just a few bits. the giants lived side by side with the children of the forest in the dawn age, the children werent the only creatures there. how Westeros was actually connected to Essos until the children shattered the Arm of Dorne during the war to stop the first men coming over. that the children making the others is 'thus far' is only tv cannon, (bit weird that the children would make them after 1000 years of peace with the first men, if you ask me). the first men actually kept the peace and the two races got along pretty well until the Andals came (you say the pact meant nothing, but the children helped and intermarried with the first men all throughout the age of heroes). no mention of the connection of old Valyria to the faceless men and their fondness for slavery, the wars against the Ghiscari and Rhoynar, and the Valyrian colonies. thanks to said colonies the Targaryen's werent the last Valyrians, plenty of white haired people in Essos, but they were the last dragon lords. it wasnt just the swords of the defeated in battle, but also those willingly sent to Aegon by those who surrendered peacefully. lastly would be good to mention that the incest caused a huge and repeated conflict with the faith of the 7, as its becomes pretty important for the line of succession and the dance.
Subscribed after watching this video. Finally someone told the entire history to GOT and HOTD, without spoiling a bit of it. Really thank you man. Why the hell is that, everyone else who is making such videos on TH-cam, have been going crazy about giving spoilers for this entire 1st season of HOTD. Thank you brother.
The children of the forest lived all over Westeros, not just in the North. When the Andals conquered the continent they cut down the weirwoods in the south so the children moved North. There are still weirwoods in the south and people of first men heritage, but I don't think that was covered in GoT. There is so much detail in the books its insane, it is like someone told GRRM "Man that Tolkien guy really goes into detail." and he said, "Hold my beer."
You've clearly never read Tolkien then - GRRM is a great author but LOTR is on a completely different level in terms of lore. There are 9,250 pages of middle earth manuscripts, including the hobbit, LOTR, The Silmarillion and all of the supporting works. GRRM's work is 3,188 pages. That's smaller than the volumes Tolkien wrote about just the Elvish language - let alone their history.
@@JohnnyWednesday Haha I thought I'd get called out on this, I almost put in a disclaimer that I have not read the Silmarillion, it was just too dense for me in my teenage years. I have read the Hobbit and LoTR multiple times and I'm familiar with the fact that the books are almost companion pieces to JRRT's language creation fetish. Your knowledge of page counts ... ahh, OK.
@@wanggaard - My apologies - I'm not trying to be nasty or to belittle you. They're very, very different kinds of stories written a very long time apart. Had Tolkien lived today and spent 20 years working on an Elvish dictionary instead of writing the ending to LOTR? I'd probably be dissing him. Nah I don't know the page counts exactly, I knew Tolkien had written something like ten thousand pages - I had to google though :P I guess I'm just speaking up for all us poor souls that read the Silmarillion - it's impossible to read without constantly referring to the elvish family tree in the back of the book lol I have no idea who the audience is supposed to be - the kinds of people that can remember the order of a deck of cards perhaps!
@@wanggaard I'm a bit worried about Ring of power, they started caving in to the "representation" forces, I hear they cast actors based on that and not on Tolkiens description.
Great job, in my humble opinion all the necessary info is there! Regarding small things that could be corrected but are not necessary; the only one worthy of note that I saw is that the Targaryens weren't the only Valyrians left, but they were the only dragon riders/owners. House Velaryon & Celtigar were of Valyrian descent too, as well as ppl from Lys in Essos. The hair & eyes always give it away, and I'm really digging how House Velaryon is portrayed. In the books, Dornish ppl are described as largely being either "Stoney" or "Salty", the Stoney Dornish were more fair-skinned/lighter-haired. Living in the mountainous/Stoney region they integrated w/ the Andals. Salty Dornish are darker-skinned/haired from residing near the coast of Dorne and in the surrounding desserts. Thus, not having much interaction w/ the Andals farther inland. So, long story long, the show's portrayal of House Velaryon is right on point w/ the book's worldbuilding so it works. Long as you have silver/blonde hair and some shade of blue/purple eyes you're Valyrian. Fun fact, which also makes you eligible to be a dragon rider, Valyrian =s Dragon rider, not only Targaryens, as some may understand it.
Tehre's actually a third large mass of land "bellow" Essos: Sothoryos. But we barely know anything about it, the maps on the books only show the northern coastline of it
Actually u shouldn't pay attention to anything the video says. As someone who has read the books multiple times this dude is completely off and doesn't know his ASOIAF lore. If u actually read any of the comments you'd already know that so many of us have complained about the fact that this guy doesn't know what he's talking about. But I guess those that haven't read it will believe whatever they hear.
@@ucanthandletruth4456 Maybe release your frustration on the channel rather than innocent curiosity. How is anyone to know that this guy has causally intertwined the series canon with book canon resulting in a complete cluster fuck? Not everyone immediately goes straight to the comments after pressing play either. Bit of a dick response.
Too much CGI. If they have the budget to make Valyria real, then they set a precedence for all the insane high fantasy shows: e.g.: anything from the first age in LotR, D&D Flying wizard cities from 3rd/4th edition, anything from the Dragonlance series, etc. It would make a sick animated series though
Valyrians were a bunch of evil self important snobs who committed mass genocides throughout their history, practiced slavery and blood sacrifice experimented on their enemies creating monsters half breeds not to mention bunch of other horrendously evil acts. They were a blight towards anyone not Valyrian. They were the Planetos version of Nazis. People tend to forget how messed up they were because they rode dragons and that's "cool".
Also the Targaryens weren't a great house. They were a house of Dragonlords albeit a minor weak house. They only had three dragons when it was said that the other 41 Dragonlords Valyrians combined had multiple of hundreds dragons.
@@longhairgetinthere exactly like what’s the point of investing all this time to watch a prequel that leads to a ending thats horrible same with that Jon snow sequel series I wish they’d just focus on the books first 😫
I agreed that the ending was disappointing until I was able to watch the entire series in about 12 days. Watching it all at once gave me a different perspective on Daenerys. Her quick temper and willingness to kill the "masters" revealed the dark side of her nature. This was reinforced in many episodes. Her seeing the world as full of enemies that had to be slaughtered doomed her. I do have a disappointment in how Cersei met her end. She should've met her demise after she came down the stairs when The Hound and the Mountain squared off. She should've run into Arya. Arya should've given her the death she deserved. That would've been satisfying.
@@mr.d.8008 I agree her temper and reason to kill innocent people was justified, but the rest of the story, dialogue, even battle scene was trash and boring to watch
Pretty dang good. I guess if I had one thing to point out, it's that Fire & Blood is *technically* a novel, but is written basically like a biased history review of the Targaryens between Aegon's conquest and the reign of Robert Baratheon. The "narrator" is a Targaryan-aligned maester (scholar/historian) named Gyldayn who lived around the time Dany's batshit crazy father reigned and died. Fire and Blood covers only HALF of the years from Aegon's conquest to the start of the Game of Thrones book/show story. There's supposed to be second book coming out for that - but that's also the case for a lot of what GRR Martin has made.... :/
Have you seen how unhealthy he is? May as well stop holding your breath as at his best rate it'll take at least 10 years to close off half the stories. He doesn't have 10 years left - he'll be lucky to live another 5 at that age with that gut.
yeah. There are also supposed to be about 7 to 10 more Dunk and Egg stories and of course the 2 more books to finish Ice and Fire. I'm not holding my breathe for any of this especially since George seems so heavily involved in this new HBO series. (which is what he blamed his lack of writing during Game of Thrones though even when he stepped away he still didn't write anything new)
@@JohnnyWednesday It’s always sad and disappointing when writers die before they can finish. For me I’ve gone through a lot of Manga writers that died before they could complete their stories that I enjoyed so much. Two examples being the writer for Highschool of the Dead, and most recent the writer of Berserk…
Fire And Blood is essentially the Old Republic of Game Of Thrones! I highly recommend reading the book, it’s extremely good and has some fascinating lore!
BUUUHHH--RROOOOHHHH..year later and as soon as that miniscule moment of high intensity laughter had bent the knee..I went to the comment section to..well..you know..obviously..type something with a part of my finger..which part?? You guessed it..the blunt - curves part that connects to the rest of my han - SIKE!! You know it was the pointy end!!!
Its amazing how many paralells this has with the history of the UK. GRR Martin was a serious history nerd. Essos is Europe and Asia, westeros is the island of great britain. The first children are the picts/celtic britons, the first men are the romans, the wall is Hadrians wall, the andals are... the angles/ anglo saxons (very creative), the valyrians are the norse vikings and settlers, even the 7 kingdoms are based on the heptarchy (seven kingdoms) of england. Starks are the yorks and lannisters are the lancasters and GoT is based on the wars of the roses.
The only way George R R Martin is going to finish A Song of Ice and Fire is if a team of ghostwriters does all the heavy lifting, and then he comes in and puts his spin on it.
You explained that extremely well so well that a person like me who never read any of the books can actually get the jist of what's going on. Thank You Sir
I really think this will be a great show consistently, especially since it has a proper ending. PS: I have read the book, and the story is fantastic with a lot of political drama, intrigue, and so on... which was the highlight of prime GOT.
I'm not going to waste my time with that franchise. What assurances do we have they wont mess it up again? none. I don't trust them - these are the same people that signed off on Weiss and Benioff's last two seasons - these are the total morons that can't tell the difference between "amazing" and "bloody awful" - they're not having any of my money.
6:10 the Targaryens already had Dragonstone at Westeros. They just moved there after the dream of doom 10:00 Maegor didn't kill Aenys. In fact he was the the only one he respected. Maegor seized the throne from Aenys's sons, killing the older and "marrying" his wife (his nephew) 11:32 Alicent and Rhaenyra never became friends. Alicent married Viseryrs (after his first wife died) and gave him male children. They didn't fight openly, but there was a seed of discordance in place
I believe they announced they're changing the Alicent/Rhaenyra storyline to make them closer in age and for them to be friends and not just the rivals George made them.
@@francescosmith7859 Yep, the books had a much larger age difference. And to say they weren’t friends is a push anyways as F&B says they got along well, but it’s an unreliable narrator anyways. Them being true friends will likely make it better.
@@seanthegrizz3983• Yea I know; I just watched his latest video, I only watch guys like him & New RockStars, Nerdist and Looper to read the comments, people really think they know what they’re talking about Lol😂
This was an amazing break down! I've watched all seasons of GOT and I'm exited for HOD but I never knew most of what you divulged in this video (I have the books but being a single mom it's hard to find time). You continue to be one of my favorite breakdown/easter egg youtubers!
@@monkeyboy275bobo8 You should take your words into consideration before commenting about someone's life. You're acting like a troll with the insinuation of your comment. You took my comment, complimenting a video, amd turned it into mansplaining my time to me. It's snarky and uncalled for. I'm a single mom because my husband died two years ago and GOT was our thing followed by watching breakdowns. So yes, I have time to watch a show that was important to us along with a 12 min video explaining parts of the book versus being able to read a massive book series at this time.
@@itsjustbrandy4290 I just pointed out that you do have time to read, you just choose to use it otherwise which is the truth. Call it trolling or mansplaining which btw is the most stupid word ever. My statement is true and you know it.
Just a couple of obvious mistakes: Westeros and Essos aren’t “islands.” They’re *continents.* (And the people we see in Martin’s books don’t know the extent of either one: the northern end of Westeros and eastern end of Essos are entirely unknown to the characters we see.) The Targaryens are *not* the only Valyrians to survive the Doom. House Velaryon left Valyria even earlier than the Targaryens did and settled on Driftmark, the larger island directly southwest of Dragonstone. They play a major role in the war that the new series covers, so ignoring them in your description of the Targaryens is quite a miss.
Yeah, the Targaryens are just the only dragon riders that survived. Potentially tens or even hundreds of thousands of Valyrians survived the doom, they were just not dragon lords.
@@Threaopolieze Yes, well, the thing is that I know both the English language and basic geographical terminology (both of which are a matter of elementary education, not "research") better than that. Whatever you bizarrely think "Africa can be called," it is *not* an island. And the same very obviously goes for Westeros and Essos. It's a matter of looking at a map and applying the level of understanding available to a precocious second-grader. My condolences that you fall short of that.
@@Threaopolieze The one who needs to research is you. Westeros and Essos are way too large to qualify as islands. So is Australia. It has its own distinct species, sits on its own tectonic plate and meets every qualification to be a continent. Africa isn't an island by anybody's definition. You sound incredibly unintelligent and/or uneducated.
@@chillazaraka I think he did a pretty good job of recapping hundreds of years in 10 minutes. Can't get it all right but definitely sets the stage for who is who and what is going on.
@@francescosmith7859 Actually you CAN get it all right if you're actually a fan of the series and not just a hack youtuber looking to make a video purely for clickbait.
Oh its a recap! I saw the "12,000 Years" in the thumbnail and thought that was the latest speculation on how long it would take George RR Martin to finish the books...
this movie is good when it comes to the power of dragons , night kings , giants , children of the forest... Hope Hollywood makes a movie about the first time of mankind in Essos and Westeros.
just a few bits. the giants lived side by side with the children of the forest in the dawn age, the children werent the only creatures there. how Westeros was actually connected to Essos until the children shattered the Arm of Dorne during the war to stop the first men coming over. that the children making the others is 'thus far' is only tv cannon, (bit weird that the children would make them after 1000 years of peace with the first men, if you ask me). the first men actually kept the peace and the two races got along pretty well until the Andals came (you say the pact meant nothing, but the children helped and intermarried with the first men all throughout the age of heroes).
no mention of the connection of old Valyria to the faceless men and their fondness for slavery, the wars against the Ghiscari and Rhoynar, and the Valyrian colonies. thanks to said colonies the Targaryen's werent the last Valyrians, plenty of white haired people in Essos, but they were the last dragon lords.
it wasnt just the swords of the defeated in battle, but also those willingly sent to Aegon by those who surrendered peacefully. lastly would be good to mention that the incest caused a huge and repeated conflict with the faith of the 7, as its becomes pretty important for the line of succession and the dance.
Well said
@@jacob4920 "Sees black people" Better blame the democrats! God forbid I see these people on screen
@@berlinglasgow4942 Not what I said at all. Reading comprehension is a fun skill to have.
@@jacob4920 just say you’re racist and move on
What "dance"? The Safety Dance?
I really wish Doug written season 8 and it was all about how the dragon was mad at that chair. Much better ending.
Much more believable character motivation.
I think it's better that the creature, which is about as smart as any other animal, understands symbolism and the distribution of power.
/s
Spoilers bro
What about rewriting season 7?
@@biglakethesnake6944 CTFU bro
It’s very creative how the author sprinkled hints of actual myths and dabs of actual history inside the whole series.
Wow almost like fiction is based on real things
Subscribed after watching this video. Finally someone told the entire history to GOT and HOTD, without spoiling a bit of it. Really thank you man. Why the hell is that, everyone else who is making such videos on TH-cam, have been going crazy about giving spoilers for this entire 1st season of HOTD. Thank you brother.
"Dragon mad at that chair!" 🐕😅
🐉🔥🪑
The children of the forest lived all over Westeros, not just in the North. When the Andals conquered the continent they cut down the weirwoods in the south so the children moved North. There are still weirwoods in the south and people of first men heritage, but I don't think that was covered in GoT. There is so much detail in the books its insane, it is like someone told GRRM "Man that Tolkien guy really goes into detail." and he said, "Hold my beer."
You've clearly never read Tolkien then - GRRM is a great author but LOTR is on a completely different level in terms of lore. There are 9,250 pages of middle earth manuscripts, including the hobbit, LOTR, The Silmarillion and all of the supporting works. GRRM's work is 3,188 pages. That's smaller than the volumes Tolkien wrote about just the Elvish language - let alone their history.
@@JohnnyWednesday Haha I thought I'd get called out on this, I almost put in a disclaimer that I have not read the Silmarillion, it was just too dense for me in my teenage years. I have read the Hobbit and LoTR multiple times and I'm familiar with the fact that the books are almost companion pieces to JRRT's language creation fetish. Your knowledge of page counts ... ahh, OK.
@@wanggaard - My apologies - I'm not trying to be nasty or to belittle you. They're very, very different kinds of stories written a very long time apart.
Had Tolkien lived today and spent 20 years working on an Elvish dictionary instead of writing the ending to LOTR? I'd probably be dissing him.
Nah I don't know the page counts exactly, I knew Tolkien had written something like ten thousand pages - I had to google though :P
I guess I'm just speaking up for all us poor souls that read the Silmarillion - it's impossible to read without constantly referring to the elvish family tree in the back of the book lol
I have no idea who the audience is supposed to be - the kinds of people that can remember the order of a deck of cards perhaps!
@@JohnnyWednesday No worries man, hopefully we enjoy both House of the Dragon and the Rings of Power!
@@wanggaard I'm a bit worried about Ring of power, they started caving in to the "representation" forces, I hear they cast actors based on that and not on Tolkiens description.
Great job, in my humble opinion all the necessary info is there! Regarding small things that could be corrected but are not necessary; the only one worthy of note that I saw is that the Targaryens weren't the only Valyrians left, but they were the only dragon riders/owners. House Velaryon & Celtigar were of Valyrian descent too, as well as ppl from Lys in Essos. The hair & eyes always give it away, and I'm really digging how House Velaryon is portrayed.
In the books, Dornish ppl are described as largely being either "Stoney" or "Salty", the Stoney Dornish were more fair-skinned/lighter-haired. Living in the mountainous/Stoney region they integrated w/ the Andals.
Salty Dornish are darker-skinned/haired from residing near the coast of Dorne and in the surrounding desserts. Thus, not having much interaction w/ the Andals farther inland.
So, long story long, the show's portrayal of House Velaryon is right on point w/ the book's worldbuilding so it works. Long as you have silver/blonde hair and some shade of blue/purple eyes you're Valyrian. Fun fact, which also makes you eligible to be a dragon rider, Valyrian =s Dragon rider, not only Targaryens, as some may understand it.
Yes but only targaryens were able to rude dragons and they were not the strongest houses
Man this was really well done Ryan!
The editing was funny and the story actually kept me engaged
Tehre's actually a third large mass of land "bellow" Essos: Sothoryos. But we barely know anything about it, the maps on the books only show the northern coastline of it
What an exceptionally helpful video. As someone who's never read the books, this was very educational. Thanks!!!
Actually u shouldn't pay attention to anything the video says. As someone who has read the books multiple times this dude is completely off and doesn't know his ASOIAF lore. If u actually read any of the comments you'd already know that so many of us have complained about the fact that this guy doesn't know what he's talking about. But I guess those that haven't read it will believe whatever they hear.
@@ucanthandletruth4456 well no shit, because they haven’t read it so they don’t have context.
@@ucanthandletruth4456
Maybe release your frustration on the channel rather than innocent curiosity. How is anyone to know that this guy has causally intertwined the series canon with book canon resulting in a complete cluster fuck? Not everyone immediately goes straight to the comments after pressing play either.
Bit of a dick response.
@@ucanthandletruth4456 which video should I watch than?
I was definitely stoked to hear this series would focus on Valyrians, but I really wanted to see Valyria before the doom and see what it actually was
Too much CGI. If they have the budget to make Valyria real, then they set a precedence for all the insane high fantasy shows: e.g.: anything from the first age in LotR, D&D Flying wizard cities from 3rd/4th edition, anything from the Dragonlance series, etc.
It would make a sick animated series though
It's possible we may see a flashback or something
Valyrians were a bunch of evil self important snobs who committed mass genocides throughout their history, practiced slavery and blood sacrifice experimented on their enemies creating monsters half breeds not to mention bunch of other horrendously evil acts. They were a blight towards anyone not Valyrian. They were the Planetos version of Nazis. People tend to forget how messed up they were because they rode dragons and that's "cool".
Also the Targaryens weren't a great house. They were a house of Dragonlords albeit a minor weak house. They only had three dragons when it was said that the other 41 Dragonlords Valyrians combined had multiple of hundreds dragons.
@@MR.Z1991 crazy how the weakest house conquered an entire continent and its people.
GOT still left a sour taste in my mouth the finale was just so disappointing
Right!!! It's hard to get excited when we all know the disastrous ending ☹️
@@longhairgetinthere exactly like what’s the point of investing all this time to watch a prequel that leads to a ending thats horrible same with that Jon snow sequel series I wish they’d just focus on the books first 😫
I agreed that the ending was disappointing until I was able to watch the entire series in about 12 days. Watching it all at once gave me a different perspective on Daenerys. Her quick temper and willingness to kill the "masters" revealed the dark side of her nature. This was reinforced in many episodes. Her seeing the world as full of enemies that had to be slaughtered doomed her. I do have a disappointment in how Cersei met her end. She should've met her demise after she came down the stairs when The Hound and the Mountain squared off. She should've run into Arya. Arya should've given her the death she deserved. That would've been satisfying.
@@mr.d.8008 I agree her temper and reason to kill innocent people was justified, but the rest of the story, dialogue, even battle scene was trash and boring to watch
Get over it ya babies or.... don't watch GOT videos on TH-cam
Pretty dang good.
I guess if I had one thing to point out, it's that Fire & Blood is *technically* a novel, but is written basically like a biased history review of the Targaryens between Aegon's conquest and the reign of Robert Baratheon. The "narrator" is a Targaryan-aligned maester (scholar/historian) named Gyldayn who lived around the time Dany's batshit crazy father reigned and died. Fire and Blood covers only HALF of the years from Aegon's conquest to the start of the Game of Thrones book/show story. There's supposed to be second book coming out for that - but that's also the case for a lot of what GRR Martin has made.... :/
Have you seen how unhealthy he is? May as well stop holding your breath as at his best rate it'll take at least 10 years to close off half the stories. He doesn't have 10 years left - he'll be lucky to live another 5 at that age with that gut.
yeah. There are also supposed to be about 7 to 10 more Dunk and Egg stories and of course the 2 more books to finish Ice and Fire. I'm not holding my breathe for any of this especially since George seems so heavily involved in this new HBO series. (which is what he blamed his lack of writing during Game of Thrones though even when he stepped away he still didn't write anything new)
@@JohnnyWednesday
It’s always sad and disappointing when writers die before they can finish.
For me I’ve gone through a lot of Manga writers that died before they could complete their stories that I enjoyed so much. Two examples being the writer for Highschool of the Dead, and most recent the writer of Berserk…
Fire And Blood is essentially the Old Republic of Game Of Thrones! I highly recommend reading the book, it’s extremely good and has some fascinating lore!
I read a million reviews saying that it was all just actual history, and names. No lore or story/plot. It was pretty bad.
"Where do babies come from?"
"The pointy end" 💀💀💀
BUUUHHH--RROOOOHHHH..year later and as soon as that miniscule moment of high intensity laughter had bent the knee..I went to the comment section to..well..you know..obviously..type something with a part of my finger..which part?? You guessed it..the blunt - curves part that connects to the rest of my han - SIKE!! You know it was the pointy end!!!
@@cody1390🤨🤨forget your meds?
I swear I heard Alyssa Edwards’ response right before the clip hit! :D
It's such a good phrase to use on practically any occasion.
A huge thank you for adding subtitles to the video
That little cough after "Aenys" just made my day
"the pointy end" is the best answer to where babies come from ever 🤣
«We have to go back» from Jack from Lost was amazing!!!
Yea I really wanted to see the Aegon the Conqueror storyline . I was hoping they would do like 1 season for each major event .
Yeah, one event per season. Aegons Conquest, the Blackfyre Rebellions, Tales of Dunc and Egg, 10,000 ships of Nymeria.
@@tredoffer it would have made for a much better Anthology series . But I think HBO just thought dragon fights would bring in the most views .
@@tredoffer i would like to see Robert rebellion
@@michaelarenas9185 Dragon fights also cost most nmoney to make
Even calling it “somewhat beloved show” is a dishonor to every somewhat beloved shows
This has to be one of the most entertaining recaps and summaries I've ever seen. :D
I wish I would have attended my revision classes with such dedication....
Liked and subscribed thank you!
Solid recap on the history. So stoked to start watching the prequel show.
So many ripe opportunities to slip in a Seal, "BAAABYYY!"
The bit with Jack in the beginning had me rolling because I feel just like Kate did in that scene.
Its amazing how many paralells this has with the history of the UK. GRR Martin was a serious history nerd.
Essos is Europe and Asia, westeros is the island of great britain.
The first children are the picts/celtic britons, the first men are the romans, the wall is Hadrians wall, the andals are... the angles/ anglo saxons (very creative), the valyrians are the norse vikings and settlers, even the 7 kingdoms are based on the heptarchy (seven kingdoms) of england. Starks are the yorks and lannisters are the lancasters and GoT is based on the wars of the roses.
No shit.
This is interesting
First time seeing the westeros, i immediately said this looks like inverted distorted Britain 😂
The Targaryens are basically Normans. Aegon the Conqueror = William the Conqueror.
@@tokeeriksen2425 technically the normans were viking settlers in france so both are true
Never made a comment on TH-cam before, ever! Just felt I need to say thank you.
Extremely helpful and very funny.
Where do babies come from
“The pointy end” 😂😂
Jaherys pushing bran out the window had me laughing so hard
The only way George R R Martin is going to finish A Song of Ice and Fire is if a team of ghostwriters does all the heavy lifting, and then he comes in and puts his spin on it.
He'll do it from his grave 🤣
Great recap.
What we really need... is DOUG to do an entire video with Ryan as his backup (correcting him)! I would literally watch that all day.
You explained that extremely well so well that a person like me who never read any of the books can actually get the jist of what's going on. Thank You Sir
8:52 "The Pointy End" I lost it here 😂😂
I really think this will be a great show consistently, especially since it has a proper ending. PS: I have read the book, and the story is fantastic with a lot of political drama, intrigue, and so on... which was the highlight of prime GOT.
Which book tells this particular story?
@@bobthedopeman7327 Fire and Blood
@@bobthedopeman7327 7:40 EH, EH, HE SAID IT!
@@SamuelPearlman thank you lol. I didn't know they told the stories of the past in the books in detail. I thought whatever was on the show was it
I'm not going to waste my time with that franchise. What assurances do we have they wont mess it up again? none. I don't trust them - these are the same people that signed off on Weiss and Benioff's last two seasons - these are the total morons that can't tell the difference between "amazing" and "bloody awful" - they're not having any of my money.
"Is it gonna pick up after that dragon got mad at that chair?" Lmao
Doug always asks the important questions
Thanks, Ryan! 🐲
The “pointy end” tag was flawless.
Rheanyra and Daemon are gonna wreck shit! Cannot wait for the battle over the gods eye!
this guy storytelling is awesome. great YT channel
Well done, sir!
6:10 the Targaryens already had Dragonstone at Westeros. They just moved there after the dream of doom
10:00 Maegor didn't kill Aenys. In fact he was the the only one he respected. Maegor seized the throne from Aenys's sons, killing the older and "marrying" his wife (his nephew)
11:32 Alicent and Rhaenyra never became friends. Alicent married Viseryrs (after his first wife died) and gave him male children. They didn't fight openly, but there was a seed of discordance in place
Right; This dude has no idea what he’s talking about
I believe they announced they're changing the Alicent/Rhaenyra storyline to make them closer in age and for them to be friends and not just the rivals George made them.
@@francescosmith7859 Yep, the books had a much larger age difference. And to say they weren’t friends is a push anyways as F&B says they got along well, but it’s an unreliable narrator anyways. Them being true friends will likely make it better.
@@seanthegrizz3983• Yea I know; I just watched his latest video, I only watch guys like him & New RockStars, Nerdist and Looper to read the comments, people really think they know what they’re talking about Lol😂
kinda of a big fumble tbh
This was an amazing break down! I've watched all seasons of GOT and I'm exited for HOD but I never knew most of what you divulged in this video (I have the books but being a single mom it's hard to find time). You continue to be one of my favorite breakdown/easter egg youtubers!
You do have time for books, you just prefer to spend it on HBO and TH-cam instead.
@@monkeyboy275bobo8 yeah, who cares about my joy, right? I love assumers like you.
@@itsjustbrandy4290 Why get so defensive about it? I did not judge your decisionmaking.
@@monkeyboy275bobo8 You should take your words into consideration before commenting about someone's life. You're acting like a troll with the insinuation of your comment. You took my comment, complimenting a video, amd turned it into mansplaining my time to me. It's snarky and uncalled for. I'm a single mom because my husband died two years ago and GOT was our thing followed by watching breakdowns. So yes, I have time to watch a show that was important to us along with a 12 min video explaining parts of the book versus being able to read a massive book series at this time.
@@itsjustbrandy4290 I just pointed out that you do have time to read, you just choose to use it otherwise which is the truth. Call it trolling or mansplaining which btw is the most stupid word ever. My statement is true and you know it.
Either no "your mom" jokes, or I missed it.
Either way, big thumbs up! 👍
Subscribed - that was a great video! Thank you.
Great video! I learned a ton.
This was super interesting and informative! Great job, and thank you!
I stumbled upon your channel today by happenstance but it's hilarious:
"Where do babies come from?"
"The pointy end" 😅😁😆😂🤣
Everything just makes sense now thanks!
Just a couple of obvious mistakes:
Westeros and Essos aren’t “islands.” They’re *continents.* (And the people we see in Martin’s books don’t know the extent of either one: the northern end of Westeros and eastern end of Essos are entirely unknown to the characters we see.)
The Targaryens are *not* the only Valyrians to survive the Doom. House Velaryon left Valyria even earlier than the Targaryens did and settled on Driftmark, the larger island directly southwest of Dragonstone. They play a major role in the war that the new series covers, so ignoring them in your description of the Targaryens is quite a miss.
Westeros and Essos also aren't the only continents. Sothoryos and something they call Uthos are unexplored but known to exist.
Yeah, the Targaryens are just the only dragon riders that survived. Potentially tens or even hundreds of thousands of Valyrians survived the doom, they were just not dragon lords.
@@Threaopolieze Yes, well, the thing is that I know both the English language and basic geographical terminology (both of which are a matter of elementary education, not "research") better than that.
Whatever you bizarrely think "Africa can be called," it is *not* an island. And the same very obviously goes for Westeros and Essos. It's a matter of looking at a map and applying the level of understanding available to a precocious second-grader. My condolences that you fall short of that.
@@Threaopolieze The one who needs to research is you. Westeros and Essos are way too large to qualify as islands. So is Australia. It has its own distinct species, sits on its own tectonic plate and meets every qualification to be a continent. Africa isn't an island by anybody's definition. You sound incredibly unintelligent and/or uneducated.
@@Threaopolieze Australia isn’t an island because it’s continent. It can’t actually be both. Greenland is the largest island in the world.
Good summary
Maegor didn't kill his brother, he just took the throne for himself when Aenys died.
Edit: Also it's Viserys, not Viscerys.
He didn’t kill his brother but he killed 2 of his nephews.
@@Kunumbah1 true, but big difference when trying to tell a story there. Theres so many inaccuracies in this video it's ridiculous.
@@chillazaraka I think he did a pretty good job of recapping hundreds of years in 10 minutes. Can't get it all right but definitely sets the stage for who is who and what is going on.
@@francescosmith7859 Actually you CAN get it all right if you're actually a fan of the series and not just a hack youtuber looking to make a video purely for clickbait.
Watching HOTD with new perspective. Thank you!
im here for the dog
This is so wonderful, and then Bran
It would seem from this recap that, somehow, Palpatine survived.
Probably with help from Your Mom 🤥
😂
For 12,000 years, you figure they have at least invented bicycles by the time Danny was born.
Best explanation man, ❤️ed it; & u too😘
That "I dunt wunt it" caught me off guard, lmao 😂
This was exactly what I was looking for😆. Thank you so much 👍
really needed this vid before watching the show.
Great break down!
I lost at the Cindy Campbell video, I'm not crazyyyyy!!!
8:51 -kid: where do babies come from ? - jon : "the pointy end"
Very good video and Targaryen history lesson. And ompawd what a cutie doggie ❤️
I love the edits
Great video!
Thank you for this!!
"where are the babies come from?“”The pointy end" lmfao hahaha
This was pretty helpful thanks
Oh its a recap! I saw the "12,000 Years" in the thumbnail and thought that was the latest speculation on how long it would take George RR Martin to finish the books...
Bro I was having dinner and literally spat burger bite laughing when that “pointy end” clip came lmaooooo
Can’t wait for The Doctor’s story arc!
Omg thank you!!
Amazing job, thankyou..
Awesome! Good job. Thx.
This is really helpful thanks guys!
Well done sir! Thank you for setting the context for this new chapter of the Game of Thrones; and you made me laugh several times:))
Hardcore SC fan: I don’t like the intro jingle - I need the standard one ;)
I love this video!!
Ryan is a beast !!
Thanks for that update, simple and detailed.
Princess Rhaenys is King Jaehaerys' (The Old King) granddaughter. Not the next oldest child like the video makes it sound like.
How are babies made? With the pointy end 😂 That took me out!! 💯 worth the redbull burn from shooting out my nose 😂🤣😂
very informative thank you
Thanks this helped me a lot
The neighbouring state😂😂! Reminds me of what I call my next door neighbors wife. The Wicked Witch of the Next Door.
this movie is good when it comes to the power of dragons , night kings , giants , children of the forest... Hope Hollywood makes a movie about the first time of mankind in Essos and Westeros.
I just cannot help myself of thinking of the Police Acadamy everytime I hear the name "Hightower".
Thanks for summary
I am so here for these reference videos in this. It’s everything.
Great recap
Thx. I no nothing about this series. Still a little confused but looking forward to checking it out.
Thank you !
Beautifully summed up👍🏼👍🏼
Great vid boss
The pointy end 😂😂😂
Peter’s face over his Peter was hilarious