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xthecaptainssaviorx · 11 months

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House of the Dragon - future seasons possible timeline

Since they're apparently preparing or planning for the Battle of the Gullet (x), here's my prediction and the possibilities for the coming seasons, based on the timeline of the dance.

This will be a long post because there are multiple ways this could go, depending on how many seasons they will actually go for. I think they said that 3 is certain but if they have 8 episodes per season, I think 4 seasons is more likely for the dance itself.

Obviously, this is just me theorizing and wondering and most certainly not actually what will happen. Beware of spoilers below!!

In season 1 we saw the prelude to the dance, the green council, Aegon's coronation, the black council, Rhaenyra's coronation, the assault on Harrenhal and the Dance over Shipbreaker Bay.

Now obviously we can only speculate how far they'll take season 2 but this version seems like a possibility to me:

I have to admit, before the filming news and all that, I was sure season 2 would end with Rook's Rest but obviously, that won't be the case since the spoilers confirmed that the aftermath of the battle will be shown. Timeline wise, that would make the Battle of the Gullet the next likely possibility. However, I've also seen people talk about the chance of the second season ending with the Fall of King's Landing. I've got my opinion on that and the plot would be way too rushed but unfortunately, it's not impossible that they'll go with it.

Despite that, I don't see the Fall of King's Landing happening in the second season, especially if we only have 8 episodes. My guess is that the Battle of the Gullet will be alluded to in the final episode of season 2 and will end on a cliffhanger with it opening the 3rd season.

Maybe they'll switch some battles around because Daeron's involvement in the war only truly begins with the Battle of the Honeywine, which takes place after the Battle of the Gullet. Or it could mean we won't see Daeron in action until season 3.

Now we get to the part I'm uncertain about. Let's assume, all of this is somewhat accurate and we're in the third season now, and let's also assume they make 4 seasons of House of the Dragon or rather the Dance of the Dragons because who knows, where they'll end the show, where do they end the 3rd season? I have two options for that one:

The Fall of Dragonstone seems like a plausible choice because, while the Battle above the Gods Eye, as well as the Storming of the Dragonpit, would make a more epic finale, I highly doubt they'd go into the fourth and possibly final season without two fan favourites, Aemond and Daemon.

But maybe I'm wrong about that and they will. Maybe it will end with the Battle above the Gods Eye. With the Storming of the Dragonpit in the fourth season.

Despite all of my uncertainty regarding this one, I'm pretty sure they will push Rhaenyra's death back as far as possible. Definitely in the fourth season.

I'm unsure where exactly they'll end it but personally, the wedding of Aegon iii and Jaehaera seems like a good option for me. Obviously, it wouldn't be a happy end kind of story but that's not what it's supposed to be in the first place. And it would also leave the option for more.

Maybe the death of Aegon ii is the actual ending and everything that comes after is more of an epilogue kind of thing, although I assume they wouldn't leave the mystery around his death unsettled either so maybe not. What do you think?

#hotd meta #hotd theories #house of the dragon #hotd s2 #hotd season 2 spoilers #hotd spoilers #hotd rambling #watch me coming back to this post when the show is over just to see how wrong I was

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princesssszzzz · 1 year

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I like that video you made! I wasn’t thinking about it for that scene with Rhaena holding her egg but I wonder if that was foreshadowing for another unburnt Targaryen

Thank you 🙏Someone mentioned it to me in DMs so I made it out of boredom. Just based off the lore breaking HOTD did already, it would be interesting if Rhaena was fire resistant while hatching Morning and any other situation with (magical or normal) fire. It depends how she hatches her.

Since they have Laena that disgusting death and Aegon and Baela have their burns that’s what I was thinking about how they can’t make characters like Daenerys completely fire proof and they didn’t do a good job explaining that in GOT so GRRM had to explain in interviews. Daemon flying close to Vhagar’s fire and the hatching attempt by younger Rhaena is what I was using. Also no doubt they try to add something like that to Daemon’s fight with Aemond

#hotd asks #hotd theories #house of the dragon #house targaryen #rhaena targaryen #hotd #daemon targaryen #hotd spoilers

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lemonhemlock · 1 year

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About your post with Alysanne as Maegor daughter, he nerfed it so Jaehaerys and Alysanne can do the stupid doctoring of expectionalism thing. It was to show you how messed up that family is.

Good point, although couldn't George have worked around it somehow? Move it to Rhaena/Aegon-the-uncrowned or Maegor/Rhaena? Maybe have them negotiate that with the Faith. Or, if you really want Jaehaerys involved, have him invent it in order to fulfill his initial plan to marry Daenaerys to Aemon or his later plan to marry Baelon to Alyssa.

#hightower erasure theory #hotd theories #doctrine of targaryen exceptionalism #jaehaerys i targaryen #alysanne targaryen #the shifting asoiaf canon conundrum

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lya-dustin · 1 year

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i love the theory of Aemond and Alys’ son becoming the founder of house whent, but what if Alys was wrong and their child was actually the Ghost of High Heart.

think about it, the Ghost is a an albino witch with dwarfism who no one knows how old she is or who the fuck she is.

Alys was also 40 years old at the least(given the mystery of her origin and that no one actually knew who she was or where she came from, they just knew that she dabbled in the occult and was somehow related to the Strongs) when she meets Aemond, and all her babies had been stillborn as she served as a wet nurse in Harrenhal, so neither genetics nor the mother’s medical history were in their favor for a baby to be born at all.

Add to it that valyrian coloring could be mistaken as albino, both the Strongs and the Targaryens had a history of genetic disorders (like Larys’ clubfoot and Aegon’s son Jaehaerys having 12 fingers and 12 toes) so dwarfism could be more likely to happen, and that Alys looked unusually young for a gal who was presumably only a year younger than book!Alicent.

So you get this theory: what if alys rivers did not give birth to the son she believed she was having, but a girl with dwarfism who became the Ghost of High Heart, possibly immortal woodswitch who somehow survived Summerhall and had the power of prophecy?

#aemond targaryen #alys rivers #the ghost of high heart #theory #hotd theories #asoiaf theories

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fumifooms · 1 year

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Spoilers for Fire & Blood/HOTD. Theory, Aegon & Larys & Alicent-related

There have been a lot of theories about Aegon’s death. Of course, Larys is involved one way or another, but it has been theorized that Alicent could be involved as well, either simply being aware of Larys’ plans and allowing it, being the one to prompt Larys to kill him, or straight up orchestrating his death herself, in all cases Larys willingly taking the fall for it. I thought of another variant, however…

As per my dinner scene analysis, realizing that Alicent would exile her child if they dishonored the crown, aka emotionally distance herself from a situation and cut ties to do what is “just”, is what makes Larys’ interest in her deepen, makes their relationship shift so strongly yet subtly when he causes the fire of Harrenhal. With killing his family, he shows her that he, too, could look beyond his attachment to the people in his life, his family, kinslaying, if it were what the crown demanded. In that moment he tells Alicent that “she will know how to reward him, when the time is right”… By doing the same thing herself later on.

Because in that moment Alicent stating she would harshly but duly punish her child if the situation required it bears a lot of weight, both of them in that scene take it seriously and as truth. However, in the latter half of second one, we see Alicent fail in that prospect. She is extremely upset with his raping and daily frustrated and disappointed at his frivolous and undignified behavior and activities, but when push comes to shove… She gives him a marriage with his sister, she gives him the crown. She still cares for him, still puts his life above hers as she places herself between him and the dragon. That doesn’t feel to me like someone who would exile him, even if he were to deserve it and it was needed, not without push and conflicted and upset feelings, anyways. Which finally brings me to my theory:

Alicent will be in on it, but only reluctantly, after Larys talks her into it. That is when he brings in her debt to him, and he would call what he’s asking of her an equal pay. Kinslaying for kinslaying. She’d be crying and he’d be softly walking her through the logic of it, doing it for the kingdom blabla, all while repeating her old words back at her. Poetic parallelism and callback. Recalling her sturdy moral stance of severing ties with her child if it was needed, the almost promise-like way it was stated with. “She’ll know the time is right to reward him”, indeed, it feels like the right and only time for such a grave debt to be repaid. She eventually relents and helps/he obtains her support, even if it is just in passivity. With all the horrors that the war and his reign brought on, like Helaena’s death, it’s not hard to imagine how Alicent could end up agreeing that it’s for the best. Its use could just be in getting the occasion or way to approach him conveniently and set his poisoning all up. Maybe she’s the one to give the wine bottle to him, his favorite kind, in an effort to soften his death, wanting to make dying sweeter on her child in a last show of affection and weakness. So yeah, really simple, but I hadn’t seen the take “Alicent is in the plan to kill Aegon but reluctantly and Larys had to talk her into it” yet.

I find this especially plausible because of how that means he viewed his relationship with Alicent. When she says she wouldn’t let her judgement be clouded is really when Larys stops acting as much around her, immediately his attitude shift, then he shows her his secret horrific acts and shares his unusual unsettling ideology, everything in the Driftmark ep, etc. Once he has this new tidbit of information about her, he abandons himself to her, and I find that very interesting. Of course, he already had his plans and uses for her, but that statement of hers, that showing a similar ideology, makes him see more options, realizes that she will make for an even better asset than he previously thought. She could become a much more direct ally and agent in his plans, not only indirectly having a hand in his schemes through her support and ressources but through her own acts in tandem with his will. He has less manipulation to do because she already shares the groundwork ideology that will be helpful to him. But in the same beat, it opens the door for him to have more true, deeper relationship with her and so, manipulates her more in a way. He doesn’t have to choose between his affection for her or his plan; she is part of that plan. I think he’d be the kind to blur personal and professional relationship like that if she were to become more innately tied in to his plans, he’d feel less restricted, more comfortable that the plan won’t derail, lets himself love her more and deepen their personal relationship. Hence why he guards his behavior less and shows his desire for her openly. It becomes a long game in a different way than it was. The fire of Harrenhal wasn’t something he had planned previously, not “for her benefit” like this anyways, so it still goes to show that his plan does change suddenly sometimes and he adapts to it; he hadn’t planned to let Alicent in on his darker facets up until then, but it made sense to him to show himself to her then and now it changed things. In summary, she’s an investment, his business and his loving behavior coexist without interfering with each other, and the realization that he doesn’t have to fear such interference from her is what makes him so simpy for her. Excited for her aiding him in the future, even. Sorry for the word vomit above, I lost this whole theory post once and I forgot how to phrase it well… Or, maybe Alicent does end up being the one to ask Larys to kill him, but in that case it’d be a result of the corruption arc she went through with his guidance being fruitful. So, still a result of his investment in that way, accomplishing the same concept for the Larys relationship dynamic I am thinking of.

The flower bears its fruits.

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daenerysthefirst · 1 year

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HotD prediction: They will give us Helaena x Aemond and Maelor is going to be Aemond's son. It would make Helaena choosing Maelor during Blood and Cheese scene even more heartbreaking (as he would be a product of love).

#hotd #house of the dragon #hotd theories #house of the dragon theories #aemond x helaena #helaena targaryen #aemond targaryen

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imcherrycola · 1 year

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I've been hearing the theory that Helaena's children are Aemond's kids, but I honestly don't think that they are. Hear me out, I know its just a theory but here are my thoughts on it.

I understand why many believe this theory but I also thought a lot of it. Aemond seem to really care about his sister. I see this as sibling love and not romantic love, because they're siblings and siblings care for each other, I see it that way. I know they're Targaryens and Incest is involved but you can still care for your siblings without having to fall in love with them.

Another thing, I rewatched episode 9? (I think) in the part where when Alicent mentions father the twins say "Aegon/Aemond". I heard them say Aegon, but I see why the twins would see Aemond as their father rather than Aegon. Because it looks like Aemond is there for his niece and nephew while Aegon is doing whatever he is doing. I also see him as wanting the twins to have a father figure, he'd want them to have someone who is there for them rather than be neglected like he was. It makes more sense that the twins would see him as their father since he is there for them and their mother.

I know it's just a theory and it's very interesting.

#house of the dragon #hotd thoughts #hotd theories #aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen #aemond x helaena #aemond targaryen x helaena targaryen #aemond and helaena theory #house of the dragon 1x09

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mejcinta · 3 months

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Alicent is about to face her biggest challenge in s2 because her orders to Aegon, Aemond and even Helaena will merely become suggestions. The children are in their prime power now and can afford to challenge and defy her when they see fit.

#hotd season 2 #hotd theories #mama alicent #alicent hightower #aegon ii targaryen #aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen #targtower siblings

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dxrlinggxd · 2 years

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gonna do some thinking out loud here, so this is gonna be long, but:

would the dance have happened if viserys married laena instead of alicent & had a son with her?

obviously, first off the bat, he wouldve still been a threat to nyra's claim. their society is patriarchal. they would need to be convinced of a womans prowess, and as is evident, viserys and even nyra didnt do a great job of that. they expected all to be well. laena & viserys' hypothetical son's threat wouldv'e been no different. laena also wouldve been afraid of her son being killed so he would get out of rhaenyras way, as did ailcent.

the second reason for the dance is otto, a man in a powerful position, supporting aegon's claim and plotting to get him onto the throne. laena's parents are rhaenys and corlys. theyre both extremely influential. they wouldve also advocated for their grandson to rule. corlys definitely, at least. rhaenys im in two minds about--would she have supported rhaenyra, a female claimant, just as she once was? honestly, if it came down to it, i think she would put her family first.

another point worth noting is that laena herself is a targaryen. it doesn't strengthen her son's claim via blood as nyra's mother was also targ, but she has a dragon of her own. she would've been an active fighter. i love show!alicent, but she isn't a physical fighter--hell, shes canonically afraid of dragons. alicent is super capable, but laena wouldve had that edge if they ended up in a war. couldve proven to be crucial.

BUT a lot of this would have been solved if rhaenyra married laenor, as she does canonically, and had legitimate kids with him. rhaenys and corlys' grandchild would become the ruler one day. laenas kids would be related to rhaenyras not only through viserys-nyra but also through laena-laenor.

that wouldn't erase the inherent threat of viserys having a trueborn son. we could bank on laena and laenor's strong bond to not lead to war, but then again, rhaenyra and alicent were very close too, and look what happened.

it also leads me to think about how, canonically, if nyra had married one of alicents brothers, none of this would have likely happened. there would have been war with rhaenys-corlys though, and with rhaenys having a claim to the throne and corlys being as ambitious as he is, AND with them having children to ensure that rhaenys would have an heir, its likely that they wouldve had an intense war and if she won, rhaenys would have become queen.

thats another reason why rhaenyra married laenor--not only to pacify their house, but also to get rhaenys' claim into her own line. rhaenyra, a female, being the heir strengthened rhaenys' claim.

a lot of what ifs.

if viserys had married laena, if he hadn't married alicent, if rhaenyra hadn't married laenor, if helaena and jace had married, everything might have been different.

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mesillusionssousecstasy · 2 years

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HOTD 1x10: Daemon Targaryen - Bis

Today I have just learned that we were robbed again from multiples Daemon’s scenes from episode 10, such as: - Daemon training in his new armour; - Daemon comforting Rhaenyra after Visenya’s death (which should have be essential); - Scenes between Daemon and Jace; - Daemon’s breaking down on the beach; - Daemon’s speech during episode 8 at the family gathering.

But they added the choking scene for what? Shock value?

So you are letting us think that Daemon is worse than Aegon raping girls, because of course, we shouldn’t show rape in episode 8, but showing what Daemon did to Rhaenyra is what great?

I really don’t understand now what was the mean of it.

At least, Daemon didn’t rape Rhaenyra, like Drogo did to Daenerys nor will he kill her like Jon did to Daenerys. That’s something.

One last thing, if Daemon was that bad he would be so glad and happy that Lucerys is dead, because that would mean he can get his war. On the contrary, he went head down to Rhaenyra to bring the sad news.

Sorry, coup de gueule du soir.

#hotd #house of the dragon #hotd 1x10 #hotd thoughts #hotd theories #prince daemon targaryen #daemon targaryen #daemyra #daemon x rhaenyra #hotd parallels

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lemonhemlock · 1 year

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Tbh if Aemond ends up having a breaking point, I think it might not be storm's end, but blood&cheese. Like, if inadvertently becoming a kinslayer doesn't send him over the edge, then his actions causing the death of Jaehaerys is definitely going to. Basically, I could see Aemond maybe admitting the truth of Luke's death being an accident to his family but still trying to remain dutiful and saving face in order to redeem himself, up until b&c happens. Because then at that point it's not just the fact that he's been branded as cursed to the rest of the world, it's that his actions led to death and pain to his own family because of a mistake aemond made, and I could see it leading to him snapping and forgoing all restraint in terms of cruelty or ambition.

Idk, the original point of this train of thought was that it's reasonable to me that Aemond wouldn't father Helaena's children in the name of "duty," but then would later go on to father a bastard with Alys or even go as far as marry her. If something happens to Aemond between this point and the time he meets Alys causing him to eschew duty, then I think b&c is the most likely event.

This is a very valid take, as far as I'm concerned, and the story might very well play out this way in the show.

Thank you for sharing with us.

#that being said speculating hurts no one 🤷‍♀️#it's just a fun hobby #ask #anon #hotd theories

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ariadnethedragon · 2 years

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I have a feeling that this will turn out to be Nettles in one of the later episodes🧐

#house of the dragon #hotd #hotd 1x09 #nettles #hotd theories #hotd spoilers #rhaenyra targaryen #daemon targaryen #team black #fire and blood #game of thrones #got #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #sheepstealer #hbo

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where-theres-smoak-2 · 2 years

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HOTD Ep 9 Predictions/Theories

Its that time of the week again, we are only a day away from the next episode of HOTD, we’ve watched the promos, we’ve seen the stills, now its time to see if we can guess what chaos might be occurring in the ep 9. As I’ve said on every single one of these prediction posts, I am not a book reader so all these theories are based solely on the show so far, all the promos and the stills that have been released. Ok so theory time.

A Green Take Over

The promo opens with the announcement of the King’s death being made to the small council and it immediately cuts to Alicent saying ‘he told me that he wished for Aegon to be king’.

I actually think this scene will come before the small council one and it’ll be not long after Viserys has been found, I think Alicent will be talking to Otto about what Viserys said and of course Otto is going to latch onto this and push her to put Aegon on the throne. As for Alicent I think at first she is going to be hesitant and I think throughout this episode we will see her feeling very conflicted.

You can see that Alicent looks genuinely grief stricken here but I do think this council is going to get ugly. I think they will announce the death of the King and then announce that Aegon will be crowned the new king explaining that it was the king’s dying wish. The Greens have a problem here though and that is that I don’t think (even if he was actually naming Aegon heir instead of talking about the conqueror’s dream) its legal, he does not publicly name Aegon heir, the only person in the room was Alicent so there is no way to confirm what he said. It might have been different if it had been like Robert Baratheon where he had Ned write it out and then put his signature to it but he didn’t. So it really is just Alicent’s word. It seems like just Alicent’s word for it is not enough for some members of the council as there was this still released of Lord Beesbury where he looks very angry:

There is also this moment in the promo where he is shouting ‘it is seizure, it is treason at the least!’

It is also worth noting that Beesbury was one of those who spoke out about the succession of Driftmark and was of the opinion that Driftmark should go to Lucerys because that was who Corlys named. So it makes sense that he would also feel the same way when it came to the Iron Throne, Rhaenyra was the heir Viserys named so she should be the next to sit the throne. Also I don’t think the Greens trying to help Vaemond get the Driftwood throne did them any favours here because some might see it as a pattern re-emerging. They tried to usurp the Driftwood Throne from Lucerys, Rhaenyra’s son and now they are trying to usurp the Iron Throne from Rhaenyra herself. Unfortunately I don’t think it is going to end well for Beesbury, as you can see Cole is standing behind him in the first still of him above. In the promo there is a clip of Cole fighting with I think Westerling (red arrow) and in the background (green arrow) well:

Either Beesbury has had enough of all this sh*t and has gone for a nice nap or Cole our merry murderer has struck again. I think Cole will kill Beesbury for ‘insulting’ Alicent or say that him not supporting Aegon as heir is treason. I could also then see Westerling so not being ok with a member of his Kings Guard murdering someone again without good reason and challenging Criston. Whether Westerling is also killed by Cole I don’t know, I really hope not but it does seem like the Greens are just going to get rid of anyone who supports Rhaenyra. I also think this is going to be something Alicent will struggle with as there is a scene between her and Otto in the weeks ahead trailer, I think, where he says ‘no king has ever lived that hasn't had to forfeit the lives of a few to protect the many.’

Alicent is wearing the same dress and hairstyle that she is in other moments in the promo so I think it is from ep 9 and Alicent is doubting their actions and this is Otto manipulating her once again into staying on the path that they are on.

I don’t think killing those loyal to Rhaenyra will be the only steps the Greens take to secure Aegon as heir. It also looks like they are going to be locking up a few people. There is this shot of Rhaenys where she has been clearly locked in her rooms:

We also get a shot of Otto saying ‘the door remains shut until we have finished our business.’ I think he is talking about Rhaenys here saying that she should be kept locked up until after Aegon has been crowned so that she does not go and warn Rhaenyra. But if this means that she won’t be able to meet Corlys’ ship when it comes in I am going to be so upset.

But also I don’t think Rhaenys is the only one they are going to be lock up. If you look at this screenshot from the promo you can see one of the King’s guard walking down the hall and it is looking pretty empty, not even a servant in sight:

Well I think the reason why there isn’t even a servant in sight is because they’ve gone and locked them up too:

So it looks like they are going to extreme measures to make sure word doesn’t get out before they want it too. Some of this could also be because they have figured out that someone if leaking information out of the Keep as we saw in ep 8 that Talya, Alicent’s servant, was giving information to Mysaria and she is amongst the servants being locked up. So maybe they know someone is leaking information but not who that someone is other than its one of the staff.

A Stolen Crown and A Conqueror’s Crown

It’s pretty obvious that the Greens are going to crown Aegon as king. It also looks like they are going to crown him with Aegon the Conqueror’s crown as opposed to Viserys’ crown. In this shot of Aemond although it is fuzzy you can see Aegon in the conqueror’s crown in the forefront:

There is also this shot of the crown itself being placed on a green cushion:

As you can see it is missing its iconic rubies, so it kind of represents a less impressive version of its orginal glory which not to be petty fits well with Aegon who is a less impressive version of the original conqueror. I do think it is an interesting choice to go with the Conqueror’s crown instead of Viserys’. Firstly because I feel like if you are trying to say that on his death bed Viserys named Aegon heir then you would want to create connections between Viserys and Aegon, the father passing his crown to his son and rightful heir. Also Viserys’ crown belonged to Jaehaerys who was known as one of the best Kings and a King that brought peace to the realm. If you want to win the people over and reassure them that Aegon is going to be a good ruler as well as the rightful ruler then again it makes sense to me that you would want him to be wearing that crown. The Conqueror’s crown instead makes a person think of, well conquests, war, maybe not the best image to portray when you’ve just usurped a crown.

But I do have a theory on why they decide to crown Aegon with his namesake’s crown as oppose to his father’s. I think someone is going to steal the crown and take it instead to Rhaenyra. We’ve got this shot of Otto looking real angry:

So I think this might be him being told that the crown is gone. Also in the weeks ahead promo there is this shot of someone presenting Viserys crown, it looks like one of the twins, Erryk or Arryk:

Also in this shot, which I don’t think will be in episode 9 but who knows, it looks like it is Rhaenyra’s council you can see her entering the room and she has Viserys’ crown on her head:

By the red arrow you can also see one of the twins so it would seem to me that he brings her the crown. You can also see Rhaenys under the blue arrow so it seems like she gets out too, I wonder if the twin helps her escape, there is this shot of a Kings Guard who has long hair like the twins and he is with a hooded figure who looks like they may be a female:

I think maybe the woman is Rhaenys, it looks like they are looking to see if they are being followed. Also the King’s Guard has a bag over his shoulder which makes me wonder if Viserys’ crown is in the bag and he is trying to smuggle both Rhaenys and the Crown out of Kings Landing. I am assuming her dragon is at the dragon pit so maybe they are trying to get there and get her dragon too.

After finding out Viserys’ crown is gone Otto and Alicent are going to have to come up with something else, there is a moment in the weeks ahead promo where Alicent says ‘let the people remember the ancient strength of house targaryen’ again she is in the same dress/same hairstyle so I am fairly sure this is also from ep 9.

I think she might be talking about using the conqueror’s crown instead. I also think maybe Aegon will be crowned at the Dragon Pit as when she is saying these words the trailer first shows this shot of the Dragon Pit towering over Kings Landing from the window of the Red Keep:

Then it shows a shot of the dagger that holds the prophecy and the prophecy was the basis of the miscommunication between Viserys and Alicent that has led to Alicent believing Aegon should be crowned. There is also this shot from this week’s promo that shows people gathering at the Dragon Pit:

If Alicent is wanting to project strength then a coronation at the Dragon pit with Aegon I’s crown would make sense, reminding the people of the man that conquered and united the Seven Kingdoms and also reminding them of where house Targaryen’s strength comes from, their dragons. If the coronation is not at the Dragon Pit then maybe this will be where the Greens will present Aegon as King to the people.

Runaway King

Yeah I also suspect that the crown won’t be the only thing going missing. There is this shot of who I am like 99% sure is Aegon being tackled to the ground by one of the twins:

We’ve seen Aegon show little interest in being King and I never really got the impression that it was something he ever wanted. I actually think Aegon might try and make a run for it and that Otto will send the twins to go find him and drag him back. That could be why in that pic of Aemond with a crowned Aegon, Aemond is giving Aegon that sort of stern disappointed look. Maybe he is annoyed that Aegon has done a run for it instead of doing his duty by his family and taking the crown. The other possibility is that Aegon doesn’t make a run for it but does instead spend the day drowning his sorrows in taverns and brothels instead of being with his family and presenting himself to his people as a suitable and noble king. There are also some shots of Aemond about King’s Landing wearing a up to no good cloak:

In the second one he looks particularly angry, it also looks like maybe he is leaving a brothel so maybe he went there looking for Aegon. There is also this shot of Alicent and Aemond:

Maybe this is Alicent telling Aemond she can’t find Aegon and him assuring her that people are out looking and that he himself will go looking too.

Dragonseeds

There is another possibility as to what Aemond might be up to though. In the promo we see Otto telling one of the twins ‘none can know who you are or what you seek’ and later Larys comes to Alicent and tells her ‘I have found out something that you should know’. Right after Larys says this we get this shot:

Now that is a targaryen child if I ever did see one. I said in my review for ep 8 when Alicent gave Dyana the plan b tea that I wondered if it always worked because in ep 4 they make a point of having the maester say if it isn’t brewed properly then it can be ineffective. I also said that seeing as Talya was the one who brought the tea and that she is working with Mysaria maybe something was going on there. Well I think that this child is likely the illegitimate child of Aegon and I also think that Talya has been deliberately not brewing the tea properly and that Mysaria has been kind of collecting these illegitimate children for her own motivations. If I am right then it is pretty dark. But I think Otto is going to find out about these illegitimate children all around King’s Landing. Now correct me if I am wrong but I believe that Targaryen baseborn children are referred to as Dragonseeds, I am sure I have seen that term somewhere is in the world of asoiaf. With a war coming dragons are going to be a powerful weapon so I could see both sides wanting as many dragons and riders as they can get there hands on. We know that you need targaryen blood to claim a dragon so maybe Otto having heard of these dragonseeds sends out the twins to find them hoping to get them on the Greens side and hoping that they will be able to claim dragons. He tells the twin that no one can know what you seek because he doesn’t want word getting back to the blacks and them potentially getting in the way or trying to get the dragonseeds on their side. This could also be a reason for Mysaria to be collecting the dragonseeds, we know that she felt used by Daemon and that she wishes to be liberated from fear and thought she could have got that from him. Maybe she is planning to build a kind of army with these dragonseeds, she could raise them to resent house targaryen but to be loyal to her and then get a hold of some dragons or eggs and ta da she has a bunch of dragon riders loyal to her and who will protect her, no reason to fear anymore, liberation accomplished.

I suspect Alicent also then learns about the dragonseeds from Larys and so she sends Aemond out to find them and that could be why he is mad leaving a brothel. Aegon likely has children with some of the girls from the brothels too and not just his poor maids. I could see Aemond being mad that Aegon has fathered children outside of his marriage and that he is disrespecting Helaena.

Held Prisoner

As I mentioned above it looks like the Greens are going to be keeping Rhaenys prisoner and they have locked her in her rooms. However at some point it does seem like they will come and talk to her and I wonder if they will try to plead their case to her and convince her to join their side and support Aegon’s claim.

Here Rhaenys is saying ‘have you never imagined yourself on the iron throne?’ I do think this is going to be an interesting scene and I do think Rhaenys is going to be calling Alicent out here. I suspect Alicent will come to her talking about how she is only following her husband’s dying wishes and looking out for the good of the realm and I think Rhaenys is just not going to be buying any of it. I am really looking forward to this scene because I just think it is going to be so so good.

It does look like Rhaenys will get into a bit of a tussle of some kind. In the other images she look put together and her hair is neat and down her back. In this image however she looks alot more dishevelled, she’s got lose hair around her face and hair coming over her shoulder. Whether this scuffle was with Alicent or someone else I am intrigued to see. Maybe this could be the twin possibly showing up to save her and they take out the other guards together so they can make a run for it.

Riots?

I am wondering from some of the shots in the promo whether there is going to be some kind of riot in King’s Landing when it is announced that the King is dead and Aegon will be King. There are some shots where the smallfolk seem to be running around in panic and it seems very chaotic on the streets there is also a shot of some city watch men kind of shepherding people:

There is also a moment where a figure is falling, but it is really hard to make out whether they are falling from a cliff or from rooftops, but it looks really smoky and like there might be fire in the background:

Something else that makes me think maybe there were some kind of riots going on is we get this shot of King’s Landing:

Maybe its just me but it does look like there may be smoke rising from the streets like there was some kind of fire and now its been put out but its still smoking:

I mean it could just be fog but it only seems to be in certain places instead of everywhere like I would think it would be if it were fog which makes me think maybe lots of little fires broke out. Also if you look at the arrow in the second image you can see this part is quite rocking so maybe the figure falling was because in a panic people start trying to escape King’s Landing by climbing the walls or down the cliffs and that results in some accidents. Maybe the fires are even caused by a dragon. The only thing that makes me doubt this theory is that looking at the building they don’t look very burnt and they look intact.

Fight Club

Ok I am going to be honest this one is much less of a theory more of me wondering what the hell is going on here. But it seems like there is some kind of fight ring going on you have this shot of some people fighting while a crowd cheers on:

One of them looks like they’ve got pale blond hair so maybe its another dragonseed. It is hard to tell though because of how fast the clip goes and how blurry the picture is. The twins appear to be here too but aren’t dressed in their King’s Guard armour so it looks like they are undercover doing some investigating:

it does look like the twins themselves get into a fight though:

I have no idea who they are fighting or why but interestingly it does look like they are in the same place Aemond is in some of the promo pics, so maybe the blond figure in the fighting ring is Aemond?

I mean that looks like the same bannister to me, here Aemond appears to have run into someone else wearing a up to no good cloak, must be a sale on. This could be Talya as we did see her wearing a cloak like this to go meet Mysaria last episode. Or if I am right about the one with the King’s guard wearing the bag with a cloaked woman being Rhaenys maybe this is Rhaenys here and Aemond has caught up with her and that results in a confrontation between them. Maybe the twin who steals the crown then is fighting Aemond to protect Rhaenys or to distract Aemond so Rhaenys can get away.

Well that’s all the predictions I have got for now, can’t wait for the episode to air, its still crazy to me that we’ve only got two more episodes left.

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