re: House of the Dragon S1E7: “Driftmark”--Official Thread

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So is this show any good? Thinking about starting it when it finishes.

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Yes. Very.

I like this season one better than season one of GoT. When I first watched GoT I didn't get it. I mainly watched because all of the book readers were coming out of the woodwork saying this is going to be epic given the source material. So I gave it a chance even though I had no clue what was going on the first few episodes.

This one I've liked from the first episode.

On rewatch wit subtitles on i just noticed rhaeneryas kid says they should be at harrenhal mourning the Strongs deaths. Meanwhile Larys is at Driftmark simpin for alicent

This was the episode I was waiting for, and I was not disappointed...except in the ridiculously dark scenes. I was in a completely darkened room and thought, as others did, that I had changed a setting on my tv. I do get that there was atmosphere was created by that, prob unintentionally. We were straining to see in the dark just like the characters, but it was a pain in my arse.

I, too, am Team Aemond. He was ridiculed and attacked and proceeded to claim the best dragon, get everyone in trouble, face down all of them, and handle it with a very mature outlook, i.e., "Vhagar is worth my eye, it's cool."

Still NOT Team Alicent. She is in a desperate, grasping spin. It is not a good look. Is there something going on with her and Criston other than their petty, mutual hatred of Rhaenyra? She said something a couple of eps ago about them cleaving to each other, and something else she said this ep made me say "Hm..." It was enjoyable to see even him leave her hanging by not enucleating a child at her behest.

Rhaenyra's solution for Laenor was good. I was glad to see him get out of the situation alive. He did the best he could, I think, and didnt deserve to be killed.

Rhaenyra and Daemon....YES. There was never any doubt. They are fire together (no pun intended). Juxtapose the two of them with Criston and Alicent, who strut and fret and get mad and let their emotions just run rampant. Head to head, R and D can chew them up and spit them out.

The Valyrian wedding was bizarre but at least I could see it clearly.

I thought the actress playing Rhaenyra did a good job in the knife scene. Basically, you could tell she wanted to kill the queen, she knew she could kill the queen, but made the quick decision just to let the queen's crazy go on full display.

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So is this show any good? Thinking about starting it when it finishes.

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Yeah, it’s really good. Don’t go in expecting GOT though. It’s not on that level

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I, too, am Team Aemond. He was ridiculed and attacked and proceeded to claim the best dragon, get everyone in trouble, face down all of them, and handle it with a very mature outlook

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He's a psycho because his Dad barely acknowledges him and his mother is desperate. He gets picked on as an easy target and he and Aegon are two whiny snots. Pretty similar to how Joffrey was in GOT. Kings' sons tend to be pretty terrible people. They never do turnout sons that are capable of ruling for very long.

You can tell the People who don't have their TVs optimized in this thread.

She was literally the kings whore as a teenager. Until she got him to marry her.

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Is there a Driftmark in Game of Thrones?

I know a lot of houses that were Yargaryen loyalists were punished after Robert's rebellion.
I didn't realize there were two Valaryen strongholds in westeros.

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Yeah, its still ruled by House Valeryon. They just arent as powerful in GoT