HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Episode 9 Breakdown & Ending Explained - Game of Thrones Easter Eggs & Theories

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  • In this video we take a deep dive into the ninth episode of HBO's epic Game of Thrones prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON based off the book Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin. We'll also take a look at its connection to Game of Thrones, theories, lore, and much more!
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  • @ThinkStory
    @ThinkStory  2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

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    • @nicholasgarrick8855
      @nicholasgarrick8855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great season let the dance of dragon begin it going to be sad to see storm end😭💔

    • @aaroncampos4654
      @aaroncampos4654 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha

    • @debifox
      @debifox 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg bahahahaha 😂😅

    • @kazem-im7it
      @kazem-im7it 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aaroncampos4654} و 0 0 0 0 0 0 pp} و 900 0 0 0 p990

    • @210Deek
      @210Deek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So I like theory 1 confirmed by the behind the scenes footage. Also if she killed all the greens what’s the rest of the story? Lol

  • @lykaNINJA
    @lykaNINJA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +974

    When Rhaenys bursts out of the ground on her dragon, I thought of that line: “there’s a beast beneath the boards”.

    • @thenaberius6081
      @thenaberius6081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Well that also could reference to Aemond... But we dont know yet. The show is different from the books.

    • @newworldmoviezone
      @newworldmoviezone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@thenaberius6081 maybe otto

    • @markfourtwenty9897
      @markfourtwenty9897 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thenaberius6081 Both of your interpretation can be true...That prophecy can be interpreted in many ways and all of them categorically true...I believe mine to be truer....I think the "beast beneath the boards" are all the Greens because all of them are hiding their beastly intent and once the King is dead they all come out of their boards and do the "beasting"...You can see that Helaena look disgusted at Alicent while she was telling it....She even slap Alicent hands cause she want no part of it.....

    • @chdh6556
      @chdh6556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thenaberius6081 nahhh rhaenys “the beast” Targaryen lmaooo

    • @AnthonyAutomatic145
      @AnthonyAutomatic145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      This is clearly what the line was in reference to. They had her repeat the line again this episode just to underline it. It doesn’t make sense narratively from a storytelling perspective to have that “prophecy” extend past this episode. They can now move on to the next one, whatever they decide that will be

  • @princeprocrastinate6485
    @princeprocrastinate6485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    I think Rhaenys showed a mother's mercy purely for the sake of Alicent. But damn, what a missed opportunity, if I were Rhaenyra I'd be so pissed off. The entire war could've been avoided in one move, and Rhaenys will regret that.

    • @agathavandoesburg7297
      @agathavandoesburg7297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes, my first reaction was, why didn't you burn that family, But I do like Alicent!

    • @BoogeymanDracula
      @BoogeymanDracula 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Those are her cousins kids also

    • @abetd4787
      @abetd4787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I think the showrunners wanted protrait a strong female, but by lack of examples, they made a dumb one.
      She would totally dracarys the shit out of the usurpers, but there would be no show, cause there would be no civil war. So it's a dumb scene, even if looks cool, because dragon and power.

    • @fagaca01
      @fagaca01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@abetd4787 Agreed it made her look dumb. The dragon should have been beat down and forced her to just leave.

    • @commonsensemillennial985
      @commonsensemillennial985 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@agathavandoesburg7297 why the hell do you like Alicent? She sucks lol

  • @keithknows1809
    @keithknows1809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Last week in the meeting with Veamond when they were discussing the succession of driftmark, there were no marbles on the table. It's more of a physical indicator to us, the audience as to which of the dealings are above board, and which are more back room dealings.

    • @mahoganysweets67
      @mahoganysweets67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes, agreed. But I also think Otto doesn't believe alicent claim but loves that she is ready to play ball even though she immediately shows Otto that she still thinks she can play this game without getting her hands dirty! You have to be all in or not at all! I think him telling her she looks like her mother was shade to say she is a simple minded woman that doesn't have what it takes! Or maybe thinking it will through her off mentally by getting emotional

  • @mechanicaldavid4827
    @mechanicaldavid4827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Rhaenys really won me over with the mocking bow from dragonback, paraphrasing so much of her earlier conversation with the Queen in a single gesture. Also, it was deeply gratifying to witness such a spectacular jack-in-the- box reveal, after all that low-key winding up about being separated from her dragon.

    • @GingerPeacenik
      @GingerPeacenik 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She’s my favorite character so far. Keeps her cards close, and only reveals her badass side when it’s called for. Plus, she’s likely the only non psychopath left alive at this point of the story!

  • @MissDaisyTheRacoon
    @MissDaisyTheRacoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I personally think that King Viserys said what he said assuming it was Princess Rhaenyra at his side since he was referring to the Prophecy of Aegon the Conqueror which he only told Princess Rhaenyra.

  • @paulamarie
    @paulamarie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    The intro is a story in itself. Thank you for explaining.

    • @mpicc4808
      @mpicc4808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ikr....had no clue what it was!

  • @spencertherren6806
    @spencertherren6806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely loved the opening scene with the quiet castle. I'm a baker, always up before the dawn and felt like this is where I'd have been. This show and it's details are just magnificent.

  • @scLefQ
    @scLefQ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    During Rhaenys' conversation with Alicent while kept prisoner, Alicent explicitly stated that she wanted no harm to come to Rhaenyra or a her children. In this context, Rhaenys believed her and stopped once Alicent stepped in front of Aegon. It is clear to see that Rhaenys understood that Alicent meant her no ill will; hence her being spared when face to face with a dragon.

  • @lubaniskie
    @lubaniskie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    8:22 the same motif is utilized during this episode, primarily at the beginning. As the camera pans through the quiet castle, we are treated to a doorway shot, framing two windows within it, divided by a piller, a delightful visual cue to the divide within one house, the blacks and the greens. We also see the same cue again when Alicent is trading words with her father, demanding that Rhaenyra be called in and not harmed and further asserting her authority over matters on Aegon's rule on the throne, with either standing on opposite sides of the window (16:30), showing a divide between her and Otto's grip on power.

  • @nicholasgarrick8855
    @nicholasgarrick8855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Westerling ,and cole have a long simmering beef with one another. I'm hoping they cross swords in the future would be an epic scene.

    • @chrischika7026
      @chrischika7026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Westerling should be dead . And Cole dies near the end . So I assume he kills Westerling

    • @kalecrystal4054
      @kalecrystal4054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They are going to have Criston kill him
      Which makes me sad
      Graham is such a good actor
      They should use him more on the show

    • @owengrey988
      @owengrey988 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cole will die when he faced the north's army

    • @gamingwithvulpixanddratini7604
      @gamingwithvulpixanddratini7604 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They you should find a way to make him the Bowman at the butchers ball or the one to give the order

    • @JC-xq3jl
      @JC-xq3jl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kalecrystal4054 Criston is studying Jamie Fraser's methods ..

  • @mihaelayordanova2542
    @mihaelayordanova2542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I have a much simpler explanation to why Rhaenys didn't end them...because if she had done that, we wouldn't be having seasons 2, 3, 4 😅

    • @ChrisBrengel
      @ChrisBrengel ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally true. Totally obvious. Why aren't more people talking about this?

  • @Ohmanwhyyourfeelingshurt
    @Ohmanwhyyourfeelingshurt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I loved Maylees doing that hawk swoop through the closing doors

  • @cardboard2night
    @cardboard2night 2 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    It's ironic with Rhaenis sparring greens but totally crushing the common folk with no care. As in she, as an upper, royal class doesn't view these beneath heras living humans, but more as a casualty 🤔

    • @johansmallberries9874
      @johansmallberries9874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      That’s an interesting thing about the series so far, small folk or really anybody that isn’t in the top circles of the elites, are completely incidental to any of the characters. They literally walk all over them.

    • @dodi6841
      @dodi6841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Like in the real world.

    • @slim420-e8v
      @slim420-e8v 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      All of the main characters are scum.

    • @danny1959
      @danny1959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I think that is partly the entire point of the GoT story.

    • @lochofmceo
      @lochofmceo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They don't gaf about those ppl

  • @penbunk
    @penbunk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Rhaenys just wanted to gave the greens a warning and a declaration of war: they dare to treat The Queen that should be like a prisioner and this are the consecuences.
    Her entrance reminds me of a similar scene from Attack on Titan Season 4 ("Declaration of war"); since it didnt happened in the books, may be the showrunners took inspiration from it

    • @aedryk
      @aedryk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Now we have to believe dragons are also wrecking balls that can just hulk smash a stone cavern? How was daenerys able to keep her's chained up?

    • @ZEFFENWULF
      @ZEFFENWULF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aedryk I mean in the books that’s how the dragon pit collapses so it’s definitely possible in universe. Chalk it up to danys dragons being juveniles

    • @odasurf5480
      @odasurf5480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ZEFFENWULF Yes it collapsed and killed EVERYTHING underneath it...

    • @gamingwithvulpixanddratini7604
      @gamingwithvulpixanddratini7604 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe they introduced this so they can say we have reinforced the roof no dragon should ever be able to escape again there giving folks a reason why dreamfyre couldn’t break through

    • @bethmcgee9176
      @bethmcgee9176 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @vallenjo I watched Attack On Titans With My Son And Loved It .We haven't finished yet bc it's now in subtitles but which scene are you speaking of ? I may know it . Thanks In Advance

  • @danieldeecoyantonetti2116
    @danieldeecoyantonetti2116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Ending of episode 9 with the Dragon coming from underneath was Incredible!!
    I was yelling & cheering so loud! 🙌🏾 🐉 🎉🎉

  • @shelleydwyer-murphy2281
    @shelleydwyer-murphy2281 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! I do not have access to this series, so your videos mean a lot! 🖖👍

  • @josisonofview4948
    @josisonofview4948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    I believe Rheanys didn’t kill the Hightowers, rather showed them a warning glance what they are going to face: united dragon fire of Valeryons and Targaryens.

    • @RootzRockBand
      @RootzRockBand 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s just dumb and out of character. The greens have dragons too. Why wait and give the greens a chance to do any more damage and kill any more lords who dont bend the knee? The writers made her go full retard in this scene. A better scene would have been that the greens escape though some secret door and get to a safe place. What does Rhaenys think the consequences of letting the greens live? They have the entire kings army and the knee bent of the noble lords. She even saw the noble lords who did not bend the knee hanging from the rafters for Gods sake. That scene is just stupid. No intelligent, wise and experienced dragon lord
      Like Rhaenys would ever let greens live in this situation. It’s out of character and nonsense. It reminds me of when the joker or a villain has Batman and Robin and has to tell them how he is going kill them, and walks away so Batman can get free and escape...every time.
      This writing harkens back to GOT season 8 where intelligent wise characters do stupid things that make no sense.

    • @DriftDreams-x3b
      @DriftDreams-x3b 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only comment about that scene that makes sense lol. That’s exactly what I thought

    • @marywilcox3102
      @marywilcox3102 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DriftDreams-x3b I agree.

    • @anankedos
      @anankedos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She would not have to fight a civil war if she just killed them right then and there. Made zero sense. Either leave, or make the kill.

  • @terryperry64
    @terryperry64 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your intros, one of my favorite channels

  • @nicholasgarrick8855
    @nicholasgarrick8855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Rhaenys could have ended the war before it even began right there. One dracarys ,and meleys would have laid fire upon them mercy....it was mercy that saved allicent and aegon it will be mercy too that will be the downfall of rhaeny, and meyleys.

    • @nicomilord
      @nicomilord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      well, kinslaying is bad in westeros.

    • @marky9983
      @marky9983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It is what it is but HBO will not be happy with a dracarys at that moment😅.

    • @ud1819
      @ud1819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How will they take the series into season 2 then :D

    • @divyanshu239
      @divyanshu239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thing is rhaenys hasn't decided by then.

    • @edwardirwin3478
      @edwardirwin3478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But she knows full well war will happen anyway, she says as much in the preview.

  • @linaaanah
    @linaaanah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think it’s kind of ironic that when Allicent gets stressed and have anxiety she bites her nails and fiddles with her hands and her father is the Hand of the King.
    Like when she can feel the pressure from her father, the Hand, so she takes it out on hers kind of thing

  • @Ac_psycho
    @Ac_psycho 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your meme editing being on point😂👌🏿

  • @ladyYeniel
    @ladyYeniel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I think Rhaenys spared them because she wanted to give them a final warning. They are family after all and killing them all would have been a too drastic jump from how things were just a while ago.

    • @Aioki.Germany
      @Aioki.Germany 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She spared them because she couldn’t kill them her morals wouldn’t let her. That’s what the BTS said

    • @triplemoyagames4195
      @triplemoyagames4195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      exactly, like a "I could have killed you, remember that"

    • @devan6935
      @devan6935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do like this take as well

    • @Pkan957
      @Pkan957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Agreed people are really hating on the scene just cause she didn’t wipe em out. Personally I thought she would, this being GoT, but was hoping she didn’t because like you said it would have been way too drastic. I think for non book readers (like myself) the scene is great and necessary. Kinda like a “This means war” moment and it really makes the whole ending a lot more powerful. Simply flying away on her dragon peacefully to warn Rhaenyra doesn’t create the hype or emotion that’s needed to explain just how big of a No No this whole thing was. Just my thought though

    • @homerinchinatown2
      @homerinchinatown2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree with the idea that this was a power move, showing that she was a force to be reckoned with - and that true power does not come from a name or a title. Besides, she's not in love with Rhaenyra/Damon either, given what she believes they did. Why should she do things to benefit them? Rhaenys' house is strongest standing on its own, rather than being solely on Team Hightower or Team Targaryen.

  • @shannond7437
    @shannond7437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Heleana is the queen of spoilers! Love what they have done with her character.

    • @acdragonrider
      @acdragonrider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is she like a Cassandra?

  • @lubaniskie
    @lubaniskie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    20:18 all that Aegon wanted was to be loved and feel appreciated, wanted, even asking his mother on his way to his appointment if she loves him. This moment must have felt good for him.

    • @oliveyim5216
      @oliveyim5216 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can see that but it’s a little harder to feel sympathy for the rapist

    • @milumav
      @milumav 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was he looking for love when he sexually assaulted servant girls, or when he got off on watching abused mutilated children rip each other to shreds in a fighting pit?
      Many people do not feel loved enough or accepted by their parents, that doesn't excuse becoming a repulsive immoral raping evil pos.

    • @mahoganysweets67
      @mahoganysweets67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed but them denying him love, affection, attention, respect, affirmation is probably what made him so depraved! Although it could have been the pressure of Otto and his mom wanting the crown for him and him understanding early on that heavy is the head that wears the crown.... Anyway, it's evident once he received that praise and respect from his subjects that being starved from it has created in him a lust and greed for it! They will not be able to control his reign! He will be what he has always been, just on steroids, O.D level! He will over do and in revenge like fashion his use of power in demanding to be worshiped, obeyed and to openly be as depraved as he wants to be! They will end up having to dethrone him rather quickly I think! He didn't make for a good king when he didn't want it and will make for an even worse king now that he does want it!

    • @mkmc94
      @mkmc94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mahoganysweets67 Well Alicent prove her love when she reasures him and when she stand in front to protect him

    • @mahoganysweets67
      @mahoganysweets67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mkmc94 yeah because her standing in front, on the side of behind was really going protect or prevent either of them from dying! 🤣🤣 she stood in front of her investment, not her son!

  • @nicholasgarrick8855
    @nicholasgarrick8855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Lord larys , foot of the queen. Very odd scene didn't expect that at all.

    • @alicecaraballo3910
      @alicecaraballo3910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unexpected for sure, but there was some payoff there in exactly what he expects from Alicent for his valuable information. He was only gonna give so much. I'm sure his expectations will get even more disgusting as the stakes get higher.

    • @d_great_catsby1462
      @d_great_catsby1462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was uncomfortable 😣

    • @mpicc4808
      @mpicc4808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@d_great_catsby1462 ?

  • @RenegadeLK
    @RenegadeLK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Meyleys has a crown of her own with those horns of hers. Amazing episode and amazing video thank you for posting these. We are looking forward to them every Sunday. 😊🎉🙌

  • @vladmatei1958
    @vladmatei1958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I couldn't have said Dracarys either. A civil war would have been avoided, but Prince Aemond and Helaena are awesome.
    Aemond is sharp, smart, great warrior, true King material.
    And Helaena has the Targaryan prescience gift which makes her a true Targaryan ruler. She can be awkward, but just because, incredibly, no one taught her how to master her gift.

  • @jacquiejordan771
    @jacquiejordan771 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your line "like a Travis Scott concert" cracked me up . . .

  • @khelmikyahvyer6000
    @khelmikyahvyer6000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was yelling “Dracaris!!!” during the coronation when they have a face off with the dragon

  • @stephaniesantos1123
    @stephaniesantos1123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I look forward to your episode reviews!

  • @sisterseverus
    @sisterseverus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    All that underhanded plotting, sneaking, and murder to put Aegon on the throne, ordering Rheanyra and her family’s death, locking up Rheanys, forcing the Lords to comply or else, and it fails to dawn on Alicent she is in the wrong. You don’t have to do that shady shit when you are doing the right thing. If Rhaenyra were a tyrant, maybe, but she was the rightful heir and didn’t nothing to wrong the realm. Alicent was just pissed Rhaenyra got some good D, and so did Laenor.
    Not to mention Otto is doing the very thing Alicent was convinced Rhaenyra was going to do, slaughter the other side to shore up their claim. To say I hate the hypocritical Greens and Hightowers, is an understatement. Rhaenys should have been Queen, and none of this frickery would have happened

    • @vanitice1683
      @vanitice1683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you're right about alicent she was telling aegon he should be king because if it was rhanyera she would kill them but now it's her and her dad plotting to kill her and her kids i'm really disappointed in otto he never loved the king never considered him his friend he was close to him only out of self-interest the king dies and he wants to kill his beloved daughter i think it's because of him and his ambition that the dance of the dragons took place

    • @triplemoyagames4195
      @triplemoyagames4195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We can't also forget it was Rheanyra who made multiple attempts to make peace waay before this became a fully fledged thing. It was Alicent who held onto resentment

    • @levia9349
      @levia9349 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@triplemoyagames4195 that wasn't peace offer

    • @triplemoyagames4195
      @triplemoyagames4195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@levia9349 I said she was trying for peace. What moment are you referring to?

    • @levia9349
      @levia9349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@triplemoyagames4195 when she proposed a marriage between their children

  • @charlotteclark8446
    @charlotteclark8446 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello…I wanted to share with you and others the purpose of the Glass Ball & Holder! There is supposed to be a Holder for the Glass Ball in front of each individual, if not then a Holder that can move person to person! When a person has the Glass Ball it means it’s they’re time to speak and NO OTHER is permitted to speak/interrupt/nothing!!!!
    When they’re done they give the Glass Ball to another when they put the Glass Ball In the Holder it means they are speaking and NoBody can interrupt!!! Works really well so there’s no cross talking!! Guess they were pretty smart even back then in Westeros!! Lol lol

  • @donsolo7860
    @donsolo7860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ducking beef that ain’t yours must be a Lannister thing because Tyland definitely hit the Cersei slide when things got heated. “None of my business let me get out the way” 😂

  • @Shezadiva4
    @Shezadiva4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! Your work is appreciated. I watch an episode, then immediately come here to fill in the missing gaps.

  • @abhisekmishra2194
    @abhisekmishra2194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    “Beware the beast beneath the boards.” No one ever listens to Helaena. Enters Meleys 🐉 BADASS

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thanks for your analysis with the perfect amount of snark. Yes Princess Rhaenys was badass rising up on
    her dragon. This was Eve Best’s episode

  • @rommelorbigo6857
    @rommelorbigo6857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Yup, I think she did that willingly and paid the price. I think this has been going on for some time. That's why she was looking away throughout that foot scene. They have an arrangement.

    • @mahoganysweets67
      @mahoganysweets67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup! Back when he first moved pieces on the chessboard for her and told her she owes him! They spent many dinners together and shared many secrets helping her navigate through the politics of the castle for almost 30yrs! He gets foot porn but I think she been screwing Christian mentally and emotionally but if not physical already, they are about to now that the king is dead! She been in another bed for a decade now! She wants to be raynera so bad

    • @adaptivegamer9905
      @adaptivegamer9905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh yeah she knows and it’s been happening for a WHILE. I mean I was like what’s happening then after he stared at her feet(he’s so gross) weirdly I was like oh nooo 😭🤮

    • @mahoganysweets67
      @mahoganysweets67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey let's not kink shame seeing as to it isn't that bad when you have aegon getting off on turning innocent children into violent cannibals and murderers, raping underage girls and no telling what else!

    • @mahoganysweets67
      @mahoganysweets67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is creepy tho, I just don't feel it's because he has a fetish for feet! Lol

    • @loshon38
      @loshon38 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was like what is happening 😳 during that scene 😆

  • @bf5209
    @bf5209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    By putting herself in between Aegon and rhaenys, Alicent demonstrated how much she loved her son.
    Also, can Criston Cole die already.

    • @TheGamerz_Hub
      @TheGamerz_Hub 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I said this throughout the episode lol

    • @Pamelalrene
      @Pamelalrene 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I also love that her first thought is to protect Haleana. While I am firmly team Black, I do actually like Alicent.

    • @fireangel4me2know56
      @fireangel4me2know56 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slowly. Can he die real painful and slowly.

    • @rach101
      @rach101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Criston needs to die asap and it should ne satisfying like joffery with purple wedding. That guy has no redeeming quality.

    • @bf5209
      @bf5209 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Pamelalrene she did? I did not notice that. Thought she forgot about the other 2. Lol.

  • @BoandDebbieMulder
    @BoandDebbieMulder 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    And THATS how you write a great show. Well done!

  • @sazodada6549
    @sazodada6549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing. I always come here to fully understand the previous and upcoming episodes. Excellent analysis, please keep up the great work. Thank you for all that you do.

  • @DarkSister535
    @DarkSister535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rhaenys and her dragon was an attempt to show Alicent “this is what choosing a queen would look like”
    Bish!!!
    Straight up boss lady vibes❤

  • @devan6935
    @devan6935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Personally, I also see Rhaenys not instantly vaporizing the greens being related to hoping for a peaceful resolution*- something that would be complicated by just killing them all, which the realm in general would take offense to. (I also doubt that Rhaenys would want to become a kinslayer if she thought it may not be necessary)
    *(since initially, the Dance was more about getting enough support for the other side to back down- which was changed by events we'll be seeing next week)

    • @geekishgir
      @geekishgir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree. Her look was "bitch, this is what you are up against. Do you REALLY want to do this? It's not a game, you've been playing queen, but there are dragons, lots of people are going to die"

  • @effanaudikhalif
    @effanaudikhalif 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "as people attend the travis scott concert" 20:36
    mans has no chill💀

  • @alexmartin3143
    @alexmartin3143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Larys lookin forward to Halloween… Trick or treat, beat the meat…

    • @tvojemamajetak
      @tvojemamajetak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that scene was weird even for Westeros

  • @addxcted
    @addxcted 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent as always, I look forward to your next video.

  • @Gigi-lj4qf
    @Gigi-lj4qf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always look to you for the breakdown after the show. Really helpful.

  • @ericajoystyle
    @ericajoystyle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel.

  • @mariemcgowan-irving6156
    @mariemcgowan-irving6156 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think that Rhaenys's decision not to kill the Greens is interesting from two points. The first is it's literally her making a decision about whether or not to kill a king, and (I may be wrong on who said this) Shakespeare held "Tis no small thing, to kill a king". However, you know it will backfire because, as Ralph Walso Emerson says "When you strike at a king, you must kill him.".
    I don't think it's anything to do with not killing another mother. How many of the people in the arena were mothers, or children. I think it's to do with succession, family, and power. Rhaenys is trying to avoid war and her conversation with Alicent suggests that there is a way to avoid war. She hopes that there will not be civil war. This is borne out by the fact that after she was denied the throne, she retired to Driftmark and did not go to war with Viserys. She is making the same decision. The throne isn't hers, and she won't kill people over it.

  • @lydiaquinn2892
    @lydiaquinn2892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Thank you for your always fun reviews. Rhaenys boss entrance was so awesome. I thought that she’s trying to show them what they’re doing is wrong, a big lie and treason. She’s not having it and though she spared them she killed a pile of innocent people. Mixed feelings

  • @JMRa129
    @JMRa129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Subscribed! been checking every after episode! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @luisortiz3860
    @luisortiz3860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great takes as always and GREAT CHANNEL!!! Keep up the hard work!!! You are much appreciated!!

  • @PinacoladaMatthew
    @PinacoladaMatthew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when Meleys was eyeballing the green family, I WAS LIKE:DRQCARYS!!!!!!!

  • @MrRowskey
    @MrRowskey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great takes!

  • @alexlester5752
    @alexlester5752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love your breakdowns they really help me understand ❤

  • @narem1092
    @narem1092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    22:52 i think it shows that she cut all ties relating to the throne as she kept mentioning and showing that she has no interest in it, she could have Dracarys'ed them and took it, plus she has the ships, name, army and dragon.

    • @sumanbaral8457
      @sumanbaral8457 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So Otto, Cole , Aemond , King’s Guard let her go thinking the dragon that broke into the party killing/injuring few smallfolks ,posing direcr threats to the new king has cut all ties relating to throne ???
      Freaking Queen Mother came in front of her son but no other heroes !!! 😂
      Only thing is we are getting it Season 8 way …. Anticipate ….

  • @kalecrystal4054
    @kalecrystal4054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I also think it’s weird - the Alicent Criston interaction BUT it makes sense she knows Criston feels something for her (as she’s been his savior and confident) and she’s using his devotion to her advantage - leading him on just as she does with Larys (letting him get off on her feet) so she can get what she needs. She’s clearly not above using men’s desires to get scraps of what she really needs within this terrible male dominated world

    • @milab9129
      @milab9129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that's really weird how Larys just uses Alicent in his specific ways. He must be truly valuable for her, but if I was her I would prefer to side with the "spider" who watches her, than the creep who watches her feet 😄

    • @penelope7880
      @penelope7880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The actress who played younger Alicent stated a scene was cut where she confronts Rhanyra about seducing Criston since Rhanyra knew that Alicent had feelings for him. Which explains why she went total Green imo

  • @SuburbzKid
    @SuburbzKid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was waiting for this to drop !!! Great video!

  • @truetrinity333
    @truetrinity333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos are really the best! A million thanks for these 🙏🏽💫

  • @magister343
    @magister343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't forget that Jaehaerys and Jaehaera have 6 fingers on their hands and 6 toes on the feet. That is why their sigils are hands with extra fingers.

  • @marky9983
    @marky9983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Rheanys is free at last when she flew out of the dragon pit, while Alicent, the one who thought she could be free from man’s manipulations, still remained in the same cage. This episode showed so many metaphors of scenes that Alicent was still trapped in the prison out of her own wills. And personally, I think the way Otto told Alicent how much she was alike to her mother, is not a praise, but a sarcasm that no matter what she think she is doing, she is still one part of this unbroken wheel. (The one both Rhaenyra and Daenerys hope to break)

    • @ll2323
      @ll2323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The irony that Cersei was able to do it, and without a dragon.

    • @milumav
      @milumav 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I couldn't agree more.

    • @milumav
      @milumav 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ll2323 Cersei did not break the wheel, she just ruled like a man would have, a woman with a cock if you will.

    • @levia9349
      @levia9349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean Rhaenys isn't free either since she's following her husband's decision even though she disagrees with it you know her granddaughter inheriting Driftmark so no one is actually free men or women.

    • @milumav
      @milumav 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@levia9349 Patriarchy hurts everyone, but between women and men it's obvious it exploits, hurts, oppresses, enslaves and destroys the lives of women far more, there's no comparison, hence the word PATRIarchy.

  • @DarkSister535
    @DarkSister535 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much!!!!
    Travis Scott concert I can’t with you lmao I can’t 🤣

  • @michaelsylvester5854
    @michaelsylvester5854 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best recap I’ve watched an episode nine thank you

  • @rebekahssy
    @rebekahssy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    i thought it was pretty cool detail how the swords came down behind aegon as he walked into the sept. really reinforced the theatrics of how he's being forced into the situation. he still sucks though

  • @Ravendra_k
    @Ravendra_k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think Rhaenys not killing the greens was 2 things, firstly it's not her fight .. It's Rhaenyra's , another one is her show of power.. In this singular moment she showed the greens.. That she had all the power to end them.. Something that will lead to much bigger consequences.. But oh well.. Good tv for us. 😂

    • @Sweetblossom123
      @Sweetblossom123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you are right. It wasn't her fight. If Rhaenys had killed the greens it would not have been a justified act of war, it would have been straight up murder for which she would have to be held accountable. Even tho the act would have given Rhaenyra the throne, Rhaenyra would not be able to sheild Rhaenys from justice, lest Rhaenyra look culpable.

  • @SMDoktorPepper
    @SMDoktorPepper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Probably a VERY bad sign when you decide to ursurp the throne and start killing people off

  • @u64770
    @u64770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought it was amazing how this show in one episode had us virtually routing for kids fighting in a near catacomb, leading to Aemond's lost eye, and in a subsequent episode emploring us to be outraged at kids fighting in a pit. I felt I could pretend to act like these people betting on these kids fighting were less than me somehow, but I really was into the first fight without personal stakes to justify my enthusiam.

    • @u64770
      @u64770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Bla Bla You are so right. I shouldn't feel wrong about routing for Aemond to get his behind kicked by the other children. Yes he is just a kid, but he has a mother who loves him and cares for him. She can care for him well after gets assaulted and loses an eye. Those other children don't have anyone who truly cares for them after they get into a fight. I personally wish I could include embryos and fetuses in my gambling for which kids will win fights, because premature kids have proved to be particularly lethal to many folks, not just other children.

  • @johnniemaemccray4930
    @johnniemaemccray4930 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great breakdown! I can't wait for the next.

  • @JaimeRestrepo61
    @JaimeRestrepo61 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    keep posting.... i love this info....

  • @tuttiprutti
    @tuttiprutti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good work

  • @Wholesome_Heaven
    @Wholesome_Heaven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aegon when everyone was cheering for him:
    "THEY LOVE ME"

  • @hollyjolly2559
    @hollyjolly2559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Rhaenys spares Alicent and Aegon’s lives bc of her morals and not wanting to kill another mother
    .
    .
    .
    Kills a crowd of innocent civilians 👁👄👁

    • @naenon331
      @naenon331 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hundreds of men women and children 👁👄👁, probably worth the cool outro tho lol

  • @RigobertoRizoLeon
    @RigobertoRizoLeon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "As people attend the Travis Scott concert..." That got me. Lmaooooo

  • @bryanaalberg1134
    @bryanaalberg1134 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great summary. Thanks!

  • @a.suhail-agha2170
    @a.suhail-agha2170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Do you think Rhaenyra's children's true father's brother (Master of Whisperers) is jealous of his brother's standing so he goes after Alicent instead? In relations to what Heleana was saying... Beast could also be just a small spider...

  • @bhaveshginwal7196
    @bhaveshginwal7196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thankyou for all these breakdown. They make the show more interesting

  • @jayeightate7347
    @jayeightate7347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Doesn't want to kill another mother?" It's probably a good chance the hundreds of people she killed, maybe a few of them were mothers 🤦🏿‍♂️

  • @MissKashira
    @MissKashira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They wanted to give her a boss moment without ending the show. That's what happened. Because she killed a few dozen mothers when she broke through the floor. And she doesn't need to discuss what side to be on because if she'd said "dracarys" right then her granddaughter would be Queen. Now her granddaughter will be a soldier in a war. Anyone with an ounce of sense knows Rhaenys would have fried those fuckers and ended the Dance of Dragons then and there.
    This is the second time one of their changes from the book has defied all logic. Like Criston still being alive after beating Joffrey to death rather than it being a possible accident at a tourney. You don't kill a dragon rider's love and then live in the same castle with him for ten years and not end up dragon poop. That just wouldn't happen.

  • @chasedavis8132
    @chasedavis8132 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm making this post to say to you keep up the good job! On these videos.

  • @amandac7270
    @amandac7270 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m so happy to be here. I was watching another channel and he got everything wrong and has no idea what he’s talking about!!

  • @ty_franklin
    @ty_franklin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Think Story!!! Another amazing breakdown! Look forward every week to your insightful and funny breakdowns! keep ‘em coming!

  • @ChrisBrengel
    @ChrisBrengel ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @sidneyw75white61
    @sidneyw75white61 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your videos and love your humour !

  • @Mjolnir877
    @Mjolnir877 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jones BBQ and Foot Massage reference! Nice.

  • @ratnakarpolisetti2490
    @ratnakarpolisetti2490 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Targaryen Princesses:
    I will ride the dragons and burn the castles to sit on the throne.
    Targaryen Princes:
    I don’t want it

  • @TowelsKingdom
    @TowelsKingdom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how Ser Westerling quit like Ser Barristan

  • @kristaboscoesheher7222
    @kristaboscoesheher7222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great and funny! Love these

  • @blackeyedlily
    @blackeyedlily 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I love your breakdown of the ever changing opening segment. I do wish that they would have mentioned Daeron at some point in the story so far. Perhaps they will next week.

    • @kalecrystal4054
      @kalecrystal4054 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it bothers me week after week that they don’t even mention him

    • @reneenayfabnaynay5679
      @reneenayfabnaynay5679 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aemond mentioned him in this episode to sir Cristin. He says his little brother studies history and philosophy.

  • @TowelsKingdom
    @TowelsKingdom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it just me or is the small council in the same room where Tommen jumped out the window on HoTD?

  • @MynameisMikeee
    @MynameisMikeee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    George Costanza - “Jerry, just remember. It's not a lie if *you* believe it.”

  • @bobsbbcards
    @bobsbbcards 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great summary! 🙂

  • @prernasharma1307
    @prernasharma1307 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is awesome.... So much detailing

  • @tyronemorrison5910
    @tyronemorrison5910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    lmaooooooooooooooooooo not the travis scott concert I'm weak lol

  • @debbiezito6199
    @debbiezito6199 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Thank you

  • @ashleyelisabeth4
    @ashleyelisabeth4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the reason why Otto says to Alicent that she reminds him of her mother is so he can manipulate her. Their relationship has been strained since her passing and because his wife/Alicent's mother is the only thing that kept them close, he uses that to his advantage to have her trust him. Obviously Otto's plan doesn't work because the last time someone used the death of a mother on Alicent she was fooled and played by Rhaenyra.

  • @Mayonaise55
    @Mayonaise55 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I screamed when you said Travis Scott concert! 😩

  • @murielsamuels4370
    @murielsamuels4370 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic as always!

  • @nonastans
    @nonastans 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Super cute man purse" 😂 agreed! Love his super cute man bun too!

  • @BLU_meaway
    @BLU_meaway 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think in Arryk or Erryks satchel ( the one that helps reanhys escape) is the crown Viserys wore.

  • @SlimRhyno
    @SlimRhyno 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your breakdowns have been the best that I have seen. Thank you for creating them!