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bbygirl-aemond · 1 year

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House of the Dragon vs. Game of Thrones: The Red Keep's Weirwood Tree

to the tune of "night changes" by one direction

(we know this is a weirwood stump because sansa is praying to it. sansa follows the religion of the first men, who worship the old gods, which involves weirwood trees. so it's not a concidence.

anyways this is all baelor's fault i just know it)

#house of the dragon season 1 episode 1 #game of thrones season 3 episode 5 #hotd #house of the dragon #game of thrones #got

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drakaripykiros130ac · 1 month

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I have to say that the one scene in HotD that really annoys me is the one between Rhaenys and Alicent in episode 9.

I’m not even going to get into how much they downgraded book canon Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. The show version is almost nothing like her.

In that scene, the showrunners were using Rhaenys to try to gather some more sympathy for Alicent, with the whole heart-to-heart about the “window in your prison” bullshit. As if Alicent didn’t play a huge part in creating that “prison” for herself. And I’m sorry, if as the Queen, the most powerful woman in the Realm, you still act like a victimized prisoner, even though you had power to control your own life, then that makes you a pathetic and crappy Queen. Alicent is blaming others because she herself didn’t take control of her own life (as one of the very few women in the Realm with the power to do so).

In this scene, Alicent tries to recruit Rhaenys and by extension, the Velaryons (non-book canon), with no other argument other than badmouthing Rhaenyra. I’m sorry, but this just shows blatant and mindless pro-Green favoritism on behalf of the showrunners.

Nothing about this makes sense. Princess Rhaenys Targaryen was in a similar position as Rhaenyra many years prior. Did Alicent really think that Rhaenys would help her do to Rhaenyra what the lords of the Great Council of 101 did to her???

Like I said, logic truly seems to fail the showrunners. Either they used the moment to try to portray the Greens as the better party, or they wanted to show how much intelligence Alicent lacks (the canon version of her wasn’t the brightest but not quite this dumb either).

Canon GRRM version of Princess Rhaenys Targaryen was a fierce and intelligent woman, who didn’t hesitate for a single moment to take Rhaenyra’s side and uphold her claim. She despised Alicent and would never give her the time of day. Not to mention that Rhaenys never held back. She wanted all out war, and she was the one to propose the use of dragons (not Daemon). All of this because she sympathized with Rhaenyra greatly and she was not going to stand by and experience a deja vu. She wanted Rhaenyra to succeed, because she didn’t.

The showrunners made their version of Rhaenys have some sort of beef with Rhaenyra out of jealousy (because Rhaenyra has an actual chance to be Queen, whereas she didn’t), while at the same time, she shows sympathy towards Alicent (for some non-understandable reason).

And for a show whose purpose apparently is to impose feminism, they sure have a way of limiting their female characters, making them act all “proper” and “lady-like” and wanting to resolve matters “peacefully”. In an attempt to make Alicent the absolute victim, they even scrapped the idea that she was the mastermind behind the usurpation and the leader of the Greens. She was supposed to be the one in charge, not Otto.

In actual canon, the women were the ones who waged war, and the men obeyed.

The super biased mentality of these showrunners never ceases to amaze me.

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wine4thewin · 2 years

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*Rhaenyra Targaryen’s wedding goes to shit*

Lord Lyonel Strong: Harwin do the thing.

Harwin Strong: *proceeds to smash everyone to bits, rescues his Princess from the mob as her wretched sadboi lover kills a bro on the dancefloor*

#I literally never grow tired of Harwin Strong #Harwin is still winning #hbo hotd #house of the dragon #hotd #rhaenyra x harwin #harwin strong #rhaenyra targaryen #hotd episode 5 #hbo house of the dragon #hotd spoilers #hotd season 1 #game of thrones

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multiverseofseries · 2 days

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The first episode of season 2 of House of the Dragon, titled "A Son for a Son", will be 64 MINUTES long, according to HBO's official schedule.

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ayo-cowbelly · 2 years

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THE ENTIRE ISSUE

#obvi im not a huge alicent fan but like #shes literally the way she is BECAUSE OF OTTO #otto hightower #house of the dragon #alicent hightower #queen alicent #rhaenyra targaryen #alicent x rhaenyra #viserys targaryen #hotd season 1 #hotd episode 8 #hotd #prince aemond #aemond targaryen #aegon targaryen #heleana targaryen #rhaenyra x daemon #daemon targaryen #aemma arryn

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starkcontrasts · 2 years

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TURN AWAY NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT FIRE & BLOOD SPOILERS FOR THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON ONE FINALE I REPEAT TURN AWAY NOW

the episode isn't even here yet and i'm already sick to my stomach from the shots of luke running to arrax and arrax running for luke

like look at him.

this is most likely after the negotiations have finished and he knows, he KNOWS what's waiting for him in the sky, but he has to try. he has to get home.

ugly crying bc this little boy probably just wants his mom and his big brother and daemon, each of whom would protect him, but instead he's all alone.

imagine taking to the sky knowing you're going die a true targaryen death - on dragonback - but that there's no honor in this. no glory. it's just you, 14 yrs old, terrified out of your mind and separated from your family and all who love you. murdered by your kin.

and the fact that arrax is only just big enough for him to ride and still trying so hard to fly them through this bitch of a storm, trying so so hard even though they have no chance of outflying vhagar, it hurts it hurts so much

the desperation of it all!! and the actual episode isn't even out yet, i'm going to be crying for hours

#house of the dragon #hotd #hotd spoilers #house of the dragon spoilers #fire and blood spoilers #lucerys velaryon #storm's end #hotd season 1 #house of the dragon episode 10 #hotd s1 finale #arrax #hotd reaction

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hotdrhaemon · 2 years

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NSFW

Warrior Uncle Husband

the hot warrior husband coming home to the princess wife

Daemyra prompts

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iliveinfog · 2 years

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where is the lie tho

#daemon targaryen #house of the dragon #loki #loki laufeyson #game of thrones #mcu #hotd memes #hotd episode 4 #hotd season 1 #daemyra #chaotic energy

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harwinsrhaenyra · 2 years

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So the episode 6 promo really said Harwin's genetics are strong... I'll see myself out -

#house of the dragon spoilers #house of the dragon #hotd spoilers #hotd season 1 #hotd #harwin strong #rhaenyra x harwin #we deserved at least another episode before the time jump because i deserved to see them get together properly

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drakaripykiros130ac · 28 days

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it is little discussed how the fandom discredits Emma as Rhaenyra ( unfortunately some being TB himself) always saying how Milly is a better Rhaenyra, and how they wanted them to keep her (even though it was impossible, because Rhaenyra would grow up one day like.. lol) I don't see that with Alicent (Emily-Olivia) It's just with Emma-Milly and it's very worrying and there's some other reason behind this that I haven't discovered yet besides just being prejudiced against Emma

I think it is pretty obvious why there are complaints when it comes to the Milly - Emma transition, and not with Emily - Olivia. Because Olivia Cooke is a stereotypical gorgeous woman, with the “appropriate” body and “appropriate” sexuality. She always wears provocative clothing, which makes immature and horny teens drool.

Emma D’Arcy has a different type of beauty, a more regal look so in a way, I understand the showrunners’ choice. However, I personally would have chosen someone else to play older Rhaenyra, and not for the reasons concerning the actor’s sexuality. It is more about how Emma plays Rhaenyra, and it’s not exactly what I had in mind when reading the book.

Rhaenyra Targaryen was extremely feminine. She always had a very girly personality, she wore the finest dresses and had tons of jewelry on her. Emma D’Arcy just doesn’t exude the personality Rhaenyra had in the book, in my opinion. Milly Alcock did her better, but still had some things missing from the book.

As for the clothing and the jewelry, it is obviously the showrunners’ fault. I used to believe that it is about budget, but take a moment to compare what Rhaenyra was wearing in episode 6 to what Alicent had on.

They had Alicent wear an extremely beautiful, bright dress, and jewelry as well, whereas Rhaenyra barely had any jewelry on her and she looked like she was wearing a sack of potatoes. She should have been wearing red, maroon or purple with gold Myrish lace, as described in the book. She should have worn rubies, and had rings on each finger. Rhaenyra was the fashionista at Court, not Alicent.

The fact that the showrunners seem to put Alicent more in the spotlight with scenes, promos and beautiful clothing only shows me that their preference for Olivia Cooke over Emma D’Arcy in terms of what they consider “attractive” blinds them to the actual story they have to tell.

If Rhaenyra were played by someone like Holliday Grainger for example (my dream Rhaenyra), I guarantee that there would have been more of a balance, and show!Rhaenyra wouldn’t have been given shitty clothing.

#rhaenyra targaryen #anti alicent hightower #team black #pro team black #anti team green #house of the dragon #hotd #hotd episode 6 #asoiaf #queen rhaenyra #hotd season 1

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wine4thewin · 2 years

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Okay, but am I the only one who was tickled when Rhaenyra smacked into Ser Harwin Strong in that shady ass alleyway and he recognized her and just basically sent her on her merry way to continue with her mischief? Top tier, letting a gal have her fun.

#house of the dragon #hotd episode 4 #hotd #hotd spoilers #harwin strong #just her future baby daddy winning points #alleged baby daddy lol #rhaenyra targaryen #game of thrones #hotd season 1 #rhaenyra x harwin #hbo house of the dragon #hbo hotd

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kamalasloth · 2 years

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ep7 Daemyra Wedding Scene

reblog if you save🖤

#daemyra #house of the dragon #hotd season 1 #daemon x rhaenyra #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon targeryan #matt smith #emma d'arcy #episode 7

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house-of-the-decaf · 2 years

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Love my girl Rhaenys but found it endlessly funny when she told Corlys that his grandsons don’t have his blood as if Rhaenyra isn’t Laenor’s cousin. Y’all have the same blood whatcha talking about 😂

#house of the dragon #hotd #laenor velaryon #rhaenyra targaryen #hotd season 1 #hotd spoilers #hotd episode 7 #hotd episode 7 spoilers #lord corlys #rhaenys targaryen #corlys velaryon

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queenviserra · 8 months

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Exactly a year ago. 🥺