Rhaenyra CALLS Daemon's Bluff & AVOIDS Conflict

Rhaenyra flies to Dragonstone, refuses to be manhandled by Otto (once again) and diffuses a tense situation in Season 1, Episode 2 - The Rogue Prince
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[@barryschultz4947]

otto is probably thinking i cant let her rule because she wont listen to me like the other two kings did. he cant control her or manipulate her

[@masterplokoon8803]

He couldn't control Aegon either when he was king. Aegon fired him.

[@erikpersson2047]

The question is however if he really controlled Viserys. He did influense his marrige to Alicent, but it was at the end of the day Viserys desicion.

[@lisas3545]

Otto also sees that she is the only person Daemon will back down from. They all had a look of horror in fear that Daemon was going to strike down the King's little girl. Instead, he gave her the dragon egg without bloodshed.

[@Thekellin1]

@@lisas3545 killing his niece would have made him the most atrocious criminal - a kinslayer. Besides, he liked her.😉Rhaenyra knew he wouldn't harm her.

[@lisas3545]

@@Thekellin1 Otto and guards did not know Daemon loved his niece. I'm speaking from their perspective. At that point Otto went from protecting her to seeing she was brave and Daemon was in her corner. A threat to him.

[@Piotr12396]

That was the moment when Otto realised that he can't manipulate rhaenyra like he did to viserys

[@russmarasheski7005]

Otto was thinking.... "she'll be harder to usurp than I had anticipated "

[@anaclarisaarrosio9192]

The way Rhaenyra looks at Otto after resolving the conflict was great

[@NtoTheM]

Easily my favourite performance by Alcock. The confidence of how she de-saddles from Syrax and how unbothered she is by the supposed authority of the King's men, yet invested in her uncle's reasons and behaviour...love it. Perfectly portrays the princess that knows she's entering a tense, dangerous situation but also knows that she's in absolutely no danger herself. Also love that line of hers towards "the Lords". *Go ahead and lay a hand on me, my dragon is watching* , love it! ^^

[@Emy-fv5ny]

Otto was thinking that she's not like her father, she's not easy to manipulate and that she will be a problem because she will certainly fight for what is hers.

[@Thekellin1]

Daemon was thinking: "There is another way, princess."

[@tracejohnson9587]

otto was probably thinking in that moment that she has just become more of a threat to him than daemon himself

[@TheRaxxess]

You didn't comment on how this is when she 'unlocked her theme.' We know this choral piece to be her theme and this was the first time we heard it. She was first introduced with a very similar rendition to Daenerys' theme until she wins this conflict.

[@BrettSmashy]

Right you are and I LOVE that refrain!

[@Duneek]

In that moment, I think Otto realized how formidable a diplomat and politician she already was at that age and it would be even more difficult to cheat her out of her rightful place down the line.

[@dzidziolus]

Caraxes at 0:27: Hello ladies!

[@BrettSmashy]

LOL!

[@vegforlife]

I read a comment on another clip that the show’s audio people said the whistling of Caraxes in this scene is a mating call to Syrax. ❤

[@LukeKetchum7003]

The dragon in that egg is the biological mother of Daenerys' children on GOT. We should all be thankful that Rhaenyra saved the future of House Targaryen.

[@grimaristea]

Their mother is actually Dreamfyre (Helaena Targaryen’s dragon). It’s not *officially* confirmed but Elissa Farman stole three dragon eggs from her which she sold in essos, which is where Dany is gifted her eggs nearly 250 years later!

[@CaitlinSk]

In this scene, Daemon makes me think of a puppy you just scolded lol

[@alphagerudo6242]

Syrax tells Caraxes she would like cuddles 😊

[@melieflynn-hayes7996]

She did the right thing coming

[@BrettSmashy]

I agree! She diffuses the situation whereas Otto inflamed it, and only backed down once he knew he was outmatched. This was always probably a no-win situation for Otto though. Daemon listens to nobody save his niece.

[@corruptgunslinger]

@@BrettSmashy For allegedly being very cunning, how tf did Otto think this was going to go down knowing Daemon has a dragon

[@Iacobus90]

Otto was probably trying to start a conflict between brothers so if things go south, as he seems to intent, Daemon would be banish or executed for open rebellion thus eliminated from the succesion line. It was a risky move considering the hate Daemon regards towards him but a calculated one. Here Otto it was already scheming about how he can put a descendant of his in the throne. What was he thinking while he watched the princess flying back to King´s Landing? Probably that Daemon was not to be the only stone in his path to achieve his goals. That Rhaenyra is someone to take care from now on as the new heir and definitely she wasn´t someone easily manipulable as Viserys thus his position as Hand in the future may be at risk.

[@lisas3545]

The fact that she went to the bridge to stop bloodshed revealed that she was a leader and could prevent bloodshed. I think Daemon tested Rhaenyra not Viserys, because it was the egg she "choose" for her brother, which made it personal. Daemon is a hardened soldier and dangerous. When Rhaenyra told him he would have to kill her in English, did you see the expression on Otto's face? The soldiers? They were terrified Daemon would kill this girl but he gave in to ONLY her. It was a dangerous situation that Rhaenyra stopped from happening, as Otto would have attempted to kill Daemon.

[@NtoTheM]

While you're right about Otto's intentions, none of it makes sense. Daemon has a freaking dragon. The largest with a battle-hardened rider too, at the time. Without Rhaenyra appearing, something Otto clearly didn't anticipate, they all would've ended up dead, only for Daemon to be pardoned by his brother anyway in the end, most likely. And if you'll say now "Viserys won't pardon him after that" then consider this: What did Viserys do when Daemon slandered his dead wife and son? What did Viserys do when he suspected Daemon defiled his daughter and heir? The answer is nothing and he would've done nothing again just because his brother killed the Hand and a few knights.

[@lisas3545]

@@NtoTheM Otto was shocked when Caraxes showed up-he displayed shock when Rhaenyra arrived. I think it was the event on the bridge that Otto realized he could not win a war with the Targaryens without having dragons and riders.

[@NtoTheM]

@@lisas3545 But why would he even be shocked by Caraxes' presence? They knew Daemon stole the egg and left with his dragon. Idk, I like this scene and how it's made, but the premise makes little sense to me.

[@anonymousnation5235]

Rhaenyra saved the same dragon that will tear her into pieces.

[@annauluna3108]

Daemon your Niece. Your own flesh and blood has caught on to your bluff 😂

[@anaclarisaarrosio9192]

Her entrance is epic

[@anaclarisaarrosio9192]

He may be thinking,that he doesnt like not being able to control or manipulate Rhaenyra as he does with his daughter

[@basketica]

hes thinking she will be home in 5 minutes

[@ericfrontczak8016]

Too bad Tyrone wasn't around Otto could've learned sarcasm and tact!

[@vjj6258]

Younger Rhaenyra is looks badass..

[@longshanks0971]

Otto is probably wondering if Rhaenyra will let him ride her dragon with her seeing as it's a long way back to Kings-Landing by any other means.

[@harleyquinn5774]

The same egg she selected for her baby brother Baelon one day becoming the dragon that took her life. 😭

[@heatherwaetzig2633]

Oh no really? That egg is Sunfyre Aegon's eventual dragon?

[@corruptgunslinger]

@@heatherwaetzig2633 Makes sense bc that would make Dreamfyre his mother. Keeps the fyre burning.

[@ileana823100]

actually as far as i know its not the same egg at all. sunfyre originally hatched on dragonstone and not as an egg in aegons cradle

[@ileana823100]

@@corruptgunslinger nope sunfyre was born on dragonstone and dindt hatch for aegon at all. aegon just bonded with him.

[@ilikeparanormal]

Isn't that one of Dany's eggs? Rhaegal? Or was that from later on, I'm sure someone said they came from Dreamfyre

[@OceanicAirChelsea]

Otto is🗑️

[@troublemaker833]

Rhaenyra would have been a great queen had she bothered to learn how to rule. She knows a show of force, but she does not know politics. I’d even go as far as to say that she believes herself above them, because she is a Targaryen. She lost her seat, because she lost the lords.

[@raf3765]

She knows politics more than Aegon does. She knew who could help her get her throne like proposing to Daemon and having her sons marry Baela and Rhaena. She just lack fire within her like Alicent.

[@troublemaker833]

@@raf3765 Proposing to Daemon was the politically most stupid decision she could have made. The lords of Kings Landing were literally so afraid of Daemon and his short temper and violence anywhere near the throne, that they broke with their usual patriarchal values and swore allegiance to her, when only years before they denied Rhaenys, who didn’t even seek the crown for herself but for her son Laenor. That decision for Rhaenyra was not a decision FOR a woman in her teens who had no other qualification than being a Targaryen dragon rider: No battles won, no treaties drawn, no diplomatic experience. This was a decision AGAINST Daemon. It’s no coincidence that Otto who is the one to originally propose Rhaenyra to become heir is later her fiercest foe (and yes, it’s obviously also because he wants his own house on the throne, no question. But also do you honestly believe that with Daemon as prince consort he would have lived?!). And marrying both (!) her sons - one of whom is set to inherit the iron throne and one the biggest marine power in Westeros at the time - to the daughters of the man she is already married to seems like a waste on the political marriage front and would have never been necessary had she not thought that she could get away with choosing a surrogate father for her children that looks nothing like Leanor, a short sidedness that once again shows that she does not understand how the red keeps (and it’s inhabitants) work🤷🏻‍♀️

[@hoodoo2001]

The actresses in GOT II are painful to look at and didn't seem to have much talent. Just not engaging enough...a step down from original GOT.

[@garyoak317]

Wrong

[@megalize6353]

Probably because it's not a GOT ll. Actresses shouldn't fell the same, just because you can't appreciate their talent, doesn't mean they don't have one.

[@josephstalin2606]

Just because they aren’t as hot as the ones in the original show doesn’t mean they lack “talent” 😂 you’re just horny brother the acting is arguably better in this show than the original with the exception of certain characters

[@ViserysTargaryen_78]

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