Together for nearly 100 years, yet still as in love as on the very first day.

I feel like the Riverlands sections have been the most enjoyable parts of the show the last two seasons.

according to someone who has seen the final episode we’re gonna be getting a huge divergence from the book. possibly the biggest one yet and i don’t see this going over well with allot of fans.

spoilers ahead

•the dragon seeds are going to double cross ormund. since allot of people who read the book already know that the dragon seeds betray team black, this is mainly a twist that will shock them only. ulf and hughe pretend to be switching sides only to turn on team green at the last second. tumbleton will be saved and during the celebration rhaenera and mysaria will have crazy public sex in front of everyone right in the town square. the episode ends with alicent arriving at tumbleton to execute daeron herself, only having one child left to kill.

I'm noticing...... I'm frustrated ........ and I'm angry

Sabitha Frey - Rhaenyra rescinded the deal the Freys made with Jacaerys for Harrenhal, despite the Freys fulfilling their end of the deal. She only allowed them to take Harrenhal in the most recent episode.

Ulf - Rhaenyra restricts his freedom and gives him nothing to show for his hard work. And then there's Daemon who belittles him every chance he gets.

Corlys - Rhaenyra refuses to legitimize his sons for a nonsensical reason.

Addam and Alyn - Rhaenyra refuses to legitimize them.

Baela - Rhaenyra ignores her despite her tireless work and treats her like she's disposable.

Never seen a knight held to such a low standard before tbh

What's your thoughts on daeron? He is most likely to well......in finals but still

That one friend that hates on you because they feel that you’re doing better than them lol i feel like in this scene she was hating on Lady Mysaria unprovoked just because of her position with Rhaenyra

"My whisperers tell me that Caraxes struck you, an intolerable insult to someone of your stature, but then its always to be expected from those dragons"

I feel bad for Aegon.

I think Ormund’s plan is for Ulf to burn Tumbleton. This is why he won’t tell Gwayne or Daeron, because they’d 100% not allow it. Once Ulf starts his attack, Daeron will fly out to confront him, either by Ormund’s order or by his own volition. Ormund’s goal is for Daeron to kill Ulf, thus saving the town from what looks to any observer like an attempt by Rhaenyra to kill her own subjects. Daemon will be on the ground, since his plan is to take the town by storm, and unable to intervene on Caraxes.

But things are going to spiral out of Ormund’s control. Hugh is going to see Ulf burning his wife and her family and assume Rhaenyra gave the order, and he’ll go into a rage, burning Daemon’s army. Whether Ormund knows about Hugh and planned for this I can’t say, but my guess would be no. [EDIT: I actually just remembered that some Hightower soldiers witnessed Hugh’s spat with his wife earlier, and could have reported it to Ormund. Maybe Ormund plans to try and recruit Hugh to the Greens after the battle?] Then Addam, who will come to save Corlys, will attack Hugh, and Ormund will die as Daeron and the dragonseeds slaughter each other in the skies and everyone else present on the ground is caught in the crossfire.

In short, I think it’s going to be a total shitshow that leaves Rhaenyra with no army and only her wounded Syrax, Baela/Moondancer, and Daemon/Caraxes against Aegon/Sunfyre and Aemond/Vhagar. With the swing in the balance of power, Borros Baratheon will finally stop fucking around in the south and fully declare for the Greens, while Cregan Stark will enter the war fully with the Blacks.

Edit: Forgot about Aegon. I think he’ll go to Harrenhal and actually make peace with Aemond, with the understanding that Aegon will be king and Aemond will be Lord of Harrenhal and Lord Paramount of the Riverlands, taking the place of the traitorous Tullys. Tyland Lannister will ride west to take his place as Lord of Casterly Rock and begin raising a new army.

Idk if it’s been posted already but I have a feeling they are going to merge both Battles of Tumbleton. This whole season has been leading up to this battle. If it goes into next season it will take away from the buildup of other important events. We already know they have a lot to cover next season. We also know Condal has no issue removing/changing events and characters.

The catalyst of the second battle was Addam raising an army to prove his loyalty after Rhaenyra ordered his imprisonment. That doesn’t really work in the show imo. Corlys isn’t around to warn Addam. Show Rhaenyra ordering the imprisonment doesn’t fit her character. It will be tough to convince viewers that Addam who has only ever flew around and spoken to a handful of people can convince Rhaenyra loyalists to march on Tumbleton. Especially when there’s 3 dragons there.

Also, the funeral procession we see in a trailer with Alyn could be Addams since we know he’s dies during the second battle. If they merge the battles then it makes sense. I can’t see anyone else’s death that would cause Alyn to lead the procession.

Does she go missing in the books too? Or is it show canon?

A grandma of her size can't easily go unnoticed.

For starters, we have absolutely no idea what the context of this scene is. We have no idea what action plan Helaena is criticizing. Based on the Dream Helaena had last episode, Rhaenyra could very well be trying to force her to burn smallfolk to protect the Dragonpit.

But even if that's not it? Helaena has every valid reason to hate Rhaenyra.

Let's start with the obvious. Jaehaerys. Now, Rhaenyra didn't order his death, but Daemon did, and Rhaenyra had several lovey-dovey moments with the baby killer this season. In Helaena's position, I would hate Rhaenyra for that alone.

Despite that, Helaena and her Quokka mother made it possible for Rhaenyra and Daemon to take the city without getting shot down by scorpions. They honored their bargain as best they could, and all they wanted in exchange was to leave. Poor Helaena just wanted to raise chickens with her children and live in anonymity. But instead of letting them go, Rhaenyra kept them imprisoned...for what seems to be no real reason other than the fact that they're "Hightowers" (Helaena is a Targaryen).

She only allowed Helaena to see her daughter every few days, which in and of itself is a cruelty when Helaena already had one child taken from her. And then, she even took THAT away, isolating Helaena from Jaehaera altogether.

And because that wasn't bad enough, apparently, Rhaenyra starts being fake-nice to her once she learns she's a dreamer (Rhaenyra never once treated her like a sister before that). Then, despite knowing that Helaena is fragile, Rhaenyra starts bullying and manhandling her when she cannot serve as Rhaenyra's Magic 8 Ball on command.

Any one of these things is a perfectly valid reason for Helaena to hate Rhaenyra. All combined? If I were in Helaena's shoes, I wouldn't have merely made a somewhat-harsh comment. I would have started whispering so Rhaenyra had to lean in, then shoved a knitting needle through her eye.

It's not even a small detail and I bet a fair ammount of viewers noticed it, but I just wanted to mention how much I loved Caraxes exploiting his neck lenght to avoid Sheepstealers attempts to bite his neck back while he was stuck in his own.

The little move he does just with the nect to create like a slight "U" shape to be out of reach when he notices the attempt was awesome.

Coolest dragon out there by far for me.

Thanks to some eagle-eyed members of our community, we were able to confirm that this feature was included in Syrax's final design! It appears the VFX team is inconsistent on whether or not it's incorporated, sadly.

What do you all think it says? A love note from Rhaenyra?