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@fplgregfrost

2 күн бұрын

Get Swifty!

@marcovaldiviezo2588

2 күн бұрын

!

@shinsenshogun900

2 күн бұрын

AltShiftX: Is exhibiting a realm and families divided and harmed beyond forgiveness Also AltShiftX: denounces his twin brother

@Fartucus

2 күн бұрын

Raised by wolves was executed by hbo. Can you please give season 2 the proper send off it deserves.

@vinogr00nko93

2 күн бұрын

can't believe you're still promoting this rapscallion Alt Schwift X and the traitor Glidus, shame, shame, shame

Erryk vs Arryk is clearly foreshadowing how Shift vs Schwift will go down in a live stream someday. Glidus is the death of love.

@HisameArtwork

2 күн бұрын

for sure. it won't end well. anyway I'm taking bets. Place your bets right here! Get is quick!!

@basang32

2 күн бұрын

​@@HisameArtwork 3 coppers on Schwift, may his hand strike true

@Premoguys

2 күн бұрын

this somehow implies that shift has any similarity to schwift while everyone with eyes, ears and overall general basic sense can attest to the opposite

@VictorIV0310

2 күн бұрын

What if Schwift is Shift in the same way Radagon is Marika?

@ihatepower4580

2 күн бұрын

​@@VictorIV0310 blasphemy

Criston Cole continuing to fail upwards is actually insane.

@B463L

2 күн бұрын

He's the hero the greens want, but not the one they need. It'd be best to have Kingsguard who don't rail the King's mom, but Alicent wants him to rail her. It'd be best to have Kingsguard who aren't stoked for war, but Aegon and Aemond both want someone stoked for war.

@timmybee3669

2 күн бұрын

Kind of like real life…

@MatthewTheWanderer

2 күн бұрын

Yes, that's exactly how I would describe him!

@mmmk6793

2 күн бұрын

ikr .. how do ppl keep dying on his watch and not only does he not get fired, he gets promoted like?????

@ronibigbangnicole

2 күн бұрын

Accurate tho lmao😂

The acting for this episode legitimately took me back to peak GoT.

@thebusthatcouldntslowdown3612

2 күн бұрын

Aegon crying over his dead son really got me. The actor is almost making me sympathetic to the character

@zharriott2010

2 күн бұрын

100%. It was top tier

@mmmk6793

2 күн бұрын

tru i especially liked him begging his mother to help him oppose otto’s funeral idea. he is an interesting actor

@Buorgenhaeren

2 күн бұрын

Bro this ep was just a scuffed cleganebowl with 0 hype and buildup

@a.m.pietroschek1972

2 күн бұрын

Yep! It is why I belong to those who OK being creative on the book canon. We love the characters we see, not only the ones written in those lengthy books.

RIP Viserys' warhammer models

@madprophetus

2 күн бұрын

This is how the kingdoms got into such deep debt with Braavos.

@frangelycomagz

2 күн бұрын

@@madprophetusBraavos is GW irl

@Morfe02

2 күн бұрын

RIP Viserys Lego model of Valyria

@madprophetus

2 күн бұрын

@@frangelycomagz I agree - except that Braavos is more likely to keep its promises and deliver quality product.

@jlshel42

Күн бұрын

When asked to comment, Henry Cavill only wept

I'm convinced that Alt Shift X is obligated to say that "human heart in conflict with itself"-stuff at least once in every video or otherwise GERRRM will haunt him

@KungFuKenobi

Күн бұрын

He's just projecting his own character development onto others that he himself is facing between his identities of shift and shwift. Will he choose the path of honorable deep analysis? Or will he choose the memes?

@marcosbaeza5908

Күн бұрын

That burrito had magical powers, he is now under a spell

@ThaGodPrizzy

Күн бұрын

Alt Shwift X is forcing him to say it at knifepoint

@bub6010

Күн бұрын

It’s GRRM who tf uses a E and 3 Rs wtf?

@Ajbolt89

Күн бұрын

Pretty sure it's just a fun phonetic spelling of how people often shorten GRRM. Like, how Swift and Glidus and Schwift often pronounce it in their live stream type vids.

"Traitors and villains! I'll kill them all!" - Alt Schwift X when he learned Glidus is working with Alt Shift X

@AugustRx

2 күн бұрын

Oh my god just kiss already

@Jarx246

2 күн бұрын

I cant believe he would do this

@jigglebiggle2799

2 күн бұрын

​@@AugustRxyou think glidus is the top or the bottom?

@basang32

2 күн бұрын

We need the whole story on ao3, with bastards and all. Including the unexpected GERRM cameo. There's good money in it, I tell you

@Glidus

Күн бұрын

@@jigglebiggle2799 please don't, this is excessively weird.

" harwin was nice but he is dead " it's funny that we can say this for so many characters in the show.

@Karlach_

2 күн бұрын

I can only think of one good character who lived in the GoT universe, and that was Hot Pie. Bro made the right call leaving Arya and becoming a humble baker.

@rbkishere

2 күн бұрын

@@Karlach_ what i like about him is that he knew he isn't a warrior. so he followed what he was good at and that ended up saving his life.

@dallesamllhals9161

2 күн бұрын

​@@Karlach_Hodor?

@balabanasireti

2 күн бұрын

​@@dallesamllhals9161 Well, he died

@kingkiller5325

2 күн бұрын

​@@Karlach_Tyrions Squire was a truly good and loyal person in GoT.

The scene between Rhaenyra and daemon felt like OG game of thrones, I really hope the rest of the season matches this episode

@susannaharnhart4910

2 күн бұрын

I think this scene (and honestly most others with Daemon) really resonates people who’ve experienced DV. She’s trying so hard to communicate clearly and he responds by intimidating her….

@srccde

2 күн бұрын

@@susannaharnhart4910 I don't think Rhaenery was intimidated. She was simply shocked by the level of cruelty displayed by him. She's still the Queen.

@abudgie6909

2 күн бұрын

​@@srccdeDaemon is still her uncle. He's assaulted her before so it's totally reasonable for her to be somewhat scared.

@hrc66

2 күн бұрын

And the scene between Otto and Aegon!!

@vcetutorialshub8599

2 күн бұрын

@@hrc66 never gone from hating a character to loving them that quickly

Personally Alt Shift X is my favorite channel for hotd breakdowns/talks. He's got a great voice and seems to have the best takes on the subject. It's well worth the wait. Plus we get the after party show on Sundays. Appreciate your work

@Karlach_

2 күн бұрын

I respect that he takes his time making the video to be sure he catches everything. Most of the other channels who do breakdowns of this show rush out their vids as fast as possible.

@taylorfitness10

2 күн бұрын

Agreed

@BananaMystic

2 күн бұрын

Add to this no future episode/book spoilers!

@johnstajduhar9617

2 күн бұрын

He's a damn sight better than that villain Alt Schwift X, who is nothing but a cheap hacky knockoff.

@MatthewTheWanderer

2 күн бұрын

@@Karlach_ And he still gets it done fairly quickly (less than a week after the episode first airs)!

This episode felt like a Shakespearean tragedy. The acting and language was melodramatic, like Otto chewing out Aegon, there was scheming and spying, like Cole sending Arryk to kill Rhaenyra. Tragedy with the twins fighting, and an overall feeling of loss and despair by the end. It was brilliant

@lolilol5346

Күн бұрын

Too many plotholes for me to enjoy . Like Cole being promoted makes absolutely 0 sense .

@cianboy97

Күн бұрын

@@lolilol5346aegon is an idiot

@_KHG

Күн бұрын

@@lolilol5346thats not a plot hole it’s just suspension of disbelief which because aegon is young and dumb and angry i think it makes sense

@kramttonnis6405

19 сағат бұрын

@@lolilol5346 there were kingsguards made hand of the king in the past, and also it’s not a plot hole, just an irrational decision made by a boy king who just wants war

@lolilol5346

19 сағат бұрын

@@_KHG it dosnt , cole is the reason his son is dead , it was his job to make sure he is safe . Would you promote the guy who didnt do his job and got your son killed ? I dont think so

Criston Cole is a true monster. With each passing episode I despise him more and more. But this episode might have been him at his very worst. An utter coward with NO honor whatsoever.

@RobertRichter-vh4jb

Күн бұрын

I agree but wouldn’t say coward

@HeinousMarlborough

16 сағат бұрын

@@RobertRichter-vh4jb Guy's a real rapscallion.

@WhiteBoyTariq

10 сағат бұрын

I feel like the Criston Cole hate is so unproportinate

@travisdunlap4526

7 сағат бұрын

every episode my gf prays for his death:)

Aegon smashing his father's model was extremely symbolic: A disregard for the efforts of those who came before him. His father painstakingly committed hours to build it, and it's a strong parallel to the same energy he put into keeping his family and realm together. And a willingness to destroy and act without thinking.

@ariejohnson1944

Күн бұрын

Viserys didn't try to keep the realm together. He ignores the brewing succession crisis when there were many good solutions, marry aegon to rhaenyra, name aegon heir, don't remarry. But what does the king do? Plays with Legos while tensions brew in his court and the few times he bothers to address the issue he just screams at them to love each other.

@play_history

Күн бұрын

The friend I was watching alongside online had this exchange, "You see he's destroying his father's legacy, get it?" "Symbolism!"

@Ch50304

Күн бұрын

That is a good point.

@prettymsmary

Күн бұрын

All great points! It’s very deep. Especially when you think about how much time he put into it .. what if he did the same for Aegon..put time in with him….even if it wasn’t meant for him to be king. Aegon tried to do this with his son as young as he was. So sad.

@phantasosxgames8488

Күн бұрын

@@ariejohnson1944 exactly. Viserys is a "good king" because the few crazy Targaryen Kings did such absurd stuffs , that been a mediocre king that coated into the success of a genius king as Jahaerys I is enough to be considered so.

Press F to pay respects to cheese dog and Viserys’ Lego set

@sit-insforsithis1568

2 күн бұрын

Cheese dog is dead ?

@awesomehpt8938

2 күн бұрын

@@sit-insforsithis1568 cheese dog is now a masterless stray dog

@ronibigbangnicole

2 күн бұрын

Justice for Cheese Dog

@mlmichel98

Күн бұрын

I have never seen anyone ever kick a dog. That kick was clean. (I watch MMA). I was snapped back to reality that there are some people out there. Always heard about it but I have never seen it.

@Ahi_tuna_

Күн бұрын

F

Aegon has 99 problems but a ratcatcher ain't one

I learned so much more about our history through this show than in 12 years in school! Didn’t know all that dragon stuff.

@corneliuspildershmidt

2 күн бұрын

Lmao

@gametheorymedia

Күн бұрын

Child: "It's okay, mom--I know all about Incest; I saw it on TV." Father: "There, ya see? It's okay--he saw it on the television!" :P

@OlYables

Күн бұрын

When reading the histories of the Targaryen and other legends and scribing from a completely fictional world, I wonder if I’d be better served reading ACTUAL history: but no dragons yet in the War of the Roses.

@gametheorymedia

Күн бұрын

@@OlYables I have no doubt that many of GRRM's readers have been, however slowly but surely, nudged toward reading Actual History, as a result of their ASOIAF exposure! :)

@tabkatoro

21 сағат бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I can't express how thankful I am knowing I still have a soul after the dead prince's head didn't detached from the body and fell on the mud when the carriage got stuck.

@xChaosFlower

20 сағат бұрын

You didn't see the stitches on his neck in the close-up shot?

I've said it somewhere else, but the scene between Rhaenyra and Daemon is so well acted and so well written, it trule was like watching my own parents fight because of how real it felt. A+ to everyone involved in that scene.

@wifeunderthesea

Күн бұрын

ok, i was enjoying the first half of this comment and then i got really sad. 🥺

“It's the story of the fight between Rhaenyra Targaryen and her half-brother Aegon for control of the Seven Kingdoms. Both of them thought they belonged on the Iron Throne. When people started declaring for one of them or the other, their fight divided the kingdom in two. Brothers fought brothers.” -Princess Shireen (rip)

I love how HBO’s like ‘Erryk won’ and then a good chunk of internet is like ‘well check on your editors because frame by frame it looks look Arryk did’ Meanwhile I was looking like Rhaenyra while watching the fight

@vinogr00nko93

2 күн бұрын

Emma D'arcy absolutely serving while being panicked does that to ya

@ronibigbangnicole

2 күн бұрын

RIGHT?!?! Good sirs there are SWORDS flying about, I don't CARE! Get me OUTTA here!!!

@nahum3557

2 күн бұрын

I thought Arryk won because the first person to fall is the person with the leg wound, which appears to be Erryk

@vinogr00nko93

2 күн бұрын

@@nahum3557 both brothers had their legs wounded during the fight, everything else points to Erryk winning

@nahum3557

2 күн бұрын

@@vinogr00nko93 Seems an interesting choice to make the choreography/editing confusing when the story points to Erryk winning \(0.0)/

We know George told you and Glidus that winds of winter is ready, you don't need to break the confidentiality contract to let us know, just blink twice and we will know. ; |

@andrewb2156

2 күн бұрын

100%

@frankvandorp2059

2 күн бұрын

Glidus is not available for comment, he is frantically searching for good recipes containing paper and ink for some reason.

That "brilliant" nearly took me 😂

@ronibigbangnicole

2 күн бұрын

I laughed SO hard, he was so genuine and thought Christon ate that 😅

@sweettt321

Күн бұрын

I said, "Genius, Aegon." outloud when watching it

Otto was the best character in this show. Really likeable and had a aura like tywin. And his outburst in S2 was genuine and felt like it.

@thenickfoxx

2 күн бұрын

"Was"? He's still going to be around. Sorry, maybe I looked too far into that lol.

@ExtraVictory

2 күн бұрын

Otto is without a doubt the goat & the realm waa lucky to be ruled by him for the 3 decades he held the office of hand

@usamabhanbhro6482

2 күн бұрын

@@thenickfoxx he's in his end game now. Few episodes give or take.

@usamabhanbhro6482

2 күн бұрын

@@ExtraVictory definitely. He steered the realm and he's like varys a bit Working for the realm. Surrounded by fools and foes

@geoffreyfyfe2248

2 күн бұрын

No "was." He'll be around until a certain someone shows up in King's Landing.

If Kin slaying is such a big deal, why does Aemond get a free pass?

@atlantis5001

Күн бұрын

In the book it didn't. Aemond got a reputation of a Kinslayer. It's just that there is a difference between death in "battle on dragons" and murder of an infant boy by beheading

@youngveteran6368

Күн бұрын

I think he still has the reputation in universe, it’s just that well……. Why would the closest people to him call him that? We never heard Jaime called kingslayer (in a demeaning manner) by anyone close to him. Besides who is dumb enough to call PRINCE AEMOND A KINSLAYER TO HIS FACE??? might be the last words you ever uttered 😂

@clownpendotfart

Күн бұрын

I guess he could try blaming the dragon.

6:20 It like Otto says later in the episode Aegon is rash and lashing out, where as if he stopped and thought for a second he could have used Blood to ID cheese and then he could have just strung the two killers up and no-one would have hated him.

Daemon's silent smirk at the Black council meeting is a work of art.

This episode was top-tier acting, from the whole cast. Rhaenyra and Damon's argument, Otto in disbelief at how wrong he was for choosing Aegon, the twins heartbreaking fate; also, Phia is stunning as Halaena. A nice parallel scene in this episode was Daemon telling Rhaenyra she was not "chosen" for what she believes while Otto tells Aegon the same thing. Obviously, Rhaenyra was not chosen on a whim (she knows about a song of ice and fire)- but the way each episode presents us just how similar of a situation Rhaenyra and Aegon are in, is brilliant. Doomed siblings, perhaps.

@gametheorymedia

Күн бұрын

Otto, finally just UNLOADING on Aegon, BOTH barrels, without any fear of reprisal, even with Cole standing right there (sure, he got fired for it--but still, man!) An episode just action-packed with Awesome. :O

Baela: where is dad going? Rhaenyra: to the store for sheep milk

If I remember correctly in one of the Q&A-videoes you said: "We'll try to get this episode out quicker" "It won't be a 45 min video" Well, both are technically correct :)

@louisroy4911

Күн бұрын

I was thinking the same thing..! Small steps 😂

Rhys Ilfans' performance was just breathtaking, I dont think we're going to see him again for a while but boy did he leave a lasting impact. "His...dignity" just crushed me, he really loved and respected Viserys like a brother, just one that he had to help and guide. There's just something so universal about a grandfather giving an idiot grandson a proper telling off that cant help but put a smile on my face. This is peak Thrones

This is becoming my new Sunday routine.

@gametheorymedia

Күн бұрын

Right? My rock-solid wifi connection, my ragged hunk of salted, jerked beef, and my 'I Drink, and I Know Things' pint-glass; ahhhhhhhhh :D

I love how you don't just discuss the HOTD lore, but also the emotional and philosophical motivations of the characters.

You should have mentioned that for many years before the death of Viserys Rhaenyra was named the realm's delight so Otto had played the recent death of the heir perfectly politically by naming her the cruel during the funeral ceremony

I know that the valerÿons Baela etc were technically not black in the books But as a black women, I really love the characters in this show, from their gracefulness to their hair looking like it could be theirs. LOLI hate when shows try to include people of color just for the sake of inclusion, these characters make sense and I love it.

“The irony that a great knight has to get their cloak dirty.” A great line fitting for episodes like these

1:42 get out of the way Tyrek Horsepeople, Criston Cole is a Bed Confirmed

@dr.embersfield1551

Күн бұрын

He was last seen abed.

I can't tell you how nice it is to have you back, it has been a long 2 years my friend. I was starting to get ancy "why is this guy not putting out any HotD videos?" but it feels so good to be back deep into HotD, can't wait for tonight.

Episode one I got angry when the dog was kicked. Episode two I got angry when that Warhammer model was destroyed!

Also if anyone's interested, YiTi sounds like 'Yidi' in Mandarin, it means other world or different place.

@elifdurmus8243

11 сағат бұрын

wow, so interesting! Thanks!!

*Can we just all appreciate how great the acting was in this episode? The cinematography was also really good. Absolutely phenomenal* 👏 💯

If Daemon was "pushing 40" way back when Rhaenyra was still a teenager in season 1, then that would mean he's in his 60s now, lol. That seems unlikely to me.

@cmd7930

2 күн бұрын

Daemon was like 24/25 in season 1 before time jump

@MatthewTheWanderer

2 күн бұрын

@@cmd7930 Yes, that makes a LOT more sense!

@jres1995

Күн бұрын

In the novel, Daemon is born in 81 AC and Rhaenerya was born 97 AC. The brothel incident happens in 111 AC when Rhaenyra is 14 and Daemon is 30. Then they get married in 120 AC when Rhaenyra is 23 and Daemon is 39.

@MatthewTheWanderer

Күн бұрын

@@jres1995 Awesome! Thanks for the info!

@jables9229

Күн бұрын

In book, he’s 49 at the end of the war. He might be 2-3 years younger in show because the events of 126-129AC seem to happen together

I interpreted Mysaria’s neck scar as being from Daemon abusing her. He’s choked Rhaenyra at least once before so it was an added realisation for her that he treats other women the same

@itsmeaubree

2 күн бұрын

Just before Rhaenyra asks about the scar, Mysaria says she would've been better off staying a whore. I figured it was from a slave collar she was forced to wear and Rhaenyra was basically just saying "really bro?" in her own way

@akarsh704

2 күн бұрын

I don't think choking would cause that kinda scar. Pretty sure it's not from daemon. It looks like someone cut her throat or something

@myrkvdr

Күн бұрын

I don't think her scar has been there long. If it were from Daemon, he would have done it in an unseen interaction after she arrived in Dragonstone to question her or convince her of talking.

@akarsh704

Күн бұрын

@@myrkvdr it's there when she was talking to Otto in last season.

@tabulldog2743

Күн бұрын

I agree with this take, thought the exact same thing.

It feels so good to be excited for a ASOIAF mini series again. Cannot wait for Dunk and Egg 🎉

RIP Freud you would’ve loved HOTD

@ColeBresnehen

17 сағат бұрын

He really would’ve loved Sopranos

Tom is slowly taking the spotlight this season and I love it. He vividly captures the internalized rage, trauma and conflict within Aegon's character so well that he always hooks my attention in every scene he's in. I especially love how Aegon is using his position as king to compensate for his inner conflicts. Treating Jaeherys with love and familiarizing him with politics to make him experience things he never had. Trying to be fair and generous to the commonfolk to not only receive praise which he only seldom experienced, but to also convince himself that he's on a path of redemption despite the abhorrent shit he did. Exerting power over Otto and Alicent since he always felt submissive and powerless towards them and etc. It's the coping mechanism he desperately needed but didn't want nor deserve.

Baby wake up, Alt Shift X dropped a video at 3AM

Rhaenyra playing with her kiddos was a happy break. The kiddos in this show have been crazy cute. 🥰 Broke my heart thinking of baby Aegons future

The portrayal of blood is so jarringly pathetic following capture. I mean pitiful behavior is be expected of someone capable of something so cowardly but at the same time the imposition itself is rather bold so it makes sense for him to not be so petrified but defiant to start and quickly broken.

@Napkinatorz

Күн бұрын

Right? Where did that "Fuck the hightowers!" energy go when Aegon was in front of him?

@ColeBresnehen

Күн бұрын

Given that he was begging for his life, I’d say it was fairly tame. Also, do y’all know stories work? Dramatic irony??

@johnniiee146

Күн бұрын

@@ColeBresnehen true. true. it's not like they've could've added a line of exposition or a more brutalized look to arrive legitimately at that irony. I guess that's why writers call it character mutation instead of character development 🙄

@hillbillypowpow

Күн бұрын

​@@johnniiee146what the fuck are you talking about?

@johnniiee146

Күн бұрын

@@hillbillypowpow Well golly gee hillbilly how to explain.. its juss like when cleetus sees bubba spitting fire one day bout jebediah and is about as sweet as a songbird bout him the next, makes a feller want to know what jebediah done did to the ol hoss 'tween one day and the next, darn tootin!

I disagree on two things so far: 1) I don’t think Daemon wanted to choke Rhaenyra again. I think he wanted to touch her and she recoiled because of the trauma. I saw a flash of regret on his face when he sees her reaction, not that it matters much, but I don’t think he wanted to choke her. He can’t believe she doesn’t trust that he’s on her side, he cares about her not trusting him, but who can blame her. 2) I don’t think Rhaenyra sent Baela because she doesn’t care if something happens to her. She sent her because she trusts Baela will keep her distance and not do anything rash or put herself in danger. Jace is grieving and I believe that if he ran into Aemond or his dragon, if he saw any opportunity to hurt the greens, he would, no matter how ill-advised. He would 1000% react emotionally.

@hal-fi8mo

2 күн бұрын

Both of these are what I saw too when I watched the scenes.

@BlackQback

Күн бұрын

He definitively didn't want to choke her, I agree. He touched her face. To be fair, Rhaenyra reverted to a spoilt teenager and took her anger over bad PR on Daemon. When married people argue and fight, they often say things they don't mean, and I don't see what the big deal about that fight is, except that a queen should know better, especially if she needs to prove herself... and what did she do? Pushed the person most loyal to her away. If anything, in that moment she demonstrated that she doesn't care about Daemon's feelings, but mostly about what he can do for her. If she didn't, in all those years, notice how sensitive Daemon was about his brother and how much he craved his approval, then ser Crispin was right about her at least once - "selfish c**t", though not in the way _he_ meant it.

@S.D._777_

Күн бұрын

Yep, I agree with everything you wrote. She did tell Baela to keep her distance, and even though they haven't shown us yet, Baela is a proficient dragon rider. So, as long as she keeps her distance, she should be fine.

@melissaharris3389

17 сағат бұрын

Matt Smith was _sooo_ good in that scene I want to roll around in his performance like Scrooge McDuck in a pile of gold coins!😂

There are some subtle foreshadowing in the episode. Amon holding up a coin over his eye hints his eventual demise. Rhaenyra giving a toy dragon to young Viserys does foreshadow later on Viserys does not get a dragon.

I loved the clearly special treatment you've given to Ser Erryk and Ser Arryk, they deserved. Their tragic death was heartbreaking. It's at least good to know they've been immortalized in songs and tales.

“Otto misses Viserys. Viserys was flawed and weak, but he did listen, and care, and he tried to rule well.” So Viserys was Joe Biden?

@ColeBresnehen

17 сағат бұрын

Imma be real chief, American politicians in general don’t care about American citizens (or human beings in general) You could instead think of them like Otto, doing whatever it takes to *appear* to care so that they stay in power

Otto cooked so much in this episode this was easily the best episode of Hot D and I wonder if they will have Helaena give birth again to Maleor I don’t know if they should do that.

It's always a better day when Alt Swift post a new video

Daemon's whole deal is about his brother. He doesn't actually want the throne. He wanted the acknowledgment and acceptance of his brother as an equal. He never got it and now he can't have it ever. Now he is shitting on his own and others' memory of Viserys to manufacture disdain for something he can't have. All his complicated emotions towards Rhaenyra route back to Viserys and yeah it's pretty creepy.

@ShubertReads

Күн бұрын

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When Aegon fired Otto you could see he was thinking _"Gods, not again"_

34:10 It's only just occured to me that this scene is also a mirror of that season 1 scene with Alicent and Aegon where Aegon asks if his dad loved him and Alicent calls him an idiot. Alicent meant it affectionately but you can see Aegon getting disheartened by that response.

Based on all the stills with Alicent and Helena running, it seemed like there would be a riot at Jaehaerys' funeral. I assumed that if Arryk's dirty cloak wasn't from protecting them during the riot, it would have been because he helped dislodge the cart from the muddy puddle. Either ways, his cloak was dirty precisely because he was doing his duty which is the craziest part of Criston's projection.

I love your work Shift. I don’t know who this Alt Swift X guy is but your content is way better. The brothers dance made me cry at the end. That scene was so powerful. I knew no matter who won, they both loose. I believe it was the other twin that killed his brother and knew he made a horrible mistake which is why he said “My queen, forgive me” and falls on his sword. The leg wound was telling! No matter who won even if it was the right twin. He would have had to “done himself in” to keep his dead brothers honor in tact. I was watching that scene really close. I think we all had it backwards… for now.

Been watching since season 6 explained and this has always been my favourite ASOIAF content

There isn't a channel on this site that does better breakdowns of any series, anywhere. Thanks for all you do.

15:28 I really appreciate those few but perfectly placed moments of comedy in your videos. This, the parkour part on The Real Jon Snow and " and then something terrible happened" from the Blackfyre video are my favourites.

The best GOT/HOTD channel. Well down dude ❤

10:38 Rhaenyra says she doesn't trust Daemon "wholly", she knows he supports her and he proved it in the past, but he'll never be kept in a leash and will also always have his agenda in mind. Also, you forgot to say he probably went to Harrenhal in order to make it up to her (as Rhaenys says, if he can take Harrenhal, all will be forgiven)

Thought I was going to bed late at 4:30 AM, looks like it'll be more like 5:10 now

I didn't even notice Helena weaving the shroud... Somehow she always knew the fate of them all

I related hard to Aegon's grief. As someone who has been through a similar situation, his grief in the second to last scene felt real.

just finished the live feed and now watching this... it feels so good to listen to these. great job.

I have a different take on the Mysaria interaction with Rhaenyra. I believe she’s talking about the inequality between the small folk and the Highborn/noble class of Westeros not the feminist view of not being accepted by men.

Videos are very well done, and really helps to understand everything. Great job.

30:16 "Duty is the death of love." - Tyrion, GoT s8e6 "Love is the death of duty." - Maester Aemon, GoT s1e10

One of the best episodes in the whole Ice and Fire world. Superb story telling and acting. The direction and cinematography in these series are frequently mind blowing. Equally fantastic are the weekly summaries by Altshift X. Thanks and cheers.

That thumbnail "this is gonna ruin the tour"

I look forward to your videos every week as much as I look forward to the episodes in the series!!🍿

Can we all just appreciate how Daemon's name is pronounced on this channel ? It's my preferred pronunciation of the name.

@ShubertReads

17 сағат бұрын

Day-mon, fighter of the night-mon...

I dont understand how people could not love this show. As a HUGE GRRM and Seasons 1-4 of GoT, HOTD does a beautiful job bringing us back westeros.

Funny that Aemond killing Lucerys (kinslaying) doesn't seem to impact the greens capability to make allies. It isn't even mentioned.. but if "Rhaenyra" does it...

@Wveth

2 күн бұрын

Remember the Greens control the propaganda. Aemond's 'friend' in the brothel may be the only commoner who knows his involvement with Luc's death.

@DominionSorcerer

2 күн бұрын

It's the difference between someone being killed on dragon back and someone else being assassinated in their bed.

@gyrozeppeli933

Күн бұрын

@@DominionSorcerer Luke was 14 and his dragon was literally slighly more than horse-sized. Aemond attacked him riding freaking Vhagar, one of the Conqueror's dragons and the biggest one in the current HOTD timeline. In the books, the consequences were clearly shown, Aemond was pronounced the Kinslayer, and even Otto and Alicent were terrified by his actions and its implications.

@primaryone3468

Күн бұрын

​@DominionSorcerer Well, I also think a big thing is that the Greens consider Luc to be a "bastard" and therefore not legitimate kin. This is touched upon a little more in the book.

@DominionSorcerer

Күн бұрын

@@primaryone3468 in the book Aemond is far and wide considered to be a kinslayer, even just after he killed Aemond because according to one version of the story he deliberately went to kill Luke where in others it's accident as the show depicted. Regardless of whether or not Luke is a bastard, he's still Aemond's nephew and that makes them kin and they would have beenseen as such by everyone in Westeros even if Luke had been an illegitimate bastard named Waters.

I find it hilarious that Rhaenyra is everything Otto wants a ruler to be, but he can’t see that because she’s a woman, he resents that she humiliated him when she was a teen, and his ambition to get *his* family on the throne and glory for *his* name.

@cmd7930

2 күн бұрын

They whitewash Rhaenyra too much while in the books she is more flawed.

@killerwal4387

2 күн бұрын

​@@cmd7930 They were talking about the dhow, though. I also dont see how thats too much. Shes the main character, look st GoT, they did it even more. You cant dislike Tyrion, yet he is absolutely being whitewashed. With her, she has very obvious flaws and is kind of an asshole, I dont see where the "too much" applies.

@clownpendotfart

Күн бұрын

Otto is responsible for Rhaenyra being named heir. He pushed Viserys to do that to keep Daemon off the throne. But once Rhaenyra married Daemon, he then has to oppose the two of them.

These explanation videos take me back, way back, to when GoT was good.

I feel like Erryk killed himself since he realizes that Rhaenyra will never be able to trust him again, since she will always wonder if it's truly Erryk that survived, or if it was Arryk

@johnny_thunder_1815

17 сағат бұрын

You know that would've been too dark for the audience probably but when I was watching that scene I wholeheartedly expected that, just after he wins the fight, Rhaenyra will immediately order the other kingsguard present to kill him because of being unable to understand who that really is, Erryk or Arryk

saying "Aegon is happy to kill innocent" is just wrong He's never shown to be happy about it and he prolly did it just because he wasn't thinking straight. I'm not saying it's a good excuse but it makes much more sense than Aegon being happy about the murders

@midsizesedan7620

2 күн бұрын

A few more episodes 😂

@Coffeebean1985

2 күн бұрын

Excuses are excuses, doesn't matter whether good or not.

@TheHellyeahmen

2 күн бұрын

@@Coffeebean1985 actually it does. Killing in self defence for example is a good excuse and killing while drunk isn't

@GrinMonister

2 күн бұрын

He enjoyed watching children fight to death in a pit. He's definitely not above killing innocent people and, at least, being unbothered by it.

@tyf.5111

Күн бұрын

It is a turn of phrase... the saying doesn't literally mean Aegon was happy while killing innocents, it means that he killed innocents with zero hesitation or second thought, which IS true.

Your „…this DUMB KID“ had me left crying tears

Rhaenyra has not ordered the murder of Jaeherys, but she is politically responsible for his death. What I found surprising and well-filmed is the emptiness inside the Red Keep. The quarters were completely deserted, which created an ambience, but also poses questions about Larys' involvement.

See you next week mysterious youtuber with a very sexy voice.

Clearly you don't understand Daemon at all. Even Matt Smith said that Jaehaerys' death was a mistake and that Daemon's full loyalty is to Rhaenyra. Daemon didn't care about Jaehaerys' because in his eyes he didn't order the death so it's not his fault. And as for how it hurt Rhaenyra's claim, Daemon is a Targaryen Supremist. He doesn't care about what the other lords think because he sees his house as above question and the law. In Daemons eyes all Rhaenyra has to do is kill the greens and take tge throne which is why he was ready to attack Kings Landing after they learned of Viserys' death. To him the rest of the realms opinions doesn't matter because they are lesser due not being Valyrian dragonriders. Daemon does not want war but he does understand that Rhaenyra will never get her throne back without spilling green blood and he sees all the negotiations as useless. To him war is inevitable and all that talk was just the calm before the storm. And Daemon was right. He always saw Otto and the greens for who they really were and he knew that they would never give up and bow to Rhaenyra. Plus Daemon is angry that Rhaenyra was showing the same weakness Viserys did that allowed the greens to gain so much power. He is also mad at all the missed opportunities everyone had to kill the greens and end the war before it started. Honestly if Rhaenyra had just let Daemon take charge from the beginning when she was in labor, the war would have ended before it began and there would have been way less casualties and destruction. But they wasted so much time playing the long game to keep up the pretense of peace only to divide the realm and cause even more death and destruction and the extinction of dragons. Plus Daemon is also grieving as well and he thinks that the greens murdered his brother who he loved the most and he also lost his child. He is also in pain and wants revenge. He was lashing out at everyone because he was restless and he hates not being able to protect his family. Daemon is not good at expressing himself. He is blunt and violent but is not a liar. Daemon was always brutally honest even at his own expense so if he said he's loyal to Rhaenyra and that Jaehaerys' death was a mistake then he's telling the truth.

@vinogr00nko93

Күн бұрын

"but is not a liar"!?!?? He killed his wife and then lies about in her husband's face in front of a king? He helped stage a murder of Leanor and lied about it He lied about marrying and having a child with Mysaria are you sure you watched the same show...?

@vikctoryan15

Күн бұрын

@@vinogr00nko93 Daemon never said he didn't kill Rhea. When he was accused by her cousin he threatened him for daring to accuse him eventhough everyone knew he did it and inquired about his inheriting house Royce but he never said he didnt do it. Daemon denied killing Laenor because he didn't. Rhaenyra was the one who proposed to Daemon knowing very well that they couldnt wed with him alive. And they knew that Viserys would never grant them a annullment so together all 3 of them agreed and Laenor willingly ran away with his lover for freedom in Essos. Because they all knew that Rhaenyra needed to wed Daemon for protection from the greens and to build up her strength. With Mysaria, he was desperate for Viserys' attention and once Rhaenyra called him out on his bs, he conceded without rebuttal because Daemon isn't a liar who would hold on to fib like that. He only said those thing to get a reaction from Viserys. Clearly you are the one that's watching a different show.

If Viserys was a decent father, grandfather, or husband to his second wife. then maybe his son would not destroy his shit. PS: I do love how Paddy Considine can participate even though he's no longer in the show anymore.

I don't understand how Aegon is a bad person, I don't feel that the character was ever stablished as evil. It's only in this episode that we actually see how Aegon do terrible things out of grief but I don't think that makes it necessarily evil.

My lullaby has arrived ty

If only Glidus and GRRM had your work ethic

@rahuldhargalkar

2 күн бұрын

Hey, I've heard of Glidus. What's their significance?

@zamalamahama4894

2 күн бұрын

@@rahuldhargalkarreally good asoiaf/hotd youtuber, frequently streams with alt shift X

@TaeSunWoo

2 күн бұрын

Tbf they’ve gotten Glidus to do the right-after-episode analysis with them every week so progress

@rahuldhargalkar

2 күн бұрын

@@zamalamahama4894 thank you!

"alicent has really weakened herself by submitting to cole" via olivias interview for this ep is so real. 1x9 made us think alicent already understood this but i suppose her character has decayed and regressed in the time between seasons.

Aegon 2nd would never fire or kill Cole because he’s been more of a father to him than his own father ever was

Rhaenyra didn't give the order, but she is ultimately responsible. As Star Trek likes to say, "The captain is responsible for the actions of her crew." It was enacted by her nominal subordinate in her name. Perhaps Viserys' greatest flaw is he understood this too well. He knew he was responsible and it led to indecisiveness.

@courtneycherry5582

Күн бұрын

Okay but hear me out. What if Rhaenyra offers King Amon Damon's head for what he did to jaehaerys. Because you're right technically she is responsible, so her saying" I had no part of this I'm not the Kin slayer Damon is." Might be a good start to negotiate peace with the greens. I don't think the show will go in that direction but it would be interesting.

@dragansnyder2786

Күн бұрын

​@@courtneycherry5582I'm just going to say this now, that's not happening, she is still trying to get some use out of him, and she definitely won't kill him (based on how he dies in the book)

Amazing as always.

HBO: Erryk won Fans: Arryk won Rabid fans: it doesn’t matter, the twins are a tragic metaphor. We’re all gonna die!

I can't express how much I love your content ASX, please never stop uploading

I dont understand why theres a whole section of fans who think alicent is not like first season. Her personality is the same Getting worse with time infact She used to hit aegon even as a teen, and dismissed aemond when he would say he was bullied. For her, her kids getting insulted was a matter of ego, always. And not her feeling angry out of love. Even when aemond's eye is out, or when he gets vhaegar, alicent is more hellbent on revenge and scared about aemond outing her for calling the kids strongs Only person she seems to have affection for is helaena. And i do think partly is she feels some synpathy towards her as she was also forced to marry someone and have his kids to give the kingdom heirs. Also, her being SA'ed by her husband, of course her disdain towards her kids is very natural

@melissaharris3389

17 сағат бұрын

Yes, I do believe Alicent has displaced and projected all her distain and contempt for both Visarys and her father onto her children, specifically her sons. I think you're right that she feels sympathy for Healena as she has done the same thing to her daughter that was done to her.

Did Aegon really love Jaehaerys? He couldn't tell his son apart from his daughter, used him as a prop to play loving father in front of the council and to humiliate Tyland. After the murder Aegon raged about himself as king being attacked, not because of injustice to Jaehaerys and his own parental loss. I think Aegon felt even less for Jaehaerys than Otto.

@Tsudo-zx7gp

Күн бұрын

Aegon could tell apart his son, he did it last episode when he was picking up Aegon from Helaena, he was going to reach for his daughter but realised upon seeing her face she wasn't his son. And the whole point of it was that he wanted to bring him to the small council to learn to rule unlike his own father. And what do you mean "prop"? He didn't bring him there to put on an act. And wtf is that last comment comparing to Otto, Aegon was the only person to object to Otto's plan to parade Jaehaerys' corpse He is a terrible person, sure, and an even worse king but at the very least the show did make it apparent that he tried to be good to his son to make up for how his own father treated him like shit, which is more interesting and realistic than a one dimensionally evil dude

@sweettt321

Күн бұрын

I think Aegon wants to be a better father than Viserys was, but he doesn't know what a good parent is because his own never paid him any attention beyond yelling at him, slapping him in the face, ignoring his existence, etc. He's childish and naive. He became a raging alcoholic even as a teenager and was a cruel rapist of servants and an enjoyer of child pit fighting. He was desperate to be seen and loved by his parents but it never happened.

@johnny_thunder_1815

17 сағат бұрын

He did love him

Just like what @pdxoneway said, one thing I love about alt shift x is that after every point or every explanation is made, he poses a question to the viewer to come up with their own answer instead of imposing one on us. This makes the show and the videos even more interesting to watch.

Funnily enough, Rhaenyra technically IS guilty of the murder of Jaeherys. She called for Aemond's head, thereby giving royal authorization to the attempt on his life, regardless of the outcome or what Daemon authorized for a contingency. She shot a bullet at Aemond and it doesn't matter if it hit achild instead- she did, in fact, kill that boy.

Thing is that Rhaenyra, by not punishing Daemon, does become complicit in his crime. She could have seized him, announced his crimes to the realm, and executed him. But Rhaenyra's quest for the throne (a legitimate one) takes priority, and Daemon gets off scot-free. It's the same (albeit not as clear-cut morally evil) with Aemond and Lucerys, though the show didn't cover that. There's a lesson in this show: when you are the leader, the people who follow you do evil things and you let them get away with it, you sink into depravity.

@robertandrews5434

Күн бұрын

If Rhaenyra gave Daemon up, she would've been giving up a value ally and more importantly a dragonrider. The Houses that turned their backs on Rhaenyra's claim were already against her. If Daemon was turned over, Rhaenyra would still be in the same position.

@ingen_nate_kenny6588

Күн бұрын

@@robertandrews5434 Hence why I said "Rhaenyra's quest for the throne (a legitimate one) takes priority".