Game of Thrones 1x04 'Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things' | First Time Reaction

[@edwinrollins142]

"The King is slutty" lmao, yall have such a way with words

[@vb6548]

Don’t think there’s a word for “man that is a whore”

[@dabreal82]

Mel Brooks said it better 😂

[@cheappoetry2798]

I love that you guys clocked Ned doing the most. He comes from a different world. He was never prepared for kings landing and the scheming

[@noviembre.rz1]

"oh Varys is the tea master" maple cracks me up hahah

[@jamesbarels469]

And nary a teabag.

[@Trepanation21]

@@jamesbarels469 Haha damnit 🤭

[@monopolymike1]

You're going to need a bigger white board. Much bigger.

[@riolkin]

like a room made of white board would do

[@sitaro1207]

I honestly think they need a notebook for this. Like Blind Wave do it

[@danielaustin953]

Many and more

[@woo545]

Take a picture of each whiteboard and at the end of the season, make a short video of the white board progress from beginning to end.

[@Thrawn3200]

Concerning bastards: The King can legitimize bastards, if the father asks for that. Kings can legitimize their own bastards. They get their fathers family name and can inherit lands and titles.

[@dannyb9209]

Game of thrones season 1 was so damn good

[@NameOptional-p9u]

Allister Thorn (Master at Arms of Night Watch) was a knight and came from a noble family that served the Targaryens (former kings/queens/ruling family of Westeros). After Robert's Rebellion (Civil War), many of those that survived were offered to either pledge loyalty to Robert or take the black (Night's Watch). Allister was one that was loyal to the Targaryens and took the black (forfeit all lands/titles) and became the man that trains fighters. He is not very found of Ned Stark or his family. So he takes particular interest in going after Jon any chance he gets. He considers Ned a traitor, despite most of Westeros considering Ned a man of honor.

[@ohbejuankenobi663]

Theon Greyjoy is a ward of the starks who surprisingly raised Theon very well. Theon is kept by the starks to keep the greyjoys from rebelling again. There are so many conspiracy theories about the books. Its also amazing how you will hate a character and come to respect them later.

[@SlZIJI]

I love that last scene with Catelyn and Tyrion. I love the Inn lady, how honored and ashamed she says "Lady Stark"😞

[@Trepanation21]

The scene really is riveting wall-to-wall, everytime I see it. Shoutout Inn Lady 🙏

[@theemperormoth5089]

Harry Lloyd, Viserys' actor, described his behavior as (paraphrasing) "Viserys was Danaerys' mother, father, and teacher for years, he kept her clothed, taught her how to speak and fed for all this time. In the time of the Targaryens she'd have been his wife. To see her be with a new people who respect her, speaking a different language and thriving, it upsets him I think."

[@fordhouse8b]

Yes, she is all he has in the world, and in his mind should have been his wife. Some of his crasser comments and aggressive behavior toward her (being fucked by 40 000 men and horses, etc) is probably misdirected anger and jealousy at having to give her up.

[@Trepanation21]

Harry Lloyd is outstanding. He voices all three books of The Hedge Knight trilogy (the upcoming HBO adapatation!), and voiced Viktor in Arcane!! He's SO GOOD.

[@Udgrasil13]

So, judging by her shirt, Arianna has chosen House Dayne.

[@DavyJones_]

strong , didn’t notice that

[@0okamino]

That didn’t even Dawn on me before I read your comment.

[@nunyabiz6902]

Good choice

[@kurtwagner350]

Lol weird coincidence

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

​@@0okaminoNice Pun

[@master72448]

Glad that girls started to react Game of Thrones! But, maybe.. two episodes in a week?

[@joeblankenship377]

2 episodes a week on Patreon. Just finished season 2 over there.

[@edwinrollins142]

"Tea Master" is such a good name, lol

[@TA3DArtist]

Once I learned that crows and ravens can be taught to speak, it brought a whole new meaning to, “dark wings, dark words”

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

Mormont's pet Raven actually speaks in the books

[@TA3DArtist]

@@Darkstar_Dayne i don’t remember that but I don’t doubt it. It’s been over a decade since I even looked at the books let alone read them.

[@PrivatePAuLa29a]

@@Darkstar_Dayne iirc Sam taught all the ravens in the castle's rookery to say "snow". Mostly to mess with Jon

[@warrenv94]

Ariana and Maple have always had an intense curiosity towards people intentions. This show shows morale quandary. Dilemmas and conundrums. Up the wazoo. It's why the tea is so 🔥. When the writer talks about his books. He speaks of the historical inspirations throughout history. Royalty, famous books or poets, authors, historians, and his favorite, Tolkien. Remember, it is just a show. A really really good show. I think seeing the first season is a great eye opener. Winter is coming, you sweet sumer children.

[@seanyoung9014]

Never seen anyone write "Up the wazoo" as a sentence of its own. 😂

[@warrenv94]

@seanyoung9014 there's a first for everything, I suppose. 😆 🤣

[@Sadsharks]

I have never seen these two show curiosity toward intentions. Usually they make a judgment at first sight and stick with it regardless of context or further evidence.

[@The-Other-G]

@@seanyoung9014 I've seen it and heard it before, but is most fitting here, up until they run out of books. The Imp's Speech is still one of the most chilling moments in a series I've ever experienced. The tea is 🔥 and doesn't cool as long as they have books to burn.

[@carriesmith742]

5:37 Hopefully your Patrons are recommending you to watch the Histories and Lore at the end of each season. It gives backstory on different plots and Houses that were covered each season. Nice refresher for book readers but great for just show watchers!

[@xrojoredx]

Here here

[@nickrubin7312]

+1, especially for earlier seasons, these are a great watch Although I think plenty of "conventional" reaction channels (fast intro, reaction, fast outro with some thoughts, no long form yapping since viewers drop out minutes after reaction ends) Histories and Lore would be considered bad for reactions. They are 1h long videos with different bits, so you can edit out best (unlike with the episode, which, tbf, every reaction channel has the same bits in the same episodes, and it is fine), and you certainly can't post 1h long reaction that would be "boring" reaction-wise.

[@carriesmith742]

@@nickrubin7312 For me when I watch a reaction video , I watch it from beginning to end. Even if they don't react to H&L, they should watch it to at least have the knowledge. Spartan & Pudgey would just give a short disclosure at the beginning and then pause and discuss each section to mix things up, as most other reactors do, but the choice is Amber's, although since she's a reader she'll probably read all the content after watching the shows.

[@yuh-fv7ds]

73 episodes. 73 weeks. 17 months.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Some of us could be dead by that time. Thankfully the best stuff is season 6 and before

[@jmhjmhjmh]

@@CrazeeAdam they gotta stretch all the series they watch out so they don't have to get real jobs.

[@Hopehubris1492]

Not these two earnestly taking notes like there’s an exam at the end of the episode. 👍

[@Cherryberryfruitt]

tbf when i first watched season 1 there was too much going on to remember everything and i ended up googling who everyone was and what was happening every 10 minutes 💀

[@tonywii4398]

@@Cherryberryfruitt did you get spoiled by looking things up though?

[@Cherryberryfruitt]

@@tonywii4398 not really tbh, i mostly just looked up their name and family tree and avoided any websites. I did have some spoilers just from social media in general, it was pretty hard to avoid especially on tiktok

[@deltoidable]

They mention Rhaegar's death in the 2nd episode. Rhaegar Targaryan was killed by current King Robert Baratheon in single combat during the Battle of the Trident. It was at the same location that Arya beat up Joffry and threw his sword in the Trident river.

[@havok6280]

I understand that the showrunners wanted to humanize Cersei by giving her a stillborn son. But that change seems to confuse most reactors. Gendry said his mother died. And Ned says he is Robert's bastard. If he was Cersei's son, he wouldn't be a bastard.

[@okdude8215]

It's one of the poorer early season additions imo.

[@scarlettmi]

I have never heard of anyone who being confused by that. What a bizarre leap in logic to make.

[@humanasornament]

It can be misleading but if you think about it, it is information enough to actually conclude the truth...

[@arobin6695]

@@scarlettmi a lot of reactors make that assumption, especially because Gendry says his mother had blonde hair, though there is a different reason why they had him say that

[@jawbone78]

@@scarlettmi it's not a bizarre leap in logic, it's a natural inference. They brought up a black-haired baby with a blonde mother, and then they presented a black-haired young man with a blonde mother. It's been a long time, but when I first saw this episode I hadn't read the book yet, and I'm pretty sure that was my first thought as well.

[@lbds954]

Gendry isn't Cersei's son, she said the baby's body was taken from her which means she saw him die. He's just Robert's bastard - but that in itself is very relevant.

[@jaycomic9108]

It’s a interesting theory tho

[@OM3GA_x]

@@jaycomic9108 it's really not

[@LorraineVirginie]

I think they’re thinking she could’ve lied. That’s just what she said to Cat as far as anyone watching the show at this point knows.

[@maninredhelm]

@@OM3GA_x Nah, it is. And it's a totally reasonable conclusion to reach at this point in the story. "Cersei said the body was taken"? Right, because Cersei would never deceive anyone. GoT fans just can't restrain themselves, as usual. Unless they flat out mishear a line or misidentify a character who isn't supposed to be difficult to identify, let them come to wrong conclusions. It's not like it's going to take 8 seasons for Ned to clear this particular matter up.

[@joedunams7505]

It's also a good point she is making. Why would the Hand of the King be searching for a bastard unless there was something more? Surely King Robert has many bastards why would he be so interesting in this one? We know why but Arianna and Maple don't yet. So it's not an unreasonable theory giving the info they have.

[@lifetheslowway]

You’ve already heard about how Dany’s older brother dies. In episode one King Robert cradles Ned sisters crypt statue face in his hands and says “in my dreams I kill him every night” and he’s talking about Prince Rhaeghar, Daenerys’s older brother. I won’t say anymore on that storyline, but he was an important figure in the rebellion and you will hear his name come up throughout the series

[@MrMcToi]

Can't wait for them to meet Lord Tywin Lannister!

[@blake6015]

Every time I see the Iron Throne, I can't help but think, "Man, it's sooo much smaller than it is in the books."

[@the_crypter]

Yea, but Idk, I always thought that made more sense or was more practical than whatever I imagined reading the books.

[@0okamino]

Much more nicely put together in the show as well. The one in the books is impossible to sit comfortably on, and even dangerous to try to do so.

[@MrSovietPhoenix]

Tea Master ☕️

[@theemperormoth5089]

Lord Varys, Master of Tea

[@0okamino]

If you want to know what’s brewing, he can certainly tell you a thing or two.

[@cloudwatcher608]

What? Uncle Iroh isn’t in GoT…

[@theemperormoth5089]

@@cloudwatcher608 Uncle Iroh had to survive the court politics of the Fire Nation. He absolutely was in GoT lol

[@cloudwatcher608]

@@theemperormoth5089 haha good point 😂

[@mrohaney]

Funny that your wearing a "Starfall" shirt which has pretty significant lore in this universe, although not in show too much

[@tonyyul703]

I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH...... DIAGESIS PLEASE 🙏 DO THE HISTORY AND LORE VIDEOS AFTER EACH SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES

[@pharrigan-hikes]

Those are very cool. Love how the cast narrates with the pictures and animations.

[@magicbrownie1357]

The boy in the smithy is Robert's bastard.

[@SmugSmurf]

Thank you Jessica for the Edit! 🎥🍿

[@AP-RSI]

12:02 Oh Arya... Foreshadowing... The first time I've realized that!

[@willmanprw1]

If you read the books when you were younger how is it that none of the lure or characters aren’t “ringing a bell” for you? Did you forget it all?

[@fordhouse8b]

Lure? Is someone going fishing?

[@laurashepherd2479]

Yeah do a character rating at the end or beginning of each season and then see how you're opinions on certain characters shift over time!

[@quenni5286]

The early Seasons are a Crazy vibe, i think this is my 10th time watching someone else reactions for all episodes

[@leroloralarlora]

5:25 me waiting for the winds after rereading the feast&dance for the 3rd time

[@sariel8406]

"Braids". Remember that. And the shit is indeed real at the wall. The dude is mean but he is doing what he thinks is right.

[@LorraineVirginie]

I’m so confused, didn’t one of you say you read the books? But then you’re debating like neither of you knows what Ned is looking for?? 😂

[@fordhouse8b]

I think one of them read only the first book, many years ago. She probably doesn’t remember much.

[@GustavoCardoso95]

The girl on the right is wearing a shirt with a location from the ASOIAF universe; Starfall is the castle of house Dayne, from Arthur Dayne that we see in the show XD

[@mabelmargaret8295]

Y'all REALLY need to try and do two a week. For really real. Love y'all's channel

[@MapleDivine]

We do two a week on our Patreon!

[@mabelmargaret8295]

@@MapleDivine ooh thank you!

[@shadowfire_08]

bahahah so glad that ‘Tea Master’ has been coined from the jump 🥳

[@Stevarooni]

Cool analysis and breakdown.

[@Dalman8r]

Oh sweet summer children

[@rickbotic6063]

17:05 That edit, I thought Jon said "sounds no different from the rest of us."

[@christpower5402]

Outstanding work today, ladies. ❤

[@okleberg]

not them doing homework 😭

[@velvet_thunder1835]

Im on 1x8. Yall are gona be my motivate to watch a new ep each week. Eventually im sure ill get into it enough to binge

[@domenicgalata1470]

Hopefully you two watch the lore videos that each season had that kind of fills in history on characters and ones you hear about in the series from the books. They are worth a watch.

[@tonyyul703]

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GUYS WATCH THE HISTORY AND LORE VIDEOS AFTER EACH SEASON

[@danielkinn782]

If they are trying to figure this out on their white board...rhey are gonna need a BIGGER board. Soooooo many character and soooooo many twists and turns

[@Nicholas_is_my_name]

24:57 Maybe listen to what she's saying Rather than immediately throwing away everything anyone you don't like says because there's often some important information Because what she said is completely correct and it is very important information to have

[@JPShadow]

Catelyn Tully making a blunder number 1! With many more to come..

[@michaelpetersen467]

they really cut jons monologue about being a snow/bastard .. 😥

[@Serryy]

Important context: Theon was taken as a ward when he was a child by the Starks after his fathers rebellion/war for independence failed. Well, officially as a ward. In practice the losers of wars in Westeros often give up children as wards so they act as de facto hostages and prevent the fathers from leading wars again. Essentially, Theon grew up with the Stark children, but if his father had decided to rebel against the king again, it would have not been an unusual affair if Ned had to kill him because of that.

[@rookis25]

Gonna need a bigger board, get a Journal and Transfer notes if its that hard to remember

[@Avatar1881-u7z]

Varys does mean Tea Master.

[@serlotsadoe]

Really enjoying you guys watching GOT 🔥

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

Catelyn Stark does so much to destroy her family - accidentally

[@neonoires]

LOL this really was a great episode for the main female characters. They went in.

[@SciFiCatGuy]

For the record, it's Middlefinger.

[@crisrobinson3092]

The first show that requires almost as much note taking as commentary!

[@hessu275]

It's great to see you're hooked. This series will feel like a drug, just one more 😁

[@H880]

Lady Stark kicked off the whole thing when she had Tyrion arrested.

[@Diegesis]

I think Jamie kicked it off when he pushed bran out the window. Lady stark wouldn't be bothering tyrion had that not happened

[@LuminairPrime]

MARI is surely one of the greatest reaction duos out there

[@regaubade8329]

Constant writing of unimportant stuff, while missing regular names and positions, talking during the question reveals, and missing characters faces, acting, eyes, body movements,... sigh.

[@hasanlaham738]

man... you guys are in for a treat 😅😅

[@notforkids-esque]

Lady Stark did this most stupid thing in the entire show. That single piece of theatre births 8 seasons of war and pure chaos

[@dcanngieter]

No not the dead son…just one of Robert’s many bastards

[@CoL_Drake]

well the lords are in charge of their kingdoms in a way how a major is in charge of his city or a minister of his state ... there is still a big boss ahead thats the king xD its the 7 kingdoms, but ALL kingdoms belong to the same king ^_^ its not several kings :)

[@lukel2374]

love this series, please keep watching!

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

If Arianna is wearing a Starfall T Shirt, does that make her a Dayne?

[@dinesendk]

The detective work at play here, makes the CSI shows look bad 😂

[@OmegaSoypreme]

Your notes are going to be amazing by the end! I hope you keep it up!

[@JohnnyRaven69]

It's pretty hilarious when they mark, half of the show will passed by Maybe just try to remember the characters names lol

[@ShyGoldie]

yeah the notes might even make it more stressful and confusing in the long run 😭

[@alexanderdiaz6396]

In todays military or rather during my term of service they broke us down to build us up. Some can put grow from it but it does wonders. I completely agree with that

[@forkxin]

Not that it excuses his behavior but Viserys was only a child himself when he and Dany had to go on the run and there was a long period of time when he was the one making sure they both survived. He's absolutely a piece of shit that deserves everything that's happening to him, but there's a lot of trauma that shaped him too.

[@scriptos9698]

You’ll have to ignore the stillborn baby plot point, that was added by the show for no real reason. Gendry isn’t Cersei’s child.

[@jawbone78]

Not no real reason - it's another data point that supports the revelation that occurs in a couple of episodes from here. It wasn't strictly necessary, but that was the reason.

[@Sceptile24]

Let them figure it out,hearing their theories is part of the fun. Also, they are like probably waaaaaay ahead so it doesn't even matter

[@boki1693]

The show dosn't tell you this but the dude at the knights watch that is always being a dick to Jon is doing it because Ned is the reason he is at the wall. So he is taking it out on Jon.

[@XDviper45]

Let me save you time from going down the wrong road, Gendry is just a bastard, he’s not Cercei’s child.

[@Lions1986]

actually Catelyn was very stupid to do what she did. Her husband told her to wait for a reason.

[@christopherlundgren1700]

I love how committed you guys are to taking notes.

[@echinorlax]

"So he would have to not technically be a bastard, but how that would even work" - legitimizing a bastard for low-born fathers was technically just a matter of father announcing it, but for nobles, who in the feudal system serve as king's administrators for given piece of land, there was a matter of legitimized bastard becoming heir to that function - and a monarch wanted a say in this. So, to become a part of the family a bastard needed a royal proclamation. Which in the case of king's bastards... circles back to father just saying a word. For a married king, with kids already in the line to the throne, this would create an outrage on the side of wife's family and their supporters and, since the king's wife usually came from the most powerful houses of the realm or foreign ruling house, could mean a civil war or war between nations - but all in all, be bad to the kingdom, so it would not be expected to happen. The king would have to be an idiot... but in case of Robert's that's not a hypothetical, isn't it :P So yeah, if the bastard is older than Joffrey, and Robert is not afraid of whacking a hornet's nest, he's just one royal whim away from becoming first in line.

[@fordhouse8b]

Simply legitimizing a bastard son does not generally give him precedence over any younger true born sons. Generally, any true born son will still be ahead in the line of succession.

[@brewcityjesus]

I appreciate the fact that you're taking notes

[@TheKingtos]

it's pointless to write down all the details, you'll eventually figure it all out by paying attention!

[@scriptos9698]

What a stupid opinion! There’s literally nothing wrong with taking notes, in fact taking notes requires you to pay more attention than you would be otherwise! Saying this for a GOT reaction is especially idiotic considering how packed the best parts of it are with details.

[@keef5]

People who take notes are better off than people who don’t

[@random_stuff9547]

I think they watch sooo many different series that It helps to take notes.

[@the_crypter]

@@keef5I don’t know about that, most studies show taking notes while listening/watching is same as not taking any notes. You can easily read up on them.

[@keef5]

@@the_crypter cool, how many of these studies are on shows with a hundred named characters with untraditional names and a couple dozen places?

[@tonyyul703]

Gindre Barartheon..... With a BLOODLINE TO THE IRON THRONE

[@fordhouse8b]

Not Gindre, Gendry. Not Baratheon, Waters. Waters is the name given to Bastards in the region of Westeros he was born in. And at this point in the story, not even Waters, since only highborn bastards were called by any last name, and he does not know who his father is. Lowborn people of Westeros don’t have last names.

[@L-W-ko1hn]

no hes a bastard so he has no claim

[@antonnovo695]

Lannisters are the best.

[@chrissmith7584]

Y’all need to watch The Wire Great show 20 years old and still relevant to todays times

[@SofaKingWashed]

That's not me.

[@giaezrae]

there’s no way you read the books ms. arianna😭😭i love u bunches still tho😂🫶your guys’ theories are COOKING rn!!!

[@matthunter983]

SMH Cersei and Robert having a child was an invention of the show meant to make Cersei less evil and all it did was confuse viewers

[@MrLainon]

Hold on, does she think "unsurp" is how you pronounce usurp? Or did she make up a word for un-usurping?

[@stepheng1523]

Lil bro targaryen reminds me of one of my bosses at work lol. Cant talk to people, no one likes him, and worse, no one respects him

[@eduardodelarosa7404]

are you still doing LOTR together on YT?

[@helbraheals]

Fyi the videos are out of order on the playlist atm.

[@Diegesis]

thanks for the heads up. got it fixed :)

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

You will learn names and lore just by watching!! Love your reactions!

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

19:32 Not Queen, Khaleesi. Yass Khaleesi !

[@kebabchicken-g8e]

Oh, Catelyn......

[@jamiemacdonald5203]

Staaart the damn joust before I piss me self!!

[@lordheru1]

Both of you are so cute!!!

[@sakidickerson]

Loving this series and your notes

[@DAC49]

The girl in the white shirt was dipped in annoying sauce and sprinkled with annoying powder.

[@yesman8682]

Wrong thumbnail?