What happens when the cast of ‘House of the Dragon’ comes face-to-face with the internet’s most unhinged fan theories? Chaos, laughter, and maybe even a few raised eyebrows. Emma D’Arcy (Rhaenyra Targaryen), Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower), Matt Smith (Daemon Targaryen), Tom Glynn-Carney (Aegon II Targaryen), Steve Toussaint (Corlys Velaryon), Ewan Mitchell (Aemond Targaryen), and Fabien Frankel (Ser Criston Cole) join EW to read and react to wild theories submitted by fans—and no topic is off limits.
From a potential secret romance between Alicent and Rhaenyra, to the idea that Daemon might become the Three-Eyed Raven, the cast weighs in with a mix of humor, curiosity, and genuine surprise. Other theories on the table include the Targaryens being genetically spliced with dragons (yes, really), a Grand Maester conspiracy to undermine the Targaryens from within, and a possible return for Laenor Velaryon. They even explore a theory where the iron shortage in King's Landing is why the Iron Throne looks different in ‘Game of Thrones.’
00:00Inbreeding will lead to more insanity, clearly.
00:03You heard it here first.
00:04Hello, we are the cast of House of the Dragon.
00:07And we are here to debunk the weirdest and wildest fan theories on the internet.
00:12Spoiler alert.
00:16Do we read this or that's going to be on the screen?
00:18Yeah, we can't read all that, can we?
00:21Okay.
00:23Alicent and Rhaenyra will explore a romantic relationship.
00:26Alicent and Rhaenyra have had romantic undertones since season one.
00:29Alicent and Rhaenyra's romantic feelings are hinted at in their final season in season two,
00:34where Alicent suggests Rhaenyra runs away with her.
00:36Come with me.
00:42My part is here, whether I will or no.
00:47It was decided for me long ago.
00:50Fans have speculated on romantic undertones in their friendships in season one,
00:54but how far this will be taken in the show is to be seen.
00:57Rhaenyra and Myceria had a romantic scene in season two,
01:00confirming Rhaenyra's interest in women for the first time,
01:03which is an original idea for the series.
01:05Take it away, guys!
01:07I didn't know any of that either.
01:09So what's the theory?
01:10The theory?
01:11I don't know that I'm smart enough for this.
01:13No.
01:15If Rhaenyra and Alicent had a romantic relationship.
01:19Well, it's sort of House the Dragons, there's surely more conflict, right?
01:23It's a weird question.
01:28Tom?
01:29Shut up.
01:31I've seen a theory that some people think the Targaryens have more deformed or stillborn children when they're less inbred.
01:38Less inbred.
01:39OK.
01:40The idea being that they're magically gene spliced with dragons,
01:43and so interbreeding with regular humans too much can mess them up.
01:47I don't know a ton about this theory, though.
01:50And I don't know if it actually holds up, like, numerically.
01:54Join the club.
01:55I have no idea.
01:57It's not real.
01:59Sure.
02:00I mean, I don't think being gene spliced with dragons can be a positive thing.
02:05Are we, like, for or against gene splicing?
02:07I mean, are we talking about whether we condone inbreeding or not?
02:11That's up to you, Tom.
02:12What do you think?
02:13I stand very strongly against it.
02:15Which is going well, isn't it?
02:17It's good to be back.
02:19Inbreeding will lead to more insanity.
02:22You heard it here first.
02:23Yes.
02:24Surely.
02:25I like that.
02:26I think we'll run with that one.
02:27That's a proven fact.
02:28The iron shortage in King's Landing will lead to them taking swords from the Iron Throne to be reforged,
02:34returning it to its appearance from Game of Thrones.
02:36How did it look in the Game of Thrones? Was it not...
02:39There were less swords.
02:40Oh, I see.
02:42Less swords.
02:43There were less swords in Game of Thrones?
02:44Yeah.
02:45I see that.
02:46Rhys kept impaling himself on those.
02:48Oh.
02:49He hated it.
02:50He hated it.
02:51He hated walking there.
02:52He'd always be tripping up on his way there.
02:55He was just trying to invade himself.
02:57Yes, he was.
02:58That's a good theory.
02:59I, for one, am going to say yes.
03:00There you are.
03:01Guys, can we have a talk about the swords?
03:04Something for the next council meeting.
03:06The season 2 finale saw Daemon witnessing Aegon's dream, the prophetic vision that essentially kicked off Aegon's conquest and the Targaryen dynasty in Westeros.
03:15Brindan?
03:17Is that his name?
03:18Brindan?
03:19Yeah, Brindan.
03:20This is the name of the three-eyed raven audiences meeting Game of Thrones, which is essentially confirmed by Daemon's season 2 vision.
03:27Tenuous.
03:28Showing the young Brindan with a raven flying out of him.
03:31Interesting.
03:32I'm not...
03:33So, Daemon will become the three-eyed raven, that's the theorem.
03:35Yes.
03:36See, that's the link.
03:37I hope so.
03:38Good one.
03:39Yeah.
03:40I like that.
03:41We'll go with that.
03:42We'll have that.
03:43Yes.
03:44That's a pass.
03:45Affirmative.
03:46Yeah.
03:47Wow, that is a little one as well, isn't it?
03:49There's a grand maester conspiracy to undermine the Targaryens from the inside.
03:53One thing is clear, House Hightower, to which Alicent, played by Olivia Cooke and Otto, Rhys Ifans, belong, controls Old Town, the city where the citadel, where the masters are trained, is located.
04:06Maesters.
04:07Sorry, maesters.
04:08Trainers have completely forgotten how to read.
04:09The king has been under heavy stresses preparing for the birth.
04:13Bad humours of the mind can adversely affect the body.
04:18Whatever it is, it needs to be kept quiet.
04:22Fans have presented this as one of the many signs that the maesters of Old Town are actually secretly scheming and plotting against the Targaryens,
04:30and potentially may even have poisoned the family's last remaining dragons as a way to take away their power.
04:37Some believe this conspiracy is the real reason why the Targaryens slowly continue to decline after the Dance of the Dragons wraps up.
04:46People have really thought about this.
04:48Wow.
04:49I quite like that one.
04:50What are your thoughts, Ewan?
04:51No, I think...
04:52Yeah, I mean...
04:53That sticks.
04:54That holds up, right?
04:55Yeah.
04:56Those bastards.
04:57Yeah.
04:58I'll tell you, it's hard to read and think at the same time, is what I sort of noticed through that one right there.
05:03Like, couldn't...
05:04It's this synergy that's why the show works so well.
05:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:09They do over-prescribe Milk of the Poppy, so maybe...
05:12Oh, your favourite, Milk of the Poppy.
05:13Milk of the Poppy.
05:14Milk of the Poppy.
05:15So maybe, yeah, maybe there's something in that.
05:18Oh, wow.
05:19Yeah.
05:20Dirty dog.
05:21What have they got in the pumice?
05:22How wouldn't you like to know?
05:24EqualAd2710, two years ago, said,
05:28It's also theorised by some that's why none of the dragons got as big as the OGs.
05:32The masters covertly stunned their growth somehow.
05:35Oh, so we're carrying on from that.
05:38Oh.
05:39Oh.
05:40So they made the dragons smaller.
05:41That's true.
05:42Were the OG dragons bigger?
05:44Yeah.
05:45Is it like the Game of Thrones dragons or the ones just before our show in Storm?
05:49You need a really walking one.
05:50Was it...
05:51Dermothor was the big, big bastard, wasn't it?
05:53Yeah, but then we've got one that we go and, like, commune by, haven't we?
05:57What's his name?
05:58With the big black sort of jaws and stuff.
06:00Valerian.
06:01Isn't your dragon huge?
06:02Yeah, there you go.
06:03Yeah.
06:04He's a big boy.
06:05He's a big boy.
06:06She's a big girl.
06:07She.
06:08She's a big girl.
06:09Sorry, sorry.
06:10No, that's...
06:11Yeah, that's nonsense.
06:12Yeah?
06:13No.
06:14Steve has spoken.
06:16Yeah, it's done.
06:17Sorry, EqualAd.
06:18He's been imprisoned by House Beesbury and Darren will save him.
06:23That's my son that we've not met yet.
06:24Yes.
06:25Oh, that's in prison.
06:26Alison's son who's gone to a ward somewhere.
06:29Yes.
06:30Yes.
06:31The two finale confirms that he's been captured and imprisoned somewhere.
06:35Given House Beesbury's loyalty to the blacks and their role in the battle of the Honeywine,
06:40one of House of the Dragon's upcoming battles, Otto could be imprisoned at the castle Honeyholt.
06:46Yeah.
06:47Yeah.
06:48It's a country, though, right?
06:49Yeah.
06:50All I know is that wherever he's imprisoned, he's never going to want to be rescued.
06:56He just wants to stay there.
07:01Yeah.
07:02So Beesbury, that's Bill Patterson's family.
07:05Yeah.
07:07Kill Bill.
07:08Kill Bill.
07:09You got that right.
07:10I love Bill.
07:11Great guy.
07:12Miss Bill.
07:13Great actor.
07:14I just think surely we would have heard more about Honeyholt and Honeywine.
07:19First time hearing.
07:20Never, never.
07:21Why is everything funny?
07:22Why is everything funny?
07:23I think that would have been woven into the story just slightly.
07:26It sounds like a festival.
07:27Yeah, it does.
07:28It sounds great.
07:29Honeywine.
07:30Yeah.
07:31So we feel that we don't know about that one.
07:34No idea.
07:35We're not sure about that one.
07:36TVD.
07:37Laenor Velaryon will return.
07:38I thought that.
07:39Are you doing that?
07:40Yeah, I thought Laenor was.
07:41One basic rule of any fandom is that unless a character has been undeniably killed on screen,
07:46fans will always speculate about their survival and potential return.
07:49I don't know.
07:50Yeah.
07:51I once had an agent that went on sabbatical and never came back.
07:53Oh, right.
07:54That might be Laenor's situation.
07:56Cool.
07:57I was going to say he might come back, but now you've said that, Tom.
07:59Yeah.
08:00He's not coming back, you're right.
08:01Oh, I hope so.
08:02He left on a boat.
08:03He went on a boat trip, didn't he?
08:04He was a cool dude.
08:05He was a great dude.
08:06Yeah.
08:07John Mack.
08:08And he was better off out of this toxic turgid mess.
08:11Yeah.
08:12Yeah.
08:13So we think maybe he will come back as the consensus.
08:17I think we think he won't, but we hope you will.
08:20Yeah, I think that's good.
08:21Alice Rivers and Miss Melisandre, is that right?
08:26Are possibly the same person.
08:28This has led many fans to speculate that she never dies at all.
08:32That she leaves Harrenhal and doesn't return to Westeros until over a hundred years later.
08:37This time in the guise of a red priestess.
08:40That's cool.
08:41Yeah.
08:42Quite like that one.
08:43I actually did think that.
08:44Really?
08:45I didn't think it was the same person, but I just sort of go, they're very similar characters.
08:47Yeah.
08:48No, that's quite a cool one.
08:49Yeah.
08:50I like that theory.
08:51Yeah.
08:52I'm pro at it.
08:53Yeah.
08:54I don't want to debunk it.
08:55I want to bunk.
08:56I want to bunk it.
08:58We'll bunk that, please.
08:59Let's bunk.
09:00Consider it bunk.
09:01Thank you for all your theories.
09:02We hope we've shed some light for you ahead of season three.
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