Why Aemond Burned Aegon? | House of the Dragon

[@jeremy1860]

I never cared much for Aegon in the first season, but this first half of the second actually succeeded in getting me to give a damn about him. Losing his son, being looked down on by everyone around him, that brief moment of him with Sunfyre, it all added up. And of course, major shout-out to his actor Tom for doing so well in the role 😊

[@warlordofbritannia]

I can't read "I never cared much for..." and *not* get season 8 flashbacks

[@hectorhernandezaleman3836]

@@warlordofbritannia Season 8 certainly ruined the expression for us all, didn't it?

[@katieneubaum4284]

@@jeremy1860 yep… Sunfyre booping Aegon with his nose like a dog made me like him. If an adorable, fire breathing, flying doom lizard likes you, I’m pretty much bound to like you too 😂

[@EchoAntunes]

@@hectorhernandezaleman3836 season 8??

[@hectorhernandezaleman3836]

@@EchoAntunes "I never cared much for them inocent or otherwise" is a S8 quote, isn't it?

[@conorbryan7806]

The way sunfyre screamed broke my heart anyway great video as always keep up the great work

[@truereclaim7341]

​@@conorbryan7806 ya that hurt to hear even though they're not real

[@katieneubaum4284]

@@truereclaim7341Yeah… can’t stand animals getting hurt. Even giant, flying, fire breathing doom lizards. Sunfyre was never made to fight, but he flew with his rider and did what he could to save him even at the cost of his own life.

[@jkbzz]

I hope you know it's not real right

[@truereclaim7341]

@@jkbzz what really all these years I thought it was a documentary

[@kylemma33]

I love how terrified aegon's kingsguard were of aemond. They knew Aegon can poke fun at Aemond without fear of repercussions, they cant.

[@barry1807]

And apparently even Aegon was wrong

[@seth_fitzgerald]

People say that bastard children in Westeros are the enemies, but in reality it’s the second sons who are the enemies that people wouldn’t expect until it’s too late. Aemond is proof of that.

[@thefirminator]

@@seth_fitzgerald both being weird stigmas in this shitty political and social system

[@tytybaby06]

Yup! Daemon & Vaemond cement it

[@mathiasnightlord018]

A caveat to this statement, the 2nd sons who are mistreated are the ones who people don't expect until its too late. If the 2nd sons are treated well, with dignity, respect, and loyalty, they will likely back you to the hilt. Same could be said for the bastard children as well. So really, they only become an enemy if they make them one.

[@EmpireOfLuciferSatanson666]

@@seth_fitzgerald Never have two sons

[@Anarcho-harambeism]

@@tytybaby06 daemon would have been fine if his brother wasn't such a sad sack of shit

[@Ian-zf5ss]

TBH it actually upset me that they made Aemond betray Aegon in the show. One of Aemond's best qualities in Fire and Blood was his loyalty to Aegon.

[@Eh-Mungu-Nguvu-Yetu-q8p]

They are busy undermining team Green and I'm hating that. See how our king maker has been written

[@flavius5722]

I will disagree, I still think that the show is portraying the greens in a far better light that the books , it show their good sides and even when Aemond betray Aegon is understandable In the books the greens are presented as 100% evil , but anything bad that the blacks are cause of is quickly washed away with the words " but is unlikely that Rhaynera would have done that " About the sex scenes,yes they are cringe, but in the books we have mushroom talking so is the same , and Rhaynera had already humiliate herself

[@Ayem427]

I disagree, the books are written as history books, so realistically the histories (which favor the greens) would write Aemond as loyal to his brother to keep the greens' legacy together, while in the show I feel like we're getting to see the actual events, and with Aemond'a flip flopping I totally understand his betrayal

[@Ian-zf5ss]

@@Ayem427 Sure, but with that token, you could say the same with Rhaenyra's side, but they show doesn't have any of her supporters betraying her. Plus why would the history book writers(maesters) be loyal to the greens when even though he kills Rhaenyra ultimaetly Rhaenyra's line ascends the throne.

[@Ian-zf5ss]

@@Ayem427 More importantly, I don't know why any one thinks the show is what actually happened. It is a product of HBO and Condal. GRRM the author even critiqued it. Ppl are only saying that because the show aligns well with the characters and arcs that they like.

[@ephraimclark5658]

As a younger brother, I understand Aemond being wrong. You take so much from older siblings and at times you feel unseen by parents. When you stop taking it and they start losing, THEN they want you to calm down.

[@JohnDoe-vw4zf]

Um, as a younger sibling in that position I never wanted to kill my sister. We fight constantly, but i do love her and want the best for her.

[@lordfreerealestate8302]

@@JohnDoe-vw4zf Truth, same here. Granted, the Targaryens are mentally ill, uber-powerful, and much more chaotic then the average family.

[@OurHiltsHurt]

We needed more of our golden boy Sunfyre

[@blitzkrieg2928]

great to see you here

[@Bannermann]

YES.

[@richy320]

agree but thats the last time he flew

[@TheFandomeClips]

Is it.... 😬

[@katieneubaum4284]

@@richy320It’s a damn shame. He was such a gorgeous dragon.

[@thepunisher6674]

It really mad me angry that they had aemond try to kill aegon, he’s very loyal in the books while still craving power like daemon but it makes him seem much more cruel than even daemon since he never tried to kill viserys, plus are we really supposed to believe the guy who was super focused on the strategy of war was willing to kill a dragon rider and his dragon despite their side already have less dragons, the whole thing just adds to the shows team black bias

[@phoenixkirchoff5268]

While I respect your comment here, do not forget that Aemond can be impulsive in the moment as shown with what he did to Luke previously. He is very cocky and already considers Aegon as being weak and detrimental to the war and throne. Aemond has the most fierce, large, and battle-hardened dragon in the realm which probably makes him believe he can defeat all the other dragons combined. Also, "Fire and Blood" is biased towards the Greens. While it is considered a history book, it still contains the bias of OldTown (Hightower) writers and assemblers of the stories. I think the show does relatively well in providing a counter-narrative (Black bias) in order to balance out the "Fire and Blood" narrative. sort of that the truth can be found somewhere in the middle and much is left out of history depending on who writes it.

[@Timquan.]

​@phoenixkirchoff5268 No bro Aemond has been the complete opposite of impulsive. He was that angry at Luke because he cut his eye out and got away with it for 6 plus years without any kind of acknowledgment or reproach, add to the fact that Aemond lost his eye and was threatened with torture and further mutilation of tongue I'd he pressed the matter or brought up the topic that caused the fight and eye slash. Finally go back and watch when Young Aemond got jumped. Throughout the entire altercation his actions are composed and measured, only escalating when the others escalated.

[@thepunisher6674]

@@phoenixkirchoff5268 Aemond is impulsive but again he’s not that impulsive he planned the rooks rest battle to kill a dragon of the blacks and we don’t know much about the maester who wrote the book he could’ve been either small folk born or even born of one of the black supporting houses, let’s not forget the child of daemon and rheanerya sits on the iron throne plus the book has perspectives favorable to the blacks like mushroom who was rheanryas companion from when she was a child And the show is the most biased of all straight up ignoring bad actions of the blacks and adding more negotiable stuff to the greens

[@phoenixkirchoff5268]

@@Timquan. I would agree with you that Aemond is not impulsive most of the time. But he has also had moments of impulsivity which can occur for anybody. He is not a robot who controls his emotions 100% of the time. He has bottled up so much from the hazing he received during his childhood. Was it not impulsive to decide that he would risk his own life to mount Vhagar? Was it not impulsive to engage Luke in a dragon fight at Storm's End and risk escalating the war which may or may not have started at that point? Aemond has become arrogant. He mirrors Daemon in so many ways who is another high-risk impulsive character...a very very Targaryen trait.

[@phoenixkirchoff5268]

@@thepunisher6674 If you want a GOT/HOTD character who is the least impulsive, that would be Otto Hightower or Tywin Lannister. Calculating to a tee and almost always strategic who felt they were doing what was best for the realm while also being driven by their own desire for power. Tyrion is also another one. My point being is that Aemond is still a young man and still has moments of fire/emotion in his blood. Plus, Aegon recently pissed him off at the brothel so he was seething by the time Rook's Rest happened and drunken Aegon shows up.

[@britknee5872]

I've seen a lot of people talking about it being revenge against the "Pink Dread," but the end of the episode, I really don't think that Aemond was intending to finish Aegon off, it seems like he was putting is sword away, not getting ready to strike. He did to Aegon what he was planning to do to Luke, he just went too far with Luke

[@WrathOfTheShaft]

I agree, I think he would naturally have his sword out while not on dragon back. He definitely wants him to die, but I'm not certain he was going to kill him in that shot.

[@britknee5872]

@@WrathOfTheShaft I see it more as him having his sword out in case someone comes up behind him. He might be thinking "it's fine if he dies," but I don't think he WANTS to kill him himself

[@WrathOfTheShaft]

@@britknee5872 yes my thoughts exactly! I really like what the show is doing with them. They are far more complex than their book counterparts in my opinion. Like after season 1 I hated Aegon, but he makes total sense. He's an entitled rich kid who wants to be loved by ANYONE, and the people who should love him not only don't, they also look down on him. After his son was murdered even his mother didn't attempt to console him while watching him cry.

[@britknee5872]

@@WrathOfTheShaft aegon is so tortured, I hate it 😭 nobody wanted him to be king, including himself. Otto and Alicent forced this on him and then blame him for being unfit. He AND Haelena deserved to live happy carefree lives.

[@WrathOfTheShaft]

@@britknee5872 the fact that they were planning to make him king for years and never took it upon themselves to prepare him is bewildering! That scene when he asked his mom if she loved him, she didn't even say yes! She called him an idiot lol I feel like it's generational trauma cuz Otto didn't ever real tell alicent he loved her either, it was all political maneuvering. She told voserys that all she wanted when her mother died was for someone to say they are sorry for what happened, and she couldn't for her own son that her and Viserys failed on every front.

[@flavius5722]

Man I really hope to see Ser Dareon the Daring in the show

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Daeron was the ultimate powerhouse of the Dance tbh. Saved The Greens multiple times.

[@11bluekitkats]

Another great video! Can’t wait for your review on s2!

[@dreamchaser5227]

There is no justification for Aemond burning Aegon at this point. Aemond may be the better ruler but win the war first than worry about succession eliminating a dragon and dragonrider loyal to your side in the first battle of a war is BEYOND STUPID…I don’t know how to square this with the brilliant tactician Aemond is “suppose” to be….

[@Sombriage]

Even "brilliant tacticians" can have their weakness and I think for Aemond is that he was used to doing everything by himself and having a very powerful dragon that would only enforce that belief.

[@johanalejandrocazadordepin7225]

Aemond probably thought sunfire was already dead and Aegon wouldn't survive the crash so ...

[@Timquan.]

The move makes no sense for Aemond, especially considering how we saw him grow up in s1. He is too smart to ever blast the sitting King from the sky, in front of 2 armies and the hand of the king with actual hopes of retaining or even gaining power. Its a horrible move and should be imppossible to spin. Aemond would never crash out off of emotion when confronted with an unexpected occurance. This was highlighted at driftmark when he saved himself and his mother from torture, and then later juxtaposed when he lost his temper in front of Luke at Storms end. He was only ever that mad because of the years of anger over his eye. This instance makes no sense other than once again makingTeam green look like story book villains.

[@floristfindspeace]

but they are the villains

[@psychkosys]

So I wonder if Aemond saw the writing on the dagger since it got blasted by Dragonfire.

[@TheFandomeClips]

I was wondering about that actually! When he picks it up its not glowing and I think they may have added a close up or something more eye catching if that was the case. But he's a well read lad, he might go to Minas Tirith and find a book that tells him to hold it under fire to reveal a secret text.... 😂 - Thom

[@Karim896]

To me this is a mistake, Aemond may have many thougths on Aegon but in the end he always stayed loyal to his brother. In the books say that even when Aegon was unable to rule he never took the title of King, only protector of the realm You may like or not Aemond but he was not a traitor.

[@ichbins173]

I believe aemond speaks high valerian not to be nice and privately mock his brother but as a demonstration of power. He directly attacks Aegins weak point: Self confidence. Argon always feels inadequate to be king and that nobody takes him serious. Aemond demonstrates to him that he, Aegon, his inferior in one important thing for a Targaryen king: Heritage and the old tongue. It is this that aegon understands and sinks back leaving Aemond to act as pleased. At least that is how I understood the scene.

[@justinehelene4831]

It's shortsighted (oops) of aemond to kill their only other strong dragon. (Helaena wouldn't fly into battle)

[@BagOfBurgers]

I hated the scene and what followed. In the books Aemond is always loyal to his brother. He isn’t nice, but he is loyal. Also why would he ever weaken his side by killing a dragon and its rider when they are already outnumbered. Just paints him as a petty douche.

[@Roquet_]

"Why Aemond Burned Aegon?" has a pretty obvious answer and I didn't hear anything revolutionaly here but the breakdown of their relationship overall was great.

[@CollideFan1]

I'm not a fan of Aemond but I understand the abuse he suffered from being bullied and bullies deserve what's coming to them.

[@MoExplainsIt]

This was an amazing breakdown! Thank you!

[@chuytorres9794]

I think I goes back To the conversation him and Cole had in the finale of season one, Cole tell him that he know what is it feel to work for something that is giving to others, and I think that was his call to “ work for that something”

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

''Things are finally heating up'' BRUH!

[@TheFandomeClips]

To soon? To hot to handle? 🔥 - Thom

[@TheLastSane1]

I mean the Primogenitor thing was not set in stone. In fact it was Viserys grandfather (the king before him) who established the rule that men will always go before women. This is why Rhaenys has the opening to push her claim as the next eldest in the succession line before Viserys. So this was actually only a recent thing in Westeros. From 103 till current day which is 130 something. So its hardly a long held and standing rul.

[@IsaixLD7]

My take on it is that Aemond craves the throne, Aegon is not a good ruler and Aemond is impulsive, so when the opportunity presented itself to have Aegon "accidently" killed in battle he just couldn't resist. When Otto said to Aemond that Aegon couldn't resist his impulses, that applied to Aemond as well, even if it's not to the same extend. And the bullying didn't help.

[@aSimpleTailor]

Great video. Well done.

[@AesirUnlimited]

Aemond being the only green who is actually suited for the throne is actually quite crazy if you think about it. Lol

[@JH-zs3bs]

He isn't really suited though. He is about as much suited as a young Daemon who was rightfully seen as not suitable. Only now Daemon has grown and now would be very suited while Aemond is still in a rebelling teenager phase. He only seems suitable because his brother is worse.

[@morvran9074]

@@JH-zs3bs In the books it is said that on Aemond crown looked far more better than on Aegon. His only mistake was leaving King's Landing but still King's Landing was doom of Rhaenyra.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Daeron bro.

[@JH-zs3bs]

@@morvran9074 Looking good/ kingly with a crown isn't the same as being a suitable ruler.

[@morvran9074]

​@@JH-zs3bs ,,I believe it's a figure of speech'' ~Tyrion Lannister.

[@JoCa-l3z]

Love you guys

[@Paddythelaad]

I believe a dragon of Sunfyre's age has scales quite resistant to fire, breathing fire at Sunfyre, Melys, Aegon & Rhaenes isn't as bad considering. Trading Sunfyre for Melys seems worth it militarily, but in the context of having that 2v1 ambush opportunity I think they could have done better and kept Sunfyre more in tact, the people don't really matter, it's dragons that win battles/wars, that's why Targaryen's are in charge.

[@flavius5722]

If Aemond wouldn't had burn him , and go there quicker ,after they won the two could had just fly to Dragonstone and end the blacks

[@Tardycripple]

I think they are playing it up but I wonder if the king Eragon will be burn and be as broken need milk of the poppy to function.

[@PzY-Reviews]

I belive after the larye and burnt ageon scene implies ageon knows what happned and fears the younger broyhrr

[@paytondelaney8316]

The thing is Aagon offered his brother a chance on the throne, then he was trying to run away. I wonder why Aemond didn’t take the offer?

[@angeredgnome]

bet some gnomes gonna come out the woods and heal aegon

[@lip4973]

In the book he becomes a cripple that barely can walk on his own with more than 50% burn damage on his body. Twisted and weak. He manage to walk with the help of a crutch later on.

[@fernandafortes3782]

Aemond finally freaks out with the brothel scene, Aegon took the only place that he has to feel good.

[@sinayezulu9928]

Tis a good day when the FANDOME uploads. But with all these changes I wonder what's the shows endgame.

[@TheFandomeClips]

I personally think its not to drastic, they still have larger points that are on track, its just some of the little details missing or changed up.

[@Nikanoru]

Wasn't he trying to escape being king all together at one point and Aemond basically forced him back?

[@GustavoCardoso95]

Whatever he felt, he just jacked up injuring the king like that. One of the worst blows to the green’s cause

[@johanalejandrocazadordepin7225]

That's how tyrannies are. You can see it today in modern conflict. In Ukraine war, whenever a Russian general.is competent, Putin destroys their reputation and exiles them since he doesn't want to have possible political rivals

[@applemathe3209]

Great reason. Thanks

[@rocksjoshua]

I think Aegon being pushed to the throne is rushed in season 1, it is clear the Greens, Otto and Alicent, plan to make Aegon king but keep him as a puppet under their yoak, but we didn't see them planning for this at all really. I think back to Game of Thrones, when Tommen was heir and about to be named king, Tywin cleary manipulates him in the eyes of the viewer, he attempts to groom Tommen to listen to his counsil, aka, Tywin himself. Little scenes like that are sorely missed in House of the Dragon. The plan to make Aegon a puppet king is good, but they lacked the actual grooming of Aegon to be a puppet king, which in my opinion in poor/ rushed writing.

[@MC11723]

Do you think Melys could beat Vhagar 1 on 1

[@hcaps3129]

@@MC11723 I mean she has a chance I guess, but vaghar takes it 8/10 I reckon

[@warlordofbritannia]

Anything is possible, right? The odds weren’t in her favor, but even a 30 percent chance seems plausible.

[@spartanoreo5075]

Could she? yes. Will she often? No.

[@siphiwemafokate5471]

Yes she could. She brought a fight to Vhagar. Vhagar always kills by sneak attacks not going one on one through a straight fight. So Meleys for me would defeat Vhagar if he wouldn't do sneak attacks.

[@blitzkrieg2928]

Maybe 1 in 5 or something like that, Rhaenys is the more experienced dragonrider so there.s that. I think Caraxes and Melys vs Vhagar would be more interesting (even if it.s likely a stomp)

[@ChrisJohnson-vb9hr]

What I don't get is...Aemond had the opportunity to get rid of Aegon last season and didn't. Why now? Aegon literally didn't want to be king and said he'd leave and never come back.

[@HK-gm8pe]

Aemond doesnt think that eye for a dragon was a worthy trade....if he did think so then he wouldnt have killed Luke

[@flavius5722]

He get the dragon first without any price , luke take his eye out of hate

[@realwaifus5514]

Perhaps this shows greatest strength is getting us to care about and sympathise for horrible people. Daemon, Aemond, Aegon, Otto and even Rheanyra and Alicent all do terrible things and have villainous traits and yet the show gets us to care about them by showing them to be actual people with nuances and depth.

[@leonardoespino9780]

Loved the explanation but a bit unnecessary. Everybody knows why Aemond burned aegon… because he was in the way 😂😂😂

[@veloxfurem]

i personally still loved listening to what he had to say! especially when he was breaking down aemonds history of being constantly belittled. viewers can forget things here and there after a year of waiting for another season. and im one of those viewers

[@leonardoespino9780]

@@veloxfurem I completely understand (I was just making a joke 🤣) but in a serious note, I mean you can always rewatch the season (I personally watched it 3 times, when I finished watching GOT, when I was obsessed with the final dinner scene and on the final episode, and when I wanted to recap what happened before). But any who’s, glad that you enjoyed it

[@KingSlayer_.]

Here's the theory that Aemond is actually innocent here: Aemond didn't know Meylys was the dragon that was sent by Rhaenyra. He might have thought it was Baela on the MoonDancer(a dragon that Sunfyre completely out matches), since Criston Cole had seen the dragon in the field the prior episode. When he saw that it was Meylys and they were sky locked, he didn't know how else to break up the two but by fire. He had his sword out later in the woods because he may have encountered a few stray soldiers from rooks rest or because he thought that maybe Aegon would try to retaliate. But when he saw his brother on the ground he knew he wouldn't need it. So he sheathed the sword.

[@remogatron1010]

Wrong on so many levels. If enemies are around then why put back your sword? You keep out and prepared. Watch the scene again. He pulled it out with nobody around to finish off the King then got caught and withdrew it. He wants to be King. Stop making excuses.

[@queenxx1690]

It makes no sense for Aemond expecting to getting throne when he had Aegon and Jaehaerys in front of him in books even Maelor he could not even touch power

[@bungalowfeuhler1541]

I just wanna know who took a razor to the sides of his mouth to give him a tiny Glasgow smile. And did they do it at the same time that they were pulling out all of his cheek fat?

[@The_Malcontented]

@2:36 what did he say here? I understood "[...] cognatic primogeniture. Yes ladies, [something]"

[@rendymonyab]

He said ck3

[@mikecastro122]

How about for the next list video for got you put the best written characters I know it’s subjective but should make a great video

[@johansphoto]

I dislike some of the unneccessary changes they make just for the sake of it. First Blood and Cheese and now the dragon fight. Made Rhaenys (who is by far more experiences) seem incompetent. In the book Meleys locks her jaws on Sunfyre and Vhaegar/Aemond has to crash them to the ground. Here she just flies around and get surprised when Vhaegar shows up...

[@lordfreerealestate8302]

I feel like they made Aemond too evil when he should've been more gray. He went from being horrifically haunted by harming a child to doing the same again? No sense. But that's the thing... the writers dial up the evil/bad traits of the Greens and dial down the traits of the Blacks because they are pretty biased. Aemond was loyal in the books.

[@flavius5722]

The books are 100 times more bias în favour of the blacks than the show

[@warlordofbritannia]

Still haven’t seen the show yet, but the hiring a woman to make your younger bro a man only for it to horribly backfire is probably more of a Jaime/Tyrion parallel than the Clegane brothers. Perhaps how the Lannister bois could have developed in a different timeline.

[@CCEkeke]

Adding to others' annoyance at Aemond trying to kill Aegon, what kind of idiotic battle strategy is that? The Greens have less adult dragons than the Blacks, especially with Helaena out of the picture. Why take out a dragon rider that could be an asset in battle???

[@jackashmore]

There’s going to be a lot of arguing in this comment section, but I’m going to be honest with seeing some of these stupid writing decisions and arcs I expect HotD to end up just as bad GoT. They blundering a lot right now.

[@suburbanburrito210]

Yea I really don’t like the direction the show going with the greens just making them out to be demons while the blacks are angels. I wonder how they will do the kings landing plot and the horrific part with aegons son

[@joshthomasmoorenew]

8:12 Don't you mean two birds with one dragon

[@TheFandomeClips]

2 dragons in 1 breath 🤔👀 🔥 😂 - Thom

[@blitzkrieg2928]

2:35 He.s too powerful to be left alive

[@coys-x3f]

Has it been explained anywhere why Aegon was burnt in the first place? I thought a Targaryen couldn't burn.

[@TheFandomeClips]

That’s a show only thing for Danny. GRRM said the dragon birth was a 1 off. Plenty of examples of Targs burning before Danny.

[@coys-x3f]

@@TheFandomeClips Thanks

[@me1134]

I don't think he burned him on purpose...I think he just didn't give a rats ass if he hit him also or not.

[@heiligebimbam3073]

Aemond lost his LEFT EYE. Here we photos of Aemond with RIGHT EYE blinded, and next photo it is the LEFT EYE again.

[@orcbrand]

Probably just mirroring footage to avoid copyright issues on youtube.

[@The_Malcontented]

@1:18 And GRRM agrees!

[@Alex-bz8lj]

The show is unbelievable biased towards team 🖤

[@Felzorful]

Yes but that makes team green much more fun to watch. As there all flawed characters. Where the blacks are to perfect.

[@jacobmiller2663]

@@Felzorful the blacks are not perfect, Rhaenyra has bastardized children who would ascend the throne, albeit she’s more of a mother to them than Alicent is too her own blood children but still. Daemon caused the murder of a child, faked Laenors death and made Rhaenys and Corlys believe their son is truly dead, etc. The blacks are not perfect at all, they are flawed just as the greens.

[@sophiawilson8696]

Team Black?

[@djfreem6881]

The book was much more biased towards the Greens, so it balances itself out

[@JH-zs3bs]

​@@Felzorfulteam black perfect? You mean the queen who always hesitates to strike her enemies while she could win at any moment if she just decided to? Or Daemon who always runs solo when he gets his feelings hurt? Or Jace who is just useless? The Velaryons were carrying them.

[@citizenVader]

Look at aegons chamber walls. You will see it soon enough.

[@JughJefner]

Bruh. Why tf would you put a major spoiler on the title?

[@АнтонТвардовский-г4и]

to answer the question on the thumbnail: yes, Aemond burned the usurper

[@gazof-the-north1980]

Vhagar would have defeated Meleys alone. All Sunfyre did was get in the way......

[@cameronbradley8390]

WTF is with the massive spoilers in the title and thumbnail, this video actually spoiled the episode for me, before I saw it last week jezz

[@ENKAYrust]

He did it because I told him to

[@sophiawilson8696]

No, it wasn't justify I thought it was plot twist in series.

[@flavius5722]

Aegon wasn't capable of fighting Raynes or Daemond but he would had been more than a match for Rhaynera or his son

[@JH-zs3bs]

I don't think he could've defeated rhaenyra in the sky. Sunfyre is younger than syrax though probably around equal in size. But rhaenyra has much more experience in riding a dragon and is overall more experienced. On the ground with swords? Sure aegon would win, but on dragonback he'd probably get smoked by rhaenyra.

[@flavius5722]

@@JH-zs3bs Fliying isnt the same with fighting, both have a dragon from birth so I think the experience is the same , I said he would be a match , I don't say he will absolute win

[@JH-zs3bs]

@@flavius5722 well you said more than a match. Flying is not the same as fighting but it's a part of fighting. It's like saying running isn't the same as football, technically true but it's still an important factor. More than a match implied to me that you think he'll be more likely to win and I think the opposite. I'd say it's 70:30 in rhaenyra/Syraxes favour.

[@Beniamin.F]

​@@JH-zs3bsI actualy think all goes down to the dragons , the riders are there to quide them because otherwise why would the dragons care about human battles Based on the books I think Sunfyre will win 8/10 against Syrax , he is not bigger But is definetly much more durable After the battle with Meleys and his injuries , Sunfyre still had defeated other two healty dragons ( Moondancer and Grey Ghost ) , and the troops of house Mooton and still survive many days after Syrax on the other hand ,never fighr any dragon , and was killed during the riots of Kings Landing

[@kirak1561]

Yes it was justified. Aegon bullied him all his life, worst was in the brothel

[@snickersmeh2172]

No Aemond is not justified in burning his brother Aegon, it was a dumb move.

[@MackintoshDebby-b5d]

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[@agnosticgamerdarthdracarys5859]

This story is written with the bias of historians with the patriarchy agenda of the male rule, not POV chapters. When reading the story readers should feel some bias of the greens not doing any real wrong. Even if you are team green, the one eyed kinslayer is definitely crazy and cruel.

[@BRANDONMUNROMUSIC]

I was enjoying thinking of Aemond as a sort of master warrior in training. I thought he would transcend his resentment in a deeper philosophical sort of way and take the true path of a warrior that can overcome his own emotions . With the choice to give in to his resentment and burn his brother he becomes more like a standard villain What will be interesting to see , is if Aemond doubles down on his action or if he asks his brother for forgiveness

[@neonjesus8831]

Ngl these westerosi rulers are weak AF. How the fuck do you manage to have succession wars under Primogeniture? This realm wouldn't have lasted a generation under Gavelkin.

[@juanaguilera804]

@@neonjesus8831 To be fair, this is the only war between Targaryen family members (well, kinda) in Westeros history. And it had

[@christianmartins9629]

First to take the black ! ♠️

[@ryanwielewski5192]

Aemond with Vhagar is untouchable, all hail King Regent Aemond One Eye! Warrior on the ground and invincible in the Sky!

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

except aemond had now proved himself even more detrimental and incompetent than aegon

[@saviourly3186]

ty for spoiling in the title

[@warlordofbritannia]

Of course Thom would be pro-burning bros No, I’m definitely I’m not biased. 😂

[@raymondjohnson6002]

He wanted to be king.

[@oathunderelo4723]

Kinslayers don't get good endings.

[@TrueYellowDart]

Even though he’ll become more and more of a monster, Aemond is my fave character from HotD aside from Rhaenys. So S2ep4 was clearly my favorite one so far.

[@NancyWalker-l9k]

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[@Courageous91]

Here's the thing people need to remember about the Book. Fire and Blood is told through the view of a maester. They write the histories like our own, through the eyes of the victors. Having Aemond as a devoted brother who picked up the banner of his wounded brother to secure Aegon's claim to the crown is good for propaganda.

[@thepunisher6674]

Yeah but the greens were only the Victors very briefly since aegon the third took the throne Plus the whole book is using sources from the dance from both sides, maester orwile who was on the green council and mushroom who was a pervert who had been rheaneryas companion since childhood if the book was purely green propaganda the author would’ve thrown out mushrooms testimonies because they’re clearly unreliable and biased The book isn’t pure and true on the facts because it’s written way after the fact but it isn’t purely propaganda or as unreliable as people say it has multiple perspectives on incidents and allows the reader to come to their own conslusions

[@hawks7111]

What about Mushroom?

[@The-Doctor6969]

​@@thepunisher6674 if anything, mushroom is an ideal source for someone attempting to slander the blacks because absolutely no one, I mean no one, takes him seriously. I don't see why they wouldn't want his perspective in the situation where there's green propaganda controlling the narrative

[@thepunisher6674]

@@The-Doctor6969 He is definitely not a source for slandering the blacks because many of his accounts make the greens out to be monsters like when he says that aegon was having relations with a 12 year old girl while watching a child fight, mushroom is the dimly source for this and if you’re trying to make a side look good you don’t make their leader out to be a sadistic pedophile

[@Skyumi-Vk]

I thought it was so fking cheesy that Rhaenys death was so dramatic. Falling back like that like it was that tragic that she died. All of these characters deserve to die screaming like in the books, granted some more than others but this over dramatic stuff I really hope they don't keep doing it.

[@JH-zs3bs]

In the books I assume she dies in a fall as well, just with vhagar on top. Not much time to scream either. And it made sense she didn't scream here.

[@Skyumi-Vk]

@@JH-zs3bs No in the books it was a whole fight from the air to the ground and odds are she died to the fire. Also she would have been fighting tooth and nail since she is a warrior in the books not just quietly resign herself to the fall. Totally wasted Eve Best on this role she was so laid back it was kind of lame.

[@JH-zs3bs]

@@Skyumi-Vk how can you still fight in a dragon fight while your dragon is currently falling out of the sky?

[@Skyumi-Vk]

@@JH-zs3bs No as in the dragons fought in the air, crash landed and then kept fighting.

[@GallowayJesse]

100% on Aegon for getting in the way All he had to do was stay home

[@Felzorful]

It was a stupit move. The greens need there dragons more then the blacks as they have less. Just having sunfyre and aegon be kinglsnding protecting it would already help alot as it give vhagar mobilty to other locations.

[@ArmageddonD11]

Aegon had just proved he *couldn't* be trusted to stay in King's Landing and protect it.

[@Beniamin.F]

​@@ArmageddonD11Not against Rhayneis or Daemond , but he could had defeated it against Rhaynera and his sons

[@AlbertKelway]

What what what what I haven’t seen it yet what

[@sirburscur1788]

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[@martincolton32]

2 for the price of 1. He gets rid of his idiot brother and Rhaenys at the same time

[@thatdude1853]

This feels like an episode of TLDR News

[@Panzerbjrn]

@@thatdude1853 That's a terrible thing to say 😂😂😂

[@rodneyc8126]

Aemond wanted to see if Aegon was truly a dragon. A real dragon does not burn according to Daenerys Targaryen.