Dunking on some HOTD Hot Takes

[@JHarris533]

The Slants columnist Aaron Riccio praised multiple episodes of Season 8 and said 'The Bells' was a "masterful rebuttal of an episode" and said that the audiences inability to see what was happening in "The Long Night" was both "effective" and a "artful use of shadow."

[@jovial.milieu]

Damn, that's hilarious

[@glimbus]

lmao i love him

[@amaristudios8573]

“Artful use of shadow” but very scarce of anything else

[@joeyjerry1586]

Master rebuttal? Yes, because the bells is definitely the first episode that shows war is bad and doesn’t take the story in a happy direction

[@sarwatarannya8786]

@@joeyjerry1586 god I hate all this doom and gloom in my dragon show. Where's all the suger, spice and everything nice

[@niksterkai4303]

Viserys: looses his wife in a birth to produce an heir who dies anyway Critic: wHeRe FuNni?

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

😂😂😂

[@DongusMcBongus]

“Ha Viserys your babies have nO bAlLs!” -Tyrion, the time traveling fetus.

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

@@DongusMcBongus Omg stop I’m snorting 😂😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️

[@menschman1464]

Theon horribly mutilated in his most private area, and mentally tortured. Permanently screwing up his mind. Season 7 and 8: hue hue, ball kick no work because no ball.

[@Smoneey]

It’s boring and cliche. Fun doesn’t necessarily mean happy.

[@ThatDangerousWolf]

Rhaenyra never dealt with the lesson about the birthing bed....? HER MOTHER LITERALLY DIED GIVING BIRTH IN THE SAME EPISODE AND RHAENYRA HAD TO GIVE THE ORDER FOR SYRAX TO BURN HER MOTHER AND BROTHER’S CORPSES

[@GageEakins]

I mean yeah....

[@Alphabunsquad]

But what lesson did she learn? She should have told us! Why wasn’t there a voice over!!?

[@BattyButtercup]

It's a bit Alarming how nostalgic all these critics are for "a funny dwarf" because... Tyrion's story arc was shafted in favour of KEEPING Peter Dinklage in that role of "likeable comic relief" instead of book!Tyrion's progression into "Thwarted-Hero-Turned-Successful-Villain". Reducing Tyrion (& thus his actor) to "likeable comic relief" in a show like Thrones (epic fantasy political drama)? That had to hurt, as an actor, especially while Cersei's got to chew on "you're finally queen but you're entirely alone" and Jaime's got a "self-sabotaging redemption arc + epic romance". Dinklage stole scenes regardless but it's glaring that Tyrion did so because he no longer truly had Scenes of his own. When Mushroom shows up in HotD, a LOT of eyes are going to be focused on how the show will contend with the fundamentally dehumanizing nature of the "funny dwarf" archetype, in its full and terrible trappings, and the very real persons cast to play them.

[@kiera_rdh6697]

This is a beautiful and heartbreakingly accurate analysis of what they did to Peter Dinklage via Tyrion. I haven’t seen this pointed out so well before. Especially when Dinklage been so open that he vehemently hates when little persons are type cast as “the funny dwarf” or an elf or gnome just for being small. There is speculation that the character of Mushroom will be cut entirely from the show for this reason. This franchise has to stop relying on “comic relief dwarf” because it’s truly insulting and dehumanizing. Plus it’ll make the show look even more like it’s just trying to copy the original series.

[@elinaw6175]

Wow, I have never come across this or thought of it before, just wow. That makes me feel sad and stupid. I can only imagen how Peter Dinklage must feel

[@Nosliw837]

@@elinaw6175 Alt Shift X made similar observations about the neutering of Tyrion's character for "the sake of the show" a couple years back in his hour long Book Tyrion deep dive. Great video, check it out. Alt Schwift X came out with a Tyrion rap, clearly better than anything ASX could produce.

[@nicmagtaan1132]

Id like to think they can tone down a bit of dark Tyrion by making the show Tyrion slowly becoming tywin in terms of ruthlessness and use of treachery

[@MarkHalberstram]

@@nicmagtaan1132 My brother in Christ, I am sorry to tell you that the show is finished and they did not do this.

[@Leo_ofRedKeep]

"It's so subtle, so tactful"… and that's the problem for a certain audience that needs everything hammered down. I always felt that early GoT was too good for its audience, maybe HotD is even better in this regard.

[@charlesn.2881]

Sure, the general television audience is dumb. But they're the most numerous, and therefore most profitable demographic.

[@jessjess23brooks89]

It is much like, "hush sweety. The Adults are watching tv." I hope they don't dumb anything down to appease idiots like this. The horrible violence should make them happy enough.

[@writershard5065]

This is why I don't care much for certain criticisms about subtlety. Subtlety is fantastic when done well, but if you wanna spread a message, subtlety is not going to help sadly. Movies like Don't Look Up made the right call by being about as subtle as a small nuke. Sometimes you gotta be to hammer home a message.

[@Leo_ofRedKeep]

@@writershard5065 Propaganda is about sending messages. Art is about allowing an audience to discover something personal in what it observes. Entertainment is neither but every step it takes towards sending messages condemns it to the rubbish pile.

[@viviandarkbloom1447]

I love this one season of Hot D so much more & not cause of recency bias- the more I think about it … the more I see & others pick out. So much to analyze

[@ClaireYunFarronXIII]

Glidus *defending* a _Game of Thrones_ property? Wow, _House of the Dragon_ truly is incredible.

[@viderevero1338]

Truly the second coming. Old Glidus from 2015 has returned! The prophecy rings true!

[@shavedata5436]

true chads hate GoT seasons 4+ and dig HotD

[@Ebony_Darkness]

Legit seeing glidus likes it is the reason I started watch hotd

[@garthmarenghi9040]

Glidus' excitement at discovering an endless trove of bad takes just fills my heart with joy. I can't help but smile like when I see a child entering a toystore and frantically deciding what to play with first.

[@ktgrnhig]

I think these writer’s definition of peak wit begins and ends with “I drink, and I know things”.

[@GageEakins]

"The series never dwells on the impact of free-spirited, dragon-riding Rhaenyra told by her mother...'childbirth is out battlefield'". This person shows exactly what kind of idiot they are. They need the show to hold their hand and tell them why gender roles are bad while taking itself out of the culture it is meant to depict. I'm sure they love when characters act like modern people instead of the people that they should act like based on their culture. The line speaks for itself. No other character would be surprised by Rhaenyra's mother's comment.

[@LukeSky2207]

I mean, it's not like she fought a war to prove that's wrong or something, right?

[@bellbanana]

the show itself literally intersperses the birthing scenes amongst the tourney scenes to show both "battles" being fought, and how the mother "loses" her fight the same way Daemon does. it's definitely a bad, careless take on the part of the critic.

[@keirangrant1607]

The funny part about the hate is that in real life there have been amazing women who ruled or essentially ruled, and would crush any man in a GoT. They want women to be in traditional subservient roles only. Thats so closed minded.

[@neuralmute]

@@keirangrant1607 Right? The only one from GoT that I can think of who might have outsmarted Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I at their best would have been Tywin Lannister. And either of them would have been smart enough to either behead him or hire him in a cold minute.

[@keirangrant1607]

@@neuralmute 100%! Catherine was a beast in female form. St. Olga of Kiev is my personal favorite. She was Tywin. She pulled a Rayne's of Castamere and wiped out an entire group of people

[@nealfirstofhisname]

With regards to the names: France has had 17 kings named Louis, Sweden is on its 17th king named Karl, the Netherlands has had 9 Willems if you count Stadtholders, and England has had 6 Georges and 8 Edwards. Having the same name used over and over is the most realistic part of the Targaryen family. Also the Dutch queen Wilhelmina had a female version of Willem as her name, so similar names are also frequent. Basically the guy needs to learn European history.

[@LuxLoser]

The Slant article is basically saying that because Rhaenyra didn’t decide to NEVER have kids or even have sex with a man, she wasn’t impacted enough by Aemma’s death. I think unless she decided to become a lesbian and swear off all men and pregnancy (which no queen would do), this guy wasn’t going to be happy.

[@angelalovell5669]

!!! Have we cracked this? Was he just an instant Alicent/Rhaenyra stan and couldn't bear the baiting in the first ep, knowing it wasn't going to go anywhere lest book canon be completely destroyed? Was this unacknowledged gay fury?! Doesn't matter, it makes me happy so it's headcanon now. Me TOO bro, me too.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

Except Elizabeth I, apparently

[@wildercerrate7295]

The subtlety is exactly why Im loving HOTD right now... Yet it seems a lot of it goes way over people's heads

[@AL-fl4jk]

It’s actually extremely brave building a career as a media critic then proudly showing that you’re bad at it

[@brennanbarnes7628]

Damn you Glidus, 'Tysha's husband' is going to slither into my brain every. single. time. I see/hear the name Tyrion.

[@SolidSDA]

Slant: 'it was written too well for me'

[@jessjess23brooks89]

Also Slant: I'm too stupid to enjoy this. Funny dwarf man good.

[@MollyFC]

"I need dumb exposition spelled out for me constantly."

[@dogquixote]

So many of these critics just out themselves as incapable of empathizing with young female characters it’s legitimately embarrassing.

[@dookieshoe2905]

There was some definite criticisms I had about it, the tourney was a big one for several reason, but im already tired of the stupid takes and complaining. The episode was really good and I'm actually excited about the rest of the season. They did a great job with this, it looks incredible and the performances were really good so far. I was one of the annoying super skeptical people and I actually really liked it.

[@Flammewar]

Yeah, I’m also one of the annoying people who are super critical but I still know that it is a good episode and probably the best fantasy show currently out there. I just have a higher standard for it because the early GoT seasons were so good.

[@dookieshoe2905]

@@Flammewar yeah, I still have a few things here and there that still kind of annoy me but I can tell they really worked hard to get this right, well for the most part. I mean theres still a pasty white haired family played by black actors but aside from that the actor that played Corlys did a great job in that episode and he's taking it seriously. It's not his fault they made a really stupid decision like that. The other bits of lore have been handled really well for an HBO show in 2022 so I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season. I do have to mention the tourney once again. Why on earth are they KILLING each other with non-blunted weapons??? Daemon used his Valyrian steel sword ffs! These are Great Houses with important sons, some who may be heirs to their House and they are being brutally killed. This made no sense at all and was the one thing that completely took me out of for a bit. Also they were being completely dishonorable, attacking the horse of the opponent, coming up to their opponent and hitting them from behind. I think they wanted to add some more bloody violence to the episode but I would have been perfectly happy if that part had no blood at all.

[@dokdokorea9071]

@@dookieshoe2905 Yup, it's at least relieving they killed off no name Starks, Lannisters rather than ones from the books. There's gonna be some minor changes here and there, I hope there's none that critical like merging Sansa's storyline into Jeyne poole or something.

[@jonahjoy5463]

@@dookieshoe2905 I thought daemon attacking the horse during the joust was up to par, I mean he is the rogue prince. I was fine with the first two guys going at it in the tournament but then random people started killing each other for no reason. My only real gripes.

[@dookieshoe2905]

@@jonahjoy5463 yeah, I actually came to that same conclusion after thinking about it some more. It wouldn't make sense for anyone else but the kings brother can get away with being a pos and pushing boundaries. Plus it does fit his character as you said. I was kind of just lumping him in with the rest like he wasn't a completely different entity than the rest of the combatants. A noble smashing in the head of another noble just makes absolutely no sense in this world though. This could start wars if it happened in the books.

[@Shotgun979]

Daemon Targ is absolutely half legendary warrior / petulant child havent they read the book?

[@gayvinmcginnes2508]

Even people who know the entire plot of the Dance aren't bored, lol. That review is so silly.

[@mfbobyle6771]

Idk how anyone can write off a show from 1 episode. It was a good start. Best Game of Thrones thing we’ve had in like 6 years lol

[@yuh6712]

Thats what I keep saying.......

[@omaridaniels8427]

That's not saying much, given how lackluster the last few seasons of Thrones were. The bar wasn't exactly high.

[@mfbobyle6771]

@@omaridaniels8427 ya that’s the point

[@ChrisLamia]

Having a problem with Rhaenyra and Rhaenys is like having a problem with Christopher and Christian. They’re clearly different names

[@MrSpeedysam60]

Or Asha and Osha. ... ...fuck.

[@domskillet5744]

That first reviewer reminded me of a Tyrion line (from season 5 yikes but it's still a good line) "In my experience, eloquent men are right just as often as imbiciles." This man tries so hard to sound smart with lengthy sentences and excessive word choice but literally everything he's saying is utterly nonsensical lmao

[@s4m1r_65]

what matters is the fanbase has risen again and the show has been almost universally well received.

[@user-ek8bl8yh9b]

I was honestly pleasantly surprised by the episode, the only complaints (namely surrounding the prophecy thing) being easy to ignore and having no impact on my enjoyment of the show. Even then the prophecy thing could serve to explain Rhaegar’s obsession with the prince that was promised. A lot of other complaints I’ve seen boil down to not being “book accurate” but I think that’s okay especially considering the book isn’t even a novel - the source material is meant to be “unreliable” which leaves things open to change. Honestly looking forward to the rest of the episodes, and all of the glimbus content that goes with them

[@user-ek8bl8yh9b]

also I low-key think the Velaryon change is smart because that one thing will be much more visually clear to the audience and because so far Steve Toussaint looks like a really good Corlys

[@federicoganora6936]

I agree that it explains how after the dargons die out the Targs become more paranoid and prophecy obsessed, the catspaw dagger is still dumb though.

[@kat8559]

@@user-ek8bl8yh9b it makes so much since bc house velaryon and in particular corlys are seafaring and do lots of trade between continents, which irl meant lots of cultures mixing together. Like egypt and the mediterranean. (Whereas the greyjoys were relatively isolated from other cultures)

[@wildercerrate7295]

Tbh even the books aren't "book accurate" and it's been states that what happens on the show is the canonical objective telling of the story

[@wildercerrate7295]

@@user-ek8bl8yh9b it makes sense also because of valyria being inspired by Rome which most definitely was not an ethnostate. Along with it's geographical location within essos it wouldn't make much sense that the valyrian would be completely homogenized

[@Charles-In-Charge]

It’s so obvious that even before the episode came out, these publications told their writers they had to make an article calling HOT D terrible, regardless of what was actually provided

[@Bronimin]

pure controversy clickbait

[@idontuploadanym0re]

i hope people don’t get turned off from the show as a result. the premiere was very promising, and i think even the most casual of fans would agree with that.

[@dantefromdevilmaycry9857]

@@idontuploadanym0re do people even read these articles anyway? I didn't even know they existed until this video were recommended.

[@georgechapman9688]

And make rings of power sound great

[@Charles-In-Charge]

@@georgechapman9688 Funny how that strategy doesn't seem to be working out, since ROP is getting such a mixed reception from fans

[@DukeDukeGo]

"It features characters named both Rhaenyra and Rhaenys" I mean I doubt you would say that about a high school drama that features both Katie and Katlyn. Ever heard of _Heathers_ ? I went to school with 5 guys named Alex. Also 2 called Luca and 3 named Lukas Also they're related, it's not uncommon for certain names and their variations to go around the family

[@MollyFC]

Got like a hundred Mary's in my family, these people's heads would spin

[@irondragonmaiden]

Or about how period dramas like the Tudors have at least three different Katherines because that's a super common name

[@virticrew11]

I really don’t like the notion that this story needed a “comic relief” character, especially in the way they did the first episode. Personally, I think the tone they took with the episode, as well as the tactful yet brutal portrayals of the c-section and the gold-cloak rampage would have been ruined by the presence of a character making marvel-esque quips all the time. I loved the humor in early GOT like everyone else, but i found the absence of comic relief refreshing and appropriate for this story. Having too much would’ve felt really out of place.

[@inalusa9011]

critics attention span is so low nowadays they need stupid jokes to keep them awake. They get frustrated when a show demands them to use their braincells and pay attention to the story..

[@idontuploadanym0re]

they’re upset that Will Smith don’t show up with a “what are we, some kind of House of the Dragon?” followed by him slapping Daemon in the face.

[@angelalovell5669]

@@idontuploadanym0re Well, now I'M disappointed this didn't happen.

[@PhileasLiebmann]

"The source material is as slight as Tolkien's appendices." What does this mean? Tolkien's appendices are fucking massive!

[@mige3s]

“Jenna’s nephew” had me rolling 😂

[@jakerooke174]

In a few years he’s gonna be saying “have you seen house of the dragons”

[@jolinefields3460]

Bye the way your laughter is just so infectious and made this whole thing and my day week month 😅❤

[@Persephone_Personified]

Ppl are saying it’s “flat” bc there is no dick jokes or Tyrion season 8 quips. You know what I say? GOOOOOOOD

[@GossipPoet]

the first writer, who likely never watched GoT or read any of the books, read a synopsis and heard some literally incorrect things about the source material and then thought he had a righteous feminist hot take wrote an article about marginalized wamen based on what he vaguely heard and read and did no fact checking because he was too busy enjoying the smell of his own farts.

[@elinaw6175]

God, this comment goes hard

[@TheHonoredMadman]

This should be pinned

[@viviandarkbloom1447]

my exact thoughts. one of the best aspects of this show is that it doesn’t reduce characters to talk like walking avatars for a single identity label. These characters navigate complex webs of social power & cultural capital … they’re not just like “Rhaenys and Rhaenyra are both women who want to girlboss together cause they were denied Queenship.” Feminism isn’t just “I watched a thing and decided to uncritically consume it so much so I couldn’t see the nuanced ways this show clearly signals that it is a show which wants to think about fraught agency within systems of power & gendered forms of violence.” Daemon is the most obvious girlboss (he killed his “innocent girlboss wife” as Glidus says).

[@underscore_5450]

The show could definitely have done with a scene of a main character saying "this has deeply affected me" so I don't have to think deeply about anything while watching the cool dragon show.

[@alexrockas3704]

The slant article was written by a horse

[@theprimo100]

Drogo himself? Or just that Lannister kid?

[@alexrockas3704]

@@theprimo100 i believe it’s an unrelated 3rd horse, Maybe George will tell us in TWOW

[@nailati]

it's the only possible explanation

[@irondragonmaiden]

That's an insult to horses

[@nailati]

audibly laughed at "you know, Tysha's husband"

[@liammcfarlin3923]

The show does a lot of showing instead of telling and as a result you have to use your brain just a tiny bit while watching. This component is ignored in the article (and by a lot of the reactors I've seen watching the show). I swear if I see one more person say how good and nice Otto Hightower is or how good of a king Viserys is I'm gonna lose faith in humanity again.

[@irondragonmaiden]

The Green contrarians (or Green fans who drank the Kool-Aid) are very vocal.

[@gayvinmcginnes2508]

Acting like Cristan Cole's defeat of Daemon wouldn't have consequences... lmfao

[@creatrixZBD]

I love that HBO dropped Ep 1 on their KZbin channel FOR FREE, the day that Rings of Power comes out. You play or you die, Amazon ;P

[@TobeWilsonNetwork]

The Siddig face gets me every time

[@Guinnessdrnkr1234]

Alicent's emotions were not too complicated when she was told to go fuck the king. It was anxiety.

[@elfodelputoinfierno]

I've seen people complain there's too many Targaryens in this show so... Not taking critics seriously anymore. Nope. Not going to let them ruin a (so far) good show because they have the brainpower of a walnut.

[@Lrodpotato]

Altho they phrase it in a way that's like oh there's too many dour Targaryens which doesnt rly make sense since when we start GoT pretty much half the cast was Starks and Lannisters and the remainder was 1 or 2 for every other house. What I think they mean by that is that every scene revolves around 3 characters and that's Viserys, Daemon and Rhaenyra. It's either Viserys being mad at Daemon or Rhaenyra or both. Daemon getting Viserys upset with his actions and getting Rhaenyra hot and bothered. And Rhaenyra annoyed at her dad and getting hot and bothered when she sees Daemon. And then every other scene is one of these characters interacting with other characters and we barely see the other characters interacting without a Targaryen being around or them talking about something other than one of those 3 Targaryens. And then when they says there's no Tyrion or Cersei that quotable or whatever. What they rly mean is that's there no person involved in the story that has motives beyond advancing their station. All the characters in HotD have similar motives/goals. Unlike in Game of Thrones where there's characters like Ned, Robb and Jon that just do what they think is right even if it's not to their own benefit. We don't have a Bron who is only motivated by gold. We don't have a Brienne who wishes only for glory and honor. We don't have a Hound who simply likes to fight and kill because it what's he's good at it and doesn't rly care for the game of Lords. And there's no Tyrion who's just been mistreated by his family for reasons beyond his control and wants his father's recognition/approval. Or characters who are simply motivated by revenge like Arya. There's no Varys that is looking out for the realm as a whole and a Littlefinger that wants to see it burn so he can be King of the Ashes. Hell there's no Podrick just running around running errands for people and bringing wine. There's no Shae that is just looking for her next meal ticket. Theres no Hot Pie whos just a friend to one of the characters and likes to cook and literally doesnt matter in any way to anything. The closest thing to a character that has any of these exterior motives at first is Criston Cole but that will eventually change so that means theres literally no characters that are around simply for the ride or whos motives aren't rly related to the succession plot line. And this problem exists because the book that this is based is like an outline of what happened from different sources that say conflicting things so it's not like GoT where literally every little thing in a scene is described. So by comparison HotD seems very empty or like they describe "dull or boring" but I wouldn't the describe the show as whole that way because there is alot of other things I think they get right.

[@Nutsacc]

This will be a nice archive of terrible takes to come back and visit once all these media sources pivot when they realize public perception of the show is actually really good.

[@jessthemess7248]

yeah, like imagine thinking Paddy Considine's acting sucked at all, let alone was the worst

[@maia_gaia]

People really want the characters to turn to the camera and spell everything out like an essay for a gender studies or ethics class 🤡

[@HOTD108_]

So, they want Game of Thrones season 7 & 8?

[@joeyjerry1586]

Frustrating fact: according to IMDb, Beyond the Wall is better than Kissed by Fire.

[@herbertschulz4313]

That hurts

[@Cussy69_420]

Love it... It's fuckin hilarious!

[@nomnom137]

Becsuse normies just love it when dany go wHoOoOsH oN dRaGoN and dRaGoN fIrE gO fRfRrfRfRfrFr 🔥🔥

[@eriktatos]

Beyond the walls introduced BONES 🦴!!!!

[@arunsingla3452]

8 minutes in and have laughed more in this then i have in last couple of months.

[@claymusicoff5663]

I find it strange that when we read stories about explicitly only male leaders, the story isn’t about politics. But when it becomes about critiquing that, it is about politics

[@wephilips6651]

So true. People who complain about ‘politics in their show’ actually mean politics they don’t agree with but almost anything is political. It’s like people who say that anyone in a prominent role not a straight white male is ‘forced diversity’ and ‘political’ by definition regardless of the plot or theme.

[@HOTD108_]

Politics is how the world works. It's what people are allowed rights, and what people are allowed to say and do. Life in inherently political, and it's objectively impossible to make art/media that is without politics, because everything is intrinsically political, and always has been since society was invented.

[@somegenerichandle]

I feel like HBO and similar streaming providers need to take a cue from the video game industry and give youtubers like Glidus the episodes too. I'm sure they'd dictate embargos and all, but at least they know something about the books.

[@skippycoulter]

I think they do, Carmine of Red Team Review mentioned and advanced copy. I think Glidus did too come to think of it...

[@glimbus]

We did not get advanced copies in the way journos did. As Carmine is keen on saying, it fell off the back of a truck. I agree though - imagine Alt Shift X drops his "Explained" video the day the episode airs. That would do a lot for many viewers.

[@StefunnyStrange]

You can tell some of these critics are the types who screamed in excitement at watch parties as Littlefinger’s throat was slit or when the whites pulled Dany’s dragon out of the water in chains somehow. They don’t like when you take time with the plot or build up events because they get easily bored. They don’t care if it makes sense as long as it is something you can watch in a bar. Their brains can’t handle complex plots and they need action or twists every 5 seconds as if they have f*cking ADHD. I swear to god those are the worst type of fans and the morons that D&D tried to appease (but even failed them). These type of fans ruin good shows.

[@JessicaSilva-gq7zc]

Don’t bring us people with ADHD into that. These critic are just morons that wouldn’t be able to recognize quality television even if it hit them in the face with a brick

[@ProudPapaJD]

It’s nice to hear you hyping a show for a change! Too many spoilers for me though, I’ll come back to this after all the shows have aired.

[@TheDudztallicA]

It makes me sick that you can be this intellectually dishonest with yourself and others and make money off it. These articles should never have been written, let alone published

[@idontuploadanym0re]

35:00 yes, that’s how he should be played!! if you have a problem with that, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of Daemon’s character. what do these people expect, a stoic Brienne of Tarth type??

[@Aioki.Germany]

Who ever wrote that article is on crack . This show is amazing . I was screaming watching. This is secretly D&D writing the article.

[@Georgio29]

I feel like a lot of these takes were just outlets banking on people hating the show so they could seem relatable.

[@guccifer764]

We’ll have Mushroom spouting dick jokes come the next episode. Maybe then the show will meet it’s comic relief quota.

[@Khushi-Shah]

Glidus around the 20:00 mark : I should go, i really dont have the time for this. Me, knowing that the video is almost an hour long : Are you sure about that ?

[@kari8187]

Critics: There’s no laugh track, therefore *poo poo*

[@cowsharkdefin6376]

Ok the reviewer whinging about names should be forced to read Bernard Cornwell's Saxon books with all of the Uhtred son of Uhtreds running around.

[@gayvinmcginnes2508]

That first review was conscripted by Amazon.

[@lukaslambs5780]

I feel like a lot of negative takes I’ve seen on Twitter and KZbin have either been strange knit picks or expecting way too much from a series pilot.

[@cosmicturban2797]

I think I understand what people think their problem is with HOTD. In GOT the characters were a lot more catty and audacious towards each other but in HOTD the characters behave, on average, more regal and mature. That difference is misinterpreted as HOTD being muted or boring in comparison. It might be a symptom of the brain rot that the last 2-3 seasons worth of dogshit dialogue, but it's categorically wrong either way.

[@alexdigg]

The reaction to the first review: "HaVe YoU SEEEN HoUsE oF ThE DrAgOn!?"

[@jakesadler7266]

Sorry as soon as that degenerate first article started spoiling the rest of the season I couldn't watch. But did wanna say amazing job as per demolishing shitty takes and/or writing with solid logic and common sense. I really love your channel dude

[@arunsingla3452]

Dont let rolling stones know rhaena targeryen exist as well and will appear as minor character later in the series

[@duhrellrl]

That first article hurt. Almost went to comment lol.

[@shannond7437]

I think these critics have been drinking the dementia water that D&D handed out to them!

[@rsad8510]

These guys should go back to writing eight grade book reports.

[@jessjess23brooks89]

Sunday HOT D has become my wine night after I put my kiddo to sleep. Meaning, I'm pretty fucking pissed when I watch it. And still I can follow and enjoy the subtleties and symbolism. Makes me wonder that while I'm a few brain cells down and understand what is going on, how stupid must people be to not understand how good it is while sober.

[@KarlKarsnark]

A second channel....sneaky, sneaky ;) (Subbed)

[@Nemenon]

I love it when you disable adblock on a page and you get a bukkake of ads.

[@terellchapman8737]

The first argument is definitely some “foreshadowing is not character development” energy

[@Persephone_Personified]

We don’t get enough reactions of faces and walking. WHY NO WALKING SCENES?! Me big mad 😡

[@Noura.McCaskill]

people kicking off about the targaryen naming conventions (which are non-westerosi and ~weird-sounding~ on purpose, almost as if someone wrote them to convey something) is so funny because isn't it based on the ptolemaic naming conventions, from history, from real life? like wait until these people find out about king ptolemy, his wife cleopatra (who was also his sister), and their children: ptolemy, ptolemy, and cleopatra.

[@Nosliw837]

I would like a supercut of Glimbus' giddy laughter please. It warms my spirits.

[@BubblegumCrash332]

Thrones and so far HotD just have this perfect mix of genres that make it work for the masses. Other fantasy shows have never quite figured it out. Not sure exactly what the secret sauce is (possibly GRRM) but you know it when you see it. Wheel of Time and possibly Rings of Power lack this pixie dust.

[@melanatedqueen6662]

You haven’t seen ROP HTF do u know what it lacks? 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@aliensconfirmed3498]

There is no secret sauce. It's just general good writing. Dialogues, characters, screenplay etc etc and more. GRRM does these things very well so you can actually call him secret sauce.

[@Ashbrash1998]

I think its because he does grey characters so well and makes fantasy somewhat realistic. Good characters don't always win, and could die. Characters you can hate you can fund things to love.

[@33jamesds]

That first one is the click-baitest article. They were told by the editor to "try to make the show sound bad, but also make it sound like you actually watched it." There is no substance in that article at all. I'll definitely continue watching.

[@snally6111]

Oof, was tryin to stay away from spoilers, u should bleep that part out

[@MineKynoMine]

I love how it just fucking ends lol

[@justinehelene4831]

This slant reviewer is very dismissive of the actors themselves by asking if Rhaenyra was affected by her mother's death. I mean the actor is clearly doing her job demonstrating the character's grief. Sheesh. Its not ambiguous lol

[@andyfletchxr]

i haven’t liked a video faster than this right here

[@sevensicilies]

It's kinda funny seeing the parallels between winds and the season 6 pisstakes. For the record though, as long as the jokes keep coming I don't think any of us really care if it's season 6 or hot d

[@weeoth8380]

love listening to angy glimbus rant about stupidity ...oh wait thats why i watch his content

[@user-vj6ws1op4u]

I'm convinced these people have never seen an episode of GOT nor HOTD

[@N23214dds]

you're dunking on the olds. hubba hubba

[@Rougarou99]

Once the anniversary of the Season 1 finale passes, you should do an update on these writers for what they said about the rest of the show.

[@rev0568]

Tbh, I have only really see one person say they dislike the prophecy of Aegon, and though I get the outlook... I'm kinda clinging onto that prophecy for hope. HOT D is great so far and I can't wait for episode 3. But if that prophecy is what I think it is, a hint of a soft core rewrite of season 8 alla "Snow" (Jon snows show that is supposedly in development set around post season 8) to allow the redemption of Jon Snow and other ruined characters, one where Jon takes his birth right and plunges into the political intrigue of a dying Westeros. A show that tackles the horrid situation the continent is left in post season 8. I could be wrong and it IS just supposed to be a nod to GoT, one that explains the Targaryens fixation on prophecy (Jaehaerys II I believe it was had Aerys and Rhaella wed based on prophecy if I recall, while Rhaegar was clearly motivated by it. The fact Aegon, the man who made their house what it is today, had this dream makes it that much more impactful..) but we'll see. Maybe I'm wrong and Snow will do something else that's awesome. Maybe Jon goes to Essos I dunno.

[@rubbish_kat]

'was she traumatized at all by this loss' 'she never reflects on this' yeah nah her total aversion to the idea of marriage even when given a choice of any suitor she wanted couldn't possibly have anything at all to do with her strong association between marriage and death by childbirth... "i wonder if, in the hours my brother lived, my father finally found happiness" "locked in a tower and made to squeeze out heirs" What does he meaaaan she never reflects on it, HOW MUCH DO THEY HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU Does she have to look at the camera and be like 'im acting like this because I'm afraid of having the same fate as my mother'

[@Joseph-----]

1:02 ah, more pretending the history of middle earth doesn't exist. and acting like Appendix A doesn't have some of the best short stories Tolkien ever wrote

[@spadinnerxylaphone2622]

32:20 - Larys is the Han Solo of House of the Dragon

[@hithedragon7842]

The article author's comment at 7:57 feels so much stupider after having seen the episode

[@Coooooops]

this guy watched the show and complained about things it did literally in front of his eyes

[@keirangrant1607]

Social media has made it so that people will complain if their content isn't made exactly the way they want it to be. And the producers need to know this in advance and create content around each individual consumer's desire. Anything less and they'll complain

[@JessicaSilva-gq7zc]

People just don’t seem to understand that just because a show isn’t exactly they way they want it to be it doesn’t mean it’s bad

[@JL_Lux]

I love all the people who saw a black person and immediately thought it was “woke” i like to revisit the comments to see everyone say “oh it’s not bad” lmaooooo why would seeing a black person make u upset?!

[@matthunter983]

and left wing rags like Rolling Stone and Slate are calling it sexist...the Mary Sue criticized it for not having MORE non whites...the woke mob cannot be appeased

[@JL_Lux]

@@blaubeer8039 lol i love that too or they are like “i hope they don’t mKe this about women wanting to be in power” ummm that’s literally what this and GoT is about. Everyone wanting power

[@olenickel6013]

The main criticism of that casting choice, one I share btw, has always been about how a black Velaryon clashes with the theme of the folly of "purity of lineage". Velaryons and Tagaryans are obsessed with their heritage, to the point of becoming incestuous. Casting someone clearly diverse from the other Tagaryans undermines that theme visibly, which is bad. And the casting choice was purely made for diversity reasons, the producers admitted as much. The irony here is that they could have cast the entire Tagaryan related core cast with black actors and it would have worked better for the show, even underlined them as an essentially still foreign part to Westeros that has had to try real pointedly to paint themselves as true Westerosi nobility. Could have been fun, but more than token black actors for the "look, everyone rages about us being woke" free publicity you won't get from media. Alas, I need to emphasize: this is a minor quibble. The show is good thusfar, seems to take its themes serious overall and Toussaint is just such a good actor that the visual clash between casting choice and this underlying story theme of "Valyrian purity obsession" is easily overlooked.

[@olenickel6013]

@@blaubeer8039 Ok, fair enough. I bet there's plenty of bigots around who aren coming at this from just a casual racist gut reaction. And yeah, I don't subscribe to the "they changed it now it sucks" school of thought, but there's plenty of people whining about lack of purple eyes to be fair. Minor, unimportant detail of them being special and different that can easily be replaced with something else and especially in a visual medium it can be subtle.

[@matthunter983]

@@blaubeer8039 yes..and you would celebrate the casting of a white actor to play Shaft..and you would call all that opposed such casting bigots...you would stand proudly upon you moral soapbox and say...".believe me, the main issue is that these people see a white person on screen and get upset about it. No more, no less. Then people naturally look for a rationale to hide behind, such as Shaft is clearly black, to make a fuss about."... ..wouldn't you?

[@jolinefields3460]

Def written by rings of power hype bot trying to put it on same bottom shelf as that🤣

[@John-xr9ry]

Considering there are lots of people who genuinely called Season 6 of GOT a masterpiece, it’s not surprising see these idiotic articles

[@sam_c95]

Too many spoilers in these articles unfortunately. I've read the books but I still would like to not know how the show is going to portray things until I see it for myself.

[@eriktatos]

This is a hilarious contrast to the RINGZ OF POWER reviews…is no critic entertained

[@wyattrussell7496]

Amazon couldnt afford writers for their series, but they do have journalist on the take, anyways.

[@TheHonoredMadman]

It's nuts seeing people praising tyrion post s4. It's like what do they like about this insufferable character. Wine dawrf funny know things man

[@sackajules]

This critic is a tree........Pass.