Spoilers for House of the Dragon will be found below.
House of the Dragon has only aired two episodes thus far, but the Game of Thrones prequel has already taken a turn for the icky. We saw maggots and King Viserys I picking a new bride, which led him to (very) briefly indulge the possibility of marrying (incredibly) young Laena Velaryon before declaring that he had chosen Alicent Hightower (much to the disappointment of Princess Rhaenyra). Let’s just say that the king was distracted, and he was also dragging his feet on the issue of the Crabfeeder, so that freed up space for other powers that be to maneuver in the background.
That’s the name of this spinoff’s game, at least in these early stages, and we’ve already named this episode’s Contenders and Defenders, but let’s check in on what the people want, which is what they’re getting. Messy Prince Daemon Targaryen came together with Coryls Velaryon to forge a powerful alliance that was infused with their respective saltiness towards Viserys. Daemon, of course, feels jilted by not being named heir, and he’s not thrilled what went down this week at Dragonstone. Whereas Coryls is upset about his daughter being turned down as a prospective Viserys bride (along with the king’s aforementioned foot dragging).
The alliance arrived with a twist, though. Daemon didn’t shy away from letting Coryls know that only one of them is allowed to “talk sh*t” about Daemon’s brother.
https://twitter.com/MaesterGyldayn/status/1564124023524851713
https://twitter.com/HOTDJester/status/1564083058784907264
https://twitter.com/thewweskywalker/status/1564127694450991106
Beyond that incredible detail, let’s just say that people are pretty thrilled to see Daemon and Coryls team up at all and can’t wait to see what happens to that Crabfeeder.
IF YOU’RE NOT TEAM CORYLS AND DAEMON THEN GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!! #HouseOfTheDragonHBO pic.twitter.com/0Mxw9VyRyY
— AD (@ADredemptionSZN) August 29, 2022
Lord Corlys Velaryon 🫱🏿🫲🏻Prince Daemon Targaryen#HouseoftheDragon #HouseOfTheDragonHBO pic.twitter.com/pB0eOzeoyL
— Lord Zito (@VivalaZito) August 29, 2022
Daemon and Corlys #HouseOfTheDragonHBO pic.twitter.com/IhAtD2js8k
— Rosco (@073258952a) August 29, 2022
That Daemon and Corlys team up is looking to be awesome. #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD #Daemon #CorlysVelaryon pic.twitter.com/3RbxLjtdKS
— Victor Latawn Holland (@LatawnVictor) August 29, 2022
Corlys and Daemon are dream blunt rotation
— WHAT IS BRAN'S TAX POLICY (@TapestryEnjoyer) August 29, 2022
Corlys is so done with Viserys' incompetence and just "yk what fck this imma team up with Daemon". Daemon is collecting strong allies at this point. Velaryons are POWERFUL, bring on them Caraxes & Seasmoke team up!#HouseoftheDragon #HOTD pic.twitter.com/eXVNmdJSKE
— 🐣 (@daemyraxes) August 29, 2022
Corlys and Daemon bout to put up some numbers at the war for the stepstones
— Tywin (@Bir3xdFly) August 29, 2022
The celebrations continued with some (arguably) apt comparisons.
Bihh I knew Corlys and Daemon would team up to take out the Crabfeeder. We about to see Caraxes in action! #DemDragons pic.twitter.com/GKAo7F7xRE
— THE RODEO CHITLIN CIRCUIT 🚖🐴🐝 (@baelonson81) August 29, 2022
dream team assembled. Corlys and Daemon together, these other white haired bitches are FUCKED
— CASAS BELIEVER (@HerboScoops) August 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/AndrewKent2003/status/1564085074496311305
Corlys and Daemon teaming up 👀👀👀 #HouseOfTheDragon pic.twitter.com/b1pdrc7f7S
— Brittany 🏴☠️🍉 (@britlovesmusic) August 29, 2022
Episode 3 should be fun!
Lord Corlys and Lord Daemon joining forces 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼#HouseOfTheDragonHBO pic.twitter.com/uG3Qa5tune
— The.Bryce.Phillips (@TvWithBryce) August 29, 2022
House of the Dragon airs at 9:00pm EST on Sundays.
