Aegon Targaryen (House of the Dragon) | The Realm's Delight

[@LiliMarleen92]

How could you NOT love Tom Glynn-Carney's Aegon in the Series?😭 Love this actor, love this character, and love the struggle of his whole person in the show.💚 Unloved by the mother, unnoticed by the father, raised in the knowledge that his older sister will be queen and then forced to rule without any desire of that💔

[@jessikabentivogli1039]

He became a cripple because he carried the show on his back the entire season. What an interpretation

[@ojroche5217]

I didn’t like season 2 that much personally, but Aegon’s without a doubt the most compelling thing about it. I’m glad I’m not alone in feeling disheartened when Alicent betrayed him after misguiding him his entire life. Poor boy always loved his mother unconditionally, only for her to offer away his head to the same person she had him unwillingly antagonize. (I don’t know what they were smoking when they allowed that in the script, but if their goal was to make Alicent utterly despicable and Aegon utterly tragic then they sure did well on that.) You captured the sadness in his character beautifully! Great job!! Btw, when Helaena said “the rats” and showed Aemond, that was pretty genius editing. I love this lol. This is my favorite Aegon tribute by far.

[@carastone3473]

Alicent was already utterly despicable. Tom Glenn-Carney did a FABULOUS job as Aegon this season! I don't like the character - AT ALL - but I have to admit that I ended the season feeling sorry for him!

[@bazingonator]

Thank you soooooo much! I'm glad you noticed my little joke about Aemond 🤭

[@J_ads2000]

He loved his mother because she’s his mother. If she were any other serving girl or hand maiden then he’d assault her. Let’s be real.

[@Beepbeepbeepbe]

Blame lesbian Sara Hess and Ryan no balls Condal. This ain’t Westeros it’s the American culture war with dragons

[@faustalexander2585]

@@Beepbeepbeepbe That's the main issue, pushing their agenda in a medieval type world is an insult to the source material.

[@danielarocco7629]

you gave this complex, compelling, beautiful and horrible character justice 💚

[@bazingonator]

Thanks!

[@happilyevernever4289]

No it didn't. They sidelined a lot of his harmful actions with passing comments. Looked like minimizing the errors of his flaws imo.

[@danielarocco7629]

​well we can agree to disagree

[@usscamelot271]

If Aegon has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Aegon has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Aegon has only one fan then that is me. If Aegon has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Aegon, then I am against the world. great video!!!!!

[@MagdalenaSperlova]

If Aegon has no fans, we both are no longer on this earth

[@luohuashijie]

I am with you.

[@-grustnayaclounessa2333]

this season has turned out to suck so much, but aegon's story arc is one of the most memorable things of this season. it's funny how the showrunners tried to make him initially a more cartoonish antagonist, but in the end, aegon's internal conflict and dynamics with all the people around him (alicent, helaena, aemond, etc.) and sunfyre turned out to be the most interesting (for me personally). and you managed to display it all so harmoniously, your edit is just a masterpiece💚

[@bazingonator]

Thanks a lot 💚 I completely agree with your thoughts!

[@AerysIIFirstofhisname]

Aegon is the comeback king do not fear for season 4 will be the return of the king with a tragic ending.

[@JaehaerysTheConciliator]

Yes!!! 😊 Ty for spoiling it for the people that haven’t read the books!! 😍😍🙏

[@Redfield982]

@@JaehaerysTheConciliatorhe didn’t say anything Helaena didn’t already say

[@nicksmithnutmilk]

Seasom 3 will end with Daemon VS Aemond and Aegon reuniting with Sunfyre as Aegon looks at Dragonstone . Plus the build up for the Dragonseed betrayals and the Tumbleton battles

[@Haera_Morghul]

this gave me chills because it was so great, really got Aegon right. I love it

[@bazingonator]

Thank you 🤍

[@berserk4souls]

The amount of viewers that can’t understand Aegon calling himself the realm’s delight is not only a cruel joke but it’s just a metaphor for Viserys’s love that was so easily granted to his sister but never to him. I’m very concerned with what kind of audience is watching this show and struggling so hard with obvious perfect metaphors. No Aegon does not want to walk around with a cane half burned with no cock being called the realm’s delight lol

[@მერაბი-ყ8უ]

King Aegon the Unbroken, conqueror of Dragonstone and savior of the realm💛👑💛

[@robertaddy8326]

Aegon, the one true King of Westeros 👏

[@shashwatshrey9248]

We know no king but Aegon 2 Targaryen!

[@HennesIX]

All these times he cried out for his mother only for her to sacrifies him. It's truly sad. Such a tragic character. Don't get me wrong, he is a horrible human being, but still so facinating to watch.

[@garlantyrell6368]

I honestly have started to feel bad for Aegon. He’s a horrible person, but in the end, he truly got screwed by his own family, particularly his mother. First she deprived him of any love, only saying that Rhaenyra will kill him and his family once she comes into power, then she forces him to take a throne he did not want from the start even after he tried to run away, later berates him for being a bad king when it’s mostly her and Otto’s own fault for failing to guide him how to rule properly since the beginning(and also during a time where he had just lost his son to something his brother did),gets burned and crippled in battle since Alicent told him he’s a loser to his face, feeling like he needed to fight, and now his own mother offers up his head on a platter for something she forced him to do. And out of all of her children, it’s Aegon who’s always loved and trusted her the most, craving for her love and affection. And the way Alicent just sells him out is just sickening to me.

[@berserk4souls]

Aegon is basically a reflection of Alicent herself. Not just physically, kind of funny her least favorite looks identical to her, but also mentally by inflicting the same trauma onto him as Otto did to her. I can’t wait to see if they explore the aftermath of the Dance with Aegon being the only child to return to Alicent. So much great depth and conflict waiting to be explored with those two.

[@garlantyrell6368]

@@berserk4souls I am hoping that next season, Alicent will decide to not only survive for herself, but for all her children. And make Rhaenyra think that she killed Aegon himself.

[@la.rizz_riri]

This is wonderful. My heart is broken for Aegon and you depicted so well the reasons why 💚He's an amazing character and I'm just hoping they won't ruin him (not that they haven't tried) like they did so many others (Alicent above all).

[@bazingonator]

Completely agree! Thank you so much 💚

[@blockboi3816]

What did they "ruin"??

[@mahirabrar9110]

@@blockboi3816 Alicent forces her children to antagonise Team Black, hammers down the idea that their life is forfeit if Rhaenyra takes the throne, forces Aegon to take the throne and then offers him up like a lamb for slaughter so that she can go camping in the woods. What a fucking joke

[@Санфаер]

Aegon II never sought the crown, and this very reluctance makes him the rightful choice for the throne. Unlike Rhaenyra, who hungered for power, Aegon understood the weight of ruling. His hesitation wasn't weakness-it was wisdom, recognizing the immense responsibility that comes with leadership. This is what sets him apart as the True King. 💛

[@queenxx1690]

yeah and they made it look like she never wanted crown when Alys said the one who do not seek crown deserve it the most and i was like Aegon and they said it is Rhaenyra i was like wtf she always wanted it

[@nicksmithnutmilk]

​@@queenxx1690the show is pure fanfiction and headcanon at this point

[@queenxx1690]

@@nicksmithnutmilk they chang Rhaenyra character how it suits them

[@nicksmithnutmilk]

@@queenxx1690 exactly and it makes zero sense.... their favouritism is crazy . Dunk & Egg will be trash too becuse of that fool Ryan . Aerion and Duncan will hug and bang each other to settle their differences , Maekar will kill Baelor plus his sons becuse he wants the Throne and of course the Blackfyres will be black

[@ahankarachatterjee9611]

I support the true king , King Aegon .

[@ripthedodobirds]

AEGON THE REALM’S DELIGHT 🗣️🔥

[@ValerieRinglstetter]

Your edit is beautiful! I am not happy with Season 2 but the portrait of Aegon is truly remarkable. Thanks to you and Tom Glynn Carney who gave this season a bit back!

[@bazingonator]

I'm glad you liked it, thank you!

[@jeanc9571]

Oh my goodness, this edit is truly amazing! It’s incredibly moving, and I got goosebumps while watching it. Your editing even made me forget about the poor pacing in parts of the show’s second season. Thank you for your work; it brightened my day. This is, without a doubt, the best edit about Aegon that I have ever seen in my life💚

[@bazingonator]

Thank you for your kind words 💚

[@MissSchneeschnaufel]

is this one of the best Aegon edits on youtube?? i'm sorry but the way it was put together, the dialoge lines with the video material? this is art and should be studied by the producers of this show.

[@bazingonator]

Thank you sooooo much!!

[@АннаКороткая-с6е]

My King 👑 My poor boy 💔

[@foukyng]

Aegon The Unappreciated, Aegon the Unheard, Aegon the Neglected

[@queenxx1690]

It's pissed me so much that this show did not even say WHY ? and What's Aegon's claim actually is about and it is not because of some stupid MISUNDERSTANDING it is bigger than that it is law and agnastic succession and Andal law in reality he have stronger claim than Rhaenyra does who all she has now is her now dead father's words it is very weak claim and all symbols of legitimacy belong to him all she had was that she lived on Dragonstone where heirs live but that also put her far away from people and court. This show focus tooo much on feminism and it is not that war was suppose to be, Aegon had also 2 women sitting on his council his wife and his mother and he listen to them but show will not show you this he need to be misogynistic as all greens which is bullshit

[@bazingonator]

I absolutely agree with you. I also want to add that sometimes I begin to doubt whether the writers really know how ordinary living people behave and feel. Their efforts to make the show more "feminist", on the contrary, look humiliating. After all, the example of Rhaenyra and Alicent shows that women are quite passive and indifferent. They are easy to manipulate, they cannot be evil, insidious, power-hungry, hot-tempered, capricious. Their whole strategy is to hope for an illusory peace and cry. Why should I empathize with them? What should I respect them for? And as for the greens themselves, yes, they were destroyed. I don't like this simplification in the form of conditional good (the blacks) and evil (the greens), but even so, I would like to see united, smart, cunning villains, and not a bunch of idiots. Alicent has had all of her legendary wisecracks taken away (and in the second season, her brains were also taken away), Criston Cole's personality was built on resentment towards his ex (even though he's quite interesting in the books), Aemond is a traitor, and all of Mushroom's most ridiculous rumors about Aegon have been collected. The showrunners' attempt to "deepen" the characters by playing psychotherapists turned out to be a failure for me.

[@queenxx1690]

@@bazingonator writers forgot the most important thing that GRRM keep to that woman are also Humans or they just don't know it and we get this whitewashed Mary Sue's with no plot or Evil dumb Queen

[@Melissa-hd3jr]

All she has are her dead father's words? You mean THE KING? the king's word is law, we have seen countless examples of thin in ASOIAF, If Viserys had shut up and not named his daughter as heir then yes Aegon would definitely be the rightful king but that is not what happened

[@queenxx1690]

@@Melissa-hd3jr King who died and never made it law and also never disinherited any of his sons ,also he is the one who got crown on the same law Aegon should have it ,crown is his not hers

[@Alejojojo6]

@@Melissa-hd3jr The word of the king is NOT law. Not even the king is above laws of succession (And precedent: Aegon, Jaehaerys and Viserys himself all crowned ahead older females). A king can make his cat heir, does that mean its actual law or that the Cat would be ahead of everyone now in the succession? No. Also the word of a King that is now death matters nothing.

[@soniaiboyako4023]

Great *Aegon* tribute ! Y'all will never make me hate Alicent tho lmao *especially* when it comes to their relationship

[@Mutazili]

Amazing character, they'll probably ruin him to push their superficial girlboss narrative...

[@muhdnawfal9086]

Is he an excellent character who is played by an amazing actor? Yes. Is he also a terrible person? yes. Whether HOTD pursues a Rhaenyra girlboss arc or not, Aegon is still a literal rapist who will do terrible things. Fym “ruin him” smh 😂

[@Mutazili]

@@muhdnawfal9086Aegon is a grapist and Rhaenyra is a murderer and a war criminal. Though both are terrible, yet they frame her as a hero and him as villain, it's the acting that saved him from being a poorly written cartoonish villain. The showrunners have a kink for humiliating and destroying his character and are incredibly immature about it. Now if like them, you like it this way, kudos to you--the rest of us want a nuanced story with complex characters.

[@muhdnawfal9086]

@@Mutazili I understand where you’re coming from, and i see that they’re trying to make Rhaenyra as likeable as possible. But i do feel that they will eventually show her descent into paranoia and reveal her dark side, and that they won’t rush it like GOT did with Daenerys for example. Since Fire and Blood doesn’t really explore the true characters of these individuals, the writers are technically at liberty to expand upon them. I am hopeful that they will not just end up making Rhaenyra some kind of complete hero though, I believe that they will still have to stick to the main story and let her be her own downfall.

[@Mutazili]

@@muhdnawfal9086 They had plenty of chances to show darker sides of hers and failed. Like when Luke died. I'm not optimistic, I think we'll get a one dimensional character, which I hope I'm wrong.

[@hira791]

@@muhdnawfal9086 They've repeatedly refused to showcase or acknowledge rheanyras dark side even when the opportunity presented itself and it would have made sense. 2/4 seasons are done, now building a dark side in Rheanyra would be pointless and forced when they've continually pushed home the point that she's lenient and a pacifist even DURING war and her kin murdered. It wouldn't be as bad as Daenerys surely but it wouldn't be a case of impressive writing either.

[@illictifinesse]

I love your edits - this one and the one about Alicent are amazing

[@bazingonator]

Thank you so much!

[@BIPfilmes]

The best character this season. This video is 10 of 10

[@peppermintgum_]

до слез! потрясающе! как до такого можно было додуматься ?? это шедевр! целую ваши золотые руки!! и эдит с ларисом тоже получился потрясающим! спасибо вам!

[@Санфаер]

На канале F4STR тоже есть шедевральный трибьют! Если ещё не видели, настоятельно рекомендую. Видео называется «Aegon II Targaryen - The Magnanimous».

[@peppermintgum_]

@@Санфаер спасибо большое за рекомендацию! обязательно посмотрю!

[@vbb2076]

the greens as an united front, yet somewhat dysfonctionnal as a family, had the potential to be something great. Aegon's character, and his archetype, would have been very hard to miss and destroy (reluctant incompetant king who loses his son while he already has anger issues and a deep need for validation) but what they have done to the greens as a team is terrible. Aegon was truly the highlight of the season, as he was the highlight of the dance in f&b imo.

[@fearless3405]

inded he is ,, the realms delight ,, king aegon the second of his name the defender of his father's throne

[@karma5410]

beautifully edited. its perfectly executed

[@bazingonator]

Thank you!

[@ivcho13]

The realm's delight for a reason, The KING!!!

[@luuuu81]

and daemon said it too veserys didn't make rhaenyra heir for her great wisdom he just didn't want to inheriting daemon the throne

[@shawnarow3731]

The one true king fr

[@iamvsimon]

My King forever

[@blahblah1315]

Really good edit

[@bazingonator]

Thanks!

[@queenxx1690]

I wonder what promotion they are going to do for s3😂 because they can no longer put Alicent as face of Tg She is not and tg do not exist so ...😂thy digged their own grave not making Aegon face of Tg now they will have problem

[@thatamericanbritishbloke5672]

What do you mean now they will have a problem? I disagree. Aegon is still Rhaenyra's opposition. Hopefully, now they can finally start pitting Aegon versus Rhaenyra in all the promos. The Dance is quite literally about the fight between Rhaenyra and Aegon so I mean, it's about time these idiot showrunners realized that.

[@queenxx1690]

@@thatamericanbritishbloke5672 but they wanted it to be Alicent vs Rhaenyra now she is not longer TG so who they are going to put on poster ?Aegon ?? After 2 season of not promoting him as head of greens ?

[@pikkukisu]

💚

[@angryyoungman66]

💚💚💚💚💚👑👑

[@alexking988]

Love it!

[@anamariecameron7874]

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@cameronthurman8454]

😢😢😢

[@JMPT]

Very Nice 🖤🫅🏼🐉🖤

[@bazingonator]

Thank you!! 🤍

[@JMPT]

@@bazingonator 🫶

[@maxjones7754]

We never got to see dany survive dragon fire only normal fire would have been interesting to compare aegon an dany

[@queenxx1690]

we did in books

[@athensk.4720]

Wasn't "The Realm's Delight" Rhaenyra's sobriquet? It seemed kinda funny to me that Aegon wanted it 😂

[@queenxx1690]

Book wise it is stupid but in show he always wanted be loved by people and when she was Viserys only child and she was young and pretty people called her Realm's Delight but it changed with age as she got fat and more ruthless and eventually gained title King Maegor with teats so it is understandable that he want's to be called like that and because he always want be seen by his father but he never was

[@bazingonator]

It was 🤭 But the show didn't pay much attention to it. The only time Rhaenyra was called The Realm's Delight was in the street performance scene. The actor called her that sarcastically. So it's hard to say whether Aegon knew about her sobriquet and whether he deliberately wanted to take it for himself.

[@berserk4souls]

It’s a metaphor for the love from Viserys that was so easily given to his sister but never to him. He doesn’t want the actual title, he just wants the realm to view him positively.

[@salvatorelr]

​@@berserk4souls he should stop r*ping then

[@salvatorelr]

lol

[@NargisK5718]

In the books, Aegon had already stolen Rhaenyra's birthright, throne, perfect life, children, peace and many other things and now the shameless scriptwriters gave him Rhaenyra's alias (Realm's delight) !!! THIS IS AWESOME !!!!!

[@starlight23-dj9jh]

Rhaenyra can't have a birthright, since she was named heir only after her brother died. She was 15 years old. It would have been her birthright if her father had made her an heir upon her birth (words have a meaning) Also, realm's delight was a sarcastic phrase

[@NargisK5718]

Rhaenyra is the firstborn child of King Viserys I Targaryen, so this is her birthright to sit on the Iron Throne and Viserys's tardiness is his own fault. Also, "The Realm's Delight" and "The Joy of the Land" were aliases given to Rhaenyra and they are not malicious or sarcastic. Anyway, you are free to think whatever you want, after all, your wrong ideas don’t affect the truth in any way, I wish you a good day:))

[@LanteanLegacy]

@@NargisK5718 Really dude? After all the showwriters have taken from Aegon, they didn't show his bond with Sunfyre, they didn't show the love of the people in kingslanding, they didn't show how wise of a king Aegon was. Rhaenyra should've been fat, arrogant, hungry for power as she is in the books. Go and tell me now that the writers favor Aegon. Aegon was the real gem of this season, and ive no patience to see him Season 4

[@queenxx1690]

@@NargisK5718 It is not true ,it is your fan fiction you accept to fit in you narration Rhaenyra cannot be heir because Targaryens never had woman take iron throne and for a good reason their family name would disappear and their blood would get dirty so they would not able to control dragons they follow Agnatic seniority so Daemon should be heir after Viserys death but since Viserys disinherited him as heir Aegon is the oldest living representative of House Targaryen ,not to mention that Rhaenyra try push her clear bastard on Iron throne she lie to whole kingdom and she think she can do anything without consequences because her daddy will protect her ,but as soon as he died her shield of daddy stopped existing and she got problem.

[@berserk4souls]

It’s clearly a metaphor for the love Aegon never received. Makes me really worried for the audience when so many of them can’t grasp a obvious metaphor. People really think Aegon wants to stumble around half burned with no cock being called the realm’s delight lol

[@carastone3473]

Sorry, Aegon, that nickname is TAKEN!

[@AerysIIFirstofhisname]

She was but loses that later on

[@carastone3473]

@@AerysIIFirstofhisname - doesn't matter. He's not the realm's delight. Ask Diana. Ask his bastards who are still working in the fighting pits. Hell, ask Aemond!

[@starlight23-dj9jh]

​@@carastone3473ask the Velaryons' servant who was murdered because Rhaenyra wanted to marry her psycho uncle. Or the dozens of bastards she sacrificed in ep 7

[@La__Espada]

@@carastone3473I asked them all. They called Aegon the one true kind and the real Realm’s delight. Questions?

[@berserk4souls]

It’s a metaphor, dumb dumb 😅

[@khananas8983]

Userper

[@Konelsb]

and yet,the rightful king of the realm LMAO

[@sicklenickelpringle2528]

Yes, and?

[@AerysIIFirstofhisname]

Spelt it wrong, and that is the title of Rhaenyra the unworthy, who is recognised as a traitor and usurper by all her decedents including her own son.

[@Konelsb]

​@@AerysIIFirstofhisname Who crowned by the septon? "Aegon" so thats it but no the feminist warrior is the fan favourite LMAO "B-but she was the heir" LMAO

[@AerysIIFirstofhisname]

@@Konelsb She’s not even a warrior anything as well, if she was more like Visenya it could be more reasonable but she isn’t and yet she is still overrated by everyone just like Dany. These same people go on about Dany’s ending complaining when The One True King Stannis’ had a complete character assassination in season 5. “Fools love a fool”, Stannis is unsurprisingly right again.