Whenever I think of Aegon, I think of this one Tumblr post that talks about how he's the only character who is afraid of the Iron Throne. Viscerally, honestly afraid, and doesn't want it. He literally runs away from it, tries to get away- literally what other character in this show or universe would ever run away from the Iron Throne????? I just lowkey think he's one of the most self aware in that respect. He knew he wasn't meant for it, and he admitted it. He didn't want it. His character was always kind of doomed, which I think this video captures really well. I especially love all the focus on his and Alicent's relationship, because I don't think it's talked about enough. They were just in a terrifying situation all around. I imagine being told when you're a child that your sister could kill you one day would scare the hell out of you, and it sucks that he never had the chance to not live with all of that on his shoulders. I also love the part where Alicent's talking to him about protecting their own, and it shows the dinner fighting scene. It kind of gives me the same vibes (albeit in a lesser way) of him taking the throne to protect his family. The lyric of "I've come to burn your kingdom down" but he was in the heart of the kingdom the whole time. I don't know, I feel like he might've known that they were fighting a losing battle, that the throne wasn't worth it, but he isn't given a choice. He's trapped, in a different way, but still trapped. Anyway now I'm rambling. Great video!!! I love Florence + The Machine and this song is such a great fit for the characters!!!
thank you for your comment omg!!! i agree with you, 100%, which is why im drawn to aegon despite the fact that i dont like his character very much. like you said, he's doomed from the start and im really excited to see more of him in season 2 and how being king might change him
same!!! it always makes me think of olivia saying that she doesn't like her children, but that she loves them. i mean like that scene compared to "you're no son of mine" is just crazyyyy bc she clearly hates him in a way, but she still loves him and literally goes and usurps rhaenyra to protect him
@@mycomputerissad i mean any normal mother would literally hate their son if he raped someone💀 so it’s justified but at the end it’s obvious that she doesn’t completely hate him, at the end is her son and his blood and she loves him
Despite attempts to portray Aegon as a cruel or tyrant, all that came out was an abandoned child with severe alcoholism. I still remember the scene from the 3rd series, where Viserys makes his two-year-old son drink wine from his goblet. Otto was sent away, so at the time of growing up, no one could really control the boy. Who knows what would have turned out of him if his father had shown even a drop of attention to him and his grandfather had taken care of him in the early stages. The same Aemond turned out to be more solid, but he had a mother and sister nearby (he felt a strong connection with the first just on the night when he lost his eye and she was the only one who stood up for him). I believe Alycente loves Aegon very much. But, unfortunately, she was unable to raise him alone. It's all sad... And yes, I hate the writers for making Aegon a rapist. In the books, he was a dark horse, grrr...
Aegon experieced his father love at the begining and the abandonment , Aemond never even expirienced hi father's love so he learned to live without it and acccept it but Aegon he thinks he did something wrong , so he tries do what they tell him to do to please his parents but it is never enough because no matter what he does he never gets love he had because he is not perfect son for Alicent and Aemma's son for Viserys.Helaena was also done dirty becajse in books Viserys loved her and her kids just ignore his sons idk why they changed it
Only cuz they gotta be team black just gotta be decent cuz they the real targaryens i mean if u look how the future of the house goes it rhaenyra and demon blood that goes on not the greens so that martin way of basically saying their the 1 that actually matter in the long run so yeau they greens gotta have depth or their just another targaryen enemy and not actually people yah know just how he know stark gonna raise and take out lannister but it the story of how the lannister comptley turned stark into bitches for the frist 4 books its the journey of how we get their like how the dance is the journey for hoe they lost all their dragons
@@Daniel-ug4puDaenerys , Bloodraven and Daemon Blackfyre are literally the only relevant Targaryens that came from their useless bloodline 😂😂 people like the Greens becuse they have way more interesting characters not only one 🤣🤣 Blacks are boring as f except Daemon
Perfect song for a perfect video, I love it! I really like actor Tom Glynn-Carney in the roles he's done so far, he is a fine dynamic actor who steals the show whenever he appears on screen, not to mention his good looks. I'm hoping he is given room to create and breathe life into his character as Aegon II and not seen as just a rapist and a bad man. There is far more to explore in Aegon and Tom has the talent and skill to make this one of the more unforgettable performances in the entire series. Very much looking forward to season 2.
I’ve watched a ton of hotd edits about pretty much every character/team/dynamic (I am firmly on team Helaena-deserved-better) but this is the first one that genuinely floored me. The editing is incredible all around, but I have to bring attention to the opening. The way it alludes to the idea that the “holy water” is the last tear Viserys ever shed was masterful. I don’t even know if that was intentional on your part but holy shit dude. Well done.
ahh!!! thank you!!! it was absolutely intentional :)) viserys death signifies the end of years of peace, and the end of everyone’s security. like at the end of the day, no one could make any move while he was still alive. i kinda wanted to illustrate something like that with “holy water cannot save you now”, aka viserys cannot save you now. and it goes for both sides, although viserys never did much to protect alicent and their children. thank you so much for this comment!! it makes me so happy when ppl notice things like this bc im often quite intentional in my lyrics + scene pairing
other fandoms: this is a vid about this female character['s relationship with the male protagonist] hotd: this a vid about [every woman around] Aegon II
Well despite the show using every bad option of Ageons ( like the two measters and mushroom all telling three different stories in books) And they somehow managed to smooth over every bad action Rhaenyra has taken and painted her in a good light I still feel sore for Ageon he never had a chance, its clear Alicent was not equipped to be a mother when she had Ageon and all the stress and fear caused her to take it out on her son when Aemond and Helaena got the best of Alicent. That and Viserys being an absolute failure of a father basically neglecting him and Otto abusing him on top off al that well is it no wonder Ageon ended up an alcoholic (the rapist thing is the story the show choose to go whit, in the books there were other options)
The reason he turned out the way he did is cuz the poor boy was never shown any amount of love or care, he did what they asked but it was never enough and the only time he was shown any attention was when they were pissed that he did something they didn’t like, so like any attention and love starved child he acted out and that damaged him mentally and emotionally, so his question to his mother “do you love me” was a legitimate question and she called him an imbecile for even asking which then added to the damage. I actually feel sorry for him, cuz they only abused him to “prepare him to be king” not realizing like most power hungry people that they did more damage then good and created an unstable king, which the realm would pay for later. So I don’t blame Aegon, I blame Visarys, Otto Hightower and Alacint Hightower for what happened. I wonder how he would’ve turned out if they had shown him any love or affection.
@@queenxx1690 most of the fans see Vizzy , Aegon , Aemond as villians and they say " she's muh kween , yes muh kween " every time they see Rhaenyra , Daenerys , Rhaenys on the screen ☠️☠️🤣🤣
Whenever I think of Aegon, I think of this one Tumblr post that talks about how he's the only character who is afraid of the Iron Throne. Viscerally, honestly afraid, and doesn't want it. He literally runs away from it, tries to get away- literally what other character in this show or universe would ever run away from the Iron Throne????? I just lowkey think he's one of the most self aware in that respect. He knew he wasn't meant for it, and he admitted it. He didn't want it.
His character was always kind of doomed, which I think this video captures really well. I especially love all the focus on his and Alicent's relationship, because I don't think it's talked about enough. They were just in a terrifying situation all around. I imagine being told when you're a child that your sister could kill you one day would scare the hell out of you, and it sucks that he never had the chance to not live with all of that on his shoulders.
I also love the part where Alicent's talking to him about protecting their own, and it shows the dinner fighting scene. It kind of gives me the same vibes (albeit in a lesser way) of him taking the throne to protect his family. The lyric of "I've come to burn your kingdom down" but he was in the heart of the kingdom the whole time. I don't know, I feel like he might've known that they were fighting a losing battle, that the throne wasn't worth it, but he isn't given a choice. He's trapped, in a different way, but still trapped.
Anyway now I'm rambling. Great video!!! I love Florence + The Machine and this song is such a great fit for the characters!!!
thank you for your comment omg!!! i agree with you, 100%, which is why im drawn to aegon despite the fact that i dont like his character very much. like you said, he's doomed from the start and im really excited to see more of him in season 2 and how being king might change him
Not run away but as i remember ned stark didn't want the iron throne
never getting over “do you love me?” “… you imbecile”
same!!! it always makes me think of olivia saying that she doesn't like her children, but that she loves them. i mean like that scene compared to "you're no son of mine" is just crazyyyy bc she clearly hates him in a way, but she still loves him and literally goes and usurps rhaenyra to protect him
@@mycomputerissad i mean any normal mother would literally hate their son if he raped someone💀 so it’s justified but at the end it’s obvious that she doesn’t completely hate him, at the end is her son and his blood and she loves him
@@idgaf2386 yeah exactly. she hates him because of the person she is, but she loves him because he’s her son, her firstborn.
Also would like to say the rape thing was only added in the show, there is nothing in fire and blood about him being a rapist
Despite attempts to portray Aegon as a cruel or tyrant, all that came out was an abandoned child with severe alcoholism. I still remember the scene from the 3rd series, where Viserys makes his two-year-old son drink wine from his goblet. Otto was sent away, so at the time of growing up, no one could really control the boy. Who knows what would have turned out of him if his father had shown even a drop of attention to him and his grandfather had taken care of him in the early stages. The same Aemond turned out to be more solid, but he had a mother and sister nearby (he felt a strong connection with the first just on the night when he lost his eye and she was the only one who stood up for him). I believe Alycente loves Aegon very much. But, unfortunately, she was unable to raise him alone. It's all sad...
And yes, I hate the writers for making Aegon a rapist. In the books, he was a dark horse, grrr...
Aegon experieced his father love at the begining and the abandonment , Aemond never even expirienced hi father's love so he learned to live without it and acccept it but Aegon he thinks he did something wrong , so he tries do what they tell him to do to please his parents but it is never enough because no matter what he does he never gets love he had because he is not perfect son for Alicent and Aemma's son for Viserys.Helaena was also done dirty becajse in books Viserys loved her and her kids just ignore his sons idk why they changed it
Love it. The Greens have the most interesting characters 💚
i fully agree!!
Only cuz they gotta be team black just gotta be decent cuz they the real targaryens i mean if u look how the future of the house goes it rhaenyra and demon blood that goes on not the greens so that martin way of basically saying their the 1 that actually matter in the long run so yeau they greens gotta have depth or their just another targaryen enemy and not actually people yah know just how he know stark gonna raise and take out lannister but it the story of how the lannister comptley turned stark into bitches for the frist 4 books its the journey of how we get their like how the dance is the journey for hoe they lost all their dragons
@@Daniel-ug4puDaenerys , Bloodraven and Daemon Blackfyre are literally the only relevant Targaryens that came from their useless bloodline 😂😂 people like the Greens becuse they have way more interesting characters not only one 🤣🤣 Blacks are boring as f except Daemon
i love it! Aegon is one of my favourites because he's really complex and complicated character! 💚💚
thank you for watching!! and yess he really is
Perfect song for a perfect video, I love it! I really like actor Tom Glynn-Carney in the roles he's done so far, he is a fine dynamic actor who steals the show whenever he appears on screen, not to mention his good looks. I'm hoping he is given room to create and breathe life into his character as Aegon II and not seen as just a rapist and a bad man. There is far more to explore in Aegon and Tom has the talent and skill to make this one of the more unforgettable performances in the entire series. Very much looking forward to season 2.
I’ve watched a ton of hotd edits about pretty much every character/team/dynamic (I am firmly on team Helaena-deserved-better) but this is the first one that genuinely floored me. The editing is incredible all around, but I have to bring attention to the opening. The way it alludes to the idea that the “holy water” is the last tear Viserys ever shed was masterful. I don’t even know if that was intentional on your part but holy shit dude. Well done.
ahh!!! thank you!!! it was absolutely intentional :)) viserys death signifies the end of years of peace, and the end of everyone’s security. like at the end of the day, no one could make any move while he was still alive. i kinda wanted to illustrate something like that with “holy water cannot save you now”, aka viserys cannot save you now. and it goes for both sides, although viserys never did much to protect alicent and their children.
thank you so much for this comment!! it makes me so happy when ppl notice things like this bc im often quite intentional in my lyrics + scene pairing
delivered for the aegon girlies!
he SERVED in the coronation scene i’ll give him that
present!
other fandoms: this is a vid about this female character['s relationship with the male protagonist]
hotd: this a vid about [every woman around] Aegon II
LMAOOO i should have waited until season 2 to make this fr but !!!! who cares
@@mycomputerissad I need to stress that this is 100% a compliment, to you and to the show ♥
@@Ardelin_ thank you❤️❤️❤️
Green team 💚💚
yesssssss!!!!
Well despite the show using every bad option of Ageons ( like the two measters and mushroom all telling three different stories in books) And they somehow managed to smooth over every bad action Rhaenyra has taken and painted her in a good light I still feel sore for Ageon he never had a chance, its clear Alicent was not equipped to be a mother when she had Ageon and all the stress and fear caused her to take it out on her son when Aemond and Helaena got the best of Alicent. That and Viserys being an absolute failure of a father basically neglecting him and Otto abusing him on top off al that well is it no wonder Ageon ended up an alcoholic (the rapist thing is the story the show choose to go whit, in the books there were other options)
THIS IS A MASTERPIECE DAMN
THANK YOU!!
The reason he turned out the way he did is cuz the poor boy was never shown any amount of love or care, he did what they asked but it was never enough and the only time he was shown any attention was when they were pissed that he did something they didn’t like, so like any attention and love starved child he acted out and that damaged him mentally and emotionally, so his question to his mother “do you love me” was a legitimate question and she called him an imbecile for even asking which then added to the damage. I actually feel sorry for him, cuz they only abused him to “prepare him to be king” not realizing like most power hungry people that they did more damage then good and created an unstable king, which the realm would pay for later. So I don’t blame Aegon, I blame Visarys, Otto Hightower and Alacint Hightower for what happened. I wonder how he would’ve turned out if they had shown him any love or affection.
this is really polished!!
thank you!!!! i made it in like 3 hours so thats nice to hear!
I am team black but I must say team green has the real targaryens
riiight they got the drama
Very cool edit
thank you!!!
Perfect song for Aegon !!!!
They always cast the prettiest men to play the Targaryen " villians " 😂😂 GOT Vizzy , Aegon II , Aemond....
What about daemon?
They are not villains all in this story ate grey they boys with troubles and bad father and mother Rhaenyra is as bad as she is good
@@queenxx1690 most of the fans see Vizzy , Aegon , Aemond as villians and they say " she's muh kween , yes muh kween " every time they see Rhaenyra , Daenerys , Rhaenys on the screen ☠️☠️🤣🤣
@@nicksmithnutmilk Daenerys I undedsrand but Rhaenyra we will see it they agree after season 2