ECHO ྀིྀི

That sense of cohesion is completely gone. Sometimes they have good ideas, but they never follow through with them. Take Helaena as a dreamer, for example, there’s barely any character development. And what about Rhaenyra sons, Aegon and Viserys? Where are they??? AEGON IS SUPPOSED TO BECOME KING and without Viserys ,NO DANY

* I didn’t like Cole’s death: it felt way too rushed. But Fabien is finally free. We love you, Fabien. ❤️

* Revealing Helaena’s pregnancy is going to end so badly, and I think Mysaria is going to play a role in Helaena’s fate.

* The Alys and Aemond relationship honestly grosses me out a bit. She’s clearly manipulating him. I don’t blame her because Aemond isn’t exactly innocent either,the girl originally just wanted a castle. But with Aemond, I wonder how much her plans have changed now. And let’s not forget that she knows he’s going to die (and she also saw Daemon die in that very same place).

* Rhaena is such a bad written character, and I genuinely have no idea what direction they’re trying to take her in. If they do have one, they’re handling it badly. Nettles deserved her place in this show , and Rhaena deserved her beautiful pink dragon.

* Daemon is such a hardcore Targaryen supremacist. I don’t like how he keep bringing up the prophecy. I thought his vision of Dany would humble him, but instead he somehow became even worse.

* Hugh and Ulf future betrayal is so obvious. Even if they didn’t have much choice, Rhaenyra and Daemon should have seen it coming, especially since they gave them dragons. I actually like this part of the story and how they’re setting it up for the future.

* Baela, you deserve so much better. I CAN’T STAND Alyn. And yes, he cheated on her with her own niece. I’m honestly glad he disappeared at sea. Yes, I’m a hater. Especially since we didn’t even get a single kiss between her and Jace.

* Daeron, my baby!! ❤️

* Gwayne, I’ll admit I didn’t like you at first, but I appreciate you a lot more this season. I love that he saved Daeron. But in the end, if he keeps following Ormund, it’s going to end badly for him too. He should have accepted the offer to go back to Oldtown.

* I have a feeling they’re going to cut the entire Shepherd storyline and instead put everything on Ormund, making it seem like the goal is to put Daeron on the throne, when that’s not what happens at all.

I might be wrong, with the scene of Rhaenyra and the smallfolk, and Daemon disguised as a Gold Cloak beating Ulf, Rhaenyra image is really starting to take a major bad hit.

David Jonsson playing T’Challa son in Black Panther 3 is going to be so emotional. I already know I’m going to cry a lot. 💔😭

I don’t think they are just spies for the Greens, but rather that Daeron is only an excuse to hide their true intentions.

I really hope the Shepherd is behind this, because the Storming of the Dragonpit and the fall of King’s Landing are not about defending a ruler, but about a general rebellion against the royal court. A consequence of the Targaryens abuse of power

Ormund talks about dragons as an abomination used by the Targaryens. He has a very negative view of the Targaryens (and you can’t entirely blame him, because dragons are dangerous weapons). I’m worried the show’s writers will make Ormund the mastermind behind the rebellion against Rhaenyra and suggest that everything happened because of his manipulation. But that’s not the case.

Aegon or Rhaenyra: it doesn’t matter. They are both responsible for a civil war that caused a lot of loss and suffering for the smallfolk, who will therefore attack the dragons as an act of revenge.

Did you guys notice that we got a lot of foreshadowing for several characters deaths in Episode 5?

I like this change in perspective, giving the smallfolk a place in the story

In Season 2, very briefly, when Alicent and Helaena are attacked by the smallfolk, we see an old man having his hand cut off. That man could be the Shepherd. I was a little worried they might cut him from the show, but he’s extremely important to what is arguably the saddest event of the entire Dance.

And with Joffrey appearing in the last episode, it looks like that part of the story is getting very close.

every generation brings a new conflict within the family.

The show doesn’t make this very clear because the writers seem to have lost track of her character arc. But Alicent still makes her own choices. For example, in Season 1, she forces Rhaenyra to walk right after giving birth. She also encourages an environment where Aegon can bully Aemond without facing any real consequences, and she neglects her other children while raising them to believe the Iron Throne belongs to them and to resent their half-sister.

It’s important to remember that, by that point, her father hadn’t even been Hand of the King for ten years.

For 20 years, Viserys never changed his choice and he was ill in his last moments drunk with poppy milk.

Another scene people often forget is after Jaehaerys’ death. Alicent pushes Aegon to agree to parade Jaehaerys’ body with Helaena, but when Otto tells Alicent that she should participate as well, she refuses. She also seems more concerned about protecting her own secret than about the death of her grandson and the suffering of her children.

All of this is the result of her own actions. She isn’t the only person responsible, but she is part of the problem.