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Team Green Highlights for 1x09 “The Green Council”
As usual - well, newly usual - here are my “Spaghetti Night” notes and observations for the current episode.
Note: As I’m writing this the site I usually use does not have the screencaps for the opening - which you’ll see is very important below - and the backup site I use has not updated with screencaps yet.
So if I post this and there’s no screencaps of the opening credit sequence than that’s why.
Alright, let’s get on with the music.
1.) A Sapphire for Aemond.
We see - for the first time - Alicent’s dial in the opening credits. Viserys blood lines meets with hers and we get three blood lines (No not four, LET ME FINISH!)
We see a spider sigil for Helaena’s dial, A bound naked woman for Aegon, and a sapphire for Aemond which - if you read the book then you know - he wears instead of a fake eye.
A little hint of what’s to come next episode.
2.) Enter the Hero - Daeron Targaryen.
Right off the bat we’re introduced to a new character via the Opening Credit’s sequence - probably the first time any show has ever introduced a character in such a way.
We see a dial placed all the way to the left of Alicent’s sigil.
This is Daeron Targaryen, youngest son and child of Viserys and Alicent who has not appeared or been mentioned in the show.
Apparently there was behind the scenes infighting which Miguel Spotchnik did not want Daeron to be a part of the show - but Martin insisted on it. And once Spotchnik was fired, George announced Daeron’s inclusion in Season 2 - which is still two years off.
A quick overview of Daeron. He is Alicent’s favorite child and person in the world. Though, with that being said, the book does not go into detail why, but he was sent away at a young age to be raised by Otto as a ward in Old Town and is nearly a man grown when he returns to King’s Landing.
The reason I suspect that Spotchnik didn’t want Daeron in the show is because he is very much cut from the Jon Snow and Robb Stark cloth of being a clear cut classic fantasy hero archetype. He is the bravest of all the Targaryens - Green and Black - and is extremely honorable and just. He is a contrast to most of his family, but all of the Greens are very protective of him - Criston and Aemond basically puts him on Alicent guard duty for most of the war to keep him out of danger. Daeron is also fiercely loyal to his siblings - and to Alicent - to the very end. There are two times that the Greens (and the realm) offer him and insist that he take the Iron Throne. But both time he refuses out of loyalty to Aegon.
He also has a very different relationship with his dragon Tessarion, because, he hatched and raised him away from the Dragon Pit and Valyrain dragon tamers, with only ancient books in the High Tower and Citadel to guide him. So Tessarion and Daeron’s bond will be quite different than the other Targaryens with their dragons. His relationship is much more akin to Daenerys and Drogon than the usual Valyrian way of doing things we’ve seen in the show.
At the end of the war, he is the last man standing on the Greens, and becomes an incredibly important and almost main figure in the finale of “The Dance of Dragons” conflict. He is also considered one of the greatest battle commanders in Westerosi history - King Daeron II “The Young Dragon” is named after him and “Daeron the Daring” and his legacy is still held in reverence nearly two-hundred years later by knights and soldiers across the Seven Kingdoms.
In the books he is Jon Snow’s childhood hero.
My guy loves his mommy, his books, and kicking ass.
And Rhaenyra is gonna learn that the hard way when she takes his mommy away.
3.) A+C=D confirmed?!
Alright!
This is kinda big and I’ve been hyping this up.
So, when we see Daeron’s dial it is strangely placed in juxtaposition to Aegon, Helaena, and Aemond. Daeron’s dial is on the extreme left of Alicent’s dial, above and away from her other children.
(As you can clearly see there is more than enough room for four dials at the bottom of the ravine.)
Also, a big reveal is that the blood line that comes to activate Daeron’s dial trails off from Alicent’s dial, not Viserys blood. You can see where the blood splits off and that the angle is clearly coming from Alicent’s dial.
I take this to mean that the graphic is showing clear ambiguity of not being entirely sure that Viserys’s blood is activating the dial or if it is purely Alicent.
More over the placement of Daeron’s dial on the far left, away from his siblings looks like a family tree in which a said member has a t-shape branching for children with multiple partners.
(Exhibit A)
If you look at the way this official promotional family tree is placed notice how Rhaenyra is placed versus, Alicent and her children. How it is a direct line from Viserys to Rhaenyra.
This is exactly how Daeron’s dial is almost directly under Alicent’s with a weaker trail of blood that is coming directly from Alicent.
Now, I know the argument people will make.
“Fuck you, Matt! You Alicole son of a bitch! This is just the show showing that Daeron is away from home right now!”
I hear you unreasonably angry Tumblr user. But, the problem with your theory is that never - not once - has the show used someones’ geographic location to move their marker. Viserys, Daemon, and Rhaenyra’s markers have stayed absolutely consistent from the Pilot and onward no matter where they went.
So, logic dictates. Daeron put on the left of Alicent and away from his clear Targaryen siblings is the show trying to introduce the concept that there are clear questions of if Daeron is actually Viserys son. And it could be that he is far on the left, because there is a missing dial of his true father to mix with Alicent’s blood who remains a secret.
in the immortal words of Aemond Targaryen …
“Mm”
4.) The Waifu Protection Squad: Fuck Around and Find Out Division
So we see an immediate call back to 1x08 with parallels to Daemon and Criston protecting the honor of Rhaenyra and Alicent.
Like Daemon with Vaemond, Criston does not immediately react in violence to Lord Beesbury’s rant.
But when both Vaemond and Beesbury start crossing the line, that’s when Criston and Daemon both make up their mind about what is going to happen next.
And just like when Vaemond calls Rhaenyra a whore and Daemon cuts his head in half. When Beesbury accuses Alicent of murdering Viserys - impeding her honor and integrity - Criston responds in anger, smashing his head into his attendance sphere.
Both Rhaenyra and Alicent are momentarily shocked by these violent displays, but quickly brush it off as the price for insulting them.
Also both Daemon and Criston are confronted by the Kingsguard for both murders - but are summarily exonerated under the royal clause of “Fuck Around with the women we I love’s Queen and Princess’s reputation and find out” code of chivalry.
Just like they drew the law up.
5.) The Beast Under the Boards
Alright, we cut to Aegon and Helaena’s apartments where Helaena philosophizes to the nanny that she thinks that people basically want what they can’t have and often take it from others that have it.
I think we’re led to believe that she’s talking about the twins … but, uh, well, we’ll get there.
So Alicent sits by Helaena to break it to her gently that Viserys is dead - of which I’m pretty sure Helaena knows already, and probably has known for years. And Helaena interrupts Alicent snarling “There’s a beast beneath the boards!”
Now, while, I think that we’re supposed to infer that she means the Dragon at the end of the episode …
Uh, rap for me a moment.
What if she’s talking about Aemond?
Remember, what she tells Nanny about wanting what others have.
We know that Aemond wanted Helaena from early in childhood.
And even as an adult he’s visibly pined and longed for her.
He also tells Criston later that he should be King.
It seems to me that Helaena is channeling Aemond and his inner turmoil, perhaps sharing in his anxiety through some psychic connection between them.
This would not be the first time in the show that Helaena and Aemond were connected.
Remember the first time we met her, as a tween in 1x06 the very first scene - before Alicent even had a chance to ask what happend to Aemond - Helaena looks up worriedly and say in distress “He’s done it again!” as if knowing already what’s happened to him.
Also, deeper cut, is that the dragon that Aemond approaches in the Dragon Pit in 1x06 is Dreamfyre … Helaena’s Dragon.
And of course we know the famous line.
“He’ll have to close an eye.”
It seems that all of Helaena’s prophecies are always connected to Aemond in some way.
This brings it all around that I pretty sure that “The Beast Beneath the Boards” is Aemond and his ambition and desire for what Aegon has been given but never earned.
And I believe, this look when Aemond comes in …
Is Helaena realizing for the first time that all the emotions and anger she’s been feeling has been Aemond. I also believe in this realization is the sudden dawning that Aemond had been in love with her for years and maybe …
She feels the same way.
Also a point of emphasis this is shot very similarly to when Alicent was questioning Criston about Rhaenyra and Daemon.
Another scene of a surprise confession of a secret love affair.
6.) Intermission!
Time to get out your lighter and sway to the montage of screencaps and edits of the journey so far to the quintessential Alicent/Criston song.
(These images aren’t bullshit by the way. If you go back to the pilot there are two distinct times that they close in on Criston and Alicent notice each other from afar. Yeah .. I know, listen, I know. I was impressed that they set it up that early too.)
Okay, we good?
Cool …
Back to the Marathon
7.) Aemond is in The Know.
Now, for the scene of scenes in which we get almost concrete evidence - nigh proof - that Alicent and Criston are in love.
(They’re basically touching foreheads for crying out loud!)
Side Note: I usually don’t like watching reactions on Youtube to this show, cause it’s basically a bunch of filthy casuals who stan Team Black under the ridiculous assumption that “Rhaenyra is progressive gurl-boss that slays!” … like that shit is a thing in Westeros.
But I do love seeing people’s reaction to this scene - the gasp or emotional reaction to “Everything you feel for me … as your queen!” for everyone who hadn’t realized how they feel about each other, yet.
Anyway, back to the long post.
Beyond my love for this scene … on interesting detail is the fact that it seems they’re unafraid to have this deeply emotional and revealing moment in front of Aemond. It seems that he is fully aware of how his mother and Criston feel for each other, probably for a long time, and is cool with it.
If you think about it, Criston is probably more of a father to Alicent’s kids than Viserys ever was - so I’m sure that most of Alicent’s kids know and are good with this courtly love. They were raised by it.
However, more interesting, is despite knowing that Aemond knows, Alicent and Criston still maintain a facade and level of decorum to have a private and emotional conversation. That they still refuse to fully let the side down.
We see Alicent give Criston a verbal hint.
Then, Criston turns to Aemond with a look of permission.
And finally, Aemond makes his trademark “Mm …” and turns his head away.
Only then do we see that Alicent lets her guard down fully and goes to Criston to have the emotional and revealing conversation.
It’s fascination that even in private - with a trusted party - that they hold back from saying or admitting their feelings for another. I always postulate that they know that if they slip, even once, that they know they could never reel it back in ever again.
They’re so tortured and in love …
and I’m here for it.
8.) What Others’ are Given Freely that You Must Toil For.
We get a great scene between Aemond and Criston on the street, where Aemond verbalizes frustration in wanting to be King - that Aegon is unworthy of ruling (or being married to the woman he loves). And we get a father-son talk from Criston that he knows what it is to toil for what others are given freely.
Now, I’ve seen online discourse about how this is about Rhaenyra or his lower classes origins.
But I think that he is talking about VIserys taking Alicent for granted. In the show we’ve seen Alicent be incredibly caring, loving, and generous to Viserys and he has either laughed about it or spurned it. And we’ve seen Criston Cole be in attendance to some grievous ones.
in 1x04 when Alicent is trying to help VIserys patch things up with Daemon and Viserys makes fun of and humiliates her in front of the entire court.
in 1x06 when Alicent is upset and distraught about how Aemond is being bullied and Viserys doesn’t seem to care.
also in 1x06 when Alicent does a lot of work to make an ailing Viserys comfortable in his chambers, only for him to make her and her efforts the butt of jokes to Lord Strong, then thoughtlessly toss her comforts aside, and finally expect her to do it all again.
in 1x07 Criston was standing right there when Viserys humiliated Alicent in front of everyone by caller her Aemma.
(Look at the rage in this manz eyes because of the hurt in Alicent’s.)
Also in 1x07 we see that when Alicent was distraught and afraid when Aemond’s eye was taken, Viserys only seemed to care about the names that Rhaenyra’s children were called - not that his his son lost an eye.
I think this one haunted Criston, cause Alicent called upon him to help her, to support her, when she needed someone, anyone, to be on her side in that moment. But he was helpless to protect her and make it better.
I think, for 16 years, Criston has resented bitterly how taken for granted and abandoned Alicent and her children have been, especially when he would probably give up anything to be her husband and their father.
9.) The Beast Under the Boards II
Now, we come back to where we left off in 5.).
It’s interesting to see that since Helaena has given that sudden look of recognition to Aemond that she had become suddenly very lucid and cognizant. . More so, she also is shown to be incredibly incredulous and stern.
Almost as if since she realized that it’s been Aemond she’s been feeling and in tune with - since perhaps she learned he’s in love with her - she has begun to feel what Aemond has for years and years. Angry at what was taken from her …
A husband that would’ve loved her.
In this sequence we several interesting things.
We see Helaena glaring hatefully at Aegon as he’s being anointed .
She can’t bare to look at him being crowned. Also, we see her look away, turning instead to Aemond for comfort while in Anxiety - something she also did in 1x08
Once more feeding into my theory that Helaena and Aemond are psychically connected some how.
There is also a strange detail that while the crowd his starting applaud King Aegon and cheer, we see in the background that Helaena is leaning in hard to Aemond and seems to be having a conversation with him. We see her talking intensely while Aemond is nodding slightly.
Now this could be just be the two actors - who have worked together on multiple projects already - not realizing that they were in the shot or that they were filming. But, either way, it made it on camera and now it’s canon.
We also see a big character step for Helaena when Rhaenys springs out from below the Dragon pit - Like daises!
While Rhaenys is committing a stunning and brave war crime of girl-boss levels of carnage toward innocent people that I’m sure will not affect the Blacks reputation to the common people at all - *shot of me making the Jerk-off motion with rolled eyes to the sky* - we miss a very small detail.
We get a close up of Aemond and Helaena watching “ YESSHH,Quweeyn Slaaayyy!” And there is a very subtle piece of characterization.
As Aemond is putting a protective hand on Helaena’s belly … we see that Helaena is stroking Aemond’s arm as she watches in hypnotism.
(Go back and watch, it is super clear she’s stroking his arm.)
It’s a pretty big character progression for someone that doesn’t like to be touched and or touch others - to stroking Aemond’s arm.
I’m telling you, people are sleeping on that earlier scene of Helaena being awoken by Aemond when he strode into her apartment.
10.) Get Helaena!
No, big reveal here. I just wanted to highlight the ‘Been Married for 16 years’ chemistry between Alicent and Criston in this scene.
At first we see Criston standing protectively in from of Alicent as she is clutching his arm, terrified of the (S)hero breaking that glass ceiling of murdering innocent people.
But once she turns her dragon on the family, both Alicent and Criston go into full parent mode and go to protect the kids.
Cinematic Poetry!
Alright, that’s all I got.
Congrats, reader, you’ve survived to the end of the post!
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But what if i don't kill myself? Then what? I will have grown into a full adult without knowing how to function properly and without having a career or any starting point to have an actual life for myself because i didn't bother to plan ahead since i didn't think i would go much further. Then what.
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petition to have a crumb. a CRUMB. of a hint of a satine mention in the obi wan series. i am begging. even just like. a woman with blonde hair and a green dress and a headpiece walks by and obi wan’s eyes linger for a second too long. someone mentions mandalore and obi wan glances their way with this undercurrent of just. longing. maybe we have a meditation scene and he’s remembering and we hear her last words. i just need that, for personal reasons.
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