Should’ve Drowned Aegon
Hosts joke drastic measures for royal succession
Jun 21, 2026 · 1 hr 56 min · 11 segments
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Did anything I say, did I get any facts wrong that like made you grind your teeth? 'Cause sometimes I just go on a tangent and even forget, you know?
[laughs]
So.
Yeah, yeah.
I think the only updates I had to make was about, um, was about Rhaenys and Viserys and their relationship to Jaehaerys.
And they kind of like muddled it in the show.
Yeah.
Um, speaking of muddling.
But, um, but it was that they were both, um, they were both his grandchildren.
Okay.
Okay
... um, the Spring Prince.
And, um-
Oh, okay
... and so, uh, the only reason that Rhaenys was up for consideration was she was his eldest living son's only child.
Okay.
And he had died, like all these people were like way aged up in the show.
Mm-hmm.
And, um, so but like in the book, he was only like 40 when he died.
And, um, he had been like ambushed.
Yeah
...
Did anything I say, did I get any facts wrong that like made you grind your teeth? 'Cause sometimes I just go on a tangent and even forget, you know?
[laughs]
So.
Yeah, yeah.
I think the only updates I had to make was about, um, was about Rhaenys and Viserys and their relationship to Jaehaerys.
And they kind of like muddled it in the show.
Yeah.
Um, speaking of muddling.
But, um, but it was that they were both, um, they were both his grandchildren.
Okay.
Okay
... um, the Spring Prince.
And, um-
Oh, okay
... and so, uh, the only reason that Rhaenys was up for consideration was she was his eldest living son's only child.
Okay.
And he had died, like all these people were like way aged up in the show.
Mm-hmm.
And, um, so but like in the book, he was only like 40 when he died.
And, um, he had been like ambushed.
Yeah
...
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