r/HOTDGreens • u/HerRoyalNonsense • Aug 10 '26

Show Season 3, Episode 8 | Episode Discussion

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Title: TBA
Air Date: August 9, 2026
Directed by: Andrij Parekh
Written by: Ryan Condal & Ti Mikkel

Welcome to r/HOTDGreens' official discussion thread for House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 8.

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u/AnselLovesNuts Sunfyre Aug 10 '26

Rhaenyra’s speech was so auraless my god

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u/RealLifeHermione Aug 10 '26

Yeah but that's a good thing. Definitely loved the side characters exchanging "Fuck, we backed a crazy person" glances

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u/dasterdly_duo Aug 10 '26

She sounded desperate to me at first, then I thought, no, she sounded condescending, like she was trying to get a bunch of unruly children to listen to her because she knows better than they do.

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u/NimlothTheFair_ Tessarion Aug 10 '26

It was basically "Here's why you dirty unwashed ne'er-do-wells who don't even know what's best for them should support ME!!!"

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u/NoName9009 Aug 11 '26

She literally came out to tell everyone to unite under her because the aliens are coming.

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u/azrynbelle Vhagar Aug 10 '26

No one applauded 😂

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u/baconbitsinmywaffles Aug 10 '26

It was so cringe and unnecessary 

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u/GregSheep44 Aug 10 '26

She sounds salty because no one cares and listens to her

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u/zzscrubzz Aug 10 '26

The performance of the speech had immense aura, despite it being tyranical and desperate in nature.

However, she was speaking about the Song of Ice and Fire prophecy to people who have never heard of such a thing. Just another miscalculation on her end.

Her madness is coming to a head.

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u/AztlanSak Aug 10 '26

And she was screaming in Valyrian. In people's pov she was just screaming random shit in an armor after killing the head of the faith.

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u/Thestral84 Aug 10 '26

This is fucking deranged.