting Team Green baffles me! Team Caraxes! ♥️🔥🖤

If my brother was King why would I want the Throne??? I could do pretty much anything I wanted to do. I would have a great home. I would have great food. I would have big boobed women, petite women, red heads, blondes, flexible women and any other kind of woman. The only thing I would have to do is not piss off my brother.

Coooool

Team „why do so many people have to die for two siblings fighting“ forever!

Omg, is that Hannah Waddingham at 6:18 as one of the shame nuns in GOT?

10:00 what is the source of this chart?

@Hoeech

19 күн бұрын

David J. Peterson. He's the linguist for the show, having created both High Valyrian and Dothraki languages among others. He (with GRRM's guidance) defined how family relations worked in Valyria given that so many powerful houses kept marrying their own blood relatives. They had their own words for sister/wife, son/nephew and so on

Slight Correction: the flame on the top of the tower is red unless the House is at war, then it is green

What happens in Season 2? Something will burn green😊 or somthing will burn, green😅

💚

Hi 👋🏻

I thought that was Fiona from Shrek by the thumbnail I'm like they're making a live action Shrek!??? 😂

@jollygoodfellow3957

20 күн бұрын

She would fit the role lol. I thought the same.

Anyone else notice that the Greens had a brother and sister marry eachother even though they were Targaryans the ones who controlled them were Hightowers

Before Aegon Targaryen conquest the 65 years before Aner Targaryen decided to sail before of Doom Valyira.

The Daynes and Hightowers are from the Great Empire of Dawn.

Hi

3:27 I am really bummed the show left out Alicent’s hypocrisy! They are pious until it comes to supporting her own children marrying each other to keep the crown under the Hightowers!

Thank you for not including any dog jokes. That was a really good video ❤

I might care more though if this weren't a massive prequel, based on a history section of a book, that has us know so well what already happens making speculation largely moot

@Hoeech

19 күн бұрын

I know that the sun will come up in the morning. That doesn't mean I don't like to watch it rise every now and then

@jaquanpowell4605

7 күн бұрын

@@Hoeechthat’s some poetic shit 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@Hoeech

7 күн бұрын

@@jaquanpowell4605 - I can't post pics, but I'm doing my best "Bud Bundy - Grandmaster B" pose

Praise Garth 🥦

Are you guys team: 🏴 or green 🇧🇷(green 😂)?

I was surprised by the appearance of Mormon missionaries riding dragons in Part 2!

@Alejojojo6

12 күн бұрын

???

So why were the hightowers omitted from game of thrones ?

What do the Hightowers view the dragons? And what would do if they have a dragon?

@gonzommz1739

19 күн бұрын

They against magic and dragons, the dragons are weapons of slavery and destruction.

TEAM FREE FOLK

13:40 seconds you can briefly see me behind Sam 😅😅

@QuisyKing

9 күн бұрын

that's you?

@Akahoshi86

9 күн бұрын

@@QuisyKing I'm stacking the books behind sam. I knocked them all over on the first take like an idiot 😆

@QuisyKing

7 күн бұрын

@@Akahoshi86 That's so cool!

7 tala for reason 😂😂 5:15

Daemon experiment in incest, reason I don’t like that side. Don’t see why their butthurt when aegon was next to be king.

i mean. we kinda know what happens to the Hightowers in the end... somewhat

Breanna 😘

Team Black

The hightowers come from the Andals who conqered the lands of the First Men and the Children of the Forest. Likely when the Andals arrived, they renamed Oldtown to what is it now and claimed it as the longest standing city and the center of all faith. It very likely is not the actual oldest city.

@sophiawilson8696

2 күн бұрын

Hightowers are from Great Empire of Dawn.

@sophiawilson8696

2 күн бұрын

The colour are Golden Dragon of Sunfyre that Aegon symbol.

Team greens biggest claim is getting the juice from a Targaryen !

9:16 Ok you are losing me, was this video written by the Maesters? This story really started with Jaehaerys, who treated his daughters as pawns unlike his sons!

if alicent is so religious then y the feet pics ?😜😂💀

@Redjack10

19 күн бұрын

Ain’t nothin in The Seven-Pointed Star about feet.

@nick3on

8 күн бұрын

oh boy ..i thought feet pic were bad ..just wached the 1st eps of season 2 ...

It would've been nice if a lot of this was just in the show

@Redjack10

19 күн бұрын

It was…?

Alicent being religious and religion being a core part of her identity… cue 2nd season.

It depends on how much bandwidth is available to you guys. But series like Bridgerton and the likes might bring audiences that could help the channel grow?

Cleaaarly bastards!! 😂😂

I just want them to pay...

Who actually poisoned the king??

@reneegriggs8553

2 күн бұрын

I thought it started when Viserys cut his hand with one of the swords on the iron throne.

Is it just me or in the thumbnail of the video does she not look just like Fiona from Shrek?

The hightower are the proto lannister but, without incest as far as we can reasonably assume)

Wait. You're not writing your own videos? How is that ok?

No joking reference to "The 7" from the boys? Disappointing.

Team green

The dragons are also gender neutral I think 🧐🙏🏽🙏🏽

Becky Lynch as Red Witch she's not doing nothing right now.

It must be nice for Ryan to be able to make content about a well written show, that’s respects its audience, and hires competent show runners, so he doesn’t have to cry and whine about review bombing.

So many dooties in this video lol

Team Rhaenyra all day!

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One thing we know, there were no Hightower male heirs. So they House will go extinct.

so its basically conservative vs liberal in westerosi way :D

Actually the Hightowers don't care that Rhenyra is female the reason why they're against the idea of Rhenyra becoming a ruling queen is because the know that the majority of houses are too traditional to accept a woman on the iron throne.

Hehe...doody.

Princess Fiona vibes