{"id":494240,"date":"2022-09-19T05:02:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T02:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/betrothals-betrayals-spilled-blood\/"},"modified":"2022-09-19T05:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T02:02:47","slug":"betrothals-betrayals-spilled-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/betrothals-betrayals-spilled-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"#Betrothals, Betrayals &#038; Spilled Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373bab8a855\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373bab8a855\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/betrothals-betrayals-spilled-blood\/#%E2%80%9CBetrothals_Betrayals_Spilled_Blood%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Betrothals, Betrayals &#038; Spilled Blood&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBetrothals_Betrayals_Spilled_Blood%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Betrothals, Betrayals &#038; Spilled Blood&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div> <strong>[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>House of the Dragon<\/em> Season 1 Episode 5, \u201cWe Light the Way.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Love hurts. But when the Targaryen family is involved, love also <em>bleeds<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Some might call this episode <em>House of the Dragon<\/em>\u2019s \u201cRed Wedding,\u201d although there\u2019s only one death at the party. (In Westeros, it seems royal weddings are very bad for characters named Joffrey.) But plenty more deaths are either metaphorical or soon to arrive, it seems. Alicent (Emily Carey) and Rhaenyra\u2019s (Milly Alcock) friendship breathes its last breath, Viserys (Paddy Considine) continues to rot away before the realm\u2019s eyes, and Criston\u2019s (Fabien Frankel) honor deteriorates in shocking, violent fashion as he suffers heartbreak. Here\u2019s how it all h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1060995\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1060995\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1060995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milly-alcock-theo-nate-hotd-episode-5-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"theo nate as laenor velaryon, milly alcock as rhaenyra targaryen\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milly-alcock-theo-nate-hotd-episode-5-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milly-alcock-theo-nate-hotd-episode-5-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milly-alcock-theo-nate-hotd-episode-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milly-alcock-theo-nate-hotd-episode-5-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milly-alcock-theo-nate-hotd-episode-5-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/milly-alcock-theo-nate-hotd-episode-5.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1060995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Daemon (Matt Smith), everyone\u2019s favorite morally complicated servant of chaos, starts out the episode by committing murder. He goes to the Vale, where he finds his wife, Rhea (Rachel Redford), out on a hunt by herself. He startles her horse so it lands on top of her, crushing her chest\u2014and then when she taunts him about \u201cnot finishing,\u201d he picks up a rock before the scene cuts (it\u2019s later stated that he smashed her skull). The wording of her insult is significant, considering that we learn he and Rhea never consummated their union; it would seem Daemon has issues with <em>performing<\/em>. Could that have been part of the reason he left Rhaenyra at the pleasure house?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Rhaenyra, she continues to have her own romantic drama. Viserys manages to secure her marriage to Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate), after a bit of back and forth with Corlys (Steve Toussaint) and Rhaenys (Eve Best) about titles and whose surname the duo\u2019s children would take. (Velaryon at birth, Targaryen once they inherit the throne.) But there\u2019s an open secret complicating things\u2014Laenor is gay, so despite the benefits of the match, he won\u2019t be interested in Rhaenyra romantically. However, Rhaenyra doesn\u2019t care. As she and cousin Laenor walk on the beach, she tells him they\u2019ll have to \u201cperform their duty,\u201d but once that\u2019s done, they can each pursue their own interests.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1060997\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1060997\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1060997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-steve-toussaint-eve-best-hotd-episode-5-854x570.jpg\" alt=\"paddy considine, eve best, steve toussaint, house of the dragon\" width=\"854\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-steve-toussaint-eve-best-hotd-episode-5-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-steve-toussaint-eve-best-hotd-episode-5-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-steve-toussaint-eve-best-hotd-episode-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-steve-toussaint-eve-best-hotd-episode-5-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-steve-toussaint-eve-best-hotd-episode-5-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-steve-toussaint-eve-best-hotd-episode-5.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1060997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And what of those \u201cinterests?\u201d Rhaenyra sees Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) aboard their ship, where they have an extremely tense talk. He proposes that he and Rhaenyra might run away together to Essos, where they could abandon their names and titles and truly be free. Rhaenyra turns him down, saying the \u201cIron Throne looms large.\u201d She reminds him that just because she has commitments doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t still be together, but Criston sees this as her wanting him to be \u201cher whore\u201d (yikes!) and he storms away.<\/p>\n<p>Back in King\u2019s Landing, poor Alicent continues to go through it. She says goodbye to her recently fired father, who parts from her with some foreboding words. He believes that Rhaenyra should inherit the throne, war is inevitable, and that she must prepare her son to rule. Later, Alicent happens upon Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in the Godswood, and after a bit of mysterious back-and-forth (his father is now hand of the king), he tells her about the tea that was brought to Rhaenyra\u2019s chambers at the end. Alicent puts two and two together and realizes her pal was, indeed, lying. When the group returns, she summons Criston, and he winds up telling her the real truth: that he broke his vow of celibacy with Rhaenyra. As punishment, he asks for a quick death. Alicent lets him go, much to his surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Letting him go might\u2019ve been a grave mistake, but there\u2019s more to unpack before that. There\u2019s some dragon-sized drama at the pre-ceremony feast, where a recently exiled Daemon strides into the hall like nothing ever happened (did Rhaenyra invite him? How did he get there? An increasingly ill Viserys doesn\u2019t have the energy to argue), and Alicent\u2019s running very late. When she finally makes it to the ceremony in the middle of the king\u2019s speech, she\u2019s wearing a green dress. It\u2019s more a political statement than a fashion statement; \u201cThe beacon on the high tower\u2014do you know what color it glows when Old Town calls its banners to war?\u201d Larys muses. The answer, of course, is green.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1060994\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1060994\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1060994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emily-carey-hotd-episode-5-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"emily carey as alicent hightower, house of the dragon\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emily-carey-hotd-episode-5-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emily-carey-hotd-episode-5-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emily-carey-hotd-episode-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emily-carey-hotd-episode-5-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emily-carey-hotd-episode-5-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emily-carey-hotd-episode-5.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1060994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rhaenyra and Laenor dance, and for a few blessed minutes, it seems all might work out. And then Joffrey (Solly McLeod), Laenor\u2019s lover and sworn protector, makes the massive error of going to talk to Criston. The guy might as well have been wearing a sign that read \u201cI object!\u201d considering how moody he\u2019d been the whole evening, and his ill temper makes him a prime target for blackmail. Joffrey walks over to him and delivers a snide few lines about their shared closeness with the royal pair\u2014and a veiled threat about keeping their secrets for \u201ceveryone\u2019s safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Daemon continues to do what he does best: he stirs the pot. He\u2019s approached by the lords of the Vale about Rhea\u2019s death, which he waves away, although he does tell them that they\u2019ll be seeing him to work out the details of his inheritance (since Rhea died without any heirs, her title and lands will pass to him). Daemon, you delightfully devilish master manipulator! He flirts with an older Laena Velaryon, but the real tension arrives when he cuts in to dance with Rhaenyra.<\/p>\n<p>As with last episode, the chemistry is (uncomfortably?!) lightning-storm electric. Both speaking High Valyrian, he asks her if this is truly what she wants. \u201cI wasn\u2019t aware what I wanted mattered to you,\u201d she snaps. He tells her Laenor will bore her and makes her aware he\u2019s no longer married. Hearing that, she issues him a dare: cut through her father\u2019s guards and take her away to Dragonstone. She\u2019s clearly joking\u2026 or is she? He grabs her and pulls her dangerously close\u2014are they going to kiss <em>right there<\/em>, in front of everyone?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1061003\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1061003\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1061003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/house-of-the-dragon-group-season-1-episode-5-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"house of the dragon season 1 episode 5\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/house-of-the-dragon-group-season-1-episode-5-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/house-of-the-dragon-group-season-1-episode-5-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/house-of-the-dragon-group-season-1-episode-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/house-of-the-dragon-group-season-1-episode-5-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/house-of-the-dragon-group-season-1-episode-5-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/house-of-the-dragon-group-season-1-episode-5.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1061003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And then someone screams.<\/p>\n<p>The hall dissolves into chaos. Daemon disappears, Viserys shouts for Rhaenyra, and Criston? Yeah, Alicent maybe should\u2019ve killed him, or at least disinvited him from the wedding. As the onlookers watch in horror, the knight beats Joffrey to a bloody pulp (like, pummels his face down to the <em>bone<\/em>), leaving him dead on the floor. He then flees, leaving a bereft Laenor sobbing and holding his lover\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p>The actual wedding, then, is a mightily somber affair witnessed only by a handful of people\u2014poor Laenor is still crying during the ceremony! Out in the Godswood, Criston removes his cherished white cape and sword and positions himself with a dagger at his abdomen. Before he can stab himself, Alicent intervenes. 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