You need valyrian blood

Apparently the show(s) explicitly say only Targaryans can be dragon riders, but in the books there have been a few cases of other houses riding dragons. Basically, it's a bit of revisionist history by the Targaryans, because, like you said, Velaryons also descend from Valyria.

Still, the timing of Addam taming Seasmoke was convenient as hell

I was confused why this episode was being negatively rated by some people, and surprise surprise, in many cases it's because Rhaenyra kissed a woman. I'm done, bruh. Deplorable mfs.

It’s always the same bullshit smh . If you look at the IMDB scores for The Last Of Us, unsurprisingly the two lowest scoring episodes are the ones that involved a gay romance

Grown men can’t handle seeing a same s***kiss, a bunch of sensitive b****es

Nah, the correct word is "pathetic". Like, how big a loser do you have to be to let something so inconsequential (and perfectly natural) make you automatically express negative feelings.

That kiss scene got a nigga bricked up I’m ngl

Meanwhile some people think it’s 100% just fan service lmao

We at war brehs

Ehhhh kind of. They’re sort of dwelling on stuff for too long that isn’t important and not addressing some stuff that’s more pivotal to the plot and characters imo.

For instance I would’ve loved more reactions after Luke’s death, Rooks rest and learning more about the other Lords who will join the war rather than the repetitive Daemon flashbacks and Nyra small council scenes which are hammering home points we already got by episode 3/4.
I wish they had 10 eps instead of 8, I guess that and budget considerations aren’t helping

Episode kept me entertained

I just realized Larys got a foot fetish cause his leg was f***ed up at birth

The imDb score being a 6.7 is crazy

When Aemond put him in his place >>

bro called him a "toad"

for me personally it’s not even that she kissed a woman it’s the fact it’s unnecessary af. yall literally bout to die and you tryna rub coochies wit the help?

About to die?

When my friend told me there was a lesbian kiss I assumed it was them, I was wondering how she managed to get into KL again.

They had Daemon going down on his mother in a hallucination and an entire family that runs on incest but Rhaenerya kissing another woman is an issue

She’s literally married to her uncle

It made perfect sense to me. By sharing her tragic past - in an unprecedented move - Mysaria chose to expose herself completely.

Rhaenyra finds herself in an environment where no one takes her seriously, or where she feels that people mischaracterize her. She feels abandoned. But Mysaria's words bring her love and trust. I thought it was beautiful.

Team Black been talking L’s all season and Aemond not f***in around

People be f***in all the time during times of war

Both show and books have unnecessary s***scenes be fr, there’s literally one in a storm of swords where Dany gets mad h**** and gets finished off by the help after Jorah kisses her.

You're complaining about lesbians?

Also the books are way gayer. Dany f***s her handmaidens for instance, Cersei f***s some Dornish lady. Celebrate the p**** man

Unless you're gay that's fine too

nice episode

otto biden