House Of The Dragon 1x02♡Uncut Reaction &Review ♡

Other people have already explained that the opening sequence is the Targaryen family tree. But you were correct that it is placed on the model of Valyria that is King Viserys’ hobby. And another person already mentioned that this timeframe is before the Sept of Baelor. King Baelor Targaryen was the most religious Targaryen ruler. And he comes about halfway between this timeframe and the time of Daenerys. George Martin takes so much inspiration from English history. And the most famously religious English king was Edward the Confessor who built Westminster Abby. So King Baelor built the Sept of Baelor. When Rhaenyra and Allicent are in the Sept there is a moment when Rhaenyra is praying that Allicent gives her a really calculating look IMO. it is the only time that I saw what I thought was a real hint of Allicent being deliberate in her scheming. I think they did a great job with demonstrating the stress and anxiety Allicent is under with the fingernail picking habit. Although it does make me queasy every time they give a close-up of her fingernails. I love the scene at Dragonstone, both for the beautiful visuals and the dynamics of what is going on. I think you are spot on about everybody’s motivations here. Daemon is just trying to get his brothers attention. Otto is doing everything he can to prevent that from happening, including lying to Daemon that the king refused to come. And Rhaenyra showed herself to be a powerful player, gaining respect from Daemon and concern from Otto. She also displayed wisdom in her choice of the newest member to the Kingsguard, even if part of her motivation is how attractive she finds him. When one of the knights for consideration was described as having apprehended a poacher, all I could think about is how that probably means he arrested some poor peasant, who was only trying to feed his family. That is the typical explanation for something like that in this world. With the Lady Laena being only twelve, we can again look to English history. If you look into the marriages made for many of the early, medieval English kings, you will find that a significant number of them married French princesses who were around 12 years old at the time of the marriage. Still, we were supposed to feel uncomfortable to see and hear that conversation between Viserys and Laena. And like you, I also love that finale scene between Daemon and Corlys with the cuts aways to the Crabfeeder.

The opening sequence is the family tree of the Targaryen's from Aegon the Conquerer down to where they currently are at in the show. The golden nodes are the various Targ's with their emblems. When one of the 'nodes' gets covered in blood that means that person has died, the blood lines are the children from those nodes. The Old King Jaherys had 9 children and that's the bit where all the lines go off in a ton of directions :D

Daemon and Caraxes the GOAT Targaryen and Dragon they are a problem.

Loving ur reaction to this show sooo much! U get everything spot on and see ottos plans and schemes easily. Him first getting rid of Daemon, making Rhaenyra a temporary heir while he gets his daughter to win over the king. Then this episode we see him keep the brothers apart and makes Daemon think Visery isn't bothered. I'm honestly dying to see all ur reactions to this series, wish u had a higher tier for that lol

The intro is the Targaryen family tree starting from Old Valyria

House Velaryon is indeed of Old Valyria like the Targaryens, and there is some texts that suggest they established themselves in Westeros (on the island of Driftmark) before the Targaryens moved to Dragonstone (which is very close to Driftmark). In fact Driftmark is actually closer to King's Landing than Dragonstone is. And Corlys is also known as the Sea Snake, as they mentioned. Their house is at this time the wealthiest house because of all the voyages Corlys has done throughout the known world, including far into eastern Essos and bringing back all sorts of treasures and riches. There's actually a 3rd house that descends from Valyria but they are hardly mentioned probably cause they were never as powerful or wealthy as Targs and Velaryons. This 3rd house is House Celtigar.

That sept that Alicent and Rhaenyra were praying in isn't the Sept of Baelor, as this whole series is set years before Baelor was even born and rose to king. But apparently it is the precedent of that great sept.

Daemon just wants his brother's attention lol. He made up a bunch of lies and stole an egg just to get his brother to come to him. And it would have worked as Viserys wanted to come except Otto knows that if the king goes it is likely that the two brothers will make up. Otto just wants to provoke Dameon into violence, so that he will be an enemy of the King.

Hope you noticed the looks between the Grand Maester and Otto while discussing Laena's proposal. We know Maesters are from Citadel and Citadel is in Old Town. And their liege lords are Hightowers.

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The link for Original Format ist for 1*01

Hey Sof you uploaded HOTD 1x01 in the original format by mistake.