The Burning Mill - Dragon Time with Schwift and Glidus (House of the Dragon S2E03)

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[@georgeealien]

Whenever I watch these videos I picture Alt Shift X as a regular dude sitting at a desk and then Glidus is a tiny little gnome man standing on the desk and Shift is just watching him intently

[@Glidus]

how did you know

[@skiiworld]

Now that I read this I can’t get the image out of my head

[@georgeealien]

​@@Glidus I thought that's what the G in glidus stood for and went from there

[@conalking8739]

​@@Glidusis actually a cover, his real name is Gnomus

[@TheChandy98]

​@@Glidus like big cook little cook. Big Shift and Lil Glide

[@davidthewhale7556]

Yay now I can have my opinion on the episode

[@Divine_Chareka]

Lol yes!!

[@xrphoenix7194]

Who told you you're allowed to have an opinion

[@vinogr00nko93]

jokes on you, I have a Nebula subscription so I was able to hold an opinion for 2 days

[@bobbiecat8000]

WEAK, FECKLESS.

[@_.equilibrium_]

Yippee

[@MJR_ATX]

I just picture Arryk and Erryk in the afterlife immediately after the fight looking awkwardly at each other like “well that was dumb”

[@simonriley4131]

Too bad that the afterlife canonically doesn't exist in ASoIaF

[@S.D._777_]

​@simonriley4131 Some form of it has to. Alicent before she dies talks about seeing her children and The Old King again.

[@simonriley4131]

@@S.D._777_ what about Beric Dondarrion and Jon Snow talking about the nothingness of death before their resurrections

[@willatano1464]

@@simonriley4131maybe because they were always destined to come back?

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

@@simonriley4131well maybe that's cause they didn't fully die/were resurrected. like maybe your soul has a probationary time in the waiting room of the afterlife just in case you get resurrected. (yes i'm aware of purgatory as a concept)

[@CarKiller92]

Gotta love how the "they no longer breathe our air" became a running joke

[@anorwegianguy3780]

They gained gills and breathe water

[@rayjjupiter]

​@@anorwegianguy3780the forebears of Varys. Mermaid theory confirmed

[@HisameArtwork]

@@rayjjupiter varys was a green not blackfire all along. explains why he tried to poison dany.

[@Belegor]

@@anorwegianguy3780 that got me rolling. They now breathe our water

[@kevaughnmerrill6534]

"If this were JUST a dragon war, it might be for the best because the dragons might all die." - The Citadel

[@nont18411]

Glidus is a maester confirmed

[@sarwatarannya8786]

Based and baratheon-pilled

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

All we need to do is open up a dimensional portal to Westeros and give everyone a surface to air Stinger missile system, or give every house a flak cannon.

[@deagoladaroz]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 When Bronn pops open the cart to reveal the scorpion, just do that but with the roof of every household.

[@kekero540]

I mean, last time dragonlords ruled a continent it ended in 9/10ths of all people to be enslaved, and that’s just Volantis. I don’t even want to think about the countless millions who died in Valyria.

[@Denverl8868]

>walks up to the king consort who just invaded her home >"you will die here" >refuses to elaborate >leaves Alys River is the most based woman in Westeros

[@PratyakshAgarwalForReal]

based.

[@GC-gw7lc]

Aemond like, "that's so fucking hot"

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

unfathomably based

[@TheLazarusOperation]

Between Daemon and Radahn, we're at capacity for consorts

[@isaacp64]

Balls the size of The Wall

[@QuinnTheGM]

The Blackwood and Bracken being named Davos and Aeron in the subtitles are CLEAR and DIRECT evidence that Davos and Damphair (dam fair) are the first POVs to die in Winds (I’ve seen it in the flames)

[@Longshanks1690]

MFers with no Winds in 13 years be like:

[@Runch78]

not my onion knight :(

[@succ5297]

Quinn, my brother in christ, its time to let go

[@unpretencioso3427]

fr fr (we are not in actual denial)

[@nont18411]

The copium is strong in this one

[@collinthomson7942]

I think that box Rhaenyra had was a “special box” as my family calls it, and those toys were not her children’s, but HER old favorites from when she was young. A “special box” is for keeping important mementos and keepsakes, so it’d make perfect sense to keep what is likely to be the final thing Alicent will ever write for Rhaenyra there

[@assortmentofpillsbutneverb3756]

Yeah I have one too...but it is also filled with Alan wrenches and old keys lol

[@fofi444]

@@collinthomson7942 :((((( i’ll cry

[@-Gax-]

My special box is mostly empty now because my sons have mostly everything that was in it😂 Now it's mostly things like rare Pokemon cards, expensive hard to obtain games, my teddy and Big Bird from when I was born (34 now). Otherwise, everything else went to my son's. When they are older and done with them, I'll get them back with even more memories

[@jasonpelletier8066]

@@collinthomson7942 Christian Cole got inside her special box

[@PastLifeVillian]

If you didn’t notice, Alicent says “I swear to you on my mother” to Rhaenyra, which is the same thing Rhaenyra said to Alicent when she lied about being in the brothel with Daemon

[@alanpennie]

If that was deliberate such trolling is a bit of a red flag.

[@ajheartsong]

Their dead mothers are like wait wtf 😂

[@HisameArtwork]

@@ajheartsong ikr, leave us out of this, we raised you better than that XD

[@AsteaFrosty]

They were both *technically* not lying. Alicent truly believed Viserys was talking about their son being TPTWP and Rhaenyra just said she didn't sleep with Daemon that time. Nobody thought to ask about Cole.

[@user-ke9ir1xn7p]

​​@@AsteaFrostyexactly my point.... people don't get this.... technically Rhaenyra didn't lie because she was being asked about Daemon and she didn't have sex with him.....thankfully someone gets it

[@fofi444]

rhaenyra’s face card in the septa outfit was an attack on the greens on its own. so pretty

[@FoggyBogFrog]

She caused a motherquake measuring 9.9 on the cunter scale with that look

[@miketrujillo3677]

​@@FoggyBogFrogyou two are wild

[@ladyhotep5189]

Ethereal

[@abbykaiherau7539]

reaaall

[@anaionescu8913]

Yep, I kept telling myself "how is this _supermodel_ gonna blend in with the masses?"

[@Alphadanielmon]

Hey good job on editing this so quickly. It's seriously impressive pushing out a video of this size in under a week. Thank you for your work!

[@Glidus]

thank you!

[@incanusolorin2607]

Hey man, we're not supposed to compliment youtubers. If they are not craving for affection and approval, vídeos don't get made

[@ManforSomeMarkets]

My only guess is that they start the editing process with the review copy and finalize their thoughts after watching the main broadcast.

[@maggiesierra9912]

“He hasn’t experienced back pain yet- so he still fears nothing” really got me… 😂

[@andyw_uk74]

I love how Daemon literally did a Leslie Nielsen/Airplane joke with the throne "it's a big chair, made of swords" thing. 😂

[@stevenman013]

But that's not important right now

[@theprimo100]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking Arbor Gold. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sourleaf. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit milk of the poppy. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit shade of the evening.

[@MJR_ATX]

Glackwoods and the Schwakens

[@Arkios64]

Simon Strong: *does a food description* Daemon Targaryen: "I don't want it!"

[@ThelronFjord]

What I do love about this episode is their use of Harrenhal as a spooky setting where these dreams and nightmares manifest in the imagination of the inhabitants, playing off their paranoia, like it did in the books. Game of Thrones never was able to capture that feeling of supernatural, ominous dread that lingered in a setting that had a bloody history like Harrenhal does.

[@alanpennie]

GoT really skimped the mystical.

[@doyoulikedags3534]

I think the "dirt" that was shoveled on the twins was actually crushed up chocolate cake and oreos. "What they were chucking on us was about 300 quid's worth (about $379) of chocolate cake and Oreos all crushed up," says Luke Tittensor. "It was actually quite an enjoyable experience." 😂

[@henrietta9206]

sentiments exactly!

[@manoz6194]

They did well playing the corpses, if it was me I'd be opening my mouth!

[@coddyriggin]

They use the same mixture in the lighthouse and it’s so funny how Willam Defoe is just gobbling it up

[@henrietta9206]

@@coddyriggin 😆

[@drVarulv]

Larys Strong came up to Aegon and said "sir, we don't have the budget for you to ride Sunfire this season, you'll have to wait for season 3, i promise you'll get to ride him then though"

[@spensirmclife6549]

Well we saw him ride it in a trailer so it's more like we only have the budget for you to ride it in the finale.

[@alanpennie]

Someone has to mind the store now Otto is gone. Larys may be evil but he's the nearest thing to a grown - up left in KL.

[@BEZERKSTUDIOS718]

So, aren't we feeling goofy now in hindsight lmao

[@SCPRealised]

Pretty sure that in Helaena’s little book of drawings you can see a decapitated wolf on the right. Perhaps she’s had visions of the Red Wedding?

[@nont18411]

Yes

[@itskashkashi]

Or can the decapitated wolf represent Ned?

[@johansrensen1943]

@@itskashkashi both ?

[@Silburific]

Weren't there two headless wolves? Ned and Robb, perhaps?

[@AK-sn5wx]

​@@Silburific also Shaggydog in the show

[@tuurlijk]

22:55 "House broom - we do not mop" made me inhale my coffee

[@talk-supersix-seven6021]

Baylon Greyjoy voice “ WE ARE EYE-AAAAAAHHHNNN-BORNN”

[@mlgesus8362]

Damon storms into Harrenhal looking for conflict, Simon offers him cooked vegetables. But for Damon, peas was never an option

[@Ravuun]

Regardless of Alicent's mistake, the Small Council had already been putting things in place to get Aegon on the throne. Ultimately it didn't matter what Viserys said on his deathbed, it just helped justify it to Alicent. The rest of them were going to follow through on a coup as soon as he stopped breathing.

[@alanpennie]

Indeed. The dying words were important to Alicent because she has a strong sense of herself as a good person who does the right thing. But they weren't important in starting the war.

[@masterplokoon8803]

But Alicent should be moved by her motivations, not some dumb misunderstanding.

[@Inkspeckle]

while it may not have affected what the greens were going to do anyway, it DOES affect Alicent's characterization. Her main personal conflict in season 1 was about her chosing to do the proper thing vs pursuing what she wanted. she did what was expected of her - followed her father's schemes, did her duty in the old, sick king's bed, bore children and never let impulse or feelings inform her choices. the main moment in S1 where this breaks is when she attacks Rhaenyra with a dagger after Aemond loses his eye. this is the first time she gives in to her wroth, her wish for revenge, her desire to punish Rhaenyra for doing what she never could. It's the first time Alicent breaks "from the script" so to speak, of how a lady, a queen should behave in this situation. When Viserys died, this should have been the pivotal moment for her to choose who she would become. Respect Viserys' wish, do what is expected and let Rhaenyra be crowned - or help facilitate what she wishes to happen, namely that her son should be king instead, because she doesn't trust Rhaenyra anymore and fears for her childrens' safety under her rule. Choosing Aegon would have been such a jump in character development for her, a moment for her to enact a plot out of her own agency, rather than go with what others have already decided. The misunderstanding thing completely destroys that. It turns her from a political player pursuing her own goals into someone who just accidentally stumbled into a coup that was already happening and now has to shrug and go "well I guess thats what my husband wanted in the end anyway I guess". It feels like a copout from the writers who didn't want to make her choose sides definitively just yet.

[@keirangrant1607]

"He hasn't experienced back pain yet....." LOL! Totally felt that

[@HisameArtwork]

yeah, I used to be able to skip to school and work but then I took a back pain to the spine.

[@DarkKing009]

"Don't matter who did what to who at this point. Fact is, we went to war and now there ain't no goin' back. I mean, shit, it's what war is, you know? Once you in it, you in it. If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight!" Lord Slim Charles

[@benderB9]

Lord Slim Charles was a fantastic hand to two Kings. What a wise man and good soldier

[@vindionu6287]

Lord Slim Charles played the game of thrones to perfection

[@pizzafacemcbride3582]

Oh after being banned from r/theWire for posting a picture, it's such a joy being able to comment on something wire-related. Please Glidus, don't ban me.

[@movieloverfan18]

Alicent could have called the guards, arrested Rhaenyra, and ended the war right there.

[@grichkatayou7558]

@@movieloverfan18 Don't tell them that , it makes too much sense... she'd rather tell her they are at war, and let her move back to dragon stone in order for her to plan on how to get rid of Alicent's children... smh

[@jessedampolo]

I like the fact that Alicent misunderstood Viserys about wanting Aegon to be crowned, but then it doesn't make any difference either way because the men around her were planning on crowning him regardless. It's another level to the gender issues in this society.

[@hsgame4088]

Idk why the show is trying to spin it into a "it was all a misunderstansing" when it didnt really matter. Aegon was going to be crowned one way or the other.

[@AnnabelTheGoldsmith]

"He hasn't experienced back pain yet, so he fears nothing." 😅😂😅

[@gothicusmaximus5697]

I did an essay on the Equestrian Consul for my Master's degree and im rather certain that Caligula was just a dank meme troll

[@Glidus]

this is also the conclusion i’ve come to

[@gothicusmaximus5697]

@@Glidus my personal fav is when he had everyone in the Senate ironically clap for Claudius and his new book about Etruscans when everyone including Claudius knew that nobody cared ed about his book. Such a madlad. Not quite Diocleation having the Senators sit in chairs that were carved like tombstones with their names carved in them but still pretty wild.

[@justinleecw]

@@gothicusmaximus5697That was Domitian

[@jakelus71]

​@@gothicusmaximus5697off by a couple hundred years there mate

[@gothicusmaximus5697]

@@justinleecw sorry dylexic moment yes i meant Domitian. thank you. made the edit.

[@TheCac]

I really like how much grander some of the castles seem now, like winterfell and harrenhall feel so much larger but not enough to feel like they were redesigned, i personally love it

[@myrtleantioquia5838]

When were they in Winterfell in HOTD?

[@denaoc]

@@myrtleantioquia5838 first ep this season

[@hsgame4088]

​@@denaocWasnt that the wall? Tf

[@hazleygod]

@@hsgame4088we saw both

[@masterplokoon8803]

Rhaenys: talking about avoiding bloodshed and the cycle of violence and the need for peace All the peasants who got massacred so that she could show off her dragon: "Bruh..."

[@samberger8595]

Shhh! We don't need to talk about unpopular moments, new head canon is that Rhaenys was high on milk of the poppy and imagined the whole dragonpit debacle.

[@schwaben4120]

She feels like her peasant death quota is already too high lol

[@nont18411]

But don’t you see? Those peasants are not *real* people. Still they were very real for Jaime Lannister tho, at least before GoT season 8.

[@masterplokoon8803]

@@samberger8595 the funniest and sadest part is that the writers genuinely consider that a heroic girlboss moment rather than a pointless horrific massacre that ends up hurting the integrity of Rhaenys' character. All that for a moment of shock value in the end of an episode.

[@JoeSakana]

This so baffling. The writers must be aware how much of a raging hypocrite she is, right? Like, that's the point of her character, right? A woman refusing to take responsibility, or acknowledge her own agency, in order to get high off of a false sense of moral superiority?

[@shelbyeverett3096]

It really tickled me the amount of times “Simon Says” was used in this video

[@anorwegianguy3780]

Simon says that you shall not breathe our air

[@dylanchouinard6141]

Simon says the princess was seen in an unsavory establishment…*coupling*

[@TaeSunWoo]

Glidus voice: “Simon says there will now be more because you complained… good jobbb.”

[@MipsoSoup]

Scariest scene was Helaena’s moment of lucidity - looking straight into Alicent’s eye - telling her bitch you heard me, I said I forgive you for dragging everything I love into this fucken mess.

[@ATeaDaze]

> *What?* I said that I forgive you 😐

[@jazwhoaskedforthis]

I actually wonder if it's "I forgive you" for even more fuckery that's yet to come. Is there something Alicent is yet to do to Helaena that she's forgiving her for in advance?

[@ladyhotep5189]

​@@jazwhoaskedforthisthat's what I was thinking . Shot zhe might even had seen the conversation between Alicent and Raenyra

[@alanpennie]

​@@ladyhotep5189 Alicent may have been worried about that too. She really looked spooked, though admittedly she's not in a good place now since her children aren't shy about indicating that they despise her.

[@ajheartsong]

I wish she said I’ll never forgive you 😂😂

[@JohnTorres1987]

“Maybe old, senile men should not rule the world.” Nothing has even been said better but the older generations try to hold onto their power and riches as long as possible even when they should’ve let go decades ago. This is not only in government but in business as well.

[@yuza1032]

I think the scene in the Sept was basically the writers realizing, "Shit we're probably not gonna have a face to face interaction between Rhaenyra and Alicent after the war starts so we have to do it now somehow" and it's hard to maintain the intimate television drama between two of the series' most important main characters if they never speak to each other. It's one of the few times where I felt like they compromised a bit too much in translating the book to the screen. There's the threat of violence that they we know can't execute because it'd end the show, like Rhaenys' bad dragon exit. It was just a bit much to have Daemon and Rhaenyra do the cloak and dagger thing (literally) even if the latter wasn't approaching the Red Keep especially when the latter is their Queen and everyone else in her council is trying to get her the fuck out of there. They already blame her for not showing up enough due to childbirth and grief, why leave them to plot while she's not there? Unless Mysaria does some cleanup Larys-style but I don't think she has enough friends there. I actually expected the show to never reveal to either of them what the misunderstanding was or to do it way, waaaaay down the line after a decade of bad blood where Alicent realizes the already flimsy justification for Aegon's legitimacy that she's been clinging to was not true on any level. Or she learns about the ASOIAF from some crusty old Maester or Ulf or Larys, just a third party who destroys her worldview at the worst possible moment for her.

[@christinestreeter8566]

It’s better to have the reveal right as things begin to escalate because now she’ll watch the whole war take place knowing she screwed up. If she found out years into the conflict, it likely wouldn’t have the same impact. Alicent will view every death, all the devastation that will come knowing she’s responsible and being powerless to stop it.

[@yuza1032]

@@christinestreeter8566 I think it could have worked either way. Like schwift said it does make Alicent come off as a worse person because she's decided it's too late while Rhaenyra is at least trying and risking her life and standing with her council trying to give peace a chance. It does offer the opportunity for other people on the Greens to find out now though.

[@AstaraBrightwing]

Alicent and Rhaenyra literally meet face to face the moment Rhaenyra takes King's Landing, and the two of them are together in the Red Keep the whole six months that Rhaenyra rules. There is no reason the writers needed the sept scene. It would be much more powerful for Alicent and Rhaenyra to meet after the war has already taken its toll, and have an emotionally charged scene filled with tragedy and inevitability *after* seeing the consequences of their actions.

[@christinestreeter8566]

@@yuza1032 I don’t think it really makes Alicent out to be a worse person than Rhaenyra. Alicent may have realized that she was wrong, but what can she do now? Like she said Otto is gone, Cole is on the march and Aemond is Aemond. There is literally nothing Alicent can do to stop anything. She has no power or authority she’s the Queen dowager and Aegon certainly isn’t going to hand his crown back because Alicent misinterpreted something a dying man said. There’s too much bad blood between the family anyway. Alicent has to accept that this is the path because it’s completely out of her control. What could she do to stop any of this or make a peace?

[@alanpennie]

​@@christinestreeter8566 Just so. All this reveal can do is make Alicent more regretful that things turned out so badly and wonder how much of it is her fault. Mentally she has checked out from the war before it's really started.

[@therepublicofdave1498]

erryk and arryk really were a pair of silly gooses weren't they

[@theshackledgamer799]

I'm glad you and Schwift jokingly predicted Alicent and Rhaenyra meeting to talk about Viserys.

[@Longshanks1690]

I have to say that the scene I appreciate the most was the opening between the Blackwoods and Brackens because, finally, for the first time in ASOIAF, the Blackwoods are presented as the arrogant dicks and the Brackens are shown in a somewhat sympathetic light. The main series keeps trying to pretend this is a commentary on the pointlessness of ancient blood feuds, but it’s not. The Blackwoods are a bunch of honourable badasses and the Brackens are a bunch of stuck up jerks, it’s actually a very one sided conflict morally speaking that only ever leaves you rooting for one side and one side only, which kind of misses the point if it’s lamenting the cycle of violence. So I cannot thank the show enough for finally introducing some ambiguity into this situation, even leaving the possibility open that the Blackwoods started a fight over stones the Brackens never moved, because this REALLY needed it and it truly cements the horror of the next scene showing a mountain of corpses leaving you shocked by the needless violence and not just upset that some Brackens survived and too many Blackwoods died, like it is in the books.

[@liamreeves344]

I have to say that the scene I appreciate the most was the opening between the Blackwoods and Brackens because, finally, for the first time in ASOIAF, the Blackwoods are presented as the arrogant dicks and the Brackens are shown in a somewhat sympathetic light. The main series keeps trying to pretend this is a commentary on the pointlessness of ancient blood feuds, but it's not. The Blackwoods are a bunch of honourable badasses and the Brackens are a bunch of stuck up jerks, it's actually a very one sided conflict morally speaking that only ever leaves you rooting for one side and one side only, which kind of misses the point if it's lamenting the cycle of violence. So I cannot thank the show enough for finally introducing some ambiguity into this situation, even leaving the possibility open that the Blackwoods started a fight over stones the Brackens never moved, because this REALLY needed it and it truly cements the horror of the next scene showing a mountain of corpses leaving you shocked by the needless violence and not just upset that some Brackens survived and too many Blackwoods died, like it is in the books.

[@samberger8595]

@@liamreeves344hey, I've seen this comment somewhere before...

[@nont18411]

Also, it shows how competent Robb Stark really was for managing to get these two belligerent houses under one banner. I don’t like how GoT was so into Lannister-Frey-Bolton propaganda too much that they had Lord Glover literally told Jon and Sansa that “Robb was a fool who couldn’t keep it in his pants and got himself and my men killed” while at the same time submitting to the Boltons like a spineless coward. Like, I get it. You have grievances with Robb in some of his not so bright decision but why did you blame Robb for “getting your men killed” while the ones who killed your men in the first place were the Boltons that you were bowing to? So I’m glad HoTD salvaged Robb’s reputation in some extent, even though I’m 100% sure it’s a complete accident.

[@3esln]

​@@nont18411 Didn't Bobby B to get the two house united behind him and his warhammer like twice?

[@turtleguyfan]

compelling argument. However, Tytos Blackwood has a cloak made of raven feathers so i’ll forever be siding with them instead of the upjumped horse breeders

[@chrisfoye1574]

Daemon "The Dreamer": I'm in a glass case of emotions!

[@Longshanks1690]

Don’t you mean a glass candle of emotions? ;)

[@MJR_ATX]

I like how the blacks are presented as the protagonists but the Blackwoods who support the blacks are presented as antagonists. Good microcosm way to depict that there’s heroes and heels on all sides of every conflict.

[@MenwithHill]

Just wait until Dalton Greyjoy joins in

[@sheildingepicness]

@@MenwithHillisn’t he called the red kraken or something crazy

[@schindler80]

On my first view, I didn't even get a second to think about how the ending might be goofy because MY GOD THE ACTING WAS SO GOOD! The tiny changes on their faces coupled with the music just wholly convinced me. Maybe it's a bit contrived, but not to the extent as to take you out of the show and their performances more than compensate for that.

[@aegorrivers6700]

i feel like we should appreciate this time when we get a weekly upload from Glimbo and Schwifty more, it's a blessing we shall remember for years

[@freya1132]

I agree I am a happier being when they do this

[@yavyav2281]

38:40 « Someone should do a kingsguard chart at some point. - ooohhh pick meeeee🥺🥺🥺🥺 - alright then, thats your job » I died.

[@chrismorel8613]

Cristan Cole - " I was elected to steed not to lead!"

[@dylanchouinard6141]

No thats Tyland

[@authorfarrell7161]

Thanks for reminding me that "I know a killer when I see one." (While standing in a charred mass grave) Was written into the finale of the biggest show in the world.

[@Marfy_]

"of all the things that arent in the books, this is the most not in the books i think" im keeping that

[@grandadmiralthrawn5036]

I think episode 8 will feature Rhaenyra and Allicent standing on top of a million corpses and a scorched continent agreeing that war can yet be averted as long as they don't act rashly.

[@violatyrant]

to me, I feel like the rhaenyra and Alicent stuff and the “oops wrong aegon!” thing was more about servicing their characters rather than about the larger conflict. Like no matter what Viserys said the green council was going to try and install aegon. It’s too late to stop the war despite rhaenyra’s goofy scheme. The machinations of the men around them have made war inevitable but because they made Nyra and alicent childhood friends, I feel like they had to have some closure between the two of them before it all goes seriously sideways. I didn’t really have a problem with it for that reason. Edit: changed the word “reconcile” to “service” because it made more sense

[@MistyWarden]

Both of them had to know that the time for actual reconciliation had loooong since passed.

[@violatyrant]

@@MistyWardenI mean like reconciling the concept with the audience. Like by changing them from just being two people who hate each other (book) to childhood friends in the show, the writers had to make some kind of closure between the two of them before their kids started really having their dragons eat each other. Maybe reconcile was the wrong word hm.

[@frankvandorp2059]

I still don't like their choice to have war been caused by the "machinations of the men" around them, taking away a lot of agency from both these characters just to make them appear more blameless.

[@violatyrant]

@@frankvandorp2059 yeah i mean thats a fair perspective to have. i just have brain worms and really like when alicent and rhaenyra interact

[@Albitacrazy]

Mysaria: You want to kill Alicent, take her hostage Rhaenyra: I want to fu... talk to her... I want to talk to her Mysaria: I can give her the message Rhaenyra: ME, I have to meet her face to face (Also the "climing to the wall and enter through her window". Ok, chill Romeo xD)

[@shinespider]

I love that Alt momentarily entertained the idea that they'd splurge for realistic facsimiles of the twins just for a single

[@liamkampff1]

I think that Seasmoke is maybe experiencing the magical connection between him and Laenor severing. Almost like he's going through withdrawal symptoms. I think this doesnt have to mean that Laenor is dead, just that he's been gone long enough, with enough clarity of intention that he will never ride Seasmoke again. It easily solves the idea of the dragon/rider connection limiting the amount of living riders I think! The reason I say that is because i struggle to think why they would spend specific time making sure we know Laenor lives in s1 only for him to die offscreen.

[@LarthV]

Yeah, whatever it is - it is definitely the writers addressing that seasmoke is "free" now again.

[@johnny_thunder_1815]

They had to in order to avoid the bury your gays accusations

[@liamkampff1]

@@johnny_thunder_1815 perhaps

[@alanpennie]

​​@@johnny_thunder_1815 Indeed. There wasn't really a good reason to keep Laenor alive, though it was nice that he got a happy ending.

[@johnny_thunder_1815]

@@alanpennie the only reason was that they had to kill Joffrey, and if they killed their only other gay character the next episode twitter would be yelling at them

[@jrduffy5994]

As soon as I’m done being laid off and am promoted to one of those people with jobs, I’ll certainly be subscribing to nebula for the Glidus and Shcwifty show. For now, please enjoy this engagement instead.

[@jlworrad]

Okay this is a stretch, but the up-shot of Cristian Cole is really like the up shot of crazy Jack Nicholson trapped in the big fridge in The Shining.

[@ladyhotep5189]

Nah alicent was down there we just didn't see her

[@dancingdragon3]

Great catch!

[@ajax3310]

The Strong house really doesnt have a weak character in it do they, pun not intended

[@clowncat000]

My take on Dany controlling her dragons (although I don't think D and D actually thought that much about it) is that she can control Drogon, but Rhaegal and Viserion just follow their lead

[@nikkydalby7126]

D’s 3 dragons have never seen other dragons - they have no idea how they behave. Dany is literally their mother - she breastfed them. Of course they’re following her, for now. However, especially if the other 2 get riders, I don’t see all 3 of them being together forever & that makes me a little sad.

[@Drpavel564]

Someone said that Helaena was “forgiving” Alicent because Helaena is making her affairs in order and showing clear tendencies of someone who is about to..

[@dylanchouinard6141]

NO

[@nadezhdashikhova6503]

take that back

[@r.s.asangarb5345]

What this sentence even means

[@Eastcyning]

...move forward with their life, content that they have mended their relationship with their mother, and begun the long but rewarding journey of healing!

[@dylanchouinard6141]

@@Eastcyning and set up a public garden/bug sanctuary in the red keep for all the small folk to enjoy

[@gcannon12]

You and Schwift always have great collabs! Thanks for the 50+ hours of content on Nebula!

[@DPadGamer]

In regards to the points around 52 minutes of how Rhynera has Allicent's message in a box full of random stuff, couldnt it be a box of momentos and the toys are actually ones her kids used to play with or maybe even that belongs to Luke? I don't know any specifics but if they were cherished items then it means rhaenyra kept a message there because she still cared for Allicent even if she was too afraid to open it.

[@evocativepizza2752]

Life kinda sucks right now and I wait for these videos every week because they cheer me up. Thanks for that. Hot Pie is the shrouded lord.

[@Glidus]

i was having a rough day and struggling to get work done on this week's thing. i think i'll get to it now though, for you. i'm so glad i can help.

[@RM-nf5eq]

1:10:00 Grand Maester Pycelle: “A dying mind is a demented mind, Lord Stark. For all the weight they're given, last words are usually as significant as first words.”

[@Thomas6163-wz9fn]

maester pycelle is like the type of irl figure to have a lot of great quotes, ideas, etc and then you go to their Wikipedia page and find out all of the insane shit they were doing in their personal life

[@jackrice4064]

Yeah, but in context Pycelle probably said this to cover up what was going on. Jon Arryn's dying words were incredibly important and allowed ned to uncover the truth to cersei and jaime's incest, as well as Robert's bastards (mainly gendry), so i don't think we should take that quote at face value

[@Qbgarden]

Really look forward to these. Thanks guys.😊

[@amdn4uvd8mx0hud8]

I love all Glidus + Schwift conversations! you guys are fookin' legends

[@petertomszabo6268]

I need MORE ! More HOTD More of you! That is why I watch old videos from you two guys. Just Stunning !

[@Lories7]

13:30 HUH I never noticed Rhaenys hanging out in the top left window in this scene.

[@johansrensen1943]

iirc the scene includes a close-up shot of her approving or disapproving (honestly i can't always tell from her face)

[@rbflowt]

Excellent episode I look forward to these every week

[@tracymetherell8744]

Simon Strong’s scenes with Damon were hilarious! Those two are such wonderful, subtle comedians who approach it with all seriousness. The Harrenhall scenes remind me of a Holy Grail scene, Lancelot arrives but no one is even there to fight him.

[@denawagner360]

The aftermath of the battle at The Burning Mill was horrific to me. The way they cut from the confrontation to just ungodly butchery was so effective in protraying how quickly things get out of hand when pride is involved.

[@Beany2007FTW]

"A couple of kids gobbing off" then "hundreds dead". It was nicely done.

[@user-kx2wi1rp3o]

I'm such a disappointment to my ancestors. Two whole minutes this has been uploaded and I just found it

[@nateg9358]

It's been almost an hour before I found it!! Imagine my shame. I'm going to have to fall on my sword... After I watch it of course.

[@DiamondWoodStudios]

Here a day late, Im currently being sent to the nights watch

[@HarwynWhent]

I look forward to these almost more than I look forward to the show. Keep it up glimbo and swifty

[@lukaslambs5780]

Guys I’ve never gotten nebula or supported a creator on patreon or anything like that but I recently got nebula (using Glimbo’s link) and it was such a good investment. I haven’t even gotten close to seeing all the content but it’s already so worth it!

[@Longshanks1690]

Like every mantle passed on from generation to generation, from father to son, from king to king, every burden must be taken away and bequeathed unto another. And so it was that in this episode that Cregan’s actor gave the responsibility of having a terribly ill fitting and out of place accent to Alys Rivers’ actress, just as it was given to him by Mysaria’s before him. The cycle of burdens is ever unending. 😔

[@gleann_cuilinn]

Just think of it as a D&D campaign

[@lozpopo]

The Scottish accent gives her an air of mystery I guess

[@Longshanks1690]

@@lozpopoScottish? 😂 She sounded American, not Scottish.

[@wfmikeie]

Cregan had an accent like Ned Stark and Jon Snow. Alys’s accent was definitely a choice to set her apart and seem otherworldly

[@Longshanks1690]

@@wfmikeieYeah, but… it didn’t fit his actor. It just sounded fake and forced. 😂 Maybe but I think it’s possible to sound out of place/otherworldly in a way that keeps you immersed in the world rather than being pulled out of it with an accent that out of place.

[@Rougarou99]

On the New World crops, I do want to point out that “turkey” is also mentioned; however, it is only brought up once by Theon in A Game of Thrones.

[@thinkbluealex]

My favorite duo. Love your guys’ insight and analysis!

[@user-gi5mz3xq7d]

You guys are a riot. Great content as always!

[@petrahalbur476]

50:54 "is he, like, walking to the locker room or is ge walking back to the Red Keep" 😂😂

[@Level_1_Frog]

Maybe this is a controversial opinion, im not sure, but the opening scene for this episode was so effective and efficient I'm kinda over large scale battles now. Shogun really planted the seeds of this thought but really why waste time on the unimportant minutiae of watching hundreds of people clumsily clanging swords and having blood flying randomly about when you can just witness the before and after and get the same plot impact.

[@sarwatarannya8786]

Why have a climax to a story when we can go straight to the epilogue? George should just cancel winds and give us the last chapter of Spring and be done with it

[@Level_1_Frog]

@@sarwatarannya8786 unless you are an absolute moron, which I doubt you are, you know that's not what I mean at all. I'm talking about wasting time showing random nameless people hacking at each other for no reason other than to show that 'war bad' when they could just skip all that faff and show us why 'war bad'. Important people getting shanked is important to show if it's important to the story of course, but who cares whether or not you physically see 'Bracken Soldier #69' get stabbed in the face?

[@poize2380]

No I agree. I think it was more jarring to see the petty argument and next thing you know THOUSANDS are dead. It’s like a before and after photo, or seeing a baby pic vs you now. When you live it, you don’t notice, but having both compared its a really stark difference. I feel like if we saw the battle, we would have lost where it came from or our brains would have started to justify the fighting whereas here, I felt that gut punch.

[@biggieb8900]

It can be effective but watching Jon Snow get crushed in the push of pike is worth it

[@marcosrodriguez.9753]

i think it’s effective when the battle wouldn’t feature any important characters during the battle, but if say the battle of blackwater in season 2 was just skipped, there’s a lot that would’ve been lost

[@brickmcwheatley1290]

Cant wait for this weeks video so I can finally experience the maddness of joy that you two bring, and so that I can finally have how ridiculously good this weeks episode recapped by my favorite bois

[@angelalovell5669]

I was pretty much on this train until 2 hours ago when my best friend critiqued the battle. Now I'm mad and empty. Need the boyz to weigh in and help me regulate via witty and bitchy criticism!

[@Clash_In_Saff]

These are fantastic, love to see an entire got rewatch in this style. Absolutely most entertaining got/hotd recap podcast style show out there (and i listten to like a million)

[@angelalovell5669]

Oops, sorry for spoilies - my absolute bad.

[@brianwahinya1245]

Always strikes me how Glidus and Schwift are so unhinged, when I watch their videos right after watching Shift's😂😂 Shift is like Otto Hightower while these two are basically Aegon and his drinking buddies

[@schindler80]

Not glidus lying about not looking at senpai aemon's member

[@ngin98]

about to start my drive to the beach for the holidays perfect timing to listen while I drive

[@twiss9341]

Love these so much

[@shoeless1137]

I DEMAND A PUMPKIN TAXONOMY AND ETYMOLOGY VIDEO

[@matthewspencer5853]

I think the baby Milly Alcock was holding in the flashback didn't look like Jahyeris because I doubt Daemon had ever met or seen Jahyeris so his mind wouldn't know exactly what he would look like besides a generic looking blonde kid

[@liamkampff1]

Oh... that's really interesting actually. Idk who else it could be though? One of his own sons but in the place of Jaeherys (as in, beheaded)

[@TypicalBricks174]

@@liamkampff1it could be one of his own children, like the curse is telling Daemon “how would you like it if it was your son”.

[@liamkampff1]

@TypicalBricks174 yeah I think that's basically what I was getting at, definitely a possibility I like that reading of it!

[@mehukattti]

It was Jahyeris. They made an expensive silicone prop and wanted to use it more.

[@darquanjr]

That would be incredibly confusing

[@Ivanus59]

When Daemon appeared next to the weirwood tree in Harrenhal, I thought that was just a continuation of his dreaming... you know, like when you have several different dreams in the same night.

[@Aspie_Aunty]

I love the tangents you two go off on in these videos

[@ukotoa1639]

This is for maybe later this season or next season but I wonder if the show will give Cannibal and Grey Ghost a bigger role I don’t think they’ll riders cause Grey Ghost is too elusive and Cannibal is just… well Cannibal but I think people really want to see more of the wild dragons than what was in the book

[@daemon4621]

That’s expensive. I’d love it don’t get me wrong. But I always keep expectations low. Or. Relatively low. When it comes to battles and dragons. Cuz irl those are huge budget drains.

[@purpleomlet]

I'm glad shwifty is around. Otherwise we'd be getting an episode 3 breakdown from glidus in 2026.

[@Beany2007FTW]

Oh, we're still getting those, as I recall from a previous video/community note/etc Glidus is just gonna take his time over them and proper produce the *shit* out of them. Which is great as you can watch them several times and get more and more out of them as you notice more and more notes, asides, etc. I'm quite happy for hyper-polished Glidus videos, later, and these streams now.

[@DreamAlice]

The editing is top tier ♥

[@daminky]

Crispins 100 yard stare is genuinely diabolical 😭💀

[@violatyrant]

6:51 I swear I saw online somewhere that it was like food dirt? Like ground up Oreos or something lmao

[@angela_merkeI]

I love that Glimnuß spent time putting the info about Incitatus into the video. Gratiam habes, amice!

[@Carver94]

Thanks guys, wonderful as always 🐲😃🐉😃🐲!!!

[@mtzdude31]

House Broom: We do not mop 🤣

[@phantom_user1]

god i love when you guys collab the jokes are 10/10😂

[@TimothyMReynolds]

With 3 of 4 classical elements involved in the various funerary rites, I wonder if House Arryn has an Air-specific funeral service? Moon-door drop?

[@catmcc3464]

Some cultures do “sky burials” where they leave the corpses on a mountain for the birds.

[@eoinfrompartsunknown]

Feels a little undignified have the lord of the Vale's corpse turn into a fine red mist for a super high drop

[@adamcummings20]

Perfect, I have something to listen to on a long car journey

[@merryncuff6351]

Am absolutely loving this show, I can’t wait for episode four! This episode was fantastic and as always filled with so much foreshadowing and hidden messages, especially the confrontation scene between Rhaenyra and Alicent - as they speak to one another you can see as the conversation progresses, that the shots change to position them directly behind or in between the Mother, Stranger and Warrior. Additionally, what immediately stood out also was when Alicent swears upon ‘the memory of her mother’ that Viserys named Aegon king. In this moment you can see a flicker of questioning and doubt on Rhaenyra’s face, and in part I feel she’s wondering here if she can actually trust Alicent, as she knows herself when she used this defence prior for her virtue she was lying. For Alicent, even after learning that she was wrong about Aegon I think she also refuses to accept the truth, not only because she knows that she cannot stop the momentum of the war, but that if she accepts she was wrong she’s admitting ultimately to being the reason for all of the death and destruction that has happened - which she cannot allow herself to feel the gravity of. For the next episode I already have ideas on where the story is going to go, so don’t want to give potential spoilers, but I have some future predictions for the show between Aemond and Alys Rivers, as well as a future Maelor Targaryen. Aemond and Alys will undoubtedly meet and form a relationship, but I think for Aemond what fuels part of this is that she looks so similar to Helaena - as the second son who views himself more worthy of being king, he also likely sees Helaena as something else he was denied. By being with Alys, he can enact the fantasies of everything he wants to be and feels he deserves, which Alys will further fuel with the power her dark magic gives. Further progressing into this season, I think Ageon now that Jaehaerys is dead with only a daughter remaining, will be put into the same position as Viserys in naming an heir - Aemond being his current successor. He wouldn’t be able to stand this idea, so sadly would force Helaena to become pregnant with Maelor. Alternatively, it would be a cruel twist of irony if Alicent convinced Helaena that she needed to conceive with Aegon to secure their stance on the throne, despite not wanting to - mirroring her relationship with her father and what Alicent herself was forced to go through (we know this family can’t healthily communicate).

[@juliaraem]

I don’t form an opinion on the episode until a Glidus or Alt Shift x video drops.

[@happysmelly3310]

I watched the three episodes today, just finished the previous two Dragon Time videos and then this drops. Great day! 😂 You could cut Daemon's Harrenhal scene into a super convincing Dark Souls 2 trailer, I loved it.

[@S-fp7uz]

Yo, thanks for putting it on Patreon too!

[@blackbeardtx371]

I was hoping for a deep dive into Helena's doodles 😂