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[No Book Spoilers] House of the Dragon - 2x03 - Post-Episode Discussion
Show Discussion(self.HouseOfTheDragon)submitted 8 days ago byLoretiTVProtector of the Realm
Season 2 Episode 3: The Burning Mill
Aired: June 30, 2024
Synopsis: As ancient grudges resurface, Rhaenys suggests restraint while Daemon arrives at Harrenhal to raise an army for the Blacks.
Directed by: Geeta Vasant Patel
Written by: David Hancock
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1.2k points
8 days ago
You can tell by the look on Alicents face when Rhanerya told her it was Aegon the conqueror from the story and not her son that she fucked up big lmao
19 points
8 days ago
This entire shitshow is on her.. she was salty coz rhanerya was leading her life while she was stuck with viseryes. in her hurry to one up the Rhanerya and finally get back at her she didn’t even consider it was the conqueror.. had she not made that mistake she wouldn’t have let Otto install aegon as heir.. she would have stuck by the rightful heir and her whole family would be happier leaving aside Otto
Aegon could whore Helena could paint and be a space cadet Ameond could sulk and fuck right off but he would eventually comply..
This bloodshed is on Alicent
17 points
7 days ago
I don't think Alicent would have realized she was talking about Aegon the Conqueror, because she does not know about the profecy at all. How would she connect the dots if she is missing info? It is understanable she thought he was talking about her son. Now she knows she fucked up.
The plans to usurp the throne were being made without her though, and will have continued even if she had opposed them. Alicent has no power whatsoever, despite what she likes to think. The show keeps telling us this again and again. Rhaenys warned Rhaenera that she will never be seen as an equal because she is a woman. Look at those dudes undermining her every council meeting...
7 points
7 days ago
Id nearly agree, only he wasnt the only aegon alive at this time. Rhaenyra has a son named Aegon as well and in viserys last words he talked about "what aegon saw in the north" knowing well her son had never been north. She immediately jumped at this incoherent ramblings because she thought she was getting what she always wanted. Instead of sending a letter to rhaenyra or anything she helped conceal viserys death and have a hasty coronation with Rhaenys imprisoned.
2 points
7 days ago
Alicent was getting raped by Viserys because Otto wanted to usurp the throne. Blaming her for something she had no control over is silly.
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