In Rhaenyra’s absence and with no word from Daemon at Harrenhal, Rhaenys tries to keep the peace on the Black Council as Cole mounts a campaign into the Crownlands. In King’s Landing, Aemond continues to undermine Aegon’s fragile hold on authority.
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Wow. Lots to unpack.
I guess Aemond got his revenge for Aegon embarrassing him last week!
Rhaenys. 
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Episode 4 in emojis
Rhaenys, RIP 
Meleys, RIP
Aegon, maybe.not.gone 
Sunfyre, seriously wounded 
Aemond, unharmed 
Vhagar, wounded 
Many killed, RIP 
Krispy Kreme, totally un-fucking-harmed 
Daemon, kinda losing it
Rhaenyra, not sending at least two dragons
Alicent, being the world’s best mother 
Larys, sliming around 
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Co-signing your post, @Thumper.
Sunfyre was just the cutest and that little bop he did with Aegon before they took off for Rook’s Rest made me smile.
One of the few bright spots in the episode. Grumpy old lady Vhagar just wanting to take a nap in the forest was another.
The dragons don’t want any of this. 
I was spoiled for this episode but I was still yelling at Daemon to get his ass back to Dragonstone so that he and Rhaenys could take on the Greens together. I’m beginning to get bored with the Harrenhall and Daemon’s dreams (save him moving exactly like EW’s Aemond in one of the dream sequences).
The less said about Alicent and her CC bun in the oven the better. Larys totally knows and I think Alicent knows he knows and knows she knows he knows. I’ll be curious about his reaction to Aegon’s injuries and incapacity because of course that asshole would survive.
Rhaenys went out like a bad-ass as did Meleys. Should she have gotten the hell out of there when Vhagar showed up? Probably but that isn’t who she is. She was trying to do all she could by taking out Aegon and Sunfyre and try to at least wound Vhagar and Aemond, the biggest threats to the Blacks. And it isn’t lost on me that she was killed by her late daughter’s dragon.
But Eve was just fantastic in this episode and she, her Rhaenys, and Meleys will be sorely missed.
The bond between her and Meleys before they took flight.
Those final moments where they looked into each other’s eyes, knowing it was the end.
Yup, I’m sad all over again.
It’s always the dragons (or direwolves) that affect me, not the humans who aren’t Shireen or Hodor.
I thought I was ready for the Dance of Dragons but I wasn’t.
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The only thing Alicent and Rhaenyra can agree on these days.
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So am I the only one who thought Aemond tempted Aegon into battle for a chance to kill him and be the next king? Aegon has a daughter but we all know they are fighting a war because a woman is unfit to sit the iron throne.
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I had the same thought.
Good! I feel less alone. My Mom thought that Alicent was baiting him, and no that wasnt it, Alicent was just so fed up with him, and projecting because she was upset with herself.
My question was answered last episode about her being past reproductive age- why wasnt she taking her moon tea REGULARLY when she started sleeping with Cole? Given her grip on her lower abdomen and her rudiementary heating pad, that wasnt moon tea (as in birth control to prevent pregnancy) but an abortion brew. I wouldn’t want to have Cole’s baby either but woman, why not have the maester brew you some moon tea to start with??
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