🧙 An Appropriately Long Video about a Short Teaser | House of the Dragon

An analysis of House of the Dragon's first teaser trailer showing off prominently Daemon, Rhaenyra, the Velaryon family, Balerion's skull, Criston Cole's sneaky appearances, Arya's dagger making a cameo, Viserys and Otto Hightower, duels, jousts, and maybe a hint about the return of Dragon Dreams from showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik.
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[@crazierthings3022]

The Velaryon funeral we will most likely see all dragons in one scene or at least in the same episode. It was said driftmark looked like the new Valyria with all the dragons. We also seen leaked photos of a sarcophagus with the Velaryon sigil and women's face engraved in stone. Which confirmed we will be having that funeral on driftmark.

[@kerrirae]

Could Daemon walking through the caves in dragonstone (Similar to Jon & Daenerys season 7) be implying he knew about the white walkers/night king?

[@HisameArtwork]

maybe he scribbled them? doubtful, but still fun to think of it.

[@aplusrecommends9406]

omg i hope not. that plot was boring and didn't yield anything. I don't wanna hear another phucking word from any show about white walkers or the night/s king

[@rachiejw]

@@aplusrecommends9406 this made me laugh so hard but i completely agree

[@ianvera4299]

@@aplusrecommends9406 I disagree, they literally saved westeros from the army of the dead.

[@aplusrecommends9406]

@@ianvera4299 it was anticlimactic in terms of how the story played out. I watched a lot of slow scenes that never adequately paid off. they were just lazily resolved 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@thelemmiebee]

I’m ready for the HotD Also great video, thanks for the very detailed breakdown.

[@alok26k68]

Last night I want straight from your video to the Podcast with Condel and Martin. OMG IT WAS AMAZING! Really enjoying your videos and channel.

[@aeraya2343]

I think following Valyrian cultural practices is also showcased by young Rhaenyra's costume. It is not classically western/European. Maybe they'll show Rhaenyra and Laenor's wedding as per Valyrian customs in addition or in place faith of the seven custom.

[@pepsibente489]

Wow, this was wonderful - without any doubt the best video I have seen about the teaser. None other comes close! Thank you so much!

[@fitzchivalrysnow9560]

Everything about this video is comedy gold 🤣 I so needed the giggles thanks ☺️🍻

[@shannond7437]

The dagger is almost certainly after Aemond lost his eye. Condal loves his props and he will give us a worthy story destined to spill the tea!

[@peakygreyjoys]

if they stick with the canon plot line, the dagger scene won't be after aemond loses his eye. in the background of alicent holding the dagger you can see graham mctavish who plays harrold westerling. harrold canonically dies in 112 AC and aemond doesn't lose his eye until around 120 AC

[@JSP471]

My teaser reaction appetite shall not be satiated until I watch this livestream 😩 (video* ahem 👀)

[@JoeMagician]

It's a video!

[@mikeheller1353]

And now his Watch has ended.

[@roanna4192]

This video was so great- thanks for this!

[@luisgiraldo9947]

Ive been waiting for a video like this since the trailer .. good job!

[@karentargaryen7959]

Great video and funny as hell. Thanks for this surprise!

[@derekbidelman2442]

The scene with Damon in a sword fight could be when he killed the sea lord of bravos son in a duel to Mary Leana Veleryon his 2nd wife

[@blackeyedlily]

Except that he is fighting someone wielding a Morningstar, which many people have pointed out is the signature weapon of Criston Cole.

[@applewagon253]

Great work!

[@soter8253]

Loving the video so far! 10:22 is it the Star of the 7?

[@TopShelfFandomVids]

Love the intro it speaks so much truth . Good job as always

[@Ashley_e]

Youth Rhaenyra is in black and gold right? Looks like her Wedding Day, too maybe. And their banner is up too.

[@TheaTheGenius]

She seems to pleased for it to be her wedding. She hated Laenor and heavily objected to the match. Its more likely that its the banquet where Viserys had everyone pledge their fealty to her as the future queen

[@Ashley_e]

@@TheaTheGenius I guess we’ll see!

[@nikdik154]

@@TheaTheGenius she didn't hate Laenor. They were good friends. She just didn't like him romantically.

[@edpistemic]

Season 8 show-Daenerys was a fusion of book-Daenerys and Cersei, to be fair...

[@alexv3357]

And still somehow less than the sum her parts

[@romulusnuma116]

It's always starts with a tourney doesn't it?

[@JoeMagician]

Drama filled silliness

[@Henbot]

If the dagger had a spirit inside it be more coming from Elric then Warcraft. Seems like they are making Cole much like Jaime Lannister

[@JoeMagician]

Oh yeah, that's another good one. I just want it to be A+ levels of fantasy ridiculous.

[@shannond7437]

Interesting, I never thought about Rhaenyra being a mix of Dany and Cersei. Not sure if I agree, especially book Cersei, but it’s an interesting thought.

[@thisguy8106]

😆 I absolutely love the title lol

[@thesitdownwithemez3299]

If you could rank which player/character will have the most influence on the story that would be great. Thanks if you do

[@MrProjectmayhem]

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

[@tormundlothbrok4397]

I would also argue that Meleys will be heavily used, alongside Vhagar & Caraxes, in the first season since Rhaenys has a major role. She is part of one of the opening conflicts of the Dance at the Battle at Rook's Rest, so they may spend a good deal of screen time with her to make the death all the more dramatic for the casual viewers (think Ned's beheading). Meleys was considered to be one of the swiftest dragons in Westeros, easily outpacing Caraxes and Vhagar. By 129 AC, Meleys had grown lazy, but was still fearsome when roused. Meleys was old, cunning and no stranger to battle.

[@monoclinousmarcher5379]

Who is playing Aemond Targaryen? Isn't he important to show on the teaser?

[@JoeMagician]

It hasn't been announced yet. There's been some set photos that might be him but nothing definitive.

[@LSK1]

Idk why you have to defend your reasons for making this video , it was amazing!!!!

[@mikevirgo9971]

In the first season Maester Aemon told Jon that his father was Maekar, and his brother Aegon reign after him and was succeeded by his son Aerys whom they called the Mad King. But when i learn about the Targaryen family tree, i notice that the mad king's father was Jaehaerys II. So, can anyone explain this ?? 🤔

[@JoeMagician]

Yeah, the show cut out Jaeherys II to make the lines Aemon was speaking better. It's an awkward name, and breaks up the flow. They cut him, thinking correctly that Jaeherys is the most minor of minor kings and he'll never come up in the rest of the show.

[@sophiawilson8696]

Sir in Iron Chair it might be Rhaenyra's Uncle that on Chair. Daemon

[@JoeMagician]

Yup could be! Figured is so shadowed it's hard to tell.

[@aeraya2343]

I think Alicent is going for Lord Beesbury

[@Envoy_Intuition]

Nailed it 🎯

[@JoeMagician]

I haven't watched this back, did I actually?

[@Envoy_Intuition]

@@JoeMagician like a solid 85%, was particularly impressed with you predicting their emphasis on the lore behind the dagger and the scene where Alicent demands an eye as retribution

[@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215]

VELARYON BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️❤️

[@animelover-nicole231]

Love it! Lets all be team Strong :P

[@TheTam0613]

Lol, you're right. This is who we are lol. Fandom is tight.

[@floyds0n628]

Wait I thought this was going to be about Ageons conquest

[@aplusrecommends9406]

the pommel is the 7 pointed star

[@JoeMagician]

I saw that too after I finished this, makes some sense. I couldn't tell when I was a making this what it was.

[@aplusrecommends9406]

@@JoeMagician doesn't detract from the solid video you made. just pointing it out

[@angelalovell5669]

Good on you, mate, cool analysis. But I think you could benefit from editing because even at 1.25x and 1.5x speed sometimes, this dragged. Full disclosure, I do have ADHD. But there were a lot more words in here than information (which is very impressive, because there was a lot of info!) Just in case this is helpful in future, definitely not trying to give you a hard time.

[@JoeMagician]

The initial recording was 45 minutes, so this is a very cut down version. I think the problem is that I left too much time in between some words and sentences. That made it feel halting which created that antsy feeling. But I didn't notice until I had already uploaded it, and youtube doesn't allow you to replace files soooo stuck with it.

[@angelalovell5669]

@@JoeMagician KZbin - get it together! Thanks for the nice reply, it is so tricky trying to convey tone on the internet.

[@dragonstonefirechief]

Team black 😏

[@edpistemic]

Damn right! ;)

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Dragons🐲🔥💥 👍

[@HisameArtwork]

hyyyyyyyype

[@dragonddsyt4528]

That 'Blackfyre' blade is so ugly, christ

[@yetipotato8567]

First I thought the "new" throne was cool but after a better look it is dumb, melting steel with poking swords off the ground is weird.

[@fine93]

that sword looks kinda shiet... bad design...

[@TheINSANATY]

Honestly, I doubt that House of the Dragon will succeed, I wish it would, but sadly I don't think that it will attract any audience that Game of Thrones had. The teaser was good, but it doesn't had anything that impressed me, because it felt like a teaser for seasons 7 and 8.

[@aplusrecommends9406]

2m views in 2 hours when it was released shows you're wrong 🥴

[@TheINSANATY]

@@aplusrecommends9406 Just wait until Amazon TV releases its Lord of the Rings teaser.

[@ianvera4299]

Well just like the mediocre night king vs jon snow fight, any idea that this wont succeed is non existent.