House of the Dragon 1x07 - "Driftmark" FULL REACTION
Added 2023-07-15 13:01:01 +0000 UTCComments
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Marie-Ève Vignon
2023-07-23 00:42:35 +0000 UTCI just watched the episode again and it was for sure my favorite so far. I only have 4 problems with it. The shade filter they used was trash (did they learn nothing from the white walker battle), there was no blood on the blade after it cut Rhaenyra, they aren't doing justice to Daemons fatherhood because in the book he is a good father, and the Leanor reveal happening after the wedding made me enjoy the wedding a lot less than I would've. You should watch the "inside the episode" when the episode ends. It won't spoil anything, but it might give you answers or a better idea and insight to the events in the episode. Daemon laughing at the funeral was to get attention away from Rhaenyra because everybody was looking at her due to the insults in Vaemond's speech. During the gathering we can see just as much tension between the kids as the adults which is very sad. This is mainly due to Alicent and Cole. We have seen them constantly talk bad about Rhaenyra and her kids in public and to Alicent's kids. We've seen Cole treat and train Alicent's kids better and more than Rhaenyra's. We haven't ever seen Rhaenyra say or do anything bad about Alicent's kids or say anything bad about her or Cole in public. The Daemon and Rhaenyra scene was great and needed (incest I know). We saw there was something between them in episode 1 and it's just built up since. The connection was clearly still there, now that they're both adults and both are grieving it was inevitable. The entire dragon scene was awesome but claiming Vhagar was a shitty thing to do to those little girls. After its rider dies a dragon chooses the next so Aemond didn't technically steal it. However, with Leana being the last rider her dragonless daughter should've had the chance to claim Vhagar before anybody else. Aemond doing it the night of Leana's funeral made it even worse. Aemonds anger and hatred along with Vhagar is going to be a problem lol. The fight between the kids was perfect. 2 girls with no fighting skills, 1 boy with some fighting skills, and a tiny boy with hardly any fighting skills vs. a boy who is bigger by like a foot and has more and better fighting skills (Partly due to Cole training Alicent's kids more than Rhaenyra's). You fight to win so cut that bitch lol. Aemond 100% instigated the fight and deserved what he got. They didn't just jump him. It was between Aemond and the dragonless daughter then her sister defended her then Jace defended his cousins and Luke defended his brother. Jace didn't pull the knife until his baby brother was getting choked and insulted and about to get smashed with a rock. Aemond hit Jace in the head with the rock and would've kept going if he didn't get cut. When you look at Alicent's kids vs Rhaenyra's you can see who the better parent is. The aftermath was perfect. This entire time Rhaenyra has kinda been on the defensive but this episode she went on the offensive. In Kings Landing she didn't really have anybody to help her. Leanor was kind of a party boy and even though he is a warrior he probably wasn't fit for the political scheming type of fight. Ser Harwin basically couldn't do or say anything because of his position on the totem pole. But now she feels like she has Daemon to back her up. So, she makes her first move by putting out her kids legitimacy. Knowing her father would be on her side on this topic. Everything move she made was to make Alicent show the room her true bitter cunty self. Now word will spread about her true nature and if anything were to happen, she would be the first person they look at. Rhaenyra baited Alicent perfectly and now the king basically legitimized her kids and if he keeps his word will take any tongue who questions it. Alicent and her family are the only people in the realm making a big deal about Rhaenyra's kids. The king doesn't care. Leanor doesn't care. He claimed them, loved them, and raised them as his own. Corlys doesn't care because "history remembers names not blood" and his wife is kinda split but its only Alicent bitching, crying, and stabbing. The kids are just as Targaryen as hers. The entire exchange between Rhaenyra and Alicent just proves that her family is the true problem. She is basically mad because Rhaenyra gets to live how she wants, and she doesn't. She is angry and bitter that Rhaenyra's life is better than hers. Her bitterness is actually putting her kids lives in more danger because she is starting a civil war. Marrying Daemon and "killing" Leanor was the 2nd power move Rhaenyra made. They are a dangerous combo. They can make pure white hair Targaryen kids, Daemon is a proven warrior, they are both smart and strategic when needed, and now that Leanor is gone, they are both feared. She also sticks it to Alicent again too because she is marrying who she wants and out of love. She strengthened her claim, married somebody she loves, and still kept the alliance with the Velaryons because of Daemon's kids and hers by name. Plus, it helps that Alicent would be doing what was done to Rhaenys. Leanor got a good deal out of that because he wanted a way out but there wasn't one until now. He is free and can live how he wants with who he wants, I know I wrote a lot sorry lol.
Joseph LeRoy
2023-07-15 22:02:36 +0000 UTCIt's so funny that we can go most of the season being like "gross incest." but as soon as its Rhaenyra and Daemon who have had chemistry since ep 1 we're okay with it xD. You really think Rhaenyra would just off Laenor like that? She genuinely loves him, he's wanted out for a long time so she gave him the opportunity to escape. Is it a little fucked that his parents think he's dead? Yes. But Rhaenyra isn't fully to blame in that, Laenor went along with the plan so he's to blame as well. Daemon's children are twins, Baela already has a dragon, it was Rhaena that said Vhagar was her's to claim. Vhagar is the biggest/oldest dragon and she has the most battle experience. Btw the only people who are creating fuss over Rhaenyra's children are Alicent and Otto because they want Aegon on the throne, no one else really gives a fuck at this moment in time because truthfully they're just as much Targaryen as Alicent's kids are. It does not matter if Rhaenyra and Daemon have kids, she can't disinherit Jace now after years of claiming him as legitimate. Again I'll say that Alicent is taking her anger out on the wrong person and she's making dangerous situations for people including herself. She's lucky that Viserys is the kind of King that he is, or she would've been executed for hurting Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra is almost a spitting image of her mother if you look at them side by side (the casting department really popped off) so she's a constant reminder of Aemma, Viserys even says as much when he's talking to Daemon. "Your girls are a spitting image of their mother, a comfort and an anguish as I well remember." Basically saying that he knows what it's like to look at his child and see Aemma in her.
Kayla
2023-07-15 19:22:29 +0000 UTCVhagar is the largest in the world at the time. Lady Laena said it the episode before: "Now i ride Vhagar, the largest in the world". Vhagar was Visenyas Dragon, the older sister of Aegon the Conqueror which means that Vhagar even fought at the conquest and also has the most battle experience.
Thomas
2023-07-15 14:05:50 +0000 UTC
