THE TWINS 🥺💔 House of the Dragon - 2x2 - Rhaenyra The Cruel

Cole gave us the eeeeeewwwuuuhh (¬_¬")
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31:25 End Discussion
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[@John-rm8gu]

Daemon really hit the best criminal offensive side eye 😭

[@TheReactPack]

LMAO frrr - Morgan

[@ash3990]

Otto's reaction of having to audibly process what Aegon said about Coles plan was so funny. the way he looked at Cole, it was like the sound of a stone statue turning

[@Addam_]

I like how Daemon copes with family arguments by going to conquer something.

[@MrSmee-vt7cy]

​@@dhimankalita1690 asking once is enough

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

He is definitely like "Ok fuck you guys I'm going to conquer dorne or something"

[@Catarssis347]

Well family arguments a lot of times makes you want to murder someone so i understand him😂😂😂😂

[@gailf1617]

More like going to kill somebody. When Daemon is frustrated or angry, he wants to kill.

[@Maxisamo1]

Basically he gets dominance/murder tendencies and has just enough self-control to stop himself and go do it to someone else instead of family

[@cloudy_zo6]

You know what I just realized. Larry was able to catch blood before he left because of the girl they ran into when they went to kill aemond. She was placed there to work by his selection so maybe she went directly to Larry who had soldiers wait for blood at the gate to capture him. So he can get credit for helping the king

[@rexibhazoboa7097]

Oh that makes sense. I thought they had the dogs that we saw in the beginning smell the prince's blood then trace where the head was.

[@bloatus7611]

Criston is technically sworn to Alicent but also technically sworn to the queen. It's been his job for over 10+ years so he probably didn't even think about it. His real fuck up is that he hasn't really taken to his duties as Lord Commander. He should've raised knights and guards immediately. It kind of makes him look incompetent how few guards there are. A lot of people I've noticed seemed to get the idea that it's Alicent's doing but it's really more a procedural mistake on the part of Criston more than him physically being there.

[@Okkotsu86275]

Awesome comment. I don't think people remember or maybe don't care about Cole being the sworn knight to the queen. Cole's real mistake is not having no guards at the children's rooms. He is the Lord Commander after, that should have been standard protocol.

[@sinner3412]

It's said the reason cole hasn't given the queen a sworn protector is because if they stood guard outside her room they'd notice cole and alicent getting it on

[@Okkotsu86275]

​@@sinner3412That makes sense

[@rexibhazoboa7097]

@@sinner3412 Isnt that just a theory? A good one but a theory nonetheless. We should state something is a theory instead of trying to pass it out as fact. Cause the reason could be what you said or what OC said about Criston's incompetence.

[@gadog3918]

@@sinner3412That doesn’t make sense because Helaena had to travel a good distance to get to her mother’s room, her guards would not have noticed Alicent and Cole.

[@sbj2k1]

Otto's letter to Tywin: "Dear future Hand, Don't fuck around with nepotism lest you'll find out. Toodles, XOXO -Otto Hightower"

[@hepunk]

11:16 LMAO The faces reflected in the youtube play button in the background 😂

[@penguin50279]

Daemon said he was going to Harrenhal

[@VkaraujoHusk]

5 more minutes in that room and Otto would have an aneurysm. That was so funny.

[@LycorisThe]

Otto is having a “what have we wrought” moment this episode

[@hoon_sol]

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions!"

[@k4polo]

When you hate Otto Hightower as the hand of the king, look at all the other options, and realized you rather have Otto stay as hand even tho you hate him. Complex characters. This show is great.

[@ro4eva]

Exactly -- complex characters. Their legacies aren't heroic, and they haven't always succeeded in avoiding questionable choices/decisions. As a result, apparently a very small portion of the audience didn't enjoy this show because nobody was good enough to meet their standards (I'm not joking 😂).

[@vavictus]

Rhaenyra’s problem is that despite her judiciousness in the affairs of the state, she’s never been amazing at managing romantic relationships. And despite Daemon’s many problems, he can apply vicious force better than anyone. Not the most precisely, but the most aggressively for sure. He’s the most fearsome, the most unpredictable, a wild risk taker, brother of the King, he’s a warrior and his dragon is a war dragon. If she tells him he’s untrustworthy and disloyal, why should he bother to work hard at either long-term? He’ll just prove himself to himself and to the histories, then find someone who can appreciate him.

[@ro4eva]

Daemon is a character I enjoy seeing on screen precisely for the reasons you laid out. P.S: I'm not convinced he effectively ordered the death of a child. He has kids of his own + is not incapable of empathy (in fact he demonstrated that in at least a couple Season 1 episodes. And before Team Green throws a shoe at my head, no I don't view him as a hero, I swear.

[@Rex-rg3ce]

"What made alicent thing it was a good idea to not have guards" What made you think alicrnt made the decision when you get a scene where larys tells her how he controls her attendants and people around her?

[@tariizm1500]

3:23 Vhagar isnt a young dragon before Laena she belonged to Daemon's father Baelon and before him she belonged to Baelon's great great aunt Visenya Targaryen

[@alexking988]

I get why people don’t like Aegon because he’s a rapist, but why do people love characters like Jaime, Tyrion, King Robert and Khal Drogo when they also commited that crime? Just asking out of curiosity

[@danielcastaneda4975]

30:30 Thanks for feeling something for aegon morgan

[@timothypolanco8622]

The fight between the twins was actually as tragic as written as in the book, the sorrows after each slash to eachother was incredible. If a nitpick could be made for that scene it would probably be that writers should have added the factor of the twins trying to convince eachother to stop and join their own side as their blades connected. If you ever get a chance, you should check out a song that was made for this battle called farewell my brother. I haven't check yet but I believed it is still on youtube.

[@John-rm8gu]

Otto almost switched sides this episode 😂

[@Drpavel564]

Which is ironic because he just hung a bunch of rich important nobles lol

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

​@@Drpavel564to be fair we don't know if there families know there dead and two those were miner nobles still important but its not like he killed lord paramount like a certain someone we know in the far future.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

​@@Drpavel564and otto isn't mad because he killed innocent people but more of how that hurts his imagine amd negates the funeral from earlier.

[@rexibhazoboa7097]

@@Drpavel564 Important novbles? Im pretty sure they were minor houses. The other great houses do not care much for them. Otto was angry because hanging the ratcatchers (who are smallfolk) looses them the favour of the rest of kingslanding's smallfolks. Not so much the powerful nobles. He was also angry because Aegon did another stupid thing and did it without confiding in him or the council.

[@cristianbejarano1516]

@@rexibhazoboa7097 the guy that was killed by cole, house beesbury are vassals to the hightowers, well still killing the lords of beesbury and caswell still backfired, the Reach split in half and both caswell and beesbury were leading attacks on the hightowers

[@jl5574]

Even though it’s a dark series with not a lot of people to root for, I like that there’s still some levity. Like Daemon’s shiftiness in the black council and Otto reacting to Aegon and Cole scenes were genuinely so funny.

[@hackt3d]

Vhagar or any seasoned dragon doesn't belong to any faction but its rider.

[@mythicalfelix]

They just pointed out that she was Laena's dragon for basically her daughter's whole lives and now it's being used to threaten/kill them in a bloody war.

[@Okkotsu86275]

They know that

[@rexibhazoboa7097]

@@mythicalfelix Well, if Vhagar has a problem with it, maybe she will hesitate. But as we know, this dragons dont care about anyone but their riders. Vermithor and Silverwing's relationship is the exception. And people still theorised that it was because of both their rider's relationship so it could still be like a residue bond of sorts.

[@gailf1617]

@@mythicalfelix And before that, Vhagar was ridden by Prince Baelon, father of Viserys and Daemon. Now Baelon's grandson rides her. And Caraxes, Daemon's dragon, was ridden by Prince Aemon, Baelon's brother and the father of Princess Rhaenys. The dragons are multi-generational in their choice of rider, and that choice rarely goes from parent to child.

[@mauratlantean3002]

​@@gailf1617 Exactly. The fact that people think dragons are passed from father to son, and use it as an argument against Aemond as if he stole Vhagar, are just clueless.

[@Diljabar]

Crazy how we went from goo goo gaga over Cristen when he was introduced to hating his guts now- that's good character development.

[@Diljabar]

and by we I mean you girls

[@Okkotsu86275]

I really liked the camera during Jaehaerys' funeral. There were some beautiful shots of Helaena and Alicent, especially Helaena. Emma D’Arcy acting this episode was brilliant. Their portrayal of Rhaenyra is excellent.

[@BIGxBOSSxx1]

Agreed the cinematography this episode was amazing

[@soullesschicken4069]

all the reactors that didn't just miss daemon talking about going to harrenhall but also thought daemon has put on full armour and flown away on a dragon to visit a whore house honestly amaze me

[@user-np4gr2je2q]

Its kinda funny tbh why would he go to a whore house in full ancient targaryen armor 😂😂

[@ro4eva]

@@user-np4gr2je2q -- I'll tell ya why: Daemon is passionate about cosplay.

[@phippscopeland4394]

The dragon flying over Adam (the black guy with dreads at Driftmark on the beach) is Seasmoke Laenors dragon it’s supposed to be foreshadowing for the dragon seeds

[@LauraGS564]

3:26 not just that, Vhagar was also ridden by Daemon's dad, it then belonged to his wife Laena and now it is with Aemond, who is supposed to be an inverse version of Daemon.

[@ProHero86]

18:47 Dragon is one of the wild dragons that inhabits Dragonstone “grey ghost”

[@mymaynee5963]

thats not grey ghost its seasmoke

[@Alcinaswifefrfr]

How is this Alicent's fault💀💀 4:08

[@Okkotsu86275]

While it was only a small line, I got super excited they mentioned Daeron Targaryen. I hope he makes an appearance this season. I think one can still feel some sympathy for Aegon while also still finding him repulsive and viewing him as an antagonistic figure.

[@rexibhazoboa7097]

Strange how Aegon is repulsive for his assaults but Rheanyra is still deserving of the throne after her murders.

[@Okkotsu86275]

@@rexibhazoboa7097 You might be on something there.

[@dominiqueodom3099]

I'm so tired of how everyone treats Aegon in this series and outside of it. No one treats him with any sympathy. I really liked the Scene with Aemond in the Whorehouse with the same lady who eyeballed him in Season 1 when he and Criston visited looking for Aegon. Her playing with his hair as he reveals his feelings towards the Luke incident in season 1 is a good scene. Im also so happy to see Adamm and Alyn Hull. These two characters are among my favorite heroes of the Dance of the Dragons

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

I mean ita hard for people to feel bad for you when your a rapist and kill innocent people without remorse just saying aegon regardless of whats happened to him is still a terrible person and isn't owned sympathy.

[@dominiqueodom3099]

@@thatoneblackdude3333 who has aegon killed without remorse? I'm not saying he's not flawed,but people act like he's as bad as Joffery and Ramsay when he's nowhere close.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

@@dominiqueodom3099 um you forgot about those innocent rat catchers that quick ? , now I do aggre that people have come with unrealistic expectations thinking he'll be a second Joffrey or Ramsey because he's clearly nowhere near ether of them .

[@dominiqueodom3099]

@@thatoneblackdude3333 I'd say their Is a difference between Aegon lashing out in grief at the death of his Son with a reckless attempt at killing the Ratcatcher is different than the blatant examples of Ramsay and Joffery just toying with the smallfolk with Joffery's sessions with the whores or Ramsay's infamous Hunts.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

@@dominiqueodom3099 I think people just like to compare him to them because there the easiest examples of villains in the original show.

[@ant_boy_spice4400]

Man I wish I had the lack of book knowledge they do 😂

[@ejr87r]

You got to love how Cole keeps failing up. He's the worst😂😂😂

[@zavthe1371]

i love how she cant say feel sad for aegon, but she okay with cheering on mass murder rhaenys and mass murder daemon lol

[@jelliottbeck]

With Criston now being Hand, that means he’s no longer in charge of being Alicent’s guard, that job now has to go to someone else, and I feel like that’ll drive him nuts eventually

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

@@jelliottbeck no he's still lord commander so he'll be both

[@jelliottbeck]

@@thatoneblackdude3333 imagine having both those jobs, both those responsibilities, at the same time, I don’t envy him fr

[@gudhaxer41343]

​@@jelliottbeckDefinition of failing upwards and suffering from success

[@YrGuitarGeek]

The one on the right has 0 empathy

[@Shiera_Seastar_]

Rapist get 0

[@LucerysOwner]

​@@Shiera_Seastar_aegon ii. > daemon (niece grooming pedophile)​

[@ro4eva]

@@LucerysOwner -- Ya did great, sport, using today's standards to judge characters that GRRM modeled using standards adapted from medieval Europe, where, there was an obscene amount of incest among their 'ruling elite', and where couples were married no later than 16, and where the average age of a first pregnancy was ~13. You sure showed Daemon, if he existed. LIKE, YO, I'VE GOT CHILLS!

[@blaptus]

I recommend you the series Normal People.

[@Flexorcist3030]

Its looks like Helaena was already working on her kids funeral funeral shroud in the early part of ep2 and they totally hid that using “the rats” line

[@The-Last-1-Left]

1. You guys look extra beautiful in todays reaction . 2. I really didn't expect bigman to snitch that easily 😂 sang like a Canary before a question was even asked 😂😂 3 . Ottos acting in the room with Cole and Aegon was top tier . "TRIFLING!!"😂 4. I really wished Arryk or Erryk could have survived because i was quite fond of both of the roles they played in this war but i totally understand that lilling your twin would have to be astonishingly heartbreaking. 5. I would like to understand Rhae , Aemond and Aegons relationship better because for half brothers and sisters they seem to have little to no remorse for each other. Overall great episode and great reaction! 👍🏼

[@naemontargaryen7348]

The rogue prince will shook everyone once again, cant wait 😎

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

@@Drpavel564 By taking Harrenhal and basically the riverlands. Also Daemon taking out Vhagar gave Rhaenyra the best chance and she fumbled hard, it's like her enemy was a cripple and a dragon on the verge of death.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

​@@lucasbelmonte2832to be fair i don't think rhenyrea knew about daemon ahd aemonds fight till after she was kicked out of kings landing.

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

@@thatoneblackdude3333 I know, but is had managed to have dealt with Aegon then she would have won.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

@@lucasbelmonte2832 she could have still won if she listened to lord manderly and went with him instead of going to dragon stone, sunfyre would have died of its wounds eventually she could have waited till the river lands and north army linked up and retaken kings landing and then dragon stone afterwards but she was a broken woman at that point who just wanted to go home .

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

@@thatoneblackdude3333 That’s why I said she fumbled.

[@BigB0ss00]

Liked before watching

[@_Josh_98]

Ahh man how yall skip through Aemond’s scene like that lol

[@LucerysOwner]

And kept the Hugh scene 💀

[@_Josh_98]

@@LucerysOwner lol right

[@LucerysOwner]

@@_Josh_98 perhaps still butthurt about how luke ended as dragon snack so they are trying not to put many aemond scene

[@user-np4gr2je2q]

To be fair that scene was disturbing and i also dont wanna see it again 💀

[@LucerysOwner]

@@user-np4gr2je2q disturbing or not Aemond is one the main players in this dance and the scene showed a different kind of him instead of his maniac persona so for me it's more interesting than a scene of hugh hammer who will eventually turn out as a traitor!

[@secondeye1574]

Yall not blaming Daemon for actually ordering the murder but blaming the greens for not doing a good enough job on protecting them is crazy

[@user-np4gr2je2q]

We Stan Daemon in this house 🤷‍♂️

[@incognito1249]

cole is a better hand in war time then otto

[@dgrmn12345]

If he was so good, how did he end up as he did in the books? (No spoilers)

[@incognito1249]

@@dgrmn12345 from a commanding stand point and morale Cole was actually out front leading troops therefore I would say that he’s better

[@ro4eva]

Apparently Cole is a better hand when he's 'abed' as well. Or Allicent was actually yawning at the end.

[@incognito1249]

@@ro4eva guys can yall stop being brain dead and read he’s the best for wartime

[@aegonthedragon6341]

Yeah that makes a lot of sense, blame Criston Cole for Daemon killing the kid.

[@Okkotsu86275]

I've seen some fans say they hate him more than Joffrey and Ramsey. Which is a very interesting take.

[@mymaynee5963]

oh did daemon do that? i recall blood and cheese doing that

[@Shiera_Seastar_]

Daemon is innocent 🧏🏻‍♂️

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

@@aegonthedragon6341 of cristion was doing his job it's likely jeaharys would have lived and daemon got a child killed can both be true at once .

[@Birdflaps20]

⁠​⁠@@Okkotsu86275 a very bad take, same with blaming b&c on cole. That’s more on the show tho for ruining it

[@Chiraq872]

😍Dani🥰I had to come take a break. I see why so many people got killed at dice games! Folks playing with my intelligence. Meanwhile, they couldn’t read a paragraph out of a Cat In The Hat book! Soo’s doing her girls night thing, I’m about go home and chill. It’s crazy how money make people lie to your face. On King David.

[@The7Hokage]

It’s like who do u hate more a hypocrite with a hypocrite lifestyle or the wife and child killer who groomed his own niece n gets abusive to her when he don’t get his way. Criston any day over daemon

[@okpareogaga4425]

Honestly if aliscent had told otto, i think that would have made otto stay, because he will use thay against cole who took his position

[@ro4eva]

Yeah, he would have turned it into a pivot of some significance. For me, that man is essentially the Lord of Pivots.

[@danielcastaneda4975]

22:52 those are the writers of games of thrones . But on the other hand cole's is a douche but his plan was not dumb and it almost worked. Dude is terrible but credit where credit is due. An aemond is too young and was never loved or supported by anybody. He is barely of age even in here

[@NileSwimmer]

I feel like it almost worked because writing demanded it. iRl or even by GOT scheming standards...he gets caught at the port before he even makes it anywhere...and even if that doesn't work, who's to say they don't make him switch to their side and give them more Green secrets...Otto was right to call it a prank.

[@Arnorian3320]

I think the writers might regret how horrible they made Aegon in season 1. So now they're trying to humanize him a lot, but I'm not sure how successful they'll be.

[@MrJethroha]

I don't hate Alicent and Cole for bangin'. They are two people who have literally no emotional outlets and so much stress and shame it is unbelievable. But they are hypocrites for sure.

[@Animeke-san]

Every reactor, and I mean EVERY reactor misremembers Cheese as the one kicking the dog instead of the gold cloak dude.

[@TheLuther955]

it WAS Cheese that kicked the dog

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

​@@TheLuther955Actually, Blood was the one who kicked the dog, not Cheese.

[@realtalk8092]

@@dwnkaomwn3953 ... No, it was Cheese. Cheese kicks his OWN dog because Blood attacked him - so he "retaliates" in frustration by kicking his dog, as he can't attack Blood, a bigger dude. Watch the scene again. Cheese kicks the dog while Blood is behind him.

[@joddelrealingo7737]

Aegon is crying on one room after losing a son, Heleana is depressed cause she couldn't do anything on another room, and Aemond trying to remove his guilt in the whorehouse. Alicent could comfort one of her children but INSTEAD doing that, she decided to have segs with Cole.

[@Bft149]

I've noticed since the start of the ep she keeps talking about her sin while at the same time, everyone else is going through chaos. I think she wants to vent her problems, but because she's her kid's therapist, she has none of her own. Her father doesn't want to hear it, Cole is obviously biased, and her kids shouldn't really be hearing althous things. Also, this might just be me but I don't think she started to care less and less about her kids since it wasn't her choice but her father's order to marry and have them. Ironically she followed the same footsteps as Rhaenyra all those years back but it seems (at least to me) like she no longer hates Rhaenyra to the same level.

[@smiteo]

you guys have to realise that alicent is just as broken as her kids because she, too, didn't grow up with loving parents and was just forced into her position. her mom died young, her dad is otto. she was young when she had these kids. she became a mother before she was ready to be one. so of course she wouldn't know how to comfort aegon, the very son she disowned for being a rapist but had to crown king due to a misunderstanding. and it was said that criston sitting on her bed was him already abusing his power as the new Hand. she didn't refuse to comfort aegon just so she could have segs with criston.

[@smiteo]

@@Bft149 it's my favourite among alicent's complexities. it started with her hate for rhaenyra because of the difference in their privileges and circumstances but now she keeps wanting to make up with rhaenyra and ends up hating herself every night.

[@joeemil4915]

First

[@codenamebros7037]

thighs and tv series. 😍

[@wingsofwinter2600]

19:40 The dog scene was the saddest part of the episode 😢

[@Ytaccount821]

no it wasnt ffs its just a dog, the twins part was the saddest

[@princedaemontargaryen4971]

29:44 one of two KZbinrs outta a decent bit of reactions to this that I’ve seen that actually shed a tear when Erryk killed Arryk only to then fall on his own sword.

[@milfordgunnie4599]

@@Ytaccount821 I agree. Dogs are dumb. Humans matter more.

[@milfordgunnie4599]

@@Didjrvnli Humans matter more.

[@NileSwimmer]

Love how the show lays out the stark contrast between Black and Green. Rhaynera ahows restraint in starting the war, while Aegon is eager for it. She shows mercy by setting Mysaria free, while Aegon kills all the ratcatchers. She comforts her own son's grief, and he fails to comfort alicent. Alicent prefers to go have sex with cole rather than comfort her own son. Its no wonder Aemond goes to older women for comfort...shes so cold I'm still wondering why people support team green beyond their personal dislike of Rhaynera. Maybe thats the only reason lol

[@Caraxes_RoguePrince]

I mean daemon specifically asked for aemond and described him lol

[@alexr7595]

It’s Criston, girls, not Christian.

[@DaleKelly1971]

I don't think Daemon gave the order to kill the child.

[@stephenholmgren405]

he wanted Aegon dead not his baby brother

[@ro4eva]

Agreed. He's a father to multiple kids + according to at least three Season 1 episodes, he is not incapable of empathy (but I believe he's like that only to family members). The notion that Daemon is some monstrous psychopath devoid of compassion for others is ridiculous. And to the Daemon hater who twisted my words for giving him some credit into something along the lines of that I effectively regarded him as a hero, how do I put this: C'est Grande Shit du Bull. Moo.

[@abelmulato8991]

Bruh get Criston Cole off my screen😂I hate this man so much