House of the Dragon 2x05 Full Reaction

it's so hard not to draw succession comparisons with the greens, like aegon clumsily trying to prove himself worthy on the battlefield only to crash and burn is the high fantasy equivalent of one of kendall's schemes to take waystar backfiring in his face

i love that daemon's hallucination of his mother shows that his need for love always emerges in the most fucked up way possible. his love is so twisted. we saw it with the way he treated his brother. we see it in how he treats rhaenyra. it is very obvious how the normalization of incest has affected him psychologically. how it influences his behaviour.

You guys were spot on in saying that Alicent sees herself in Aegon and Aemond. Olivia Cooke said the same thing. This is what i think she sees. Aegon: desperate need to be loved, being created and used for a single purpose (power), she sees her own "patheticness" in him when he seeks love or shows vulnerability, which is why she can't stand him whenever he appears "weak". Aemond: she sees her own resentment, vindictiveness, jealousy, and the hard shell she has to put around herself to not appear "weak" (something she started doing in 1x05, when she wore the Green Dress). It's probably why she was closer to Aemond when he was growing up. He represented her "current" self. He was vulnerable but did his best to hide it and do his duty as best he could. But like her, under that shell is an ocean of resentment and jealousy and it's showing itself, and it reminds her of herself, and she can't stand him either. Like, am i this ugly? Is this what i looked like when I lashed out over the injustices in my life?

Oh noooo you skipped the “It’s just meat” scene at the beginning when the myth that the dragons are gods and that is related to the dvinity of the Targaryens myth starts to get cracks in it when they see Melys head. This scene you should keep in mind.

I doubt you’ll see this but before I can watch the episode I wanna clarify something most people don’t seem to understand. Daemon’s visions and dreams are his insecurities reflected clearly. "You'd make a great king" etc. he’s going through a character arc and personal growth which really would do him good so people complaining about him being boring should be happy he’s not just going back and being exactly like in s1. He clearly has big insecurities he needs to deal with that has haunted him a long time. Also did you see any of the maps I posted on the previous episode for you guys? Regards from Sweden.

The way that I know EXACTLY what Milena's spoiler was. It makes sense. There was no way for her to not know

The thing is Aemond is vital to the greens because without Vhagar they would lose the war. It is their biggest weapons and why the blacks are afraid to fight.

So true, Lola. We used to be a proper country. 24 episodes every year on the dot