spoilers : well overall it was Daemon who won the Dance anyways...all his children survived and 2 of them with Rhaenyra became kings of the seven kingdoms and both had pretty good reign aswell , Daemon also managed to kill Aemond with Vhagar and eventhough he ended up dying aswell Daemon himself said that he wanted to die at this point , he wasnt a young man either , by medfieval standarts Daemon was an old man when he died
Yeah sure she is pretty, but I liked the first actress of Laena Valaryon more. But I really wished they stuck to the books and cast a white actress with silver blonde hair.
@alphahyperion5831 ah yes, and they should have natural lavander eyes and the blood of the dragon and be magical and shit. People nitpick about the weirdest shit to "avoid" sounding racist.
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Only if Laena lived. No Aemond and Vhagar pyschosis.
@@georgestrawhecker6076 honestly, the scenario could have been so much more interesting. Imagine Laena births a baby, that dies after a few days. Everyone goes to Dragonstone for a funeral, but Laena is alive. Rhaena and Aemond, both dragonless, may claim Vermithor and Silverwing. And instead of hating each other, find common points. Daemon never marries Rhaenyra. Let's use book's canon, and Laenor still dies. Daemon and Laena move to Dragonstone to comfort Rhaenyra. What happens when Vyseris dies? Aemond and Rhaena have a personal bond, but they are both locked into a different political path. Rhaenyra needs a husband because her children are bastards and nobody wants her as queen but Daemon and Laena are with her and support her (now the black have Vhagar and Silverwing on top of the canon and the green have Vermithor instead of Vhagar). It's such an interesting situation: Daemon may want the crown for himself, but Laena would never want to kill Rhaenyra, and Daemon has no male heir. Baela and Jace are into each other, but Rhaena is attracted to Aemond even if she's betrothed to Luke. And the Greens are too weak for open war, especially with Aemond loyalty in question (in this time line, Aemond never loses his eye).
Not just her death. He lost her and his son and "heir". Immediately after there was the Aemond incident that proved that war was looming, and the only person Daemon still cared about was in danger... That pushed him back into killing mode.
Daemon is kind of like Robert, in the sense that he would have been better off living a life of adventure as a sell-sword, rather then being trapped in the snake pit that is the royal court. If he had stayed in Essos, he would have been happy and content. But Laena was a big part of that happiness, and her death re-opened that emptiness inside of him that he never quite knew how to fill.
The fact that his own brother King Viserys did'nt even give him any seat or place during this period is awful. During Jahaerys council for Heir, Daemon was the one who rallied for his brother and got an army of sellswords and other lords if the decision went the other way. This perfectly explains why the character Daemon is the way he is. He never found love and admiration from the people he cared for. Except for Laena and Rhanyra.
@@bubunmukherjee2857 Tbh it depends on the person. Targaryens had kings (Aenar Targaryen, Aegon the conqueror, Maegor,Jahaerys etc) who were great warriors and ambitious personalities. Viserys was none. End of the story.
@@bubunmukherjee2857 well, it depends on the king. Strong kings own their council, and surround themselves with people that can actually counsel them. Weak one end up powerless.
@@Ihsannnnnndepends on the time, though. Robert was also a great warrior, but ended up being King during a time of peace. Viserys was good for his time, he just lacked the will to do what he needed to. It was proposed to him by Otto to marry Rhenyra to Aegon to prevent a crisis altogether, he refused. He refused to see how deep the fractures in his family were. Went off on a tangent but warrior Kings aren’t always a good thing.
Yet everyone seem to forget Daemon was content being away. If you look at every action he made from season 1 until now has been for Rhaenrya or to prove he needs for nothing. Her father made her feel less than when momma gave him a son. Daemon stood behind Rhaenrya. Not Vicerys. And then he made the heir for a day speech. Rhaenrya complained about being forced to marry and he s ullied her name so she wouldn't be desirable but would marry her instead. Daemon is a misunderstood ride or die uncle husband. Lord lol. Vicerys sent away and he stayed away. He didn't try to kill his brother or overthrow him. The blacks gotta pull together.
No you’re wrong, everything he did was for himself, he admits as much while tripping in Harrenhal, his crown, his kingdom. Rhaenyra was a means to an end. He loves her, no doubt, he still sees her less then. In his mind, he thinks himself the true ruler, Viserys and Rhaenyra are just in his way, weak and inferior
@@1stfire_shadow yeah. That's one way to look at it. He's in a haunted castle. Of course all of his desires are brought against him. Yet before the castle he could've strucked down Rhaenrya or Vicerys but has not. If I'm not mistaken, daemon always leaves. Just about every single episode his butt leaves. Remember. Uncle I need you. I cannot face the greens alone. That's what pulled him back him. Daemon, like he said, knows that men would try to overthrow her left and right. But dare try him! He's a veteran compared to Rhaenrya. He knew Vicerys better than Rhaenrya could ever. They were siblings. The good bad and ugly was seen together. So I get what you're trying to say but we are going to have to disagree completely. Debates for a good show. Lovvvvve it
Laena was in love with his ambition, he genuinely loved her. He fell in love with her sense if adventure that complimented his own. He found a reason to finally be at peace with everything. She was able to settle a man that noone believed could settle which is a compliment to her. If only that was enough for her to be his world but sadly, her early death took that time of solace away from him. We'll never see whether Laena was able to find contentment with that.
“Valyria is we don’t belong anywhere.” My god that line hits hard with how sad and true it is. Valyrians rule Westeros but everyone they rule isn’t Valyrian except for the Velaryon family. Being the last people of your country would be the worst thing ever.
Daemon exists just to do the opposite of whatever his current wife wants apparently. Laena wanted to go home and get back into the Westeros politics and stable family life and he was willing to do anything if it meant he didn’t have to ho back and face Rhaenyra and Viserys? Like they just never explain this guy well. If the only thing that matters to him is his brother and rhaenyra and the Targaryen legacy then why did he spend 10 years palace surfing for dragon ‘services’ to other royals. Like he always seems to go so aggressively one direction and when he gets enough backlash he just does the exact opposite thing instead for years. Like now you can behave and live respectfully in others homes but you couldn’t go a day without fucking something up in Westeros? Like GRRM really just writes characters that can’t exist in regular daily life without screwing it up but like a few times in their life they are able to not only be useful to the plot and then they go back to plot purgatory until they’re called back up. It is the most bizarre thing because if Daemon is everything that he has shown himself to be just in this show itself.. not a chance in hell this is what he’d wanna do. He spent the first half doing anything he could to make a legacy for himself like with the stepstones after he was removed as heir and then he tried to claim Rhaenyra’s by trying to marry her and then tried to claim Rhea’s after killing her. So he was all free up to find a Valyrian wife which he did and have children but he decided that the best time to stop looking to secure a stable and consistent home and legacy is when you’ve got young children. This weird aimless and complacent behavior is not Daemon unless he was so fucked up after his plans fell apart that he tried to overcorrect and instead pretend that it’s best to live your life as a forever guest? Laena is genuinely a saint for putting up with him for a damn decade with this petulant behavior when he knows he’s being nuts. Laena is one of the few mentally well-adjusted characters since she actually had very loving and supportive parents so she truly must’ve been like so endlessly confused why daemon is unable to understand what she means when she talks about home. He really spent ten years running from his home because he couldn’t reign in his craziness lol. Dude is a true headache. I’m so glad he’s not a real person ha
No, the Velaryons look exactly like the Targaryens in the books. Daemon has a thing for Valyrian looking girls: Mysaria is pale and blonde and looks Valyrian, Rhaenyra and Laena are both white hair, pale, purple eyes, most of his other partners are described as pale and blonde. That's one of the reason why he doesn't like Rhea Royce: she looks nothing like the girls he likes.
She’s not but it’s fine. Targaryen’s and Valyerains are from essos originally where people of color in this universe are from. So is it a change, yes but if there was any characters they could get away with changing it was them
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This would’ve been the best outcome for daemon to be honest
He died exactly how he wanted, with glory and before he was too old.
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well overall it was Daemon who won the Dance anyways...all his children survived and 2 of them with Rhaenyra became kings of the seven kingdoms and both had pretty good reign aswell , Daemon also managed to kill Aemond with Vhagar and eventhough he ended up dying aswell Daemon himself said that he wanted to die at this point , he wasnt a young man either , by medfieval standarts Daemon was an old man when he died
@@johanebrown1764 what you want for an outcome and what’s the best outcome are two different things but I see your point
She is absolutely GORGEOUS. Her daughters as well. The casting was perfect.
There is a little and obvious problem.
@@miguelariza100 ugh, come off it
Yeah sure she is pretty, but I liked the first actress of Laena Valaryon more. But I really wished they stuck to the books and cast a white actress with silver blonde hair.
Her and the girls look like they could be family too!! They ate with casting:) younger and older Alicent are clones I swear 🙊
@alphahyperion5831 ah yes, and they should have natural lavander eyes and the blood of the dragon and be magical and shit. People nitpick about the weirdest shit to "avoid" sounding racist.
Only if Laena lived. No Aemond and Vhagar pyschosis.
Spot on. Which dragon do you think Aemond would’ve ended up with? A small one or would he have tried to bond with Vermithor?
@@georgestrawhecker6076 the piglet with wings
@@georgestrawhecker6076 nah he's go for an ice or sea dragon which do exist in canon
@@georgestrawhecker6076 honestly, the scenario could have been so much more interesting. Imagine Laena births a baby, that dies after a few days. Everyone goes to Dragonstone for a funeral, but Laena is alive.
Rhaena and Aemond, both dragonless, may claim Vermithor and Silverwing. And instead of hating each other, find common points.
Daemon never marries Rhaenyra.
Let's use book's canon, and Laenor still dies.
Daemon and Laena move to Dragonstone to comfort Rhaenyra.
What happens when Vyseris dies?
Aemond and Rhaena have a personal bond, but they are both locked into a different political path.
Rhaenyra needs a husband because her children are bastards and nobody wants her as queen but Daemon and Laena are with her and support her (now the black have Vhagar and Silverwing on top of the canon and the green have Vermithor instead of Vhagar).
It's such an interesting situation: Daemon may want the crown for himself, but Laena would never want to kill Rhaenyra, and Daemon has no male heir. Baela and Jace are into each other, but Rhaena is attracted to Aemond even if she's betrothed to Luke. And the Greens are too weak for open war, especially with Aemond loyalty in question (in this time line, Aemond never loses his eye).
@@georgestrawhecker6076 Cannibal
They should’ve shown more of these two. I like the dynamic
Yes !!! They rushed season 1 for season 2 to go slow. Makes no sense
He was more compassionate with her at least while she was pregnant
Daemon wants a peaceful life with his wife and daughters. Leana's death made him mad again .
Not just her death. He lost her and his son and "heir".
Immediately after there was the Aemond incident that proved that war was looming, and the only person Daemon still cared about was in danger...
That pushed him back into killing mode.
@@12garkhow do you the unborn child was a boy? Could of been another girl?
@@TimberlakeTigerGirl the child is born and was a male in the books. Stillborn and deformed but still a boy
@@12garkhow does Leana die in the books ?
@@ryanmussell739 she tries to reach Vhagar to fly one last time but dies few steps out of her bed.
It seems like Laena and Daemon's marriage was the healthiest of the lot...
Its heartbreaking that only her death could convince him to go back bc that life wasn't as peaceful without her in it
She was a true dragon 🐉 ❤
Daemon is kind of like Robert, in the sense that he would have been better off living a life of adventure as a sell-sword, rather then being trapped in the snake pit that is the royal court.
If he had stayed in Essos, he would have been happy and content. But Laena was a big part of that happiness, and her death re-opened that emptiness inside of him that he never quite knew how to fill.
The fact that his own brother King Viserys did'nt even give him any seat or place during this period is awful. During Jahaerys council for Heir, Daemon was the one who rallied for his brother and got an army of sellswords and other lords if the decision went the other way. This perfectly explains why the character Daemon is the way he is. He never found love and admiration from the people he cared for. Except for Laena and Rhanyra.
The show is brilliant in showing how even a king is powerless in the politics of power in the council
@@bubunmukherjee2857 Tbh it depends on the person. Targaryens had kings (Aenar Targaryen, Aegon the conqueror, Maegor,Jahaerys etc) who were great warriors and ambitious personalities. Viserys was none. End of the story.
@@bubunmukherjee2857 well, it depends on the king. Strong kings own their council, and surround themselves with people that can actually counsel them.
Weak one end up powerless.
@@12gark it's easier to say
The power struggle, I hope we all know the constant mental fight we all have to play sometimes
@@Ihsannnnnndepends on the time, though. Robert was also a great warrior, but ended up being King during a time of peace. Viserys was good for his time, he just lacked the will to do what he needed to. It was proposed to him by Otto to marry Rhenyra to Aegon to prevent a crisis altogether, he refused. He refused to see how deep the fractures in his family were.
Went off on a tangent but warrior Kings aren’t always a good thing.
I too would've been depressed after losing a beautiful wife like that. I understand why Daemon still sees ghosts of her.
Daemon's high fantasy version of becoming an English teacher overseas😂
She was so beautiful! Just like her daughters.
Laena made Deamon humble and grounded
Yet everyone seem to forget Daemon was content being away. If you look at every action he made from season 1 until now has been for Rhaenrya or to prove he needs for nothing. Her father made her feel less than when momma gave him a son. Daemon stood behind Rhaenrya. Not Vicerys. And then he made the heir for a day speech. Rhaenrya complained about being forced to marry and he s ullied her name so she wouldn't be desirable but would marry her instead. Daemon is a misunderstood ride or die uncle husband. Lord lol. Vicerys sent away and he stayed away. He didn't try to kill his brother or overthrow him. The blacks gotta pull together.
No you’re wrong, everything he did was for himself, he admits as much while tripping in Harrenhal, his crown, his kingdom. Rhaenyra was a means to an end. He loves her, no doubt, he still sees her less then. In his mind, he thinks himself the true ruler, Viserys and Rhaenyra are just in his way, weak and inferior
@@1stfire_shadow yeah. That's one way to look at it. He's in a haunted castle. Of course all of his desires are brought against him. Yet before the castle he could've strucked down Rhaenrya or Vicerys but has not. If I'm not mistaken, daemon always leaves. Just about every single episode his butt leaves. Remember. Uncle I need you. I cannot face the greens alone. That's what pulled him back him. Daemon, like he said, knows that men would try to overthrow her left and right. But dare try him! He's a veteran compared to Rhaenrya. He knew Vicerys better than Rhaenrya could ever. They were siblings. The good bad and ugly was seen together. So I get what you're trying to say but we are going to have to disagree completely. Debates for a good show. Lovvvvve it
She’s so beautiful
Laena was in love with his ambition, he genuinely loved her. He fell in love with her sense if adventure that complimented his own. He found a reason to finally be at peace with everything. She was able to settle a man that noone believed could settle which is a compliment to her. If only that was enough for her to be his world but sadly, her early death took that time of solace away from him. We'll never see whether Laena was able to find contentment with that.
She was going to die anyway, so she went out on her terms.
“Valyria is we don’t belong anywhere.” My god that line hits hard with how sad and true it is. Valyrians rule Westeros but everyone they rule isn’t Valyrian except for the Velaryon family. Being the last people of your country would be the worst thing ever.
I think he loved this wife 😮
Bruh Daemon struck a gold with her... she's gorgeous
Lol wow! Daemon being wholesome.
He looks like geralt of rivia with that hairdo
Imagine Geralt VS Daemon though . It wouldn't be fair but still
@@nicksmithnutmilk true 💯
She was the most beautiful woman on the show, hands down.
He is right actually
See. If that lady could just enjoy being rich ..
Nome of that crap would have happened...
And deamon would be able to enjoy a simple life
Daemon exists just to do the opposite of whatever his current wife wants apparently. Laena wanted to go home and get back into the Westeros politics and stable family life and he was willing to do anything if it meant he didn’t have to ho back and face Rhaenyra and Viserys? Like they just never explain this guy well. If the only thing that matters to him is his brother and rhaenyra and the Targaryen legacy then why did he spend 10 years palace surfing for dragon ‘services’ to other royals. Like he always seems to go so aggressively one direction and when he gets enough backlash he just does the exact opposite thing instead for years. Like now you can behave and live respectfully in others homes but you couldn’t go a day without fucking something up in Westeros? Like GRRM really just writes characters that can’t exist in regular daily life without screwing it up but like a few times in their life they are able to not only be useful to the plot and then they go back to plot purgatory until they’re called back up. It is the most bizarre thing because if Daemon is everything that he has shown himself to be just in this show itself.. not a chance in hell this is what he’d wanna do. He spent the first half doing anything he could to make a legacy for himself like with the stepstones after he was removed as heir and then he tried to claim Rhaenyra’s by trying to marry her and then tried to claim Rhea’s after killing her. So he was all free up to find a Valyrian wife which he did and have children but he decided that the best time to stop looking to secure a stable and consistent home and legacy is when you’ve got young children. This weird aimless and complacent behavior is not Daemon unless he was so fucked up after his plans fell apart that he tried to overcorrect and instead pretend that it’s best to live your life as a forever guest? Laena is genuinely a saint for putting up with him for a damn decade with this petulant behavior when he knows he’s being nuts. Laena is one of the few mentally well-adjusted characters since she actually had very loving and supportive parents so she truly must’ve been like so endlessly confused why daemon is unable to understand what she means when she talks about home. He really spent ten years running from his home because he couldn’t reign in his craziness lol. Dude is a true headache. I’m so glad he’s not a real person ha
What episode is it?
S1 E6
😮😮😂
Is she black in the books too? Seems weird
No, the Velaryons look exactly like the Targaryens in the books.
Daemon has a thing for Valyrian looking girls: Mysaria is pale and blonde and looks Valyrian, Rhaenyra and Laena are both white hair, pale, purple eyes, most of his other partners are described as pale and blonde.
That's one of the reason why he doesn't like Rhea Royce: she looks nothing like the girls he likes.
She’s not but it’s fine. Targaryen’s and Valyerains are from essos originally where people of color in this universe are from. So is it a change, yes but if there was any characters they could get away with changing it was them
No, this was some DEI crap here. Typical really.
@@hyperionsf3220 you know normal people don’t use the term DEI right? Go outside, and have fun in life. Get off the right wing internet space.
@@hyperionsf3220 seems like DEI worked out just fine, you're the only one that's complaining. Try to be better.
Amazing scene.. Sad thing about the skin though..
Oh shut up
It’s really not a big deal. The family descends from Essos where black folks are from in this universe, it works out just fine
you'll be alright
Problem is if velaryions were black daemon should have been half black too.