The Green Council Blisstake - House of the Dragon Episode 9

[@Glidus]

WHY IS IT A BLISSTAKE 👿

[@wyxxoz3955]

is it christmas already?

[@Hybriddecline]

YOU'RE THE BLISS MATE

[@TheFarinsqarin]

Coz the dragon show is trying once more .

[@hamzamahmood9565]

Should be cumtake

[@kevincarter2020]

Oh the bliss

[@spoonman7901]

Thank god I can finally have an opinion about episode 9

[@hamzamahmood9565]

The Gods have yet to make a Glidus viewer with an opinion, your grace

[@GreenGocco]

"I will have to acquire some opinions and grand opinions"

[@hamzamahmood9565]

​@@GreenGocco Sure middlefinger

[@TheBaselessMountain]

Harsh. But true

[@chefmagneto]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@eugeneimbangyorteza]

Glidus posting HoTD Blisstake half a year after the season is a subtle nod to GRRM taking half a century to write WoW

[@mori1bund]

"half a century"? ...so you're an optimist! ^^

[@lostalone9320]

I understand GRRM is going to be cryogenically frozen so that he can finish Winds in 2124.

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

It’s all interconnected

[@co0ki3M0NstAr]

😂😂😂😂😂 spot on

[@0ussama01]

I think it's a nod to Glidus consistently taking half a century to uplaod a video. Any GoT reviewers in the chat !?

[@lukebarroso449]

Viserys is gonna be so mad when he wakes up.

[@celadona5084]

Viserys, waking up a couple of hours later to find the Silent Sisters standing over him: “WHAT THE-?”

[@merrittanimation7721]

Viserys just walks up from the crypts after the whole civil war thing finishes, good as new, and says "That was the best sleep I've had in years, how's everyone?" No one wants to tell him.

[@richardhoran3694]

Logan Roy is going to be so mad when he wakes up

[@HOTD108_]

@@merrittanimation7721 I'm picturing Viserys waking up, having had the other half of his face and missing arm grown back during the sleep. Lizard King confirmed.

[@co0ki3M0NstAr]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lonewizzy]

Literally, Mysaria's accent went from French, a vaguely British accentmimicking French, ending with Haitian/Calypso from PotC, to a garbled "foreign" accent

[@Leakampff]

When i learned that the actor doesn't speak like that, and it was a CHOICE i was so baffled hahahaha. Like I actually don't mind it, but she somehow invented a new accent 💀💀

[@WlatPziupp]

So, Cajun?

[@Longshanks1690]

“Mummy, when is daddy coming home from the coronation?” “Oh, sweetheart… unfortunately Princess Rhaenys wanted to have a Girlboss moment. We’ll never see most of our neighbours ever again.”

[@lostalone9320]

"Can't hear your children crying over how AWESOME I AM!" - Rhaenys

[@nikopawlowic6557]

Mummy, when is Glimbus going to do another review? Oh sweetheart, he suffers from an addiction to amnesia water and can't remember when to post videos!

[@masterplokoon8803]

A moment of silence to all of those who were girlbossed to death.

[@damnabletory3213]

Take comfort that no named characters were hurt, darling.

[@masterplokoon8803]

@@damnabletory3213It kinda reminds me "the guy they murdered was just an unnamed peasant who cares? They are heroes for letting Laenor go."

[@BM-wh5qk]

Joffrey definitely would have set up his own child fighting club if he knew there was precedent.

[@Bubreherro]

If Aemond doesn’t speak in Japanese for the whole of Season 2, I give up on life

[@Glidus]

unsure if this is feasible if i want to have timely releases

[@shivpuri5769]

@@Glidus yeah we can’t have you loosing the main draw of your channel, your timeliness

[@Bubreherro]

@@Glidus I meant in the original production... We can't have any less timely releases...

[@katmatte640]

I was brushing my teeth when I read this and almost dies

[@masterplokoon8803]

"Why do you only speak Japanese? Even I don't speak Japanese"

[@leatheryfoot6354]

Mysaria sounding more and more like Ugandan Knuckles with each episode is my favorite character.

[@higgitydiggity317]

Finally, I always thought she sounded familiar

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

Me already a non native speaker whenever Mysaria says anything: ????????

[@dreamfyres]

It’s probably just me but I love her accent since it’s hilarious

[@sentientmustache8360]

“Do you know da wae to Valyria?”

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

@@sentientmustache8360She iz ma queen*click*click*

[@silentbutnedly]

I seriously lost it at the bees buzzing “Ave Maria.” Well done

[@dw1419]

More like Ave Ma-BEE-a, amirite?

[@LordMarvin1993]

@@dw1419 dadum-Bzzz

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

21:30

[@rachels.8051]

Thank you for the timestamp 😂

[@gravejello2331]

I really wish Sunfyre was at the coronation. It would make it more plausible that Rhaenys wouldn’t want to kill them all as she would also die. Would also be cool af for Sunfyre to be behind the king

[@jeffthampuran6054]

There’s a weird thing about distancing the Green Targaryens from dragons I noticed in the later episodes; except for Aemond, of course

[@jessical.366]

this is such a good idea! Why did I read that? Could someone edit sunfyre into the episode please?

[@user-vj6ws1op4u]

@@jeffthampuran6054 yes I noticed that too, we don’t see Aegon interacting with Sunfyre nor Helaena with Dreamfyre, and Daeron/Tessarion don’t exist so far lol

[@bloop5337]

this 1000% ! it would also set up the precedent that sunfyre & aegon are strangely ‘connected’. aegon “calls” him, consciously or subconsciously, and sunfyre follows. it explains why on dragonstone later, a badly injured sunfyre came to find his rider, even though he didn’t know where he was. they did the connection with daemon & ceraxes, rhaenyra & cyrax, luke & arrax, and aemond & vhagar….. idk why they didn’t do the same for aegon, when there’s actual textual evidence and it will come up later. his connection with his dragon is hotly debated and discussed amongst fans for just how weirdly strong it is, dany and her dragons (especially drogon) are the only fair comparison i can see- and unlike aegon, dany “birthed” and breastfed them ! edit: oh and a stand-off between sunfyre & meleys would foreshadow rooks rest !! ugh !!!! why didn’t the show do this ?!?!

[@danielallen4450]

Would just be cool for Sunfyre to exist in the show 😂

[@johannesmeier5550]

Rest in peace Beeeeeeeesbury. And now his buzz has ended. We shall never taste his honey again...

[@zafelrede4884]

That's none of your beeswax.

[@VS-kf5qw]

Aemond's "I Studied the Blade" moment will always be my favorite joke-played-straight in this entire show. I refuse to believe that anyone could write that line with a straight face, but the actor's ability to deliver it with a straight face just made it even better. Everybody's met at least one dude exactly like this in the Paradox Games forums/their high school social studies class.

[@tonichan89]

He's the neckbeard of the show, except instead of a fedora he has an eyepatch

[@merrittanimation7721]

Aemond: Westeros’s first weeb

[@natm3141]

he's the "I have the power of God and anime on my side" Vine kid all grown up, bless him

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

I like Aemond for ultimately just being unintentionally funny af. Like he thinks hes Daemon, but hes late season Aria ...an anime character. Also the actor is actually awesome. But I refuse to take the character of Aemond seriously 😂. Even if he does the shit he does in the books

[@xrphoenix7194]

The thing is though he's right. He has put in more effort than anyone to earn that chair but he is neglected because he's a second son

[@jonathand.mcnaughton4205]

Considering it’s probably the last time, I appreciate the energy put into the final “lord beesbury”s

[@SennaHawx]

Lord Beesbury, Ser Kneesbury and Lady Holshabang RIP

[@john.jambek3695]

sleep in Hive(n) King

[@Matt-xc6sp]

RIPeesbury

[@Andre_APM]

He'll forever be buzzing about in our hearts 🐝

[@mehukattti]

He never got to see my honeybusiness take off 😭

[@thenewb3189]

Aemond speaking Japanese continues to be the funniest and most fitting sh!t ever. xD

[@youtube-kit9450]

As a japanese person, I always get hit from left field by an actually competent person in japanese speaking his lines and it just cracks me up. I know it's not Glidus or some bub badly trying to speak google translate japanese and it's probably an actual japanese-(descendant) person, but I'll never get sick of Aemond's edgy dialogue being expressed in japanese lol.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

Shit

[@handleless986]

with the subtitles too its amazing

[@unclephillymya]

EVERY SYMBOL OF LEGITIMACY BELONGS TO GLIDUS

[@stelmaria-mx]

HE HAS THE CONQUEROR'S SWORD, THE CONQUEROR'S CROWN, THE CONQUEROR'S NAME.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

​@@stelmaria-mx And the Conqueror's bliss ❤

[@HOTD108_]

I wanted the conqueror's crown. I compromised; I ate grilled cheese off the radiator.

[@simonandsimbagaming]

@@HOTD108_ Very observant, the sacred and the propane

[@unclephillymya]

@@HOTD108_ otto hightower has no respect for this thing

[@mythloverb5931]

Aemond and Criston did the Game of Thrones equivalent of “ALL WOMEN ARE QUEENS!!!” “IF SHE BREATHES… SHE’S A THOOOOOT!!!”

[@victoriarodrigues7800]

Only Criston was the one doing both of the arguments

[@thisguy8106]

Glimbo's willingness to strike months in advance of the actual strike should be commended.

[@benl2140]

GRRM's decision to strike a decade before the actual strike is truly inspirational.

[@thisguy8106]

@@benl2140 that's true!

[@PapaEmeritus_4evr]

I'm just happy Glidus is still using Daenerys's squishy "talk with Sansa" face.

[@adityaagarwal6640]

Me: *about to binge-watch Preston's Page of Lies series* KZbin: THE BEACONS ARE LIT, GLIDUS CALLS FOR VIEWS

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

I too was on my way to binge Preston Jacobs for the 8th time XD

[@turtleguyfan]

The beacon on the Algorithm, do you know what color it glows when Glimbo calls his banners to war?

[@JJLGamingNL]

Bwaahm bwaahm bwaaaaahm, bwabwabwaaaaaahm bhaaaaawm....

[@anneconner1108]

I wish I could like this like 1000 times over and over again. How this not the top comment right now I’ll never know 😂😂😂

[@thedornishmanswife3712]

I was omw to watch Preston's latest live but saw this rq

[@marymcallister7963]

one thing that gets me about the "do you love me? - You imbecile" scene is that it gets answered when Alicent puts herself between her son and a fucking dragon ......

[@deffientllynotjalenbutler1736]

It's as if the seven themselves have blessed this day

[@cureforintroversion1262]

Seconded

[@Jjjof]

Rhllor save your souls

[@dasaunmcclinton68]

If Aegon himself is a patron of the child fighting pits, even so far as abandoning his own children there, why would Mysaria actually think that putting him in the throne would make the issue better?

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

She's stupid.

[@youngveteran6368]

Because the show is hell bent on making sure the greens are insufferable (minus helaena) while making sure the blacks are viewed as the “good guys”

[@mus__4ever740]

I'm so happy that this video came out but at the same time sad that we heard the Lord Beeeesburyyyy for the last time. May he rest in beece 🐝🐝

[@muadddib]

Germs most important character will buzz on in our hearts

[@thelaggiest]

I love Meyles' design, she's so spikey around the head, and it really evokes a "crown" look, a great tribute to her Red Queen title. Bonus, she also has a wacky head silhouette just like Rhaenys, aww

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

I wonder how much padding Rhaenys has in her wig. Wait, maybe that's what protected her from falling debris when she broke the floor.

[@masterplokoon8803]

Another thing that cannot be ignored in the Rhaenys scene is that breaking through the floor would get her skull crushed by one of the falling rocks so it would have been suicidal for her to do it in the first place.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

Not to mention contradicts how dream fire dies like the whole scene didn't make any since .

[@HOTD108_]

The dragon busted through the floor though, not Rhaenys. It's hard to see, but if you go frame by frame you can see Rhaenys has a massive dragon.

[@masterplokoon8803]

@@HOTD108_ yes and Rhaenys is on top of that dragon, which means one of the falling rocks would hit her in the head, this little strange concept called gravity. Meleys might be able to take it (though you'd think the walls of a place designed to keep dragons would be harder for one of them to break through) but I don't think Rhaenys' skull can.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

@@masterplokoon8803 like she's not wearing a helmet one rock and she has a concussion.

[@baron6588]

@@masterplokoon8803 Y’know the dragon can just head first the concrete without putting Rhaenys in the range of rockfall right?

[@troopieeeeee]

my problem with the girlboss moment™is that murdering a ton of innocent people is like, horrific, but the show portrays it as badass. and im pretty sure the writers room wasn't doing a meta "lets explore the callousness of the targs to the smallfolk by not exploring the consequences of this and also never mentioning it again", i think they genuinely wanted a shocking™ badass moment in episode 9 because they felt it was expected, and they really thought that's what this was.

[@youngveteran6368]

They traded logic for spectacle. I hope this type of thinking dies with S1 but I have a feeling I’m wrong

[@Daviesng007]

It is actually a good addition to what is missing from the books though, and it will come up again.

[@youtube-kit9450]

It's what killed a lot of GoT since they went so often with "spectacle" without thinking about the repercussions. I still have a lot of faith in the show to either re-integrate this moment into the series or just have it be there as a misstep once, because in the rest of the season, they were really cautious and so on about this (and maybe this was a studio mandate, which just kills writer input) I'll make my judgment how much this was a foreshadowing of a downfall or a bad decision (again, possibly fuelled by studio mandate) because honestly, the rest of the season really just was great imo.@@youngveteran6368

[@HomerS95]

​@@Daviesng007Right, as much as i dislike the addition, it has to be foreshadowing, at least in part. Someone in season 3 or 4 will probably remark how they lost a family member or two on that day. The attack of the dragon pit is one of the main plot points near the end of the show.

[@bigmansmallboy]

@@youngveteran6368 I, for one, enjoy spectacle over logic. It was so fucking BASED to come up from beneath the ground like that.

[@QuinnTheGM]

This episode is usually written off as the worst of the season (which isn’t unfair), but it contains one of my favorite scenes of the series. The conversation between Rhaenys and Allicent is perfect in every way and it’s just such a great showcase for both characters and both actors. My mom has been asking me to make a video with her discussing it, as it’s her favorite scene as well lol. Glad you sang its praises and I loved your analysis! Girlboss revolution!

[@mratkovich]

Let’s consider the physics of Rhenys crashing upward betwixt her dragon and a clearly massively strong concrete floor

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Yeah she should be dead, and she reallly ruined the season. But at least she killed lots of people who have no value to the show

[@dasaunmcclinton68]

Or the fact that latter on the strong building materials of the dragon pits relative to dragons bigger than Meleys is very important

[@kuchikimakoto]

@@dasaunmcclinton68 There are only 3 dragons bigger than her at this point. None of them are or will be in the Dragon pit.

[@nicholsonfile]

Umm, she's a Targerian

[@dasaunmcclinton68]

@@kuchikimakoto Isn’t Dreamfire bigger than Meleys?

[@matthewgonzalez1030]

Helena’s dialogue is just a vessel of foreshadowing and I’m not complaining.

[@HOTD108_]

I think it's a fair thing to complain about. It's pretty lazy foreshadowing to just have a character say what's going to happen for no other reason than to signal to the audience. Not to mention it removes agency from characters by having events seem less like the result of personal actions and more the result of determined destiny. It's just really lame.

[@MarianFK]

​@@HOTD108_ I disagree with Haelaena predictions being a signal of fate. Her visions are simply that, visions of a future built by the actions of everyone around her. Just think of Maegi the Frog, who was able to tell Cersei's future, and we get to see how it wasn't some ill fate, something that was predetermined for her no matter what she did, but her own actions what caused the future Maegi saw. But with your first statement I agree, it's a bit repetitive and obvious to use Haelaena to tell us what's going to happen just so we can say "OH I GET IT NOW, THAT'S WHAT SHE MEANT".

[@pastlife960]

She’s basically Cassandra

[@youtube-kit9450]

Imo, you expressed well that the problem isn't her being a vessel of prophecy as a storytelling device, it only becomes problematic if she 1. Only fulfills that position, which with her being super ASS-coded, is just insulting 2. If it's a lazy plot device to signal out the future for people to know what will happen. I didn't read the book this is based on, but I hope she'll either fade from relevance as a dreamer who had some dreams or not just be used as a lazy foreshadowing device, cuz in s1, imo it's acceptable to a degree, but the overuse is what makes it ok or not.@@MarianFK

[@DongusMcBongus]

The real reason Glimbon the Throngler is taking so long with these is because he’s struggling with coming up with new Criston names.

[@chrisnolliedelves3587]

*Deeply inhales* Cope Cronk Cranston Crackhead Corona Cromulus CrossFit Cringelord Cricket Christina Aguilera Christopher Knobbin Crafting Table Any Cole's a goal Cola Chameleon The Cunt of Monte Crispin Crispo De Mayo Constipated Andrew

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

Who's Criston? Oh, you mean Ser Crispy...I mean Ser Christmas Cole!

[@cupofcait]

The bee chorus of Ave Maria was beeee-utiful and must have taken quite a bit of rangling getting them great job Glimbo!

[@a_ham]

"that's not blood oozing out of his skull it's strawberry jam (he was a special bee)" got me good. honestly just the best thing.

[@commas1219]

My main issue with Rhaenys' departure (aside from what you pointed out) was that she has every reason to roast that stage right there as this scene is. If Rhaenyra falls Rhaenys' grandaughters are going down with her. The Greens would not let Daemon's daughters go freely. Obviously she can't bbq the stage because the story needs everyone there alive so there needs to be a reason why doing this would be folly. Like say, Aegon isn't there. He's outside on Sunfyre doing the donuts in the parking lot. That way whats the point of blasting them if their king isn't even there. killing Alicent would only make things worse in fact because Rhaenys believes her to be a rational person in Aegon's ear. Sparing Alicent for this reason would be a better motivation for Rhaenys to spare her than "oh wow shes a mom just like me she fr loves her kids so relatable anyway i gotta go". She can leave out the door, buzz past Aegon, and scene ends same way. Sparing Alicent for tactical reasons like protecting her granddaughters is also much more in character for her than empathizing with Alicent's love for her children.

[@zygimantassilobritas6034]

The one justification would be that by that point the Dance is jut diplomacy, intimidation and attempt of outmaneuvering each other without an open war? But at the same time the show doesn't seem to really bring up that aspect or even make the descent into mass murder, kinslaying and kingslaying into an actual descent. Every old man with power and with desire for more power just seems to be absolutely instantly ready to commit the worst crimes of their faith and culture. Only really Rhaenyra, Alicent and the younger generation have any sort of restraint, and even then arguably, which creates this weird narrative where we are probably supposed to take Alicent thinking Viseyris wanted Aegon on the throne, Rhaenys unwilling to torch the stage and Aemond actually not wanting to kill Luke, just intimidate him, as a sort of show how this war, even if started over selfish reasons, even with actual justifications, wasn't meant to descend into what it did in the minds of those that started it, but then it did and it unleashed horror upon the land. But at the same time, yet again, due to how much over the top the show made many things, everyone already seems ready to indulge in a lot of murder early on.

[@stitchedfreedom]

I kept thinking if they wanted an intense moment, and to show maybe how agile Meleys is, they could have kept the Sunfyre flight around and Rhaenys trying to escape, and Sunfyre giving chase, and we get a cool dragon flight scene. Or a scene where Meleys lands when perhaps they leave the coronation. Or they give chase as she leaves the pit the normal way. It just... wasn't necessary this way

[@dw1419]

If you as the writer can’t or are unwilling to have her kill the Greens for the plot, then don’t put her in a situation where she has them dead to rights with very little incentive not to kill them after having shown she’s willing to kill hundreds of innocent bystanders.

[@dasaunmcclinton68]

The biggest problem to me about the scene with Alicent and Larys is that Queens do have power and Alicent has been shown to exercise authority. The writers of the show took a deeply pious woman who had power and treated her like a tool. How did Larys even propose that he be allowed to masturbate in her presence without immediately being arrested? The show wants us to believe that Alicent (who according to this episode didn’t even have political ambitions to advance until she misunderstands Viserys) values a network of information we’ve only seen used once for something Alicent didn’t want over her deeply held morals and faith and it just doesn’t make sense to me.

[@WinnieHendrix-ir7jt]

Are you stupid?

[@kassthered8452]

Glimbus micro-dosing us with just a crumb of S6E10 pisstake there in the music analysis, well done 😂

[@KammaQwazi]

I am so excited for the S6E10 pisstake. 9 as well but 10 will be amazing I think.

[@kbuttons19]

The editing in this video is giving Year 8 geography class PowerPoint project and I am living for it. Needs more star wipes though.

[@ritasheeps]

As a person who doesnt understand music at all, I really love when you explain all the music stuff. Best part of the blisstake imo!

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

Immediately after rewatching this season, I rewatched the entirety of Netflix’s “The Last Kingdom”, just to see Aemond playing Osferth again. It’s reassuring to see him being a gentle and genuinely good person once more, and the additional fact that in that show, HE’S the bastard- is just a lot of fun. Thanks for this Blisstake, Glaegon The Glonqueror, and special thanks for your version of Ave Ma-bee-ya❤️

[@cowsharkdefin6376]

Also the actress who plays Heleana is Aethelflaed's daughter Aelfwynn. So his sister in one show is his niece in another. Just to add to the confusion.

[@carlrood4457]

The thing is, I think the point was they didn't expect the change in Aegon that came from the crowd cheering. Otto and Alicent didn't expect him to suddenly WANT to be king and were more or less planning a virtual house arrest where only their loyalists ever had direct access and they would be the real power. That's what the race was about.

[@shelsilverstein7436]

I like the way Alt Shift pops in, like he's just hanging out in the corner listening

[@thereccher8746]

The whole Aegon quest storyline was confusing. I think we're suppose to assume that the person who finds Aegon first can manipulate him more easily, but it was never really explained.

[@lindsay9838]

Yes, that’s why the race to find him is happening. The one who finds him first gets to decide via their influence how Rhaenyra’s family is handled, that’s why Alicent is so worried about Otto finding him before she can. If Otto gets him, he’ll tell Aegon to give the order for all the Blacks to be murdered and Alicent doesn’t want that and she knows Vicerys wouldn’t either.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

It really reminded me of the “SVETLANA!” scene from Death of Stalin

[@MeeraReads]

OH! So I just figured out the race for Aegon. Alicent demonstrated to her father that she had the power and connections to do it. So it ultimately wasn’t about the Aeg-uffin, just that Alicent has a team capable of capturing the flag, proving to Otto that she isn’t a pawn. Which is why he listens to her about the Rhaenyra thing.

[@cocoabean3328]

OMG, we're almost there! Just one more Blisstake (October, November?) and we'll be good to move on to the next season :D Thanks! :D

[@kevincarter2020]

If only grrm was this prolific

[@quantummidget]

Blisstake episode 10 will come out at the same time as Winds of Winter and Silksong

[@GreenUnicorn06]

The bee funeral literally killed me. I haven’t laughed this much in a long time 😂

[@thisguy8106]

If only Ser Crispy and Aegon had been the ones in love with each other.. Aegon would've been totally down for running away with Crispy to The Free Cities to do a bit of loving. 😢😢

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

Fr dude would have been like "fuck yes lets go to the free cities and eat oranges, my family sucks anyway lmao"

[@johnnygreenface]

​@@Picking.a.name.is.hard1 run away to Bravos and eat whole Lemons

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

@@johnnygreenface surely you mean Dorne🙃

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

Plot twist: Mysaria's accent getting thicker is actually just her slowly developing a speech impediment from the Varys-force possessing her

[@Longshanks1690]

I really don’t know why the show bothered building up Criston’s resentment for Rhaenyra if it wasn’t going to lead into to his decision to become The Kingmaker. Like, in episode three, he tells Rhaenyra that people won’t have a choice but to accept her as queen which I thought was foreshadowing of how it was his choice to seat Aegon on the Iron Throne in place of her… but no. No speech to the council, no convincing Aegon, even his conscious decision to murder Lord Beesbury when he stands up for Rhaenyra’s claim is replaced with ambiguous manslaughter which isn’t anywhere near as satisfying as a character moment. In this context, I don’t know why he crowned Aegon since he did nothing to secure his reign. It just makes him a wet fart of a character who has no real role or purpose in this story as this was THE moment where he actually changed things on his own. (The coronation itself was also woefully underwhelming. Nevermind that they rushed it so much, Aegon was only blessed by four out of seven gods, but they removed one of my favourite moments when Alicent places a crown on Halena’s head and calls her “my Queen.” The bit I did like was Aegon unsheathing Blackfyre but that does NOT make up for it.) Now I don’t know why he’s there. He’s just gonna hang around until he dies because his purpose in the story was finished in episode five as he doesn’t serve any greater function than being the catalyst that destroyed the relationship between Rhaenyra and Alicent but now that’s over… why is he still here? And more than that, the show has set up the perfect moment for him to step in. Alicent was doubtful and unsure of whether she should help crown Aegon in place of Rhaenyra, Otto is arguing with her but then Criston steps in and convinces her using the arguments from the book bolstered by the resentment built up from the show, and when Beesbury continues to object, Criston slits his throat and the council concludes that they have no choice. Likewise, with Aegon unwilling to take the throne, Criston could have been the one to convince him in a way that no one else was capable of making him understand. The more I think about it, the angrier I get as it robbed Criston of his central narrative purpose and didn’t deliver anything meaningful in its absence.

[@Longshanks1690]

With all of that being said, while I had some issues with how drawn out the hunt for Aegon seemed to be, I have to say that I really did appreciate what it accomplished in a narrative sense as it showed his character and his relationships to everyone around him without showing us Aegon himself. First of all, no one knows where he is, so we can immediately see that until this point he was something of a secondary thought as people aren’t exactly keeping a close enough eye on the future king. But even after that, few people know where to even begin looking and it’s only because Erryk is his sworn shield that he knows Aegon’s personality and Aemond is forced to know him as his brother but neither of them enjoy this, as they resent Aegon as a person. Likewise, his perverted activities show not only a vain narcissist but also a brutal sadist who enjoys watching pain in the fighting pit, with a doubly dark dimension that Aegon might be watching his own bastard children fight to the death for his amusement. And even after all of that, all Aegon wants to do is literally run away from his responsibilities, to forsake the crown and run away to do literally anything else. We saw from the last episode that he’s clearly a monster but is he irredeemable? We can see that he doesn’t lust for power like Joffrey, he doesn’t crave the ability to make people hurt and he doesn’t get reinforcement from his family in his urges, just the opposite in fact which might be the cause of his urges in the first place that all he wants is love and respect but no one gives it to him which just makes his tendencies even worse. So that all leads up to the moment of his coronation where he unsheathes Blackfyre, to the cheers and adulation of the crowd and for the first time in his life, he finally found a purpose and place where people would accept him and love him. This was the first time Aegon felt like he had support and whereas Rhaenyra gets her validation from her family and doesn’t need the crown, Aegon gets validation from the crown and doesn’t need his family. I felt this added so many layers and dimensions to his character that could be explored, even though I know he’ll just end up being a diet, store brand version of Joffrey. I would love it if Aegon wanted to be a kind of populist ruler who did what he thought the people would want him to do as they’re the ones who gave him love and respect, not his family. It would be an interesting contrast to Rhaenyra who is kind and gentle to people in her immediate circle but is regarded as Maegor with teats by the people while Aegon is a POS to people in his life but is loved by the smallfolk.

[@Al-ji4gd]

Well said. Great comment.

[@facundogonza5740]

While you DO have a solid point. You have to remember that Fire and Blood is an in Universe story. So Criston Cole, could VERY well be a scapegoat. And people exagerated his crowning of Aegon. And this show has actually constructed Criston as a brute with little intelligence.

[@jeffthampuran6054]

@@facundogonza5740OTD uses so much from Mushroom’s testimony for the Greens that it gets kind of annoying tho; why not let some of what the others in Fire and Blood be true. There is no reason to call Criston the Kingmaker now.

[@stitchedfreedom]

I suspect Criston's role will be to make Aegon a better king or more fit for a war by training him and maybe guiding him. Maybe he leans on Criston more than others. Bit of a stretch but still could make him, in a way, a Kingmaker. Plus, in a sense, he was the one to find him so thanks to this he got crowned. Rest may be "gossip"

[@teddydancona7237]

“Hey Glimbo, when are we gonna get The Black Queen/Battle of the Bastards blisstake?” “THERE’S NO TIME FOR THAT”

[@sixwilldo6865]

I will note that Caraxes and Syrax have damaged the brickwork at Dragonstone on a consistent basis.

[@mischr13]

17:30 I like how the piano in this part sounds like it's asking a question and the "answer" is one low, sad note of affirmation. Viserys is dead. There are so many things up in the air now and the answers to all of the anxious questions are not good

[@JessicaA-rx4jo]

In your last vid I commented how much I can relate because of the autism/tinnitus/music degree. This time, it's because I was a horn player. The harmonics of the horn are what make it such a beast to play. Also I appreciate you censoring "fr*nch" - you get it.

[@basiliska]

21:02 your sense of humor is OP glimbie, the entire beesbury death sequence was sooo fckn funny

[@helenajeyne]

So happy you brought up Hill's Alive! Her video on accents and her videos in general are so good and she's very underrated in my opinion

[@angrynerdgirl]

Same! I don't always agree with her takes, but she usually brings a perspective on the show that I don't see from other KZbinrs and I appreciate it. It's nice to see her getting recognition from one of the heavy hitter Thrones channels.

[@roryblackadder3505]

I can’t wait to rewatch this blisstake every Christmas morning

[@ThelronFjord]

The Child Fighting pits were probably a nod to something GRRM said was how Rorge and Biter came about, with Rorge in charge of one of these fighting pits, raising the young abandoned Biter as one of the fighters.

[@GermanCptSlow]

The beeeeeeesbury funeral scene was funnier than it had any right to be. Thanks for another great video and the laugh! Just renewed my Patreon subscription as well.

[@laurelsilberman5705]

I think if nothing else, allowing the commander of the Kingsguard to leave of his own volition probably postpones a lot of bloodshed of men they could still, hypothetically, turn to their cause. They anticipated a split in the Kingsguard as a part of their grab for power; I just don’t think they anticipated him taking one of the twins with him, too, which creates a major surveillance/security blind spot for both factions. Also, “they look for him in the last place anyone would expect to find [Aegon], a church” made me bust out laughing because omg so true. Big brain move by Mysaria, for what it’s worth.

[@s-l-p]

Thank you glimbo i cant tell you how much better you made my crappy day now

[@hal-fi8mo]

I'm here to announce that I paused the video at 0:50 to read the entire article and I'm so sorry the king made fun of your shoes

[@samuellove9619]

The lord commanders resognation struck me as a sort of Ned Stark x "one guy with a sword in a room of politicians moment". He absolutely had the power to stifle dissent in the room and serve his oldking/new queen, but his honour to his path forbids him from acting as queen maker while the dishonourable Ser Cole abuses his position to further greens' agenda.

[@4amlibra]

Can’t wait to see how Aemond’s voice actor translates and performs “Oh, shit.”

[@TheHighGround.]

LORD GLIMBUS HAS RETURNED

[@mrTangy1998]

I can’t lie but k-bag Cole gently pushing old man bees head into a table then pulling his sickest anime edge-lord pose behind his corpse is definitely one of the moments in season 1 episode 9 of hbo’s house of the dragon

[@nikolay4101-s7r]

I remember when I randomly decided "Jaehaerys is probably the baby sitting down Jaehaera is probably the one standing up" when I was adding images to the HOTD Fandom wiki. Good times.

[@PerhapsOOTMM]

I don't know why, but "Aegon is canonically ticklish" made me bust out laughing. You are truly a brilliant satirist/analyst.

[@johncmousley]

All that last scene needed to be good was the green dragons to make an appearance, forcing Rhaenys to run; so close and yet so far

[@matt_9112]

Indeed, no idea why they didn't (maaaybe budget?). A dragon stand-off would be the exact epic moment they were gunning for.

[@detoxfidelity]

Larys: “The one character with a physical disability”, I guess Viserys missing an arm and Aemond missing an eye are just cosmetic choices.

[@nerdcredcosplay]

We love Glidus for being in solidatary with the Writers' strike in advance

[@OneOnOne1162]

3:57 - In my opinion they could've easily fixed this by having Aegon, as soon as he's in Alicent's possession, sign a royal decree or something. Sure, technically he's not fully king yet but it's not like these decrees have a timestamp on them. So Alicent could have had the decree in her hands which says something like "we officially offer Rhaenyra these terms" and given it off to someone and sent them to Dragonstone. And then there's nothing Otto could've done about it anymore after the crowning.

[@HillsAliveYT]

LOL I was wondering why my Mysaria video got a sudden burst of views in the past few hours.

[@Glidus]

i hope the people have been nice

[@HillsAliveYT]

@@Glidus No meanies yet!

[@AlexDelux2500]

The piano pieces get me every time. I still get tears in my eyes when I hear Light of the Seven.

[@lukaslambs5780]

Who has it worse, Alicent being essentially sold into marital slavery or the journalist who had to cover every joust for 8 YEARS?

[@echidnaralsei1473]

its not parental neglect. its parents mishandling. like not being staunch when they should be, nor enough compassion when they should be providing more of it to their children. its a delicate balance

[@angelalovell5669]

When you fall asleep with the Blisstake playlist on and wake up to find you've already watched the newest episode 🤯🫥🤔😃

[@bakersbread104]

I was just doing a bunch of research on fundamental cavity frequencies. Glad this house of the dragon review covered it again for me.

[@benf8220]

Other than wanting a girl boss moment the only reason i can see for Rhaenys not going out the other exit for the dragon pit could be the other, potentially hostile dragons that might be in her way. But it could've shown that so maybe they just wanted it to look cool.

[@Glidus]

the thing i hate most about the scene is that they could've done one of a few minor things to clarify the situation and have the set piece make complete sense. but they didn't. that's what has me most worried.

[@name8731]

Thank you Glimbo. I watched this episodes ages ago and held no opinion on the dragon killing thousands scene past: "well she never seemed to care about the common folk anyway so it makes sense, and maybe she didn't want to risk being stopped". Now after watching your video I'm aware of its potential flaws, and thus the potential flaws of the writing staff in general, so my enjoyment of the show has been permanently hampered and I will never go into a new episode not wary off these kinds of missteps. Now I can finally be the perpetually annoyed ASOIAF nerd I was for so many years with Game of Thrones.

[@rexesshadow8628]

I just finished rewatching every one of your pisstakes and blisstakes. Perfect timing

[@jt_vix]

Glidus is the the George Martin of KZbin , great content but he takes he’s time 😤😤

[@tytybaby06]

Right over a year after episode 1 & we still don’t have episode 10 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@rhaenatargaryen8061]

In case you haven't already had this answered, olivia cooke has talked abt what was going on w alicent and criston in aegons chambers. She's essentially manipulating the fact that he has this great admiration for her as the virtuous Good Queen so that she can have a loyal dog, while privately thinking that he's deranged and she's actually scared of him, but she never shows him that. she's basically surrounded by dangerous sociopaths and she's aware of it

[@guerreiroazul3230]

9:38 the problem with this argument is that Rhaenys is on the side of the blacks and is shown to not be a complete idiot, she should know that by doing she is basically planting the seeds for a rebellion if Rhaenyra gets into power.

[@Arkanyte]

His Grace has blessed us with his presence

[@DagothDaddy]

Did like how it does show Alicent loved Viserys not romantically exactly but more like the proper non Rehnerya way of loving an uncle.

[@MeeraReads]

21:09 this may be my favorite moment in any Glimbus video

[@originalrkmorton]

34:14 Finally catching up on this two days before Christmas, perfectly timed.

[@shadowdemon2272]

Ave Ma-Bee-a was wonderful, thank you!!

[@JD-qn5dv]

By this point season 2 will be out before glidus does episode 10

[@el0quinn]

ACAPELLAS NEVER DISSAPOINT time to rerun it a hundred times

[@isabellopez1752]

The fact that I actually am watching this for the first time on Christmas made that Ser Criston joke so much better lol

[@English_MoFo]

RIP Season 6 PissTakes. Abandoned with only 2 episodes remaining including the winds of fkn winter 😬

[@unclegumbald989]

17:55 I'm pretty sure that piano was NEVER used in GoT up until that point. I distinctly remember hearing the piano come in on Winds of Winter and being COMPLETELY startled and on-edge because I KNEW some shit was about to go down. The build-up was just relentless & elevated the scene to even greater heights (one of, if not *the* best scene in later GoT). Just another testament to Djawadi and what an amazing artist he is. PS I am LIVING for your music analysis of this series, keep it up! ❤🤘

[@garvielloken9510]

Glimbo, just finished binging all of your videos (second time watching everything). Glimbo is good, Glimbo is great, EP10 will be worth the wait. Much love, hope you're doing well. I can't do words.

[@tarlochansingh620]

The last scene could've played out very different if only they showed Helaena and Aegon riding through the city after the coronation anf them looking uyo to see Rhaenys fly out of the DragonPit.

[@christophercramp17]

I burst out laughing at "literally the only good thing about this episode" because that's exactly how I feel. I love the music that plays in the scene before Arya yeets the Night King.

[@lzavier29]

“What’s a meta for?” And Schwiftos response always get a good chuckle out of me. That and the “you read the whole Wikipedia page of a hero’s journey?””well I skimmed it”

[@triplek-dysongamingwithdan7771]

To quote Count Dooku: "I've been looking forward to this"

[@stier128]

glibby i fucking love your analysis, especially when you get excited about musical motifs and shit. i always enjoy the music but when someone who knows what they're talking about lays out the patterns of why this would have subconsciously clicked for me, my enjoyment skyrockets. it's stuff like that that will make rewatching the first season an even better experience. much love

[@MasterOfTheElements]

The Small Council: So we may proceed now with the full assurance of his blessing on our long laid plans. Alicent, Lord Beesbury and Harrold Westerling: NANI?😂😂😂😂

[@Anubis2032]

Anytime I hear someone in a lore video mention Lord Beesbury, I come back to this video to hear the buzzing "Ave Maria", and I cackle like a little gremlin every time. Thank you Glidus, A-tier shitposting that will live rent-free in my head forever