Beep beep 🤡

alicent asking rhaenyra to see the boy only to take one look at him and rhaenyra to take one look at her and realise. well. that's not daeron. house of the dragon is a comedy actually

period cramps gender dysphoria on the iron throne was so on the nose but it was good so i dont even care. what if your body physically recoiled at the seat you've placed it upon. what if the literal site where your body touches the throne is soaked in blood. what if you wanted to bring the symbolic phallic sword. what if you didnt because its not who you are. what if you started bleeding the moment you put it aside. how romantic it must be to be locked away in a castle and made to squeeze out heirs. how romantic it must be to be locked away in a castle and finally sit on the iron throne! what if it was uncomfortable. what if you werent made for this because no one is made for this. what if your womb was a grave. what if it was reminding you right now. what if the thing that you have resented as your defining feature your entire life decided to torture you during the moment you've waited your entire life for. your father bled on this throne too when he pricked his fingers on its sharp edges. is that blood any different? your two eldest sons are dead would you like a bodily reminder that you can have more targaryen heirs? isn't that what its all about? more targaryen heirs? more and more and more targaryen heirs? dont you want to give birth again dont you want to live in this castle and squeeze out more targaryen heirs? dont you wish you were your father your uncle your half-brother dont you wish you were literally anyone else. do you think you would have started bleeding if you just brought the sword. do you think you would have started bleeding if you were just someone else. dont forget your father bled too

rhaenyra spent 1 day in the alicent hightower simulator and lost her fucking marbles 😔

the conflict between rhaenyra and corlys was so good bc rhaenyra STILL can't acknowledge her sons are bastards and denying corlys is the next logical step. it makes her look like a liar, but in truth makes her callous to corlys who's been her supporter since the beginning. i liked that in the book it's jace who convinces rhaenyra to legitimize addam and alyn, without him, rhaenyra does not, can not, which will lead to corlys' eventual treason and addam's escape. also literally laughed out loud when corlys fucking YELLED that jace is a bastard. he says luke and joffrey's name quietly enough but JACE'S he has to yell it. i know jace would've killed himself twice if he'd been there. but then again, if jace had been there, corlys would not have done this lol. lmao.

I know everyone will be saying this but ormund did a really good job with this kid’s bleach and tone like his talents might be wasted commanding an army

king’s landing bottle episode beyond fucking peak television I regret nothing in my life

We’ve got walking and talking. We’ve got municipal governance. We’ve got alicent advising from house arrest as rhaenyra’s conscience. We’ve got Daemon coke rants. We’ve got Rhaenyra ratfucking herself for later by alienating all her minor nobles for an epic communism moment. We’ve got Rhaenyra alienating daemon and her dragonseeds and Corlys. We’ve got fake Daeron. We’ve got bastardphobia. We’ve got gradual alienation of the faith. We’ve got being forced to confront what you are and what you have to be in one hundred different ways. We’ve got Rhaenyra contemplating really doing it this time in front of a pile of burning Hightower banners realizing she has to destroy a whole lot of things

ser otto hightower was too cunt, too slay, too dun-da-dun. the maesters always said "otto, stop slaying so hard, they'll kill you" and by the seven, they were right.

Vaemond is beaming up from Valyrian hell rn like “as you can see, if he had really been a Velaryon he AND that dragon would have been able to fucking swim” #ripjakey

I kid but if I were Velaryon cousin number 8 trying to get grandpa’s inheritance I would absolutely be making the argument that Luke and Jake were claimed by the sea itself in rapid succession for being imposters and a lot of people would believe me. [lying about signs and portends for personal gain voice] the Gods have made their will known

yet another W for Vaemond #neverstophating

daemon getting everything he ever wanted in the world satisfying him for approximately…forty hours before he’s like LETS INVADE DORNE IT WILL WORK THIS TIME LETS BE GODS. guy who is never happy voice