‘House of the Dragon’ has its weirdest incest moment yet
Keeping it in the household.
Warning: Spoilers forward! Do not proceed except you’ve got watched the “House of the Dragon” Season 3 premiere.
in the Season 3 premiere of the “Game of Thrones” prequel sequence “House of the Dragon,” Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) kisses his mom, Alicent (Olivia Cooke), on the lips. Yikes.
She stands there stiffly, not pushing him away. But her eyes are open, and she or he appears freaked out.
After he stops, she offers him an ungainly, tense smile. It’s apparent that Alicent is horrified by her son’s weird motion, however she additionally would not wish to rock the boat by questioning him, or displaying disgust.
Incest is not new for the Targaryen household – Aemond’s siblings, Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Helaena (Phia Saban), are married to one another, and have youngsters collectively.
Aemond’s half-sister, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), in the meantime, is married to her uncle, Daemon (Matt Smith).
The Targaryen household tree is extra of a circle. However, most of the incest is between siblings or cousins. Even inside this household that views it as acceptable, it is taboo between a father or mother and baby.
Alicent additionally did not develop up with this household “tradition.” She married into House Targaryen.
She pushed her children into it, with a view to slot in with Targaryen customs. But, judging from her freaked-out expression when Aemond kisses her, she’s not snug collaborating in incest herself.
Set over 100 years earlier than the occasions of “Game of Thrones,” the present follows a civil warfare between Rhaenyra’s facet of the Targaryen household, and Aemond and Alicent’s facet, as they battle over the Iron Throne.
Rhaenyra’s facet is commonly known as “Team Black” whereas Aemond and Alicent facet is named “Team Green.”
Aemond is now in cost of Team Green as the de facto king, as a result of his badly burned older brother, King Aegon, has run away. Aemond has at all times been bizarre, unstable, and bloodthirsty, which is why he is a fan favourite. When he is onscreen, drama occurs.
Right earlier than Aemond kissed her, Alicent was attempting to persuade him to depart King’s Landing, and fly his dragon to Harrenhal.
Unbeknownst to Aemond, Alicent secretly made a take care of Rhaenyra to attempt to finish the warfare. Alicent promised to open the gates in order that Rhaenyra may come to King’s Landing and take the Iron Throne for herself, with out bloodshed.
Alicent promised at hand over Aegon for Rhaenyra to kill. In return, Rhaenyra would spare Alice, her daughter and grandkids.
Aemond and Aegon have ruined this plan, as King Aegon goes lacking and Aemond guidelines in his place. Alicent cannot hand Aegon over to Rhaenyra when he is MIA. And Aemond would by no means go together with this plan to cooperate with Rhaenyra.
So, Alicent is attempting to butter up Aemond and push him to depart King’s Landing, with a view to salvage her plan to let Rhaenyra in, and finish the warfare.
As Alicent tells Aemond that he ought to have been born first, in order that he may have been king all alongside, he kisses her.
It’s unclear if Aemond kisses his mother out of true romantic want – that man is a nut. More doubtless, he did it as a twisted signal of affection or as a gesture of management.
“House of the Dragon” airs Sundays at 9 pm on HBO.
