Its ironic how Viserys always wanted to be a dreamer all his life but failed to recognise that his daughter is an actual dreamer
@playboyfan001
3 ай бұрын
But he was a dreamer, head in the clouds, completely obsessed with prophecy and wishing desperately for purpose and glory… But he neglected the realm. His wife (aema) wellbeing (he killed her)… all for prophecy. He then went on to get himself some 18 year old pow wow and made a girl heir in a misogynistic realm. Sowing an ungodly amount of division within the realm he was tasked with upholding and protecting. Viserys was a a foolish dreamer, trash king and even worse father and husband 😂😂
@ToeKnife166
3 ай бұрын
Why hasn’t she realised?
@vanitas-5276
3 ай бұрын
@@playboyfan001 She'd die anyway, so blaming him for killing her is a bit odd. He tried to save the child rather than let both die. Laena offed herself and the kid but she had a chance to do so. It would be rather hard to pull such thing for Aemma who couldn't even move on her own xd
@GrimFaceHunter
3 ай бұрын
@@ToeKnife166Rats could be a metaphor for people under lorys sneaking around the castle, or whispering with each other.
@princedaemontargaryen117
3 ай бұрын
Viserys’s dragon dream wasn’t about his son Aegon, it was about Aegon III his grandson.
@lordmudkip7344
3 ай бұрын
This event also allowed him to kill all the rat catchers, which allows him to have his rats walk around more easily. And he was the one that gave the info about Cheese to Aegon without bothering to have blood look at the rat catchers to confirm which one it was. He made the choice to have Aegon kill all of them
@alanpennie8013
3 ай бұрын
Indeed.
@shroomjak200
3 ай бұрын
where was it mentioned that larys fed aegon information about the ratcatchers? I don't think I caught that the first time
@lordmudkip7344
3 ай бұрын
@@shroomjak200 he gets that from Blood after threatening to torture him. Blood says he had the help of a ratcatcher but doesn't know his name. Instead of getting the rat catchers and asking Blood which one it was, or asking for a physical description, he just lets Aegon enter the room and beat Blood to death. He got exactly the amount of the information needed to kill all the rat catchers, nor more nor less
@mgatwood42
3 ай бұрын
@@lordmudkip7344 It's possible Larys even had the information he needed to identify Cheese and chose not to share it: Cheese was the only ratcatcher we saw with a little terrier dog at his side. The dog played absolutely no role at any point, and yet we're pointedly made aware of the dog multiple times (e.g. "Bring the dog", the kicking of the dog, and the dog watching his hanged master). Blood was eager to give up any information he thought might save him, so describing Cheese's fairly distinctive and ever-present dog is something he'd likely think of, especially when he interacted with the dog so often during the infiltration. Multiple people also saw the 'ratcatchers' passing through the throne room with the dog. And yet, not a word of the dog. Larys also catches Blood at the gate with the head in a sack, even though a Gold Cloak might be expected to pass freely through the gate without investigation. That supports the idea that Larys already knew exactly who was responsible and chose to leave Cheese free to provoke Aegon into mass slaughter of the ratcatchers. I do find it interesting that the ratcatcher's name was Cheese. Cheese is, after all, bait.
@RXdash78
3 ай бұрын
Well here is more fuel for the fire: in the scene where Aegon is furiously blaming everyone for the murder, one advisor says that it might not have been Rhaenyra who was responsible. Aegon replies "Who else but the bitch queen of bastards?" Midway through that sentence, the camera cuts to larys entering the room. He mentioned they caught Blood and Otto tells him to interrogate him. Aegon continues to rage and blames his staff claiming hat one of them could have been in cahoots. "It could have been ANY of you" He says this right after larys has left. That's some very specific timing.
@thisguy8106
3 ай бұрын
The actor for Larys is incredible. He oozes creepiness with the perfect hint of dangerous brilliantly.
@haruno21
2 ай бұрын
yep character perfectly achieved
@giblets00
3 ай бұрын
Whenever Larys is not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, “where’s Larys?”
@GreyWasteTim
3 ай бұрын
Larys died on the way back to his home planet.
@MosHighChadro
3 ай бұрын
"I'm a kung fu hippie, from gangster city, Larys might be the rat, but he ain't the fool I pity."
@kaitlnwhite6809
3 ай бұрын
Nice TFS reference
@Darkness-ie2yl
3 ай бұрын
He's Baelish mixed with Lysa and Brandon
@ivandankob7112
3 ай бұрын
Dude has a club foot, just give him a break, he can’t chase you everywhere 😅
@WestonEvans
3 ай бұрын
I heard that Larys mysteriously shrinks his disability around Alicent and plays it up around the council. In front of her, he stands tall, broad shouldered, in front of them, miserly, shriveled. Similar to how pycelle pretended to be weak and old, they’re acting
@jamescarter2013
Ай бұрын
False nowhere in the books does it mention this …. 😂😂😂
@Supportnotstigmaa
Ай бұрын
This definitely happens in the show. He uses his disability to disarm people. He had excellent posture when he visited Alicent (telling her he visited her earlier but she was with criston cole). I thought it was funny that he helped carry Aegon back to his bed after he fell during physical therapy. I don't think he even needs the cane.
@Supportnotstigmaa
Ай бұрын
Actually, it's shown here in the video at 13:59 LOOK AT THAT POSTURE.
@kylelampasona4737
3 ай бұрын
So happy you’re doing this when Helaena dropped the rat line my first thought went to you and the Larys skinchanger theory
@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195
3 ай бұрын
Same!
@misanthropicservitorofmars2116
3 ай бұрын
Episode 1 and 2 confirms the theory in my mind. He was always right on time. He also found Blood instantly. Almost like he knew.
@GreyWasteTim
3 ай бұрын
I'm kicking myself for not catching that, but you're right. Larys "firing" all of the old staff but allowing Cheese to stay on means he greenlit him as "trustworthy." And the castle being nearly devoid of staff save for that one handmaiden, Larys has the authority to give everyone the "night off" so to speak.
@alanpennie8013
3 ай бұрын
@@h33-q8w Makes sense. There's no reason to suppose he's telling Alicent the truth. He's mainly trying to creep her out.
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
@@alanpennie8013 "I have completed questioning the whole of the castle staff. They produced rather interesting details but I am satisfied I have exposed all who betrayed our trust". Direct quote from Larys in the episode. I doubt he's lying about doing that.
@Ash.Crow.Goddess
3 ай бұрын
And Alicent certainly noticed that she had all new bath ladies, handmaidens, or whatever they're called. She was so uncomfortable with them, she now bathes alone.
@JohnnyCatFitz
2 ай бұрын
@@JoeMagicianright, " our trust", but who is us? Seems to be Alice but, is it? Does he really want to be equal to her?
@SaiDeLaRai
2 ай бұрын
@@Ash.Crow.Goddessoooooh neat detail. I figured the first time she sent them away she was disgusted with the violent acts she keeps enduring and wanted to bathe herself
@bradleyhendricks8606
3 ай бұрын
"Having Ranera Hate sex." lmfao😂😂
@eldric.stoneskin
3 ай бұрын
This brings to mind the story of the Rat Cook as well, who we hear killed the son of a king and chopped him up, just as these symbolic rats killed the son of King Aegon and cut him up as well
@pyramidion5911
3 ай бұрын
Exactly, the Rat King holding the knife like that had a Ratatouille look to it. I think Larys is the Rat King, and he becomes Varys the Rat Cook as punishment for killing his own. Maybe Daemon is the one who has him answer for his crimes when Daemon becomes a weirwood king at the isle of faces.
@Ash.Crow.Goddess
3 ай бұрын
Yes, I immediately thought of this story when we started getting these Larys videos. And isn't it funny how Bran, the Raven King told the Story?
@AmyCat71
3 ай бұрын
Although my cast of causals are willing to listen to my House of the Dragon theories and ramblings....I am grateful for the top notch pods like yours to offer up the most interesting takes to consider. So glad you're back!!
@thechairman74
3 ай бұрын
Larys is out-gangstering Littlefinger, Varys, all the other guys combined.
@cookiiie24
3 ай бұрын
Why u think that, till nowhe didnt scheme hejust threatened alicent softly
@thechairman74
3 ай бұрын
@@cookiiie24 The guy just murdered his own family members without a thought. Don't forget what he does later to the king. If that isn't gangster, I don't know what is.
@cookiiie24
3 ай бұрын
@@thechairman74 yeah ur right sorry i have now fully watched the video
@kitkat6959
3 ай бұрын
For now!
@thechairman74
3 ай бұрын
@@kitkat6959 Well, we know he has his downfall eventually, so his gangster days are numbered.
@7eddiii
3 ай бұрын
watching this after episode 2 where larys come from out of nowhere and says he found blood at the very beginning of the episode is wild good call bro thats exactly what happened
@victorc8855
3 ай бұрын
you and ryan condal have me looking at every detail at every shot involving Larys, the friends I'm watching the show with think I'm some sort of schizo at this point
@victorc8855
3 ай бұрын
This must be what Helaena feels like
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
Exactly how I felt making it
@Ash.Crow.Goddess
3 ай бұрын
I just forced my husband to watch this so he can help me keep an eye on Larys.
@jessjess23brooks89
3 ай бұрын
Nah, you are just like us. ASOIAF fans. We are delusion, we are the watchful eye.
@andrewaston8003
3 ай бұрын
Cheese asks: "What if we can't find [Aemond]?" Daemon then tells them 'a son for a son' offscreen. It is similar to when you never see Daemon say 'heir for a day' like in season 1 episode 1.
@pyramidion5911
3 ай бұрын
The soccer moms and football players are really struggling with that part 🤦♂️
@extraplain2412
3 ай бұрын
Finallyyy someone else who knows how film making works and see's the clearly obvious parallels.
@happilyevernever4289
3 ай бұрын
But Daemon keeps saying he didn't mean Jahaerys to Rhaenyra. Is he lying?
@Hendricks45
3 ай бұрын
Well that won't hold up in court and you weren't there.. he said if you can't get one eye there's one more son .. the king ..
@outdose9997
3 ай бұрын
Well if its not aemond it cant be aegon since hes too protected so that just leaves the young boy@@happilyevernever4289
@Axechucker
3 ай бұрын
You had me at AEGOONS.
@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195
3 ай бұрын
That was hilarious 😂
@Ash.Crow.Goddess
3 ай бұрын
It's now an official term in my head Cannon.
@misanthropicservitorofmars2116
3 ай бұрын
Goon for your King!
@maciekpawowski6815
3 ай бұрын
When Aegon asked „Who would do such a thing” (referring to J’s murder) Larys LITERALLY walked into the Small Council chamber, the audio overlayed over him. Talkin bout episode 2
@perzn
3 ай бұрын
2am here in New Zealand. we are stronger than the Australians going to bed at midnight.
@jennhack8043
3 ай бұрын
Still here, my cousin from across the ditch, mate😂❤
@L_B_M_LandDownUnder
3 ай бұрын
I'm an Aussie 😆 going strong over here
@victoriagill1588
3 ай бұрын
Hahaha, I had to be at work at 7am!!! 😂
@lindamarie8632
3 ай бұрын
Larys: You see nothing. The Maid: “I see nothing, I know nothing, I didn’t even get up this morning” 💨(poof)
@JohnSilverHawkins
3 ай бұрын
Cole was out of his armour in his scene with Aemond, which suggests to me that his "shift" was over and he was about to retire for the night--which happened to be in Alicent's bedchambers. It seems likely Larys would be familiar with the shift rotation for the Kingsguard.
@Vaudiven
3 ай бұрын
alot of folks pissy about how things turn out remember that one of the main things taught in all of game of thrones and its shows is that history often repeats itself
@Ash.Crow.Goddess
3 ай бұрын
Or at least rhymes.
@TheMikepatota
3 ай бұрын
I’m so happy I came across this channel. My God do I miss the “GOT” theories and speculation, I’ve hungered for this! 😂
@GreyWasteTim
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, definitely should not limit Larys' staff replacements to just the maids. The cooks, the household guards, the stable boys, the scullions. Even some of the KG themselves. All potentially "little birds," "grey rats," or "fireflies."
@0ceanque3n
3 ай бұрын
This video has made me excited about watching hotd/got videos again. Idk something has been in the air that I’m not excited about anything anymore for about 4 years now. But thank you, this has me feeling alive and happy again.
@Jen7867
3 ай бұрын
Aww, I'm sorry. I don't know if you've already considered this, but it sounds like you may be experiencing some depression. I hope that regardless of whether if you are or not, you have someone to talk to about feeling this way. Life is difficult and I don't care who you are, everybody needs that!! I'm so happy to hear that these videos make you feel excited and interested in things you enjoy again! ❤ Sending you love. 🤗
@0ceanque3n
3 ай бұрын
@@Jen7867 oh man I’m getting tears in my eyes, thank you so much
@GallowayJesse
3 ай бұрын
Same. Finally some quality distraction, lol.
@Jen7867
3 ай бұрын
@0ceanque3n Oh wow, well you're definitely welcome. I'm glad it helped!!
@lobomedina6312
3 ай бұрын
@@0ceanque3n Your initial comment totally resonates with me, said almost your exact words to my sig other before last week's premiere. Both parents recently died within a week of each other, barely able to function although still swimming. Just found out a neighbor is also a GRRM universe geek. Watching the show, recap/theory podcasts, comments threads, and a friend irl to shoot the shite with has truly improved life. Some people might think a cable series having such a mood enhancing effect is weird AF, but in my case it's better than taking anti depressants. Wishing you the best. Wager we're not the only ones, given how sometimes "real life" can be so overwhelming.
@lill3lars
3 ай бұрын
Larys’ new staff is unmistakably ratty looking too…
@mercedesn6371
3 ай бұрын
His walking stick or those he employed? 😂
@Ash.Crow.Goddess
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, and they don't pull off the look near as well as Frida Kahlo.
@ApoorvaKaul
3 ай бұрын
Oh, such a brilliant analysis! I think you're right, for Larys it's a combination of power, Alicent and Old gods agenda. However, the bit about him noticing Helaena is chilling. Maybe she did not ah, do...what's written in Fire and Blood...maybe someone did it to her....to silence her. Chillingly terrifying. Rat King indeed. Poor Helaena :(
@Ayem427
3 ай бұрын
Larys is such a deliciously evil character, I fucking love him
@Truecrime_girlie
2 ай бұрын
Bro when he came into Alicent's room and saw the cup that the moon tea was in that Alison was drinking and she told him that she missed the small council meeting because she indulged in too much lamprey pie and he just looked at the cup and looked at her and was like " hmmmm oh quite a rich indulgence indeed" I almost pissed my pants laughing. He is such a gem I'm team black but honestly team green has such interesting characters in my opinion.
@chocojellys
2 ай бұрын
@@Truecrime_girlieikr, i cackled so hard at that scene. the tension and the way they look at each other is really off the charts. and not to mention their conversation become metaphoric, like when larys said "it's a sin to deny your appetites" we all know he actually means alicent sexual drives and told alicent to not feel sorry or having a need to hide about it, it's also means he knows about alicent and cole but instead feel jealous, he just look at it like "alicent and her new little toy" also the part when he said "they are what make us fully alive as mortal men" mean he compares his foot fetish and alicent sexual lust, both of them are "appetites" and he tries to get justification from that moment
@Truecrime_girlie
2 ай бұрын
@chocojellys yo I'm telling u the metaphors in the show are off the charts I love it. Did u read the books?
@chocojellys
2 ай бұрын
@@Truecrime_girlie no, i haven't read the books yet, but it already on my read list
@Truecrime_girlie
Ай бұрын
@chocojellys pro tip: if u have Spotify premium (if u don't it's 10 bucks a month- I don't EVER subscribe to anything, but I have Spotify and max lol) they have audiobooks on there. Not ALL of the books are included with the subscription but a lot are, and Fire and Blood and The world of ice and fire (it's a mock history book for the world that GOT takes place in) are included in the subscription currently. If audiobooks aren't your thing I suggest Googling something like 'George RR Martin Game of Thrones or Fire and Blood online free' and you can find PDF files that you can download which you can read on your phone or a computer or u can find websites that u can go to that has the books typed out to read
@lynnjohanssen6552
3 ай бұрын
What if Larys sent The White Worm to Dragonstone to give Daemon the information that led him to Blood and Cheese??
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
That'd be very spicy
@lynnjohanssen6552
3 ай бұрын
@JoeMagician I thought her arrival was odd considering she would have known getting on that boat that she would never get past the blockade. It was well established in the episode that nothing was getting through.
@Dragonn_King
3 ай бұрын
Didnt he burn her home down for Alicent - for spying for her father...
@lynnjohanssen6552
3 ай бұрын
@Dragonn_King did it say that in the show? I think he moved her chess piece on the board for his own reasons. He's actively doing things Alicent wouldn't want like getting her father removed as hand aid encouraging Aegon to kill all the rat catchers....
@Dragonn_King
3 ай бұрын
@@lynnjohanssen6552 I’m pretty sure it’s implied in a scene between the two, before and after the fire…- Mysaria just thinks Otto did it…
@jackkern3889
3 ай бұрын
When Larys said “they no longer breathe our air”, I’m not so sure he means they’re dead. I was thinking he might be doing some “experiments” on them in the black cells like Qyburn in the main series, with the air in the cells being different than in the red keep or something like that
@Trippster36
3 ай бұрын
HotD videos are back on the menu boys!
@Rocsanna
3 ай бұрын
As soon as the eyebrows lady vanished, I said to myself "the Wizard must have noticed this! Can’t wait for an in-depth exploration!" And just look at us now. Great video, by the way, I am rewatching it to make sure I connect all dots.
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
My own eyebrows went way up when she just vanished
@angeladaniels5581
3 ай бұрын
Good observation on the maid. It’s very curious that no guards showed up. Layrs is definitely the agent of chaos for this show
@L_B_M_LandDownUnder
3 ай бұрын
I really think Haelena saw much more that day and in that moment when the two came for her son. I think she saw multiple moments in the futures. And I so wish we knew what she was saying when Aegon walked in. Also I think that Larys will set up Criston's death.
@arvintyree1109
3 ай бұрын
Yup he's in the way of his love quest! Can't have Alicent relying on any other man except Larys
@Shelly-mz9yf
3 ай бұрын
Hugs y'all anyone who watched got knew this channel, amongst others, was the place to be afterwards. And moving forward 😀
@LastNameAvailable
3 ай бұрын
I can’t believe no other channel commented on the floor being short staffed due to Lary’s (considering the convo he had with Alicent earlier in the episode), it went over soooo many ppl’s head, so frustrating. I love the idea that the new staff could be magical rats, I mean the one mysterious maid who disappears in the hallway after seeing Blood has the most wicked eyebrows, I mean wooooahhhh, she is rat like 😂 Anyway, the camera shot of Daemon talking w/Blood & Cheese made it seem like someone was watching/listening to them about the plan. Wondering if it was a rat, spy, Lary’s himself. Then from there he set his plan in motion to clear the floor to allow the killing to proceed. So interesting. Great video & insights!
@mgatwood42
3 ай бұрын
Something I saw someone mention was how many shots seem oddly positioned, voyeuristic almost. They particularly mentioned the shot of Aemond looking at his map with the pieces gone, which is shot at distance from the upper corner of the room. In Season One we also saw weird shots like that, notably the one 'spying' through the bushes at Rhaenyra and Alicent's argument in the garden. More rat's-eye views perhaps? It certainly suggests that Aemond's discussion with Cole and Otto wasn't as private as they'd thought.
@Seraphina-Rose
3 ай бұрын
If Helaena is neuro-divergent, as she seems to be in the show, it's possible that Jaeherys is too, and that his daily "custom", his routine, is a helpful, stabilizing habit. My son is on the spectrum and when something disrupts his routine it can really throw him off, sometimes leading into a depression or an anxiety freeze. So maybe Helaena knows this about her son, while Aegon the Clueless doesn't, and she trying to shield her child from being needlessly subjected to stress. Just an idea.
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
The show and production has been clear that her behaviors come from her dreams, and that they constantly invade her daily life and disrupt it to a massive degree. She's explicitly magical and that they're using neurodivergent-like behavior as an acting choice to communicate that to the audience. Not meaning to imply that she has those conditions if that makes sense, it's similar but not the same. I would caution against trying to put real world diagnoses on a character who is explicitly magical.
@Cazu_Orddu_Medea
3 ай бұрын
@@JoeMagicianBut then, what is being a dreamer if not neurodivergent? That's it, she thinks differently, her brains works different. I think you qccept thinks too literally, even more than we autistics do.
@TheDisputedLands
3 ай бұрын
Comment to the Algorithm gods. Love you Rat King content.
@yensid4294
3 ай бұрын
Ooooh, I like the Larys theory. I had assumed Allicent & Criston had dismissed the staff after the reveal of their tryst. During the entire B & C scene I was wondering out loud "where are all the guards & servants?" It does seem suspicious.
@kimmalah
3 ай бұрын
Well, Larys did find Blood with pretty remarkable ease.
@marjoe32
3 ай бұрын
Oh boy, let the skin changers eat cuz our boy is cookin
@maliceinwonderland00
3 ай бұрын
Varys and LIttle finger should worship Larys like the Godfather!
@chelleyd4020
3 ай бұрын
I think the name larys is a play on Varys and little finger, it’s their names mixed
@AB-xd5gx
3 ай бұрын
I haven’t read the books but to me it seems Larys is manipulating Aegon into getting rid of Otto as hand of the king & Larys will slime his way into the hand of the king role. That is why Larys let that killing go forward if he knew what was happening. So Aegon would blame Otto & fire him as the hand of the king. And also to cause more bad blood between the greens & blacks. Larys is addicted to power & control besides his foot fetish.
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
That is for sure a possibility, that he is hungry for more power and is eliminating his rivals to get there. Perhaps letting a prince die to weaken those in control so he can step it.
@yurinabesima
3 ай бұрын
I don't think Larys wants the position of Hand: it is simply too much exposition for him. In the trailer for this season we can see Criston Cole wearing the Hand's necklace, so they will probably follow the books and have Aegon name Criston as his Hand because he suits better Aegon's recklessness. Larys probably wants to remove Otto from the game for multiple reasons, but he would much rather remain in the shadows than being in the spotlight.
@mjean6762
3 ай бұрын
You're not a mad rambler at all! Larys is the Rat King and most definitely dangerous! He knows, he knows!
@shara1979
3 ай бұрын
Lol, "may have a FOOT in the magical world" Ha ha! Clubfoot!
@maggyfrog
3 ай бұрын
larys might plant false info and say staff and guards were killed, and alicent and krispy would go along with that
@Ash.Crow.Goddess
3 ай бұрын
Dang, he could do that crazy easily, now. He probably wouldn't even have to produce a body. And if he does, there's the Black Cells.
@stealplow8462
3 ай бұрын
Hey Joe got question is it true that the long night is caused by extinction of dragons. Does this have any influence in the north?I heard theory that when magic is weakened nightmares start to strong up.
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
There's a weakening of fire magic after the death of the dragons, so if that was being used as a counterbalance to keep the white walkers penned behind the wall then yes the extinction would have hastened it.
@victoriagill1588
3 ай бұрын
A comment and a like and I'm off to bed. Midnight here in Oz. Have fun and I was be back to listen first thing tomorrow
@dd776
3 ай бұрын
Thank you...excellent video and makes me see the show in a different light!
@angela777K
3 ай бұрын
Its been a week and NOBODY caught this: Heleana created a self-fulfilling prophesy by announcing her fear of the rats. Nobody was surprised by the unusual presence of the rat catcher. The queen fears rats, we are increasing the rat extermination....and that exterminator will be her doom. Subtle, but I think it's obvious that Heleana now knows that if she isnt clear about her prophecies she might suffer them rather than avoid them.
@SaiDeLaRai
2 ай бұрын
Also, Alys R - Larys their names are anagrams of each other. I believe they are linked in more ways than one
@gerardjagroo
3 ай бұрын
What if the purpose behind all of Larys' machinations could be clearing the board for Robert's Rebellion and then King Bran. Imagine having the power to see through time and influence people in the past and not using that power. It makes sense sense that Bran and Bloodraven could have been working all sorts of merry mischief with the Timeline. I get a feeling that the chessboard is being cleared by both the Maesters or the servants of the Old Gods, possibly both working independently of one another to bring down the Valyrians and their Targaryen offshoot. I remember when Bran first appeared at Bloodraven's cave in the books and he met Leaf, she told him she had been traveling for hundreds of years and learning the Common Tongue _"for him, the Bran boy"_ Who knows if she was wearing some sort of glamour and influencing history to go a certain way. Also there is this. In George's other books he loves to tell stories of technologically superior races conquering a planet only to turn on one another because they were manipulated via dreams (Men of Greywater Station) or where the powerful invader comes to worship a Hive-Mind (weirwood) or something like that I admit its a bit tinfoil but fun to speculate about
@darkstorm08
3 ай бұрын
Your channel is on par or just as good as the bigger channels ....I can't wait until more ppl realize how solid your work is I've been binging since the newest season of HotD (basically a week) and well you and greyarea are soooo Gooooooood yooo Like newrockstars with Easter egg videos after a good movie good
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
Hopefully I'll catch up to those "big channels"
@darkstorm08
3 ай бұрын
@@JoeMagician in no disrespect, I kinda ment channels I've been following since game of thrones, and yours is just one I recently found ..totally didn't mean any negative connotations
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
I didn't take any negative connotations! Glad you're enjoying my videos 😁
@smoothbrain4384
2 ай бұрын
I'd be very surprised if they don't validate the theory in the show. Little breadcrumbs have been placed so specifically for the audience to pick up on that all point to it. It's a really cool reveal that builds the universe for the average viewer and fits the character so well.
@awhartig5847
3 ай бұрын
Excellent analysis, & insightful conjecture, I agree with your "Chaos is a puppetmaster" take on Larrys Strong. Mathew Needham is waaaay too good at playing the sinister/creepy vibe..he makes my skin crawl. I have to wonder if he warged into Cheeses' dog? Even prior to the night of the assassination..that's how he knew this particular person could be used for his own devices. There was not a wasted moment in the premier, everything we were shown, and everyone we were introduced to are or will be important. So...I have a question/theory (buried for possible spoilers): . . . . . . . *For real STOP READING IF YOUR ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BOOK FIRE AND BLOOD* . . I think the shepherd Aegon II interacted with is _The_ Shepherd. He now has a legit grievance with the Crown, had a promise reneged on by the King himself, and if he gets caught stealing his sheep back will most likely loose his hand. Chekov's firing squad, IMO.
@sethdowner9112
3 ай бұрын
I don't know why but I have a weird feeling that Larys will kill Heleana within the show.
@johnnycashew9101
3 ай бұрын
Am I the only one that's expecting to see a lot more magic this show? This show takes place during the dance of dragons which is when magic was at its absolute peak in the game of thrones universe. I expect to see warging. I expect to see glass candles burning, I expect to see more magic than I've seen in game of thrones. Considering the whole point of game of thrones was that magic was reawakening while during dance of dragons, It's at its peak
@whensomethingcriesagain
3 ай бұрын
4:55 It's worth also noting that spies, assassins, thieves, urchins, beggars, and other such figures are commonly referred to as rats in figures of speech.
@stoffelstrange5215
3 ай бұрын
pump that like button people!
@BorrosBaratheon
3 ай бұрын
"What if it doesn't want to be king?" Well.... that's a good news/bad news situation
@RussellB
3 ай бұрын
"They no longer breathe our air" is a really esoteric way of saying he killed them. I think Larys is a powerful wizard who can turn others into animals, so he often turns the servants into rats at will, and the previous servants were turned into fish - "no longer breathing our air".
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
They no longer are using the Krebs cycle
@VitaminDKota
3 ай бұрын
The rat king doodle was placed over the word “aqua” 👀
@carmens9968
3 ай бұрын
10:26 As someone who comes from a family that has prophetic dreams, her drawing what she sees in dreams makes sense to me. When I was little, I had a dream about who would buy our house and even what military rank the new owner would be- it was all correct. Since I didn’t remember sharing that information before going back to bed, I started writing down significant dreams after waking up. This way I don’t lose any information that might make sense once I am fully awake. Thank you ❤️ for also mentioning 3:45 too 💯. I agree with you and wonder if she will figure out that Larys was the actual Rat King that allowed this to happen in another episode. 🐀 👑
@WeirwoodNet
3 ай бұрын
The 3 👁🐁🤴
@jennhack8043
3 ай бұрын
12am Australia! ❤Kia ora NZ
@cbob213
3 ай бұрын
Great video. I think in Fire & Blood Larys IS cheese. But they went a different route in HotD.
@mamajodieanderson4565
3 ай бұрын
I wonder how he will get taken out, maybe Alicent does it huh 🤔
@sethh1943
3 ай бұрын
I do find all the projection in this episode to be interesting, a theme. Larys tries to cast doubt on Otto by stating that he was the hand of the last king while Larys himself is a holdover advisor from the previous reign as well. On another point, Criston also did some projection onto Erryck or Arryck (I forget which) asking where he was when the prince was murdered when he himself, as commander of the kingsguard, was abed boinking the kings mother rather than patrolling.
@TheBarca1889
3 ай бұрын
You are part of the writers team aren't you? ;)
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
If I am, I'm not getting paid enough
@americanandpinay
3 ай бұрын
Pause it at minute 7:00 Isn't that Larys looking on in the background behind the window?
@Divine_Chareka
3 ай бұрын
I love the warg Larys theory, I hope it's actually real in the show. That'll be very interesting.
@pyramidion5911
3 ай бұрын
They have done everything but explicitly state it. Connect the dots and feel confident with your ability to determine things for yourself.
@Americandragonrider333.
3 ай бұрын
If you know the story. I think Larys is the biggest villain in this time period, I think the whole Dance of the Dragons is because of Larys manipulations of both sides! He fed on the Greens lust for power! And did things to provoke the Blacks. He gets his dues ovcourse but not before the damage has already happened! Rhaenyra is the legitimate Queen, King Viserys never changed his succession! So, Team Black %100
@Goatings
3 ай бұрын
It would be so very cool for an actual rat king to appear, a rare phenomenon when multiple rats become knotted at the tail usually because of overpopulation in confined spaces and filth, much like the targaryans sigil nearly being a dragon ouroboros, i feel like larys may find himself entangled by too many rats; and when there are too many rats in a small confined place they turn on eachother, cannibalizing out of pure stress. If his goal is ultimate power he may find that he prophesied his own rat king
@JohnnyCatFitz
2 ай бұрын
Dayum, Larys was at the funeral at Driftmark where, surprise, suprise: no guards were nearby during all that scuffling w the kids! I mean, a lot of fighting happened before the eye thing. A dragon had just been unexpectedly flown, but nobody at all was down there?
@worldadventuretravel
3 ай бұрын
Between this show and other fan channels talking about how terrible the reigns of all the subsequent Aegons after the Dance were, the whole story is really about how the Targaryens and the world of Westeros continually regressed all the way until GOT season 8 when Dany decides to burn it all down and start over. Your point about Larys illustrates this too. Not even the spymasters of GOT's day were as skilled. Ultimately though I wonder how long I'm even going to keep watching series based in this world. HOTD is interesting for now, but it's a story that we all know the ending to already. Then HBO is doing yet another two spinoffs of the same Targaryen storyline after that, also stories we already know the ending to. It's not like any of this ever gets better. Personally, I'd rather have shows about Essos. It's a far more interesting continent. With material like Asshai and Yi Ti, it really seems like a missed opportunity that HBO isn't directing its resources to more robust storylines, including more than just one family, and that don't all just end in disaster.
@maryconnolly5581
2 ай бұрын
When you take into account larys' possoble allegiance not to either of the majors but to the Children of the Forest his actions really begin to make sense. He is trying to kill all the dragons to weaken the targaryens position because the CotF no longer need that tool to fight andal/ironborn encroachment. Moreover, through their mastery of skin changing/greenseeing they can bring the dragons back at any time they wish, thus fulfilling the Prince That Was Promised as well as defending themselves from the Others who have gotten out of their control because the creation of them was a new magic they didnt understand the repercussions of because they cant see the future only the past.
@MarjanKaykavoosi
3 ай бұрын
Actually the color green is very symbolic for the muslim religion as being holy for them to have the greens has been religious. I wonder if they use the color of the Muslim religion being the holy color?? Just a thought 💭
@kennan200
3 ай бұрын
"Custom" means routine, or habit. As in accustomed to doing this. Or in the habit of doing that.
@mariedriskell8752
3 ай бұрын
A very interesting theory 🤔 👌 👀
@kyootzee
2 ай бұрын
Now that all the expert rat catchers had been executed, Larys will have a higher population of rats to warg into if your theory is correct. 😮
@SaiDeLaRai
2 ай бұрын
@Joe Magician Alys R - Larys their names are anagrams of each other. they are connected
@ZomgyLand
3 ай бұрын
Love the Aegoons!
@barbarossa1780
3 ай бұрын
Larys is loyal to no one. He wants to watch the world burn.
@batgurrl
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this and I never even noticed rats, rats, rats. Your attention to detail is phenomenal🎉🖖
@Sporking
3 ай бұрын
You are my favorite theory/asoif content creator even with me being one!
@dijonnjuguna6634
3 ай бұрын
I like how you used the title “the rat king cometh” for one part of this video lol
@shroomjak200
3 ай бұрын
I wonder what Larys' plan with Aegon was as well, especially seeing as Aegon used the exact same reason given by Larys to dismiss Otto.
@AzkuulaKtaktu
3 ай бұрын
So why does he stoke war, and with the very timber of his family tree no less?
@fella293
3 ай бұрын
Larys goal is to destroy the targaryens. He dont care, which one dies.
@maryarmstrong2231
2 ай бұрын
You nailed it
@Hansel_0
2 ай бұрын
is it possible that he killed a helaena and helaena didnt kill herself???
@elizabethstart7466
3 ай бұрын
Maybe he also sees the future and wants to kill off the line so they can't stop what is going to come.
@Adamantium93
3 ай бұрын
My theory is similar: I think Larys is working to destroy the dragons or at least bring down the Targaryen dynasty.
@HeartTranslucent
3 ай бұрын
Woah🤯
@shirleymcdonald2777
3 ай бұрын
Love your channel love from Wales
@korinnastricke558
3 ай бұрын
A cheeky comment offering for the algorithm gods ❤
@jcwoodman5285
3 ай бұрын
The queen is an enduring mystery, is she not?😂
@diegobromfield
3 ай бұрын
Petition for Larys to move to Halaena's feet next
@andrewkuliniasi6975
3 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure Larys will kill Heleana
@Lumina_Solaris
3 ай бұрын
Nah, Cheese and whatsit were literally downstairs blabbing about killing Aemon down by the rats. Larys knew what was going down. He def let it happen.
@Rafa36999
2 ай бұрын
Its super obvious larys is a green seer or warg
@1and253
3 ай бұрын
What if the eyes of different colors are us, the audience, and she knows they are watched by millions.😂
@wanderingundine927
3 ай бұрын
I had resentfully expected the show to find a way of getting the fandom to blame Larys, not Daemon, for the atrocity of Blood and Cheese. But I then made the connection of Daemon getting Mysaria's intel as a result of her fleeing King's Landing after Larys had her house burned -- and I was slower to see the more obvious fault in the paucity of castle staff and the other hints you point out. And I am glad your greenseer/warg theory is still thriving. I can't say that you think about Larys too much...because I think about him incessantly. That monstrous, charming cutie.
@h33-q8w
3 ай бұрын
How would larys have these powers? Does he come from the children of the forest? Or the first men?
@JoeMagician
3 ай бұрын
Strongs are first men, some of the oldest. We also don't know his mother so possible like what if she's a blackwood.
@alessandracastano9080
2 ай бұрын
how is he related to bloodraven?
@7eddiii
3 ай бұрын
do you think the headless wolves are about cregan beheading people or about ned and robb?
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