- Aegon = crispy vegetable
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hungryinconway — 1 year ago(July 08, 2024 10:51 PM)
She knew she COULDN'T get away, and was already resigned to die. I think she knew from the start when she volunteered this outcome would be enevitable, and accepted it to make up for her previous poor decision making and not taking the whole lot of them out at his Aegons crowning and preventing all of this from every happening. She decided to take a crack at taking Vhagar out, but knew there wasn't much chance. No way in hell could Meleys outfly Vhagar, he's too big and his maximum speed would exceed any other dragons by far. Maybe outmaneuver him, but that still doesn't get you escaped.
Vhagar is a beast. The blacks never stand a chance as long as she's around. Vermithor even is probably considerably smaller than Vhagar, and he's the 2nd largest dragon, 3rd would be The Cannibal. Neither of those dragons even have riders yet, and really the only chance to kill him would be to hit her from all directions with every dragon they have, ripping out her belly like Rhaenya was trying for.
Vhagar did not escape the battle without injury, but it was still extremely lopsided. Hell, he managed to take out Sunfyre and Meleys at the same time, and it's only with luck that Aegon survived at all. If you can call his current condition surviving. Unless they dramatically change from the book and give control to Alicent like she's already gunning for, Aemond is now the defacto king until Aegon recovers from his massive injuries.
btw the show version of how this played out was FAR superior to the book. Thank god the writers are able to rework things and fill in the blanks far better than D&D did with GOT.
This may have been the best episode of all time. That battle went on for nearly half an hour and was truly epic, and not in the overused way.
The Lion does not give a fuck. Bring. More. Sheep. -
Pandora — 1 year ago(July 09, 2024 11:02 AM)
I am not looking forward to next week's episode when Corlys finds out
Also having Meleys' head paraded through the streets
Presumably Rhaenys wouldn't have gone to battle if she knew Vhagar was gonna be there. I really hope the Blacks at least get a similar victory at some point (even if they don't ultimately win) -