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The events of the Aug. 28 occurrence of House of the Dragon has supporting the young Targaryen princess, portrayed by Milly Alcock. Here's what went down. (Spoilers!)
House of the Dragon Cast Spills Shocking Dragon Secrets!
(Warning: the beneath includes spoilers from House of the Dragon.)
Daenerys Targaryen would've loved Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen.
We kept reasoning that portion tuning into House of the Dragon's second occurrence connected Aug. 28. The young Targaryen, portrayed by Milly Alcock successful the Game of Thrones spin-off, displayed immoderate quality traits that were akin to her dragon-riding descendant. Much like Daenerys (Emilia Clarke on GoT), Rhaenyra is routinely underestimated for 1 reason: she's a girl.
However, alternatively than crumble beneath the disdain the lords of the realm person for her sex, she chooses to emergence supra it and beryllium that she's been named King Viserys' heir for a reason. For instance, arsenic her father Viserys (Paddy Considine) is pressured to remarry (a literal child!) in bid to unafraid his bloodline, Rhaenyra doesn't person a temper tantrum, a favourite past clip of her uncle's, Prince Daemon (Matt Smith). Instead, she gives her begetter her blessing to remarry, proving she tin enactment the realm earlier herself. The eventual motion of a existent ruler.
Nonetheless, Rhaenyra shows that she inactive has her sights acceptable connected the Iron Throne. Case successful point: After cousin Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), who was slighted when Viserys was named king, informs Rhaenyra that a pistillate would ne'er regularisation Westeros since "that is the bid of things," Rhaenyra hits back, "When I americium queen, I volition make a caller order."
Sounds a batch like Daenerys' "I'm going to interruption the wheel" speech, no?
Rhaenyra later puts her words to action, erstwhile she successfully gets the antecedently disinherited Daemon to relinquish a dragon ovum helium stole from the palace's dragon pit. Why is the dragon ovum specified a large deal? It is the aforesaid 1 laid successful the crib of Rhaenyra's precocious brother, the 1 who died alongside their mother Aemma (Sian Brooke).
This explains why Rhaenyra is unafraid to telephone her uncle's bluff. "I'm close here, uncle," Rhaenyra states portion asking for the dragon ovum back. "The entity of your ire, the crushed you were disinherited. If you privation to beryllium restored arsenic heir, you'll request to termination me. So bash it, and beryllium done with each this bother."
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The last infinitesimal that has america rooting for Rhaenyra? When her ain begetter chooses to wed her 15-year-old champion friend Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey). Imagine your own BFF becoming your stepmother. Ick.
We're astir acceptable to respire occurrence and put Rhaenyra connected the throne ourselves aft that. In fact, starting to today, we're bending the genu to Rhaenyra—but we uncertainty the different characters will.
To spot however this play plays out, drawback caller episodes of House of the Dragon connected Sundays connected HBO and HBO Max.
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