A Son for a Son - Dragon Time with Schwift and Glidus (House of the Dragon S2E01)

[@Glidus]

🩸🧀 THANKS Nebula for sponsoring this video, and for hosting 50 HOURS of exclusive Glood and Schweeze content. Sign up at go.nebula.tv/glidus for 40% off an annual subscription -- only $2.50 a month. The full version of this video is available here: nebula.tv/videos/altschwiftx-schwift-and-glidus-discuss-hotd-s2e01?ref=glidus Our ridiculous 23-hour commentary on Game of Thrones, THE FAKE JON SNOW, is available here: nebula.tv/videos/altschwiftx-the-fake-jon-snow?ref=glidus These are all on Nebula's podcast feed as well. For the real girlies, here's my season plan: - Every week, I'll be posting "Dragon Time," these highlight cuts of my discussions with Schwift. The goal is to get them out mere hours after each episode airs. - The full discussions will be available on both our Nebula pages. - I will be making other shorter videos on various topics throughout the week. - I will be working on fully-produced video essays a la Blisstake and Pisstake, but these will NOT be coming out weekly throughout the season. That is simply not possible, because: - I will be working on Alt Shift X's "Explained" videos throughout this season. Please don't talk to Schwifty about this, we're working through it on our own terms. Thank you for tuning in. Feel free to laugh at people who ask questions answered by this comment 👍

[@lennynull-funf-zehn5416]

Oh no... Glidus did a tism

[@NateThe_Great24]

Btw I think I speak for everyone here when I say we would TOTALLY watch the corn video.

[@chrismeandyou]

Funny part at the beginning council where the king gets frustrated at doing nothing and spins his table ball. the saying "sit and spin" haha. She'll blame the criple not protecting them. Was rooting for the moron rat catcher to kill amon and I would have laughed so hard.

[@DanaVMBVSDDM]

Is there any way to access the Fake Jon Snow series through a one-time payment? I've had a subscription to Nebula before, but I didn't renew it, since I didn't really watch any content besides one creator I really liked. I would gladly pay separately if possible!

[@hillbillypowpow]

I just want to say that potatoes are new world vegetation, and you already know they appear in game of thrones

[@JVR.]

Helaena, stopping during her escape with Jaehaera to think on where to go: "Where do I find some fucking guards around here? Oh yeah, my mom's bed."

[@AkiTerry]

😂

[@fantasyhaven1]

A Lannister being called a steed is driving me insane, there's no way

[@aidanlockel3925]

Tyland is ahorse😳

[@addieraddie]

I’m fucjing tweaking bro

[@roycewasik1007]

It’s all connected, this is all just foreshadowing for the eventual reveal that Tyrek Lannister is secretly Stranger.

[@blubbery68ps4videos2]

LAST SEEN AHORSE

[@blubbery68ps4videos2]

Every single Lannister is a horse, their sigil is actually a horse that just looks weird and they warg horses

[@everit6682]

Bruh aint no way you put this video out the day episode airs but im gonna wait 3 years for the episode 8 breakdown

[@definitelynotvj]

lol

[@zachwickett101]

😂😂😂

[@Wolf-1211]

My thoughts exactly, I can’t watch till July due to not having HBO in the UK and only way I can watch is through sky and that don’t arrive till mid July and I thought “ah old Glimby glu howdy do, won’t upload an episode about it until then…” This makes the wait worse because now I have to wait to watch this and it just sits here… taunting me

[@spellsword_fn6799]

​@@Wolf-1211i can send it to u u have it downloaded or u can vpn it

[@this_handle_isnt_available232]

​@@Wolf-1211I'm in the UK and u watched it through sky last night

[@thegreatpage5912]

"Aegon the Strong." Aegon: "My nephews have already taken that one."

[@walnuthead]

I just got the joke lmao

[@thegreatpage5912]

@@walnuthead yeah he mutters that line while chilling on the throne with his friends🤣

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

Shit, I just got it too, that's actually pretty funny.

[@thebonfireofgains]

Ngl Aegon would be a better "dumdum" king to befriend than Joffrey bec for a sadist drunk, he sure knows his place and to have fun. And he is probably not mad

[@_Hofnarr]

@@thebonfireofgainsjust don’t introduce him to your sister and you’re good😂

[@floraposteschild4184]

"Errors were made (but not by me)" is another good tip for climbing in any organization, as well as taking credit for the ideas of others.

[@ld8607]

Act like you are diplomatically and graciously phrasing it in a non judgmental way as not to directly blame others while actually implying by your smug tone that you definitely didn’t make any mistakes. (You fucked up completely) Extra points if you add a small irrelevant admission of guilt to feign self criticism but leave out the massive mistakes you actually made.

[@jessjess23brooks89]

​@@ld8607 I feel like I should be taking notes.

[@aguspuig6615]

@@ld8607 holy shit thats like, the mom 101

[@goodmansaul4467]

@@ld8607bro it’s like a must learn in corporate world lol

[@muadddib]

The council balls are just GOT fidget spinners

[@kevinw712]

it depresses me to have to scroll down this far to make sure someone else made the EXACT comment I was just about to lol

[@Iluemeirarra]

I think part of the reason why Alicent was feeling so uncomfortable while she was taking a bath is because she knows all those new servants were hand picked by Larys.

[@ManjotSingh-sf2ri]

yeah I had the same logic

[@madeleinehoward3418]

Absolutely!

[@RK-dc2es]

Daemon's a pretty solid depiction of what a Sociopath *actually* acts like. He has high cognitive empathy, awful affective empathy. Impulsive with no real regard for social norms, the rights of others or consequences. Shallow emotional affect; he doesn't feel much, but what he does feel strongly are things like rage, contempt, envy and avarice (hence why he processes his sadness/grief as anger). Prone to violence with a need for power/control. Rarely experiences guilt or remorse. Can be quite charming and funny when he wants to be. Can experience love, it's just for a select few people and it's...y'know, Daemon's version of love. Like you can see he DOES love his family, but when one of them requires warmth, comfort, etc., he's like "Ohh uhh...I mean, I can kill somebody for you, if you'd like? Would it help if I seethed over you being wronged?"

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Heck yeah he is. I love people choosing “sides” in this fantasy civil conflict. The blacks are a literal sociopath and his niece. The greens at least have legitimate claims to the throne. Aegon is the first born son of the king. Strongest claim ever. It’s a shame the greens are also evil 😂

[@michaelmegson2778]

Rhaenyra is the eldest child of king and was literally named his heir, how the fuck is that not a legitimate claim to the throne? The blacks aren't some sociopath and his niece, they're there rightfull queen and her husband, who happens to be her uncle, and happens to be a sociopath.

[@melkormorgothbauglir.4848]

@@michaelmegson2778 In the books both sides are evil but the show makes it black and white with the Blacks being the good guys I hope they do show Rhaenyras decline into madness as her SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS entire family die just the wayn with the parellel of George intending on Daenaerys going insane if he ever gets around to finishing the books after drinking his tea and eating his sandwiches.

[@michaelmegson2778]

@@melkormorgothbauglir.4848 oh I'm sure they will. I pretty sure Daemon's main purpose at this point in the show is to remind the audience that just because that black are right they aren't necessarily the "good guys".

[@melkormorgothbauglir.4848]

@@michaelmegson2778 He doesn't really fufill that purpose all to well since hes so damn likeable.

[@OctopusWithNoFriends]

"They no longer breathe our air... BECAUSE I TURNED THEM INTO SQUISHERS!!! NOW THEY BREATHE WATER WITH GILLS!!!" Alicent: 😰

[@merrittanimation7721]

“They sleep with the fishes” “They’re dead?” “What? No, they live underwater now”

[@Sagtopolus-iv6ek]

do you think that aemond stares in the mirror and calls himself ‘the rogue prince’?

[@Glidus]

the roguer prince

[@dylanchouinard6141]

What are Aemond’s daily affirmations?

[@kveld9893]

@@dylanchouinard6141 "you don't even need that second eye 😤"

[@ThePointlessBox_]

“A king must never sit comfortably” Aegon: *lounging without even a scratch*

[@SuperAwesomeCloudMan]

Obviously this implies that Aegon is the most worthy king Westeros has ever seen, as throne supposedly cuts those who are unworthy of it, but he can just chill out there! /s

[@ThePointlessBox_]

@@SuperAwesomeCloudMan funny how rhaenyra left a bloody trail behind her when she sat on it for the first time

[@wubwub247]

12:00 I think when Daemon says "The mother grieves as the queen shirks her duties." This is a direct parallel between Rhaenyra and Allicent since later Aemond says to Crispy Crunch "The Queen speaks with two tongues." Both are torn between two roles as mothers and queens/former queens. So cool the writing is so good in this show!

[@lolaadam3788]

Crispy crunch😭😭

[@hillbillypowpow]

I think it's more about the fallibility of political systems built on personal relationships generally. Their personal feelings have an immense importance politically but the relationships are the foundation of the stability of the entire realm

[@victorc8855]

34:20 couldn't help but notice Larys standing upright as he speaks to Alicent, whereas he's got terrible posture around everyone else

[@thewerdna]

Whenever Cheese isn't on screen, everyone should be asking "where's Cheese"

[@adry3211]

Real and true

[@adrianramirez8882]

Blood needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine.

[@JamesHightower18]

Ah I see what u did there 😂😂😂

[@TheIslandDivision]

​@@adrianramirez8882 I feel we should "Rastafy" him about 10%

[@Hellsinger89]

Including that scene of Rhaenys gorging on cheese that we were robbed of.

[@MrSilvUr]

In the show, Jaehaerys is Aegon's only son, and they make a point that he's Aegon's heir. With Jaehaerys dead, Aegon will have to choose a new heir... And he'll have to choose between his daughter and his brother. That sounds familiar.

[@magbarcoe1277]

Don't know if it's accurate but Haelena may be pregnant with Maelor at the moment in the show. So the internet says.

[@willson1908]

@@magbarcoe1277please god, not another birth scene

[@Brams2777]

​@@magbarcoe1277Istg if that's how they kill her

[@magbarcoe1277]

@@Brams2777 I don't think they'd do that to her. At least I hope not.

[@collincaperton6718]

Or you know he can just make a new heir

[@lillukanvarsia]

42:42 ”Aegon looks tired. ’Oh god I had to listen to THREE DUDES’” Aegon finally feeling empathy towards literally all women

[@Glidus]

aegon "the dragoncock" feminist arc would be the funniest fucking thing

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

Bro experienced one emotion and was like "Oh shit this is like what women do, maybe they are people too"

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

Aegon discovers what Social Anxiety feels like, the episode

[@theblaze5530]

Maybe he'll finally remember that he has a daughter

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Aegon is so me coded fr

[@xrphoenix7194]

"These balls are so much fun to play with" - Most well known and acclaimed analyst of *A Song of Ice and Fire*

[@matthewhart9610]

Can't believe Ryan didn't use Glidus' cover of Toto's Africa for the new intro music. Guess I'll have to wait a week to see if he fixed that mistake.

[@Glidus]

after i put all that work into it too. maybe he's waiting for She's So High.

[@obviouslyPSM]

@@Glidusaren’t we all lmao

[@ceceliaz]

"Jokes on you, Viserys. We did want to see the tapestries." Oh my god my stomach hurts from laughing so hard.

[@status_quo_post]

Every time Oldtown is mentioned but Daeron isn't, it gets sadder.

[@roycewasik1007]

Genuinely the MOST disappointing cut so far. The war NEEDS Daeron in it. Like such an important character.

[@juliana006-]

I was literally dying last night cause they have still yet to even MENTION him 😭

[@thebeatleswin1]

Seems like he will probably show up, They just didn’t want another young kid to recast potentially

[@Gary915]

It is so weird when the greens were talking about their dragons, they were acting like the only dragons they have are Sunfyre and Vhagar. No mention of Dreamfyre and we don’t even know if Daeron exists

[@angrynerdgirl]

Can't wait for a telenovela style "your brother has returned" and Daeron struts in at the end of an episode, leaving all the non-book readers to be like "who is this man???"

[@CraigKostelecky]

This must prove that Alt Shift X and Schwifty are two different people. There’s no way he could have done his 3 hour breakdown immediately after the episode aired and this so quickly.

[@fionahiggins8828]

This is logical and makes absolute sense! But stillllll 🧐🧐🧐😂

[@realdaggerman105]

We’re really running out of source material to chew on if we’re making this ridiculous a leap.

[@hithedragon7842]

This is how I learned that the episode aired today lol. Fastest glidus post ever.

[@thisguy8106]

They got the episode a week ago, guys..

[@dodes2698]

'Both' claim to be Australian so I think it's more likely they are jumping back and forth across the international date line for the infinite time glitch.

[@QuinnTheGM]

I wonder if that's the same dog that is eventually owned by Septon Meribald

[@adrianrullsanchez2398]

It is known

[@sepin3390]

It is known

[@adry3211]

In the dunk and egg show,the dog is gonna show up again

[@PineappleLiar]

Well so far they share a name so compelling evidence

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

​@@adry3211 Dogs don't live for half a century

[@gabi4205]

"I don't remember Luke wearing fishnets" 💀😭😭 That joke made a sad situation better

[@Rifi77]

Even though Alicent and Criston are getting it on, Larys remains her solemate

[@AkairuNoAme]

I feel this tremendous joke is a bit under appreciated at the moment, where are the likes?!

[@MI-vc9lp]

I find it a bit icky that you're making fun of her sexual assault scene: Larys coerced her, and whilst this isn't real, there are real SA victims who will see all your jokes...

[@AkairuNoAme]

@MI-vc9lp this is the internet, and I really don't like talking about very private and touchy subjects here; additionally you might not believe me when I say I have been a victim of SA and making jokes about it, EXCLUSIVELY in a fictional setting, is how a lot, and I mean an inordinate amount of people, cope. It wasn't even an incredibly tasteless or aggressive one, at that ^^ Art is, among a lot of other things, meant as a coping mechanism for real life trauma, so why not let us have it?

[@lolaadam3788]

@@MI-vc9lp Omg when will some of y´all stop crying about every little thing? Take the joke or scroll

[@Lin_Eileen]

@@lolaadam3788 its honestly a fair complaint about a pretty tasteless joke (not saying tasteless jokes are never funny) and i think ur being a bit weird acting like people either have to take jokes they don't feel comfortable with or just leave... it's like it doesn't have to be such a big thing. just being honest with someone telling a joke, being like "hey that honestly makes me uncomfortable" its a really simple thing it doesn't have to be so hostile an interaction. it's not even saying the joke isn't good or funny, just that it made someone uncomfortable. it's a good thing for people telling jokes to understand that their jokes might make some ppl feel uncomfortable in some way.

[@mitchellradspinner4491]

Can’t believe a 23 hour John snow rant is what’s finally getting me to sign up for Nebula…

[@SpiralSine6]

From Gwimbly and Schwifty? I can believe it ngl

[@beans8750]

Same

[@duhbeans5600]

"I think they may have actually read the book and paid attention." XD

[@TaeSunWoo]

7:43 Not the Starks playing Winter Hunger Games

[@TheSpearkan]

I do like Helaena's supremely autistic reaction the second Blood and Cheese get their hands off her. She just immediately grabs Jaehaera and just silently runs away to whatever location she thinks is safe. It's simultaneously smart and stupid because she is both taking initiative and fleeing instead of freezing but also isn't calling for help or making noise of any kind. It just fits so well with the neurodivergent thought process and props to Phia for the performance.

[@mehukattti]

"Dragons of flesh, eating dragons of bread" Hot pie conspiracy theory confirmed. Omg

[@alison4dice]

I was picturing it being more like the movie Hereditary. Aemond didn't actually tell anyone what happened. He would just wait for them to find Luke's head by a telephone pole.

[@AkiTerry]

🤣 Brilliant

[@shlrup6154]

20:32 you just gave me even more mental damage from that scene JON WAS BONDED TO THAT DRAGON AND FELT NOTHING WHY SEASON 8

[@courtneycherry5582]

Danny made gray worm a master 😭

[@RRed19]

I would have loved that. Show the discomfort and horror on Jon’s face as he realizes “holy shit, I’m a Targaryen.” Considering the last famous Targ was the mad king, I feel that would be an appropriate reaction. You could shoot the series that Regael behaves less like Drogon and more like Jon, to show he’s bonded to him. Why D and D, why not do this?

[@Shonner28]

When Jace started crying I started crying. So convincing.

[@morganhunt8051]

*Red Keep weirwood gets burnt down* Cut to Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran coming out of warg mode: “hey, I was watching that!”

[@SapphireSolstice67]

Issac: “Fine, I’ll pay for HBO Max!”

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Okay, as an embroidery junkie, (it's really relaxing, ask Sansa!), now I can't wait until the end of the season, just to see the finished version of the opening tapestry, so I can make a fully accurate copy, because I can! (The best reason to do anything, of course.)

[@mattybooboo]

If there’s a way to keep up with its progress, I would love to see a finished product

[@drartemisa21]

I'm not sure if Glidus or Swifty have a subreddit but I'd love to see you post that there definitely!

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@drartemisa21 I'm probably going to be chronicling the entire process on both tumblr and YT, because people have shown a lot of interest in watching this long, slow project happen, so it's going to be out there for anyone who wants to see!

[@SKILLIUSCAESAR]

@@thing_under_the_stairsso cool, can’t wait to see. Very medieval nobility of u 😂

[@Gigipretty64]

Definitely upload that as a video if you do it.

[@tickettwelve]

As someone with autism I found Helaena's reaction to Blood & Cheese FASCINATING bc all of her actions - the lost facial expressions, the withdrawing into herself, the matter of fact delivery (all things that for a neurotypical person would signal detachment or apathy) - all those are classic signs of Alexithymia, a common autistic trait where those with it experience a difficulty or find it impossible to identify and express their own emotions, and I think why the scene felt relatively muted in comparison to F&B is partially as a result of that. I'm conflicted as to whether this detracted from how emotionally harrowing and impactful this scene could have been (and of course this scene was going to be neutered to some degree) but I find the decision to play it the way they did extremely layered and complicated, and highlights certain autistic traits that are rarely if ever portrayed with any kind of authenticity. I still have my problems with it, it's not perfect, but I'm really glad that they played it in this way, if only for the sheer balls of the showrunners to take it in the direction that they did

[@eliseletson4740]

agreed hopefully there’s still hope to show cristan as a smart agitator like i took it as instead of doing his duty to guard the halls he instead seduced alicent again i hope this gets brought up cause that was my major problem with the scene was no guards and the capture was way to easy like i don’t get the floor plan lol the idea she choose the boy bonded with ageon to prevent him from becoming king and dying later while saving her daughter from trama was touching and her telling alicent the boy was dead after seeing cole betray his duties must have been further shock leading alicent to change the story making it more brutal and leave halena to be mute and wither more mentally

[@VS-kf5qw]

This was what actually tipped it for me, in terms of really liking how the showrunners adapted the source material - because I was also on the fence about it for a while. The way it went down in the book felt emblematic, like the Red Wedding was for GOT. But, there was clearly so much more done with Helaena's character, and enough effort put into the rewrite, that it ended up being pretty incredible. It shifted the mood from maniacal and visceral horror to tense and haunting terror, and so it felt less like watching the Red Wedding and more like hearing the testimony of someone that narrowly survived a massacre. Watching Helaena shut down, then go into survival mode, I don't think I properly exhaled until she got to Alicent's room.

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

In all, I found the entire scene to be less heartbreaking and more butt-clenchingly terrifying.

[@rinmathews9337]

"Taxation is theft" - Aegon probably.

[@blahblahblahblah729]

Hey man, even a broken clock is right twice

[@ThePointlessBox_]

Based Aegon

[@F0XD1E]

Seemed more pro redistribution of wealth

[@1992zorro]

he's a communist

[@jeremy2958]

Aegon is the perfect king! He's chaste, despite the serving girls throwing themselves at him. And when he was Prince, he took it upon himself to investigate the abuse of children in the fighting pits. What a great guy!

[@jaketepsa6523]

31:48 A brain and a marble ball rapidly collided

[@MJR_ATX]

How many bathroom breaks does Rhenys take while patrolling the sea? Does she bring snacks and water

[@Glidus]

lord manderly scrambling together a welcome party because jace decided to land so he could pee

[@MJR_ATX]

@@Glidus do you think sometimes she just lets it dribble/roll off meelys while flying

[@campbellmaggs4384]

56:26 Glidus, I think you're probably right on the mark here. It feels like a very deliberate callback to the cut away from Daemon's toast in episode one of the first season, the infamous "heir for a day" line.

[@GreyMagee74]

1:07:24 Maelor is in the show, Haelaena was carrying him around in Ep.9 last season while the twins were playing on the ground infront of her. He was probably just in another room since he looked to be 2 or 3.

[@Glidus]

yeah i thought i vaguely recalled seeing him -- i knew he was in the S1 opening sequence. lots of people are confidently saying that he's not in the show and that just didn't sound right. maybe he was in his own nursery or something.

[@GreyMagee74]

@@Glidus they just couldn't find a recast in the 2 years like they could with the twins, so they just rewrote the scene.😂

[@unc54]

@@Glidus Ryan Condal said Maelor isn't born yet in an interview released yesterday

[@shortdrink873]

@@unc54love a retcon for no clear reason

[@shortdrink873]

@@blaubeer8039 oh for sure, just feels like something they probably could have foreseen lol

[@DamnTheBeavers]

Nobody has to find out about the affair..leave the door unlocked..

[@blahblahblahblah729]

Just shows that they've been doing it for so long that they got careless

[@unclephillymya]

That's why u put a guard in the door Guess where the guard was 😂😂😂😂😂

[@aguspuig6615]

@@unclephillymya If he got a penny for every time hes been set to guard the queens room and ended up inside the bed hed have two pennies, wich is an astronomical amount in this context

[@adamcummings20]

@@aguspuig6615 Probably happened way more than twice, you're rich

[@hillbillypowpow]

​@@aguspuig6615I mean look at him

[@JesusGarcia-pz6vg]

Maybe the Stark Tradition is the reason why Benjen went to the wall for no apparent reason

[@aguspuig6615]

maybe its not forgotten but somehow kept a secret

[@ruigerd]

All I thought was that the northerners must hump like rabbits if they can afford to send 10% of their men away each year. That place must be like reverse one child policy China

[@forgotmyun]

I think that, and I do believe 💯 that Ned did tell him. Putting the two together, and now having a secret that can’t be leaked under any circumstances, he had no other option but to take the black

[@yetipotato8567]

Maybe its a bit forgotten and changed into them having a lower reluctance to join up when extra familymembers want to peace out of politics.

[@ryankline1164]

He was the "spare" heir to Winterfell. Like half of the kids(speaking of Robb) in the historical era this was based on, died before age five. Even with this, it doesn't make sense.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

She's had three shattering losses in such rapid succession; her father, her daughter- & now her son - & she's had each loss compounded by the others precisely _because_ she's not had time to grieve, because she was *forced* to pay attention to the political loss first (the usurpation of the throne), over the personal- the loss of her father & baby...

[@BionicleSaurus]

For a very brief moment, I thought this man absolutely speed ran the first s2 bliss take. But I will gladly accept this instead.

[@MrRrusiii]

it's gonna be a pisstake

[@jesse1086]

How dare ​@@MrRrusiii

[@akwaMartyna]

naah even if he started just right after the episode aired it would take days. From my experience in editng a bit similar videos, I'd say for an avarage human a 30 min Glidus's blisstake would take maybe 50h to record and edit. but with Glidus's autistic precision, it's probably three times that

[@redrenegade13]

"He doesn't even have a club foot it's just a hollow leg filled with rats" Thanks guys for this cool new nightmare idea.

[@irresponsiblecaptain851]

33:28 the small council balls are Valyrian fidget spinners

[@zoey9656]

Daemon does say “a son for a son” in his first scene with Rhaenys “make it a son for a son”

[@TheEnecca]

And Blood says it to Cheese which means he had to tell them too.

[@warrenhillston5899]

But he specifically says it in reference to Aemond, so he means Alicent's kids, not Aegon's.

[@Brams2777]

​@@TheEneccaNot only does he say it, he specifically says that that's what Daemon told them

[@joannac.3782]

Aegon making reasonable decisions and Otto trying to stear him away is so funny

[@nickmules5247]

Mmm not super reasonable decisions. Well intentioned, but naive

[@zehsackett6132]

​@@nickmules5247 There's no easy fix. They need to appease the small folk though. Being the incumbent can be a disadvantage

[@Lin_Eileen]

@@nickmules5247 it was reasonable! the entire war is totally unnecessary

[@nickmules5247]

@@zehsackett6132 @Lin_Eileen The war is unnecessary, but what does that have to do with his decisions? Paying the smiths is reasonable, but makes clear Aegon doesn't intend to avoid war. He assumes that he can destroy the blockade easily so he refuses to make backup plans for the case when it sticks around. Giving the sheep back can't even be seen as a savvy PR decision, as Aegon hadn't even considered that the people would hear about it. He's making policy decisions based on vibes and ego

[@sugarcombfilms3467]

@@nickmules5247 Aegon II: vibes based politics

[@col10me]

loved schwift's remark @45:00 in response to glidus complaining about the innacuracy of corn "can you please just make a corn in westeros video so you can stop telling me this?!"

[@nocgenius5255]

Now to wait 6 months for glidus to drag himself off his couch and do the first bliss take of s2

[@jessjess23brooks89]

I reckon in six months he's gonna be busy eating thousands of pages for our amusement.

[@TheUmart]

WHER AR MI BLISSTAKE,KYNT?!

[@ruigerd]

Imagine you're George and you are seeing the intro sequence depicting your epic fantasy in such a visually pleasing way. Noone could ever convince me I wasn't the coolest person ever

[@ryanratchford2530]

The tapestry is also a reference to the bayeux tapestry. The most famous tapestry that depicts the history of the Norman conquest of England led by William the Conqueror. A massive inspiration for GRRM.

[@ErbBetaPatched]

52:19 Every time I see a whole bunch of candles in media, I want to see a scene of someone lighting all of them. Just once.

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

Larys is 100% getting some of the blame since he said he killed all of Mysarias spies. Will be interesting to see Larys on the backfoot (pun not intended)

[@psych0536]

gloob and schweeze

[@alluminiumminimalium700]

They talked about this at the end of the second video lmaoo

[@Nenernener123]

Maegor’s “secret” tunnels are slightly underwhelming in their hidden status!

[@maxwell_j_R]

If Tyland is a pony, then Tyrek is a ..?

[@SporkyMcFly]

Horse!

[@mmmelancholia]

04:12 - I think this scene in the tapestry represents the experiments of the Valyrians and the creation of the first chimeras as well as the practice of fire and blood magic. Also a nod to Aegon's dagger. Remember: The Targaryens (as are all other dragon rider families) are the blood of the Dragon and often, give birth to lizard like babies. These are the origins of their power. At 04:45, it seems, we can see Daenys the Dreamer. She's asleep while her "inner eye" is awake, visioning the Doom of Valyria.

[@berkecapc530]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR THE LAST 9 HOURS. Now that this wait is over, we can begin our six-month blisstake wait :d

[@mayanksinghsikarwar72]

We are the watchers of the wall....

[@aconcernedcommissar6261]

The dragon with the human head i thought to be a representation of Valyria Both the people and nation Dragon and human together A handsome face but a beast underneath

[@robertryan7973]

Emma D’arcy needs their Emmy now. Like, don’t bother with waiting until next year.

[@shortdrink873]

Anna Sawai is a better bet for taking the Emmy honestly (Emma is great though!)

[@based-ys9um]

Id like her to get one too. She was really good

[@lk4864]

9:10 I wonder what stopped Vermithor and Silverwing from crossing the wall but didn't stop Dany and Viserion in GOT. 🤔 Maybe they just kind of forgot.

[@Glidus]

dany just really meant it

[@shinymk6562]

See lines like this make it so easy for me to just head canon that HOTD is a prequel to ASOIAF

[@genkmiz]

The power of love overcame the magic runes of the wall. Love conquers all. Aegon the Conqueror = love. It's all comin together.

[@ThePointlessBox_]

The dragons drank the amnesia water and forgot they weren’t supposed to do that.

[@petadewar4720]

Maybe Dany flew around the wall, ie over the ocean and circled back around from the north 🤔

[@swagathachristie5242]

45:00 pre-contact Europeans referred to any grain (wheat, rye, sorghum, etc.) as corn. It was an umbrella term before Real Corn came

[@Longshanks1690]

Glimbus uploads? It’s a one hour video? On the day the episode it’s about drops??? Clearly I’ve stepped into some variant timeline where Tyrek Lannister is not a horse.

[@SpiralSine6]

This video is from the alternate timeline where people publish things in a timely manner, A Dream of Spring was just published there.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@SpiralSine6and the 2020 presidential election was decided on election night instead of a week and a half later. We just had 4 more years of Trump.

[@ShadyShyster]

However, Tyland is a pony.

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 that doesnt even make sense. a week and half is the difference between God emperor trump and dark brandon. feck off.

[@walulu6531]

Mysaria was going to find out what's West of Westeros naturally

[@collincaperton6718]

West of westeros should be called westermost

[@turtleguyfan]

I’m calling it that the handmaiden who looks like Lorde at 21:38 is a spy for larry

[@ManjotSingh-sf2ri]

yeah she definitely is

[@thedragondemands5186]

“Alt Shift X is here?!” “No, his younger brother, Alt Shwift X” “Alt _Shwift_ X?” “Oh good, you’ve heard of him.”

[@mouton-jk9xm]

Cregan says that his father (Rickon) took Jaehaerys and Alysanne to the Wall, but it was actually Alaric Stark who did that. We don't know the exact relation between Alaric and Cregan but I guess he'd likely be Cregan's great great grandfather. So they broke the lore a bit

[@TemariNaraannaschatz]

They broke the Great Council, this is probably the least concern when breaking lore.

[@PlantFriendDownTheStreet]

Or the maesters got it wrong? 😅

[@collincaperton6718]

​@@PlantFriendDownTheStreetmaestors getting something wrong... that'd be a first...

[@fayedunaway8]

No way I did not expect you to put this out that early

[@samsschool3639]

35:03 That stupid line about "breathing our air" was used by Elaria Sand when talking about poor innocent Mycella Lannister

[@SapphireSolstice67]

Yeah but it fits better here.

[@gagmanius]

I have to say - revisit Winterfell, the wall, see ice, watch the raven fly north took me back so much to the good old days..

[@Szabitogaming]

42:00 "Every corner may contain cheese" so Laris' plan of using rats, is true indeed!

[@rafabichels8148]

Jace and Cregan's interaction is actually perfect because there's Ice. i love Ice

[@TheCac]

i love how this show indirectly shits on what they ruined about game of thrones multiple times, the entire prophecy, the dragons not being able to cross the wall, etc.

[@collincaperton6718]

As far as I'm concerned nothing in game of thrones is cannon past the book material and I'm assuming George feels the same way

[@jonny-b4954]

I like how they did the establishing shots of all locations. Saw a more accurate Winterfell, saw Old Town, we saw Storms End again etc.

[@schindler80]

Am I insane or does Larys have something to do with Blood and Cheese. The maid ( who are now all Larys cronies ) saw Blood and said nothing. Under normal circumstances you'd expect her to raise alarm. Larys having a part to play would also explain why Maegor's holdfast (which is supposed to be impenetrable) was so empty. Larys isn't happy with Alicent and he surely knows which members of the household staff and gold cloaks, aren't loyal. Perhaps I'm reading too much into that scene , but why else put it there ?

[@eliseletson4740]

agreed hopefully there’s still hope to show cristan as a smart agitator like i took it as instead of doing his duty to guard the halls he instead seduced alicent again i hope this gets brought up cause that was my major problem with the scene was no guards and the capture was way to easy like i don’t get the floor plan lol the idea she choose the boy bonded with ageon to prevent him from becoming king and dying later while saving her daughter from trama was touching and her telling alicent the boy was dead after seeing cole betray his duties must have been further shock leading alicent to change the story making it more brutal and leave halena to be mute and wither more mentally

[@Kallynthehuntress]

A LOT of book readers think Larys is Cheese. His name rhymes with Varys, he knows the secret passage and Varys moonlights as a jailer in the main series. In the real world, there's no effing way Larys could be Cheese and not be recognized, a club foot is a birth defect so he couldn't fake it (he'd had to fake it from the day he was born) or hide it. But in GRRM's world, where Varys can transform into Rugen and nobody recognizes him, it's absolutely possible.

[@Beren0323]

When Cregan pledged the old warriors to Rhaenyra, I immediately imagined the actor who plays Greatjon being among them as a cameo and I instantly wanted it. Like a way to honor the excellent side-characters from GoT, they could show up again.

[@gnsgns2006]

At last, he makes his glorious return!!!

[@Louis-Souness]

I hope Dog is ok, poor fella didn't deserve that punt of a kick he got.

[@imafa9ry]

😢

[@LuzikArbuzik77]

Dude, it would be so funny if Larys could warg into dogs too and he just got kicked in the nuts

[@alluminiumminimalium700]

He actually got a pretty funny end. In the second episode when all the rat catchers are hanged the dog sits in front of the guy that kicked him and just looks at him lol

[@lukaslambs5780]

This premier being on Father’s Day made me wonder who is a better father, King Viserys or Alt Schwift X. It’s a close one tbh.

[@sAINTDeVille]

I absolutely loved the "headbump/nuzzle" thing Damon and Rey do upon her return to Dragon Stone. It's very animalistic like something you'd see Buffalo or Ox's doing to show affection 😍

[@tuurlijk]

Not me staring at pngs of cheese assuming I missed some crucial joke, but of course I shouldn't have assumed linear time in joke progression and should have known the clue would be revealed halfway through the video.

[@Comrade_Jason]

I really enjoyed how they reverted back to showing how long it takes to traverse the continent. Jacaerys Velaryon ages dramatically just on the journey from Dragonstone to the Wall.

[@collincaperton6718]

How long realistically do you think it would take a dragon to fly from kings landing to the north. Can't be any longer than a week though admittedly he had stops along the way and I'm sure he stuck around his small stops for a few days at a time at the minimum

[@Comrade_Jason]

@collincaperton6718 it's roughly 1500 miles from King's Landing to Winterfell. I've seen estimate of dragon speed at between 60mph to 200mph. Let's settle on 100mph for an easier estimate. Accepting that a Dragon + rider would need to stop for food, rest and toilet breaks (for the sake of those living in the Seven Kingdoms I truly hope dragons don't relieve themselves mid-flight), and that safe driving advocates say rest is required every two hours (half an hour rest should suffice), a journey to Winterfell should take 15 hours flight plus 6.5 hours rest time. Add in an eight hour sleep half-way through, it would theoretically take no more than 30 hours to traverse the distance on dragonback. To Castle Black an additional six hours flight plus hour of rest would be needed. I believe there was also a stop at the Eyrie and another at White Harbour to treat with Lord Manderly, so the route is not exactly a straight line.

[@lindenshepherd6085]

Thanks for doing the math! Do you think they insulate dragon riding helmets so their riders don’t lose hearing?

[@Comrade_Jason]

@lindenshepherd6085 I would imagine there's a whole host of issues they'd need to address. The riders must get so cold up there, the air would be thinner, maybe that 100mph estimate is too high, cos a human surely can't do that for an extended period of time. Eyes would be dried out and sore. Ears would hurt. Strapped into position for hours at a time. Whole body would be broken after one day 🤣

[@victorc8855]

if Larys is the one convincing Aegon to kill all the ratcatchers next episode then you already know

[@SapphireSolstice67]

But if there are cats, Larys will be eaten while wargin’

[@ellmdv]

Although jace has been kinda backpacking, you can actually tell that time has passed by as he left for the north before his bro died, a few days passed after his brother died because rhaenerys hasnt been around for a few days, and he only arrives back after his moms back. Still, vermax must be super fast for him to fly the entire continent and back in like a week but its still better than varys and his ship backpack

[@Adamantium93]

I think it's been longer than a week. The Greens talk about Viserys death as if it happened weeks ago and mention they've sent multiple ravens to Dragonstone which have not been answered (which would only be significant if some time has passed). Daemon and Rhaenys also talk about the news arriving as something which happened in the past and Rhaenyra has clearly been gone from the castle for days (consider also that it would have taken time for that news to reach her). The smallfolk talk about rising prices due to the blockade, which Corlys suggested doing in 1.10 and would have taken time to be set up and to start affecting the economy. Finally, Hugh mentions that scorpions take weeks to build and we see men manning at least one on the castle wall. So, all the clues suggest that at least a couple weeks have passed...enough time that I think it's reasonable for Jace to make his circuit so long as he didn't stay too long in either place.

[@888fluffy]

FYI in England we call wheat corn, especially if you're a farmer. So if someone in asoiaf is referencing corn they might mean wheat.

[@Glidus]

i fkn knew it

[@jamescallaghan9911]

So cool that they're doing the history book first. Gives George time to finish of the main series before they start addapting those

[@Glidus]

i'm now imagining the huge HOTD and ASOIAF fan who has somehow never heard of GoT

[@memeaficionado]

Helaena walking in on her mom and sir crispin isnt irrelevant, in an interview crostini's actor says he was supposed to be guarding the door to the nursery or something like that, so by him being there with alicent hes partially responsible for the dead child

[@eliseletson4740]

agreed hopefully there’s still hope to show cristan as a smart agitator like i took it as instead of doing his duty to guard the halls he instead seduced alicent again i hope this gets brought up cause that was my major problem with the scene was no guards and the capture was way to easy like i don’t get the floor plan lol the idea she choose the boy bonded with ageon to prevent him from becoming king and dying later while saving her daughter from trama was touching and her telling alicent the boy was dead after seeing cole betray his duties must have been further shock leading alicent to change the story making it more brutal and leave halena to be mute and wither more mentally

[@AlwaysAC]

What a terrible change then. Make the worst thing TB ever do kinda an accident and kinda TG fault. Criston is a total bad ass a great Kingsguard in the books, making him a boy toy sex object is a shit change

[@ThePointlessBox_]

So basically, put the blame for the action on the greens being bad and wash the hands of the blacks. The show is starting to show serious cracks and its only season 2

[@LuzikArbuzik77]

​@@AlwaysAC he is such a great and badass kingsguard that he bangs Rhaenyra and breaks his sacred vows, wow, what an amazing and dutiful chap he is.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

​@@AlwaysAC wouldn't say kind of accidents because of daemon.

[@OutrageousOnPurpose]

You know it's about to get grim when Daemon puts on his murder cloak.

[@ymca4547]

To touch on your talk of the scorpions working against dragons, it's established that dragon skin is too tough to penetrate and Meraxes was hit with a lucky shot in the eye. S8 scorpions received a huge damage buff.

[@lukebarroso449]

Heavy sympathy for the Greens when I read this part in the books. The show hit hard but the book version was way darker.

[@NHNster]

Agree completely.

[@bender5271]

Book version always felt a bit too cartoony with how evil B&C were

[@rhyszera]

hard to actually show a baby being beheaded and threatened with rape on tv tho, they did a good job adapting smth too violent to be shown on tv

[@blahblahblahblah729]

​@@rhyszera This is true. It's one thing to show an adult being beheaded, but I think a toddler being beheaded was just too dark even for hbo

[@S-fp7uz]

@@bender5271 To be fair show Larys is probably the most cartoonishly evil character in the show and having Aegon watch his possible kids in child fighting pits was too. I do feel like they are tending towards making the greens generally more evil.

[@Elsneakakaze]

WERE BACK IN BUSINESS DRAGON NERDS!!!

[@seanknapp1]

hearts of iron 4 reference

[@_edgardo_]

This is officially the first time I've ever considered subscribing to Nebula

[@robinvik1]

"I'm gonna send two random guys and a dog to kill the most dangerous guy in the seven kingdoms. I'll bet that'll work!" - Daemon, apparently

[@alphasword5541]

Yes he totally expected that. Do not read into what anyone says or does beyond a surface level. That's what you do with media.

[@robinvik1]

@@alphasword5541 Fair point

[@LuzikArbuzik77]

To be fair, one of those guys wasn't random, it was a guy who knew very well how to move inside the keep without anyone noticing lol

[@collincaperton6718]

​@@LuzikArbuzik77and he was partnered with a litteral strength build of a dude they had stealth/suprise and just physical superiority to their advantage realistically they could take down aemond assuming he doesn't get his edge lord armor

[@1992zorro]

The Dog was the secret weapon, sadlg he got kicked out of the equation 😢

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

One of my favorite details of Helaena's escape is that it's essentially the same path Raenyra took after she birthed Joffrey. So, the lack of guards during the Blood and Cheese sequence seems to be intentional. They've made a point in these first two episodes to show how the servants of the Black and the Green act in comparison to each other. We see Raenyra show concern and protectiveness towards her handmaiden, and the Kingsguard are very vigilant and protective of her in return. The Greens' servants and guards don't seem to give a shit about the family, and aside from Helaena, not a single Green pays them any mind. Cole is incredibly irrisponsible, e see a maid pass by Blood and Cheese acting all sus and not even make note of them, and Aegon's Kingsgiard are dismissed and later replaced with his friends, who have a complete lack of attentiveness and vigilance. Also, Aegon's first public appearance would absolutely be me "ᵤₘₘ hello, I am the new king, I will try to help, oh, you need sheepies, okay I think I can handle that, I can get you new sheepies, ᵒʰ ⁿᵒ ᴼᵗᵗᵒ ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ᵗᵉˡˡ ᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ˢᵃʸ ⁿᵒ, look at his face he's so sad, but Gramps is scary, **quietly starts stimming** please just let me say yes to everyone so this line can disperse, oh god I had to interact with three people today, that's three more than I'm used to-

[@sadosify]

with the Alicent bath scene, i interpreted that as her shes not trusting her servants after her talk with Larys

[@neomohoto8861]

She’s so isolated now.

[@Comrade_Jason]

"These balls are so much fun to play with, and they do so many interesting things with them." 😊

[@TheLazarusOperation]

I adore how much yall have fun with this. Yall seem likebest friends, its precious