Alicent and Helaena Gets Attacked by The Common Folk House of the Dragon S2 Episode 6

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[@Dragonblack90]

A week without at least 3 riots in Kings Landing is considered a dull affair

[@m_zero3009]

And one of those riots being defended by the 3 most incompetent kingsguard of all time is the furthest from a dull affair you can get lol

[@loganpriest115]

Aegon was right about one thing “our victory depends on the efforts of the small folk”

[@johncarlson2598]

Aegon was simply a pawn for them

[@fayedunaway8]

Seriously if they prepared Aegon to rule he'd listen and be easier to deal with. Now his alliance with Larys Strong where he is teaching him that his mind is his best weapon. That's exactly what Aegon needed from the beginning. A guidance, a mentor.

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

Aegon actually has what it takes to be a good king he was raised wrong and born in the wrong era 😂

[@CandyCat008]

​@@Nicholas_Chen_isn't he a rapist?

[@LeoArenales18]

I just noticed now, the cutting of the arm is what rallied the smallfolk

[@Jiya-od2vo]

And caused the storming of the dragonpit 😢😢

[@barak9966]

​​@@Jiya-od2vono it was because once again kings Landing was in turmoil... Rhaenyra's taxes caused the small folk to hate her. Helena committed suicide and it was rumoured Rhaenyra killed it. The civil turmoil wad si big that the rumour sparked the small folk to storm the dragon pit

[@dan_38]

@barak9966 No,what they means is that's supposedly the same man that tells the small​folk that now is the time to storm the dragonpit and slay all the dragons in the pit

[@neuviotterss]

@@barak9966if it’s him it means this is the starting point of his hate against the royals and the dragons

[@barak9966]

@@neuviotterss Cristin Cole made a mistake when he paraded the defeated dragon's head. Dragons are mythical beings seen as gods. He broke that myth making people realise they can be killed thus lowering fear of dragons and those who own them.

[@n.y.174]

That cut on Alicent's arm is almost exactly where she cut Rhaenyra years ago.

[@TisMePyper.S]

That’s exactly what I thought

[@sugarspicebabe101]

It’s like what Rhaenyra told her when they went head to head after Lucerys cut Aegons eye, “Exhausting isn’t it? Hiding behind the cloak of your righteousness, but now they see you for what you are.” How fitting

[@Linaelinaeya]

@@sugarspicebabe101 oh wow

[@NixonRules963]

What's interesting is some in the crowd actually seem to be defensive of Alicent and Helaena. The old man who runs towards Alicent at 1:51 shouts "My Queen!" and seems like he was running over to help her up after seeing her fall down. And again at 2:15 the guy on the left of the screen seems like he's shoving the rest of the crowd away from Alicent and Helaena and has his back to them the whole time.

[@varric]

They're protecting poor Helaena. Nobody cares about Alicent.

[@nyra123-q6x]

​@@varricThe poor man literally lost his hand when he was just trying to help Alicent. He even refers to her as "my queen." So yes, there are still people who care about Alicent.

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

Now I realised he probably was trying to help her up but had his hand cut off. That’s tragic and would shatter him and make him bitter about the Greens had he survived.

[@jonsnow9762]

One man’s tyrant is another man’s Queen, the body politic is complex even in medieval fantasy

[@aerith12345]

He was helping??? Since when does holding someone back while they're running away from danger considered helping ???

[@kylepretzeld]

2:05 this shot is one of my favorite of the whole episode. It’s so dramatic. It feels like a renaissance painting 😂

[@comradeleppi2000]

Yess... Beautiful and scary

[@TheRott44]

Alicent got cut just like she cut Rhaenyra with the dagger

[@Thebeezzkneezz.]

Unlike alicent, renerhya desvered it, she thrested alicent child to be sharply questioned after alicent son was already mauled by her sons just becuase he spoke the ovbious truth She was mad and rageful for the injustice her son was receiving If it was renerhya cutting alicent i bet all you team blacks wouldve cheered and defended it

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

Bravo Vince

[@CWazBroadwayBandGeek]

@@Thebeezzkneezz.Are you kidding? The Greens started this whole mess by usurping the throne from Rhaenyra. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ЛюдмилаМатвеева-к3о]

​​​@@PRubin-rh4srAemond was telling the truth? He offended the girls who just lost their mother, he attacked the boy who was younger and weaker. Alicent's rage as a mother is understood, but an adult takes a valirian steel to take a child's eye? No, dude, Alicent was vicious and jealous, she failed as a mother and as a ruler.

[@taylorhutson9398]

@@Thebeezzkneezz. ​alicent usurped the throne,fighting tooth and nail to put her son, which she knows is a disgusting person to seat it,and mind you she contributed to said disgusting she decided to raise him to despise his sister and nephews, as well as silencing his victim which he assaulted. putting her children in direct danger, had many chances to put an end to the war/prevent it but didn't. and when bad things start to happen she tries to play victim, so tell me again how she doesn't deserve it?

[@ivanlorenzovisande2492]

The dude at 1:55 who got his hand cut might be the one who will rally the common folk to storm the dragon pit like in the book

[@kpvhjjjbcffxxhhjkkk]

The Shepherd?

[@laprincesadelacocina]

That's what I'm thinking

[@Jiya-od2vo]

That's what I thought too, they made his presence be really important in this scene and that I think caused the storming of the dragonpit 😢

[@SeyhawksNow]

It never occurred to me until now that they set up the Shepherd with just one swing of the sword

[@KingInBlack69]

It was him!?

[@agostinodinuzzo5852]

He looks like, it could be a subtle way of introducing him or our delirium and he's just a poor fool whose hand was cut off.

[@Jiya-od2vo]

@@KingInBlack69yes I think that's him because they made his presence be so significant which would lead to the storming of the dragonpit.

[@nicolasdiez7688]

"We've had vicious kings, and we've had idiot kings.. but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king!" -Tyrion Lannister

[@fayedunaway8]

"our victory depends on the efforts of the smallfolk" - Aegon

[@Garrus1995]

“She’s muh Queen.” - Jon Snow.

[@CWazBroadwayBandGeek]

The foreshadowing of how Helaena dies is CRUEL!

[@natalianicpon7023]

I love that fish hitting Alicent's face 😂😂😂

[@Jiya-od2vo]

The fact that it was real 😭

[@architech02]

Queen of fishes

[@carleeshock6292]

I think this is the only time we see Alicent be a decent mother, she was trying to protect Helena until Helena got safe keeping her own body between Helena and the crowd when she could, only motherly thing we have seen from her

[@tipsy9947]

Phia Saban as Helaena steals every scene she's in. Her reactions are always so surprising--I think she's having one of her visions again at @1:44-1:50.

[@joshuabelmonte12]

That dog is the allstar of this season

[@agent45625]

Take notes, Joffrey. This is how you cause a real riot in your city.

[@metalehead95]

That hand cutting scene was peak monty python stuff.

[@KitwaIker]

T'is but a scratch☝️😌

[@metalehead95]

@@KitwaIker yeeeees hahahahhahahaha

[@rexlumontad5644]

Riots in King's Landing must have been a Tuesday.

[@varric]

Throwing things to royalty must be the favourite sport on King's Landing.

[@jessroberts5555]

Just don't forget. We got the burning of the Riverlands at noon. Don't be late, Vahgar will be waiting for pick up.

[@samalvey8168]

Oh, god, can't this town go one day without a riot? That said, it does illustrate a pertinent point: ignore the masses at your peril.

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

Hugh Hammer is beginning to show a violent side. Even though he was shown to be sympathetic even likable in the earlier episodes. Interesting. A nice way to portray how a good man can become desperate.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

I think his daughter had just died so obviously he's not in the best mental state right now.

[@Catsss1017]

Desperate situations calls for desperate measures

[@jobaqymXD]

Most people in the comments talking about the cut of Alicent While me: oh, a dog ☺️

[@lise7538]

I spent all seven episodes worrying about the dog and whether he would be ok...

[@jexzelromano7414]

I’m with Rhaenyra through, and through. But damn. Helaena never deserved all of these. She can be a good ally as well. With her dreams, etc. She can become a good asset. But then there’s her nearing tragic end…. 😢

[@varric]

Our poor baby Helaena... She's not going to go out of the Red Keep for a long time.

[@barak9966]

The TV show depicts Rahenyra as a saint... She was just as bad as the greens... There are no good parties in the dance of dragons it's a faction of jerks fighting another faction of jerks.

[@Rounderyathecruel]

She’s the one responsible for them starving

[@Shiningami_Jem]

Did anyone knew about Helaena's gift that can forsee things aside from Daemon and Aemond?

[@barak9966]

@@Shiningami_Jem seems like she is suffering from Kassandra Symptom were one can tell the future but no one believes that person

[@ryanorielly5617]

3:17 begins one of the best shots of the series

[@aishahamma334]

And yet people will keep saying alicent doesn't love her children. I don't even think she noticed the cut until after they got into the carriage

[@Jiya-od2vo]

I think alicent was never good to her kids but becomes overly protective of them when danger comes and shields them from it like a true mother. She's just very protective of her children like rhaeneyra 😢

[@aishahamma334]

@@Jiya-od2vo More like she is a teen or child mom who doesn't know how to be a good mother

[@M00NGIRL.]

She loves them in her own way. Although unfortunately she hasn't known how to raise them properly

[@Damodred_Heiress]

She loves her children. Not in the best way but she does love them.

[@aishahamma334]

​@@Damodred_HeiressPretty sure If she had done what rhaenyra did. Take her children and herself and go to old town there are people who will actually take care of her and the children. She would learn how to be a good mother

[@garlantyrell6368]

Aegon’s Kingsguard are incompetent but tbh, what else was the guy who cut that man’s hand supposed to do? He just laid his hand on the dowager queen without her permission. That’s to be expected.

[@ukaszbiaek6641]

hit guy in a face with back of the sword, so guy would release the grip?

[@annie_Na00]

Good point!

[@MrDibara]

Shove him aside? Yell "Don't touch the Queen"? Literally put himself between them? There where plenty of options for a strong knight like him that did not involve his sword. So no, bro was a dumbass, he gets no outs for making the situation 10x worse!

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

@@MrDibara Oh hell nah hes blaming a bodyguard for protecting his defendee 😭😭😭

[@aerith12345]

@@MrDibara Shove him aside while he holding her arm? What if both felt to the ground and crowd got to her before she get up? What does yelling and putting himself in between gonna do when the old guy already holding arm and refuse to let go? Violence is not the best way to solve the problem true, but it's damn sure is the fastest.

[@phillipdimagiba5640]

my heart is hurt when Halena got hit whatever that person throw at her.. she did not deserve that..

[@SidneyHamlin]

Anyone think that the man whose hand got cut could be The Shepherd?????

[@branislavanenadovic3171]

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 How did I realise that just now that I saw your comment.

[@Floro92]

I really doubt It. It seems he is a random extra. The shepherd is sooo important why would they introduce him like this ?

[@Kaboomboo]

​@@Floro92why not? Shows how even the most innocuous characters can have drastic effects.

[@lesliedominguez611]

I just love how Alicent got between her daughter and the crowd

[@Lach1234]

That's Vincent Regan who comes barging to get Helaena and Alicent. He looks great in Kingsguard Armor.

[@varric]

He can destroy the mob with a Galaxy Impact, but poor Helaena is there, meaning he can't use the move.

[@ukotoa1639]

What’s interesting is that when Alicent and Helaena are pinned against the wall some of the small folk put themselves between the royals and the mob, I like that it’s a good detail to show that the city is just as split as the family

[@walksaselk40]

Secret service dropping the ball again

[@anikethchakraborty3238]

The same music as "we light the way" 😮

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

Seeing that kingsguard get kicked to death was pretty funny.

[@leelohaskin7941]

More like stabbed to death too smh

[@RaShe105]

Haleana 😔

[@mehukattti]

Huge Hammer was about to eat that dog 😂😭

[@les4dieux600]

Deserved ! And I love the Hightower music at the end, it's truly beautiful.

[@Jakegothicsnake]

If I were Helaena, I’d be having an attack……! 😳

[@esnoob2282]

thank god they didn’t eat the dog despite the hunger they having and that’s loyalty

[@heyyuyeung8729]

1:14 is that Rickard Thorne

[@edanielt3717]

Yup

[@m_zero3009]

Yup alisser thornes ancestor

[@i_m_p_u_l_s_e_]

"Half of the city wants to kill you, guards shed your swords!"

[@taddad2641]

they were trying to descelate things after that idiot cut off a man's hand.

[@camiloordonez4906]

Well notice that people really got angry after the arm was cutted.

[@gp-1542]

I hear Tyrion’s voice…

[@Gabriela-yn4jv]

My poor heleana

[@MS-rn3qp]

I wonder if the man who had his hand cut off is the Shepherd, who rallies the smallfolk to rise up and kill the dragons. In the books, he was a one handed man - did we just see the Shepherds beginning?

[@zooqanpawar1902]

I thought Helana had prophecy powers , she should have foresaw this

[@jmalfonso7]

I am surprised that we didn't see that one Kingsguard that was getting ganged up by the small folk, got one of his limbs torn down. That would be a good parallel with Game of Thrones Season 2, when the High Septon who blessed Myrcella's marital departure, later got his arm ripped off by angry and starving rioters thanks to Joffrey's rule

[@RhaenyraTargaryen88]

Long Live Queen Rhaenyra!

[@rigbyymordequedelparque7581]

No. Long Live to King Aegon

[@RhaenyraTargaryen88]

@@rigbyymordequedelparque7581 booooooo

[@ErnestoHerrera2002]

@@rigbyymordequedelparque7581ew no

[@meganlange6254]

0:13 I refuse to believe no one has eaten that dog.

[@jagoldenpyrenees491]

Dogs are sacred in all but a few cultures. Not only would it be unrealistic, but no one watching the show wants to see the sweet little dog killed for a tiny bit of meat. Edit: He's also a lot more useful as a hunter of vermin. Basically, that's why you don't kill a dog - they provide more meat by hunting for you than can be gained from their corpse.

[@curleysioux5612]

Alicent really does love her daughter. She put her own body in front of her. And I don't think it mereoy because her daughter is queen.

[@nodatastored684]

This iswhen she should have sent Haelena to the Houses that pledged tor them with messages as her daughter was tarn to Old Town and she and Deron have stayed there never to enter a war

[@quinny98]

This entire thing was all Otto's fault.

[@aber3970]

finely someone said right thing everyone blame rhaenyra or aegon or alicent it was otto fault he did all this mass because his hunger for power and want make his house Powerful but in the and he lost and destroyed life of his daughter and his grandchildren if only accept rhaenyra as his queen none this happened thank you for understanding 😊

[@newjerseylion4804]

Queen Rhaenyra was popular because I think she allowed common folk like the dragonseed to tame dragons.

[@alexcasares7401]

If Jofferey was in this situation, he'd have all the civilians killed

[@kittycloud223]

You can see the bottom of the screen where the guards are trying to keep the people away from Alicent and Helaena. A man was trying to help and comfort the poor man with his arm severed. There are innocent people who would help others even if some don't care but there are others who do care for their injuries during the riot. 2:06

[@RhaenyraTargaryen-g4r]

I’m still concerned about Helena my innocent 😢

[@whatsahandle1234]

Me and my brother were laughing when he punched him 😂 0:42

[@firestar4407]

0:13 Cute doggo

[@92Firelord]

why are the gold cloaks there? i thought they were loyal to daemon? or do some of them still protect the crown?

[@justinikorenstein7590]

They are loyal to daemon just keeping their positions until they see caraxes in the sky then they reveal themselves.

[@92Firelord]

@@justinikorenstein7590 they ganna break out and fight for daemon when it comes down to it though??

[@camiloordonez4906]

Some of those gold clocks were installed by Aegon probably why they are so incompetent.

[@BSjung1]

maybe danarys? her father was not mad. he wabted to revenge on people who made his family kill each other

[@ophisnephele3962]

I haven't seen the series but from the clips I've seen. I don't think Helena killed herself, i think it was a maid her brother had assaulted or if she actually did jump it then we will never truly know. Also i noticed alicent was injured in the same place she cut reanya( i know i didn't spell there names right) lol😂

[@williamafton3707]

Anyone know the song playing at the end when Alicent and Helaena leave King's Landing?

[@DAFR2849]

Couldn’t one of them kill Alicent :(

[@christirosalie929]

made me happy made me smile

[@aninha0509]

LMAO.

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

This was nothing compared to the GOT Season 2 riot 🤣

[@helljumper6969]

Why Garp didn't use his haki to fend them off?

[@KingInBlack69]

Poor Heleana...

[@Git_Gud_Scrub]

And this is why we choose kings.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

You mean people who caused all this to happen because they chose to defy the will of the last king when he named his firstborn as heir?

[@WindchaserDS]

2:43

[@marinax2206]

Закрылись бы в септе

[@samanthab1923]

All Alicents fault

[@rach7592]

I dont care who tell me to shield my swords. Im not about to get jumped with a weapon in my hand. Damn that. 🤨🫡🤔

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

And that attitude is why you would make a riot go from bad to worse.