#house of the dragon s2e7

[xcountingstars]

I have so many thoughts on today’s episode of House of the Dragon. First off, I think it was the best episode so far this season.

•In no particular order, here are my favorite bits:

1. Lord Oscar Tully is a bamf. Kid is 13 or 14 years old, and already a wise and just leader. He brought Daemon to heel, and I am 1000% here for it.

2. Jacaerys confronting Rhaenyra about his parentage and how he is also a bastard, and his claim being threatened because the edge he had over others—his dragon—will be lost once the dragonseeds claim dragons of their own. It was his idea to have others with Targaryen blood claim dragons, but it’s backfired on him. Harry Collett’s acting shone through, here. I also enjoyed how he called Rhaenyra out for taking advice from Mysaria and not keeping him in the know, asking if the dragonseeds were her idea. The sass!

3. Alicent’s sojourn to the Godswood and the calm, peaceful nature of it. Lovely scenery, great cinematography.

4. The claiming of the dragons itself. Very tense. I really liked Ulf and Silverwing’s scene, Ulf surrendering to his fear and Silverwing ultimately calming down and choosing him. Hugh and Vermithor had a standoff, which was epic in its own right, but angrier.

5. Larys Strong continuing to be sneaky and looking after his own interests, choosing to ignore the information that Ironrod gave him. The scene near the end when they exchange glances was priceless.

6. The end shot with Rhaenyra, Vermithor, Syrax and Silverwing was powerful and exciting.

•Now for the bit I didn’t like:

1. Rhaena leaving the Vale. Too short of a scene. I feel like we should have been given at least a tiny glimpse of the dragon she’s searching for, a little tease to give the scene more impact.

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As for the post-episode debrief, I think this is the first week that I actually didn’t take issue with what Condal chose to discuss!

TLDR; I really liked today’s episode, and I am excitedly looking forward to next week’s finale!

[peachysunrize]

Ewan Mitchell as Aemond Targaryen S2E7 | "The Red Sowing"

[medusas-daughter]

Lord Oscar told Daemon "you will have our armies with a side of humble pie or you will have nothing, King Consort" and then he said "you're the nastiest skank bitch I've ever met I fucking hate you you fugly slut" and then he spat on him I saw it with my own eyes meanwhile Lord Simon was standing there having ptsd flashbacks to the last time the crazy dragon dude lost his temper and strangled him

[meemaw-vhagar]

Vermithor: This is my rider, Hugh the Hammer. I chose him because he was strong and courageous, and challenged me when all those who came before him failed.

Silverwing: This is Ulf I found him in the trash!

[rickrifft]

Jace seeing more and more each episode that his mother's fight for her throne is not gonna secure his own seat in any way

Like, he loves and trusts his mother and she deserves the throne she was promised but Jace is also seeing that a victory here, will not negate the war he'll have to face himself once Rhaenyra passes. If anything, it's making his fight worse and worse and there's nothing they can really do about it, if he were to live long enough to get to that point in succession

I love a doomed narrative but owww

[bugonalog]

Rhaenyra saying that to claim a dragon you have to be prepared to die vs hugh and ulf both accepting death before the dragons would acknowledge them

[aphrmoosun]

Jacaerys Velaryon

House of the dragon Season 2 Episode 7

[long-claw]

hotd s2e7 spoilers:

i was not expecting jace to let out his internalised bastardphobia this episode lmaoo.

on a more serious note i hope that scene reminded everyone that the nobles, and especially the targaryens, are classist and elitist and are not the heroes of westeros.

this is further supported later in the episode when they let a whole crowd of desperate poor people burn when they knew only one of the (if any of them) would be chosen by the dragon, instead of letting them go one by one?

(which was also just incredible stupid considering that was all the people they had and they were ready to let them all die with vermithor when one of them could be (was) silverwing's rider.)

[kraiters]

Vermithor this ep

[littleandless]

SEASON 2 EPISODE 7 THOUGHTS

i wonder how rhaenyra will discover that addam is corlys’s son. because there’s no way that can stay a secret, right? either corlys himself will make it known when he asks her to legitimize him or mysaria (if she knows—which i assume she does or will soon). i understand why addam didn’t just tell her outright, even if it would have been easier in some ways. corlys is still his liege lord before anything else and airing out his dirty laundry probably wouldn’t get him a pat on the back from papa either.

NEW TULLY LORD!!!! oscar and his men outnumber daemon, so he can afford to get a bit sassy. it’s a shame about willem though. oh well! i knew he was toast as soon as he started pleading with daemon to rescue him…he doesn’t give a fuck my boy😭 plus all the war crimes

more visions of viserys. i didn’t find this one very compelling, seeing as it’s just “i never wanted to be king boo hoo. why do you want this shit so bad?” when it is all so very obvious. and no alys????? i better see at least 10 minutes of screen time from her in the next episode.

we finally got an emotional outburst from jacaerys! thank the gods. his mother royally fucked him over by making him bastard-born and now (despite it being necessary) weakens his only claim to legitimacy. he has every right to be upset. as aegon2 once said: “everybody knows.” he loves his mother and is loyal to her, but he can’t quite cope with the danger she’s put him in. and she could never fully appreciate what it means for her sons, even if she does hear the insults. she can’t bolster her own claim without weakening his. poor jace, luke, & joffrey. they were truly doomed from the start. my sweet boys :(

we finally had a proper gathering of potential dragonriders and not just one measly person at a time. that’s good. i don’t like that they all had blonde hair, though. you’re telling me all the other bastards got white hair but not rhaenyra’s heirs? the blood of the dragon is just that strong? jacey is so doomed by the narrative.

also…hugh son of saera????? i was kind of hoping he’d just say her name but i guess we’re being coy about it. it’s a fun easter egg i suppose but 1. it reaffirms the targaryen blood purity BS they were just questioning two seconds ago and 2. poor saera not only had a shit dad that shamed her but also a failson who’s embarrassed of his rich sexy princess mother #justiceforsaera

alicent deciding to fuck off into the woods was the right decision. it’s probably the last moment of peace she’ll ever have. so hey, why not run away and go for a swim, take in the fresh air, ride a horse, and dream of disappearing forever? i said it before, but her part in this power struggle is basically over. now all she can do is wait.

am i wrong or did aemond send his brother’s bffs to the wall? i can’t remember their names and i don’t care to look it up, but it seems the most likely.

larys wants aegon to recover so bad lmao. i know he will eventually, but still. give it a rest bro i doubt he is as charmed by your camaraderie as you think he is…especially since you’re making him speedrun these physical therapy sessions! i’m surprised he’s still bothering with these people. he also basically fucks off in f&b and then reappears later. i wonder if that’s going to happen in the show or if he’s here to stay.

alrighty. the scales have tipped in rhaenyra’s favor. now she has seven dragons: syrax, vermax, moondancer, seasmoke, vermithor, silverwing, and caraxes (kind of). sheepstealer hasn’t been seen in the show yet, but since rhaena will probably claim him we can tentatively add his name to the roster. in f&b the blacks also had tyraxes, who i believe was shown last episode but is obviously still a baby. team green has vhagar and now tessarion. dreamfyre as well, even though i don’t believe she’s been shown before. i assume they’ll have to now unless the showrunners want to make the balance very dramatically skewed. and princess jaehaera has morghul but he also hasn’t been shown, and in f&b he was never even ridden. sunfyre is dead i think? so yeah, wow. sky lizards abound.

can’t wait for more! i’m sad we only have one more episode of this season. but hey, at least george said the writers are meeting up soon for season 3. hopefully we’ll only wait one year instead of 2😆

[helaenathedreamer]

a Saeraling getting Vermithor we LOVE to see it

[horsechestnut]

Regardless of if it's in character or not for Rhaenyra to sacrifice dozens of common people to reach her end, I don't get what her plan was? Why did she have them all there at once, Vermithor ended up burning a lot of people who could have potentially claimed him or one of the others. Why would she not have them go one at a time, and keep the others in a waiting area so they don't get scared off?

[peachysunrize]

TOM GLYNN-CARNEY as AEGON II TARGARYEN S2E7 | The Red Sowing

[medusas-daughter]

The look on Rhaenyra's face when she sees Vaghar and Aemond in the distance had me on my knees. That is the monster that's haunted her nightmares since the night her boy was killed and for the first time she's not hiding from them, they're running away from her. Emma D'Arcy deserves all of the awards once again.

[rickrifft]

Rhaenyra, your Viserys is showing - your focus on the now is mayhap damaging your children's future.

I know it's hard breaking generational trauma, but please? For me? 🥺💖

[sweetscarlettangel]

HotD Season 2 Episode 7 Live Thoughts

Recap

Wait was that lady I said I liked Sabitha Vypren?

Driftmark

And the stills we thought might be bc Laenor came back and would pose as Addam

And there's the Addam from F&B

Addam: should I say Corlys is my father? Hmm maybe not

And Rhaenyra now will push for the dragonseeds

King's Landing

Alicent: in the middle of an existential crisis

Alicent and Rhaenyra now have matching scars

So the Kingsguards who tried to protect Alicent & Helaena are sentenced to the Wall? Yeah that won’t go down well

Shouldn’t Larys & Wylde think of a Velaryon? The families intermarried a lot so there's Targ blood there

Dragonstone

Jace & Baela's looks to one another

Rhaenyra talking about bastards not having honor after birthing 3 🙄

Think Rhaenyra! This will make things harder for Jace and Joffrey

A Corlys-Addam interaction!

Addam just wanted to be recognized by his dad

Harrenhal

"My king"?

Oscar's so done with Daemon's BS

I wish we could've had the Riverlands from the book where they mustered an army without the Tullys simply for fighting in the side of Viserys' little girl

He's got guts

Why are they meeting in the godswood? Why not a council room?

More of the Blackwood-Bracken feud?

I’m not sure I like this weird tension between Daemon & Willem Blackwood

What did he do against the Brackens?

Don’t remember reading about his execution 

More Viserys hallucinations! Yay (not)

But no one can deny Paddy's skill on this role

King's Landing

Poor Aegon

Isn’t it too soon for him to be up?

I take back my words about the burns 

My guess is Larys wants to make himself indispensable to Aegon, more so now that he's injured

Ok no. So now the Grand Maester is taking Larys' orders? 

Driftmark

The closest we’ll get to Corlys saying he knows they're his sons

"I am salt and sea" —> foreshadowing for him being the Lord of the Tides

The Vale

Little Aegon and Viserys

Did Joffrey stay in the Vale?

And there goes Rhaena abandoning her brothers

This will come back to haunt her

Kingswood

Oh so that's Rickard Thorne

Gosh I’m in love with Alicent's hair

Dragonstone

Ok so Jace is worried about Mysaria's influence 

Jace predicting the future

Poor guy is having an existential crisis rn

The parallels — Rhaenyra asking Viserys to protect her claim and now Jace asking the same of Rhaenyra

Honestly, Jace is right and when I read F&B I never thought of the dragonseeds weakening his claim

King’s Landing 

Elinda!

She shouldn’t be wearing red. That doesn’t help her blend in

Ulf doesn’t seem sure of the idea

We finally have a name for Hugh's wife

So he's Saera's

She's smart

Kingswood

Once again, the stills

Love the imagery

Dragonstone

With all the closeups, I wish we had the purple and lilac contacts 

Ok so the Dragonkeepers are out

Not the most inspirational pep talk

Hope we’ll finally get close ups to Vermithor and Silverwing

Let's see who dies trying to claim him before Hugh

Will Mysaria try?

Wait so she's leaving them?

Ok ok, she's watching from a balcony

And we have our first victims

Once again, Rhaenyra's horror-stricken face

I guess Silverwing will claim Ulf also

After all that, Hugh will still try? Well, it might be his best bet

That girl looks a bit like Helaena

Vermithor: you smell like Saera. I guess you're alright

Ulf: I just want to get out of the caves

Oops he just disturbed the eggs

Ok I expected Silverwing to be a lot paler

She's playing with him 🤣 

King's Landing

Aemond couldn’t be more bored with the council

Silverwing's just happy to be in Alysanne's city again

And Aemond will go after them on Vhagar

Honestly now that we're seeing the other dragons, it's clear that Vhagar was made to be ugly in the show

Dragonstone

Why does Vermithor look red?

Well, at least Rhaenyra looks like a dragon queen