Plus, Daemon assumes he can manipulate a naive child to his liking.
Once Lord Tully passes, Daemon and Oscar privately reconvene.Daemon presumes Oscar and the Riverlords will fall in line.
Oscar has not come to play.
The reign of House Targaryen begins with this prequel to the popular HBO seriesGame of Thrones.Based on George R.R. Martin’sFire & Blood,House of the Dragonis set nearly 200 years beforeGame of Thrones, telling the story of the Targaryen civil war with King Viserys.
His grandfather’s death and his inherited responsibilities have smoothed his nervous edges.
Daemon can’t land a verbal blow without Oscar yanking him back by the scruff of his neck.
Privately, he couches his disdain for Daemon in polite words.
Publicly, hereads Daemon for filth.
Oscar isn’t firing into the dark, however.
And verbal half-apologies aren’t justice.
In the words of House Stark, “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.”
Backed into a corner, Daemon doesn’t spend long calculating his optionsbefore killing Blackwood.
Nothing warrants the former, and everything warrants the latter.
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But Daemon still pauses long enough to close his eyes, his face shuttering with regret.
Harrenhal has once againrobbed Daemon of his prized control.
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That grants Oscar an edge.Daemon wears his superiority complex on his sleeve and pays for the oversight.
Did Rhaenyra just gain a new cousin?
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Unlike Alys, his technical opposite, Oscar lacks lived-in wisdom.
He showshis bannermen their proper respectand maintains decorum among the group even when tensions rise.
Without stating it, he understands he has to earn the Riverlords’ respect.
In a way,his daring echoes Daemon.
Who else could shame him and survive, and earn a (possibly amused) smirk?
New episodes ofHouse of the DragonSeason 2 premiere Sundays on HBO and Max.
