House of the Dragon (Game of Thrones Spin-off) Thread

Good to see the Lannister family confidence was not an aberration that appeared only in Jaime, Cersei and Tyrion. Jason (sp?) is quite taken with himself.

The complete disconnect between the ruling classes and those who hold them up was never more clearly illustrated than in that poor soldier in the opening scene that was just happy to see Daemon and his dragon and ended up getting squished because lol-commoners. And in a different setting and tone, Rhaenyra riding off into the wilds and trying to outrun her Kingsguard that would very certainly have suffered consequences if anything had happened to her. They truly believe they were ordained by their gods.

Otto isn't as obviously malevolently cunning as Tywin Lannister appeared to be, but he is a player of the Game, no doubt. It takes a certain someone to instruct their 14 year old daughter to seduce a mourning king 3 or 4 times her age.

I find myself feeling for Viserys. He is clearly not a 'mad king' type, but is still bound by some pretty bleak traditions and expectations. It could not have been clearer that he didn't want to kill that stag, but went through with it because nothing says Happy Birthday 2 year old like slaughtering an animal while your soldiers hold it still for you.

Rhaenyra throws shade on Robert Baratheon. Nice.

Quality Uncle/Niece time in the brothel and slums. Was Daemon taking Rhaenyra to the mummer's play that mocked a female heir deliberate? Or just good fortune for him? He looked pleased that she was annoyed by the comedy at her expense.

Targaryen women seem to have an enduring fondness for dark haired, sad eyed boys.

how the Daemon/Rhaenyra incest scene went down, having Daemon take her somewhere extremely public and then ditch her seems really stupid on his part. His goal is to marry Rhaenyra, but humiliating and angering both Viserys and Rhaenyra seems like a dumb way to go about that.