#also really enjoyed sunfyre for the little time we saw him

[daincrediblegg]

you can tell I was a dragonology kid because I'm weeping constantly with joy about all the dragon designs in hotd. the VARIATION!!! the CHARACTER!!! the PERSONALITY!!!!

[littlewitchlilith]

New HOTD trailer, Here are my thoughts

1st. Daemon entering the throne room gives me Daenerys season 2 vision in the throne room for some weird reason.

2nd. CREGAN STARK CRUMBS, also Jace had a serious glow up. Also I really Hope we see Cregan use the ancient valyrian steel sword of stark Ice.

3rd. I find it interesting how nearly all Alicent's scenes in the trailers has her in serene areas or places of nature, maybe its just me but I seems like she's trying to hold on to the little girl she once was, she's trying to hold on to her former friendship with Rhaenyra. She's shown wearing a blue dress which gives me young Alicent.

4rth. I can't wait to see more Rhaenys and Nyra moments.

5th. I like the slight changes they are making with Aegon and Rhaenyra. They both seem more involved with the war and are clearly taking part in it. I like how they are making Aegon have more personality. Personally I always thought show Aegon was more observant

6th, I want to see Daemon and Rhaenys relationship. I want to see the relationship of all the Targaryens. Aemond and Aegon, Jace and Daemon, the twins. I literally can't wait to see how the war will affect their relationships.

7th DRAGONSSSSS. Also I was so confused when I saw Vermithor. I thought he was the cannibal because he didn't look like that in s1 in my opinion. Also Sunfyre and Moondancer my babies can't wait to see more dragons. Literally the real reason I started watching the show fr.

8th Otto saying that the great houses will support Aegon is so funny to me because most of them called in support of Rhaenyra.

9th. Daemon just being all "this is fun and games" about war in the trailer is interesting because we know Daemon lives in chaos and violence and I like how adaptable he is. Like he can live in war or in peace and still find enjoyment in life or have moments to have little laughs. I really hope we do get some happy or peaceful scenes in s2 despite the war going on. The good moments in these dark times kind of thing.

10th Can't wait to see the Velaryon fleet in action. I want to see Corlys taking command. After all he's known as the greatest seafarer. I want to see it in action not just hear it from other characters, also I can't wait for Corlys arc in the show, his relationship with Rhaenys, his grandchildren, Adam and Alyn how the show is going to play that out.

11th Is it just me or did they make the dragons bigger this season because Caraxes looks huge. In the "leader strong enough scene" I was like who's that until Caraxes moved and I was like NOODLE BOI but he just looked so much bigger than in Season 1, Sunfyre and Meleys and Vermithor also appear so much bigger than before, like we only see Sunfyre for a second but he seemed small, also Syrax and Seasmoke as well look like got growth spurts or something in the last trailers.

11th. It's sad that Rhaenyra has to ask Daemon if he sees her as the rightful ruler and I give me whiplash to when she asked Criston Cole if he believed the real would ever accept her as queen. I believe he said they will have to and it makes me curious to see what Daemon's response to her question is, because we know that Daemon did want the throne but he does still love his family and show Daemon is a lot less worse than book Daemon especially in regards to Rhaenyra but like his face when she asks him that question it seems to me like he's conflicted or even hesitant to answer her and I genuinely wonder why.

12th. Aemond. I'm curious what they are going to do with Aemond this season, He seems to be enjoying the war as a whole which makes sense given the fact that season gives subtle hints that he wants a more worthy opponent to fight than Criston Cole and he sees that with Daemon, like he seems a bit like his book version but I feel it's a facade he's putting on because he knows he's very much responsible for war for the pain and suffering his family is currently going through, he knocked over the dominos that Alicent and Otto set up. I think this facade will be his way of coping with that guilt, he's branded a kinslayer now and he's accepting it in his own way. I think his relationship with Alicent will come to light more, the two were close in the last season but the trailer hints that they've clearly become estranged, I feel like Alicent despite how angry she is at Aemond want to continue to cling to him and it's one of the reasons she wants the war to end not just her former friendship with Rhaenyra but because she doesn't want her children to die in what she deems a senseless war. Aemond however want to continue to fight he wants the chaos so him calling Alicent by her name instead of mother is interesting almost like he's trying to distance himself from her and evolve as his own person because it does seem like Alicent see's him as a mini version of herself, their does seem to be something parentification on her part towards him and I think he's slowly catching on to that. Idk like theirs so many opinions and ideas going on in my head regarding Aemond.

13th showings Aegon and Rhaenyra in grief at the same time is interesting to me because regarding of wether or not you support one or the other, they have so much in common. Take out every awful thing Aegon has done and everything he will do, they really aren't that different. Both grew up ignored and neglected by Viserys, young Rhaenyra points out that all Viserys wanted as she was growing up was a son, a male heir. When he gets Aegon his son, his male heir he blatantly ignores and neglects him and his siblings in favor of Rhaenyra. Both their mothers go through tremendous amounts of pain and suffering that they both have to be a witness or even aware of and it's seen as all for nothing, both lose everything during the war that everyone says is rightfully theirs, like we know for Aegon it wasn't true but tradition isn't something that is easy to break even now in our times we have our traditions and if someone comes in and tries to change them be react defensively. I don't support Aegon and I don't see him as the rightful king but he is an heir wether we like it or not, he's more the heir than Daemon or even Rhaenys is, personality has nothing to do with it if that was the case than Maegor wouldn't have been considered an heir either. Both Rhaenyra and Aegon are basically one in the same.

14th mysaria herself is someone who intrigues me I'm curious of what her role will be this season because we know she helped put Aegon on the throne last season by handing Aegon over but she does have a former relationship with Daemon.

15th "War is coming and neither of us may win" is such foreshadowing because regarding of wether you are team black or team green no one really wins because yes Rhaenyra's line does continue the Targaryen line but she goes down in history as a usurper despite her being the named heir by the king and while Aegon lives longer than Rhaenyra, he's still killed shortly after by his own men and is succeeded by Rhaenyra's son. Still both lose everything by the time of their deaths and are half the shells of the people they once were.

[zeciex]

The sequence of Aemond haughty looking at what he has done and proud, is so different from Lucerys, I think we are facing the real villain of the series, really little by little they are building the character of the books, and I can only applaud the screenwriters as they are building the psychology of Aegon, Aemond and Alicent.

Personally, I think killing Luke is what set him on this darker path--it cost him some of the things he really wanted; love, respect, admiration. The parent he leaned on and had the best relationship with turns away from him. His brother considers him a hound. And we know he feels some sort of regret for Luke.

And I wish we had explored his feelings about Jaehaerys, which was very much the response to him killing Luke. I wish we got to see him mourn or at least feel some kind of way about it; feel guilty because he started this.

Aemond finding the comfort he can't at home at the brothel was him finding a safe place. Was it stupid as fuck given Aegon frequents the brothels? Yes. But Aemond is seeking out a place where he isn't judged--not for his eye, not for killing Luke, not for being the kinslayer. And Aegon humiliated him. I think that in that moment, he killed his vulnerable side and decides to fully embrace his dark side. I don't think he necessarily set out to kill Aegon--Aegon wasn't supposed to be there, and he was a casualty of both his own stupidity and Aemond's desire to kill Rhaenys. I think he took a calculated measure; Sunfyre was struggling against a war hardened dragon who was tearing it's wing apart. Aemond couldn't get to Aegon without also causing major damage, and I think he just went with the fire option as the lesser evil, because while he resents Aegon, if he wanted to kill him, he would have let Rhaenys do it--that way he could get off from being accused of kinslaying again. And if he really wanted to kill him, with no concern for consequences, he'd have ended him with his sword; but we saw that he was already raising the sword to sheathe it; he didn't pull it out for Aegon but because there could be enemies.

Aemond was set on this plan, he as a mind for war and strategy, and he isn't stupid. If he killed Aegon with his sword, there would be questions. And what can he do in that moment? He can't touch Aegon, he can't move him, so he walks away because there's still a battle happening.

That being said; I definitely appreciate his descent into villainy. I just wish we got 10 episodes so that there had been more time to explore the family dynamics + explore his guilt + explore his relationship with Aegon more, especially after Jaehaerys's death. I wish we had more tension slowly building between them.

I really like exploring the fucked up dynamic/facets of the TG characters. I love Alicent and Aegon as characters, even though I wanna fist fight them both. And you know I love Aemond, otherwise I wouldn't be writing this much for him!

We'll definitely get to explore more dysfunctional family dynamics--the generational trauma, the strange, fucked up bond the siblings have with one another and their mother. I want to give the characters and their relationship time to breathe and unfold, and I have the time given I've extended the timeline.

The same goes for TB characters and their family dynamic--which is vastly different from TG dynamics, but the characters (especially Daemon) is flawed and they, too, have generational trauma. I also just want to give both Rhaena and Baela more breathing room, even if they're just in the background of a scene--they are there, and they are learning.

Anyway, this was likely not at all what you wanted to hear from me by sending this! And I am sorry for the rant lol I agree with you though. And I just really enjoy a good villain and Aemond is slowly becoming one.