#houseofthedragon #targaryen #helaenatargaryen House of the Dragon's intros are deeper than you think. Also Helaena is my new favorite character. Maybe even my new favorite person
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@FairLadySpinyАй бұрын
This is why ppl say Viserys actually would’ve really liked Helena if he hadn’t been ignoring her! lol
@williamgunderson7365Ай бұрын
He should have never remarried. All he wanted was his dead wife and Rhaenyra
@henkhenk1601Ай бұрын
@@williamgunderson7365well yeah, but the problem is if rhaenyra died. The only other Targaryen would’ve been daemon, and daemon was as old as Viserys was. The Targaryen dynasty could’ve easily been wiped out in that case. Of course having more children is what actually lead to the targaryens almost being wiped out and all the dragons dying. But it made sense to have more children. The only way viserys could’ve avoided war was to either marry Aegon and rhaenyra together or just name Aegon heir long before his death.
@jamiemohan2049Ай бұрын
He was close to Helaena. The show just didn't show his relationship with any of his other kids. If u watch Helaena around her father, you can tell she cares for him and looks delighted and proud when he walks in to defend Rhaenyra. The show just didn't show the relationship or even imply it, but that doesn't mean he ignored her on the show. In the books they are very close. I tend to believe they were close on the show, but they didn't have the time to show us Viserys' relationship with his other kids.
@jamiemohan2049Ай бұрын
@henkhenk1601 him choosing a female when it was westerosi custom for males to succeed is what caused the war. Had he named Aegon as heir when he was born, none of this would happen. In the books too Rhaenyra is only 9 or 10 years older not 16 to 18 years older. Viserys is still young when he married Alicent who is 10 years older than Rhaenyra. He should have displaced Rhaenyra when Aegon was born to keep the peace. Unless, he saw which I think he did that the prince that was promised would come from Rhaenyra's line, it is the only logical explanation.
@henkhenk1601Ай бұрын
@@jamiemohan2049 i mean yeah that mightve been the case that he saw that. But he also couldve easily enforced a marriage between rhaenyras kids and those of him. Tho tbf, rhaenyra only had boys so that wouldve been some trouble now i think about it. But he also couldve easily just told both aegon and rhaenyra about the song of ice and fire, and about his supposed vision of the line that would lead to azor ahai. Just in general i feel like he couldve done wayyyy more to avoid a war.
@TheGigigurlАй бұрын
I just realized that the thing she is sewing before Jahaerys’s death was his shroud that she gives Alicent.
@FairLadySpinyАй бұрын
The intro is literally my favorite part dude. I’m yelling “TAPESTRY!!” at the tv every episode
@squircleworks42Ай бұрын
I think I’m just going to start yelling that any time I see anything with stitches
@rexibhazoboa7097Ай бұрын
You think they are changing it to something visually different next season?
@Alexarose06Ай бұрын
@@rexibhazoboa7097probably yes, because the first season’s intro was different
@DANiCL4WSАй бұрын
i like how they did the tapestry because i feel that this series is more of a women's world than GoT. so i like that they made the intro something that all the women do, they are like the thread that holds the crown together.
@DANiCL4WSАй бұрын
or or or it's helaena telling the story because she knows what's going to happen.
@hyderabbasiАй бұрын
It's very subtle. I recall in the first season where Aemond talks about wanting a dragon and Helena says something like "He'll have to shut one eye".
@scrumptiousborger21Ай бұрын
yeah I noticed that too. alicent says to him, "You will get a dragon," and halaena says "hell have to close an eye"
@carastone347328 күн бұрын
"He'll have to close an eye..."
@skittlebread4127 күн бұрын
She also says “there’s a beast beneath the floor boards” foreshadowing Renis’s escape at the end of season 1
@Ximina318 күн бұрын
The one that got me was when she mentions being scared of the rats... And later her baby is killed by a rat catcher.
@S.D._777_Ай бұрын
She gave an unintentional prophecy in season 1 relating to tapestries. "Hand turns loom. Spools of green, spools of black. Dragons of thread weaving dragons of flesh." She gave that on Driftmark after Laenas funeral while she was working on a spider piece. As soon as I saw the new into I knew exactly what it was calling back to.
@psychedelicpegasus7587Ай бұрын
She was trying to capture a spider in a shell in that scene.
@jibrilnoflugel1702Ай бұрын
That wasnt about the intro, but the dance itself
@Express_Joy22 күн бұрын
@@psychedelicpegasus7587 spider, like Varys
@daddyabby42012 күн бұрын
Can you explain what this means for me please.
@umitenchoАй бұрын
She is Cassandra of Troy.
@GGTrinityАй бұрын
If people had watched Game of Thrones and the intro, more than once, they'd know you should NEVER .. skip the intro.. it evolves... with every episode..
@carastone347328 күн бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing!
@smallpeople17228 күн бұрын
It does? I mean that’s on the show for fucking up, they should know literally all people just skip intros in literally all shows.
@GGTrinity28 күн бұрын
@@smallpeople172 absolutely does.
@SamBrickell27 күн бұрын
@@smallpeople172 Take some responsibility, man.
@alveolate27 күн бұрын
or skip the intro and just watch youtube videos that tell you what changed instead
@thesean3194Ай бұрын
I actually think her character is one of the most interesting. Her cryptic responses add a new level to the show’s dialogue.
@hydromancer491616 күн бұрын
Until she sides with the people who killed her son and tells Aemond "you will die in S3E9 at 45 minutes and 12 seconds"
@crinklescat1871Ай бұрын
They were important in GOT too. They showed locations etc for the episode letting you know certain plot points
@Kidelta-z9fАй бұрын
So in conclusion.....Squircle skips the intro, which means she doesn't like the music, lads, get the torches and pitchforks
@squircleworks42Ай бұрын
OKAY I have that music saved on my playlist for CLEANING EMERGENCIES ONLY. It gives me superpowers and therefore cannot be listened to lightly
@Kidelta-z9fАй бұрын
@@squircleworks42 ahhh man, lads put the torches and pitchforks away
@illuminatedstonepersonisp6869Ай бұрын
@@Kidelta-z9f but I had em all ready to go😢
@jimjohnson6944Ай бұрын
To war
@squircleworks42Ай бұрын
@@jimjohnson6944 *puts in earbuds, starts intro playlist, and begins magic girl anime transformation* fear me mortal
@morganleanderblake678Ай бұрын
I think the "he sits on a wooden throne" was present. He's in a wooden carriage.
@squircleworks42Ай бұрын
Ah fair
@flux.aeternaАй бұрын
@@GodKing-sj3lzbro wtf. Why
@flux.aeternaАй бұрын
@@squircleworks42pls moderate the major spoilers in your comments if you can, series just got ruined for me
@flux.aeternaАй бұрын
@@GodKing-sj3lzplease add lots of line breaks with periods before any spoilery comments (so it will be hidden behind a “show more”)
@xess4168Ай бұрын
They're right, but it's not the Aegon you are thinking of that wins.
@Orikon25Ай бұрын
An intelligent, nuanced HoTD take? From somebody who actually pays attention to the show? Have I stumbled upon a hidden treasure? Well done on the analysis. Fully agreed on everything. Hope we get more HoTD stuff from you.
@psiloveu143Ай бұрын
i thought haelena having premonitions and visions was obvious...
@JessicaRussianSifontesАй бұрын
Right? If anyone missed it they're clearly dumb
@Music-AsLife27 күн бұрын
ya, its no secret
@guisas12320 күн бұрын
It is, people are just dumb and don't pay attention
@quenchquestdrinksАй бұрын
I always watch the intro to get hyped, but I completely missed the Haelena connection! Fun fact, one of the wines released for the show (the Red Blend) makes a parallel between weaving a tapestry and crafting a good wine blend as both being fine arts 🍷
@CordsZ29 күн бұрын
4:49 That’s not present tense. Aegon eventually heals enough to partake in the fighting…and promptly gets even more injured, breaking both legs. He’s effectively in a wheelchair after that, aka: a wooden throne.
@Solalola112 күн бұрын
She meant the verbiage of "he sits" is in present tense, even though she's referring to something that hasn't happened yet
@Noah-uw7kgАй бұрын
The second season intro is so beautiful
@maggyfrogАй бұрын
helaena already predicted the tapestry intro way back in season 1 with the episode of laena's funeral. she was in this tent mumbling to herself about dragons weaving and on the side, aegon was telling aemond how she's "dumb" and aemond says he'll marry her if it were him who is the eldest to keep their bloodline *"pure"* edit: because some of you can't read into film subtext and visual storytelling, the tapestry motif had been planted early on in the show. viserys had a lot of explicit dragon tapestry commissioned back in season 1 when alicent was still played by emily carey. this tapestry motif was continued by helaena being into embroidery, and in one of her prophecies about the dance, the show made her say the words "dragons (of flesh) weaving...". those words were chosen ON PURPOSE. and in season 2, we get the tapestry intro and helaena kept on doing her embroidery work. when she was young and full of confusion about her visions, she already used the word "weaving", and by season 2 finale, helaena lucidly tells that it's all a story, because she finally understands why she's a dragon dreamer. guys, the dialogue "dragons weaving" is a double entendre about the dance itself and the history of the targs as visualized in the form of a tapestry, of which helaena sporadically sees visions of.
@Ashbrash1998Ай бұрын
That wasn't about the tapestry, she was talking about Otto spinning plots that caused the civil war and division between the factions.
@falconeshieldАй бұрын
Could be both. The dream dragon never lies. @@Ashbrash1998
@maggyfrogАй бұрын
@@Ashbrash1998 she specifically said "dragons weaving"
@AryiahFoxxeАй бұрын
@@maggyfrog here's what she said exactly during that scene: "Hand turns loom, spool of green, spool of black, dragons of flesh weaving dragons of thread" When all the scheming takes place, Otto is Hand of the King again. We get the greens and the blacks and Dance of the Dragons becomes a historical story talked about even in GoT. You cannot take dialogue from ASOIAF/GoT/HotD THAT literally. She predicted the scheming and subsequent war, not the tapestry intro.
@maggyfrogАй бұрын
@@AryiahFoxxe are you seriously telling me that condal DIDN'T make her say the words "dragons weaving" on purpose and yet make her do embroidery for half of her screen time AND THEN make the intro for season 2 a tapestry? i think maybe you don't know how to read into the subtext of dialogue
@technojunkie123Ай бұрын
I love this interpretation! So much of the Dance of Dragons occurs because of the self-grandiosity HOTD characters have about themselves while Helaena has the wisdom to know their actions are just a blip in the grand story of Westeros, but not the power to make those around her see that
@annjay2581Ай бұрын
This reminds me of the movie "Arrival", the main character learns to see every moment of her life all at once, but is incapable of changing a single thing and wont be able prevent terrible things from happening. Everything is already written. Its a brilliant movie, but heartbreaking.
@MrOtistetraxАй бұрын
Good take. Lots of other YT commentators are talking about Helaena in terms of her having prescience or weirwood powers or whatever, but I like this idea that she’s somehow existing outside of the timeline and been gifted/cursed with an overview of the whole of (at least her family’s) history. Somewhat like Bran the Broken, but without the complete lack of empathy. This made me try to remember if in the scene where Aemond comes to compel her to fight she tells him “I won’t burn anybody” or if the line was slightly different.
@squircleworks42Ай бұрын
OOOOH that perspective does significantly shift that line
@sohinidutta97Ай бұрын
This was BRILLIANT! I have never seen such a beautifully poetic take on the matter. Love it.
@TheTaylorj198429 күн бұрын
Helena has this haunting beauty… so ethereal…😍
@beargrub8932Ай бұрын
they basically turned her into a sort of kassandra of troy character in the show and i love that so much! i think it’s such a great change from the book actually
@ZeDitto3Ай бұрын
Thank you Squircle, for being here for me as I sit, trapped and backed up on the bowl. Truly a blessing in my time of need.
@squircleworks42Ай бұрын
maybe the most genuine compliment I have ever received
@jimmynifulАй бұрын
In my opinion, Helena is the only one fit to sit the throne in the show. She's the only one not going around making erratic decisions.
@Elizabeth-hc3miАй бұрын
Haelena talking to Daemon explained the Blood and Cheese change for me. Haelena didnt act the way she did in the books because she knows it will happen. It's still sad, shes still upset, but she realizes it had to happen, that they all were just pawns. That's also probably a reason she's so detached from reality. You know when something seems bad at the time and then a year later every thing is fine? Now imagine you can see into the future. Nothing is really going to seem like that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.
@Danone-yАй бұрын
yesss i love Helaena but i hated sm blood and cheese, didnt felt so bad or big, but at the end of that episode it kinda made sense...
@LautaroFsАй бұрын
You don't have to justify that, it's bad writing on the part of the writers. George always put determinism vs free will in his writings, in Asoiaf we have this great conversation between Meera and Jojen, Helena is just a victim of bad writing, like Brand in Season 7 and 8. This series ignores free will just because they think prophecies are cool, I guess.
@Discordia5Ай бұрын
@@LautaroFsholy crap. Your grammar and spelling.
@LautaroFsАй бұрын
@@Discordia5 Sorry but english is not my mother language, maybe you can learn spanish so i could criticize you too
@LuMoRo34Ай бұрын
@@LautaroFsI think that's what happened with Alicent and Daemon, but not with Helaena. I agree with OP in this one cause It makes sense, what actually bothers me is that I don't understand the relation with greendreams.
@missingaria250317 күн бұрын
As someone who practically lives and breathes lore videos: This was a fun watch/listen. I don't follow your channel, but your perspective was really insightful in spite of you saying you don't consume Song of Ice and Fire lore. I started out kinda being like "well of course you don't understand, you're ignoring the lore!" but ended on appreciating your take quite a lot. It was all stuff I knew or had observed myself, but it was cool to see how the show got you there in spite of you not being a lore fiend. Kind of an amazing compliment to the show (and obviously kudos to your powers of observation). Idk that I'd have gotten as much as you did without all the lore vids I usually watch.
@coyoteprojectАй бұрын
I assumed the intro was a tapestry which was a thing that in the first season showed the divide between Rhaenyra and Daemon in the first season and the second season is all about them dividing and coming back together.
@kengillespie779726 күн бұрын
Helaena is one of my favorite HotD characters and I can proudly say that I never skipped the intro. Phia Saban was a joy to watch embody this enigmatic, tragic character
@chepulisАй бұрын
"cultivating patience takes too long" ha
@renaissancewoman377028 күн бұрын
If the lore does become your thing, I think you will very easily find a place in the fandim. This was great, thank you.
@DKMandelaDKАй бұрын
Viserys and Helaena both have visions, with Helaena being a potential greenseer … maybe next season will follow Daemon, as he also has had visions.
@wwefactswrestling8606Ай бұрын
Viserys didn't have visions. He was told the song of ice and fire by good king jahaerys. He didn't have visions.
@islasullivan3463Ай бұрын
^He had one vision of himself putting the conquerors crown on his son with the smashing of shields and swords.
@wwefactswrestling8606Ай бұрын
@@islasullivan3463 I know the scene you are talking about and it wasn't a vision. 1. He was high AF of the milk of poppy, and he thought Alicent was rhaenyera. 2. He was talking about the song of ice and fire, which is a dream that aegon the conquer had, and had been passed down from king to king during the targaryens dynasty up to that point. 3. If he did have "vision of the future" that event in which you described never happened. We see helaena talk in prophetic riddles and it comes true. Viserys's vision never happened.
@islasullivan3463Ай бұрын
^Actually I’m talking about the very first episode where he talks about the vision he had of his son “The vision was clearer than a memory. Our son was born wearing Aegon the conqueror’s crown (the crown Aegon the second wears). I heard the sound of thundering hooves, splintering of shields and ringing swords. (The war). As I placed him on the iron throne all the dragons roared as one (possibly the death of the dragons). It was a vision he just didn’t realize that it was about his son with Alicent not Aemma.
@islasullivan3463Ай бұрын
Nor did he realize that it was about war despite him focusing on this prophecy for so long, he either doesn’t see or just refuses to acknowledge the signs of the prophecy coming to pass.
@AndieeeX29 күн бұрын
I love watching each intro in Game Of Thrones cus it changes every single time, so when House of the Dragon aired I assumed it'd be the same. There's so many little easter eggs and lore drops in each intro, tons of KZbinrs even do breakdowns of it cus there's HUGE implications in them
@mukulsethАй бұрын
Wild. I was passively watching the intros for most of the season, and only started paying attention a couple episodes ago. And I had a similar epiphany too. Really well made video essay! looking forward to seeing more soon :) subbed.
@laurend9337Ай бұрын
This is brilliant commentary. I feel like GoT and HotD get so overanalyzed, and most analyses end up looking the same, but this was a genuinely insightful perspective.
@TheAngryClericАй бұрын
That’s actually kind of brilliant. Fully missed it!
@QuantiQualificationАй бұрын
Wow! Great intro to the intros! I will pay more attention and not skip them as I usually do . . .
There’s an episode in Season 1 where young Halaena is talking to herself about weaving black and green threads.
@andreascj7329 күн бұрын
Everyone - in the story or outside the story - also keeps forgetting that Viserys was actually the last rider of Balerion's last rider. He was not just a Targaryen, he was chosen by Balerion.
@EmpressJusticeTarotАй бұрын
My God, this was beautiful and heartbreaking. Definitely not skipping the intro again.
@tootieq652728 күн бұрын
In the tapestry intro, blood sometimes precedes the embroidery pattern, and other times it comes after the embroidery, showing both cause and effect of the Targaryen war.
@SupimBryanАй бұрын
Since 2011 GoTs intros have been telling you the story lol Literally told you what cities / kingdoms would be featured that episode and sometimes have easter eggs like the stark symbol changing to a balton over winterfell when they took.
@bentosbuttons6457Ай бұрын
This a wonderful video!! Great content and observations!
@BelieveInUrself93Ай бұрын
I wasn't a fan of this season for a lot of reasons, but what I can't deny is something that it did well was having attention to detail.. sometimes also to its own detriment such as with symbolic dragon figurines breaking that feel too on the nose for my liking, but most of the time with details like this, that really matter. I really liked the point you made about her connection to Viserys and their negative spaces, that's a very interesting perspective I never looked at before that has given me a greater appreciation for what they represent as characters and what their season intros represent. It's all really well thought out and I especially liked the point you made about the skip button bringing everything you were saying together about Helaena's role. Although I really wish Helaena would get more screen time. Anyway, great video, subscribed!
@bobhollywood4093Ай бұрын
I skip the intro so much that when you used a clip and the "skip intro" thing was there, I instinctively tried to skip it. Lol
@rusinalekuhАй бұрын
this essay is a pice of art. thank you
@thehierophant1314Ай бұрын
She is the most innocent of all, yet she is in the dance with them as the dragons dance.
@SuccubiSage26 күн бұрын
This is why I don't understand why people get confused about her lack of grief over Jaehaerys. Like, she does grieve for a bit, but she knows it was meant to happen and there was no changing it, so she moves on and forgives quickly.
@nivaldomonte544125 күн бұрын
Viserys dwelt on the past of Valyria and Helaena dwells on the future of Westeros. It's all a story indeed.
@lilivanessiАй бұрын
Great vid, great point! The overlooked intro, from an overlooked character, how very meta LOVE the conclusion you came to!
@tipsy994729 күн бұрын
This is exceptionally intelligent commentary. Well done.
@BhBc8f827 күн бұрын
Alicent: "Perhaps Prince Daemon would care for a tour of the gallery ? He hasn't yet seen the new tapestries gifted to you by Norvos and Qohor." Viserys: "Would you like to see the Tapestries" lol "He has NO interest in such things." Rhaenyra: "I'd like to see them" 👀 - Hot D 1x4
@malcolmtelfariesАй бұрын
I love your synopsis at the end
@susfu4988Ай бұрын
I see the intro as a riff on the Bayeux Tapestry, which is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 feet) long and 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William, Duke of Normandy challenging Harold II, King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. Sort of a medieval story board, if you will.
@caadam8729 күн бұрын
I figured the dragons in the tapestry represented the number of dragons that are present at the end of the second season? They don't look like they're battling at all
@corvoattano44Ай бұрын
i actually hope they do more with her character than what the books did. Shes much more interesting because of this actress
@firecat4529Ай бұрын
1:23 But isn't everything that happens in the show and it's world part of it's lore? So you aren't interested in/ curious about the story and maybe only it's characters (though they are connected)?
@infini1970Ай бұрын
VERY VERY astute. It's only recently gotten my attention this character.Yes you are correct on at least me underestimating but I think that's the intent. As the Observer I think it's ok and to be fooled part of the story ;). I love your observations and you really saw things I had most definitely not connected.
@user-ti5cw1ug6lАй бұрын
I thought the 2nd intro was just history following House Targaryen but I suppose something that contribites to the Helaena connection is that she's not in it. Though, Helaena using Dreamfyre or even just hopping on her to fly away and avoid capture would make a huge difference. Also, the unfeeling omnicient character guiding allies and enemies on their fate reminds me of a certain GOT character we didn't like very much by the end.
@DrGlynnWix27 күн бұрын
It's sad they made her not bother riding. She lived riding Dreamfyre in the book.
@thejuliakitchen29 күн бұрын
This is the smartest most insightful video I’ve seen on this series. Brava
@tamalchakraborty5346Ай бұрын
Both are Dreamers. Targeryan Dreamers are special. But we got 2 living together under the same roof.
@fatalshore5068Ай бұрын
Helaena is my favourite. I hope my sweet, innocent girl makes it out somehow.
@CiaoRoosterАй бұрын
1. Don’t skip intros (unless they are really bad--Dead Boy Detectives comes to mind). They ground you in either the world or the show or at least the world of watching the show. 2. Thanks. This was a cool take. I never even heard anyone say I was Viserys’s model, let alone Heleana’s and tapestry.
@TTrhcp82Ай бұрын
Interesting perspective and a great character study. I love it when people see beyond the obvious and can interpret and immerse themselves in the meta-layers of a fictional world.
@Spark_ChaserАй бұрын
I haven't watched the show, so I'm coming at this from a complete blank, but it also sounds like the two characters you've mentioned are a form of POV character. They're looking on with little true control over the chaos around them, knowing full well what it would take to fix this, but unable to do a damn thing about it because they don't have the power to affect changes to the story. They toil away at their respective hobbies because it's the only thing they can do to not just go full Targaryen mad in this situation, and it's not working.
@QuantiQualificationАй бұрын
@Spark_Chaser Love this comment! Feels like most of us today!
@squircleworks42Ай бұрын
ugh okay so I had a whole section on this in an earlier draft where I talked about this class of pov character (I think I called them window characters??) but I ended up cutting it for flow 😖
@islasullivan3463Ай бұрын
Except Viserys did have multiple opportunities to stop the war, but he basically just turned a blind eye to the conflicts and problems within his family and court.
@sushmitaraodesaraju6330Ай бұрын
Viserys was a king though. He definitely had the power to affect change and stop the civil war. He had decades, in fact. He just chose not to do anything because he wanted to live in the delusion that everything was fine. Even Helaena could change the narrative somewhat (especially because of her ability to see the future), like prevent Aemond losing an eye, prevent the death of her son, ride dreamfyre into battle, etc. She's choosing to not participate for "the greater good". Helaena is playing her part in the story, as she said to Daemon, whereas Viserys was the one who set this tragedy into motion.
@CappellanoАй бұрын
Brilliant analysis. Something that is also insinuated in the books is that the Game of Thrones is actually being played by unseen beings. Literally the outer gods are playing their own power game and the human characters are just pieces on the bored.
@ericainbloomАй бұрын
Oh I love season 2's opening sequence with the embroidery. I was watching it the other day during the second to last episode, and made a comment to my husband on how it was Helaena's embroidery work. Shes a dreamer, and the embroidery are the weavings of a story. It goes deeper than that to me, I won't go on, but yeah.
@briartreecrossАй бұрын
Warm body here.
@jaina8648Ай бұрын
I really enjoy your videos! It's always a rare treat because you're really thoughtful, your avatar is so cute, and I know we're in for some great deep dives. I will sit and wait patiently for the next one :D
@SikhiJediАй бұрын
Helaena now does have a big part in the conflict actually! She has magic strong enough to take part in bloodraven trying to tell daemon about white walkers. If you don’t know who bloodraven is, he’s the biggest mastermind in the books, makes varys look like Jon know when it comes to spying. The show shows us Bloodraven is in contact with Helaena of all people, which makes her now one of the most important characters in all ASOIAF
@michaelsimpson95229 күн бұрын
I really, really enjoyed this video. Thanks you soooooo much for sharing
@barbarabenoit3667Ай бұрын
I was wondering, how her powers will be known later. When the contemporaries did not realize, that she is predicting the future. In the history book, the show is based on, it is known, that she was a dreamer, who predicted the future.To have people look at her needlework after everything has come to pass and realizing, that she predicted everything, would be a nice way to reveal it.
@ericalncstrАй бұрын
They explain in the show that she has prophetic dreams and visions. It's brought up about other Targaryens as well. They're called "Dreamers" or "Greenseers" because they get visions of the future
@kneau28 күн бұрын
To clarify, "Dragon Dreamers" and "Greenseers" are two separate things. However, Haelena has prophetic dreams and this sets her above the typical dragon dreamer.
@xshzz29 күн бұрын
i think the intro serves the exact same purpose the characters do, they were both the only dreamers. they were the only ones that knew what would really happen, i think you can see that spelled out in her intro and her embroidery
@kneau28 күн бұрын
With one kind of tragic point - I think her dreams are prophetic while his were mere visions.
@calvinpaul4456Ай бұрын
I really loved this. New fan here Squircle!
@jibrilnoflugel1702Ай бұрын
How can you say Helaena is not interesting? EVERY time she speaks she spoils whats coming.
@lupitayayalazanta9753Ай бұрын
Loved it!… thank you
@DanielFiala28 күн бұрын
Great video! Did not realize that crazy bunch o' dragons at the end of the most recent tapestry WAS A FUTURE BATTLE. Now that you say it, it sounds super obvious but I didn't get it first watch lol
@MariWakocha6 күн бұрын
I haven't watched House of Dragon but now I'm a little intrigued. The first intro I really noticed was GoT, because watching it meant you could always follow where they were without any need of littering the screen with text. It carefully laid out every important place with name and landmarks so you'd always know where in Westeros you were. I'm glad they managed to make a potentially even better intro for this show.
@top-notanalysis4942Ай бұрын
Great video ^^ Looking forward to your next fallout piece
@aus_aeАй бұрын
Really good observation, thank you.
@brookelawrence6740Ай бұрын
best Helaena video. Thank you so much
@TheEthernyАй бұрын
If season 1 was Viserys hobby, and now its Haelenas, I wonder whos hobby will shape the third seasons intro
@SnuktАй бұрын
I had completely missed the parallelism of Viserys and Helaena, but now I cannot think other: In the book, they have in common being characters of whom they tell the least possible. Helaena is practically ignored, and Viserys is always stereotiped. It's totally "don't think about them".
@amndmirkАй бұрын
this made me watch HOTD actually
@amndmirkАй бұрын
want to* watcg
@renaighАй бұрын
@@amndmirk you briefly experienced the future in present tense
@AllThingsBrightnBeautifulАй бұрын
Love this!!
@QuantiQualificationАй бұрын
@@renaigh 😂
@amndmirkАй бұрын
@@renaigh Squircle's analysis is so good it grants you time travelling abilities.. :D
@nyrojones803028 күн бұрын
I always look forward to Helaena's next mumbled prophecy, they are the only spoilers I allow
@mahmoudahmedshalabi5 күн бұрын
This was great! Very well done!
@mordecaietnad25 күн бұрын
Her lack of interest in the lore is important to the success of the show.
@miki4251Ай бұрын
I've been binge-watching your videos! Loved all of them and so excited for the ones coming, keep up the good work!
@thelifeofskye855515 күн бұрын
as far as i know everyone has been obsessed with helena since it was revealed that she’s a dreamer
@FafaElaniaАй бұрын
Both characters are dragon dreamers
@RedStar192000Ай бұрын
By the gods, she's a gem.
@p-j-y-dАй бұрын
By the old ones... and the new!
@mechanchi9573Ай бұрын
Such a beautiful video
@annjohn625Ай бұрын
Love the video! Very excited for future HotD videos!
@lamandi87624 күн бұрын
THE BRAN STARK OF HOTD.
@paulafraile3143Ай бұрын
OMG THIS IS GENIUS
@mariayoka221Ай бұрын
This was fantastic. Thank you.
@BryWithAWhyАй бұрын
I would prob watch the intro for HOTD more, if they gave the show different music. The GOT theme was great, but they should've tried to give this show something different...