Jacaerys Velaryon

Yeah

... could cause some, some issues if she's constantly, like, throwing this thing about Jace in her face.

But, like, I, I still think there's a possibility to do exactly what they did in the book and have people, like, look at those two and be like, "Who is that girl?" 'Cause she looks nothing like a, a princess.

No.

... like, the worst kinda circumstances.

Nobody really wants to see her succeed.

Um, and in the show that's like, I think they make that a lot more explicit, like how many different directions she's being pulled into by Jace and Daemon and Mysaria and, you know, Cor- in the book there's Corlys and, and, uh, Selhlor, the Master of Coin, all that kinda stuff.

She just, she's just really being pulled in all these d- different directions, trying to do the right thing always, but...

And speaking of tragic youth who are caught up in this machine, we have to talk about Joffrey's Velaryon.

Jace.

Rhaenyra's eldest son and heir.

Jace's fate is a big one.

His death in season three is highly anticipated as a massive shock moment, and the way the show appears to be adapting it is a huge, highly consequential departure from the book.

The historical record provided by Archmaster Gyldayn regarding Jacaerys' death is relatively straightforward.

You know, a standard casualty of naval warfare.

How does he die in the book?

... son.

His, her, not Jace, not her oldest son, but her second oldest son, I guess.

Um, uh, uh, where in the...

In, in Wikipedia.

Like, the dance is starting, you know, stuff like that.

Um, and it really, Daeron is a hu- just a very different presence because he's Jace's age.

He's around in the book.

He doesn't go to Oldtown till he's 12.

Oh.

hot now i will say the opening of this episode so so so sad so sad very sad it's a post post gullet fight bitch fist versus sea snake with reina and sheep stealer fucking things up poor Jace's body floating in the water and then Bela has to collect her betrothed body take it back to um Dragonstone and then Rhaenyra is you know she's grieving she's trying to talk to Jace she's like what the fuck did you do Jace it's so sad Emma Darcy is such an amazing actor

Yeah, that broke my heart when I saw that.

Because I don't, I mean, I don't, I want to be careful.

I didn't like that.

Initially, I thought that that was the same guy as the go-close guy, like the one that she went to go see.

And then I was thinking of him, and I was also thinking of the dude that was guarding Rhaenyra's door when Jace flew or whatever, and then after the body comes back.

And that dude is just, like, immediately, like, oh, you know, I have, like, the honorable thing to do is to, like, offer up my neck and that she should take my life or whatever.