21 Hilarious Reactions To The End Of "House Of The Dragon" This Week
Warning: This post contains spoilers for House of the Dragon Episode 8.
House of the Dragon Episode 8 ended with the death of King Viserys I Targaryen. It was pretty sad!
But, perhaps even more devastating is the fact that, in his final moments, he mistook Alicent for Rhaenyra and started mumbling about Aegon's dream and the prince that was promised, referring to Aegon the Conquerer and his prophecy about the White Walkers — but Alicent misunderstood and thought he was talking about their son, Aegon II, and the fact he should be king.
Just as it seemed Alicent was going to make peace with Rhaenyra after Viserys pleaded with them at their last family supper to love one another, Alicent now has even more reason to push Aegon toward the Iron Throne over Rhaenyra.
As we know from the trailer, Episode 9 will feature Aegon II being crowned (with Aegon the Conquerer's crown, no less), and this move will kick-start the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.
Making the infamous war start over a minor misunderstanding (in addition to, you know, decades of resentment and fighting and confusion) had a lot of fans absolutely screaming, on top of the general emotion of the whole scene. Here are some of the best reactions...
1.
Viserys on his deathbed #HouseOfTheDragon
2.
VISERYS SUPPORTED RHAENYRA TILL HIS LAST BREATH AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT #HouseOfTheDragon
3.
you’re telling me we’re starting a war because viserys and his delirious ass mistook alicent for rhaenyra in his final moments? #HouseoftheDragon #demdragons #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #hotd
4.
viserys before taking his last breath #HouseOfTheDragon
5.
VISERYS!!!! THAT’S NOT RHAENYRA!!! THATS YOUR WIFE VISERYS!!! THAT’S ALICENT!!! YOURE UNDOING EVERYTHING YOU DID IN YOUR LAST 10 BREATHS VISERYS!! STOP IT!! #HouseoftheDragon
6.
All this bullshit really started because Aegon was the most popular baby name in Westeros #HouseoftheDragon
7.
Me watching how the war that kills all the dragons is based on a fucking misunderstanding #HouseOfTheDragon
8.
The problem is a nutshell #HouseOfTheDragon
9.
All the fucking Aegons #HouseOfTheDragon
10.
“I understand my king”no tf you don’t!! wrong aegon bestie😪 #Houseofthedragon
11.
The way this could have all been avoided if House Targaryen had more than 4 male names #HouseOfTheDragon #AegonTargaryen
12.
Alicent when Viserys started talking about the ice and fire vision #HouseOfTheDragon
13.
THE SEVEN KINGDOMS NEED TO BAN THE NAME AEGON I SWEAR #HOTD #HouseOfthedragon
14.
Me the second Viserys mentioned Aegon and Alicent’s eyes glowed in the dark#HouseOfTheDragon
15.
Viserys: “To unite the realm against the cold and the daek. It is you. You are the one. You must do this.”Alicent: “I understand, my King.” #Houseofthedragon #HOTD
16.
Alicent thinking that Viserys wanted her son to be king#HouseOfTheDragon #HOTD
17.
Last night the targaryens will ever be happy 😭....no alicent no that's the wrong aegon #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseOfthedragon
18.
Every fucker named Aegon who thought they were the Prince that was promised #HouseOfTheDragon
19.
STOP NAMING ALL YOUR GODDAMN KIDS AEGON LOOK AT THE TROUBLE YOURE CAUSING #HouseOfTheDragon
20.
alicent after hearing viserys talk about an aegon unrelated to her #houseofthedragon
21.
laenor somewhere in pentos when shit about to go down cause they mistook the wrong aegon #HouseOfTheDragon
