Twitter Is Rooting for Prince Daemon in Episode 3 of 'House of the Dragon'
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Welcome back to King's Landing.
The third episode of House of the Dragon, HBO’s epic prequel to Game of Thrones based on the George R.R. Martin novels, is officially out—and Twitter has a lot to say about it.
Firstly, a quick recap on the explosive events of Episode 3. (Be warned, spoilers are ahead.)
Three years after King Viserys marries Alicent Hightower, a frostiness has settled between Rhaenyra and her newfound family. Viserys and Alicent have welcomed a son, Aegon II, and are expecting another child soon.
The nobility of the Seven Kingdoms gather to celebrate Aegon’s first birthday through a royal hunt. While Viserys publicly professes that he has no intention to revoke Rhaenyra’s right to the Iron Throne in favor of his son, he privately wonders if he should name Aegon his heir.
But upon returning to King’s Landing, Viserys encourages Rhaenyra to find her own suitor to marry, a prospective husband who may provide her with the resources to back her claim to the throne. He also assures her that Aegon will not supplant her in the line of succession.
Meanwhile, a war wages on between House Velaryon and Prince Daemon against the Crabfeeder in the Stepstones, with the former’s resources and morale dwindling with each passing day. After Viserys sends a letter to Daemon to let him know that aid is on the way, Daemon storms the Crabfeeder’s army’s defenses—and at last emerges victorious.
Ahead, Twitter offers their commentary on tonight’s action-packed episode. To see reactions to previous episodes, make sure to scroll on.
Daemon pulling up on the crabfeeder 🦀#HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/0ESALe8pDJ
— AshDuhFunk (@AshDuhFunk) September 5, 2022
Daemon when he realize how bad he look to his brother for losing the war #HouseoftheDragon #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HOTD #DemDragons pic.twitter.com/6uC7rIxd7x
— Dogs Wearing Shoes (@dogswearingshoe) September 5, 2022
Daemon is literally thee most dramatic man in the realm like he just loves chaos and making mess love him for that #HouseOfTheDragon pic.twitter.com/So6bzdNbey
— depression (@raccoonmum) September 5, 2022
Daemon when he found out Viserys was sending help: #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD
pic.twitter.com/H53IS2latU— Lex (@l3xivi) September 5, 2022
viserys: btw daemon i’m sending help so you can kill the crabfeeder
daemon:#HouseOfTheDragon #HOTD pic.twitter.com/rBr9JQGFg1— Dominique (@dominiquerrenae) September 5, 2022
Daemon rather put himself in harms way and risk death than admit that he needs Viserys’ help. He just like me fr #HOTD pic.twitter.com/GdwnOrCeys
— mike the menace ➐ (@NightOwlNikk) September 5, 2022
This dude straight up did a war crime #HOTD pic.twitter.com/As5ueo5Cci
— Nyrotike (@nyrotike) September 5, 2022
you have no idea how much Rhaenyra Targaryen means to me. Yes queen. Strut in there with your hunt. Your daddy needed a whole hunting party. you served on your own. #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseoftheDragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/KNe7UO66vB
— yari (@watrmelonsugarr) September 5, 2022
i know this ugly ass lannister isn’t trying to wife up THE Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen#HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseoftheDragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/eOmX2P8iEf
— yari (@watrmelonsugarr) September 5, 2022
Daemon is insane...no other way to put it. Dudes entire plan was "hopefully survive" lol #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD pic.twitter.com/yCYecYR6CK
— monarch the great (@itreadsmonarch) September 5, 2022
Viserys is so weak???? i cant stand him. grow a pair. i’m tired. #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseoftheDragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/99rXKMu5hp
— yari (@watrmelonsugarr) September 5, 2022
Daemon walking out with the Crabfeeder’s torso after Hail Mary-ing his way into battle and nearly dying#HouseoftheDragon #DemDragons #HouseoftheDragonHBO #HOTD pic.twitter.com/Zf5x45yGkX
— Daemon Targaryen Burner (@HOTDJester) September 5, 2022
Episode 2
Here's a quick recap on the events of Episode 2. (Be warned, spoilers are ahead.)
Lord Corlys of House Velaryon (Steve Toussant) storms a small council meeting, imploring King Viserys (Paddy Considine) to take action against the so-called Crabfeeder, a prince of the eastern Free Cities who has taken down ships under Corlys’s fleets. Viserys, however, refuses, instead aiming to maintain a tenuous peace between that region and Westeros.
Later, Corlys and his wife, Princess Rhaenys (Eve Best), approach Viserys with the intention of having him unite their houses by wedding their daughter, 12-year-old Laena Velaryon (Nova Foueillis-Mosé). Rhaenys—Viserys’s cousin and the dubbed “Queen Who Never Was”—reminds the reluctant king that he is expected to remarry soon to fulfill his royal duties, even if a year has yet to pass since Queen Aemma’s (Sian Brooke) death.
Meanwhile, Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) has stolen a dragon egg from the Red Keep, leaving in its place an invitation for the king to attend his wedding at the occupied Dragonstone to Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno), a woman who worked at a brothel in King’s Landing. The Kingsguard and the Hand of the King, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), confront Daemon at Dragonstone. Right as tensions begin to escalate between the Kingsguard and Daemon’s forces, Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) arrives via her dragon. She ultimately deflates the conflict and retrieves the stolen egg with no blood shed.
Upon returning to King’s Landing, Viserys and Rhaenyra speak candidly about each other’s grief over Aemma’s passing. Rhaenyra, who understands that her father must remarry, gives him her blessing to wed Laena.
At the next small council meeting, Viserys announces his engagement—but, instead of marrying Laena, he has set his eyes on Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), Otto’s daughter and Rhaenyra’s best friend.
Appalled at the betrothal announcement, Corlys appeals to Daemon to take action against the Crabfeeder in the east.
Ahead, Twitter offers their commentary. To see reactions to the previous episode, make sure to scroll on.
Alicent and Rhaenyra next episode 😅 #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #houseofthedragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/skwF4PRC5D
— Ravi Ahuja (@RaviAhuja20) August 29, 2022
The king acting surprised when his daughter walks out after he announces he's marrying her best friend instead #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/8zWAKWY3XC
— Nina (@Nina_labyrinth) August 29, 2022
So everybody just pimping out their kids to the king? #HouseoftheDragon #HouseOfTheDragonHBO pic.twitter.com/GHONGSNPua
— sam (@indimindofbrad) August 29, 2022
It’s the way Rhaenyra looked back…ohh I know he was physically sick 😂😂 #HOTD #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/exnNtfSecB
— Darling💜 (@JustforSmilesss) August 29, 2022
daemon after making up a story about a marriage, a fake pregnancy, stealing a dragon egg and almost causing a battle just to get his big brother's attention #houseofthedragon pic.twitter.com/XzRw2xu6rt
— j || hotd spoilers (@INEJSKNlVES) August 29, 2022
Alicent Hightower acting shocked when King Viserys pledges to marry her. #HouseOfTheDragonHBO #HouseoftheDragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/aYs99PvjI9
— yari (@watrmelonsugarr) August 29, 2022
didn’t tell Rhaenyra beforehand that he was going to marry Alicent, her best friend. Rejected Corlys in front of everyone. Doesn’t do shit against Daemon. Viserys couldn’t run a Chuck E Cheese properly no wonder that throne is turning him into Swiss cheese #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/irM3OhI8eW
— maryam 🧝🏾♀️🇸🇴 (@m4rycm) August 29, 2022
Rhaenyra really pulled up to Dragonstone and said, “jump since you feeling froggy bitch” #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/3Wp46JvDw1
— e(liz)abeth (@AllHailLiza) August 29, 2022
daemon when someone else talks shit about viserys vs when he does it #houseofthedragon pic.twitter.com/OZlXGtd9m2
— ani 🫧 (@beaarthur85) August 29, 2022
viserys’s solution to being told to marry a twelve year old is to marry a fifteen year old 💀 #houseofthedragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/9dS9gpbcPa
— jade | hotd spoilers (@dolorousjade) August 29, 2022
Viserys trying to decide who his next wife should be #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/hcRDg56gR6
— Megan Winkelmann (@MeganSteighorst) August 29, 2022
The way Rhaenyra looked at Alicent after she said “what if your father remarried” 😂😂😂 #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/Tb3Ewe727m
— Pashmina Papi 🦦 (@ReJecTReef) August 29, 2022
Rhaenys: "And your father is no fool"
Anyone who's actually met him:#HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/AJBHxrc2EF— Rossie (@CassiesDecker) August 29, 2022
Viserys: I can't marry a 10 year old!
A 15 year old and his daughter's best friend:#HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/qbjam3CfTl— Nyrotike (@nyrotike) August 29, 2022
With how my motor kills are set up, that egg would've went sunny side up #HouseOfTheDragon pic.twitter.com/LygBtaqONE
— briana 👽💫 (@mhysabri) August 29, 2022
I know this girl’s daddy don’t have her pushing up on this old man #DemDragons #HouseoftheDragon #hotd pic.twitter.com/FzFrYcJqp2
— 𝔍𝔢𝔰𝔰 • KOO DAY 🐰🎂 (@jessolpunkass) August 29, 2022
Every week on #HouseoftheDragon #HouseOfTheDragonHBO pic.twitter.com/JTyNri8K0V
— Salvo Caccamo (@SalvoCaccamo) August 29, 2022
Well at least Alicent and Rhaenyra’s friendship lasted an episode and a half…let the downfall of the targaryen dynasty begin #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD pic.twitter.com/UuzVqyzyR5
— anas (@anasthyfirst) August 29, 2022
Episode 1
Here's a quick recap on the explosive events of Episode 1. (Be warned, spoilers are ahead.)
Tensions are high in King's Landing as the small council who advises King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Consindine) debates about the line of succession to the Iron Throne. Viserys and his wife, Queen Aemma (Sian Brooke), have only one living child: Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock). With no precedent set for a woman sitting on the Iron Throne, some fear the ascent of the king's younger and increasingly violent brother, Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith). Aemma, however, is expecting another child—and Viserys has a premonition that the unborn baby will be a boy and his rightful heir.
But, tragedy befalls the Red Keep. After suffering through a bitter fifth pregnancy, Aemma undergoes life-threatening issues during labor. Desperate for his heir, Viserys allows the physician to cut open Aemma's stomach to save the baby. A gruesome scene follows, showing her horrific death—only for the baby (indeed a boy) to die with his mother.
Daemon celebrates the baby's demise by buying out a brothel and toasting to the "heir for a day." Viserys catches wind of his inappropriate festivities and orders him to leave King's Landing. Revoking Daemon's heirhood, the king then names Rhaenyra to not only become the ruler of Westeros but to be its first reigning queen.
He also warns his daughter of a dream seen by their prophetic ancestor, the first king of the Iron Throne, Aegon Targaryen. Aegon had foreseen "the end of the world of men" that began "with a terrible winter gusting out of the distant north" that possessed a darkness capable of "destoy[ing] the world of the living." This secret prophecy that Viserys bestows onto Rhaenyra hints at the events of Game of Thrones, nearly 200 years later.
Ahead, Twitter offers their commentary on House of the Dragon's premiere.
Hearing the Game of Thrones theme song again #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/ZxHMcc2Pwz
— Melissa 🌜 (@Melissittaaa) August 22, 2022
HOTD Reality
🤝
women not having rights#HouseoftheDragon— kENnetH (@therealkenbates) August 22, 2022
Sis deserved better. #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/nzg1VP7wfC
— Ren (@ren_grateful) August 22, 2022
Episode 1 without context #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/Jm2ix5rVGA
— Renztaris 💐 (@renztaris) August 22, 2022
#HOTD: “He called it A Song of Ice and Fire”
Me: pic.twitter.com/A4B2KVWWtI— Barbie (@BarbieJeanDahl) August 22, 2022
Yes fuck the patriarchy #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/sXeceWDMG1
— Alejandro (@Bbalgg) August 22, 2022
"You can't have a girl on the throne."
Viserys:
#HouseOfTheDragon pic.twitter.com/zwp0jM3rqu— cee ✵ (@defjaes_) August 22, 2022
i see so much of daenerys in her i’m in tears #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/AmJX2bWeA5
— bruce (@KNlQHT) August 22, 2022
Not the hand of the king sending his daughter to “offer comfort” to the King like wtf that is a child ….. mess. Just absolute mess #HOTD #DragonsYall pic.twitter.com/Fw1LeeFduI
— Mihrimah| FS |XANAXED ALIEN SUPERSTAR 🪬🤲 (@Mihrimah_FS) August 22, 2022
#HouseoftheDragon STANS MAKE SOME NOISE pic.twitter.com/ghOzxVwVNX
— 𝖘𝔠𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔢 (@guiltymowgli) August 22, 2022
Me recognizing locations and names in #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/RXiErkaZ73
— The Extra (@_the_extra) August 22, 2022
WHEN RHAENYRA SAID DRACARYS OMG SLAY 😭🔥 #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/iYE0Fi28X4
— renz evangelista #ResistTyranny (@renzistweeting) August 22, 2022
Heir today. Gone tomorrow. #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/VyOfz05eNO
— Toodaleff² (@KrissKimberlyM) August 22, 2022
“dracarys” #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/GsxJB8YXlX
— ignacia | hotd! (@70smaximoff) August 22, 2022
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