Can't imagine a queen's guard obeying the prince instead of the queen and living much longer, I understand someone might make that decision in the moment but I very much doubt it was the right one for his wellbeing...
I don't remember the exact quote Jace used, but I think he said something like a queen's guard giving their life to protect her, which to me was definitely that guard knowingly sacrificing his life (in the future) to protect Rhaenyra.
I'll be curious to see if that queen's guard has a storyline going forward.
I just am pretty mad at Jace. I love how his death played out though. The dragon trying so hard. And then just several arrows without any fanfare. It was well done.
Rhaenyra and Aegon both played the part of the "King" that can not fall.
For Aegon he wanted to fly into battle on Sunfyre but was told that he could not. He's too "precious". But he defies the wisdom of others, flys into battle and... (maybe we can blame Aemond) he is burned to near death.
It's hard to call Aegon successful.
For Rhaenyra she is constantly told the same. She wisely follows the guidance of others. But... she also extends her protection to her sons. Jace isn't wrong, following his mothers wisdom, to volunteer for the Battle of the Gullet. He's wrong to hold his mother back... Or is he? The wisdom of the council would have urged her to stay back.
Politically speaking Rhaenyra staying behind and Jace going out makes sense. Jace is important, but he isn't more important than Rhaenyra. As queen Rhaenyra should understand his decision. But as a mother? No fucking way.
Is the way it played out perfect? Not really. But is the decision brutal in the best way possible? Absolutely.
Two years is a LONG FUCKING TIME to wait for episode 9... but holy shit!
Watching the press tour, seeing Jace's actor, "Oh, I wonder what he'll get up to this season?" As soon as he locked his mother away I knew he was doomed. Also drowning a dragon is diabolical. I loved that he got away the first time. Then just slowly falling into the water. Jace escapes, then gets Robb'ed. RIP Jace. RIP Vermax.
Also Sheepstealer is why you don't bring a nuke to a knife fight. We ballin' fuck everybody else.
And of course shout out to Alyn of Hull for stepping up. I did a rewatch before this season and one of the last discussions he had was about not wanting to be in charge. I'm not confident Corlys is dead, but he'll be proud if he isn't.
Also Aemond kissing Alicent. Wild. Her face says so much.
Sheepstealer seems more like a case of why you don't go to battle before you've completed basic training. Seems very much what you'd expect from a dragon you only just managed to mount with great difficulty.
I wonder how much Rhaena really knew about "wild dragons". All the other dragons she grew up around bonded quickly with their rider. When Aemond bonded with Vhagar he took right off to the sky. And while she didn't see it, she must have heard of Ulf bonding with a dragon and almost immediately taking off to fly over King's Landing.
Plus she also arrived at Dragonstone to see a battle and made a game time decision.
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[Discussion] HOTD S03E01 "Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood" | Spyke
Can't imagine a queen's guard obeying the prince instead of the queen and living much longer, I understand someone might make that decision in the moment but I very much doubt it was the right one for his wellbeing...
I don't remember the exact quote Jace used, but I think he said something like a queen's guard giving their life to protect her, which to me was definitely that guard knowingly sacrificing his life (in the future) to protect Rhaenyra.
I'll be curious to see if that queen's guard has a storyline going forward.
I just am pretty mad at Jace. I love how his death played out though. The dragon trying so hard. And then just several arrows without any fanfare. It was well done.
Rhaenyra and Aegon both played the part of the "King" that can not fall.
For Aegon he wanted to fly into battle on Sunfyre but was told that he could not. He's too "precious". But he defies the wisdom of others, flys into battle and... (maybe we can blame Aemond) he is burned to near death.
It's hard to call Aegon successful.
For Rhaenyra she is constantly told the same. She wisely follows the guidance of others. But... she also extends her protection to her sons. Jace isn't wrong, following his mothers wisdom, to volunteer for the Battle of the Gullet. He's wrong to hold his mother back... Or is he? The wisdom of the council would have urged her to stay back.
Politically speaking Rhaenyra staying behind and Jace going out makes sense. Jace is important, but he isn't more important than Rhaenyra. As queen Rhaenyra should understand his decision. But as a mother? No fucking way.
Is the way it played out perfect? Not really. But is the decision brutal in the best way possible? Absolutely.
Got sooo many thoughts! Will share them ASAP!
Two years is a LONG FUCKING TIME to wait for episode 9... but holy shit!
Watching the press tour, seeing Jace's actor, "Oh, I wonder what he'll get up to this season?" As soon as he locked his mother away I knew he was doomed. Also drowning a dragon is diabolical. I loved that he got away the first time. Then just slowly falling into the water. Jace escapes, then gets Robb'ed. RIP Jace. RIP Vermax.
Also Sheepstealer is why you don't bring a nuke to a knife fight. We ballin' fuck everybody else.
And of course shout out to Alyn of Hull for stepping up. I did a rewatch before this season and one of the last discussions he had was about not wanting to be in charge. I'm not confident Corlys is dead, but he'll be proud if he isn't.
Also Aemond kissing Alicent. Wild. Her face says so much.
Sheepstealer seems more like a case of why you don't go to battle before you've completed basic training. Seems very much what you'd expect from a dragon you only just managed to mount with great difficulty.
I wonder how much Rhaena really knew about "wild dragons". All the other dragons she grew up around bonded quickly with their rider. When Aemond bonded with Vhagar he took right off to the sky. And while she didn't see it, she must have heard of Ulf bonding with a dragon and almost immediately taking off to fly over King's Landing.
Plus she also arrived at Dragonstone to see a battle and made a game time decision.