House of the Dragon

The first season of House of the Dragon starts to come to a close and the fanbase has firmly planted themselves in team black or team green. Now how anyone could be team green is beyond me and I genuinely think that if you are on Alicent’s side in all this you need psychological help. But here we are ready to watch Rhaenyra and Deamon take their rightful places….here we go.

So the main focus of this episode was who was going to take over the throne of Driftmark should Corlys be proclaimed dead. The three bidding for it are Princess Rhaenys, Vaemond Velaryon and Rhaenyra on behalf of her son Lucerys.

Another major, notable theme of this episode was the differences in Alicent and Raenerya as mothers. Alicent is Cersei, she just is. I am not sure how anyone can watch this show, genuinely pay attention and not get that. She is overbearing, acts out of her own self interest and claims to love her children while ignoring what it is that her children want. On the other hand Rhaenyra’s children are smart, kind, not only willing to take the throne but are actively training for it. Whenever Alicent deals with her children it's with violence, malice or straight up indifference. When her children were babies and started crying she genuinely did not care for them and seemed to resent them. Rhaenyra actively comforts and guides her children. While Alicent’s children grew up awful human beings, disgusting and disrespectful; Raenyra's are kind, gentle and thoughtful.

The king is so sick that Otto and Alicent have been using milk of the poppy to keep him doped up and incoherent. Alicent is heading up the council and someone really needs to put her in her place because she is getting too big for her britches. She basically taunts Rhaenyra as she is the one who will be taking over driftmark, she has so much fucking audacity and I am over it. “The crown will decide” bitch you are not the crown, you are the queen CONSORT you have no independent power.

Rhaenyra having to defend herself to Rheays is heartbreaking because of how much she really did love Leanor. I kind of wish that they could tell Rheays that her son is alive and living his life the way that he wants to. I also can’t wait until he comes back because no doubt it will be to help Rhaenyra.

Rhaenyra makes the 9,000th political marriage proposal to Rhaenys, though this one makes the most sense, and it gets the princess on her side.

Rhaenyra had a breakdown when pleading with Viserys she is being crushed by the politics at hand and there is so much pressure on her.

The three petitions speak to Alicent and the hand of the king (which is a whole problem on its own) and the king interrupts the proceedings. He says what everyone with common sense is thinking, basically why are we all here? The heir has been named and everything else’s feelings genuinely doesn’t matter. There is a sweet brother moment between him and Daemon. Alicent can suck it. Lucerys is officially named as heir to Driftmark and Rheays publicly announces the planned marriage between her granddaughters and Rhaenyra’s sons.

Vaemond has some fucking audacity commiting treason in front of the king, he also doesn't actually care about the continuation of his bloodline considering that Baela and Rhaenys are of Valyrian blood and marrying them off to Lucerys and Jacaerys doesn’t change that.

Once again Rhaenyra graces Alicent publicly taking the high road and continues to establish herself as the better person. Alicent almost looks sincere when asking Rhaenyra to stay.

And Viserys is definitely dead which means that the last two episodes of the series are going to be the most dramatic and I can’t wait.