Everything House Of The Dragon Chose To Remove

[@cunderw12]

Just think how different things could have been if Aegon and Aemond were shown love growing up. They were taught fire and blood from the time they were born.

[@Argos-xb8ek]

I also hate that Aegon and Aemond aren't as close as they were in the book. In the Book the two of them are described as close as Aegon and Viserys are and you see no since of Brotherhood in them

[@Yusufal-stalin]

Jace and Luke were taught fire and blood and were close

[@one_for_one]

The looping pixies song is an interesting choice lmaoo

[@videobooks3]

Thanks we got rid of it for all our later videos 😂

[@DomusQueen89]

I liked it

[@AdaSuccubus1]

@@videobooks3i love it

[@crinklescat1871]

I liked it too lol. I love that song 😂

[@bsweat9230]

This had many repeated segments but was an excellent overview of the Dance of Dragons.

[@videobooks3]

Thanks, sorry for the repeats!

[@laurencerosenthalwinckler4439]

@@videobooks3 in some moments i tought i was rewinding the video by mistake clicking random number keys hahaha

[@teddyrosekidd]

@@laurencerosenthalwinckler4439 Same LOL!

[@Danielhustle303]

Yea would have been a perfect video if it wasnt full of repeats

[@joshuahoover6841]

DUDE!! I'm high listening to this and have been flipping out😆

[@yveltalsea]

I fell in love with this video when you showed the artists' Artstation pages and info along with the art. Seriously, you are doing such an amazing job. I couldn't be happier as an artist and I hope more people do the same as you.

[@videobooks3]

Thanks!

[@AlissaSss23]

I agree, it's very beautiful

[@leadvendor]

I was about to type the same, its such a lovely thing to do.

[@crinklescat1871]

Yessss. This is how i recently purchased a piece of art. It was from a different channel and wasn’t cheap but I’m so excited for the piece! And that I got to speak to the artist themselves. I fangired the whole time but getting to tell the artist directly how I appreciate their work was amazing. Thank you for supporting the artists! I haven’t finished this video yet but maybe I’ll find another piece lol. Just moved and we got so much wall space (and it’s actually our home this time so we can do whatever we want) and we want our home to reflect what we love. So thank you!!

[@chrisrubin6445]

Rhaenys really should have married Viserys so they could rule the seven kingdoms together, Corlys Velaryon could then have married Aemma Arryn, who was still a descendant of Jaehaerys.

[@videobooks3]

Yeah or Jace should have been married to Helaena

[@kpvhjjjbcffxxhhjkkk]

Remember what Corlys’ ambition? His family name on the Iron Throne. If he married an Arryn, the claim would be weak.

[@chrisrubin6445]

@@kpvhjjjbcffxxhhjkkk Corlys' ambition only really came into play, because he married the heir to the iron throne, who was a dragonrider, and had dragon riding children with him. If they had married him to Aemma Arryn, sure hes ambitious, and rich, but so are the Lannisters, Hightowers, and Redwynes, without dragons, lords having ambition isnt usually a threat.

[@godemperorofmankind3.091]

rhaenyra was arranged to marry corlys a loooong time ago. long before she was even considered in line to the throne

[@chrisrubin6445]

@@godemperorofmankind3.091 i think you mean Rhaenys, and when she married Corlys, she was the only child of Aemon Targaryen, prince of dragonstone, heir to the iron throne, eldest son of King Jaehaerys, rider of Caraxes, and herself second in line to the iron throne after her father.

[@heiligebimbam3073]

Having Daemon kill his first wife was the most stupid change from the original story. The desire to make Daemon such a villain is one of the things Martin himself often spoke against. Every bit of goodness in Daemon was wiped out in order to create a super villain. Martin knows people are all complex mixtures of good and bad, and this is what makes his stories better. I hope Martin steps in to stop the show runners from ruining his book like they did with GOT. This is not the fairy tale of pure good versus pure evil. If that is the kind of story you want then stick to Disney fairy tales.

[@videobooks3]

Well I'd rather George focus on The Winds of Winter and not get involved with any of his shows

[@FlexAndBustGaming]

One could argue having him kill his first wife in the series puts him in that grey area, they’re clearly building the greens to be the villians and the blacks the ones to get behind, having daemon kill his first wife shows this guy isn’t your typical hero, and he himself can also be evil.

[@ForageGardener]

@@FlexAndBustGaming both sides are evil. Greens are less evil

[@FlexAndBustGaming]

@@ForageGardener I think you mean, Blacks are less evil.

[@ty-zz9ic]

Shut up lmao

[@Addkingsson]

The background music is too loud. Im enjoying the video, but it’s quite difficult to focus with the up and down pitches of the music; Drowns out the narration quite a bit. Though, it could be just me 🥹. Another than that, great video.

[@KhaLeesiDAD_PSFIVE]

You must have been high or something when you watched this. Because it’s nowhere near too loud. I’m sober right now and I can hear him very clear… or maybe it’s just Me 😩😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@carastone3473]

No idea what you’re talking about. I can hear it fine and I spent my teenage years listening to very loud music through headphones. 🤣

[@Addkingsson]

@@KhaLeesiDAD_PSFIVE No no, not "high," I simply found the piano to be quite distracting. I grabbed my phone twice to try to turn down the background music. I felt like a doofus each time when I realized I couldn't. Though, if you can hear it with no issue, that's great!

[@mightypigeon836]

I’m a fan of the pixies, but even I have to admit it gets annoying hearing this piano version of where is my mind on repeat for hours

[@haileytyler9740]

Totally agree the same 3 notes repeating over and over again is distracting

[@psevdhome]

House Mooton was mentioned by Tywin Lannister. Arya claimed to be from Maidenpool and Tywin asked what was their sigil and he explained when she couln't answer: "A Red Salmon. Surely a Maidenpool girl would remember that, now where are you really from?"

[@videobooks3]

Yeah but most fans wouldn't remember that

[@psevdhome]

@@videobooks3 You're probably right. I started watching GoT by watching compilations of Tywin scenes because Charles Dance is such a compelling actor. Maybe I remember the lines better than most because of that.

[@IKhanmakeWAR2]

@@videobooks3 I mean, that's not the same thing as "not introduced." HOTD has introduced plenty of houses that weren't mentioned in GOT, like Bar Emmon, Beesbury, and Celtigar. So I wouldn't assume that is an accurate reason.

[@tashantimothy6180]

@@videobooks3 what a dismissive response

[@thehelmsfamily5397]

THANK YOU! At least IK someone else is paying attention

[@YmustTh3w0rldG0r0und]

I wish they had made another episode or two to see Laena and Rhaynera's friendship.

[@AlgrenTheBlue]

Really enjoyed it, you did an excellent job and have a great reading voice. Keep up the great work, I would suggest to not repeat segments as much, but maybe i'm just nitpicking either way super thumbs up

[@queenxx1690]

That is why Targaryen like to keep it in family because when they don't there is always family who wants to take over

[@mooncow-io]

I kept thinking I was going crazy with all the repeated segments haha! Great job though!

[@Meraxes0101]

Right! 😂

[@MrsSmith503]

Same 😭😂

[@michaelsilver253]

This was a good summary of the first part of the Dance of the Dragons from Fire & Blood, but it really didn't spend much time on depiction in the show vs the book.

[@videobooks3]

Yeah we're redoing this video after we do Jaehaerys 😂

[@dior6490]

@@videobooks3 are you still going to redo this video? i think it would get a lot of views and be good for your channel, though i know it’s a lot of work.

[@AMbradfordfilms]

I liked the scenes of the hunt. Its dripping with symbolism, Viscerys is assured the stag they are tracking is a giant white stag. When they catch it is big but normal brown, and Viscerys cant kill it cleanly in one strike. Meanwhile, Rheneyra and Cristan find the white stag but she doesn't want to kill it. Symbolic of Viscerys indecisive nature and hinting his reign wont end cleanly, and meanwhile since he believes in the prophecy you can easily think the white stag was never meant for him, but meant for Rheneyra, but her nature is to let it be. I liked it a lot.

[@ginao6810]

The way the stag was was already caught, tied up, and brought before Viserys to kill is also symbolic of how Viserys viewed his position; it’s a farce. He didn’t conquer anything, others did the hard work and handed it off to him to claim glory that wasn’t his, and he fumbled that part too. Lionel tries to suggest that Viseryis’s reign was peaceful, but even the peace wasn’t of Viserys’s making, he inherited peace. War aside, it seems he didn’t progress the realm in any way. He didn’t build any great keeps or septs. Jaeherys oversaw the installation of a lot of infrastructure, like roads and bridges, that wove the kingdoms together to be one realm. Viserys has no cause. He sits and plays with his Valyria model, he could literally be building cities for real. Install sanitation in Kings Landing or something, I’m sure there plenty you could be building to leave something better than when you arrived. He didn’t achieve anything, and he didn’t hunt that stag.

[@seanoleary3428]

Something about the book I didn't think I'd like, but grew to like, is the fact that 65-70% of the storylines in the book are openly unconfirmed. I like to think George was indecisive and just said "f*** it, we'll use all 3 plot points...let the show decide what's fact." It's a mixup from the original...where the GoT books and the show are distinctly different. With house of the dragon, the book and show are one in the same universe.

[@godofdestruction69]

they were like that for the first four seasons, fifth season borrows the last bit of source material and keeps some but changes a lot of it

[@ishtarbabylon4869]

Love the ‘where is my mind’ music in the background

[@tracereed7457]

I wish I was this interested in actual history

[@mojiyoru6441]

I can see this channel going very far in the future! Great video must have been a lot of editing

[@videobooks3]

Cheers, thanks for watching 😂

[@aaronnash2147]

The background music is perfect. It made the video much more enjoyable for me.

[@videobooks3]

Cheers!

[@cassiuscoleman4624]

There may not have been any physical representations of House Maidenpool, but their house is mentioned in GOT in the 2nd Season by Arya while she's a captive at Harrenhal posing or conscripted into being Tywin's Cup Bearer. Even if it hadn't been, to the producers of the show I ask; what difference would it make? The audience knows it's watching a show laden with priviledged rich folk hierarchies and their political machinations.

[@jamesarockiaraj6390]

Maidenpool is the castle I think it's ruled by house mooton. It's a well known house.

[@lotus___freedom]

Great video! Thank you for the work you put in, good quality.

[@MrSkme]

I cant believe you choose to loop the same song for 2.5 hours...

[@videobooks3]

Oh well

[@wolfcrushp]

Only reason I view Viserys as the heir over Rhaenys/Laenor was the name change. I'd want my family to inherit not someone else's, but with the caviat of Laenor taking the name Targaryen like the said for Jacerys in the show I'd have supported Rhaenys

[@tyrant7583]

I remember hearing on the show if they have a different last name. They have to inherit their Targaryen last name before being crowned king.

[@reverendrico5631]

@@tyrant7583 Lord Corlys specifically inquired to the issue of the name of his future grandchildren before agreeing to the match of his Heir Laenor and the Princess Rhaenys. The King then stated that their children would bear Lord Corlys’s name until they ascended the throne and took the name of the royal family. Lord Corlys held paused for a brief moment before agreeing. This all would suggest that Corlys was expecting the King to make such a provision. However he could take no offense at it either. The only thing to conclude is that such a provision is not the norm, but is neither unprecedented. Of course this is hard it’s say as it’s one of the less comparable to reality elements of Westerousi Politics. That the Royal Family of Westerous retains it’s own name is actualy a deviation for the commonly citied sources historical inspiration by GRRM. That said, looking at the dialogue in the scene itself, that Corlys sought to have the matter addressed in specific would suggest there was not a normal protocol for the matter.

[@nostalji93]

I don't get it. A family name isn't what makes a family a family. I get it when you are member of a big house and live a feudalistic ideology, but from a modern viewpoint? I wouldnt care if my son takes the surname of his wife. You should question your values if you attach this much value to your surname. Feels like nationlism on a family level to me.

[@andyreddington7500]

@@reverendrico5631 It's not actually a deviation. The British royal family for example are still Windsor even though Queen Elizabeth II married Phillip Mountbatten. Their children all have Elizabeth's royal surname Windsor and the royal house is still called Windsor

[@aaronnash2147]

Visenya was Aegon I older sibling. House targeryen followed primogeniture.

[@BatmanLeDetournement]

2h37 of Where is my mind on the piano on loop. My ears are so tired.

[@Metawe7]

Great detail and very interesting topic I haven't seen covered yet in a video like this. One complaint though is that the episodes repeat themselves and sometimes I have to double check I didn't accidentally press the button to go back 10 seconds. Same script repeated twice feels so weird to hear multiple times.

[@AlissaSss23]

I've noticed it too! I thought maybe I touched the screen

[@kristybriggs]

Phew I thought I was going crazy and had to keep checking the time to make sure I wasn’t making it go backwards

[@belinda6533]

Yes there are two repeats

[@RumHam5570]

This would be even better without / with quieter music. I’m following along and something in the back of my mind is singing along “WHERE IS MY MIND… WHEEEEEERE IS MY MIND”

[@videobooks3]

We'll get different and softer music for the next one

[@RumHam5570]

@@videobooks3♥Looking forward to your next release

[@jubilee.x6440]

Subbed. This is beautifully made. Thank you. Your voice is perfect alongside the visuals ❤

[@videobooks3]

Thank you! 😊

[@puululos]

he should have abdicated his throne as soon as he was not fit to rule therefore reinera would become queen backed by her living father and civil war could have been avoided

[@JoaquinRivera-k6x]

Doesn't work like that, during a time when royalty married eachother, to keep the bloodline pure. The ruler, is the ruler, until death. If he can competently say "I can't do this anymore, my daughter shall rule", then his title doesn't change. Besides, that's why they have hands of the kings. Incase they were to become severely ill, unable or even leave their bed, their hand would take over all duties by default, temporarily.

[@korlashgaming8313]

going back and watching your older videos gives so much knowledge thx agin for makeing these!

[@videobooks3]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@GoBills79]

Love the pixies, but after 2 hours I'm begging for a new background song.

[@thixiemattel]

why am I kinda fuckin jamming out to the pixies instrumental it sounds so sick i’m so tired lol

[@tatertots3337]

I like that a lot of these weren't "removed", just changed slightly to reflect what a lot of issues are in real life: tragedies and misunderstandings. The books are told by unreliable narrators but the show is written to have the camera be a more neutral observer

[@OwnedbyCorgis]

I find this extremely helpful thank you for your work. Subbed.

[@Sandy-p4m]

New sub!! Had no idea this stuff existed on here!!

[@deepvybes]

Arya pretended she was from Maidenpool as Tywins cup bearer.

[@videobooks3]

True, but most fans wouldn't know where Maidenpool or no characters were from Maidenpool

[@alltheravens1873]

I really like this video. Thank you for it. I look forward to more of your work.

[@ClipCoyote]

Was looking forward to certain moments. Cole not killing the old man with a blade was one of the first times I noticed big changes. The volume and music is fine. Great song choice too 👍

[@videobooks3]

Thanks, yeah I was really disappointed Cole didn't purposely kill Beesbury

[@kristybriggs]

I totally agree with your comment about sir criston being the father of jacerys valeryon rhaeneryas eldest child and this is the first time I have seen it ever mentioned and I am glad I am not the only one who thinks this I was starting to think I was alone

[@videobooks3]

Yeah, I think it could make for some really good content in Season 2

[@JoaquinRivera-k6x]

Nah man, sorry... Timing doesn't add up right. He refused to be her "whore", when she said she could leave with him. She had just agreed to marry the sea snakes son, so they wouldn't have slept since that point and I doubt they slept together more than that first time, as it wouldn't of been an easy thing to do, as kings guard and princess. I'm sure they didn't get married the very next day... They had to prepare for a wedding, including who to invite, sending Ravens or messengers to attend the wedding. Do plenty of hunting, since for the daughter of a kings wedding, nothing but the best would be served (I can keep going but I'll cut to the 2 points that prove it). 1, she was like 16 when she agreed to married, after the time skip, she was in her early 20s at youngest and when she had her 2nd child, her oldest was a couple years old, so she didn't get pregnant for several years, after turning down sir Cole. 2nd reason, they kind of gave everyone the clue, her first born was sir strongs... During the kings last family dinner, and older Aegon made a comment and strongs eldest son, stood up and patted his shoulder, showing he had strength. Even Aegon made a face like "hes that kind of hurts". Although I would definitely like the idea of him being Coles, the timing, just doesn't add up at all.

[@daniellaw4200]

If only the season had for a prologue episode detailing the event of the great council for the succession

[@Flowshow88]

If Aemond said he lost an eye but gained a dragon and it was a fair exchange them why did he demand Luke to give him an eye and then chase him on his Dragon 🤔

[@JoaquinRivera-k6x]

He wanted to pick on him/scare him... Same as him, his brother and Aegon did, giving him a pig. The chase was to scare him too but you saw, when his dragon wouldn't listen, he was trying to stop him. Basically throwing salt on the wound, since he also knows they aren't Valeryan, he's already beaten him by getting baratheons support first and he knew, Luke wanted that support because his brother was already crowned in front of the masses.

[@GopherGuts2000]

Talking about the Targaryen dynasty with Where is my Mind as background music is very fitting 👍

[@jakemeyer1702]

I love Pixies, but 2.5 hours.. lordy

[@videobooks3]

Don't worry, we're redoing the video with new background music

[@briez9648]

Plugging channel The Recaps for an almost 2 hour recap of every episode of HOTD and more. He doesn't get enough views for the effort he puts in. I love long videos like these!

[@caniaccharlie]

Looks like an interesting channel, thanks!

[@briez9648]

@@caniaccharlie it really is! So many full series recaps for long listening. I like to listen while driving or when I'm about to go to bed.

[@EJD339]

Id imagine in the next couple months, more people are going to watch house of dragon from word of mouth and his video will just keep getting more views. I am on a game of thrones spree on KZbin which I haven’t done for a long time because season 8 just ruined it for me.

[@ThinkBigBoat]

Enjoyable video! Music was a bit distracting, and the beeping made me jump (while driving) since it was so loud and sudden. Not to mention that you straight just said ‘bronze bitch’ later in the script. You’re doing a good job, but maybe consider taking a more systematic approach to mastering your audio.

[@Slow_mo_brain]

The way u made me google the word Niggardly so fast bc huh?

[@peytonmacdonald6295]

If you think musicians can't hear every single key of Where is my Mind in the background, you're wrong. I can't pay attention to the video.. the songs too damn good, now that I've been typing a minute I even hear the violin. Definitely some kinda instrumental of the song made famous by the Pixies. Love it...

[@pnwequestrian]

Wow what a great video! Just what I was looking for to listen to. I really enjoyed the background music and you have a great voice and cadence for storytelling! 🐉🔥🍄

[@kaiserflanderson2632]

Yeah as others have said the background music is too loud, but besides that love the vid, I’ll sub and hope that the background music is quieter next time 😂

[@videobooks3]

Will do 🙂

[@SithLordAnakin]

Aemond getting some brothels tail on a regular gave him quite a growth spurt.. 36:05

[@MrHestolemyname]

Why are some parts repeated? Like Daemon being crowned or how Alicent was as fertile as she was pretty.

[@videobooks3]

Yeah we forgot to cut out those repeated parts 😅

[@blueberrycranberrycherry]

tbf no small task editing a 2 1/2 video 😂we salute you sir

[@susanmartin3762]

I'm curious who are all the people in my lower left corner who are being given "special thanks "? Petreon members perhaps? Or people who have helped to create this really incredibly produced and informative channel, the "Three Eyed Raven"? This channel and one other, "Gray Area" have helped me SOOO MUCH to understand and point out tons of stuff I would have missed, if not for watching these two KZbin Giants! Thank you Three-Eyed Raven and Lady Gray for helping me love this story🖤 Go Team Black! ....ok... I'm fresh ready for my Funko!😊

[@jenniferperrier7563]

U keep repeating yourself. Why?

[@alexneff]

Edit errors

[@malalford]

Copy paste

[@radish45]

It's AI. This voice is used by thousands of channels now

[@niseambrose2173]

The narrative, comments and theories are great, but the background music is awful, can you cut the music?

[@isch096]

Tbf what really happened might be what the show portrays, as the books are only recollections and writings from different scholars so they are most likely inaccurate in many cases! Great video :D

[@daboos6353]

GRRM has said the show is entirely non canon to the books, and is in the same unvierse as the GoT show.

[@isch096]

@@daboos6353 I see! I do wonder tho how reliable the scholars writings are as they are most likely inaccurate even as canon. I guess we will never know and that ambiguity is probably what the author intended

[@daboos6353]

@@isch096 There are some points in the book where the in universe authors are obviously really biased, mostly concerning the Great Council.

[@pyramidion5911]

@@daboos6353 GRRM was saying in that interview that the show canon is different from the book canon because of all the little changes they made to the show. All those changes are going to create two very different endings. Thats why they are focusing on prequels (remember Snow was Kits idea) so they can make shows that lead up to Game of Thrones (show and book) no matter which version of events you follow from there.

[@daboos6353]

@UCdf6qWschJHQQ-fgI7UzIoA "We have two canons. We have the show canon, the Game of Thrones canon. And we have the Song of Ice and Fire canon," Is what GRRM said. The show is not canon.

[@joelara1652]

Maybe in the books the three eyed raven made the horse buck the bronze lady

[@creedolala6918]

Hey, I like the idea behind this video, and I can see you put a lot of work into these. If you don't mind some feedback, someone else mentioned the music. For me it wasn't the volume, the issue is that it's a very famous song. Not just from Uncharted but the original "where is my mind". It has like a hundred million views on KZbin and is in many movies. It's way too popular and recognizable to be background music. You need something that easily fades into the background without distracting from the narration, not a catchy earworm that gets stuck in your head. Appreciate the hard work, be interesting to see where they go with this series next year.

[@videobooks3]

Yeah we're using new music now, thanks for the feedback ☺️

[@CandicesVanity]

@@videobooks3 is it possible to repost this without any background music, or swap it out for those of us who really want to finish this and can’t because of it being distracting? I’ve tried 4 times and haven’t gotten past 1 hour on any of them 🙏🏼😔

[@videobooks3]

@@CandicesVanity Yeah we're going to be doing a video on every Targaryen King (Aegon, Aenys/Maegor, Jaehaerys and Viserys) with the latest artwork and new music, so yes we are 😅

[@chessnitemayr]

Also, even though this has been resolved, just a heads up; using copywrited music like that can result in a take-down and possible strikes on your channel.

[@berlin990]

Maybe use some different music, there’s a ton of royalty free classical music on yt. For such a long video the music gets very repetitive and I’m not sure it matches the subject matter.

[@videobooks3]

Yeah true, we'll do it next time

[@ayaangelicc]

amazing video

[@ramonemoore8395]

love the vids man n can we get a dragon ranking or sizes vid i think it would do well

[@videobooks3]

Maybe one day, but right now we're working on an Aegon video

[@ramonemoore8395]

@@videobooks3 can’t wait to see it 🔥

[@ramonemoore8395]

Still brain stormin on that name😂

[@ariellalester]

Just subbed a few weeks ago, thank you for your work, I’m sure it took awhile- but very appreciative! Very underrated channel!

[@AlissaSss23]

To be honest, I enjoyed this more than the TV series, which feels a lot like a telenovela

[@ongges20]

This would’ve been a good one, if you’re only not repeating the same thing over and over again

[@thomasshirley318]

I know!! He repeats himself several dozen times!

[@Didi_Meow_Records]

nice lil video summing it all together, but as much as i love the PIxies found verrrry distracting >_

[@videobooks3]

Yeah we'll get some different music for next time

[@Guinnessdrnkr1234]

As brothers go in this family, Viserys and Deamon are a mild version of Aneys and Meagor..Personality wise.

[@Gojeto346]

It is absolutely baffling to me how you will have the same clips back to back, it’s so confusing to hear the same 3 mins of text repeated over and over again, very confusing.

[@videobooks3]

Yeah it was just a mistake 😅

[@MrPhillipsTheChangeAgent]

Why does the film repeat at time.

[@Piotr12396]

Good changes , in my opinion

[@odd10Productions]

"Where is my mind? Where is my mind?" - sea snake's brother

[@shauni8806]

Enjoyed the video❤

[@Itsadoubleentendre]

2 1/2 hours of that awful Pixies song makes me want to blow my fuckin head off. Otherwise wonderful video, great work! Much appreciated.

[@kingslynn]

Daemon means demon in Greek.

[@ab020135]

Came a long way from “The Eren Denialists” congratulations guys 🎉

[@videobooks3]

Thanks, after that ending we had to move on to something more enjoyable 😅

[@droppinloot4960]

Nice a complete collection in one video. The show really explains things happening by accident or misunderstanding... Sounds like Thanksgiving

[@wendyc1902]

Showrunners claim that the books are a sometimes confusing and unreliable account of the events and the show is more of what actually happened.

[@donemu9096]

@@wendyc1902 It's not really a claim. The books are written from the account of Maesters. They were always unreliable accounts of what happened.

[@SayMy_User_Name]

Yeah, we know the book was written as several different unreliable accounts, that still doesn’t make it a good idea to make everything a misunderstanding or an accident.. it really does take away from the characters when none of them r making any firm choices that propel the plot forward.. it’s all just accidents and random occurrences, I wouldn’t mind them doing this once or twice but they went to that well like several times throughout this first season

[@tsheporabekane4172]

@@SayMy_User_Name: Things don't happen randomly. Otto Hightower sent Alicent to Viserys purposefully; Otto also planned usurpation purposefully. Larys killed his family on purpose to get closer to Alicent. Daemon does everything on purpose. Only Alicent and Aemond find themselves in a predicament via circumstance. So to say that "everything happens by accident" in this show, is untrue...

[@SayMy_User_Name]

@@tsheporabekane4172 Cole killed beesbury by accident , aemond killed Luke by accident, alicent only usurped the throne due to a misunderstanding.. obviously not everything has happened by accident, but so many of these events that r directly leading to the start of the war r portrayed as accidental or a misunderstanding

[@zekt976]

Ok it's driving me nuts. The background piano music... is that the pixies? Just on piano cause it sounds like the opening to "Where is my mind"

[@videobooks3]

Song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHSapIFpoM96pJI

[@mysticnovelbro]

Cris-TON not Cris-TIAN

[@videobooks3]

Our bad 😅

[@jandanielching1434]

I guess from the very beginning the book has always admitted to be a biased account and the show maybe a depiction of what really happened hence the difference between what was documented from what actually happened.. Kinda like history :)

[@rosedaleprkjazzygarden1488]

Its simple when he was over in pentoss and they wanted to enrich Daemon to have him a Laena valarians Dragons..He wanted to stay and sit on top like a king...his wife wanted to go to drift Mark...that tells you there that he wanted to be a conqueror👑 Rhaenyra is A Path to The Throne 🪑

[@d_ruggs]

while I can't speak on how this reflects on the books, because this conversation isn't in the books, the scene in HOTD where Viserys is asking for Otto's council on the marriage to the 12 y.o. Velaryon daughter. While the maggots chew on his rotten finger lol. That scene though really causes problems for me with the Maester conspiracy, because his maester gives good advice to strengthen their dragon blood, and he also looks suspicious of Otto's words, which in retrospect were said because he wanted his daughter to be queen instead. But even then, I don't think Otto had a 'conspiracy' to overthrow the Targaryens either (at least as far as HOTD is concerned, none of these scenes are really in the books). During the hunt, Otto gives Viserys good advice, if a bit uncomfortable, to marry Aegon and Rhaenyra and bring the house back together to stop a divide. Seems to me its a lot of people making decisions in the moment that serve their own interests, rather than long planned and plotted conspiracies, which is closer to reality and seems more along the lines of how George writes conflict. And with Georges much heavier involvement in HOTD than GOT, and it seeming to have the goal to 'right' some of the wrongs of GOT (particularly with prophecy and the magic of westeros), I feel like its a lot more justified to look at HOTD as an expansion of Fire and Blood, at least more than GoT was.

[@carastone3473]

I just got to that part of the book yesterday!

[@aliakapoor]

Cristan Cole is even more miserable than Otto Hightower, the man atleast lives for something else other than revenge.

[@Flowshow88]

Yeah but that "something else" also has ill intentions 😅

[@LeFroog]

Always like how Otto said he would be a second Maegor. He didn’t want daemon to be king because if it happened. his house the the starry sept would be destroyed

[@leo__3155]

Hey love the videos are you ever gonna finish your summary of a games of thrones I know you continued on to later books but it be nice if you continued after pt3

[@videobooks3]

Yeah we're going to redo them with the Game of Thrones show side by side like we did with HOTD

[@leo__3155]

@@videobooks3 I’ll definitely be on the lookout you make quality content I know editing it all is probably a pain at times

[@neltaclements7432]

I love these videos! Thank you!

[@hf18455]

Loved this thank you ❤

[@videobooks3]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@roxana123456788]

Thank you !!! Love the video 😊

[@videobooks3]

Thanks for watching!

[@Ms.Byrd68]

You appear to be REPEATING passages, is that how the books are written? Because it's a little 'agravating' honestly.

[@videobooks3]

Sorry, made a mistake when complying all the videos 😅

[@Ms.Byrd68]

@@videobooks3 Thanks for clearing that up!

[@miseago]

The amount of commercials on this video is crazy

[@CodyVanIttersum]

This video would be half the length of ever 5 minutes wasn’t repeated

[@Guinnessdrnkr1234]

Viserys and Deamon are parallel of Aneys and Meagor. Of course Viserys and Deamon are way less extreme personality wise.

[@azulaluna30]

Thanks!

[@maliziosoeperverso1697]

While most pronunciations in the books are up to the reader, I'm pretty sure Gerardys is pronounced the same as Vince Gerardis, because that's who he is named after.

[@videobooks3]

True, but honestly my pronunciation of names changes day to day haha

[@AlissaSss23]

Who cares?

[@maliziosoeperverso1697]

@@AlissaSss23 you

[@pandabosch]

Thank you for the video. I do love the Pixies but having a single 2 and 1/2 minute song played on loop for 2 hours and 30 minutes is exhausting . I enjoy the video and work put in but I had to take a break because of the reptation.

[@videobooks3]

Yeah we're changing song after this one 😂

[@Chess8548]

Great presentation but the music in the background is annoying.

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

I heard this song so many damn times

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

not trying to listen to it for 2 hrs

[@lsh6108]

Love the video but something about the music loop made me go insane

[@wudimusic]

The Pixies cover ain´t bad.. good work!

[@videobooks3]

Thanks!

[@adrianazashen]

As someone who hasn't read the books (still, I know) 2 things I've been wondering about: Do book readers like the change of Rhaenys' hair? Based on the study scene in front of the weirwood tree, I'd think a commoner in Westworos would assume Rhaenyra's children would be chaotic while Alicent's more behaved? Instead it's the opposite... How were the children brought up? Some thoughts I'd like to come back to when I'm finished watching the video. PS, loving the editing and content

[@videobooks3]

Sadly we don't know how the children were raised, only how they turned out 😂

[@Bionix01]

This sucks listening to all at once…the repetition is a nightmare

[@videobooks3]

All good, to each their own

[@marciagrant2146]

Thought I was going crazy when it repeated some parts lol

[@whogon]

The video itself is decent.But when i'm having to stop literally every 3-5 minutes to fast forward a commercial, it kinda sucks the fun out of it

[@PayMe2Play]

background music is too loud. Dont rly need any music at all. if by chance this gets reuploaded i'll give it a chance

[@videobooks3]

All good

[@haileytyler9740]

@@videobooks3 highly suggest re editing and reuploading because all of this is very distracting