For fans of Rhaenyra and Daemon, this complaint about a dark episode rang even louder.
For them, it has always been about what is unsaid rather than what is being spoken aloud.
In that first episode, Daemon’s introduction sees him sitting on the Iron Throne.
When Rhaenyra approaches him the two discuss this dilemma in High Valyrian.
But, despite this secret language, the two rarely speak deeper about their feelings for each other.
Rhaenyra and Daemon’s Marriage Has Been Foreshadowed
This scene causes a rift between the two characters.
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She says, “There was no joy in it.
I found that elsewhere.
It felt good to be desired.”
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She tried to perform her duty and she couldn’t do it, not with Laenor at least.
But, when the conversation turns to their relationship, old wounds are brought up.
Rhaenyra accuses Daemon of depravity, saying that Daemon abandoned her when she needed him.
But he responds, “I spared you, you were a child.”
He left again onthe night of her wedding, and then the two lost contact for 10 years.
To which Daemon admits, “We were happy enough.”
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That would not nearly have been as significant without the lengthy conversation they had prior.
Now, Rhaenyra returns to the High Valyrian, this time speaking plainly.
We have always been meant to burn together."
It’s because of their previous conversation that these two are able to finally reconcile and marry one another.
