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Top 10 Things You Missed in House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 7
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7/30/2024
Enter the Dragonseeds. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re talking about callbacks, details, subtext and foreshadowing that you might not have caught in the latest episode of Season Two.
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You stand before the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms!
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With a dragon of House Targaryen!
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Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're talking about callbacks, details, subtext, and foreshadowing
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that you might not have caught in Season 2, Episode 7 of House of the Dragon.
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If you don't know the drill by now, there will be spoilers.
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But I'm afraid you must work harder.
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Number 10. The Dragon Sign.
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Aemond and his council might be dangerously underestimating the power of the smallfolk.
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Makes you sick, doesn't it? Knowing they're banqueting every night at the castle.
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While we go without.
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Rhaenyra and Mysaria have been doing a good job rallying the commoners,
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and recent episodes have started to show the power of the people.
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There's the Queen of Fishes!
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Keep moving!
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Most recently, Elinda Massey marches through the streets of King's Landing,
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and she's intercut with a member of the Goldcloaks tearing a worn sign off a wooden door.
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Looking closely, you can see that the poster shows an inverted three-headed dragon with a red mark slashed through it.
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This is likely a symbol of protest against the sitting rulers,
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with the dragon's upside-down positioning possibly representing the falsity of Aegon's Claim.
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It's a cool detail that shows how Rhaenyra's influence in the capital is growing.
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Queen Rhaenyra!
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Don't leave Queen Rhaenyra!
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What do you want?
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Adam of Hull's ability to claim Seasmoke has big implications.
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So the episode starts with him and Rhaenyra meeting in a Wild West-type standoff.
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She attempts to gauge his uncertain motivations,
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though we know some of them from a conversation that he's already had with his brother.
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Later, as Adam is waiting to meet with Corlys Velaryon,
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he takes a moment to admire the room and some ornate table decorations.
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He might be thinking about the riches that he just told Alan they could have
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if Alan embraced the attention of Lord Corlys.
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My brother was ever restless, yearning for some sign of his worth.
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More personally, Adam also earns praise from the man he suspects to be his father,
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as Corlys ends the exchange with what might be a proud subtextual acknowledgement of his son.
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Well done.
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Daemon's having a hard time getting support from the Riverlands,
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and he turns to the young Oscar Tully to get it.
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Unfortunately, Oscar demands that Daemon execute Sir Willem Blackwood for despicable crimes.
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But Willem was only ever acting on Daemon's orders,
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and he pleads out a reminder of his devotion as Daemon carries out the sentence.
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Your Grace, command them. I've only served you.
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Command them!
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A similar cry came from one of Stannis Baratheon's allies back in Game of Thrones,
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who was burned at the stake as a sacrifice.
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Fire! I've served you well!
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The circumstances aren't exactly the same,
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but both cases show men in power choosing to disregard loyalty in favor of their ambition.
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That didn't turn out so well for Stannis.
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Do you have any last words?
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I won't do you duty.
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Daemon's choice could signify that his actions are already leading to a potential downfall.
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Each of you has left behind a life to answer this call.
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A life to which you might never return.
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No one knows for sure why dragons accept their riders,
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but it seems to have something to do with bloodlines.
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Even those with partial Targaryen ancestry are capable,
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and learning this causes Rhaenyra to cry out a rally for lowborns with potentially valuable family trees.
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The phrase sounds like the Battle of the Bastards title from Game of Thrones,
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which makes sense when you think about Jon Snow and his mixed Targaryen heritage.
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If you rewatch his first meeting with Drogon,
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it looks a lot like Rhaenyra's approach to Vermithor in this episode.
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Presumably, Jon Snow's fractional Targaryen lineage helped Drogon take a liking to him.
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The more that we learn about both of these shows,
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the more the word bastard sounds like less of an insult.
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Episode 7 gives viewers a glimpse of King Aegon's recovery process,
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and it does a great job of making us all feel his physical pain.
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But have you ever thought about why some Targaryens can be burnt while others cannot?
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Most notably, Daenerys Targaryen proved to be immune to fire on multiple Game of Thrones occasions.
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She even speaks a line that implies true dragons should not fear flames.
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That idea is flawed though, since others of Targaryen descent can be killed by fire.
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He was no dragon. Fire cannot kill a dragon.
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Notably, Dany's brother, Laena Velaryon, and Aegon II have all endured fiery suffering.
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Was Daenerys unaffected because she was the prince promised from the prophecy?
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Or is there another reason that House of the Dragon might yet teach us?
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Having been removed from Aemon's council,
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Alicent now contemplates the choices she's made and how they've left her without purpose.
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She appears to be in the Kingswood, the same location for a glorified hunt that occurred in season 1.
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That hunt honored Aegon's birthday,
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so Alicent's choice to swim here indicates that her fractured family is on her mind.
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Her submergence into the lake mirrors the way she typically sinks into her baths, almost like meditation.
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The most curious detail is the bird that she notices soaring above her.
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It could represent a desire to ascend past the mortal world,
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or perhaps something more hopeful that has yet to be revealed.
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Either way, the sequence is oddly dreamlike and feels provocatively open to interpretation.
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Puppets in Westeros?
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There are too many names to remember on the House of the Dragon roster,
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but here are a few fun ones that might stand out.
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It turns out that some of the Tullys share titles with characters from Sesame Street,
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including Lord Grover Tully and his grandson Oscar.
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The connection may not have a deep meaning,
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but George R.R. Martin's co-authors have tweeted that the writer was amused by the use of the famous puppets' names.
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During young Oscar's tense scene with Damon,
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Oscar assigns a very specific color to his conflicted feelings.
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Sesame Street's iconic garbage monster is also green,
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and it's a charming elbow nudge to those familiar with the backstory.
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Now we just need to meet a Burt and Ernie Lannister.
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Number 3. Rhaenyra's Speech
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Wrangling a dragon is terrifying business,
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but Queen Rhaenyra has some encouraging words for the contenders.
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She reminds them of the lives they're fighting for,
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and she elaborates that taming the dragons could mean victory and an end to suffering.
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It sounds a little like a speech that Rhaenyra's ancestor Daenerys Targaryen makes on the Game of Thrones finale.
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Dany perceives her goal as liberation,
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but others see how her choices have only bred more violence.
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Both Dany and Rhaenyra share the problematic viewpoint that winning a war is equivalent to peace and prosperity,
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so their messages are somewhat deceptive.
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But Rhaenyra is essentially sending her followers to their probable doom,
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and how else can you motivate people to accept that risk?
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Number 2. Daeron Targaryen
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During Aemond's council meeting,
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one of the members mentions a character who could potentially become important to the storyline's near future.
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We've not met him yet, but Daeron Targaryen is Viserys and Alicent's youngest son,
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and he's actually been referenced a couple of times before.
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We know he's grown up in Oldtown,
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and Aemond now learns that his dragon may be ready for battle soon.
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That news comes right before Aemond flies off to learn of Rhaenyra's new dragonriders,
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so this might be foreshadowing Daeron's appearance and participation in the fight.
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And should the Greens lose any of Alicent's children that we have met,
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Daeron could be the next adversary in line for the Blacks.
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I have nothing more to tell you.
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It must be the dragon who speaks.
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Book readers have probably been waiting excitedly for the sowing of the dragon seeds,
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and season 2's penultimate episode got it started explosively.
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As Rhaenyra presents the potential riders before Vermithor,
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she ominously declares that the dragon must speak next.
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I'm ready.
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Many likely assume she's referring to the Bronze Fury behind her,
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but dragon has been used to describe both the animals and the Targaryens who ride them.
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Her words might thus have a double meaning.
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In fact, Hugh Hammer does speak to quell the mighty Vermithor.
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It's a sign that riders will go on and prove to be just as ferocious
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as the legendary beasts they command.
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Come on!
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Did you miss anything from our list?
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What other small details from this week's episode did you catch?
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Let us know in the comments.
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Perhaps this is one of those whispers best left to the wind.
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