Helaena Targaryen
Game of Thrones character
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Sep 18, 2026
TuckGUEST
Thankfully, there's a lot of weird, like, Family having sex with family in the Targaryens.
TuckGUEST
Because like Aegon is him and Helaena are brother and sister.
TuckGUEST
Like if Aegon would have been a little bit older, Rhaenyra would have been betrothed to him.
TuckGUEST
Or she would have been younger.
19 MINS LATER
TuckGUEST
Blame Otto for that.
TuckGUEST
Because Otto groomed her to believe that Aegon was the only one that really mattered.
TuckGUEST
Outside of that, it was Helaena because she was going to have the children for Aegon.
TuckGUEST
But Aemon didn't matter in the sense of succession.
GlidusHOST
Like, I think that this was a really good Rhaenyra episode, in my opinion.
GlidusHOST
And it was a really good Helaena episode, in my opinion.
GlidusHOST
Daemon, I feel like it didn't commit to anything with Daemon.
GlidusHOST
The thing with Daemon in this episode is that he's like, he says... let's spare the civilians and not burn the walls.
23 MINS LATER
GlidusHOST
The only shame of the fuck Viserys line is that Alicent isn't in the room.
GlidusHOST
Because Alicent is like the one other person in the world who can really like vibe with Rhaenyra and share that feeling and empathize with Rhaenyra.
GlidusHOST
I mean, you know, and I guess it extends even to Aegon and Aemond and Helaena and Daeron.
GlidusHOST
Like, they all should join the chorus of fuck Viserys.
TeddyGUEST
But then, like, in the middle it did kind of, it...
TeddyGUEST
I get, I get you gotta build, you gotta build story, but is it me or was Al- Alicent and Helaena's, like, I guess, arc very hard to watch? I, I, I couldn't, I couldn't.
TeddyGUEST
It was the same conversation every time they talked.
TeddyGUEST
It was getting kind of annoying.
9 MINS LATER
RubenHOST
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RubenHOST
the personal interactions with Rhaenyra, you're, you're seeing more of that cruelness.
RubenHOST
Like, when she force feeds Helaena, I think that was probably the most fucked up thing she's ever done to somebody.
TeddyGUEST
What was so sad about that? She's feeding her.
speaker_2HOST
But her fate in the source text is just horrific.
speaker_2HOST
After the fanatic prophet known as the Shepherd whips the city into a frenzy and Helaena Targaryen commits suicide, massive riots tear through King's Landing.
speaker_3HOST
Chaos in the streets.
speaker_2HOST
Rhaenyra manages to flee, but Mysaria is trapped in the Red Keep.
15 MINS LATER
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speaker_2HOST
And the absolute poster child for this heartbreaking collateral damage is Helaena Targaryen
speaker_3HOST
TargaryenHelaena is perhaps the most purely tragic, defenseless figure in this entire saga.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Y- y- look, you gotta be a real adventurous reader 'cause you're just gonna, you're just gonna para- you're just gonna parachute into a dense p- w- web of spoilers.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
But I wanted read those two paragraphs because they're the ones that cover Queen, uh, Helaena's death.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
So, uh, I would like to open it up.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Uh, maybe we can start with the king since that seems wise and just.
22 MINS LATER
A.Ron HubbardHOST
It was badly burnt.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
You know, it was on the run, and she did an- she would do anything to save her- them, even damning herself.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Whereas Alicent literally has a burned child who's on the run and the other child is, is wanted and on the run, and she is like wheeling and dealing for their lives just to save her own and Helaena's.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Like, I thought that-
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Y- y- look, you gotta be a real adventurous reader, 'cause you are just gonna, you're just gonna para- you're just gonna parachute into a dense web of spoilers.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
But I wanted read those two paragraphs because they're the ones that cover Queen, uh, Helaena's death.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
So, uh, I would like to open it up.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Uh, maybe we can start with the king since that seems wise and just.
22 MINS LATER
A.Ron HubbardHOST
She was badly...
A.Ron HubbardHOST
It was badly burnt, you know, it was on the run, and she did an- she would do anything to save her, them, even damning herself.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Whereas Alicent literally has a burned child who's on the run, and the other child is, is wanted and on the run, and she is, like, wheeling and dealing for their lives just to save her own and Helaena's.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Like, I thought that-
Em BurnhamHOST
Yeah.
Em BurnhamHOST
What do you feel about Aegon and Hele- [laughs] Helaena?
Laura BrodnikHOST
I don't-
Em BurnhamHOST
Helaena?
Laura BrodnikHOST
Yeah, Helaena.
Laura BrodnikHOST
No, I didn't like them together 'cause he was not very nice to her.
Em BurnhamHOST
No.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
The other thing is, big difference from the book and the show, is that in the books as Rhaenyra is taking over King's Landing, we don't know what they're doing but there's this paragraph where like the Larys, the Clubfoot is busy, and he gets Jaehaera out of the ca- the castle.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
He gets, uh, Ma- Maelor, who is the, uh, presumably the fetus inside Helaena's, uh, uh, body this season, gets him out and there's a thing, there's...
A.Ron HubbardHOST
And, and, and all these other things.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
You know, Aegon's gone and, you know, all this other stuff.
19 MINS LATER
A.Ron HubbardHOST
... um, I wonder if this is condo, like, you know, 'cause, like, Alicent's drinking moon tea in the series-
Jim JonesHOST
Mm-hmm
A.Ron HubbardHOST
... because she's had an affair with Cole, and Helaena is pregnant and trying to...
A.Ron HubbardHOST
I wonder if this is, again, a little bit of telephone that, like, there's these royal ladies pregnant under mysterious circumstances that would otherwise be unexplainable.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
The other thing is, big difference from the book and the show, is that in the books as Rhaenyra is taking over King's Landing, we don't know what they're doing but there's this paragraph where, like, the Larys, the Clubfoot is busy, and he gets Jaehaera out of the ca- the castle.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
He gets, uh, M- Mae- Maelor, who is the, uh, presumably the fetus inside Helaena's, uh, uh, body this season, gets him out, and there's a thing, there's...
A.Ron HubbardHOST
And, and, and all these other things.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
You know, Aegon's gone and, you know, all this other stuff.
19 MINS LATER
A.Ron HubbardHOST
But just like, you know, try to like weigh the probabilities and- Um, I wonder if this is Condal like, you know, 'cause like Alicent's drinking moon tea in the series-
Jim JonesHOST
Mm-hmm
A.Ron HubbardHOST
... because she's had an affair with Cole and Helaena is pregnant and trying to...
A.Ron HubbardHOST
I wonder if this is, again, a little bit of telephone that like there's these royal ladies pregnant under mysterious circumstances that w- would otherwise be unexplainable.
KristinaGUEST
And there's a lot of her that's to deal with.
KristinaGUEST
Helaena's pregnant.
KristinaGUEST
Um, Aegon is alive, imbecile.
JoshHOST
[laughs]
9 MINS LATER
JoshHOST
I, I, I'm not surprised at the way she's acting.
JoshHOST
I mean, I think where she misstepped is-
KristinaGUEST
With Helaena
JoshHOST
... first of all with Helaena, I think that was a misstep, and then also with the, what she did with the citizens of, like, at first she's trying to do some good things, like she steals from, like literally steals from the rich families that were hoarding all the stuff-
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