Helaena confronts Aemond - House of the Dragon season 2 episode 5

[X-Bones]

Damn it Helaena, Aemond was trying to have an anime villain moment.

[theryukan]

Helaena calling Aemond out after an entire episode of people too scared to do so was cathartic

[hristokoev]

He forgot to do his signature 'Hmm' after she asked him.

[Nicholas_Chen_]

I love how mythical and dream like this scene felt, almost like Daemon's dreams. Dragon dreamers.

[dz]

The only thing I dislike about the show is the lack of interactions and dialogues between some characters like Aemond and Helaena, Helaena and Aegon, and Alicent and Aemond. Their conversations are often limited to just a few words or mere eye contact. These relationships could be portrayed with more depth and complexity to enhance the storytelling.

[sancho]

It's unbelievable how much Aemond has hurt Helaena, he indirectly caused the death of her son by killing Rhaenyra's son for fun, and now he almost killed her husband just to be king temporarily

[nikhilpuppala]

I like scenes like this which show Halaena for who she is. She is passive by will, not by nature. She is easily mistaken for someone who is harmless and frail, but does command the second largest dragon and foresight. Unlike her warrior brothers, she refrains from chaos by choice. Tragic as her story may be, she is still a strong character and proves how it takes just as much strength to do nothing in face of injustice than to react back worse-fold.

[dormecomessa]

Helaena and the Dog are the purest souls in this series

[Nicholas_Chen_]

Aemond with that platnium silver hair is majestic like Legolas and Thranduil!

[proserpine]

A witch haunts Daemon for his actions and a dreamer haunts Aemond for his actions. It's like poetry, it rhymes.
Also, Helaena's screen time is painfully short. Can we get a full show just about Helaena? I'm mesmerised by this character, as a writer I can think of a thousand different arcs for her. I mean, they've already gone off book...

[Alikk]

i don't like these incomplete exchanges between characters in HOTD. Thats why GOT was peak because the interactions and writing was so good

[hafeezasif]

She is probably the one person he still loves enough not too kill.

[khfanlife]

I wish we had more scenes of Aemond and Helaena rather than Daemon going down on his mother. 💀

[oscarchavezavellan]

That chandelier becoming a crown showing how high on his own hype aemond is has me obsessed. Such an amazing detail.

[lavndr_moon]

She is the only one with the moral compass... As a Targaryen she would be considered weak and stupid, but she is the only sensible woman born with Targaryen blood, who could really be kind.

[themoviemobster]

The cinematography and atmosphere in this scene has me obsessed

[caesarplaysgames]

Him staring at the throne might actually be the hardest fucking shot in all of GOT or HOTD.

[jzz]

One of the biggest reasons for the success of game of thrones was its great dialogues. But its spinoff has the total opposite. Characters are so often speaking with their eyes. Like, enough of the eye contacts and stares, say something.

[klandgraf]

Ok but the camera work and the effect of the lightning was so cool

[master.chief..]

The visuals in this scene are absolutely incredible. It‘s almost like the dream of a super villain came true, the music, the thunder lights and the darkness.